2015 Texas Council for the Social Studies Confernece Speakers

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October 30 th 2015 to November 1 st Ft. Worth, TX Ft. Worth Conventio n Center Hosted by: Ft. Worth Council for the Social Studies Presenting

Transcript of 2015 Texas Council for the Social Studies Confernece Speakers

October 30th 2015 to

November 1st

Ft. Worth, TX

Ft. Worth Convention Center

Hosted by: Ft. Worth Council for the Social Studies

Presenting

Kinky Friedmen Conference Kick Off

Thursday Night7:30- 9:00 pm

October 29th, 2015Cost: $15 ($5 benefiting the Samaritan House)

Space is limited: 150 tickets reserved for TCSS Members

Kinky has agreed to stay and take pictures and autograph copies of his books.

Lunch with Joe Nick Patoski “Water Rights and Conservation”

Friday, October 31st, 2015

Writer for Texas Monthly, he has authored and co-authored biographies on

Selena, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Willie Nelson,

and The Dallas Cowboys. His latest work is

Generations on the Land: A Conservation Legacy.

Cost: $20

Saturday, October 31st, 2015Reata Dinner Under the Dome with

Dr. Frank de La Teja

2007-2009 State Historian he has

published extensively on Spanish, Mexican and Republic-era Texas. He serves on the board of directors of Humanities

Texas.

Sunday, November 1st, 2015

Brunch with Adriana Bosch

She is a six-part Peabody Award wining series on the history of

Latinos in the United States. She was the Senior Producer, Latin Music USA for WGBH, a film on Cuban doctor Carlos Finlay, The

Great Fever, a critically acclaimed two-hour special Fidel Castro which

aired in January 2005 on PBS's American Experience, Jimmy Carter,

a three-hour documentary biography also for American

Experience.

Independent Filmmaker,

Documentarian, Producer