History Road Show: Regional Authors

Join us in the Museum Members Lounge on select Sundays during the off-season to learn about the people and places that put the Calumet region on the map.

All events are scheduled at The Museum at Lassen’s Resort unless otherwise noted. Registration is required. Admission is free for members, or $2 at the door for guests. Please RSVP at Click for Details

January 8th: Nick Mantis is the Executive Director and Producer of the documentary “Shep: The Life and Career of Master Storyteller Jean Shepherd.”

February 5th: *Secret Northwest Indiana: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful & Obscure*
Joseph S. Pete is a Region native who writes for The Times of Northwest Indiana, a job that’s taken him all around the South Shore. The author of Lost Hammond, Indiana and 100 Things to Do in Gary and Northwest Indiana Before You Die, Pete is a frequent guest on Lakeshore Public Radio and has twice as many first names as the average person. His many accolades include Lisagor Awards, SPJ Awards, and a calculator he won at a Hammond Civic Center circus raffle.

March 5th: *Pullman: the Man, the Company, the Historical Park*
Dr. Kenneth Schoon, a Northwest Indiana native and professor of science education, has a bachelor’s degree in geology, a master’s in secondary education, and a Ph.D. in curriculum and instruction. Dr. Schoon’s research interests center around science misconceptions and local studies. His book, Calumet Beginnings, first published in October, 2003, is a heavily illustrated, interdisciplinary geology and early history of the Calumet Region of northwest Indiana and south of Chicago areas.



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