THIS FRIDAY, June 12:
‘What Coronado was like in the 1950s & 60s’
This Friday, June 12, popular San Diego Union-Tribune columnist and fourth-generation San Diegan Logan Jenkins will share his perspective on growing up in Coronado in the 1950s and early 1960s. Logan graduated from Coronado High School in 1965. As he reflects on Coronado’s influence on his formative years, a vivid portrait of island life after World War II and “before the Bridge” will emerge.
In the early ’80s, he left the classroom for the newsroom, serving as editor of the La Jolla Light and a variety of editing positions at the Times-Advocate in Escondido. In 1996, he joined the San Diego Union-Tribune as a columnist based in North County. Today, Logan lives in Bird Rock with his wife, Renee, a retired Francis Parker teacher. His son, Lee, is a senior writer at Sports Illustrated.
And next Friday, June 19….
‘Exploring a 1915 Treasure Trove’
with Mike Kelly – President, Committee of 100
?The 100th anniversary of the first expostion in Balboa Park is top of mind in San Diego these days. But what was the Panama-California Expo really like?It was a VERY BIG DEAL for a small town of only 45,000 residents in 1915, requiring not just a lot of money, but the all-consuming involvement of many San Diegans at the time. Explore a treasure trove of documents, photos, souvenir guides and scrapbooks from those who actually organized, attended and wrote about the expo during that era–all for free on the Committee of 100’s online digital archive, pancalarchive.org.
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The Committee of 100 has been working since 1967, to preserve Balboa Park’s historical architecture, gardens, and public spaces. The organization has created and launched this amazing digital resource for anyone in the world to view as their signature 2015 project. If you are an amateur historian, or just curious to learn how in the world small-town San Diego managed to put on a world’s fair, this is an event you don’t want to miss!
All Wine & Lecture events begin at 5:30 p.m. in the Lecture Hall of the Coronado Museum, 1100 Orange Avenue.These lectures are FREE; wine is available for $5 per glass. No RSVP is necessary, but seating is limited and will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, please call (619) 435-7242.
