Consider This with Naomi Shihab Nye

Oregon Humanities| website
Alberta Rose Theatre, 3000 NE Alberta Street, Portland, OR

Join Oregon Humanities for a conversation with the extraordinary poet and novelist Naomi Shihab Nye about nations and communities. What makes this nation, the United States, what it is? How […]

A Beat Happening Summer Frequencies Showcase

A Beat Happening| | website
L'Atelier Yaffe, 111 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Portland, United States

A Beat Happening celebrates its 9th anniversary with the Summer Frequencies Showcase on Sunday, June 21, 2026, from 3–7pm at L’Atelier Yaffe, a Black-owned gallery and café on Portland’s inner […]

Music in the Pines: La Pine’s Summer Concert Series

La Pine Parks and Recreation District| | website
La Pine Parks and Recreation, 16405 1st Street, La Pine, United States

Music in the Pines is La Pine’s community concert series, offering live music, local food, vendors, and relaxed summer evenings in the beautiful outdoor setting of La Pine Parks and […]

Crooked River Roundup Rodeo

Crooked River Roundup| | website
Crook County Fairgrounds, 1280 S Main Street, Prineville, United States

The Crooked River Roundup rodeo was conceived in the early 1940s when a group of ranchers decided to pool their resources and create an event that would embody all that […]

Celebrating America’s 250th at the Oregon State Capitol – Passport to History and Democracy

Oregon State Capitol| website
Oregon State Capitol, 900 Court Street NE, Salem, OR

Join us on Saturday, June 27 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. as we celebrate America’s 250th Anniversary (the semiquincentennial)! Grab your souvenir passport to Oregon and America’s history (while supplies last.) Have your passport stamped at locations within the building and outside in the park and return for a 250th semiquincentennial gift. Passport stops […]

Archaeology & Culture Keepers Roadshow: Harney County

Archaeology Roadshow| | website
Hines City Park, Hines, United States

Join us for the 7th annual Archaeology & Culture Keepers Roadshow in Harney County on Saturday, June 27. The 2026 theme is “Fire & Water,” fundamental to the human story for […]

Telling the Story: America at 250 Years

Umatilla County Historical Society| website
Heritage Station Museum, 108 SW Frazer Avenue, Pendleton, OR, United States

Umatilla County Historical Society (UCHS) will be collecting stories from March 1 through July 4, 2026. Museum staff will attend multiple events around the county to deliver archival paper to […]

Standing for Justice: The Japanese Americans Shaping Oregon

Japanese American Museum of Oregon| website
Japanese American Museum of Oregon, 411 NW Flanders Street, Portland, OR, United States

2026 marks the nation’s 250th anniversary as well as the 50th anniversary of the termination of Executive Order 9066. As we reflect on these two milestones, what does democracy mean […]