Featured Friday Programs Month/Year Program Speaker Lawrence Hayman, Professor & Jul-19 Johnson Space Center Model Shop former JSC Model Shop Employee Jessica Blackmore & Amanda Accardo, Jun-19 Big Energy Shell Deer Park May-19 From Printed Page to the Silver Screen Don Piper, Author Joe Monk, Volunteer Docent @ the Apr-19 Footnotes of the San Jacinto Campaign San Jacinto Monument Mar-19 Cancelled due to ITC Fire N/A Sherry Garrison , Councilwoman of Feb-19 1969: A Year of Change Deer park Jan-19 Galveston's Red Light District Kimber Fountain, Author Rachel Harmeyer, PHD Candidate in Dec-18 From Tudors to Windsors Art History at Rice University Nov-18 Your Needs Come Last: The Miserable War Paul McRee, San Jacinto College The Monster We Have Learned to Love: Oct-18 Garth Jowett, University of Houston Frankenstein's Monster in Popular Culture Sep-18 From Pulchritude to Beach Revue: A Look at Will Wright, Galveston Historical Galveston's Bathing Beauty Pageant Foundation Aug-18 The Brontës: How Three Sisters Knocked the Socks Dr. Cynthia Davis, English Department, Off the Victorian Novel San Jacinto College/Central Jul-18 History of the Ship Channel Eric Young, Docent at the Houston Maritime Museum Jun-18 Soldiers and Songs – Music of the Civil War Curt Locklear, Author of Asunder and Splintered May-18 Monroe Edwards: The Counterfeit Prince of Old Texas Lora-Marie Bernard Apr-18 Miriam "Ma" Ferguson & Minnie Fisher Cunningham: Danielle Bible, Professor of History, Pioneering Texas Politicians San Jacinto College Mar-18 Battleship Texas Mark Lardas, Author Feb-18 The Championship Season with Bobby Dynamite Bobby Vasquez, Conductor of the train that runs around the top of Minute Maid Stadium ; Editor/Publisher of InsideDP.com Jan-18 Battle of Galveston Andrew W. Hall Dec-17 Simeon West: Founder of Deer Park Sherry Garrison , Councilwoman of Deer park Nov-17 Coastal Tallgrass Prairie of Deer Park Lan Shen, Texas Master Naturalist Oct-17 Ghosts of Galveston Kathleen Shanahan Maca, Author Sep-17 Push me higher!: Everything you've always wanted to Wally Tuthill, Retired NASA Scientist know about the history and insides of rockets Aug-17 The Act You've Known for All These Years: Sgt Pepper Steve Davis, Professor of History at and the Genius of the Beatles Lone Star College Jul-17 Fall of the Romanovs Brady Hutchison, Professor of History, Alvin Community College Jun-17 Native Americans in Texas Stephen Lopez, Professor of History, San Jacinto College May-17 Battle of San Jacinto Thomas Green, Knight Commander of the Order of San Jacinto Apr-17 International Space Station Barry Wilmore, Astronaut Mar-17 New London School Explosion Marcus Turner, Professor of History, San Jacinto College Feb-17 Remembering Luv Ya Blue Susan Phillips, daughter of Bum Phillips Jan-17 Simeon West: Founder of Deer Park Sherry Garrison , Councilwoman of Deer park Dec-16 The Real History of Krampus Art FitzGerald, Professor of History, San Jacinto College Nov-16 Dancing in Bomb Shelters Joanna Wycoff, Author Oct-16 Galveston's historic cemeteries Kathleen Shanahan Maca, Author Sep-16 History of the Pasadena Rodeo Jeffrey Hallinan, Researcher Aug-16 History of Buffalo Soldiers Major Charles Williams of The Buffalo Soldiers Museum Jul-16 Military Leadership of George Washington Mark Lardas, Author Jun-16 Termite Watkins Maurice "Termite" Watkins, Former professional boxer and Olympic coach May-16 Who Wrote Shakespeare? Jon Nelson, Professor of English and Modern Languages, San Jacinto College Apr-16 Epic Journey of Cabeza de Vaca Marcus Turner, Professor of History, San Jacinto College Mar-16 Plain Folk of the Old South Eddie Weller, Director of the Honors Program, San Jacinto College Feb-16 The Real History of Fairy Tales Dr. David LeMaster, Professor of English, San Jacinto College, and Nick Weiss, Professor of English, San Jacinto College Jan-16 Elvis in Texas Steve Davis, Professor of History, Lone Star College Dec-15 Many Lives of Ebenezer Scrooge Ann Pearson, Director, Quality Enhancement Plan, San Jacinto College Nov-15 Jean Laffite & Galveston’s Pirate Era Lou Graves MacBeth, Program Chair of the Lafitte Society Oct-15 The Great Hurricane Joseph Pellerin, Professor of History, San Jacinto College ; Owner of Galveston Historic Tours Sep-15 Houston Basebale: A View from the Train Bobby Vasquez, Conductor of the train that runs around the top of Minute Maid Stadium ; Editor/Publisher of InsideDP.com Jul-15 Texas In 1776 Marcus Turner, Professor of History, San Jacinto College Jun-15 Vikings in America Lesley Kauffman, Professor of History, San Jacinto College May-15 The Real History Behind Downton Abbey Lesley Kauffman, Professor of History, San Jacinto College Apr-15 Sam Houston Marcus Turner, Professor of History, San Jacinto College Mar-15 Battleship Texas in Military & Local History Dr. Abbie Grubb, Historian and Professor of History, San Jacinto College Jan-15 Poets of World War I Vickie Hodges, Professor of English, San Jacinto College.