Ken Kesey Remembered
March 21st, 2008
7:00 pm
First Unitarian Church

Oregon Cultural Heritage Commission brings together friends, family, writers and cohorts, including biographer Mark Christenson, poet Walt Curtis, Boyd Harris (Kesey’s college roommate) and longtime Prankster/friend Gretchen Douglas.

City Club: Citizen’s Read Sometimes a Great Notion
April 28th
7:00 pm
City Club Commons

This free and open to the public discussion group will read and discuss Kesey’s Sometimes a Great Notion, facilitated by David Sumner. RSVP and get details at kim at pdxcityclub.org.

First Thursday with Leviethan Cecil
April 3rd, 2008
6:00 pm

Explore the iconic Northwest paintings of Michael Brophy, creator of the poster art for Sometimes a Great Notion and enjoy a FREE all ages concert from NW artist Leviethan Cecil on First Thursday. Stay for the preview performance of Sometimes a Great Notion and get $10 rush tickets to the show.

Never Give A Inch:Kesey on Stage, Screen, and Beyond
April 5th, 2008
2:00 pm
Gerding Theater at the Armory

Symposium exploring Ken Kesey’s legacy and its transformation on stage, screen and beyond with playwright/director Aaron Posner, author Ken Babbs and filmmaker Gus Van Sant, who plans to film The Electric Kool Aid Acid Test (about Kesey and the Merry Pranksters).

Kesey and the Regional Spirit: Oregon in Life and Letters
April 6th, 2008
Noon
Gerding Theater at the Armory

Portland Center Stage sponsors a noontime dialogue inspired by Sometimes A Great Notion-inspired themes of sustainability, forestry, and other notions of regionalism and the “Oregon character.” Participants include historian and author William G. Robbins, poet-artist Elizabeth Woody, and nature essayist/poet David Oates.

Kesey From Page to Stage
April 13th , 2008
2:00 – 4:00 pm
Multnomah County Central Library

David Sumner, director of Linfield College’s Writing program Wendy Willis, Social Sustainability program manager at Oregon Solutions lead a discussion of Ken Kesey’s novel, Sometimes a Great Notion.

April 16th , 2008
6 pm
Multnomah County Central Library

A discussion of Sometimes a Great Notion through the lens of regional identity, eco-criticism and sustainability with Joe Bowersox, Dempsey Professor of Environmental Policy and Director, Center for Sustainable Communities at Willamette University.

Share your Memories of Kesey. Were you on the bus? In his class? Under his care? Or just generally a fan? Share your Kesey remembrances here.

For more information contact Outreach Director Tim DuRoche at 503.445.3794 or timd at pcs.org.

These community events are made possible through the generous support of the Oregon Council for the Humanities.

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