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May 12: IN THE WHALE

  •  a documentary produced by David Abel, featuring Provincetown diver Michael Packard who was scooped into the mouth of a whale and lived to tell about it. 


Wine and cheese intermission.


Sponsored by:  

Kate Eglee


Michael Packard

MAY 19: THOREAU’S OVERLOOKED CAPE COD EXCURSION

As described by popular West Barnstable Historian James H. Ellis 


Sponsored by: Town of Barnstable 

James H. Ellis

TUESDAY, MAY 27: HORSESHOE CRAB ECOLOGY

Learn about the adaptation of horseshoe crabs, 400-million-year-old prehistoric creatures, with Ian Ives, Director of Long Pasture Audubon.


Sponsored by:  Peter & Susan Eleftherakis  

JUNE 2: ROAD TO CONCORD & LEXINGTON

Popular presenters Karen Rinaldo and Kevin Doyle return to the events of April 19, 1775, in Lexington & Concord and the “shot heard round the world”.


Sponsored by: Bob & Dede Rice 

&  

Dianne Mahoney  

JUNE 9: SLAVERY AND ABOLITIONISM ON CAPE COD

Michael Pregot talks about SLAVERY AND ABOLITIONISM ON CAPE COD, a Massachusetts incongruity. 


Sponsored by: Town of Barnstable  

JUNE 16: SHE’S GONE

Teacher and historian Kathleen Brunelle relates the true stories of unsolved mysteries; five women gone without a trace.


Sponsored by: Diane Ross & 

Kevin Berry 

JUNE 23: JOSEPH WARREN

Liberty’s Martyr as told by author, lecturer and screenplay writer Janet Uhlar.


Sponsored by:  Greg & Barbara Masterson  &

John and  Susan Littlefield

JUNE 30: THE DUNE SHACKS OF PROVINCETOWN.

  • Internationally recognized photographer Jane Paradise describes THE DUNE SHACKS OF PROVINCETOWN.


Sponsored by: Jon & Eliza Lewis &

Steve and Lynn Heslinga

JULY 7: BLOOD IN THE WATER

  New York Times bestselling author Casey Sherman tells the gripping true local crime story in BLOOD IN THE WATER. 

Wine and cheese reception.


Sponsored by:  Jeffrey & Nancy Bilezikian , Grace Galvin & 

Peri Wentworth



JULY 14: A Debate Between John Adams & Mercy Otis Warren

Re-enactment debate between John Adams (Michael LePage) & Mercy Otis Warren (Michelle Gabrielson). Author Nancy Rubin Stuart will moderate.


Sponsored by:  Charles MacMillin  

JULY 21: BREAKING GLASS

 Tales from the “witch of Wall Street” Patricia Walsh Chadwich, who broke into the financial world’s male bastion 


Sponsored by:   

Dianne Mahoney  &

Steve and Lynn Heslinga

JULY 28: NEW ENGLAND STORIES

 Popular speaker Ted Reinstein travels through the heart and soul of New England, meeting memorable people and collecting unlikely stories.


Sponsored by:    Barbara Erikson,  Heather Campbell, VIncent Miles  &

Bob & Alex Frazee

AUGUST 4: ABIGAIL ADAMS, AMERICA’S FIRST SECOND LADY

Acclaimed local actor Sheryl Faye portrays ABIGAIL ADAMS, AMERICA’S FIRST SECOND LADY. 


Sponsored by: Lisa Donahue

AUGUST 11: CAPE COD’S ROLE IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

 Local historian Nancy Vial Shoemaker presents the Otis family of Barnstable and CAPE COD’S ROLE IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.   


Sponsored by:  Tim Lindberg

  &

Peter & Melissa Brown


AUGUST 18: BLOOD & HATE

Bestselling author David Wedge tells the incredible untold story of boxer Marvelous Marvin Hagler’s battle for glory culminating in the racially charged 1980 title bout with Alan Minter. 

Wine and cheese reception. 


Sponsored by:  Town of Barnstable  

AUGUST 25: BECOMING CAPE COD

 - James O’Connell discusses the evolution of the Cape as a vacation seaside mecca as told through rare historic postcards.  


Sponsored by: Wolfgang Fattler

SEPTEMBER 8: FREEDOMS COST

  Author historian Janet Uhlar returns to present the story of General Nathaniel Greene, Savior of the Continental Army.   


Sponsored by:  Greg & Barbara Masterson 

& John and Susan Littlefield 

SEPTEMBER 15: SEAFARING WOMEN IN THE AGE OF SAIL

Popular local historian and author Jim Coogan discusses SEAFARING WOMEN IN THE AGE OF SAIL.  



SEPTEMBER 22: -MY FATHER WAS A GANGSTER

 Will Vaus’sfather was a wiretapper, working for notorious crime boss Mickey Cohen until his conversion.  


Sponsored by:  Kate Eglee 

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