HISTORICAL PROGRAMS
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2026
APRIL — Slugger by the Sea: Gavy Cravath’s Laguna Years, by Rick Reiff ✓
FEBRUARY — 106 Years of Drama: Laguna Playhouse, the Oldest Continuously Running Theater West of the Mississippi, Seven Voices Present a Single Historic Narrative: Glenna Matthews, Jared Mathis, Pat Kollenda, Joe Lauderdal, Lisa Halle, Wally Ziegler, Andy Barnicle ✓
2025
JANUARY — 100-Year History of the Laguna Beach County Water District, by Christopher Regan ✓
APRIL — The Great Dane: Eiler Larsen's Life Before Laguna, by T. Mills Kelly ✓
OCTOBER — Retrospective: 70 years of the Brooks Street Surfing Classic ✓
2024
DECEMBER — Have a Home Run Day! Honoring Skipper Carrillo, by Alicia Rowe and others ✓
OCTOBER — Children of Aliso, by Scott Case ✓
APRIL — Lost Horizons: Historical Paintings by David Solomon, by Gaylen Solomon Corbett ✓
FEBRUARY — An Evening with Dick Metz ✓
2023
SEPTEMBER — Bill Ogden Voiceover (short), hosted by the Laguna Beach Historical Society ✓
SEPTEMBER — Bill Ogden Voiceover (full version), hosted by the Laguna Beach Historical Society ✓
MAY — 100-year Anniversary of our Murphy Smith Bungalow Celebration ✓
APRIL — A Laguna Kid, by Rick Balzer ✓
MARCH — Boyhood Adventures in Laguna Beach, by Dick Metz ✓
2022
DEC — The History of the Laguna Beach Free/Community Clinic, by Dr. Korey Jorgensen ✓
NOV — Fire Abatement with Goats, by Ken Frank ✓
MAY — Early Years of Little League Baseball in Laguna Beach, by Frank Aronoff ✓
2021
NOVEMBER — Red Guyer, Laguna Beach High School Athletic Coach and Laguna Legend, by Glenna Matthews ✓
APRIL — Suite Alice of Riverside, Tahoe, and Laguna, (Alice Miller Richardson), by Barbara Ann Burns ✓
MARCH — Laguna Beach History, hosted by Laguna Beach High School history teacher, Shelby Anderson ✓
2020
MARCH — The Digester Building — The Historic Laguna Beach Sewage Treatment Plant, by Bob Borthwick, Glenna Matthews, Krista Nicolds ✓
JANUARY — The History of Orange County’s First Hospital, by Drs. David Lagrew, Woody White, George Harper ✓
2019
DECEMBER — Early Homesteaders of Laguna Beach, by Carol Llo byd
NOVEMBER — History of the Marriner Family: Marriner’s Stationery & Booksellers, by Mike and Harry Marriner
JUNE — History of Aliso & Woods Canyons, Laguna Coast Wilderness Parks, by Eric Jessen
APRIL — Laguna Canyon Project: Refining Artivisim, by the publishers & creators of the book ✓
2018
OCTOBER — 25th Anniversary of the 1993 Fire, by Gene Felder ✓
SEPTEMBER — History of the HIP District, by Susan Elliott, Joe Hanauer, & Chris Keller ✓
APRIL — History of Laguna's Beaches,by Eric Jessen ✓
2017
NOVEMBER — Laguna Presbyterian Church Centennial (no video available)
OCTOBER — The Laguna Playhouse, by Glenna Matthews ✓
MAY — St. Clair Family, by Mary Rabe ✓
MARCH — Laguna Beach Greenbelt ✓
JANUARY — History of the Sawdust Festival, by Jay Grant ✓
2016
NOVEMBER — The Greeter, by Martin Yewchuk ✓
SEPTEMBER — St. Francis by the Sea, by Allene Symons ✓
MAY — The Rogers Family: Early Settlers of Laguna Beach, by Carol Lloyd ✓
APRIL — The Christmas Happening, by Neil Purcell ✓
2015
JANUARY — Laguna Beach Police: The Early Days, by Chief Paul Workman ✓
MARCH — The New Deal in Orange County, by Charles Epting ✓
MAY— History of the Fire Department, by Api Weinert ✓
SEPTEMBER— Pre-History of Laguna Beach, by Megan Wilson ✓
OCTOBER— History of the Beach and the Laguna Beach Lifeguards, by Kai Weisser ✓
NOVEMBER— Joe Thurston, Early Homesteader, by Phil Brigandi ✓
2014
FEBRUARY— Hobie: Master of Water, Wind and Waves, by Paul Holmes ✓
APRIL— Henry and George Rogers: Our Laguna Pioneering Families, by Carol Lloyd ✓
JUNE— 25th Year Anniversary of “The Tell”, by Mark Chamberlain ✓
SEPTEMBER — Emma Jane Pence, by Carolyn Hobert Fisch ✓
NOVEMBER — Historic Irvine Family Movies, by Eric Jessen and Mark Chamberlain ✓
2013
