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Quick Links
Master Schedule
The complete schedule of upcoming OPAL public online events.
Auditorium
Most OPAL programs are held in the Auditorium.
After clicking on the link above, type in your name and press Enter. First-time
OPAL users need to install a small, safe sofware plug-in.
Archive
Recordings and other documents about previous OPAL programs.
Podcast
For information on listening to previous OPAL events on your portable MP3 player,
visit the OPAL Podcast blog.
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Upcoming OPAL Programs About
History, Genealogy, etc.
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Sunday, March 1, 2009 at 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time,
2:00 Central, 1:00 Mountain, noon Pacific, and 8:00 p.m. GMT:
"Golf's Golden Age: The Legendary Players of the 10s and 20s": A Talk by Dr. Rand Jerris
The golden age of American golf featured the sport's greatest players at the peak of their careers.
Legends such as Bob Jones, Gene Sarazen, Walter Hagen, and Glenna Collett intersected with mass media
to generate massive exposure for the game, and established the gentlemen's game as a major American pastime.
Few came to define the golden age of sports more than Bob Jones, whose skill, grace, and
integrity captured the nationıs imagination. The legendary amateur from Atlanta, Georgia,
rallied a gallery of 18,000 to watch him take on Eugene Humans in the 36-hole U.S. Open.
In 1930, Bobby Jones captured golfıs greatest achievement, the Grand Slam, by winning the
U.S. Amateur, British Amateur, U.S. Open and British Open Championships in a single season,
an unprecedented and unmatched feat in the history of the game.
Dr. Rand Jerris is the Director of the United States Golf Association Museum, and author of
Golfıs Golden Age: Bobby Jones and the Legendary Players of the 10s, 20s, and 30s.
He holds a B.A and M.A. from Williams College, and a Ph.D. in Art and Archaeology from Princeton University.
The theme of the 24th annual Whitehall Lecture Series is Sports Legends of the Gilded Age.
The Series presents expert scholars, authors, and speakers from prominent museums, universities,
and cultural institutions from around the world. The 2009 Whitehall Lecture Series is sponsored by the
National City Private Client Group and
The Palm Beach Post.
Host: Henry Flagler Museum
Location:
Flagler OPAL Room
Monday, March 16, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time,
1:00 Central, noon Mountain, 11:00 a.m. Pacific, and 7:00 p.m. GMT:
A Brief History of Environmentalism
Greens the word - but how did we get here, and where are we going?
Come explore the history and sample some of the fascinating research on the environmental movement.
Melora Norman is library director at Unity College and a PhD student in the
History Department at the University of Maine.
Host: Unity College
Location:
OPAL Auditorium
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