Events

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Alameda Park Community Church, 1923. Looking north, Regents Drive to the right and NE 31st Avenue to the left. Courtesy of the Frank L. Moore Collection at the Amistad Research Center and Lousiana State University Digital Library.

Type: Lecture     Series: History Pub

Northeast Portland: Past, Present and Future

Presented by Doug Decker

Doors open at 6pm


McMenamins Kennedy School
5736 NE 33rd Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97211

  • Free
  • Family-friendly
  • Researchers
  • Teachers
Historic Santiam Pass Ski Lodge. Image courtesy of McMenamins Old St. Francis School.

Type: Lecture, Partner Event     Series: History Pub

Lost Ski Areas of Oregon

Presented by Steven Stenkamp

5:30 pm doors, first come, first served. Arrive early!


McMenamins Old St. Francis School
700 N.W. Bond Street
Bend, Oregon 97703

  • Free
  • Family-friendly
  • Researchers
  • Teachers
Museum Store Sunday

Type: Special Event     

Museum Store Sunday

Double Discount Day for OHS Members!


Oregon Historical Society
1200 SW Park Ave
Portland, Oregon 97205

  • Members Only
Meier and Frank 1976 Christmas display. CN 023668 bb006591

Type: Special Event     

Holiday Cheer


Oregon Historical Society
1200 SW Park Ave
Portland, Oregon 97205

  • Free
Coquille, Ore. E.W. Rollins Collection, Acc 24549, Box 5.

Type: Special Event     

Santa Visits Santaland December 8


Oregon Historical Society
1200 SW Park Ave
Portland, Oregon 97205

  • Free
  • Family-friendly
Coquille, Ore. E.W. Rollins Collection, Acc 24549, Box 5.

Type: Special Event     

Santa Visits Santaland December 14


Oregon Historical Society
1200 SW Park Ave
Portland, Oregon 97205

  • Free
  • Family-friendly
Coquille, Ore. E.W. Rollins Collection, Acc 24549, Box 5.

Type: Special Event     

Santa Visits Santaland December 21


Oregon Historical Society
1200 SW Park Ave
Portland, Oregon 97205

  • Free
  • Family-friendly
Still from Buster Keaton’s The General

Type: Lecture, Film Showing     Series: History Pub

The Making of “The General”—Buster Keaton’s Masterpiece

Presented by Jim Scheppke

Doors open at 6pm


McMenamins Kennedy School
5736 NE 33rd Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97211

  • Free
  • Family-friendly
  • Researchers
  • Teachers
Flora Thompson reading a book with her granddaughter. OHS Research Library, bb017601

Type: Lecture, Film Showing, Partner Event     

Celilo Collaborations: Sharing the Stories of a Place and Its People

Presented by Dr. Katrine Barber with Linda Meanus

Doors open at 5:30pm


Oregon Historical Society
1200 SW Park Ave
Portland, Oregon 97205

  • Free
  • Family-friendly
  • Researchers
  • Teachers
Mitzi Loftus with her family at the Tule Lake Internment Camp. (McMenamins)

Type: Lecture     Series: History Pub

Detained by My Country

Presented by Mitzi, Toby, and David Loftus

Doors open at 6pm


McMenamins Kennedy School
5736 NE 33rd Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97211

  • Free
  • Family-friendly
  • Researchers
  • Teachers