2023 Programs
All Programs begin at 7 p.m.
Admission is $10 for members and $15 for non-members.
Memberships can be purchased at the door.
There are some Thursday evenings on the schedule.
Town of Barnstable Tourism grant
has sponsored several programs this year as shown in the schedule.
MAY PROGRAMS
May 15-Swirling Currents
May 22-Luminaries of West Barnstable
May 22-Luminaries of West Barnstable
Coastal sustainability author and shellfish biologist Sandy MacFarlane describes the muddy road to today’s vibrant shellfish industry that produces the succulent morsels we love and helps to preserve the waters we love just as much. Wine and shellfish reception.
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Book signing with author, sale by Titcomb’s Bookshop, and dessert reception follow program.
Sponsored by:
Robert & Elizabeth Betti; Kris & Lenny Clark & Barnstable Seafarms
May 22-Luminaries of West Barnstable
May 22-Luminaries of West Barnstable
May 22-Luminaries of West Barnstable
Former Vice President of the West Barnstable Historical Society and Tales of Cape Cod trustee James H. Ellis traces the stories of Lemuel Shaw, Mercy Otis Warren, James Otis Jr and Mad Jack Percival.
Followed by book signing and sale by author and dessert reception
Sponsored by: Anonymus
JUNE PROGRAMS
Thursday, June 1-The Combat Zone, Murder, Race & Boston's Struggle for Justice
Thursday, June 1-The Combat Zone, Murder, Race & Boston's Struggle for Justice
Thursday, June 1-The Combat Zone, Murder, Race & Boston's Struggle for Justice
Journalist Jan Brogan reveals how the 1976 murder of a Harvard football player in Boston’s old red light district and the two trials that followed impacted the city, state and ultimately the nation.
Book signing by author, sale by Titcomb’s Bookshop and dessert reception follow program.
Sponsored by: Brian & Cathy Smith, Barnstable Market; Charles & Nancy Mueller
June 5-The Lightkeeper’s Daughter, the True Story of Ida Lewis
Thursday, June 1-The Combat Zone, Murder, Race & Boston's Struggle for Justice
Thursday, June 1-The Combat Zone, Murder, Race & Boston's Struggle for Justice
Author Lenore Skomal relates this true story to be produced as a major motion picture; Set against the backdrop of a country in turmoil including the Civil War and the Woman’s Suffrage Movement, Ida’s ordinary life took a drastic turn when the world discovered she had been silently saving the lives of countless sailors.
Followed by book signing by author, sale by Titcomb’s Bookshop and dessert reception.
Sponsored by: Peter & Susan Eleftherakis; Carrie Thornburg Bearse
June 12- On the Road to the Mayflower
Thursday, June 1-The Combat Zone, Murder, Race & Boston's Struggle for Justice
June 19 -More Than A Job, Story of New England Fishing
Returning authors Karen Rinaldo and Kevin Doyle relate their research into the 12 years the Pilgrims lived in Holland before coming to the New World in 1620. Their photographs of thousand-year-old buildings, canals, and flowers puts you in their footsteps and explains their motivations on the Road to the Mayflower.
Book signing by authors, sale by Titcomb’s Bookshop and dessert reception follow program.
Sponsored by:Town of Barnstable Tourism Grant, & DeDe Kiely & Bob Rice
June 19 -More Than A Job, Story of New England Fishing
June 19 -More Than A Job, Story of New England Fishing
June 19 -More Than A Job, Story of New England Fishing
Founder and Executive Director of the New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center Laura Orleans and Captain Rodney Avila who has fished commercially for 60 years, will
introduce the workings of the New Bedford commercial fishing industry and relate why it is more than a job.
Dessert reception follows program
Sponsored by:
Town of Barnstable Tourism Grant
Jeffrey & Nancy Bilezikian
June 26-Portland Gale
June 19 -More Than A Job, Story of New England Fishing
June 26-Portland Gale
Popular speaker Don Wilding recounts the voyage of Portland as a killer storm approaches, sending the vessel to the depths of the Cape Cod Bay and claiming 200 lives.
Book signing by author, sale by Titcomb’s Bookshop and dessert reception follow program.
Sponsored by: Lloyd George & John & Susan Littlefield
JULY PROGRAMS
Thursday, July 6-Batter Up! The History of Cape Cod Baseball League
Thursday, July 6-Batter Up! The History of Cape Cod Baseball League
Thursday, July 6-Batter Up! The History of Cape Cod Baseball League
Former sports editor for Cape Cod Times Bill Higgins, focuses on the Cape League’s history which includes some of the biggest stars in the game.
Baseball themed reception to follow.
Sponsored by:
Elizabeth Donahue; Peri Wentworth, & Charles MacMillan
July 10-A Walk Through History
Thursday, July 6-Batter Up! The History of Cape Cod Baseball League
Thursday, July 6-Batter Up! The History of Cape Cod Baseball League
Through photographs and storytelling, trekker Mark McGrath explores the history and beauty of the Outer Cape.
Sponsored by Town of Barnstable Tourism Grant, Marcia & Bud Nugent & Leezie Magruder
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July 17-Lizzie: The Murders, The Evidence, The Law, The Birthday.
