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A Rose Festival Retrospective: Collins Gallery

Tue Jun 18
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Central Library

For you a rose in Portland grows: A Rose Festival retrospective

Portland’s love of the rose goes back to the late 1880s, with the first Rose Show in Georgiana Pittock’s backyard. These events evolved, and in 1907, Portland celebrated the first annual Rose Festival. Explore the history of Portland’s most prominent annual celebration through an exhibit curated by the City of Portland Archives and with featured items contributed by the Rose Festival Foundation.

Dates: May 25th-June 30th

A Rose Festival Retrospective: Collins Gallery

Wed Jun 19
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Central Library

For you a rose in Portland grows: A Rose Festival retrospective

Portland’s love of the rose goes back to the late 1880s, with the first Rose Show in Georgiana Pittock’s backyard. These events evolved, and in 1907, Portland celebrated the first annual Rose Festival. Explore the history of Portland’s most prominent annual celebration through an exhibit curated by the City of Portland Archives and with featured items contributed by the Rose Festival Foundation.

Dates: May 25th-June 30th

A Rose Festival Retrospective: Collins Gallery

Thu Jun 20
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Central Library

For you a rose in Portland grows: A Rose Festival retrospective

Portland’s love of the rose goes back to the late 1880s, with the first Rose Show in Georgiana Pittock’s backyard. These events evolved, and in 1907, Portland celebrated the first annual Rose Festival. Explore the history of Portland’s most prominent annual celebration through an exhibit curated by the City of Portland Archives and with featured items contributed by the Rose Festival Foundation.

Dates: May 25th-June 30th

A Rose Festival Retrospective: Collins Gallery

Fri Jun 21
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Central Library

For you a rose in Portland grows: A Rose Festival retrospective

Portland’s love of the rose goes back to the late 1880s, with the first Rose Show in Georgiana Pittock’s backyard. These events evolved, and in 1907, Portland celebrated the first annual Rose Festival. Explore the history of Portland’s most prominent annual celebration through an exhibit curated by the City of Portland Archives and with featured items contributed by the Rose Festival Foundation.

Dates: May 25th-June 30th

A Rose Festival Retrospective: Collins Gallery

Sat Jun 22
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Central Library

For you a rose in Portland grows: A Rose Festival retrospective

Portland’s love of the rose goes back to the late 1880s, with the first Rose Show in Georgiana Pittock’s backyard. These events evolved, and in 1907, Portland celebrated the first annual Rose Festival. Explore the history of Portland’s most prominent annual celebration through an exhibit curated by the City of Portland Archives and with featured items contributed by the Rose Festival Foundation.

Dates: May 25th-June 30th

A Rose Festival Retrospective: Collins Gallery

Sun Jun 23
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Central Library

For you a rose in Portland grows: A Rose Festival retrospective

Portland’s love of the rose goes back to the late 1880s, with the first Rose Show in Georgiana Pittock’s backyard. These events evolved, and in 1907, Portland celebrated the first annual Rose Festival. Explore the history of Portland’s most prominent annual celebration through an exhibit curated by the City of Portland Archives and with featured items contributed by the Rose Festival Foundation.

Dates: May 25th-June 30th

A Rose Festival Retrospective: Collins Gallery

Mon Jun 24
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Central Library

For you a rose in Portland grows: A Rose Festival retrospective

Portland’s love of the rose goes back to the late 1880s, with the first Rose Show in Georgiana Pittock’s backyard. These events evolved, and in 1907, Portland celebrated the first annual Rose Festival. Explore the history of Portland’s most prominent annual celebration through an exhibit curated by the City of Portland Archives and with featured items contributed by the Rose Festival Foundation.

Dates: May 25th-June 30th

A Rose Festival Retrospective: Collins Gallery

Tue Jun 25
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Central Library

For you a rose in Portland grows: A Rose Festival retrospective

Portland’s love of the rose goes back to the late 1880s, with the first Rose Show in Georgiana Pittock’s backyard. These events evolved, and in 1907, Portland celebrated the first annual Rose Festival. Explore the history of Portland’s most prominent annual celebration through an exhibit curated by the City of Portland Archives and with featured items contributed by the Rose Festival Foundation.

Dates: May 25th-June 30th

A Rose Festival Retrospective: Collins Gallery

Wed Jun 26
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Central Library

For you a rose in Portland grows: A Rose Festival retrospective

Portland’s love of the rose goes back to the late 1880s, with the first Rose Show in Georgiana Pittock’s backyard. These events evolved, and in 1907, Portland celebrated the first annual Rose Festival. Explore the history of Portland’s most prominent annual celebration through an exhibit curated by the City of Portland Archives and with featured items contributed by the Rose Festival Foundation.

