March 12 – April 20, 2023
Cannery Row Days: Celebrating the Return of the Western Flyer
Includes a Log from the Sea of Cortez book group, a tide-pooling adventure at Lovers Point, a presentation on the Western Flyer’s restoration, lectures on local history and ecology, and more!
Cannery Row Days Events
Launch Party at the Japanese American Citizens League Hall
March 12: 1:00-3:00pm
1:00pm: Intro to Japantown with Tim Thomas (Fisheries Historian)
1:20pm: The Highs and Lows of Intertidal Investigation with Rebecca Mostow (Education Program Manager, Western Flyer Foundation)
1:40pm: The Western Flyer Journey Continues! with Sherry Flumerfelt (Executive Director, Western Flyer Foundation)
2:00pm: Activities, Crafts & Games for Kids
Join us for Miniature Tule Boatmaking with Linda Yamane (member of the Rumsen/Ohlone community), sardine can label making & a special marine edition of Lotería!
For more information, click here.
Lecture on Zoom: Hurray for the Sardine: The 1940 Festival that Became a Sendoff
March 16: 4:00-5:00pm
Speaker: Tim Thomas (Fisheries Historian)
To register for this lecture, click here.
Reading Group: Session 1
March 21: 4:00-5:00pm
Where: Monterey Public Library
The Log from the Sea of Cortez by John Steinbeck
Join our 3-session reading group of John Steinbeck’s The Log from the Sea of Cortez* with Susan Shillinglaw (Professor of English Emerita, San Jose State University).
*Copies of the book were generously donated to our Library by Penguin Classics Publishing.
To register, click here.
Lecture on Zoom: 50 years in Baja
March 23: 4:00-5:00pm
Speaker: Steve Webster (Marine Biologist)
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Nature Journaling at Monterey Public Library
March 25: 4:00-6:00pm
With Rebecca Mostow (Education Program Manager, Western Flyer Foundation)
For more information, click here.
Reading Group: Session 1
March 29: 4:00-5:00pm
Where: Monterey Public Library
The Log from the Sea of Cortez by John Steinbeck
Join our 3-session reading group of John Steinbeck’s The Log from the Sea of Cortez* with Susan Shillinglaw (Professor of English Emerita, San Jose State University).
*Copies of the book were generously donated to our Library by Penguin Classics Publishing.
To register, click here.
Lecture on Zoom: The ‘We’ of Sea of Cortez: The Boat, the Crew, Steinbeck, Ricketts and Carol
March 30: 4:00-5:00pm
Speaker: Susan Shillinglaw (Professor of English Emerita, San Jose State University)
To register for this lecture, click here.
Lecture on Zoom: A Boatbuilders’ Perspective: Restoring the Western Flyer in Point Townsend, WA
April 6: 4:00-5:00pm
Speakers: Tim Lee and Pete Rust (Co-owners of Port Townsend Shipwrights Co-Op)
To register for this lecture, click here.
Pacific Biological Lab Open Hours
April 8: 12:00-4:00pm
Stop by and take a journey through Monterey’s storied past with a visit to Pacific Biological Laboratory (PBL). Once a small family dwelling, it played a pivotal role in the life and work of marine biologist Ed Ricketts, his friendship and collaboration with author John Steinbeck, their circle of friends, and the “PBL Members” who bought the Lab in the mid-1950s and founded the Monterey Jazz Festival. Lab docents are available to share the big story of this unassuming building. Interpretation of the history of the Pacific Biological Laboratories may be suitable for children 10 years of age or older.
For more info, click here.
Lecture on Zoom: Art and Algae: An Artist’s Journey into the Science of Seaweed
April 13: 4:00-5:00pm
Speaker: Josie Iselin (Artist, Author and Co-Director of Above/Below)
To register for this lecture, click here.
Guided Tide Pooling at Lover’s Point
April 15: 1:30-2:30pm
With the Pacific Grove Natural History Museum and Western Flyer Foundation
For more information, click here.
Reading Group: Session 1
April 19: 4:00-5:00pm
Where: Pacific Biological Laboratories
The Log from the Sea of Cortez by John Steinbeck
Join our 3-session reading group of John Steinbeck’s The Log from the Sea of Cortez* with Susan Shillinglaw (Professor of English Emerita, San Jose State University).
*Copies of the book were generously donated to our Library by Penguin Classics Publishing.
To register, click here.
Lecture on Zoom: Squid, Shark & Ray Artisanal Fisheries in the Gulf of California
April 20: 4:00-5:00pm
Speakers: William Gilly (Professor of Oceans, Hopkins Marine Station) & Greg Cailliet (Professor Emeritus, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories)
To register for this lecture, click here.
March 18 – 19, 2023, 11 am to 5 pm
Monterey Whale Fest
Come visit us at our booth for plankton exploration and tin foil boat building with Rebecca, Gilly, and our wonderful volunteers.
Location:
Old Fisherman’s Wharf, Monterey, CA
March 27, 2023 at 6 pm
An Evening with the Western Flyer
Benefit event hosted by The Proteus Forum. Join us for a presentation by Sherry Flumerfelt and live music by The Phantom Surfer’s guitarist Johnny Barlett. Bar and band start at 6 pm and presentation begins at 7:30 pm.
May 3, 2023, 1:30 pm – 2:30pm
Western Flyer: Literary History Heads Back to Sea
Presentation by Sherry Flumerfelt, Executive Director, about the Western Flyer and its new life as a scientific research vessel and educational classroom. Hosted by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at CSUMB.
May 21, 2023, 1 pm – 4 pm
The Ocean Arts Festival
Presented by SpectorDance at the Monterey Museum of Art
Stop by the Ocean Arts Festival to support our young local artists. Visit us at the Western Flyer Foundation table where we’ll be practicing nature journaling with some natural ocean treasures