If you are interested in attending one of the following tours, be sure to purchase your tickets during Annual Meeting Registration! To register for OHA’s Annual Meeting, click here.
Thursday, October 15
Keeping Portland Queer-ed!, 9am-11am, $25
Keeping Portland Queer-ed! examines 20th century queer life through spaces, places, and public interventions located between Old Town and SW 13th Avenue. Along the way, we will discuss the successes and challenges of preserving queer voices, histories and historic places. Queer highlights include South Waterfront Park, Darcelle XV Showplace, Never Look Away Mural, and the Crystal Hotel. One mile walking. Includes changing sidewalk conditions, standing in un-shaded areas and sidewalks, and slight grade changes. Tour will start at the Hilton.
Moving Memories: A SHARP Black History Walking Performance, 1:30pm-4pm, $25
Moving Memories is a 1-mile walking theatrical performance in Portland’s historically Black Albina District. Neighborhood stories and reflections on gentrification gathered in the SHARP memory health study are read by study participants and actors at various memory markers, while era music and historical images add texture to life before mass displacement. The audience will also join in conversational reminiscence with one another as they walk, aided by SHARP memory marker prompts, to get first-hand experience of the SHARP approach to preserving health and history.
Portland Ghost Tour, 5:15pm-7:15 pm, $25
Experience Portland’s paranormal heritage as we investigate several local ghost stories gathered from homeowners and newspaper accounts. Led by Tanya Lyn March, owner of Slabtown Tours. Tanya leads many local history tours around Portland, and collected 31 oral histories as part of her dissertation. We’ll cover 1.2 miles in this wheelchair-accessible tour.
Friday, October 16
Guided Tour of the Japanese American Museum of Oregon, 2pm-4:15pm, $25
The tour will focus on JAMO’s permanent exhibition, Oregon’s Nikkei: An American Story of Resilience, which shares the experiences of Japanese Americans in Oregon throughout history, and introduce the group to Standing for Justice which features Japanese Americans’ contributions to democracy.
Saturday, October 17
Lone Fir Cemetery: Stories, Monuments, and Lots of Trees, 10:15am-1:30 pm, $25
This beautiful pioneer cemetery traces its roots to an initial burial in 1846. Hear stories about some of Portland’s interesting inhabitants, learn about different types of headstones and enjoy the city’s second biggest collection of tree species. We’ll walk about 1.5 miles.