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SATNOV 7
10:00 AM – 11:00 PM
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Wildwood: Colin Meloy & Carson Ellis
The first book in the best-selling fantasy series full of magic, wonder, and danger from Colin Meloy, lead singer of the highly celebrated band the Decemberists, and Carson Ellis, the award-winning illustrator. Soon to be a major motion picture...
SATNOV 7
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Author TalksTalks & Lectures
Never Say Die: Ke Huy Quan
In this stunning and compulsively readable memoir, the Oscar-winning star of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, The Goonies, and Everything Everywhere All at Once, Ke Huy Quan, tells the story of his journey from Vietnamese refugee to 80s...
FRINOV 13
7:00 PM · Doors 6:00 PM
💰 $54+Talks & LecturesStand-Up
Don Lemon & DL Hughley: DL + DL 'Anything Goes'
What do you get when Don Lemon, award-winning journalist, and DL Hughley, one of the original Kings of Comedy, and highly recognized stand-up comedians come together for a night of conversation?
Expect the unexpected from these two brilliant minds doing their public service while taking you on a journey exploring topics spanning everything from social issues, race, pop-culture and current events. Nothing is off limits!
What do you get when Don Lemon, award-winning journalist, and DL Hughley, one of the original Kings of Comedy, and highly recognized stand-up comedians come together for a night of conversation? Expect the unexpected from these two brilliant minds doing their public service while taking you on a journey exploring topics spanning everything from social issues, race, pop-culture and current events. Nothing is off limits!
THUJAN 21
7:30 PM · Doors 6:30 PM
ReadingsAuthor TalksTalks & LecturesHistory Talks
2026/27 Portland Arts & Lectures: Isabel Wilkerson
Isabel Wilkerson is the author of The New York Times bestsellers The Warmth of Other Suns and Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents. She was the first black woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for journalism and was awarded the National Humanities Medal from President Barack Obama. Her work blends history, sociology and reportage to explore race in America, how unspoken histories and hierarchies inform our present moment.
Isabel Wilkerson is the author of The New York Times bestsellers The Warmth of Other Suns and Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents. She was the first black woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for journalism and was awarded the National Humanities Medal from President Barack Obama. Her work blends history, sociology and reportage to explore race in America, how unspoken histories and hierarchies inform our present moment.
TUEJAN 26
7:30 PM
Talks & LecturesPhotographyDocumentariesChamber
An Evening with Itzhak Perlman
Discover the “man behind the music” in this multimedia program, curated by Tony Award-winning director Dan Sullivan. This archival and celebratory experience combines storytelling, photography, film, and live performances from Perlman and his...
SATJAN 30
7:30 PM
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ClassicalWorld MusicTalks & Lectures
Elgar's Enigma Variations
David Danzmayr, Jean Vollum Music Director Sarah Kwak, Violin, Janet & Richard Geary Concertmaster Oregon Symphony COLERIDGE-TAYLOR Ballade in A minor, Op. 33 CHEN GANG & HE ZHENHAO The Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto ELGAR Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36, “Enigma” Esteemed violinist and Oregon Symphony concertmaster Sarah Kwak performs The Butterfly Lovers concerto, a blending of the sounds of Chinese folk music with a Western orchestra in one of the most famous orchestral pieces...
SUNJAN 31
2:00 PM
ClassicalWorld MusicTalks & Lectures
Elgar's Enigma Variations
David Danzmayr, Jean Vollum Music Director Sarah Kwak, Violin, Janet & Richard Geary Concertmaster Oregon Symphony COLERIDGE-TAYLOR Ballade in A minor, Op. 33 CHEN GANG & HE ZHENHAO The Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto ELGAR Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36, “Enigma” Esteemed violinist and Oregon Symphony concertmaster Sarah Kwak performs The Butterfly Lovers concerto, a blending of the sounds of Chinese folk music with a Western orchestra in one of the most famous orchestral pieces...
MONFEB 8
Hours not provided
Talks & Lectures
Neil deGrasse Tyson
February 8 - This Just In: Latest Discoveries in The Universe The title says it all. Drawn from within the previous two or three years of cosmic discovery—with topics hand-picked for their impact on science and on the public’s fascinating with this moving frontier. The anatomy of science: What it is. How it works. Why it works. And why it’s the most successful means of decoding nature that has ever been devised. Learn further what social, cultural, and political forces stimulate or thwart...
TUEFEB 9
7:30 PM
Talks & Lectures
Neil deGrasse Tyson: Science As a Way of Knowing
The anatomy of science: What it is. How it works. Why it works. And why it’s the most successful means of decoding nature that has ever been devised. Learn further what social, cultural, and political forces stimulate or thwart this moving frontier, and what this bodes for the future of nations and our species.
The anatomy of science: What it is. How it works. Why it works. And why it’s the most successful means of decoding nature that has ever been devised. Learn further what social, cultural, and political forces stimulate or thwart this moving...
WEDFEB 10
7:00 PM · Doors 6:00 PM
Talks & LecturesHistory TalksAuthor Talks
Eugene Robinson: 2027 Hatfield Lecture
Eugene Robinson is an award-winning journalist, political analyst on MSNBC, and the author of four books, most recently Freedom Lost, Freedom Won: A Personal History of America . Through his own family’s well-documented history, the book...