Brown Bag Lecture Series

The Brown Bag Lecture Series is held every Tuesday at lunchtime (noon to 1 pm) from September to April. Each week a guest lecturer speaks about a subject in their area of expertise. Topics include local history, travel, culture, and natural history. Admission is by suggested donation of $2 per adult and $1 for children.

Interested in sharing your passion or experiences in a Brown Bag Lecture? Contact us to find out how: 250-490-2454 or email.

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For many years we have been told that wine is a benefit to our health. Recently, there has been the recommendation that alcohol is dangerous and one should not "drink a drop". This has confused the public, who want to know the truth. Our topic will examine this polarization of views. And present the scientific facts, allowing you to decide for yourselves.
Larry Anderson has been a member of the Society of Wine Educators for many years. He has taught basic and intermediate Wine and Spirit Trust (WSET) courses. He is a wine judge, and has written several books on wine.
The Brown Bag Lecture Series is an opportunity to spice up your lunch hour with interesting presentations and discussions on a variety of heritage and culture topics.
Museum Auditorium (785 Main St). Admission is by donation. Suggested donation is $2 for adults, $1 for children. For more information contact: 250-490-2451 or museum@penticton.ca
Merle Kindred's international development experience spans over sixty years with five placements on three continents. Today she'll speak about the dozen years that she spent as a volunteer consultant with an Indian NGO in the state of Kerala. The focus was blending ancient design and construction strategies with carefully selected modern practices with special emphasis on housing low-income citizens.
The Brown Bag Lecture Series is an opportunity to spice up your lunch hour with interesting presentations and discussions on a variety of heritage and culture topics.
Museum Auditorium (785 Main St). Admission is by donation. Suggested donation is $2 for adults, $1 for children. For more information contact: 250-490-2451 or museum@penticton.ca
Come with Pamela Peck to an outer island in the Fijian archipelago to meet the people and learn how their “Fijian way of life” is threatened by the forces of socioeconomic change from the outside world. Will they forget how to build a grass hut in the process? I’ll show you how they built one for me.
Dr. Pamela Peck is a cultural anthropologist whose professional interest is education for a global perspective and the application of Social Science knowledge to addressing the practical concerns of everyday life.
The Brown Bag Lecture Series is an opportunity to spice up your lunch hour with interesting presentations and discussions on a variety of heritage and culture topics.
Museum Auditorium (785 Main St). Admission is by donation. Suggested donation is $2 for adults, $1 for children. For more information contact: 250-490-2451 or museum@penticton.ca
Brought by missionaries and settlers, apple trees arrived in the Okanagan in the mid-1800s. Some came in canoes. Others came in backpacks. Only when transportation, irrigation and experience improved did the apple industry bloom.
Join Chandra Wong, museum educator, as she shares some interesting stories about the early apple industry in the Okanagan Valley.
The Brown Bag Lecture Series is an opportunity to spice up your lunch hour with interesting presentations and discussions on a variety of heritage and culture topics.
Museum Auditorium (785 Main St). Admission is by donation. Suggested donation is $2 for adults, $1 for children. For more information contact: 250-490-2451 or museum@penticton.ca
Join us for an inspiring presentation and learn about the remarkable work happening right here in the Okanagan.
Located in Oliver, Okanagan Gleaners is a unique, 100% donor- and volunteer-driven Christian organization that has been dedicated to “Feeding the Hungry in Christ’s Name” since 1994.
Discover how surplus produce — fresh vegetables that might otherwise go to waste — is rescued and donated from local and regional farms. With the help of dedicated local and visiting volunteers, these vegetables are processed into nutritious dried vegetable soup mixes and distributed to people in need around the world.
From its humble beginnings in a renovated 1920s tobacco-drying barn, Okanagan Gleaners has now produced and distributed more than 100 million servings of food to communities around the world, including recent shipments to Ukraine.
Come hear Val Fenn share the story, see the impact, and discover how volunteers and donors are making a difference —one serving at a time.
The Brown Bag Lecture Series is an opportunity to spice up your lunch hour with interesting presentations and discussions on a variety of heritage and culture topics.
Museum Auditorium (785 Main St). Admission is by donation. Suggested donation is $2 for adults, $1 for children. For more information contact: 250-490-2451 or museum@penticton.ca
In the wake of plans to colonise Mars as a refuge for the human race, this talk focuses on the reawakened awareness of and appreciation for our home planet, Earth, and what we can do and are doing to revitalise it, right here at home.
Ken Johnson is a TV Journalist. In 25 years with the CBC, he was Producer and Executive Producer of numerous information and documentary programs.
The Brown Bag Lecture Series is an opportunity to spice up your lunch hour with interesting presentations and discussions on a variety of heritage and culture topics.
Museum Auditorium (785 Main St). Admission is by donation. Suggested donation is $2 for adults, $1 for children. For more information contact: 250-490-2451 or museum@penticton.ca
The Royal Canadian Legion has been in Penticton for one hundred years. During that time there have been many changes, but its core mission of supporting the needs of Veterans, and the community at large, has remained unaltered. This talk will describe the developments that gave rise to the founding of The Legion, and some of Branch 40’s activities and achievements since then.

