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The Power of Place
June 4, 2006Ray Belknap presented "The Power of Place," along with his unique slides.
One of the nation's pioneers in landscape study, Ray recently retired after fifteen years as the Director of the Land Conservancy of San Luis Obispo. He continues to pursue his lifelong curiosity about the sense of place, particularly in rural areas.
Come Along for the Ride!
A Publication Planning Event
Presenters: Heritage Shared Board & Members
May 2, 2004In typical Heritage Shared fashion, the guide will not revisit high style buildings, formal landscapes, or structures already deemed historically significant. Instead it will highlight the ordinary landscapes and roadside structures that frame our daily experience as residents of the Central Coast. We envision a guide that will help us notice, appreciate, and better understand some remarkable features of the built environment that we generally take for granted. The working title is: Hey! Look at That: A Roadside Guide to Mid-Twentieth Century San Luis Obispo. We are defining mid-century loosely to mean the 1920s through the 1970s.
If These Trees Could Talk
Presenter - Joyce Rabellino
April 27, 2003"If These Trees Could Talk" will engage people of all ages in discovering and presenting stories linking todays community landscape including its natural, social and cultural elements with the actions of yesterdays civic leaders. The trees of public spaces have had a unique window on those actions and, in this model project, will serve as focal points for gathering the memories of a community. In Public Places ~ Exploring Their History, volume 3 of the Nearby History Series (Nashville, Tennessee: The American Association for State and Local History, 1987), Gerald A. Danzer wrote Spaces become places because human beings use them and shape them according to their cultural needs. How have these uses changed from generation to generation? What forces have shaped the development of the community we experience today? What social and cultural factors have compelled the civic actions of previous generations? The answers and the real understanding may come through contemplating the little things, the everyday experiences of the common man, as John Steinbeck did so masterfully. In that vein, lets get down to street level
View complete presentation: SMCF.org
Looking For Chinese Needles In North Coast Haystacks
Presenter: Paula Juelke Carr
April 14, 2002Our Spring members meeting presentation Looking for Chinese Needles in North Coast Haystacks, was presented by Paula Juelke Carr, an environmental planner and historical researcher and exhibit developer for Cal Trans. Our presentation this year will be especially interesting for those that remember our first forum at Cuesta College in 1998, In Search of Chinese San Luis Obispo.
Steinbeck and Hearst Writers Ingrid Reti and Victoria Kastner
Presenters Ingrid Reti and Victoria Kastner
April 22, 2001Heritage Shared members and guests were pleased to have two local authors speak about their new books that celebrate the diverse history of our area. Poet, author and teacher Ingrid Reti shared her love of the land and work of John Steinbeck. Ingrid has been teaching and writing about the renowned Nobel laureate for many years. Her wonderful new book is Steinbeck Country Revisited. Victoria Kastner is author of the stunning book on our areas most famous local landmark, Hearst Castle: The Biography of a Country House. Kastner energetically shared a small part of the work and process behind the scenes in bringing us new and fascinating information on the life and times of Mr. Hearst.
Thomas F. Gooerty
Presenter: Dick Miller
October 1, 2000Our second special program featured a display of Arts and Crafts era ornamental ironwork by Thomas F. Googerty (1863-1945), an Illinois artist-blacksmith. Dick Miller shared his experiences curating recent Googerty exhibits at the National Ornamental Metal Museum in Memphis and other venues in Illinois and Arizona. Copies of the Googerty exhibit catalog will be available for purchase.
Related link: ABANA.org
Norman Clyde
Presenter: Bob Pavlik
April 30, 2000This inaugurated a series of special programs for members featuring an historical work-in-progress, presented informally with opportunity for input and questions. The membership enjoyed Bob Pavliks account of the remarkable California mountaineer and nature writer, Norman Clyde (1885-1972), whom long-time Sierra Club President David Brower once described as the pack that walked like a man. During his career Clyde climbed more than a thousand peaks in North America, and still holds the record for first ascents in the Sierra Nevada. Bob illustrated his talk with slides, and displayed limited edition works by and about Norman Clyde.
