Darrell Jabin, Oregon's Traveling Historian, will present the history of films made in Oregon, from the earliest days of the cinema to the recent blockbusters filmed in our state.
Celebrate National Poetry Month with the Library's National Poetry Month Challenge! Here's how it works: Every day in April, log into our Beanstack website (orcity.beanstack.org) or the free Beanstack app, and navigate to the Activity/Badges tab. Select the badge for the appropriate day and read the poem of the day. You have 24 hours to […]
On August 15, 1947, at the stroke of the midnight hour, India went from being the largest colony of the British Empire to the world's largest democracy. Today India is a rising superpower with a global diaspora and one of the fastest growing economies in the world. Its astonishingly diverse population, the largest of any […]
Come explore the marvelous world of Erika Rier in this solo show! "At Least We’re Not Alone Now" is a show about creating art within community. Using snippets of overheard conversations and creating creatures in the hopes of bringing a smile to a friend’s face, these are the jumping off point for many of the […]
This group will be facilitated by a local Crochet artist who will provide beginning crochet instruction as well as help with other fiber arts. Feel free to bring your own project to work on.
Please join published author and poet Dr. M. Christine Delea for a poetry workshop inspired by art. In this workshop, participants will examine a variety of art pieces and discuss the different ways art can be incorporated into poetry. There will be time to write original poems and those who wish to share what they […]
Gathering of the Guilds in conjunction with Oregon Potters Association’s Ceramic Showcase The Oregon Potters Association's Ceramic Showcase and the Gathering of the Guilds are reuniting to form one of the largest, unsurpassed art shows in the Northwest. More than 300 artists working in Metals, Glass, Wood, Beads, Fibers and Clays and Glazes will […]
Good morning readers! Let’s get together and chat about books. Join us for our once a month morning meet-up to share and talk about the books we are all reading. This event is open to adults of ALL abilities and reading levels. Coffee and Tea provided.
An open studio arts and crafts program, open to all adults of all abilities. We provide the supplies, you provide the creativity.
Emmett Wheatfall lives in Portland, Oregon. He features, writes, records, publishes, and performs poetry to music. Fernwood Press, an imprint of Barclay Press has published 3 books of Emmett's poetry. In addition to reading from his poetry, Mr. Wheatfall will also discuss the life of a working poet.
Whether you're delving into a first draft or tinkering with the last draft; testing a new idea or just working on draft edits come write with us. Let's create a space to share what works, what's frustrating, or what to do next... write some more of course! Registration is required.
Moon Rabbit features two Washington-born artists, Jean Isamu Nagai and Ash Wyatt. ARTspace is open Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The work of Ash Wyatt and Jean Isamu Nagai features highly textured, abstracted landscapes where temporal forms come into and out of view, like the shape-shifting of clouds in the sky […]
