The T.W. Wood Gallery in Montpelier, VT, is planning a joint exhibit with the Central Vermont Medical Center to exhibit the state’s collection of Works Progress Administration (WPA) art. The WPA exhibit will highlight many works from the outstanding collection of paintings and… read more
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Date:
Tue. Sep 20th, 2016 - Fri. Nov 11th, 2016 Location:
T.W. Wood Gallery, Center for Arts and Learning, 46 Barre Street, Montpelier, VT and Central Vermont Medical Center, 130 Fisher Road, Berlin, VT Registration:
https://www.twwoodgallery.org/
Join Living New Deal Founder Gray Brechin on Wednesday, September 7th at 6 pm, as he examines the New Deal’s impact in Northern California (including 1937’s PWA-constructed Sonoma County Hospital, pictured here). “Recovering from the Depression: The Enormous—and Invisible—Legacy of New… read more
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Location:
Forum Room, Central Library, 211 E St., Santa Rosa, CA Coordinator:
Sponsored by the Friends of the Santa Rosa Libraries and the Sonoma County History & Genealogy Library Coordinator phone:
(707) 545-0831, ext. 1562 Registration:
www.sonomalibrary.org
This September, the Berkeley Repertory Theatre will adapt Sinclair Lewis’s 1935 novel, It Can’t Happen Here, for the stage. As the Berkeley Rep notes, Lewis’s satirical novel, “follows the ascent of a demagogue who becomes president of the United States by… read more
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Date:
Fri. Sep 23rd, 2016 - Sun. Nov 6th, 2016 Location:
2025 Addison St., Berkeley, CA Registration:
https://www.berkeleyrep.org/season/1617/10650.asp
Later this month, Living New Deal Founder Gray Brechin will present an illustrated lecture as part of Berkeley’s Hillside Club Round Table series. “A New Deal for the Arts & Crafts: Herbert Maier and the California Boys in the National and State… read more
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Date:
Wed. Aug 24th, 2016 Coordinator:
The Hillside Club 2286 Cedar Street, Berkeley Registration:
https://baha-news.blogspot.com/2016/07/gray-brechin-lectures-on-architecture.html Event cost:
Donation requested; BHC members free
From June 21 to 23, the National Park Service will celebrate its centennial in Santa Fe. “A Century of Design in the Parks: Preserving the Built Environment in National and State Parks,” is sure to be a fascinating symposium, drawing… read more
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Date:
Tue. Jun 21st, 2016 - Mon. May 23rd, 2016 Coordinator:
The National Park Service Registration:
https://www.ncptt.nps.gov/events/century-of-design-in-the-parks/
From our friends at the Richmond, CA, Museum of History: The Richmond Museum of History is delighted to host our first fundraiser dedicated to the restoration of the mural Richmond: An Industrial City by Victor Arnautoff. The mural was… read more
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Time:
3:00 pm PDT
Date:
Sat. May 14th, 2016 Location:
Madeline F. Whittlesey Community Room, Richmond Public Library, 325 Civic Center Plaza, Richmond, CA, 94804 Coordinator:
Richmond Museum of History Coordinator phone:
510-235-7387 Registration:
www.richmondmuseum.org Event cost:
$25
This Friday, April 29, the Roosevelt@Cal chapter of the Roosevelt Institute presents a “roundtable discussion with local elected officials and UC Berkeley professors.” Join the participants as they address the theme, “Disenchanted–Not Disengaged: Rethinking Economic & Educational Engagement in Berkeley.” This… read more
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Time:
6:00 pm PDT - 7:30 pm PDT
Date:
Fri. Apr 29th, 2016 Location:
575 McCone Hall, University of CA, Berkeley Coordinator:
Roosevelt@Cal Coordinator Email:
[email protected]
From the Berkeley City Commons Club website: Dr. Gray Brechin will delve into the history of the Bay Area’s Depression-era architecture, engineering, and public art, including iconic places such as the Bay Bridge, East Bay Regional Parks, Woodminster, our airports,… read more
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Time:
12:30 pm PDT - 1:30 pm PDT
Date:
Fri. Apr 22nd, 2016 Coordinator:
Jane Barrett Coordinator Email:
[email protected] Coordinator phone:
(510) 845-8055 Registration:
https://www.citycommonsclub.org/UpcomingPrograms.html
Glory-June Greiff writes us from Indiana: Indiana’s Bicentennial this year has happily resulted in a great many history programs around the state–and that includes programs featuring the New Deal! Public historian Glory-June Greiff will present an illustrated program on… read more
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Time:
6:30 pm EDT
Date:
Tue. Apr 26th, 2016 Location:
One Library Square, Terre Haute, IN, 47807 Coordinator:
Glory-June Greiff Registration:
https://www.vigo.lib.in.us/news/1113/speaker-seriesstate
Will you be in the San Francisco Bay Area this weekend? If so, we recommend a visit to San Francisco History Days. From the event’s website: “On the weekend of March 4–6, 2016 the Old Mint becomes a pop-up museum… read more
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Date:
Fri. Mar 4th, 2016 - Sun. Mar 6th, 2016 Location:
The Old Mint, 88 5th St., San Francisco, CA, 94103 Coordinator:
San Francisco History Days Registration:
https://sfhistorydays.org/about/ Event cost:
Free