September 16	Lamplighters Music Theater. This lively group captivates audiences with the timeless magic of musical theater and brings classic operettas to life with heart, humor, and virtuosic passion. Celebrating our 75th season with Gilbert and Sullivan’s Music
October 7	Sivani Bobu.  Award-winning journalist, photographer, co-founder and CEO of the women-led media  company, Hidden Compass. The magazine and podcast tell stories to challenge and inform. Exploring and Photographing the Arctic and Antarctic
October 21	David M. Kennedy. Award-winning journalist, photographer, co-founder and CEO of the women-led media  company, Hidden Compass. The magazine and podcast tell stories to challenge and inform. The Arc of US History from WWII to the Present Day
November 4	Timothy Egan. Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, popular author and NYT columnist. The book, and its photographs, tell of Edward Curtis who spent three decades documenting the stories and rituals of more than 80 North American tribes. Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher
November 18	Jim Wilkens.  Adventurer, author, speaker, and wilderness guide. He has climbed active volcanoes, kayaked through headhunter territory, dove on sunken wrecks, ridden camels across India’s Thar Desert, and more. Camels, Skulls and Cobras
December 2	Alka Joshi.  An internationally famous bestselling author of historical fiction. Her latest book takes readers from Bombay through four European cities in a search for answers to the mysterious death of a famous painter. Six Days in Bombay
January 20	Bertrand Patenaude. Lecturer in History and International Relations at Stanford University. He edited numerous books and taught in the Dept. of National Security Affairs at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA. The History and Current Status of the Baltic States