June 22, 2023

Join Cape Cod author Daphne Palmer Geanacopoulos as she discusses her new book The Pirate’s Wife, the dramatic untold story of the wife of infamous pirate Captain Kidd, charting her transformation from New York socialite to international outlaw during the Golden Age of Piracy.

July 13, 2023

S.S. Pierce: A Boston Tradition

Called the “Balzac of Boston History” by the Boston Globe, Anthony Mitchell Sammarco is a noted historian and author of over 80 books on the history and development of Boston, and he lectures widely on the history and development of his native city.

Sammarco will talk about Samuel Stillman Pierce, the well-known premiere purveyor of groceries, fancy goods and potent libations to Bostonians in the 19th century.

August 17, 2023

The Crockers of Barnstable

Join local amateur historian Jeffrey Crocker’s discussion of the history of the Crocker family in the Town of Barnstable where he will identify over 195 different Crocker family genealogical sites in the town. Over thirty of these sites are located in the village of Santuit and Cotuit. Jeffrey will highlight many of these Cotuit and Santuit Crocker family sites and in the process you will meet some of the early Crockers!

September 21, 2023

The Evolving Maps of Cotuit

The oldest maps of Cotuit depict a few clusters of homes joined by sparse roads. Over time the picture evolved to the more densely populated village we know today. Philip Odence will walk through Cotuit’s history guided by centuries of maps and interpret the stories they tell about the changes that humans and Mother Nature have brought upon the village’s character and landscape.

October 19, 2023

Join Archaeologist Dan Zoto for a discussion of his recent analysis of the Harry Nickerson collection of Native American artifacts from the Cotuit area. Artifacts within the collection span the last 8,000 years and are a testament to the long and rich history of Wampanoag settlement in Cotuit. Dan will explain how the artifacts were dated and what they can tell us about life on Cape Cod before the arrival of Europeans.