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
Event details
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
Event details
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
From our friends at the San Francisco Public Library: During the Depression, artists in San Francisco showed us their world in vibrant public artworks as big and powerful as the events and people they depicted. Do we still… read more
Event details
Time:
7:00 pm PDT
Date:
Mon. Feb 29th, 2016 Location:
SHARP Building: 1736 9th Ave., San Francisco, CA Coordinator:
Sunset Heights Association of Responsible People Coordinator Email:
[email protected] Coordinator phone:
(415) 564-0225 Registration:
https://sharpsf.com
Public Historian Glory-June Greiff writes from Indiana: “One of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s most controversial New Deal programs, the Works Progress Administration was established ‘not for the sole purpose of putting men back to work but primarily for the rebuilding… read more
Event details
Time:
6:00 pm CDT
Date:
Thu. Mar 17th, 2016 Location:
201 East Front St., South Whitley, Indiana, 46787 Coordinator:
Glory-June Greiff Coordinator phone:
(260) 723-5321 Registration:
https://www.swcplib.com
Judith Kenny is a retired professor of Geography and Urban Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and a Living New Deal Research Associate, now based in Portland, Oregon. She is also a member of Portland’s Architectural Heritage Center (AHC) Education Committee, and… read more
Event details
Time:
10:00 am PDT - 11:30 am PDT
Date:
Sat. Mar 5th, 2016 - Sat. Mar 5th, 2016 Location:
Architectural Heritage Center, 701 SE Grand Ave., Portland, Oregon Coordinator:
Judith Kenny Registration:
https://architecturalheritagecenter.z2systems.com/np/clients/architecturalheritagecenter/eventRegistration.jsp?event=1617 Event cost:
$12 (AHC members), $20 (general public)
Public Historian Glory-June Greiff writes from Indiana: “The Works Progress Administration (WPA), authorized in 1935, put the Depression-era unemployed to work on public projects. Their legacy is visible in Kimmell and Gregg parks in Vincennes, Indiana. On Friday, April… read more
Event details
Time:
2:00 pm CDT - 3:30 pm CDT
Date:
Fri. Apr 29th, 2016 - Fri. Apr 29th, 2016 Location:
Vincennes, IN Coordinator:
Glory-June Greiff Registration:
https://www.in.gov/dnr/historic/4463.htm Event cost:
Registration costs vary.
The San Francisco Zoo’s “Mother’s Building,” constructed in 1925 as a “refuge for mothers and their children,” is the site of Dorothy Pucinelli and Helen Forbes’s four-panel mural, “Noah and His Ark,” completed in 1938 through the Federal Arts Project… read more
Event details
Time:
6:30 pm PDT - 8:00 pm PDT
Date:
Thu. Jan 28th, 2016 - Thu. Jan 28th, 2016 Location:
3223 Ortega Street, San Francisco, CA, 94122 Coordinator:
Susan Pfeifer Coordinator Email:
[email protected] Event cost:
Free
On Wednesday, January 27, Harvey Smith, author of Berkeley and the New Deal and a Living New Deal advisor, and Jon Golinger, founder of Save Coit Tower, will be discussing the artists who came together, in 1933 and 1934, to… read more
Event details
Time:
6:00 pm PDT
Date:
Wed. Jan 27th, 2016 - Wed. Jan 27th, 2016 Location:
Koret Auditorium, Main Library, San Francisco Public Library, 100 Larkin St., San Francisco, CA Coordinator:
The San Francisco History Center of the San Francisco Public Library and Protect Coit Tower Coordinator phone:
(415) 557-4277 Registration:
sfpl.org Event cost:
Free
From the Oakland Heritage Alliance: “Dr. Gray Brechin will delve into the history of the Bay Area’s Depression-era architecture and public art, including iconic sites such as Woodminster, the East Bay Regional Parks, Alameda County Courthouse, and the Bay Bridge…. read more
Event details
Time:
7:00 pm PDT
Date:
Thu. Jan 28th, 2016 - Thu. Jan 28th, 2016 Location:
Chapel of the Chimes, 4499 Piedmont Ave., Oakland, CA Coordinator:
Oakland Heritage Alliance Coordinator Email:
[email protected] Coordinator phone:
(510) 763-9218 Registration:
www.oaklandheritage.org Event cost:
$10 for members, $15 for non-members
Word for Word, a San Francisco-based theater group, is currently staging a “Holiday High Jinx” special: three performances based on stories by Damon Runyon, Joseph Mitchell, and E. B. White. If you find yourself in the city’s Mission District… read more
Event details
Date:
Thu. Dec 24th, 2015 - Thu. Dec 24th, 2015 Location:
450 Florida St., San Francisco, CA,