Parlor Talks


• Summer 2024 •

8/29/24

“Changes on Harkers Island”
Chris Yeomans & Friends

8/15/24

“Changes on Cape Lookout”
Jeff West

7/25/24

“Changes in the Town of Beaufort”
Geoffrey Adair

7/11/24

“Changes in the Seafood Industry”
Barbara Garrity-Blake and Jess Hawkins

8/22/24

“Changes in the Tides”
Dr. Katherine Anarde, Assistant Professor, NC State University

8/1/24

“Changes Down East”
Summer Interns

7/18/24

“Changes in our Local Schools”
Richard Paylor, Jody McClenny and Jeanne Huntley


• Summer 2023 •

9/28/23

“NC’s History with Hurricanes”
Jay Barnes

8/17/23

Foundation for Shackleford Horses
Margaret Poindexter & Carolyn Mason, Presidents Past & Present

8/3/23

“US Coast Guard History, Carteret County”
Todd Nelson, CDR, USCG(ret)

7/20/23

“Portsmouth Island Decoys”
Robbie Smith, Carolina Decoy Collectors

7/6/23

“Cape Lookout Lighthouse - Past, Present & Future”
Nate Toering, Cape Lookout National Seashore

6/22/23

“Shorebird Hunting & the Art of Shorebird Decoys”
Robbie Smith, Carolina Decoy Collectors

8/24/23

“Patrick’s Hill, Carteret County’s Only Lynching”
Geoffrey Adair, Historian

8/10/23

“Coastal Songs - Old & New”
Connie Mason & Emma “Emmer” Rose Guthrie

7/27/23

“Family Neighborhoods of Harkers Island”
Joel Hancock, “The Education of an Island Boy”

7/13/23

“Coastal Songs - Old & New”
Connie Mason

6/29/23

“The Tide IS Rising”
Panel Discussion - Researchers, Journalists, Scientists

6/15/23

“Fish House Liars”
Chris Yeoman, Friends & Fellow Liars


• Spring 2023 •

2/2/23

“A Tribute to Fish House Liars”

Chris Yeomans

2/9/23

“Songs and Stories We Love”

Connie Mason

2/16/23

“Promised Land”

Shannon Adams

2/23/23

“Cape Lookout Lighthouse”

Heber Guthrie

3/2/23

“Palmer Davis of Davis Ridge”

Geoffrey Adair

3/9/23

Sacred Threads Exhibit Introduction

Crystal Coast Quilters & Partners

3/16/23

“Feed Sacks’ Role in Quilting and Commerce”

Crystal Coast Quilters and Partners


• Fall 2022 •

7/14/22

“The Tide IS Rising”

Frank Tursi

7/21/22

“Dynamics of Extreme Events, People and Places (DEEPP)”

Elizabeth Frankenburg & Nathan Dollar

7/28/22

“Leaving the Banks”

Joel Hancock

8/4/22

“Cape Lookout Lighthouse History and Restoration Status”

Jeff West

8/11/22

“Cabin Culture of the Southern Banks”

Dr. Stan Rule

8/18/22

“The Value of Down East Culture in the Arctic Alaska”

Susan Mason