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 »

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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 »

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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 »

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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 »

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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 »

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 »