Thursday, July 6-Batter Up! The History of Cape Cod Baseball League
July 24-White House By The Sea: A Century of the Kennedys at Hyannisport
Popular speaker Greg Williams will recount the legend of Lizzie Borden as we celebrate her birthday.
Sponsored by: Lesley Wallace
July 24-White House By The Sea: A Century of the Kennedys at Hyannisport
July 31-Letter from Barnstable Jail: William Apess & the 1833 Mashpee Resistance
July 24-White House By The Sea: A Century of the Kennedys at Hyannisport
Debut author Kate Storey talks about Hyannisport, where for 100 years, America’s most storied political family has come to celebrate, bond, play and grieve.
Sponsored by:
Alexena & Robert Frazee
July 31-Letter from Barnstable Jail: William Apess & the 1833 Mashpee Resistance
July 31-Letter from Barnstable Jail: William Apess & the 1833 Mashpee Resistance
July 31-Letter from Barnstable Jail: William Apess & the 1833 Mashpee Resistance
Historian Drew Lopenzia recounts the true story of William Apess, of the Pequot Indian Nation, who helped Mashpee Indians gain their civil rights through one of the first sustained actions of civil liberty in US history.
Sponsored by:
Gene & Susan Guill
AUGUST PROGRAMS
August 7-Tin Ticket – The Heroic Journey of Australia’s Convict Women
August 10-Paul Revere’s Last Ride – Patriotic Metalworking & Entrepreneurship in Early America
August 10-Paul Revere’s Last Ride – Patriotic Metalworking & Entrepreneurship in Early America
Local historian Deborah Swiss relays the compelling true story, soon to be a tv series, of survival and triumph of the human spirit through the eyes of three extraordinary women, who were among the founding fathers of modern Australia.
Sponsored by: Diane Mahoney, Lynn & Steve Heslinga & Melissa & Peter Brown
August 10-Paul Revere’s Last Ride – Patriotic Metalworking & Entrepreneurship in Early America
August 10-Paul Revere’s Last Ride – Patriotic Metalworking & Entrepreneurship in Early America
August 10-Paul Revere’s Last Ride – Patriotic Metalworking & Entrepreneurship in Early America
Dr. Robert Martello, will explore Revere’s patriotic service to the country which took place in workshops and factories and was instrumental in closing America’s technology gap with England and entering the Industrial Age.
Sponsored by:
Diane & David Munsell;
Alexena & Robert Frazee
August 14-The Pirate’s Wife: The Remarkably True Story of Sarah Kidd
August 10-Paul Revere’s Last Ride – Patriotic Metalworking & Entrepreneurship in Early America
August 14-The Pirate’s Wife: The Remarkably True Story of Sarah Kidd
Dr. Daphne Palmer Geanacopoulos recounts the dramatic and deliciously swashbuckling story of Sarah Kidd, the wife of a famous pirate Captain Kidd, charting her transformation from New York socialite to international outlaw during the Golden Age of Piracy.
Sponsored by:
Scott & Gail Alexander; Bronwen Howells Walsh
August 21-Thomas & Tisquantim, Two Unlikely Travelers
August 21-Thomas & Tisquantim, Two Unlikely Travelers
August 14-The Pirate’s Wife: The Remarkably True Story of Sarah Kidd
Popular speaker and Barnstable summer resident Tim Lindberg weaves the true story of hardship, heartbreak and greed, honor and loyalty and the will to survive as two voyagers set the scene for a world in which the Pilgrims find themselves.
Sponsored by:
Jon & Eliza Lewis
August 28-Tales of Extreme Survival
August 21-Thomas & Tisquantim, Two Unlikely Travelers
August 28-Tales of Extreme Survival
Best-selling author Michael Tougias shares what each of us is capable of when under pressure and chronicles the stories of people who experienced harrowing events to become survivors.
Sponsored by:
Steve & Lynn Heslinga; Peri Wentworth
SEPTEMBER PROGRAMS
Thursday, September 7-History of the Cape Cod Bridges
September 18-Hearts Touched With Fire; How Great Leaders Are Made
September 11-Bathsheba Spooner; A Revolutionary Murder Conspiracy
While we debate the replacement of the Cape Cod bridges Park Ranger Samantha Gray will remind us of the challenge to have them erected.
Sponsored by:
Town of Barnstable Tourism Grant
Jon & Eliza Lewis
September 11-Bathsheba Spooner; A Revolutionary Murder Conspiracy
September 18-Hearts Touched With Fire; How Great Leaders Are Made
September 11-Bathsheba Spooner; A Revolutionary Murder Conspiracy
The saga of the first woman in American history to be executed after the Declaration of Independence as told by Andrew Noone.
Sponsored by:
Greg & Barbara Masterson
September 18-Hearts Touched With Fire; How Great Leaders Are Made
September 18-Hearts Touched With Fire; How Great Leaders Are Made
September 18-Hearts Touched With Fire; How Great Leaders Are Made
A leader in the public area for more than half a century and advisor to Presidents Nixon, Ford, Bush and Clinton, David Gergen reveals the time tested secrets of dynamic leadership.
Wine and cheese reception.
Sponsored by:
Jamie & Lee Hunsaker