Dates: May 25th-June 30th

A Rose Festival Retrospective: Collins Gallery

Thu Jun 27
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Central Library

For you a rose in Portland grows: A Rose Festival retrospective

Portland’s love of the rose goes back to the late 1880s, with the first Rose Show in Georgiana Pittock’s backyard. These events evolved, and in 1907, Portland celebrated the first annual Rose Festival. Explore the history of Portland’s most prominent annual celebration through an exhibit curated by the City of Portland Archives and with featured items contributed by the Rose Festival Foundation.

Dates: May 25th-June 30th

A Rose Festival Retrospective: Collins Gallery

Fri Jun 28
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Central Library

For you a rose in Portland grows: A Rose Festival retrospective

Portland’s love of the rose goes back to the late 1880s, with the first Rose Show in Georgiana Pittock’s backyard. These events evolved, and in 1907, Portland celebrated the first annual Rose Festival. Explore the history of Portland’s most prominent annual celebration through an exhibit curated by the City of Portland Archives and with featured items contributed by the Rose Festival Foundation.

Dates: May 25th-June 30th

A Rose Festival Retrospective: Collins Gallery

Sat Jun 29
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Central Library

For you a rose in Portland grows: A Rose Festival retrospective

Portland’s love of the rose goes back to the late 1880s, with the first Rose Show in Georgiana Pittock’s backyard. These events evolved, and in 1907, Portland celebrated the first annual Rose Festival. Explore the history of Portland’s most prominent annual celebration through an exhibit curated by the City of Portland Archives and with featured items contributed by the Rose Festival Foundation.

Dates: May 25th-June 30th

A Rose Festival Retrospective: Collins Gallery

Sun Jun 30
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Central Library

For you a rose in Portland grows: A Rose Festival retrospective

Portland’s love of the rose goes back to the late 1880s, with the first Rose Show in Georgiana Pittock’s backyard. These events evolved, and in 1907, Portland celebrated the first annual Rose Festival. Explore the history of Portland’s most prominent annual celebration through an exhibit curated by the City of Portland Archives and with featured items contributed by the Rose Festival Foundation.

Dates: May 25th-June 30th

Notable Women of Portland

Tue Mar 5
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
St. Johns Library

Historian Dr. Tracy Prince and her daughter and co-author Zadie Schaffer will present their book, Notable Women of Portland, which uncovered overlooked parts of Portland history -- from 10,000 years of Native American women, pioneer women, women of the Progressive Era, WWI, WWII, post-war women, and women in arts and politics. Many women made their mark and radically changed the Oregon frontier.

Made possible by The National Endowment for the Humanities Fund of The Library Foundation.

First come, first served.

Graphic Novel Club grades 4-5

Fri May 24
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Belmont Library

Kids in grades 4-5 are invited to talk about graphic novels and eat snacks! Every meeting includes a short activity related to this month's book. A limited number of books are available for pick up at the library. Our book for this month will be Garlic and the Vampire.

Graphic Novel Club grades 4-5

Fri Apr 26
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Belmont Library

Kids in grades 4-5 are invited to talk about graphic novels and eat snacks! Every meeting includes a short activity related to this month's book. A limited number of books are available for pick up at the library. This month we will discuss Swim Team

Indigenous community resources

The Indigenous Team are library team members who seek to engage the community in multi-generational programs, access to resources, and displays that value elders, youth, storytelling, tradition and activism.

Graphic Novel Club grades 4-5

Fri Feb 23
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Belmont Library

Kids in grades 4-5 are invited to talk about graphic novels and eat snacks! Every meeting includes a short activity related to this month's book. This month's book will be Allergic by Megan Wagner Lloyd. A limited number of books are available for pick up at the library.

Explore these titles curated for the participants of a Portland walking series exploring Afro-ecology, organized by Oregon Walks.

Tortilla, Sope & Gordita Making with Fresh Corn Masa

Sat Mar 30
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Rockwood Library

Compartiremos nuestras recetas favoritas y hablaremos sobre la historia del maíz en las culturas indígenas de América, así como los beneficios para la salud del método tradicional de procesamiento del maíz, la nixtimalización.

Learn how easy it is to make delicious masa creations. This hands-on class includes shaping and cooking tortillas, sopes and gorditas and finishing them with our favorite locally available Mexican ingredients. We share our favorite recipes and talk about the history of corn in Indigenous cultures throughout the Americas, as well as the health benefits of the traditional corn processing method, nixtimalization.

Graphic Novel Club grades 6-8

Tue May 21
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Gresham Library

Middle school students are invited to talk about comics and eat snacks! Every meeting includes a short activity related to this month's book. A limited number of books are available for pick up at the library.

Courage and Compassion Together! This month's action packed book is City of Dragons: The Awakening Storm, by Jaimal Yogis and Vivian Truong! Three years after her dad died mysteriously, Grace is bummed when she moves to Hong Kong with her mom and step-dad Hank. But then a fortune teller gives Grace an egg that hatches into... a dragon!? Pretty soon Grace finds herself living one of the legends her dad used to tell her!