2019-2020
Second Friday Old Schoolhouse Lecture Series

September 2019 - June 2020

Where – Old Schoolhouse Museum
6760 National Park Drive
Twentynine Palms, CA
(across the street from the 29 Palms Inn)

Time – Lectures begin at 7:00 p.m.
Doors open at 6:15 p.m.

For more info 760-367-5539/desertinstitute@joshuatree.org

Admission – $5.00 at the door

Become a subscriber to the entire series for only $40. You will SAVE $10.00 and, as a subscriber, you will have a “reserved seat” held until 10 minutes before the lecture begins. Click here to purchase your series subscription.

Meet the speaker – Dinner at the 29 Palms Inn on your own with speaker 5 p.m.
RSVP by Wednesday prior to the event: to 760-367-5539.

For further information call:
Kevin Wong, Desert Institute Program Coordinator
760-367-5539
or email desertinstitute@joshuatree.org

Click for directions to the Museum.

Download a flyer with this season's schedule.

September 13

East Mojave Cultural History Museum
Laura Misajet, Executive Director

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October 11

Desert Ladies Diaries
Dawn Davis, producer and host of "Desert Lady Diaries" podcast

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November 8

The History of the Carson Family in 29 Palms
Thurman Carson and Randy Rogers, son of Will Rogers Jr.

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December 13"

Joshua Tree: A Place in the American West
Cane West, Ranger, NPS

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January 10

Adventures in the Mojave Trails National Monument
Kyle Sullivan, BLM Manager, Mojave Trails National Monument

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February 14

Postcards from Mecca: The California Desert Photographs of Susie Keef Smith and Lula Mae Graves
Ronald May, RPA and Warner Graves III

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March 13

History of Water in the Morongo Basin - Perspectives on an Underappreciated Resource
Marina West, General Manager, Bighorn Desert View Water Agency

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April 10

The History of the Lomeli Family in Amboy
Guadalupe Lomeli

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May 8

Natural History of Anza Borrego
Mike Wells, Author

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June 12

Grandfather Burton Frasher, Photographer, 1907 Through the Decades
Chris Frasher, Photographer

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