Events & Opportunities
February 3, 2026
Consider This: The Stories We Tell About Our Nations with Colum McCann
Join us for a conversation with Colum McCann, award-winning writer and founder of Narrative 4. February 3, 2026, at the Alberta Rose Theatre in Portland and online.
7:00 p.m., Alberta Rose Theatre, Portland
April 30, 2026
Consider This: Labor, Farmworker Organizing, and Histories of Indigenous Communities in Oregon
Joaquín Lara Midkiff moderates this conversation with three panelists with deep experience and commitment with this topic and the region. The conversation will illuminate the many ways that the mid-Willamette Valley has been home to powerful farmworker and solidarity movements that transformed the lives of migrant laborers and reshaped Oregon's political and economic landscape.
This event is free, but registration is required. Click here to reserve your seat.
7:00 p.m., Mt. Angel Theater Studio, Mt. Angel
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