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July 2019

Member Morning

July 27, 2019, 8:30 am - 10:00 am
Junípero Serra Museum, 2727 Presidio Drive
San Diego, CA 92103 United States

Events A Benefit of being a Member of the San Diego History Center! Saturday, July 27, 2019 8:30–10:00am Junípero Serra Museum, Presidio Park We invite you to join with fellow members for mimosas and a light breakfast at this important time in San Diego’s history. Learn about the 250th commemoration of the founding of contemporary San Diego with San Diego History Center Historians Drs. David Miller and Andy Strathman, meet our new Director of External Relations Elsa Sevilla (host of Historic Places…

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January 2020

The Journalist of Castro Street: Randy Shilts and the HIV/AIDS Epidemic

January 13, 2020, 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
San Diego History Center, 1649 El Prado, Suite 3
San Diego, CA 92101 United States

Events How we understand HIV/AIDS today is partially due to the groundbreaking coverage of journalist Randy Shilts. In the 1980s, Randy Shilts, ahead of the curve in many ways, became a sought-after national expert on AIDS for the San Francisco Chronicle, appearing on ABC’s Nightline and CNN’s Larry King Live. Shilts also penned the three most seminal books on the life and experience of LGBT Americans in the last years of the twentieth century: The Mayor of Castro Street: The Life and Times of Harvey…

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Art & Life at the White City: Lomaland’s Cultural Legacy

January 14, 2020, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
San Diego History Center, 1649 El Prado, Suite 3
San Diego, CA 92101 United States

Events In 1897, Katherine Tingley established the Universal Brotherhood and Theosophical Society on the Point Loma peninsula. Under her leadership, this dusty seaside plot of land—popularly known as Lomaland—was transformed into a lush, vibrant “White City” that became a center of learning and culture.Please join us for a special presentation by local historian and teacher Kenneth Small that explores how Lomaland became the cultural and artistic hub of a growing San Diego.San Diego native Kenneth Small, whose parents were longtime…

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Member Morning

January 25, 2020, 8:30 am - 10:00 am
San Diego History Center, 1649 El Prado, Suite 3
San Diego, CA 92101 United States

Events A Benefit of being a Member of the San Diego History Center! Saturday, January 25, 20208:30–10:00amSan Diego History Center, Balboa Park We invite you to join with fellow members for mimosas and a light breakfast at this important time in San Diego’s history. Join San Diego History Center Historians, Drs. David Miller and Andy Strathman in discussion about the latest Journal of San Diego, out in January 2020. While there is no cost to attend, Reservations are Required! Free…

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March 2020

San Diego History Center Archives Tours

March 6, 2020, 10:30 am - 2:30 pm
San Diego History Center, 1649 El Prado, Suite 3
San Diego, CA 92101 United States

Events As part of San Diego Architectural Foundation's OH! San Diego Program, SDHC is offering two unique opportunities– Friday, March 6 in our Research Archives and Saturday, March 7 at the Junípero Serra Museum. Visitors will go behind-the-scenes for a “Show and Tell” presentation of the rare architectural resources housed in the Center’s Architectural Drawings Collection. Archivist Renato Rodriguez will display one-of-a-kind items from the Collection including original blueprints, presentation drawings, elevation drawings and floor plans for unique buildings that…

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