June 18, 2026, 7pm
Alberta Rose Theatre, Portland, Oregon
Oregon Humanities will present an onstage conversation with the extraordinary poet and novelist Naomi Shihab Nye about nations and communities. Onstage with Adam Davis, they will explore questions such as: What makes this nation, the United States, what it is? How do nations change over time, and what moves those changes? How do communities become what we hope them to be? How should we strive to live together in community?
This program is part of By the People: Conversations Beyond 250, a series of community-driven programs created by humanities councils in collaboration with local partners. The initiative was developed by the Federation of State Humanities Councils and the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage.
