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LO Reads Luncheon - 2/9

Time for lunch with a meal designed to represent the book Good Morning, Midnight. Think menu items like Arctic Chowder and Iceberg Wedge!

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Race & Place: Oregon Humanities Conversation Project - 2/8

Join facilitators Anita Yap and Traci Price as we look at the history of racism in Portland and talk about how diversity and inclusion can create thriving communities.

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Oregon's Backwoods Utopias: Alternative Living Communities, 1856-2017 - 2/7

Dr. Stephen Dow Beckham’s illustrated presentation will provide an overview of nearly 170 years of communitarian living in Oregon. The state's utopian communities have drawn inspiration from books, charismatic teachers, dietary reforms, economic and political theories, and alternative lifestyles.

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Like Augustine in Good Morning, Midnight, Harry Truman Refused to Leave - 2/6

Jeff Davies, owner of EcoTours of Oregon Day Tours, takes a look at the person buried by the world's largest avalanche on “his mountain" Mt. St. Helens, when it erupted on May 18, 1980.

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The Official LO Reads Art Show Reception & Meet the Artists - 2/5

Well-recognized artists will explain the art they created after reading Good Morning, Midnight.  Their art will be displayed during February at Lakewood Center for the Arts.

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LO Speaks - 2/3

Come listen to our youth, as well as influential adults shaping their lives, voice their ”Untold Stories” at Lake Oswego’s first ever conference of great ideas, LO Speaks.

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Ham Radio Demo & Display - 2/3

Meet the LO ARES (Amateur Radio Emergency Services) team and learn about the many ways they are trained to assist the community in the event of emergency. LO ARES augments the LO Fire Department’s communication system when needed.

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Responses of Polar Bear Populations to Sea Ice Loss - 2/2

How is the Arctic changing and what do we know about how polar bears are responding? Dr. Karyn Rode, a Research Wildlife Biologist with the Alaska Science Center of the United States Geological Survey will discuss this matter along with her research.

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Glaciers: What are they? Where are they? Where are they going? - 2/1

Glacier expert Dr. Andrew Fountain, PSU Professor of Geography and Geology, will discuss the wonder in the fact that these deposits of moving ice are found at all.  Normally, ice is found in its liquid form as water, yet a slight change in temperature, and it’s all solid ice.

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Ticket Giveaway to Hear Lily Brooks-Dalton - 1/20

Good Morning, Midnight author, Lily Brooks-Dalton, will speak in Lake Oswego on February 13 at the Lake Oswego High School Auditorium at 7 pm.  Admission will be free, but tickets are required.

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