Events

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Deep Creek where the Chinese Massacre occurred. Courtesy of Greg Nokes

Type: Lecture     Series: Oregon Chinese Diaspora Project

May 1887: What Happened?

Presented by Dr. Chuimei Ho and Dr. Bennett Bronson


Canyon City Community Center
123 Washington Street
Canyon City, Oregon 97820

  • Free
  • Researchers
  • Teachers
John Gast, American Progress, 1872. Chromolithograph published by George A, Crofutt. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress. digital ID ppmsca.09855

Type: Lecture     Series: History Pub

Oregon, Indigenous Nations, Manifest Destiny, and the Doctrine of Discovery

Presented by Robert J. Miller

Doors open at 6pm


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

  • Free
  • Family-friendly
  • Researchers
  • Teachers
Hiker at Soda Mountain, View of Pilot Rock. (Cropped) Bureau of Land Management Oregon and Washington, CC BY 2.0

Type: Lecture, Partner Event     Series: History Pub

New Hikes in the Central Oregon Cascades

Presented by William L. Sullivan

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
Wildmen, Wobblies and Whistle Punks: Stewart’s Lowbrow Northwest Angels

Type: Book Talk     Series: History Book Club

Wildmen, Wobblies and Whistle Punks: Stewart’s Lowbrow Northwest


University Club
1225 SW 6th Ave
Portland, Oregon 97204

  • RSVP Required
  • Members Only
  • Free for Members
Portrait showing three unidentified people, probably employees, with a huge cake displayed at Meier & Frank in Portland. OHS Research Library, Oregon Journal Negative Collection; Org. Lot 1368; Box 372; 372A948

Type: Special Event     

Celebrity Chocolate Cake Smack-down


Oregon Historical Society
1200 SW Park Ave
Portland, Oregon 97205

  • Free
  • Family-friendly
Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney of the Beatles wave from limo as the leave Portland Airport for the Coliseum. OHS Research Library, photograph by David Falconer, CN 015791, bb000807

Type: Special Event     

Free Day Celebrating the 54th Anniversary of The Beatles’ Portland Concert


Oregon Historical Society
1200 SW Park Ave
Portland, Oregon 97205

  • Free
  • Family-friendly
Three Rangers Foundation

Type: Lecture     Series: History Pub

Whiskey and Warriors: Bonds of Brotherhood Forged at Black Hawk Down

Presented by Clay Othic and John Collett, Three Rangers Foundation

Doors open at 6pm


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

  • Free
  • Family-friendly
  • Researchers
  • Teachers
“The Beaverton Outlaws” In the 1930s, a group of air-minded Oregonians started one of the first homebuilding clubs. Here, the pilots and builders banded together against a new threat: federal regulation. Courtesy Oregon Aviation Historical Society

Type: Lecture, Partner Event     Series: History Pub

The Beaverton Outlaws

Presented by Oregon Aviation Historical Society

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
Madeleine Albright

Type: Lecture, Special Event     

An Evening with Madeleine Albright


Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
1037 SW Broadway
Portland, Oregon 97205

“Valley of the Willamette River,” lithograph from Warre, Henry J. Sketches in North America and the Oregon Country. London: Dickinson & Co., 1848. OHS Research Library, OrHi 49030, bb016736

Type: Lecture     Series: Experience Oregon

Rethinking Oregon Settlement

Presented by Dr. Katy Barber and Dr. Melinda Marie Jetté


Oregon Historical Society
1200 SW Park Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97205

  • Free
  • Teachers
  • Researchers