Programs

 

Upcoming program -

Remarkable Histories: Women Who Changed Palo Alto

Sunday, March 10, 2024
2:00 - 4:00 pm

Palo Alto Art Center
1313 Newell Road
Palo Alto

Our March program will celebrate National Women's History Month, which acknowledges the vital role of women in American History. Palo Alto women have made innumerable contributions both to our community and to the world. Join us as several speakers share the history of some of Palo Alto's extraordinary women, including some well-known names and also some you might not know. We hope you will join us to listen to these inspiring stories of women who have shaped our city.

Women's History Month had its origins as a national celebration in 1981 when Congress authorized and requested the President to proclaim the week beginning March 7, 1982, as "Women's History Week" In 1987, after being petitioned by the National Women's History Project, Congress designated the month of March 1987 as "Women's History Month." Since 1995, presidents have proclaimed the month of March as "Women's History Month."

Women’s voter registration tea on the porch of 349 Hamilton Avenue, 1912

Future Public Programs -

Mark your calendars for upcoming PAHA program on May 5. Check back for more information.

Recordings and General Program Information

PAHA programs are recorded. DVDs of the programs can be checked out from the Archives at Cubberley Center, Room-7. Recordings of our programs, titled "Heritage", are broadcast on local cable public access Channels 28 and 30 on various days and times. They are simultaneously streamed on the Media Center web site www.midpenmedia.org - check web site for schedule.

If you missed the January 28, 2024 program, Palo Alto and the World 100 years ago: Scenes and Events of 1924 with historian Steve Staiger, you can find the video at Vimeo.

Also on the Vimeo site you will find programs from past seasons, including the December 2021 program Life in the Frank Lloyd Wright Hanna House with Karen Holman and John Hanna, and PART: Palo Alto "Rapid" Transit with PAHA Historian Steve Staiger presented in January 2022.