Mount Tamalpais History Night Talks

Thursdays, March 24 and April 21, 7 - 8:30 pm, Mill Valley Library, Creekside Room, 375 Throckmorton Avenue, Mill Valley.

• March 24: "Facts and Fancies of the Mountain Play":
• Nancy Skinner on the "other, hidden story of the establishment of the Mountain Play";
• special guest speaker Kathy King, executive director of the Mountain Play Association.
• April 21: "Spring Things: Sex, Flowers and the Dipsea":

Nancy Skinner talks about sex on the Mountain; author Barry Spitz, on the history of the Dipsea Race (it's the 100th anniversary!); renowned Marin photographer John Wall on Mount Tam flowers; for a preview, see jwallphoto.com

Come to the third semi-annual series of Mount Tamalpais History Night Talks, presented by the Mount Tamalpais Interpretative Association; co-sponsors include the Sierra Club Marin Group.

The free talks will be led by Nancy Skinner, past president of the MTIA. Nancy has been leading hikes and teaching educational programs on Mount Tam since 1975. At each talk Nancy will be joined by friends knowledgeable on various aspects of Mount Tam history. The programs will be moderated by John Catalano, hike leader and past president of the MTIA. A question-and-answer period will follow each presentation.

Well-known for her deep interest and broad scope of knowledge of Mount Tamalpais, Nancy Skinner is fondly regarded as the "Grande Dame" of Mount Tamalpais history. She recently led a group of MTIA volunteers on a two-year project documenting over 60 Mount Tamalpais historic sites and is (finally) writing a book on the unofficial history of Mount Tam.

For more information contact (415) 457-9491 or email history at mttam.net