Category Archives: Events

[ April 18, 2011; 9:00 pm to 10:30 pm. ] Although the following documentary film is only showing in the US on the PBS channel – so the time stated is for a US timezone – Friends… thought this news to be worthy of wider publicity. Perhaps we could arrange a showing of the video in conjunction with Dunbar Film?

John Muir in the New World
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[ April 16, 2011; ] [caption id="attachment_351" align="alignright" width="320" caption="Photos by Steven Boyle and Duncan Scott"][/caption]
An exhibition marking the 30th anniversary of our twinning with Martinez, California, opened at John Muir’s Birthplace on 16th April and will run until 29th May. Local resident Steven Boyle, who was one of the first Rotary Club ‘ambassadors’ to visit Martinez in 1997, will [...]

[ April 18, 2011; ] [caption id="attachment_256" align="alignleft" width="240" caption="Commemorative plaque presented by the Mayor and City Council of Martinez"][/caption]Dunbar-Martinez is East Lothian’s third oldest twinning link, dating from 1981 – but the connection between the ‘sister cities’, to use the American terminology, goes back another hundred years.  Needless to say the association is due to Dunbar’s most famous son, [...]

[ April 20, 2011; 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm. ] A longstanding member of Friends, Steve Tossell, is organising a series of events under the heading of Dunbar Conversations. The first of these ‘conversations’ will be titled John Muir’s Way of Thinking and the panel and audience will discuss Muir’s words and deeds with a view to gaining a deeper insight into the man. This [...]

[ April 27, 2011; 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Friends’ secretary Susan Panton will lead a readers’ group who will look at ‘My First Summer in the Sierra’.  It is aimed at both those who have read the book and those who are looking for an introduction. All are welcome, Friends or not.  [To book a place contact the Birthplace.] The book can be [...]