Kitsap/Mason County Lectures
Wednesdays, 7:30-8:30 p.m.
March - June 2006
A free weekly public lecture series devoted to where we live.
For more information, contact Bob Abel at 360.475.7372 or email: babel@olympic.edu
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Olympic College Bremerton Campus
March 15: The Waters of Puget Sound and the Hood Canal (Art 103)
Ted Baldwin, Professor of Chemistry, Olympic College
March 22: Kitsap and Mason County Weather (Art 103)
Bob Abel, Meteorology Professor, Olympic College
March 29: The Geology of Kitsap/Mason Counties (Art 103)
Steve Macias, Professor of Geology, Olympic College
April 5: The Art of Kitsap/Mason Counties: Part I (Art 103)
Amy Burnett, Amy Burnett Gallery: Artist, Lecturer
April 12: The Art of Kitsap/Mason Counties: Part II (Art 103)
Alan Newberg, Collective Visions Gallery: Artist, Lecturer
April 19: A History of African Americans in Kitsap County (Art 103)
Dianne Robinson, Bremerton City Council Member and Founder of the African–American Historical Society of Kitsap County.
April 26: The Foods of Kitsap and Mason Counties (Bremer Student Center)
Chris Plemmons, Professor of Culinary Arts, Olympic College
Olympic College Poulsbo Campus (Hern Lecture Hall)
May 3: Kitsap County History: An Overview
Suzanne Arness, Past President, Kitsap Historical Society
May 10: Native American History and Culture
Leonard Forsman, Tribal Chair, Suquamish Tribe
May 17: Japanese American History and Culture
Frank Kitamoto, Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community
Olympic College Shelton Campus (Johnson Library, Room 108)
May 24: Orre Nobles and the Artist Colony on Hood Canal
Mike Fredson, Author; President, Mason County Historical Society
May 31: Native Tribes in Mason County
Leanna Shipp, Olympic College Student.
June 7: Music: History of the Northwest Grunge Movement
Carmen Hoover, Professor of English, Olympic College
June 14: Biology of Kitsap/Mason Counties
Greg Schirato, District Biologist, Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife