Events

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Meier and Frank 1976 Christmas display. CN 023668 bb006591

Type: Special Event     

Holiday Cheer


Oregon Historical Society
1200 SW Park Ave
Portland, Oregon 97205

  • Free
Coquille, Ore. E.W. Rollins Collection, Acc 24549, Box 5.

Type: Special Event     

Santa Visits Santaland December 8


Oregon Historical Society
1200 SW Park Ave
Portland, Oregon 97205

  • Free
  • Family-friendly
Coquille, Ore. E.W. Rollins Collection, Acc 24549, Box 5.

Type: Special Event     

Santa Visits Santaland December 14


Oregon Historical Society
1200 SW Park Ave
Portland, Oregon 97205

  • Free
  • Family-friendly
The Nutcracker, courtesy of Oregon Ballet Theatre. Photo by Emily Nash.

Type: Special Event     Series: Family Day

Family Day: Winter Dance Celebration

With performances by Oregon Ballet Theatre Teaching Artist Robyn Ulibarri, Ballet Papalotl, The Murray Irish Dancers, and Yingwana Baba Khosa


Oregon Historical Society
1200 SW Park Ave
Portland, Oregon 97205

  • Free
  • Family-friendly
  • Teachers
Coquille, Ore. E.W. Rollins Collection, Acc 24549, Box 5.

Type: Special Event     

Santa Visits Santaland December 21


Oregon Historical Society
1200 SW Park Ave
Portland, Oregon 97205

  • Free
  • Family-friendly
Demonstrators with

Type: Lecture     Series: Second Sunday

“Everyone was in the loop”: Impeachment in Historical Perspective

Presented by Dr. Christopher McKnight Nichols


Oregon Historical Society
1200 SW Park Ave
Portland, Oregon 97205

  • Free
  • Researchers
  • Teachers
Mt. Hood – North Side, OHS Research Library, Frank Branch Riley Collection

Type: Slide Presentation, Partner Event     

A History of the Mazamas and Mountaineering in the Pacific Northwest (Lake Oswego)

Presented by Mathew Brock and Matthew Cowan

Doors open at 6:30pm


Lake Theater & Café
106 N State Street
Lake Oswego, Oregon 97034

  • Free
  • Family-friendly
  • Researchers
  • Teachers
Still from Buster Keaton’s The General

Type: Lecture, Film Showing     Series: History Pub

The Making of “The General”—Buster Keaton’s Masterpiece

Presented by Jim Scheppke

Doors open at 6pm


McMenamins Kennedy School
5736 NE 33rd Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97211

  • Free
  • Family-friendly
  • Researchers
  • Teachers
Grit and Ink by William F. Willingham

Type: Lecture, Partner Event     Series: History Pub

From Frontier Newspapering to the Digital Age: One Oregon Family’s Odyssey

Presented by William Willingham, author of Grit and Ink

5:30 pm doors, first come, first served. Arrive early!


McMenamins Old St. Francis School
700 N.W. Bond Street
Bend, Oregon 97703

  • Free
  • Family-friendly
  • Researchers
  • Teachers
Flora Thompson reading a book with her granddaughter. OHS Research Library, bb017601

Type: Lecture, Film Showing, Partner Event     

Celilo Collaborations: Sharing the Stories of a Place and Its People

Presented by Dr. Katrine Barber with Linda Meanus

Doors open at 5:30pm


Oregon Historical Society
1200 SW Park Ave
Portland, Oregon 97205

  • Free
  • Family-friendly
  • Researchers
  • Teachers