New Leaders Council

Portland’s history is filled with stories of enterprising leaders, but Portland needs inspired, resourceful and innovative leaders prepared to tackle today’s challenges as well. Join City Club’s New Leaders Council for one or all sessions of this three-part training series where you’ll meet fellow Portlanders who are new to their leadership roles or who aspire to become leaders. You’ll learn research-based leadership fundamentals, hear perspectives from veteran Portland leaders and learn hands-on skills practice you can immediately apply to your life.

Beginning in the 1920s, a new kind of architecture developed along America's roadways. Geared to passing motorists, these fanciful representations of giant Paul Bunyans, over-sized animals and other objects caught the eye and were not easily forgotten. Sometimes there was a relationship bweteen the architecture and the goods sold, but often roadside architecture was simply outrageous for its own sake. Over time, roadside architecture evolved to include thematic examples, like theaters designed with the exotic imagery of distant cultures.

Join New Leaders Council (NLC) for a night of entertainment at the Curious Comedy Theater. Curious Productions is Portland's first non-profit theater devoted entirely to the art of comedy. 

Arrive early to enjoy a cocktail and conversation. At 7:15, learn about Curious Comedy's history, mission and outreach. Hear how Curious Comedy highlights issues of importance to the community through laughter in order to create social change.

New Leader’s Council invites City Club’s young and young-at-heart members to help move, sort and stock food in the Neighborhood House Emergency Food Box Program. This program supplies over 400 families a month with emergency food assistance, and is the Oregon Food Bank satellite on the west side. Volunteers should dress comfortably with closed toe shoes. Beverages and snacks will be provided. After volunteering, the group will head out for drinks in Multnomah Village.

Jim Lommasson

According to the Department of Veterans Affairs…

Roots Brewing Co.

New Leaders Council offers the young (and young-at-heart) the opportunity to deepen their knowledge of public affairs, develop leadership experience and network with other civic-minded people. Come join NLC for a casual evening of fun!

Jim Lommasson

This installation is available for viewing now through December 15. We invite you to come by and see the exhibit between 9:30 AM – 4:30 PM Monday–Thursday.

In Exit Wounds, photographer Jim Lommasson gives view and voice to American veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. His photo collages, made up of thousands of photos taken by the artist and by the soldiers he interviewed, emotionally illustrate soldiers’ experiences in war and the war’s effects on themselves, their families and those caught in the crossfire.

TBA/PICA, Jesse Hayward

The Time-Based Art (TBA) Festival is the Portland’s annual convergence of contemporary performance, dance, music, new media and visual arts projects. Produced by the Portland Institute of Contemporary Art (PICA), the festival examines and celebrates every form of contemporary art. Join the New Leader’s Council as they visit TBA’s nerve center, THE WORKS for a private, after-hours tour from PICA’s Visual Art Program Director, Kristan Kennedy.
 

State of WA Dept of Ecology

The Pacific Northwest is a hub of energy. From New Deal-era dams to “green economy” wind farms, energy is big business in our region. Join the New Leaders for a tour of one of the oldest and one of the newest forms of energy production in the Columbia Gorge - the Bonneville Dam and Klondike Wind Project.

Join the City Club's New Leaders Council for a behind the scenes tour of Portland's Memorial Coliseum. Learn about the history and design of the building from architect and local historian, Richard Potestio, and observe the building firsthand as we explore its interior spaces. The structure is considered to be an engineering marvel and was recently nominated to the National Historic Register.

Free and open to the public.

RSVP requested