The 23rd Annual Steinbeck Festival
”
Collaborations and Connections” will be held from Aug. 7 to 10
at the National Steinbeck Center in Salinas.
The festival will feature four days of speakers, walking and bus
tours to Steinbeck-related sites, and theater with an emphasis on
Steinbeck’s collaborations and connections with artists, friends,
and family.
The 23rd Annual Steinbeck Festival “Collaborations and Connections” will be held from Aug. 7 to 10 at the National Steinbeck Center in Salinas.
The festival will feature four days of speakers, walking and bus tours to Steinbeck-related sites, and theater with an emphasis on Steinbeck’s collaborations and connections with artists, friends, and family.
Special events will include the opening reception, Theater night with a World Premier Production by The
Western Stage and the popular acoustic cookout with the 7~ Day Buskers at the historic First Mayor’s House.
The programs will include presentations by: Dr. Robert DeMott of Ohio University on Steinbeck’s journals; Terry Tallent on Horace Bristol; artist Betty Guy; Matthew Philion on
Steinbeck and Aaron Copland; author Katharine Rodger on Ed Ricketts’ essays; Dr. Susan Shillinglaw from the Center for Steinbeck Studies on Steinbeck in 1936.
Davis, Jan
Goggans and Kevin Starr fellows in Califomia Studies;
joumalist and author William Wong on Asian
