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: Town of Barnstable
Michael Packard
MAY 19: THOREAU’S OVERLOOKED CAPE COD EXCURSION
As described by popular West Barnstable historian James H. Ellis
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: Don & Dede Rice
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Dianne Mahoney
JUNE 9: SLAVERY AND ABOLITIONISM ON CAPE COD
Michael Pregot talks about SLAVERY AND ABOLITIONISM ON CAPE COD, a Massachusetts incongruity.
JUNE 16: SHE’S GONE
Teacher and historian Kathleen Brunelle relates the true stories of unsolved mysteries; five women gone without a trace.
JUNE 23: JOSEPH WARREN
Liberty’s Martyr as told by author, lecturer and screenplay writer Janet Uhlar.
Sponsored by: Greg & Barbara Masterson
JUNE 30: THE DUNE SHACKS OF PROVINCETOWN.
Internationally recognized photographer Jane Paradise describes THE DUNE SHACKS OF PROVINCETOWN.
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.
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
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
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Heather Campbell & VIncent Miles
AUGUST 4: ABIGAIL ADAMS, AMERICA’S FIRST SECOND LADY
Acclaimed local actor Sheryl Faye portrays ABIGAIL ADAMS, AMERICA’S FIRST SECOND LADY.
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
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.
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
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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