McMenamins History Pubs: Uncover Oregon’s People and Places

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McMenamins History Pub invites you to explore Oregon and Pacific Northwest history.

Enjoy an evening with local experts, scholars, first-person experiencers and historians who dive into topics from Lewis and Clark to shipwrecks, hop growing to women pioneers and beyond.

McMenamins History Pub is like attending a college lecture with a stiff drink and full menu of tasty food.

Here are the upcoming events.

Upcoming McMenamins History Pub Events

Amache: An American Injustice

Amache: An American Injustice tells the story of the unjust incarceration of 120,000 innocent Japanese Americans during WWII. The documentary screening is followed by a discussion and Q&A with director Josh Banyard, Executive Director of JAMO Hanako Wakatsuki-Chong, former Executive Director Lynn Fuchigami of JAMO, and John Hasegawa, head of Mt. Hood Community College Ceramics Department.

The event is at 7 p.m. on Monday, January 26, at Kennedy School in 5736 NE 33rd Ave.

Tickets are $5 in advance. All ages are welcome.

A Man Called York

Oregon Black Pioneers Executive Director Zachary Stocks shares a detailed biography of York, an enslaved man who took part in the Lewis and Clark Expedition from 1803-1806.

The event is at 7 p.m. on Monday, February 9, at Edgefield, 2126 SW Halsey St. in Troutdale.

Tickets are $5 in advance. All ages are welcome.

First Fruits: The Lewellings and the Birth of the Pacific Coast Fruit Industry

Author Linda Ziedrich tells to story of the Pacific coast fruit industry and how the Lewelling brothers hauled a wagonload of fruit trees to Oregon from Iowa in 1847.

The event is at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, February 11, at Grand Lodge, 3505 Pacific Ave. in Forest Grove.

Tickets are $5 in advance. All ages are welcome.

Big Medicine: York Outdoors

Watch “Big Medicine: York Outdoors,” a 30-minute documentary about eight adventurers on a four-day river expedition traversed by the historic Lewis and Clark Expedition of 1803-1806. After the screening, Zachary Stocks, executive director of Oregon Black Pioneers and film participant, will discuss the life of York and his place within national African American history in conversation with Eliza Canty-Jones, chief program officer of Oregon Historical Society.

The event is at 7 p.m. on Monday, February 23, at Kennedy School in 5736 NE 33rd Ave.

Tickets are $5 in advance. All ages are welcome.

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