“It’s like people see me as an object, not as a human being.” Noggin loves visiting p:ear, a nonprofit center for homeless youth. P:ear offers community, along with critical services, support, and a welcoming educational and gallery space in Portland’s Old Town neighborhood, filled with caring staff and volunteers for young people…
Post by Noggin Resource Council member Jesse Hamlin WOW! The inaugural year of Noggin Fest was a great success! We packed the Alberta Rose Theater on a rainy Wednesday night, and partied until the wee hours with science, music, brains and art! LEARN MORE: Noggin Fest – Shannon Entropy, King Who, Cambrian…
WHAT: Oregon Art Beat with Kindra Crick and Dr. John Harkness WHERE: Mountain Shop, 1510 NE 37th Ave, Portland, OR 97232 WHEN: Thursday, October 5, 8 – 8:30pm On Thursday, October 5th at 8pm, OPB’s Oregon Art Beat featured artwork from Kindra Crick and her collaboration with Dr. John Harkness on the neuroscience of memory. We enjoyed the premiere…
Curious folk, partnered and not, streamed into our favorite, world-renowned Portland bike bar to learn what current neuroscience research – and art – suggest about alcohol’s effects on social relationships… Our velocipedal venue offers extensive opportunities to explore the role of this popular drug (an array of quality craft beer…
Post written by Noggin volunteer Kim Engeln (OHSU) Last weekend I hit the road to bring the neuroscience of caffeine and alcohol to beautiful Astoria, Oregon with Alfredo Zuñiga, Jacob Schoen, Jeff Leake, and Bill Griesar… I was so excited to hear that our talk back in April at Velo…
This week NW Noggin visited historic Astoria, at the mouth of the Columbia River, to explore some fascinating links between two local favorites – caffeine and alcohol – and the combined actions and effects of these popular drugs on human and rodent behavior and brains… “Green Douglas firs where the…
“The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.” – W.B. Yeats Including phenomenal painting and sculpture inspired by scientific investigation and discovery..! Noggin was honored to join the opening reception for a remarkable SciArt group exhibition curated by Sara McCormick, featuring Northwest artists Kindra Crick, Julian…
WHAT: A Sci-Art group exhibition curated by Sara McCormick, featuring NW artists: Kindra Crick Julian Voss Andreae Elise Wagner Lawrence Morrell Sienna Morris Opening Reception: PLUS live performance (with brainwave display!) from Shannon Entropy! WHERE: Ford Gallery, 2505 SE 11th Avenue, Portland, OR 97202 WHEN: SATURDAY, July 29 from 6…
Jeff Leake, Board President A California bay area native Jeff holds a BFA from the San Francisco Art Institute and an MFA from UC Davis. His art is based in the rich history of painting, literature, and natural science. Leake sifts through this various source material finding stories while constructing…
“I felt a funeral in my brain, And mourners, to and fro, Kept treading, treading, till it seemed That sense was breaking through.” – Emily Dickinson Depression proved a compelling topic for our latest NW Noggin presentation at Velo Cult, with a bar-estimated 200 community members gathering to connect, engage and learn…