Shop local this holiday season and join the Oregon Historical Society on Sunday, December 4 for Holiday Cheer, a festive book sale & literary celebration! Chat with 85 local authors and make a dent in your holiday shopping by picking up the perfect personalized gift. Holiday Cheer begins at noon at the Oregon Historical Society (1200 SW Park Avenue, Downtown Portland) and authors will be signing until 4pm. Admission is free to both the book sale and to the museum. A Portland tradition for nearly 50 years, Holiday Cheer is a chance to celebrate the rich literary talents in Oregon, and marks the start of the holiday season at the Oregon Historical Society. Authors are spread throughout the museum, selling everything from cookbooks and mysteries to comics and children’s books… and, of course, history books! All featured authors have published a book in 2016, though many will also have past titles available. Notable local authors in attendance include mystery writer Phillip Margolin, historical fiction author Jane Kirkpatrick, children’s book author Bart King, and the one and only Gerry Frank. At Holiday Cheer, you will find a book for everyone on your shopping list, with guides to hiking and local fish to the official Portland Farmers Market cookbook to the annual favorite “It’s Different Every Day” illustrated daily calendar. Plus, meet over 15 authors who contributed to the new children’s book Oregon Reads Aloud, a charming collection of twenty-five stories by a trove of Oregon authors and illustrators celebrating twenty-five years of SMART’s (Start Making A Reader Today) work empowering children to read. A full list of featured authors can be found at on our website at www.ohs.org/holidaycheer. To add to the holiday cheer, local favorite The Dickens Carolers will be strolling through the museum performing lively holiday songs from 1 — 2pm. Sip on a cup of hot cocoa and pick up a cookie as you chat with some of Oregon’s best and brightest writers! Admission to Holiday Cheer is free, and all museum exhibits will be open from Noon to 5pm. See a rare printing of the Declaration of Independence in Democracy’s Blueprints, and learn about Oregon’s rich comic industry in Comic City, USA — and even meet comics Jan Eliot (Stone Soup) and Colleen Coover (Bandette) who are featured in the exhibit! For more information and a list of current exhibitions, visit www.ohs.org.
