Events

Portland musician Calvin Walker and Bobby Smith will discuss the vibrant Black music culture of North Portland from the 1960s through the 1980s and the political and cultural changes that immobilized it.

Learn what options are available for teen volunteers in the Hillsboro Public Library. Our programs engage teens who are in or have completed at least 7th grade up through going into their Senior year. The program focus is on the…

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED FROM JAN. 18. The Wednesday, Jan. 18 event has been canceled and the new date is Thursday, Feb. 2.

Inspired by the character Opal Jewel’s expressive hairstyles, we invited Rep. Janelle Bynum to speak about…

Come write with us! Join Young Willamette Writers for tips on writing by author Jennifer Perrine. Jennifer is a creative writer, teacher, and writing coach who has written four books of poetry and led creative writing classes. Get ideas for…

Held in the community roomOSU Master Gardener Dennis returns with a jam-packed presentation on how YOU can grow a bounty of berries this year! Plus, learn how to maintain, train, and prune the plants to keep them healthy and productive for…

Join us at the Patricia Reser Center for the Arts for the signature event of One Book, One Beaverton 2023 – an evening with Dawnie Walton, author of "The Final Revival of Opal & Nev." We invite you to stay after the talk to get your book…

This workshop discusses: strategies for change; examples of successful advocacy; brief historical perspective; how to choose your battles; asks what matters to you; who makes the rules; how to get heard; and provides tools for change,…

Join us on Tuesday, February 7th, for a live streamed program with Dr. Courtney Terry, Assistant Professor in the Black Studies Department at Portland State University. In her talk entitled "Here Now, We Stand," Dr. Terry will discuss the…

Hillsboro Willamette Writers February 14, 2023 Doors open at 6pm. Meeting is 6:30-7:30pm This is a hybrid meeting. We meet at the Hillsboro Brookwood Library and online. Join book coach Abigail Raeke for a discussion on five essential…

To mark Black History Month, we're hosting a live-streamed program on Thursday, February 16th with the team from Portland-based Black Futures Farm, who'll share their journeys as farmers and food system leaders reimagining Black foodways…

Join us as Toby Loftus speaks about his mother’s imprisonment in a Japanese internment camp near Hood River during WWII. His mother was in the fourth grade when her whole family was forced from their home and into incarceration camps. This…

Join Steph Littlebird via Zoom to discuss Kalapuyan history and culture. She will also give an overview of her exhibit This IS Kalapuyan Land. Come into either library before the event to view some of the pieces from the exhibit. There…

Join us on Wednesday, February 22nd, at 6:30 PM, for an online conversation with Elizabeth McLagan, author of A Peculiar Paradise: A History of Blacks in Oregon, 1788-1940, which remains one of the most comprehensive chronologies of Black…

Willamette Writers helps writers find their community, develop their craft, and expand their careers at our monthly chapter meetings. Whether you write for the mic, the page, the stage, or the screen, we would love for you to join our…

Willamette Writers helps writers find their community, develop their craft, and expand their careers at our monthly chapter meetings. Whether you write for the mic, the page, the stage, or the screen, we would love for you to join our…

Willamette Writers helps writers find their community, develop their craft, and expand their careers at our monthly chapter meetings. Whether you write for the mic, the page, the stage, or the screen, we would love for you to join our…