Upcoming Portland Events

Tuesday, May 14

Books | Speakers & Lectures | OPB Partnership

An Evening with Michael Pollan

WHERE: Gerding Theater at the Armory, Portland
WHEN: May 14, 2013, 7:30 p.m.

Powell's Books presents: An Evening with Michael Pollan, in conversation with Think Out Loud's Dave Miller. Read More »

Wednesday, May 15

Speakers & Lectures | OPB Partnership

Oregon Humanities Think & Drink: Reinvent America

WHERE: Mission Theater, Portland
WHEN: May 15, 2013, 6:30 p.m.

With Tamar Jacoby, President and CEO of ImmigrationWorks USA, a national federation of employers working to promote reform of immigration laws, and author of Someone Else’s House: America’s Unfinished Struggle for Integration; and Gregory Rodriguez, founder and executive director of Zócalo Public Square in Los Angeles, founding director of the Center for Social Cohesion at Arizona State University, and author of Mongrels, Bastards, Orphans and Vagabonds: Mexican Immigration and the Future of Race in America. Read More »

Tuesday, May 21

Speakers & Lectures | OPB Partnership

The Mark O. Hatfield Distinguished Historians Forum: David Eisenhower

WHERE: First Congregational Church of Christ, Portland
WHEN: May 21, 2013

The Mark O. Hatfield Distinguished Historians Forum bring together the nation's top scholars and writers for thought-provoking evenings of history. Read More »

Friday, May 24

Music

Blue Cranes Record Release Party

WHERE: Mississippi Studios, Portland
WHEN: May 24, 2013, 9 p.m.

Enjoy the music of the Blue Cranes while celebrating the release of their first album, "Swim" at Mississippi Studios. Read More »

Monday, June 3

Performing Arts | OPB Partnership

The Moth Story SLAM, June

WHERE: The Secret Society, Portland
WHEN: June 3, 2013

The Moth StorySLAM is now in Portland! Each month storytellers have an opportunity to tell their true tales, based on a chosen theme. Read More »

Wednesday, July 17

Speakers & Lectures | OPB Partnership

Oregon Humanities Think & Drink: Champion Democracy

WHERE: Mission Theater, Portland
WHEN: July 17, 2013, 6:30 p.m.

With Olga Oliker, associate director of the International Security and Defense Policy Center, senior international policy analyst at the RAND Corporation, and author of The Impact of U.S. Military Drawdown in Iraq on Displaced and Other Vulnerable Populations; and Bruce Gilley, an associate professor of political science at Portland State University and author of The Right to Rule: How States Win and Lose Legitimacy and China’s Democratic Future. Read More »

Wednesday, October 23

Speakers & Lectures | OPB Partnership

Oregon Humanities Think & Drink: Serve Your Country

WHERE: Mission Theater, Portland
WHEN: Oct. 23, 2013, 6:30 p.m.

With Karl Marlantes, author of Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War and What It Is Like To Go To War, and Cameron Smith, director of the Oregon Department of Veterans’ Affairs and veteran of three tours in Iraq with the U.S. Marine Corps. Read More »

Ongoing Events

Visual Arts | ArtBeat Calendar

Portland Art Museum: Carrie Mae Weems

WHERE: Portland Art Museum, Portland
WHEN: Runs through May 19, 2013

Born and raised in Portland, Ore., Carrie Mae Weems is internationally recognized for her powerful photography-based art that investigates issues of race, gender, and societal class. more »

Arts | Visual Arts | ArtBeat Calendar

Museum of Contemporary Craft: Exhibition on Bowls

WHERE: Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland
WHEN: March 7 through September 21, 2013

The Museum of Contemporary Craft focuses attention on the most commonplace of objects, asking us to consider the ubiquitous bowl in new ways. more »

Arts | Visual Arts

Participatory Public Mosaic Project at Marquam Nature Park

WHERE: Marquam Nature Park, Portland
WHEN: April 6- September 28

The public is invited to create ceramic and mosaic art and poetry based on the native flora and fauna of Marquam Nature Park, at ten locations in Southwest Portland from February through August. more »

Performing Arts | Speakers & Lectures

Rite of Spring Centenary

WHERE: Lincoln Performance Hall, PSU, Portland
WHEN: May 14th, May 29th, June 7th

Agnieszka Laska Dancers with the Portland State University Orchestra celebrate the centenary of 'The Rite of Spring' with serval events, culminating in performance of new choreography by Agnieszka Laska to with live accompaniment under the baton of Ken Selden. more »

Arts | Theater

Artists Repertory: Ithaka

WHERE: Artists Repertory Theatre, Portland
WHEN: Weekly Performances, May 28 - June 30, 2013

With this newly commissioned play, Oregon playwright Andrea Stolowitz examines the issues involved with coming home from war, for both soldiers and their families. more »

Arts | NW Life | OPB Partnership

OHS Black History Series: For All the World to See Exhibit: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights

WHERE: Oregon Historical Society, Portland
WHEN: June 16, 2013

Through a host of media—including photographs, television and film, magazines, newspapers, posters, books, and pamphlets—the project explores the historic role of visual culture in shaping, influencing, and transforming the fight for racial equality and justice in the United States from the late-1940s to the mid-1970s. more »

Theater

Portland Shakespeare Project: The Taming of the Shrew & The Tamer Tamed

WHERE: Artists Repertory Theatre, Portland
WHEN: July 7th - August 5th

Portland Shakespeare Project announces that its third season will include William Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew and John Fletcher’s The Tamer Tamed (staged reading) running in rotating repertory, July 10 though August 4, 2013. more »

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