Adult
History Pub: Trees, Landscapes, Climate, and What Comes Next
McMenamins' Kennedy School Theater 5736 NE 33rd Ave., Portland, OR, United StatesAs we endure another season of heat waves and catastrophic wildfires, Vivek Shandas and Joshua Howe will discuss the historic and contemporary relationships among Oregon’s trees, rural and urban forests, and climate change. Tickets are available here for purchase ($5) or at the door ($6). Oregon’s landscapes have been shaped by forces including […]
Artist Talk: Tree People
Mt. Hood Room, Discovery Museum at the World Forestry Center 4033 SW Canyon Road, Portland, OR, United StatesTree People: Artist Talk with Finnish Photographers Ritva Kovalainen and Sanni Seppo. Cost: Free, in support of First Friday! Seating is limited, RSVP for a free ticket here. Doors: 6:00PM Optional Gallery Tour: 6:30PM Artist talk: 7:00PM Calling in from Finland, Ritva Kovalainen and Sanni Seppo, the artists behind World Forestry Center’s featured art exhibition Tree […]
Land of The Lichen: Presented by Science Friday and World Forestry Center
Miller Hall at the World Forestry CenterPortland, Science Friday has really taken a lichen to you. That’s why Ira Flatow is coming to the World Forestry Center for a day full of the fuzzy growths on […]
History Pub: The Past, Present and Future of Indigenous Fire Knowledge
McMenamins' Kennedy School Theater 5736 NE 33rd Ave., Portland, OR, United StatesSince time immemorial, Indigenous people in the Pacific Northwest have been tending to the land with fire. Indigenous ways of knowing and understanding a place come from generations of careful […]
Artist Talk: Following Fire and Fire Maps
Discovery Museum Gallery 4033 SW Canyon Rd., Portland, OR, United StatesPlease RSVP for Free Ticket Doors and Gallery Tour: 6:00PM Artist Talk: 6:30PM Cost: Free, RSVP required Join us in the Discovery Museum’s art gallery for a behind the scenes conversation with the creators of World Forestry Center’s featured temporary exhibitions. Following Fire, A Resilient Forest / An Uncertain Future by photographer David Paul Bayles and disturbance ecologist Frederick Swanson, studies […]
Forest Pub: Indigenous Land Management in the Willamette Valley
McMenamins Mission Theater 1624 NW Glisan St, Portland, OR, United StatesPurchase tickets here. Join us on February 10 at 7 pm (doors at 6 pm) for our upcoming Forest Pub: Indigenous Land Management in the Willamette Valley with speaker David Lewis. Reconstructing traditional environments and lifeways in the Pacific Northwest, David G. Lewis, PhD, will share his research about tribal ways of knowing and managing […]
Forest Pub: Building the New PDX Airport with Local Mass Timber
McMenamins Mission Theater 1624 NW Glisan St, Portland, OR, United StatesPURCHASE YOUR TICKETS HERE Join our friends from the Port of Portland and project partners to hear stories behind the design, construction, and sourcing of the new main terminal at Portland International Airport. Utilizing Mass Timber and locally sourced timber, PDX has gained international recognition for its innovation and first-of-its-kind approach to a large-scale civic […]
Forest Pub: Walking Trees
McMenamins Mission Theater 1624 NW Glisan St, Portland, OR, United StatesPurchase tickets here! Our forests are walking, but should they be running? Fossil evidence shows that trees naturally migrate, but with the current pace of climate change, they are struggling to keep up. As a result, scientists are exploring what might happen if we step in to assist them. OPB’s All Science No Fiction […]