[OR_Archaeology] 'Suddenly' Public Events

[mdarby at teleport.com]

SUDDENLY Public Events Notice

SUDDENLY is a book, a set of exhibitions, and a series of public events concerning the new shape of cities. suddenly begins in Portland, Oregon, 10.02.08, and will transpire in many places around the world

For more information see www.suddenly.org

Thursday, October 2, 2008, 7pm, Milepost 5 (900 NE 81st):
Art historian James Glisson will present a free screening of Robert Altman’s “Nashville” at the Milepost 5 chapel, discourse to follow.
“Robert Altman’s ‘Nashville’ (1975) is a film whose sprawling narrative structure reflects the equally sprawling fabric of the automobile-dominated, postwar boom [...]


Friday, October 3, 5pm: Was there urban history here before Portland, and of what use is it? Thomas Sieverts joins University of British Columbia historian Coll Thrush (author of Native Seattle), PSU archaeologist Kenneth M. Ames (co-author of Peoples of the Northwest Coast), anthropologist Melissa Darby (contributor Keeping it Living), and University of Puget Sound historian Douglas Sackman to discuss indigenous patterns of urbanism before the arrival of “city builders” in this region.  Can this deeper history help us in planning or understanding the contemporary city? Also in the White Stag events room.