BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//hitPDX//Events//EN NAME:hitPDX events X-WR-CALNAME:hitPDX events REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event-404-1807063200000@hitpdx SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20261031T164608Z DTSTART:20270407T020000Z SUMMARY:Consider This with Christian Wiman LOCATION:Alberta Rose Theatre\, 3000 NE Alberta St\, Portland\, OR DESCRIPTION:Join us for a conversation about trust\, faith\, and beauty wi th Christian Wiman. In his poems and essays\, Wiman explores religious and secular belief\, hope and despair\, sickness and memory. In all that he w rites and does\, Wiman asks what we can count on or believe in as we aim t o live lives full of meaning and connection. The conversation will take pl ace at the Alberta Rose Theatre in Portland (3000 SE Alberta St.) at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday\, April 6\, 2027. The event is part of our 2026–27 Consi der This series\, What Do We Trust? About our guest Christian Wiman is the author\, editor\, or translator of fourteen books\, including Zero at the Bone: Fifty Entries Against Despair \, Hammer is the Prayer: Selected Poe ms \, My Bright Abyss: Meditation of a Modern Believer \, and Stolen Air: Selected Poems of Osip Mandelstam . Currently a professor at Yale Divinity School\, Wiman has taught at Stanford University\, Northwestern Universit y\, and Lynchburg College. From 2003 until 2013 he was the editor of Poetr y magazine\, the premiere magazine for poetry in the English-speaking worl d. For the magazine’s centennial year\, Wiman edited\, with Don Share\, The Open Door: One Hundred Poems\, One Hundred Years of Poetry Magazine . He has written for the New Yorker \, Harper’s \, the New York Times Book Review \, the Atlantic \, and numerous other publications. He is a former Guggenheim Fellow and holds two honorary doctorates. His particular inter ests include modern poetry\, the language of faith\, “accidental” theo logy (that is\, theology conducted by unexpected means)\, and what it mean s to be a Christian intellectual in a secular culture. Raised in West Texa s\, he now lives in New Haven\, Connecticut. Tickets Tickets are $15 at al bertarosetheatre.com . To ensure that everyone who wants to attend is able to\, a limited number of tickets are available for free. Use this form to request a free ticket . Other ways to participate Can't make it in person ? Tune in from anywhere! The conversation will be streamed live\, for free \, on our YouTube channel \, and will remain available for viewing after t he program. About the venue Mobility access: The Alberta Rose Theatre is a wheelchair-accessible venue. Anyone who uses a wheelchair or other mobili ty device can reserve an accessible seat at the venue by emailing house@al bertarosetheatre.com in advance of the event. Accessible bathrooms are to the right of the theater entrance. Parking: Free parking is available in t he neighborhood around the theater. Parking spaces often fill up quickly. There is one disabled person parking space less than one block away on NE 30th Ave.\, in front of Emmanuel Church of God in Christ United\, but the space does not have a curb cut or ramp. The closest disabled person parkin g space with curb cuts is four blocks west\, at the southwest corner of No rtheast 26th Avenue and Northeast Alberta Street. A map of disabled person parking spaces is available from the Portland Bureau of Transportation. P ublic transit: The TriMet Line 72 bus stops in front of the theater. Lines 70 and 17 have stops within four blocks of the venue. Food and drink: Bev erages and limited food are available for purchase and may be consumed any where in the theater during the event. Outside food and beverages are not permitted. Lighting: The venue has appropriate overhead lighting before an d after the conversation. During the conversation\, lights are dimmed with staged lighting facing the stage. Lights in the lobby/bar remain on durin g the program. The auditorium does not have floor lighting in the aisles. Sound: There will be music at a moderate volume before and after the event . Read more about the Alberta Rose Theatre . If you need accommodations to participate in this event\, please email programs@oregonhumanities.org by September 15. Thanks to our sponsors Consider This is made possible by fu nding from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)\, the Oregon Cu ltural Trust.\n\nhttps://albertarosetheatre.com/event/consider-this-with-c hristian-wiman/alberta-rose-theatre/portland-oregon/ URL;VALUE=URI:https://albertarosetheatre.com/event/consider-this-with-chri stian-wiman/alberta-rose-theatre/portland-oregon/ STATUS:CONFIRMED LAST-MODIFIED:20261031T164608Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR