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Submit a Post for Oregon Humanities Magazine's Fall 2010 issue on "Ha!"

Posts for the “Ha!” Issue of Oregon Humanities magazine are due Monday, September 20, 2010. Send your submission of 400 words or less by email or postal mail to Oregon Humanities magazine, Posts, 813 SW Alder St., Suite 702, Portland, OR 97205. Read the full call for submissions and writers guidelines.

29 July 2010 | Posted in Publications | Permalink | Comments? (0 so far)

Reading by Writers from "Look" issue of Oregon Humanities

If you enjoyed reading the spring 2010 issue of Oregon Humanities magazine on the theme of “Look,” we hope you’ll join us for a reading with a few of the authors from that issue: R. Gregory Nokes (“What Remains”), Christine Dupres (“Seen though Not Heard”), and Scott Nadelson (“Go Ahead and Look”). The reading, which is free and open to the public, will be held on Tuesday, July 20, 2010, at 7:00 p.m. at Broadway Books, 1714 NE Broadway, Portland. A question and answer... Read more

23 June 2010 | Posted in Events Publications | Permalink | Comments? (0 so far)

Share your mind-changing moment in the O. Hm. essay contest

Share a moment of insight or surprise—a time when you’ve read, seen, or heard something that changed the way you think about the world—in the O. Hm. essay contest.

Essays must be 500 words or less and submitted by Monday, April 5, 2010, to Oregon Humanities, O. Hm. Essay Contest, 813 SW Alder, Suite 702, Portland, Oregon, 97205, or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

01 February 2010 | Posted in Community Publications | Permalink | Comments? (7 so far)

Third "Power of a New Idea" Film Available Online

The third film produced for Oregon Humanities by Jelly Helm and Grow Film is now available for viewing online at the Oregon Humanities website and on YouTube. Like the other previous two films, this one explores “The Power of a New Idea,” but looks at how disagreement and discomfort can lead to openness and change. The film features Pancho Savery, Robyn Tenenbaum, Kate Sokoloff, David Gutterman, Jon Broderick, Sharnissa Clemons, CaroleZoom, Jesse Beason, and Andrew Proctor.

26 October 2009 | Posted in New Ideas | Permalink | Comments? (0 so far)

Second "Power of a New Idea" film now available for viewing

The second of three short films created by Jelly Helm and Grow Film for Oregon Humanities is now available for viewing. The film premiered Wednesday, October 7, 2009, at Wordstock Think & Drink with Richard Read and Lijia Zhang in Portland. This film features Wim Wiewel, Fred and Toody Cole, John Jay, Lyn Craig, Jon Broderick, Thomas Lauderdale, Sharnissa Clemons, and David Gutterman—all of whom reference moments of insight and inspiration that changed the way they saw the... Read more

08 October 2009 | Posted in New Ideas | Permalink | Comments? (1 so far)