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Mission Mill Museum's Speaker's Series: Will the Party Ever End? with Richard Clucas
Albany Public Library's Modern Voices Reading and Discussion Series' Kick-off Event with Naseem Rakha
Conversation Project: Of the People or For the People
Conversation Project: Night of a Thousand Stars
Mission Mill Museum's Speaker's Series: Picking Oregon's 37th Governor: Candidates' Public Forum
Conversation Project: Walking Our Talk
Conversation Project: Your Land, My Land
Conversation Project: The American Character
Conversation Project: Beyond Bars
Conversation Project: Marking Our Territory
Conversation Project: Friend Me?
Events and important dates from the Oregon Humanities calendar.
11 March 2010 | Thursday
Mission Mill Museum's Speaker's Series: Will the Party Ever End? with Richard Clucas
Richard Clucas presents Will the Party Ever End? Understanding the Traditions of Parties and Bipartisanship in Oregon Politics, an examination of partisanship in Oregon over time and the bipartisan experiences under Governors Hatfield, McCall, and Straub. Richard Clucas is a professor in Portland State University’s Political Science Division. For more information, please contact Keni Sturgeon at (503) 585-7012 or by email. This is an Oregon Humanities Grant-funded program.
5:30 p.m., Mission Mill Museum, 1313 Mill St. SE, Salem
12 March 2010 | Friday
Albany Public Library's Modern Voices Reading and Discussion Series' Kick-off Event with Naseem Rakha
This is the kick-off event of the Albany Public Library’s Modern Voices Reading and Discussion Series. Join the library, local community, and author of The Crying Tree, Naseem Rakha, for an afternoon of reading and conversation. For more information, please visit the library’s website or contact LaRee Bates at (541) 791-0112 or by email. This is an Oregon Humanities grant-funded event.
12:00 noon, Albany Public Library, 2450 14th Ave SE, Albany
18 March 2010 | Thursday
Conversation Project: Of the People or For the People
Of the People or For the People: Getting the Government We Deserve by Jeff Golden. Host Organization: Mission Mill Museum. Contact: Kylie Pine at (503) 585-7012 or by email.
5:30 p.m., Mission Mill Museum, 1313 Mill St. SE, Salem
30 March 2010 | Tuesday
Conversation Project: Night of a Thousand Stars
Night of a Thousand Stars: A Portrait of Life in Iraq by Joel Preston Smith. Host Organization: Springfield Public Library. Contact: Carrie Schirdele-Cupples at (541) 726-3766 or by email.
6:30 p.m., Springfield Public Library, 225 5th St., Springfield
01 April 2010 | Thursday
Mission Mill Museum's Speaker's Series: Picking Oregon's 37th Governor: Candidates' Public Forum
Mission Mill Museum, with the League of Women Voters Marion/Polk County, the Salem City Club, the American Association of University Women Salem Branch, and the political science departments of Willamette University and Western Oregon University, has invited 2010 candidates for Oregon’s Governorship to participate in a public forum. Attendees include Bill Bradbury, John Kitzhaber, and Bill Sizemore. Get updates on this event. For more information, please contact Keni Sturgeon at (503) 585-7012 or by email. This is an Oregon Humanities Grant-funded program.
6:30 p.m., Mission Mill Museum, 1313 Mill St. SE, Salem
13 April 2010 | Tuesday
Conversation Project: Walking Our Talk
Walking Our Talk: Moral Integrity and Self-Deception by Lani Roberts. Host Organization: American Association of University Women, Lincoln City Chapter. Contact: Marlene Ankeny at (541) 996-3489 or by email.
6:00 p.m., Oregon Coast Community College, 3788 SE High School Dr., Lincoln City
17 April 2010 | Saturday
Conversation Project: Your Land, My Land
Your Land, My Land: Using and Preserving Oregon’s Natural Resources by Veronica Dujon. Host Organization: Dallas Public Library. Contact: Donna Zehner at (503) 623-2633 or by email.
11:15 a.m., Dallas Public Library, 950 Main St., Dallas
24 April 2010 | Saturday
Conversation Project: The American Character
The American Character: The Power of Individualism and Volunteerism by Prakash Chenjeri and Daniel Morris. Host Organization: Friends of Historic Champoeg. Contact: Kim Martin at (503) 678-1649 or by email.
2:00 p.m., Friends of Historic Champoeg, 8239 Champoeg Rd., St. Paul
27 April 2010 | Tuesday
Conversation Project: Beyond Bars
Beyond Bars: Reenvisioning the Prison System by Walidah Imarisha. Host Organization: Willamette University Institute for Continued Learning. Contact: Phil Hanni at (503) 587-8672 or by email.
10:00 a.m., Willamette University, Ford Hall, Room 122, 900 State St., Salem
11 May 2010 | Tuesday
Conversation Project: Marking Our Territory
Marking Our Territory: How to Read Local Landscapes by Reiko Hillyer. Host Organization: American Association of University Women, Lincoln City Chapter. Contact: Marlene Ankeny at (541) 996-3489 or by email.
6:00 p.m., Oregon Coast Community College, 3788 SE High School Dr., Lincoln City
11 June 2010 | Friday
Conversation Project: Friend Me?
Friend Me? Notions of Friendship in a Changing World by Courtney Campbell and Lani Roberts. Host Organization: Willamalane Adult Activity Center. Contact: Trish Phetteplace at (541) 736-4444 or by email.
1:30 p.m., Willamalane Adult Activity Center, 215 West C St., Springfield