Allen McNeil served as a Radioman with the Royal Canadian Navy for seven years, including two years at sea and two in the Arctic, where he spent time at Alert, Nunavut, the most northerly continuously inhabited place in the world. He has been a member of The Legion since 1988 and has held many executive positions at several branches. He is now a Lifetime Member of The Legion. Robert Nield, familiar to some as a speaker on matters relating to the Penticton Cenotaph, turns his attention this time to a closely related subject - The Royal Canadian Legion, of which he has been a member since 2023. He is a keen historian, holds an MPhil degree in history, and has published seven books on various topics.
The Brown Bag Lecture Series is an opportunity to spice up your lunch hour with interesting presentations and discussions on a variety of heritage and culture topics.
Museum Auditorium (785 Main St). Admission is by donation. Suggested donation is $2 for adults, $1 for children. For more information contact: 250-490-2451 or museum@penticton.ca
Robert will continue sharing some of the findings of his research into the names on the Penticton Cenotaph, as well as the methodology he has used. He is now up to 1917, and he will describe how Penticton fared during that crucial year and what the local “boys” were doing overseas. Robert’s talk will also include, as usual, brief biographies of some of the names listed on the Cenotaph.
Robert and his wife moved to Penticton from Hong Kong seven years ago and he has since been active not only in the research he will be talking about, but also as a director of the SS Sicamous Marine Heritage Society. He is a retired professional accountant, holds an MPhil degree in history, and has published six books as well as many articles in academic journals.
The Brown Bag Lecture Series is an opportunity to spice up your lunch hour with interesting presentations and discussions on a variety of heritage and culture topics.
Museum Auditorium (785 Main St). Admission is by donation. Suggested donation is $2 for adults, $1 for children. For more information contact: 250-490-2451 or museum@penticton.ca
Gargantuan data centres are popping up across Canada, bulldozing local planning and environmental protections — while the artificial intelligence they enable is causing chaos in the information sphere.
Data Centres use a huge amount of electricity and water resulting in communities' power costs increasing and water decreasing. They also often use diesel generators to cool the water, and the 24/7 noise pollution has been a real problem for residents.
The presenters intend to bring nearby community examples into their discussion of the rapid advance of AI Data Centres in North America.
Avril Torrence, co-chair of South Okanagan Council of Canadians, has worked to protect citizens' access to public water for decades. Recently, her focus has turned to water – and energy – use by AI Data Centres as part of the Council's national campaign in support of communities facing the challenges posed by big tech corporations in their midst.
Lori Goldman is on the board of First Things First Okanagan, as well as part of Seniors for Climate BC Hub and South Okanagan Council of Canadians. She has worked for years on climate solutions in Penticton, Okanagan Valley, BC and Canada.
The Brown Bag Lecture Series is an opportunity to spice up your lunch hour with interesting presentations and discussions on a variety of heritage and culture topics.
Museum Auditorium (785 Main St). Admission is by donation. Suggested donation is $2 for adults, $1 for children. For more information contact: 250-490-2451 or museum@penticton.ca

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