Events & Opportunities
June 18, 2026
Consider This with Naomi Shihab Nye
A conversation with the extraordinary poet and novelist Naomi Shihab Nye about nations and communities. What makes this nation, the United States, what it is? How do nations change over time, and what moves those changes? How do communities become what we hope them to be? How should we strive to live together in community?
7:00 p.m., Alberta Rose Theatre, Portland
June 18, 2026
Consider This with Naomi Shihab Nye watch party: Clatskanie
Join Clatskanie Library District for a live watch party of our Consider This with Naomi Shihab Nye.
7:00 p.m., Clatskanie Library District, Clatskanie
June 18, 2026
Poetry for the People Reading and Consider This Livestream
The Jacksonville Library will stream an Oregon Humanities conversation with the poet and novelist Naomi Shihab Nye, preceded by a live poetry reading featuring members of the Southern Oregon Poetry for the People group. In the live reading, poets preview their new anthology Poetry for the Planet. Then, in a livestream from Portland’s Alberta Theater, Shihab Nye will focus on how communities become what we hope them to be. How should we strive to live together in community?
5:30 p.m., Jacksonville Branch Library, Jacksonville
February 10, 2027
Consider This: Housing and Homelessness in Rural Communities
Discussions about housing and homelessness tend to focus on a few key cities such as San Francisco, Austin, and Seattle. Can studies from those places explain what we experience in college towns, small cities, and rural areas? With an issue so intimately connected to place, shouldn’t we focus on the nuances of location? Sociologist Leontina Hormel, in conversation with Oregon Humanities’ Adam Davis, will explore the challenges of housing and the experience of homelessness outside urban areas.
7:30 p.m. Pacific, PRAx, Corvallis