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In Step with Amanda Van Lanen: ‘Big Apples, Big Business: How Washington Became the Apple State’

By Richard Hao, Youth Director At Large Edited by Laura Lee Bennett, Executive Vice President On April 12th, 2025 at 10:30 am at the Old...

Apr 7

In Step with Lorraine McConaghy: A Historical Tour of Washington State in 75 Documents

By Richard Hao, Youth Director At Large Edited by Laura Lee Bennett, Executive Vice President On March 8th, 10:30 am at the Old Redmond...

Feb 13

In Step with Jeff Churchill: Redmond 2050 – From Suburb to City

By Laura Lee Bennett, Programs Chair On February 8th, 10:30 am at the Old Redmond Schoolhouse, the Redmond Historical Society welcomes...

Jan 28

In Step with David B. Williams – 'Spirit Whales and Sloth Tales: Fossils of Washington State'

By Laura Lee Bennett, RHS Programs Chair On November 9th, 2024 at the Old Redmond Schoolhouse, author and naturalist David B. Williams...

Nov 5, 2024

In Step With Eric Wagner: Journey Through Mount St. Helens Blast Zone―40 Years Later

By Laura Lee Bennett “ Wagner’s book is an impassioned ode to the scientific method and the irrepressible resilience of the natural...

Nov 1, 2023

In Step With Laura Da’: ‘Poetry That Engages with History and Image in Cascadia’

By Laura Lee Bennett On October 14th, 10:30 am at the Old Redmond Schoolhouse, Redmond Poet Laureate Laura Da’ will discuss the practice...

Sep 26, 2023

In Step With… FELIKS BANEL

Questions by Deb Akerstrom Feliks Banel is a broadcaster and historian who focuses on Pacific Northwest history, geography, cartography,...

Apr 4, 2023

Resource Guide - The Razor’s Edge: The Washington Razor Clam Phenomenon

Thank you for your interest in this Saturday Speaker Series presentation! We hope you enjoyed this discussion with David Berger, and will...

Nov 16, 2022

Resource Guide - How Audio Technology Changed the World

Thank you for your interest in this Saturday Speaker Series presentation! We hope you enjoyed this informative discussion with Ross...

Oct 11, 2022

Resource Guide - Aerojet Rocketdyne: Then, Now & to the Future

Thank you for your interest in this Saturday Speaker Series presentation! We hope you enjoyed this informative discussion with Jack...

Sep 13, 2022

Resource Guide - The History of the Panama Hotel

Description: Built as a “workingman’s” hotel in 1910, the Panama Hotel and Tea House currently serves as a historic place to stay while...

Apr 12, 2022

Interview - Whiskey and Wiretaps

Program Chair Laura Lee Bennett had an opportunity to chat with attorney, indie filmmaker, and Humanities Washington speaker Steve...

Nov 16, 2021

Resource Guide - The Snoqualmie Tribe

Thank you for your interest in this Saturday Speaker Series presentation! We hope you enjoyed this informative discussion with Steven...

Oct 12, 2021

Resource Guide - The River that Made Seattle

Thank you for your interest in this Saturday Speaker Series presentation! We hope you enjoyed this informative discussion with BJ...

Sep 14, 2021

Resource Guide - From Snake Oil to Vaccines: Pharmacy History in Washington State

Thank you for your interest in this Saturday Speaker Series presentation! We hope you enjoyed this informative discussion with John...

Apr 7, 2021

Resource Guide - Resilience: A Conversation with Knute Berger

Thank you for your interest in this Saturday Speaker Series presentation! We hope you enjoyed this informative discussion with Knute...

Feb 15, 2021

Resource Guide - New Deal Postal Murals of the Pacific Northwest

Thank you for your interest in this virtual Saturday Speaker Series presentation! We hope you enjoyed this informative discussion with...

Aug 12, 2020