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• The daughter of novelist and satirist Kurt Vonnegut, Edie Vonnegut Squibb is renowned in her own right as a painter. Edie was raised in Barnstable, left at age 17 to “seek fame and fortune” and returned 20 years later to raise her family. She lives with her husband John in the barn behind the house she grew up in. This presentation is a slide show of Kurt Vonnegut’s years in Barnstable, audio recordings and memories of growing up with him. 

•  Janet Uhlar was a juror in the trial of James “Whitey” Bulger, an experience which forever changed her. It was not Bulger’s criminality as that was anticipated. It was the corruption she believed was revealed  within the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), detailed in numerous testimonies. Janet offers a presentation of what she learned during and after the trial through personal conversations with Bulger, and others related to the trial. From these experiences and interviews, she wrote a story as a roman a clef, entitled The Truth Be Damned.

• Chris Macort, a 5th generation South Orleans Cape Codder, has worked with Barry Clifford on the WHYDAH for over 20 years. An underwater field archaeologist and artifact conservator, he has ventured from Madagascar to Venezuela searching the depths of the sea and exploring shipwrecks. Chris’s passion however lies on Cape Cod. The WHYDAH is the only fully authenticated Golden Age pirate shipwreck ever discovered. Sinking off the coast of Cape Cod in 1717, the pirate ship alluded detection for over 260 years and continues to yield new discoveries.

Speaker-Greg Williams

• What happened to the Davis family of Cataumet after they befriended private nurse Jane Toppan? Jane’s prolific career of “caring” for anyone who required her ministrations – or got in her way - ended in the Barnstable Village Courthouse at the turn of the 20th century. Was Jolly Jane the most prolific female serial killer in American history? Always meticulously researched and entertainingly delivered, Judge Williams’ talks never disappoint.

• Tim Lindberg was born in Brockton, MA, but has lived for over 40 years in London. However, he has spent all of his 65 summers on the Cape, and for 30 years in Barnstable Village. After a long career in international banking he pursued his interest in history, and as a member of London’s Haykluyt Society, has a particular interest in early explorers to New England and North America. In this talk he successfully provides insight, from a British perspective, into how European interest developed over the 125 years before the Pilgrims landed here on Cape Cod. 

Speaker- Vincent Miles 

• Asa Eldridge was a 19th century sea captain who became famous for, among other things, the perilous voyages he made to and from Liverpool (the place of the speaker’s origins). Eldridge’s career exemplifies many important aspects of US maritime history. Speaker Miles grew up in Liverpool but has lived in America for over 30 years and in fact, resides in Eldridge’s old homestead in Yarmouthport.