AUGUST 4: ABIGAIL ADAMS, AMERICA’S FIRST SECOND LADY
Sponsored by: Lisa Donohue, Barbara Baldwin, Milton & Helga Berglund & Ms. Anonymous
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 and Phineas Fiske
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.
Sponsored by: Karen Rinaldo & Kevin Doyle and Karen Rinaldoand Karen Rinaldo
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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SEPTEMBER 29: - THE THEATRICAL ADVENTURES OF EDWARD GOREY
Carol Verburg, friend, and collaborator of Edward Gorey focuses on his unique theatrical genius.
Sponsored by: Jon & Eliza Lewis
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OCTOBER 6: MORE OR LESS MADDY
Renowned neuroscientist and local author LISA GENOVA explores bipolar disorder in her latest novel MORE OR LESS MADDY.
Sponsored by: Leslie Wilker-Manfredonia,
Helen Feher & Peri Wentworth
Lisa Genova
OCTOBER 13: TALES OF THE HEADLESS...AND THE HEARTLESS.
Popular speaker and retired judge Greg Williams thrills with TALES OF THE HEADLESS...AND THE HEARTLESS.
Wine and cheese reception.
Sponsored by: Lesley Wallace & Carrie Bearse