Upcoming Events

Special Screening: Finding David Douglas

1 pm—Saturday June 25, 2011
Laurelhurst Theater, 2735 East Burnside Street, Portland, OR
$3 all seats… seating is limited…tickets available in advance at Laurelhurst
Ticket sales benefit screening sponsor Northwest History Network (NHN) and
film producer Oregon Cultural Heritage Commission (OCHC)
Q&A follows with Finding David Douglas filmmaker Lois Leonard

Local historian and filmmaker (and NHN associate) Lois Leonard directed and produced this 56-minute film about the scientific adventures of the intrepid 19th century Scots botanist and plant hunter David Douglas. Viewers will tap his roots in Scotland and England; trek along through California, Oregon, Washington and British Columbia; sweep across the Canadian Rockies to remote York Factory on the Hudson Bay shore; and ponder his mysterious final destination on the Big Island of Hawaii. The film focuses on Douglas's groundbreaking contributions to science – the Douglas fir and many more plant and animal species are named for him – and explores his relations within the multi-cultural community of the Hudson's Bay Company and the dozens of Indian tribes he visited across Western North America. www.northwesthistory.org

Congratulations to Oregon Cartoon Institute for receiving grants, administered by Oregon Cultural Heritage Commission, from the Miller and Kinsman Foundations, in support of its exciting Mel Blanc Project. Portland Mayor Sam Adams has declared June 29 Mel Blanc Day—events www.melblancproject.wordpress.com/2011/01/02/hello-world/

Join OCHC president David Milholland and panelists for a presentation Wait, That's Not Funny! Stereotyping and Censored Cartoons at Oregon Jewish Museum, 7 pm—Wednesday June 29—tickets www.ojm.org

Kudos to the Dill Pickle Club, which just received its 501(c)(3) non-profit tax status from the IRS. OCHC has been an assiduous collaborator and served as non-profit fiscal agent—events www.dillpickleclub.com

 

"We shall go places others never dreamed of."

From "My Red Rambler Called AMBLER"

Purchase one of 25 signed, numbered, and edgily illustrated copies of the Walt Curtis 1984 collection Rhymes for Alice Bluelight from Lynx House Press, from his first decades of work deftly selected by renowned poets James Tate and Christopher Howell. Each is a unique work of art.

Send your $100 check with subtext Curtis Legacy Initiative to OCHC, Box 3588, Portland, OR 97208. First come, first served…your purchase price is largely tax-deductible. www.ochcom.org

Catch the first strawBEARies and Cream Fest, Bear Deluxe issue #32 release, & a Walt Curtis reading, 5 pm and on—Saturday June 18 at 810 SE Belmont, Portland, OR. www.facebook.com/pages/Bear-Deluxe-Magazine/115925931775159

Dig into the summer issue of Edible Portland for Lola Milholland's cover story on Siri & Sons, a family farming around the Portland area through 4 generations since the early 20th century. www.edibleportland.com

Enjoy a blissful summer.

 

 

 

For further information or new developments – more is in the offing:
Website: www.ochcom.org
Email: encanto@ochcom.org