NCHS Members and their guests are invited to attend our 76th Annual Meeting on Saturday, May 11th, at the historic Native Sons Hall in Downtown Napa! Our regular business meeting will be followed by a lecture by Don Winter, local resort historian and co-curator for our current exhibit, Destination Napa: Philosophies of Wellness, with Liz [...]
AttendEvent Has Been Cancelled Dr. Mark Gudgel joins us on Sunday, June 9th at 4:30pm at for a guest presentation on his recent book, The Rise of Napa Valley Wineries: How the Judgment of Paris Put California Wine on the Map. This is an in-person event held at the Goodman Library in Downtown Napa (1219 [...]
AttendBlacksmiths Kenneth Maxfield and Bob Fulton join us for yet another exciting open house and live demonstrations at the Henry Haus Blacksmith Shop in Pope Valley, on Saturday, July 27th from 1pm to 4pm. Entry is free and no registration required. Please join us! The Henry Haus Blacksmith Shop is on Chiles Pope Valley Road [...]
AttendWe are excited to offer this guest lecture by Ric Dias, author of "Kaiser Steel of Fontana: Together We Build," with discussion moderator Lucas Wiscons, Ph.D. Kaiser Steel's story intertwined with Napa's Basalt Rock Company in the 1950s and became part of Napa's history for many local families in the postwar era. This is a [...]
AttendRetired Napa County Superior Court judge Raymond A. Guadagni joins us on Thursday, November 21, 7pm-8pm Pacific Time, to discuss his newest book, The Napa Valley Lendvest Fraud Scandal. Guadagni's research into the infamous case that started in the 1980s and continued into the 1990s brings a close-up look at the twists and turns that [...]
AttendChristine Madrid French, Executive Director of Napa County Landmarks, will delve into the identification and preservation of Napa County’s most iconic landmarks and structures. Kara Brunzell of the Napa County Landmarks Board and Planning Commissioner serves as moderator. As an addendum to the ongoing exhibit, The Valley Beautiful: Architecture, this talk will offer unique insights [...]
AttendRalph DeAmicis joins us via Zoom to discuss his newest book with Lahni DeAmicis, Wine Country in Shorts: The Stories of Napa and Sonoma. As a wine tour guide, Ralph De Amicis has listened to hundreds of tasting room hosts tell stories about this region, as they poured wine for his guests. There were often [...]
AttendJoin us for another free open house and demonstration at the historic Henry Haus Blacksmith Shop in Pope Valley! Local blacksmiths Ken Maxfield and Bob Fulton bring the blacksmithing craft to life on Sunday, March 23, from 1pm to 4pm. Come and see this gem of local history which operated for nearly five decades and [...]
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