History Slam
Are you interested in Monterey County History or do you know someone who is? The Monterey Public Library, in partnership with the Western Flyer Foundation, the Cannery Row Foundation, and the Cannery Row Company, is excited to invite all historians and history buffs to the 2nd Annual Monterey County History Slam on April 10, 2021, from 10 am to 4 pm.
The event features 10-15 minute talks on the rich, hidden histories of Monterey. Hear about the porthole in Robinson Jeffers’ Hawk Tower; Joseph Campbell’s connection to Monterey and Star Wars. Learn more about Ed Ricketts, the ecology of Monterey Bay, local artists--as well as fresh perspectives on Flora Woods, the legendary Cannery Row Madame; the Chinese village at Point Alones; local Japanese American flower growers; and Tiburcio Vasquez: The Musical!
And MUCH MORE!
History Slam Schedule
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Historical connections between Monterey and the |
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10-11 am |
Michael K. Hemp |
maritime Pacific Northwest |
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The Answer, My Friend, is Flowin’ in the Sea: |
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Jim Carlton, Jennifer Selgrath, |
Ecological Impacts of the Monterey Bay Cannery |
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10-11 am |
and Fiorenza Micheli |
Effluents from the 1920s to the 1970s |
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10-11 am |
Lewis Rhames |
The Cradle of Conservation |
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11 am -12 |
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Between Pacific Tiles: a census of Granizo’s |
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John Sovereign |
menagerie in The Monterey Mural |
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11 am -12 |
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Douglas Borer |
Napoleon At Tor House?: A Porthole Story |
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11 am -12 |
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Pat McAnaney |
Vasquez: The Musical |
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12 - 1 pm |
Howard Burnham |
Gaspar de Portolá and the founding of Monterey |
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12 - 1 pm |
Wayne Marion |
A California Tragedy |
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Tales of Cannery Row – Ed Ricketts and John |
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12 - 1 pm |
Adam Miller |
Steinbeck |
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Connecting All Living Things: How Monterey |
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1-2 pm |
Lucas O. Seastrom |
Peninsula Writers Helped Inspire Star Wars |
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1-2 pm |
Sascha Zepeda |
The Past Owner of Monterey County |
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Pacific Grove’s Chinese Fishing Village Legacy: |
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Donald Kohrs and Gerry Low |
Connections to John Steinbeck, Ed Ricketts, and |
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1-2 pm |
Sabado |
America |
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Jules Simoneau's Lyons Ale Depot - The |
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2-3 pm |
John Sanders |
Bohemian Club Rendezvous |
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2-3 pm |
Wendy Good |
Sisters in Art: Margaret, Esther, and Helen Bruton |
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2-3 pm |
Tracy Shaw |
Dora, Fauna, and the Real Life of Flora Woods |
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The Larkin House - A New England Inspired |
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3-4 pm |
Karla Noyes |
“Monterey Colonial?” - Myths and Misconceptions |
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3-4 pm |
Gary Spradlin |
Mayo Hayes O'Donnell and the Peninsula Diary |
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Gambatte Kimashita: Japanese Flower Growers |
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3-4 pm |
Eric Palmer |
of the Salinas Valley |
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If you have questions, please contact Sean Briscoe, Librarian, Monterey Public Lbirary, at refdesk@monterey.org or Emily Gottlieb, Education Director, Western Flyer Foundation at emily@westernflyer.org
This program takes place on Zoom, or participants may join by phone. Registration closes an hour before the program. The Zoom access information will be sent to registered participants shortly before the program begins. Use of video camera and level of participation is determined by each person.
A Zoom account is not required to join this program. Please ensure that you are using Zoom 5.0+ (updated in May 2020). Click here to learn about the latest version of Zoom.
New to Zoom? Visit the Zoom help guide for an overview of the virtual platform, participate in live training via the library, or click here to sign up for Zoom's free training.
Please click here to download and view the event flyer: Flyer
- Date:
- Saturday, April 10, 2021
- Time:
- 10:00am - 4:00pm
- Location:
- Online
- Audience:
- Adults