The Oregon Historical Society, Oregon Humanities, Oregon Contemporary and The Immigrant Project are looking beyond 4th of July fireworks to the nation's and state's histories of inequities – and toward a brighter future.
January 13, 2026Ellen Clarke
The museum is one of many events in the community reading program, this year focusing on Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s memoir, “Lovely One.”
January 11, 2026William C. Stack
The essay collection explores the migration of a "mystery people" from Europe to the American West, as well as providing thumbnail sketches of novels in which they feature.
January 7, 2026Amanda Waldroupe
The Portland writer's new biography tells the story of an important leader of the early gay rights movement.
December 19, 2025Jim Redden
The Oregon Historical Society's popular series will feature talks about the nation's founding and often difficult evolution by authors Rick Atkinson, Keisha Blain, Michael Luo and Megan Kate Nelson.
December 13, 2025Richard W. Etulain
The long-time reporter focuses on Oregon and Washington in the mid-1800s, a period of many misdeeds and few jails.
December 5, 2025Jim Redden
At a time of increasing strife in the U.S., Oregon prepares to celebrate the nation's 250th birthday by recognizing both the positive and negative aspects of the country's history.
December 1, 2025Barbara Quinn
The murals, painted under a federal program for public art in 1936 at what was then a post office and is now a Bahá'i center, depict a dominant white culture and could be moved to another site that can put them in context.
November 30, 2025K.B. Dixon
A photographic tour: At what's left of the oldest fish-processing plant on the Columbia River, a museum tells the tale of long hours, arduous work, and millions of fish.
November 25, 2025Richard W. Etulain
Victor’s two-part book about the mountain man who helped form Oregon’s provisional government drew national attention.
November 25, 2025Lori Tobias
The Little Theatre on the Bay presents a double-header of Christmas plays, followed by its ‘Little Ole Christmas Opry,’ in the renovated 1924 theater.
October 23, 2025Brett Campbell
This weekend's performances of Portland musician Aaron Nigel Smith's new folk opera tells the story of a crucial member of the Lewis & Clark Expedition.
September 16, 2025Lori Tobias
The quilt, made in the 1800s by a Black woman likely born into slavery, is the subject of a talk Thursday and a new exhibit at the museum.
September 12, 2025William C. Stack
The historian and presidential biographer kicks off the Oregon Historical Society's Hatfield Lectures season with the story of her marriage to Dick Goodwin and their roles in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations.
September 9, 2025Lori Tobias
The 90-year-old museum has an archive of more than 55,000 objects and 20,000 photos, as well as stewardship of the 200-acre Kilchis Point Reserve.
August 27, 2025William C. Stack
James Moore's biography of the state's last Republican governor ranges from Atiyeh's roles in land use to Rajneeshees to the growth of the high-tech industry.
August 12, 2025Richard W. Etulain
The fact-filled local history, published by the Camas-Washougal Historical Society, provides illuminating glimpses of residents in 19th- and early 20th-century Southwest Washington.
August 8, 2025Dee Moore
Artist Nikesha Breeze's dual exhibition brings the faces and lives of Black history out of the shadows and into the light.
July 22, 2025Richard W. Etulain
The Oregon author’s diary became a bestseller in the early 20th century, but rapidly vanished amid allegations it was full of lies or written by the adult Whiteley.
June 21, 2025Lori Tobias
The book, due out this summer from the Neskowin Historical Foundation, captures 100 years of life in the small Oregon Coast town.
June 20, 2025Brett Campbell
A pair of multimedia concerts at Beaverton’s Reser Center presents original visual and musical creations inspired by the state’s natural history.
June 12, 2025Kristin Thiel
Through decades of transitions, the 100-year-old space in Northeast Portland has remained at the heart of the community, even while navigating financial challenges, a pandemic, and even ghosts.
June 4, 2025Hannah Krafcik
The multi-pronged project "Our Fairview..." is spearheaded by Bruce Burris, Jill Baker, and Paul Meuse. Art-making, workshops, research, and conversation all figure into the amorphous but ambitious undertaking.
May 20, 2025Richard W. Etulain
The author of ‘The Cabin at the Trail’s End’ strove to convey a more authentic West than that depicted by popular novelists Owen Wister, Zane Grey, and Max Brand.
May 16, 2025Lori Tobias
The club, which offers an egalitarian welcome to artists ranging from painters to needleworkers to gourd-crafters, is celebrating its 75th anniversary.
May 15, 2025William C. Stack
Sides closes the Oregon Historical Society's Hatfield Lectures season with tales of Cook's adventures in the 1770s among the people and places of the Pacific.
April 20, 2025Richard W. Etulain
The historian’s first work, published in 1938, recounts lives that consisted of “booze, bawds, battle, and plenty of timber.”
April 10, 2025William C. Stack
In his Hatfield Lecture Series talk, National Public Radio’s Steve Inskeep discusses his new book on Abraham Lincoln and makes some surprising comparisons to today’s politics.
April 1, 2025Lori Tobias
Visitors are invited to read from their own old letters during the April 3 opening reception in Lincoln City.
March 27, 2025Amanda Waldroupe
The full-scale refurbishment doubles the library’s size, adds windows, and celebrates Astoria’s history, culture, and architectural heritage.
