Native American Heritage Month: Weaving Pine Needle Baskets
Did you know that you can weave with English ivy, pine needles, or cedar? Learn basic basket weaving with the renown fiber artist, and Karuk basket weaver, Celeste Whitewolf. Celeste brings knowledge, warmth, patience, and fun to this day-long workshop. You'll learn to create a basket using locally sourced, pliant pine needles!
This class is suitable for tweens and older. Celeste is a member of the Columbia Basin Basket-weavers Guild, the Northwest Native American Basket-weavers Association, and is an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of Umatilla.
Literary Arts offers a wealth of book-centric events, education and enlightenment, all in support of writers and readers.
Holistic Healing for Black Mental Health and Wellness
This workshop will provide participants an opportunity to learn about the benefits of holistic healing and culturally specific modalities for improving Black individuals mental health and wellness. We will engage in discussions pertaining to generational, ancestral and racial trauma. Education will be provided on the benefits of reiki, vibrational sound healing, aromatherapy, meditation and breathwork for healing through anxiety, depression and trauma. Join us for this beautiful program led by Sankofa Center for Healing founder, ZaDora Williams, LCSW.
The Black Resources Collection (BRC) offers a wide variety of materials relating to the Black Diaspora.
Picture book biographies, stories, and early nonfiction recommendations on women in science and technology fields.
Renegade women authors
In celebration of Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day (March 8), Multnomah County Library is highlighting renegade women authors who challenge the status quo with their innovative and groundbreaking work.
Teen Art Gathering: Mess Around and Find Out
Teens are invited to explore and create in multiple art mediums. All skill levels welcome. Supplies and snacks provided, but feel free to bring a work in progress and your own tools.
Teen Art Gathering: Mess Around and Find Out
Teens are invited to explore and create in multiple art mediums. All skill levels welcome. Supplies and snacks provided, but feel free to bring a work in progress and your own tools.
Teen Art Gathering: Mess Around and Find Out
Teens are invited to explore and create in multiple art mediums. All skill levels welcome. Supplies and snacks provided, but feel free to bring a work in progress and your own tools.
Indigenous Peoples: North America
Robust and diverse information on the historical experiences, cultural traditions, innovations, and political status of Indigenous Peoples in the United States and Canada through these primary sources. Explore the impact of invasion and colonization and the intersection of Indigenous and European histories and systems of knowledge using manuscripts, monographs, newspapers, photographs, motion pictures, images of artwork, and more. Made possible by The Grand Ronde Fund for Native American Collections and Programs of The Library Foundation.
Новая библиотека East County
в восточной части округа: новая библиотека, аналогичная по размеру Центральной библиотеке (планируется завершить строительство осенью 2025 г.)
Two-Spirit Art Social
Culturally relevant and identity-supporting "crafternoon" where adults who identify as Two-Spirit/LGBTQ+ can make pride bling with medallions, posters, flags, and learn more about local Two-Spirit resources.
Multnomah County Library breaks ground on historic North Portland Library
Expansion includes a community-focused Black Cultural Center while keeping classic Carnegie building
Search for an old photograph of a Portland-area house
Old photographs of your house can be difficult to find. If you are doing house history, there are a few places to look.
Mes de la Herencia Hispana y Latina: Mexican Black Bean Soup
Learn to make a delicious, healthy and satisfying authentic Mexican black bean soup with our luminous local chef, Edurne!
¡Aprenda a preparar una auténtica sopa mexicana de frijoles negros deliciosa, saludable y satisfactoria con nuestra luminosa chef local, Edurne!
Read a book, then get out your bike and take a ride! Books for preschoolers to 6th graders
At the end of every month, I look over what I've read and pick the best, the jewel, the cream of the crop. At the end of the year, I try to choose the best book I've read this year.
Wherever you are in the Americas, you are on land that has been inhabited by Indigenous people since time immemorial.
6 women who tell our stories
The 2023 Women’s History Month theme is “Celebrate Women Who Tell Our Stories.” We are highlighting women storytellers who work in print, radio, TV, podcasts and other media.
Intro to Patch Making
Join us for an intro class to DIY punk rock patch making. We will learn a bit about the history of Portland's punk scene, the art of patch making, and get hands on experience making patches. All supplies will be provided, including fabric and paint, but feel free to bring any scrap fabric you might want to use as well. This event supplements the Pioneers of Portland Punk 1977-1984 exhibit, located in the Collins Gallery. No registration required; space is limited.
Biography Reference Bank
Find biographies, including the complete full-text run of Biography Today and Biography Magazine, and thousands of narrative biographies not available in other databases.