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Oregon Humanities presents Think & Drink with Journalists Les Zaitz, Inara Verzemnieks, and Kimberly A.C. Wilson

Alberta Rose Theatre 3000 NE Alberta St, Portland, OR, United States

Join Oregon Humanities for a conversation with Les Zaitz, Inara Verzemnieks, and Kimberly A.C. Wilson, all former Oregonian reporters and Pulitzer Prize finalists, in conversation with Adam Davis, executive director of Oregon Humanities. • General Admission • Price: $10 • Conversation Starter • Price: $20 Ticket sales do not cover the full cost of producing this event. If you’re able, please consider helping us keep ticket prices low by paying the full cost of your seat. Oregon Humanities uses income from Think & Drink ticket sales to pay for venue rental and honoraria for our guests. • No Cost • This season, to make sure as many people as possible who want to attend are able to, we’re making a portion of tickets available at…

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$10 – $20

Oregon Humanities presents Think & Drink with Danielle Allen

Alberta Rose Theatre 3000 NE Alberta St, Portland, OR, United States

Join Oregon Humanities for an onstage conversation with Danielle Allen and Adam Davis. Allen is a professor at Harvard University who has written about education, citizenship, and justice. Her 2017 memoir, Cuz , explores the life of her cousin Michael and how the war on drugs, mass incarceration, and other forms of racial violence contributed to his early death. • General Admission • Price: $10 • Conversation Starter • Price: $20 Ticket sales do not cover the full cost of producing this event. If you’re able, please consider helping us keep ticket prices low by paying the full cost of your seat. Oregon Humanities uses income from Think & Drink ticket sales to pay for venue rental and honoraria for our guests. • No Cost…

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Free – $20

Paul Theroux in Conversation With Adam Davis

Powell's City of Books 1005 W Burnside Street, Portland, OR, United States

Travel writer Paul Theroux has spent his life crisscrossing the globe in search of the histories and peoples that give life to the places they call home. Now, as immigration debates boil around the world, Theroux has set out to explore a country key to understanding our current discourse: Mexico. On the Plain of Snakes (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) is an exploration of a region in conflict. Theroux will be joined in conversation by Adam Davis, Executive Director of Oregon Humanities.

Free

Consider This with Mitchell S. Jackson

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Our 2021–22 Consider This series, American Dreams, American Myths, American Hopes, kicks off October 13 with a conversation with writer Mitchell S. Jackson, author of Survival Math and The Residue Years. Join us for a live virtual conversation on self-determination, family, and redemption with Jackson and Adam Davis, executive director of Oregon Humanities. The program will begin at 5:00 p.m. Pacific on Wednesday, October 13, and will be streamed live on YouTube and on page. Following the panel's discussion, at 6:00 p.m., viewers may join other participants in facilitated conversations on Zoom. To participate in the second part of the program, please RSVP here. Mitchell S. Jackson was born and raised Portland, Oregon. His work explores his hometown, including the systemic forces that shaped his community, his family, and his early…

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