News & Announcements
Join three mystery authors with Oregon connections for a panel discussion on Sunday, January 24 at 2pm. The authors, Gigi Pandian, Cindy Brown & Lisa Alber will interview each other, answer audience questions, and have their latest novels available for sale. This event is part of Gigi Pandian’s West Coast book tour for her new novel, The Masquerading Magician.
Please come and enjoy an uplifting musical evening of Show Tunes, Jazz Standards, Classical Repertoire and more with Laila Murphy & Friends, Tuesday, January 5, 7-8:30pm. Laila Murphy, singer and flutist, has performed with the Portland Opera, Oregon Symphony, and has had leading roles in many musical theater productions around the Portland area.
Join us for a fabulous afternoon of knitting, crocheting, finger knitting, and friendship bracelets.
If it's made of yarn, we're making it!
Yarn, snacks and expertise provided by the Library's Teen Advisory Board.
In this award-winning film, Anne Makepeace explores the often controversial nature of Curtis's romantic images, and the meaning they have for Native Americans today.
Very little is known about dances and music of the Kalapuya. Ancestors who went to the reservations quickly adopted European ways and quit singing and dancing. Esther Stutzman tells stories to non-Indian groups as a way to tell the truth about the tribal culture of the Kalapuya/Coos.
Join a trained naturalist for a walk in the woods and discover how people in this area have used plants to survive and thrive for thousands of years. After the walk, check out the classroom for hands-on demonstrations on ethnobotany (how people use plants).
SOLD OUT! Northwest Salmon will be prepared in the traditional Salmon bake style – whole salmon threaded on sticks and cooked vertically over an open fire pit by Fred Broadwater and family. (Contact: Broadwater Salmon Barbecues-broadwater6616@comcast.net) Side dishes by The Stafford: Indian Fry Bread with honey butter, Garden Salad, Willapa Bay Oyster Dressing, Roasted Vegetables and salmon wedges. Dessert: cupcakes from Lake Oswego Women's Club. Traditional and contemporary Native American dance and music by Painted Sky/Northstar Dance Company will also be performed along with demonstration of Ravenstail weaving and Chilkat weaving.
Stephen Dow Beckham’s presentation will include images by other visual documentarians such as George Catlin, George Gibbs, and Lt. Lorenzo Lorain, and will establish the historical context in which Curtis produced his images of the "vanishing Americans."
Oregon Historical Society docent Sherry Johnston will explore the many layers and challenges of America’s largest migration west, from the first Americans and how they fought with or accepted the pioneers to the farming families, craftspeople, professionals, and some who wanted to escape creditors or the law and headed west over a span of 30 years.
Emeritus Director of the Oregon Historical Society, Chet Orloff, will present highlights from the Pamplin Collection, of which he is director and co-curator. His presentation will include images, artifacts and discussion of superb examples of historical clothing, domestic items, weaponry and items of adornment, along with contemporary work by nationally-recognized artists.