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Lake Oswego Reads Celebrates The Seed Keeper With a Month of Activities

Posted on March 19, 2023 by lovelakeoswego

The Lake Oswego Reads program is off and running in April with a calendar full of free activities to educate, enlighten and entertain you. This year’s book selection, The Seed Keeper by Diane Wilson spans several generations as it follows … Continue reading →

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7 Things We Love About February in and Around Lake Oswego

Posted on January 26, 2020 by lovelakeoswego

Lake Oswego Reads. Lake Oswego is in its 14th year of bringing the community together through a myriad of activities centered around one book. This year’s selection is Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore by Elizabeth Rush that examines … Continue reading →

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Lake Oswego Reads 2020 Kicks Off With Book Giveaway Next Week

Posted on January 5, 2020 by lovelakeoswego

The 2020 Lake Oswego Reads selection has once again made sure that Lake Oswegans get educated about and participate in discussions concerning a complex, and at times controversial, topic: climate change. Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore by Elizabeth … Continue reading →

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Lake Oswego Reads Launches a Month of Hot Topic Events

Posted on January 27, 2019 by lovelakeoswego

One thing you can say about Lake Oswego Reads—it likes to stay topical. Last year’s book pick, Rise of the Rocket Girls, with its spotlight on the contributions of female mathematicians to NASA’s early space missions ensured that Lake Oswegans … Continue reading →

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LO Speaks: Lake Oswego’s Answer to TED Talks

Posted on February 4, 2018 by lovelakeoswego

Yesterday about 100 inquiring minds gathered in the Lakeridge High School auditorium to hear seven people share their untold stories as part of Lake Oswego’s first ever “conference of great ideas.” And while the inspiration came from a variety of … Continue reading →

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Lake Oswego Reads Kicks Off This Week With Book Giveaway

Posted on January 7, 2018 by lovelakeoswego

Good Morning, Midnight by Lily Brooks-Dalton beat out 21 other books to become this year’s Lake Oswego Reads selection. The story follows the narrative of a 78 year old Arctic scientist and a mission specialist on a return flight from … Continue reading →

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Lake Oswego Reads 2017 Kicks Off Tuesday with Free Book Giveaway

Posted on January 8, 2017 by lovelakeoswego

Once again, the Lake Oswego Public Library is ahead of the curve. Before Hidden Figures—a movie about three African American women scientists whose mathematical prowess helped NASA launch its first successful space missions—was released last month, the Lake Oswego Public … Continue reading →

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5 People I’d Like to Compliment on National Compliment Day

Posted on January 24, 2016 by lovelakeoswego

In the spirit of National Compliment Day on January 24, I wanted to hand out some compliments to Lake Oswegans who help make Lake Oswego a great place to live. ●Nancy Nye and her staff and volunteers with the Lake … Continue reading →

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Lake Oswego Reads Kicks Off With Book Giveaway Tomorrow

Posted on January 10, 2016 by lovelakeoswego

This year’s Lake Oswego Reads program features the first non-fiction selection: Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward S. Curtis by Timothy Egan. Curtis is credited by some with “the greatest photographic achievement … Continue reading →

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Lake Oswego Reads Kicks Off With Free Book Giveaway This Tuesday

Posted on January 4, 2015 by lovelakeoswego

This year’s Lake Oswego Reads book selection, All the Light We Cannot See, by Anthony Doerr, is rich with themes that lend itself to a month of programming which will immerse Lake Oswegans in the World War II world of … Continue reading →

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