An Enduring Voice for California

A Celebration of John Steinbeck home page

Program of Events
San Diego State University

April 2 - May 2, 2007
Field Work: Documenting California's Migrant Farm Labor Experience 1935 to 2003
Exhibition organized by Tina Yapelli

April 15, 2007 from 2:00 - 3:30pm
The Wrath of a Nation: Reading the 'Grapes of Wrath', 1939 - 2007
Susan Shillinglaw, Keynote Speaker

April 18, 2007 from 7:00 - 9:00pm
Steinbeck's Wrath - Commies, Oakies and the Battle for California's Heartland
John Putman, Moderator

April 19, 2007 from 4:00 - 6:00pm
Watching Steinbeck's Ethnic Eye/I
Bill Nericcio, Moderator

April 25, 2007 from 4:30 - 6:30pm
Of Mice & Men, Mice & Beans, and Laughing Tomatoes -
Steinbeck and Mexican-American Children's Authors

Phillip Serrato, Moderator

April 27 - 29; May 3 - 6, 2007
The Grapes of Wrath
Adapted for the stage by Frank Galati

May 1, 2007 from 7:00 - 9:00pm
Page, Stage, Screen - Different 'Readings' of Steinbeck's Work

Discussion led by Nick Reid

This Celebration is made possible by a grant from the James Hervey Johnson Charitable Trust
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