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Every month you are invited to attend a reading, walking tour, gallery talk or book signing as part of our regular programming. We encourage you to attend these monthly events and bring a guest or two. We look forward to seeing you soon at the California Historical Society. Unless otherwise noted all events will be held at the California Historical Society's headquarter s located at 678 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94105.
EXHIBITION
Oyster Farm: Photographs of the Drakes Bay Oyster Company
On view through January 31, 2012
The California Historical Society hosts the exhibit Oyster Farm: Photographs of the Drakes Bay Oyster Company, featuring the documentary photography of artist Evvy Eisen. discussing Oyster Farm, Evvy Eisen explains, “I set out to photograph the workers at the Drakes Bay Oyster Company because they are part of our community, though few of us have ever seen them or understand what they do. They stood before my camera, with dignity and patience. Their portraits communicate information specific to these individuals, but also illuminate essential aspects of the universal human condition.” Eisen’s photographs are accompanied by pieces of ephemera and other materials from the rich collections of the California Historical Society.
Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
The Story of an Oyster
Oyster farming discussion
Free Event at the California Historical Society, 678 Mission Street, San Francisco
Ever wonder what it takes for an oyster to make it to your plate? Join us for an evening with Nancy and Kevin Lunny, owners of the Drakes Bay Oyster Company. They will share the many facets of oyster farming in Drakes Estero, including its history, culture and ecology, research and education at the farm, and the ABCs of how an oyster is grown. For the story of the oyster after it leaves the farm, Christian Caiazzo, chef and owner of Osteria Stellina in Point Reyes Station, will share his perspective as a chef and commitment to using local and organic ingredients at his restaurant. RSVP to rsvp@calhist.org or 415.357.1848, ext. 229.
Wednesday, January 18, 2012, 6:00 p.m.
Working Landscapes, Working Waterscapes: Appropriate Uses on Public Lands
Discussion with beverages and hors d’oeuvres served.
Free Event at the California Historical Society, 678 Mission Street, San Francisco
The panel will use the controversy over the Drakes Bay Oyster Farm’s continuation to think about larger questions: Is there a fundamental shift in the ways we think about nature, people, ecology, and environmental history coming and how do we conceptualize it and solidify it to become better stewards of our public lands? How can we build a consensus, across sectors, that could change the ways we think about and manage cultural and working landscapes within parks, natural areas, and wildernesses? The panel will be moderated by award-winning journalist Jon Christensen, currently the Executive Director of the Bill Lane Center for the American West at Stanford University with panelists Richard Walker, author of The Country in the City: The Greening of the San Francisco Bay Area, and Kelly Cash, Environmental Consultant. RSVP to rsvp@calhist.org or 415.357.1848, ext. 229.
Saturday, January 21, 2012, 3:00 p.m.
California Historical Society Collections at the Autry National Center
Tour and Reception
Free Event for California Historical Society members held at the Autry National Center, 4700 Western Heritage Way, Los Angeles
California Historical Society members are invited to a special tour of the Romance Gallery at the Autry National Center of the American West. Curators will introduce you to four pieces of iconic art from the California Historical Society collections currently on view at the Autry. Meet the California Historical Society’s new Executive Direction and board members in a post-tour reception. Reservations required. RSVP to rsvp@calhist.org or 415.357.1848, ext. 229.
Thursday, March 1, 2012, 6:00 p.m.
An Evening with Richard White, author of Railroaded: The Transcontinentals and the Making of Modern America
Free Event at the California Historical Society, 678 Mission Street, San Francisco
Join us at the California Historical Society for an evening with Richard White when he will discuss his recent book Railroaded: The Transcontinentals and the Making of Modern America. Railroaded is a new, incisive history of the transcontinental railroads and how they transformed America in the decades after the Civil War. With characteristic originality, range, and authority, Richard White shows the transcontinentals to be pivotal actors in the making of modern America. But the triumphal myths of the golden spike, robber barons larger than life, and an innovative capitalism all die here. Instead we have a new vision of the Gilded Age, often darkly funny, that shows history to be rooted in failure as well as success. RSVP to rsvp@calhist.org or 415.357.1848, ext. 229.
Thursday, March 22, 2012, 6:00 p.m.
Images of the Pacific Rim: Australia and California, 1850-1935
Book event with author Erika Esau
Free Event at the California Historical Society, 678 Mission Street, San Francisco
Join us as Erika Esau discusses her recent book, Images of the Pacific Rim: Australia and California, 1850-1935. Australia and California have shared aesthetic ideas through imported popular imagery for nearly two hundred years. From gold rush photography to Spanish-style houses, Images of the Pacific Rim tells the fascinating story of aesthetic exchange between two ‘cultures on the periphery’. The absorption of images into the everyday life of these ‘new’ Western societies, made possible by the development of mechanical processes of production, constructed distinctive cultural iconographies and helped to create a sense of place based upon a shared ocean and climate. Through photography, graphic art, architecture, and the ubiquitous eucalyptus, Erika Esau’s book reveals the source elements of what became a ‘Pacific Rim’ aesthetic. RSVP to rsvp@calhist.org or 415.357.1848, ext. 229.
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