3 The RAPS Sheet January 2021 JANUARY Thursday, January 21 Political science professor Christopher Shortell discusses post-Trump America. (See story page 1.) FEBRUARY Thursday, February 18 Tom Potiowsky, retired economics professor and former economist for the state of Oregon, brings RAPSters up to date on the state’s economy. MARCH Thursday, March 18 Christine Meadows, PSU Opera Program director, and Chuck Dillard, assistant professor of music and theater, give a virtual presentation showing the results of a project begun in fall 2020: two productions of Gian Carlo Menotti’s one-act opera, The Old Maid and the Thief. One production features an all-male cast, the other all-female. APRIL Friday, April 23 The President’s Annual Luncheon for Retired Staff and Faculty, hosted by PSU president Steve Percy, is scheduled to be held in the PSU Ballroom. This meeting will be converted to a Zoom event if the pandemic prevents an in-person gathering. MAY Thursday, May 20 Maryhelen Kincaid, project leader, gives a presentation on “The Vanport Placemarking Project: Remembering and Honoring Vanport’s Significant Cultural History.” The May meeting’s traditional ice cream social may be deferred. Upcoming RAPS events RAPS Group Reports Book Group THE RAPS BOOK GROUP met on December 15 and discussed Leadership in Turbulent Times by Doris Kearns Goodwin. Examining the lives of four presidents, Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, and Lyndon Johnson, the author finds parallels in their attitudes and experiences and draws out those elements that seem critical to effective leadership. The book is rich with ideas. Our discussion was lively, the group went on longer than usual, and I think we would have liked to continue even longer. Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, January 19, at our usual 1:30 p.m. time. Eileen Brennan will again set up Zoom for us. We will discuss Lauren Kessler’s Stubborn Twig: Three Generations in the Life of a Japanese American Family. Recommended by one of our members, it was an “Oregon Reads” selection a few years ago. Governor Ted Kulongoski wrote the forward, and in it he states, “It is a moving, uncompromising, and most of all inspiring story of the Japanese immigrant experience in Oregon.” The Book Group meets the third Tuesday of each month, traditionally in the homes of various members. Currently we are using Zoom for our meetings and becoming more comfortable with that format. Any RAPS member is welcome to join the group. —Joan Shireman Bridge and Hiking Groups BRIDGE GROUP AND HIKING GROUP activities have been suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic. Last summer’s anthem duo back with new holiday video LAST SPRING, Madisen Hallberg, a 2020 PSU music graduate, was in the Park Blocks taping a performance of the national anthem for Portland State’s commencement ceremonies when a passerby asked if he could sing with her. The passerby turned out to be Emmanuel Henreid, a classically trained singer, dancer, actor, and pianist who goes by “Onry.” The result of the impromptu duet was a video that has been viewed over one billion times, according to the University. The story was covered by the Today Show, NPR, ABC World News Tonight, and a host of other local, national, and international media outlets. To observe this socially distanced holiday season, the College of the Arts bought Hallberg and Onry together again for another video. They sang a song of peace, “Dona Nobis Pacem.” Leroy E. Bynum, Jr., dean of the College of the Arts, included the new video with his holiday email. If you missed it, the Hallberg-Onry holiday video and last summer’s video are available on YouTube. Onry sings for the Portland Opera, Opera Maui, St. Mary’s Cathedral, Gospel Choir: Kingdom Sound, and teaches internationally.
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