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The Featured Friday series was started in January 2015 to provide programs of cultural, historical and local interest to library visitors. It has continued to include an eclectic variety of presenters and topics. Many of the guest speakers are college professors and several of them have connections to the Deer Park community. Others have subject matter expertise or real world experience.
Susan Phillips, Daughter of Bum Phillips
Kathleen Maca, Author
Brady Hutchison, Professor of History at Alvin Community College
Barry Wilmore, Astronaut
If you're interested in previous programs, please view the Featured Friday Backlist.
Did you miss a program? We have resources for recent programs.
| Date | Program Title | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Parody and Poison: Akio Awa Cartoons and Toxic Texts in the Archive | Kelsey L. Koym Archivist & Special Collections Librarian of the Texas Medical Center Library Tara Sims Archivist & Special Collections Librarian of the Texas Medical Center Library |
| October 2024 | Karankawas: An Enduring Culture of Texas | Cian Hardin Tour Expert and Registrar of the Heritage Society |
| January 2024 | Personal Narratives of the Holocaust | Amy Frake Associate Director Holocause Museum Houston |
| September 2023 | Introduction to Astronomy and Safe Viewing of the Coming Eclipses Stellarium Astronomy Software | Dan Roy Education & Outreach Coordinator of the Houston Astronomy Society Khady Adama Ndao NASA Eclipse Ambassador |
| June 2022 | A History of American Photography | Carmen Champion Art History Professor, San Jacinto College |
Did you miss a program? We have Facebook Live videos for recent programs.
| Date | Program Title | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| August 2018 | The Brontës: How Three Sisters Knocked the Socks off the Victorian Novel | Dr. Cynthia Davis Professor of English, San Jacinto College |
| June 2018 | Soldiers and Songs – Music of the Civil War | Curt Locklear Author of Asunder and Splintered |
| May 2018 | Monroe Edwards: The Counterfeit Prince of Old Texas | Lora-Marie Bernard |
| April 2018 | Miriam "Ma" Ferguson & Minnie Fisher Cunningham: Pioneering Texas Politicians | Danielle Bible Professor of History, San Jacinto College |
| March 2018 | Battleship Texas | Mark Lardas Author |
| February 2018 | The Championship Season with Bobby Dynamite | Bobby Vasquez Minute Maid Stadium train conductor; Editor/Publisher of InsideDP.com |
| December 2017 | Simeon West: Founder of Deer Park | Sherry Garrison Councilwoman of Deer Park |