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Award-Winning Film to Screen at Big Blue Film Fest as Western Flyer Plans Return to the Pacific Northwest
We Simply Liked It has been named Best Film at the Big Blue Film Festival in Newport, Oregon. Created with SoulCraft Allstars, the short documentary chronicles the Western Flyer’s return to the Gulf of California, honoring the vessel’s historic journey with John Steinbeck and Ed Ricketts.
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A Return to the Pacific Northwest
March 11, 2026The Western Flyer will travel north this spring to bring hands-on ocean science programs, research opportunities, and community events to coastal communities across Oregon and Washington.
View Full ArticleBringing the Western Flyer Home — Opening Historic Doors
March 01, 2026Federal funds secured to support the Western Flyer’s return to Monterey are now helping improve ADA access at Pacific Biological Laboratories.
View Full ArticleAward-winning film to screen at Big Blue Film Fest
Lincoln County Leader, January 21, 2026We Simply Liked It: Steinbeck, Ricketts, & the Return of the Western Flyer, a short film by Aaron Straight of Soulcraft Allstars, has been named Best Film at the upcoming Big Blue Film Festival, January 23-24, in Newport.
View Full ArticleAward-Winning Film to Screen at Big Blue Film Fest as Western Flyer Plans Return to the Pacific Northwest
January 15, 2026We Simply Liked It has been named Best Film at the Big Blue Film Festival in Newport, Oregon. Created with SoulCraft Allstars, the short documentary chronicles the Western Flyer’s return to the Gulf of California, honoring the vessel’s historic journey with John Steinbeck and Ed Ricketts.
View Full ArticleThe Time X Academy Students Got to Go on the Western Flyer!
November 05, 2025The vans rolled out of the X Academy Maker Space just as the sky began to lighten, a soft blue glow stretching over Watsonville. It was early—6:45 a.m.—but the energy was unmistakable.
View Full ArticleRecreation trail gets new mural
By Chris Counts, The Carmel PIne Cone, October 31, 2025PAYING TRIBUTE to three of Can D mural that depicts John Steinbeck, Doc Ricketts and Kalisa Moore now adorns the Monterey Bay Recreation Trail behind Austino's Patisserie.
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