| Old Schoolhouse Lecture Series & Desert Institute Present... The Second Friday Lecture Series 2008-2009 Where-- Old Schoolhouse Museum 6760 National Park Drive 29 Palms (across the street from the 29 Palms Inn) Time-- Lectures begin at 7:00 p.m. Admission-- $5.00 at the door Season tickets now available for $35.00 For further information call: Karina White, Desert Institute Program Director 760-367-5535 October 10, 2008 Life at the Keys Ranch Willis Keys, Son of a Pioneer November 14, 2009 Desert Literature Michel Walker, M.A., Enviromental Literature Professor of English, Copper Mountain College December 12, 2008 Spanish Trail Clifford James Walker, Author, Historian January 9, 2009 San Andreas Fault Bruce Bridenbecker, M.S., Geosciences Professor, Copper Mountain College February 13, 2009 Desert Lizards: Ecology and Distribution Dean Leavitt, Ph.D. Candidate, Ecology March 13, 2009 Randall Henderson & Desert Magazine Phil Brigandi, Author of Barnstorming the Desert Orange County Archivist May 8, 2009 Cacti, Agaves, and Yuccas Stephen Ingram, M.A. Bottany, Author of Cacti, Agaves, and Yuccas of California and Nevada June 12, 2009 General Patton and the Desert Training Center Rolla Queen, Archaeological Historian |