PORT TOWNSEND — The Jefferson County Historical Society is offering a season pass to the upcoming 2012 First Friday Lecture Series.
Lectures will be held in Port Townsend’s historic city hall the first Friday of each month at 7 p.m.
The season pass, good for 10 lectures, is $40.
Admission to individual lectures has been by donation, with a suggested donation of $5.
“The series has something for everyone, including retracing John Steinbeck’s journey in Travels with Charley, Ansel Adams’ stunning photographs of Japanese-American internment camps and the shocking true-crime story of Dr. Linda Hazzard,” said Bill Tennent, historical society executive director.
Said Julie Marston, historical society president: “A season pass would be the perfect gift for the person who has everything — including a healthy curiosity.”
Next year’s lineup is:
■ Jan. 6 — John Olson, Poulsbo author of Traveling Along Steinbeck’s Road, retraces John Steinbeck’s exploration of America immortalized in Travels with Charley.
■ Feb. 3 — Dan Magneso, fishery biologist, celebrates the “100-Year Anniversary of the Quilcene Fish Hatchery.”
■ March 2 — Carol Estby Dagg, author of The Year We Were Famous, tells the tale of her great aunt who walked from Spokane to New York in 1896 to save the family farm and prove that women were up to the task.
■ April 6 — Capt. Norm Stevens presents “Shipwrecks and Other Bad News,” the story of the collision of the S.S. Governor and the S.S. West Hartland.
■ May 4 — Port Townsend author Brad Matsen discusses his new book Death + Oil: A True Story of the North Sea and the Piper Alpha Disaster.
■ June 1 — Al Latham explores the “History of the Jefferson County Conservation District, 1946-2011.”
■ July — No lecture because of holiday weekend.
■ Aug. 3 — “Ansel Adams: A Portrait of Manzanar,” a photo-lecture in conjunction with an award-winning exhibit on loan from the Bainbridge Island Historical Society, will be presented.
■ Sept. 7 — Jonathan Evison talks about his novel West of Here, an account of the Elwha Dam and the development of the Olympic Peninsula that traces generations of families from 1890 to 2006.
■ Oct. 5 — Gregg Olsen, master true-crime writer from Kitsap County, discusses his book Starvation Heights, the horrifying tale of Dr. Linda Hazzard and her starving patients.
■ Nov. 2 — Lynda Mapes, a Seattle Times reporter specializing in environmental and Native American issues.
For more information, phone the historical society at 360-385-1003.
