Topics Calendar

JANUARY . 3 Alaska: Becomes a state . 17 Benjamin: (1706) Franklin’s birthday

FEBRUARY . Black History Month . 14 Marilyn: Monroe of course

MARCH . Baseball: Spring Training . Alaska: The Iditarod begins . 2 Seuss: (1904) Ted Geisel birthday . 12 Seuss: (1957) Cat in the Hat is published . 14 Einstein: (1879) Einstein birthday

APRIL . Baseball: Opening Day (late)

MAY

JUNE . 1 Marilyn: (1926) Monroe birthday . 5 Moonshine National Moonshine Day . 6 Disney: (1944) D-Day . 10 - Benjamin: (1752) Flies a kite . 19 - Baseball: (1846) First baseball game.

JULY . Southern Porch . 4 - Benjamin: (1776) Declaration of Independence . 17 - Disney: (1955) Disneyland opens.

AUGUST . Southern Porch . 12 - Baseball: (1851) Sewing machine patent.

SEPTEMBER . Baseball: National Sewing Month . Moonshine . Southern Porch . 15 - Marilyn: (1955) NYC Subway Photo . 27 - Einstein: (1915) E=mc2 first published.

OCTOBER . 1 - Disney: (1971) Walt Disney World opens . 6 - Baseball: (1938) Who’s on First? aired . 10: Einstein: Nobel prize winners announced . 14 - Disney: (1926) Winnie-the-Pooh Birthday . 16 - Disney: (1923) Disney Studios founded . 24 - Baseball: World Series begins.

NOVEMBER . 18 - Disney: (1928) Mickey & Minnie Birthday . 24 - Seuss: (1957) How the Grinch Stole Christmas is published . 25 - Einstein: (1915) Publishes Special Theory: the Big Bang.

DECEMBER . 5 - Disney: (1901) Walt Disney birthday . 10 - Einstein: Nobel Prizes awarded . 16 - Suess: (1944) WWII . Battle of the Bulge . 18 - Seuss: (1966) How the Grinch Stole Christmas airs on TV.

There is an art to telling a good story… and genius in telling a great one. Successful stories begin slowly… Peeling away the layers build the story and reveal the heart. Kenn’s lectures are based on a love for history and the journey to the heart of a story.