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PORTLAND SUPER BOWL PRIMER WITH CHINESE NEW YEAR

February 8, 2016 by

Oregon Historical Society celebrates Chinese New Year before Portland Super Bowl. The Super Bowl date has been set for years. The only mystery is who will play the game. Unless you live in Portland, Oregon. Then you have more to do besides grill some cow and chug beers. In Portland you need something special before […]

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PORTLAND SPEAKS UP FOR SPECIAL OLYMPICS OREGON

December 11, 2015 by

Is the voice for Special Olympics Oregon loud enough? The sports world improves every time it moves ordinary people to do the extraordinary. Like the Richter scale measuring earthquakes, sports are measured by participation and enthusiasm. Special Olympics Oregon changes the sports landscape with fault lines stretching across the state. A survey of SOOR started […]

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THE ULTIMATE LETTERMAN JACKET

December 2, 2015 by

You can’t win the ultimate letterman jacket, you earn it with Olympian effort. The ultimate letterman jacket doesn’t have a letter. It doesn’t come from a high school or college with a colorful felt vest in school colors, white leather sleeves, and stretch cuffs or collars. Instead, the ultimate letterman jacket comes in soft black […]

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SHARED MUSEUM DREAM

November 21, 2015 by

A museum dream from MAC’s big window. Regulars at Portland’s Multnomah Athletic Club walk in with the same stride they have walking into a grocery store. Just another door. But if you haven’t been a regular, as in never been inside, only seen the big window and balcony from the stadium stands, it feels like […]

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NEIL GOLDSCHMIDT HISTORY CLUB

November 4, 2015 by

From Salem To An Unknown Location, Neil Goldschmidt’s Long Strange Trip. The first thing you learn about the History Club is you never talk about it. Replace History Club with museum storage and you still don’t talk about it. Those were rules broken only if you wanted to be an ex-employee of the Oregon Historical […]

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GRANDMOTHER GUNS IN PORTLAND

October 9, 2015 by

A True Story About Grandmother Guns In Portland Oregon. An elderly lady pulled her car into her NE Portland garage on a hot day. I was there to pick up a museum donation, three quilts for the Oregon Historical Society. Museums love fragile textiles, product packaging, anything you’d throw away a hundred years ago. Quilts […]

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MUSEUM DAY LIVE. WORTH IT?

September 24, 2015 by

This Saturday Opens The Door To A Free Museum Day Live. Will You Go? Of all the free things in the world, Museum Day Live looks like a steal. Two free tickets await you upon registering with Smithsonian Magazine. Name, email, the usual. Aside from balking at joining yet another list that may or may […]

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OREGON DUCK MAKES HISTORY TEAM

June 7, 2015 by

Oregon, Oregon Duck Marcus Mariota, And The Oregon Historical Society. A lesser Portland writer might ask why Nike paid three days of admission at the Oregon Historical Society. Not this one. Everybody who walk in the door? Free. Thank you, Nike. A lesser Portland blogger might ask why Oregon? Why not Portland State? Why not […]

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PORTLAND: THE FOG OF HISTORY

June 1, 2015 by

Yesterday’s Tomorrow – A Portland Journey. From the street under your feet to the places you walk by everyday, the untold story unfolds. Except you never see it. We live in the moment. Moving from one place to another is our goal, and it’s enough. But it’s not enough for everyone. It’s not enough for […]

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PROTECTING THE OREGON BRAND

February 16, 2015 by

More Than A Birthday. Oregon Governor in waiting Kate Brown spoke at the Oregon Historical Society. She could have dodged the event, which was Oregon’s birthday party. But she didn’t. Instead she gave history a nod. At the same time she signaled what to expect under her leadership. She gets history. Do you?

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