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2024 2nd Saturday Programs and Events Page |
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Saturday January 13th, 2024 1 PM |
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Witnessing History Carl Howell served as a Naval Aide to the President for three of our Presidents: Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon. Carl recounts his adventures. This is not a political film. John Newcombe is a local filmmaker. In addition to showing his film, John will recount his experience interviewing Carl Howell at his home in Shadow Hills. |
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Saturday February 10th, 2024 1 PM |
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Street Names If you've ever been curious about how those Valley streets came by their unusual names, this talk is for you. Mark Tapio Kines started investigating the origins of street names across Los Angeles County in 2020 as a labor of love. To date, he has completed write-ups for over 1,700 streets for his project, aptly titled L.A. Street Names. |
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Saturday March 9th, 2024 1 PM |
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Weird Tujunga Lots of weird stuff you probably did not know about Tujunga — the name, alien abductions, the first hippie and a train crash. Historian and author, Mike Lawler, returns to Bolton Hall Museum with stories to tell about the crazy, spooky and interesting tales about our town. |
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Saturday April 13th, 2024 1 PM |
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Saturday May 11th, 2024 1 PM |
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Cherish is the Word Russ Giguere, one of the original members of The Association, joins us to tell about the group, their history and very interesting stories of how this iconic singing group was so successful. |
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Saturday June 8th, 2024 1 PM |
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Three Homes with History It takes a whole lot of research to nominate a home for Historic Cultural Monument status. Charles Fisher is just the man to do this. Charles has successfully nominated and obtained HCM for nearly 200 locations. He will give us the history of our 3 homes currently nominated for HCM status and the process to obtain HCM status. |
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Saturday Sept 14th, 2024 1 PM |
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Saturday October 12th, 2024 1 PM |
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Craig’s Colorful Collection Craig Durst returns with one of his (always interesting) programs. Craig will bring in his collection of captivating clutter and explain the historical significance of each piece. |
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Saturday November 9th, 2024 1 PM |
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No 2nd Saturday programs in July or August. |
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Early California Cuisine None of the cooking techniques or popular dishes of either the first people of California or the Spaniards of the Mission period are common today. Why? Our speaker for this program is journalist, author, culinary historian, and lecturer Richard Foss. You will learn so much about early California cuisine and much of it may surprise you! |
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Around the World in 80 Minutes Join History Hunter, Craig Durst, as he takes us around the world using only 19th century technology. How will he do it? You will have to join us to find out! |
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Hello Norma Jeane The Marilyn Monroe You Didn’t Know Did she really have six toes on one foot? Did she have an affair with the president and his brother? What was she really like? You will be surprised how many myths exist about this Hollywood icon. Our speaker is Elisa Jordan, writer, editor and researcher of the history of Old Hollywood. Elisa has written extensively and appeared in documentaries about Marilyn Monroe. |