Check out the many diverse programs and events each month, from exhibitions to author booksignings to activities for kids!
July
Exhibits
- California Rodeo Exhibition: Cowboy Culture
- June 4th to July 30th
California Rodeo history related sculptures, paintings and drawings will be featured in the Center’s Gabilan Gallery. Bronze sculptures by Charles Russell and Frederic Remington
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July 01
- Travels with Charley Essay Contest
- 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
- @ National Steinbeck Center
Are you a writer and have you recently taken a journey with man's best friend that has inspired you to create? Enter the National Steinbeck Center's Travels with Charley Essay Contest.
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July 30
- Exhibit Closes: California Rodeo Exhibition: Cowboy Culture
July 31
- Kids Club: Rodeo Art
- 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
- @ National Steinbeck Center
2-hour arts and crafts class featuring leather painting. Face painting for all attendees.
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August
Exhibits
- Trees and the Muscled Mountains: The World in Mind photos by Tamra Dempsey
- August 6th to October 22nd
Fifty-four images by Tamra Dempsey. As we are reminded of Steinbeck’s great stories…
Read More- Steinbeck’s America: Rediscovering Travels with Charley photos by Randy Wells
- August 6th to October 22nd
Randy Wells has followed Steinbeck’s route for over a dozen years, gathering images.
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August 05
- 30th Annual Steinbeck Festival: Journeys: Steinbeck Around the World
- 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
- @ National Steinbeck Center
“We do not take a trip. A trip takes us.” –John Steinbeck
Read More- Museum Closed Early
- 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
- @ National Steinbeck Center
The National Steinbeck Center will close early August 5, 2010 at 3:00 p.m.
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August 14
- Kids Club: Beach Party
- 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
- @ National Steinbeck Center
The National Steinbeck Center is bringing the beach to the Valley for the month of August.
Read More- Museum Closed Early
- 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
- @ National Steinbeck Center
The National Steinbeck Center will close early August 14, 2010 at 2:00 p.m.
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August 21
- Kids Club: Beach Party
- 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
- @ National Steinbeck Center
The National Steinbeck Center is bringing the beach to the Valley for the month of August.
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August 27
- Meet the Authors Series: Brad Herzog author of turn left at the trojan horse
- 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
- @ National Steinbeck Center
Brad Herzog’s new travel novel turn left at the trojan horse. From the foothills of Washington’s Mount Olympus through the forgotten corners of America.
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August 28
- Kids Club: Beach Party
- 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
- @ National Steinbeck Center
The National Steinbeck Center is bringing the beach to the Valley for the month of August!
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