APRIL —Recently Acquired Historic Images ✓
MAY —History of Negotiations – 1990 Save Laguna Canyon Bond Measure H ✓
JUNE —Then and Now, by Foster Eubank and Gene Felder ✓
SEPTEMBER —It Takes a Villager, by Arnold Hano ✓
OCTOBER — 20th Anniversary of Laguna Wildfire by Gene Felder ✓
NOVEMBER —Loving Laguna,by Skip Hellewell ✓
NOVEMBER — Early Homestead Families, by Carol Lloyd ✓
2012
MARCH — Lila Zali – Laguna Beach Civic Ballet, presented by Kathy Kahn along with Merilee Magnuson Blaisdell, Mary Hanf Monzingo, and June Budd ✓
APRIL — Pancho Barnes, Moye Stephens & Richard Halliburton, by Barbara H. Schultz ✓
MAY — 80th Anniversary of the Festival of the Arts, by Diane Challis Davy, Dan Duling, Sharbie Higuchi, and Martin Betz ✓
SEPTEMBER — Edgar Payne, by Eric Jessen ✓
NOVEMBER — Historic Buildings and Sites in Downtown Laguna, by Gene Felder ✓
2011
NOVEMBER — Conversation with Arnold Hano ✓
Surf's Way Up: Our Surf Musical Heritage, by Matt Quilter
History of Downtown Laguna Beach, by Gene Felder and Eric Jessen
St. Francis by the Sea Cathedral Chapel, by former Historical Society President Anne Frank and Bishop Percy Wise Clarkson's granddaughter Jessica De Stefano
Jahraus Family, by Linda Jahraus
New Photos Acquired by the Historical Society, presented by Gene Felder and Eric Jessen
2010
NOVEMBER — Laguna Beach Art Association: Its Perils and Pleasures, by Richard Challis, Gene Crain. Moderated by Janet Blake ✓
Architectural Modernism in Laguna Beach, by Ted Wells
View and Discuss Historic Laguna Beach Photographs from the Orange County Public Library
Early History of St. Mary's Episcopal Church, by Starr Helms
History of Laguna Beach
2009 and prior
2006-05-15 George Hurrell and Pancho Barnes, Part 2, presented by Dr. Lou D’Elia ✓
2006-05-15 George Hurrell and Pancho Barnes, Part 1, presented by Dr. Lou D’Elia ✓
2002 SPRING
2000 MARCH/APRIL — The Festival Story (newsletter article)
1995 JULY/AUGUST — The Glorious Fourth (of old Laguna Beach), written by Jane Janz (newsletter article)
1994 Lifeguard Presentation, by Craig Lockwood ✓
1994 The Art Farm, by Doc Blacketer ✓
1994 OCTOBER — Our Past 1946, working at the Associated Telephone Company, by Pauli Buzan (newsletter article)
1994 JULY — Our Past 1883-1904, naming Laguna Beach, by Jane Janz (newsletter article)
1992 MAY — Laguna's Pottery Industries in the 1940s, presented by Pauline Buzan (newsletter article)
1992 FEBRUARY — Life and Career of Madame Modjeska, presented by Ellen Lee (newsletter article)
1992 JANUARY — St. Francis By-The-Sea, American Catholic Church, presented by Anne Frank
1991 NOVEMBER — The Thurston Connection, presented by Richard Ayotte
1991 SEPTEMBER — Laguna Beach’s Archeological Heritage, presented by Nick Magalousis
The History of Main Beach Park 40th Year Anniversary Window-to-the-Sea
Train Robber’s Daughter: The Melodramatic Life of Eva Evans, Laguna actress
Jack Norworth & Song “Take Me Out to the Ball Game”, Laguna resident 1900
The Legend of Pancho Barnes, notorious Laguna aviatrix in 1930s
History of Saving Laguna Canyon, originally the only access to Laguna Beach
The 1993 Laguna wildfire, Lessons that Changed our Environment
Villa Rockledge, Historic Coast Landmark
History of Laguna Art Museum, presented by Janet Blake
The Work of Photographer William Mortensen (introduced colorization to photography and focused the film industry on Laguna Beach), presented by Larry Lytle
History of Surfing and the Laguna Connection, presented by Dick Metz
Effects of Spanish Colonialism on Takic-Speaking Peoples, presented by Charles Quilter
View and Discuss Historic Images from the Tom Pulley Postcard Collection
Victoria Beach Tower & Norman House
Retrospective of Boy Scouts/Cub Scouts in Laguna Beach
Growing Up in Laguna During the Great Depression, presented by Peter Kaye
"Peanuts” George Larson, presented by author Craig Lockwood√