October 11th, 2022
“Millennials to Boomers and Beyond-Why Women are Embracing Philanthropy”
Moderator: Gloria Gott; Panel: Linda Watkins, Jan McBride, Angel Chapman-McDavid, Khristin Quigley, and Sami Ashenbrener
November 22nd, 2022
“El Arte Jondo: An Introduction to Flamenco”
Gustavo Lopez
February 14th, 2023
“Day of Remembrance: Japanese American Incarceration During WWII”
Kurt Ikeda, Director of Interpretation and Education, Minidoka National Historic Site & Robyn Achilles, Executive Director, Friends of Minidoka
March 14th, 2023
“The Future of Energy”
Megan Ronk, Director of Economic Development & Innovation, Idaho Power
April 11th, 2023
“The 51 Tunnels that Saved Twin Falls: The Twin Falls Canal Company's Bold Solution to a Nasty Drainage Surprise”
Jim Gentry & Brian Olmstead
May 9th, 2023
“Building the Iron Road: The Archaeology of Chinese Workers along the Central Pacific Railroad in Utah”
Ken Cannon
September 8th, 2020 “COVID-19 and Its Effects on Magic Valley”
Lisa Klamm, Public Health Nurse at South Central Public Health District; Melody Bowyer, District Director at South Central Public Health District; and R. Scott Holliday DO Emergency Medicine St. Luke's Health System
September 10th, 2019
“This Flotsam and Jetsam of Human Passions: Idaho War Horses to the South African War, 1899-1902”
Philip Homan
October 8th, 2019
“Puerto Rican Sharp-Shinned Hawk: Status and Conservation”
Russell Thorstrom
November 12th, 2019
“Staying Focused in the Age of Distraction”
Chris Huston
February 11th, 2020
“Black Hole Collisions and the Dawn of Gravitational Wave Astronomy”
Dr. William Kells
March 10th, 2020
“Minidoka: An American Concentration Camp”
Mia Russell, Executive Director, Friends of Minidoka,
2018-2019 Season:
September 11th, 2018
“The Effects of Light Pollution and How We Can Protect Our Night Sky”
Betsy Mizell, Idaho Conservation League
October 9th, 2018
“Public Art in Context”
Curtis Eaton, Paul Smith, and Dave LaMure, Jr.
November 13th, 2018
“Culture Wars”
Thomas Schwartz
February 12th, 2019
“The Green Ribbon of Hope: Korea's DMZ as Nature Preserve”
Dr. Lisa Brady, Idaho State University
March 12th, 2019
“The Impact of Interpersonal Violence and Intersections of Oppression”
Voices Against Violence's Donna Graybill, Executive Director; Katelyn Schwennen, Client
Care Coordinator; Lacey Galloway, Case Manager; Angie Soto, Bilingual Case Manager; and Yarit Rodriguez, Outreach and Education
Coordinator
April 9th, 2019
“Still Pickled After All These Years”
Brian Crane, the “Pickles” Cartoonist
May 14th, 2019
“History and Archaeology of Western Airways with an Emphasis on Southern Idaho” (for
Idaho Archaeology Month)
David Valentine, Idaho Power Archaeologist
2017-2018 Season:
September 12th, 2017
“A Perspective on the World's Huddled Masses”
Jim Jones, Retired Chief Justice, Idaho Supreme Court
October 10th, 2017
“Colorism: Discrimination Amongst People of Color”
Alma Jam, former Miss Africa Idaho
November 16th, 2017
“The Idaho Guide History Project: Stories, Myths, and Legends from Idaho’s Wildlands and Waters”
Brian Chaffin & Emerald LaFortune
February 13th, 2018
“Standards in Journalism: Who Can We Trust?”
Travis Quast & Matt Christenson, Times-News
March 13th, 2018
“How a Different Kind of Company Can Shape and Impact a Community”
Business trends panel: Dale Ducommun, General Manager Clif Bar Baking Company; Rudy Ashenbrener, Co-owner of Rudy's – A Cook's Paradise; Alan Horner, Retired President and CEO of First Federal; and Becky Nelson, Director of Human Resources for First Federal
April 10th, 2018
“Geology Underfoot in Southern Idaho”
Shawn Willsey, CSI Geology Professor
May 8th, 2018
“Idaho Wilderness Considered”
(annual Crabtree Memorial Lecture, for Idaho Archaeology Month)
Jennifer Emery-Davidson and panel
2016-2017 Season:
September 21st, 2016
“Liminal—The Refugee Experience”
Liyah Babayan, Refugee Community Member
October 19th, 2016
“INL Overview”
Dr. Mark Peters, Director of INL
November 16th, 2016
“Climate Change and Fossil Fuels: A New Dynamic Emerges”
(Idaho Humanities Council lecture)
David Christensen, Adjunct Instructor of History, Boise State University
December 14th, 2016
“Once Upon a Time”
(lecture/piano performance, Idaho Humanities Council lecture)
Del Parkinson PhD, Professor of Piano, Boise State University
January 18th, 2017
“Over the Rainbow: The LGBT Experience in the Magic Valley”
Brandon Tesch, LGBT Performance Artist
February 15th, 2017
“For Lincoln and Liberty Too: Songs from a House Divided”
(lecture/performance, Idaho Humanities Council lecture)
William Rossiter, Folklorist and Musician
March 15th, 2017
“Oasis in the Desert”
Curtis Johnson, Stricker Descendant and Local Historian
April 19th, 2017
“Public Lands — What are they, and who manages them?”
Lawrence Wasden, Attorney General, State of Idaho
May 3rd, 2017
“Ice Age Animals of the Snake River Plain: Camels, Elephants, Lions and Sloths, Oh, My!”
(annual Crabtree Memorial Lecture, for Idaho Archaeology Month)
Sue Miller, Paleontologist
2015-2016 Season:
September 16th, 2015
“Celebrating 50 years at CSI”
CSI 50th Anniversary Panel
October 21st, 2015
“Showdown in the Big Quiet: The Power of American Western Mythology”
Dr. John Bieter, Professor, Boise State University
November 18th, 2015
“Worldviews of Islam”
(Idaho Humanities Council lecture)
Dr. Raja Tanas, Professor of Sociology, Whitworth College, Spokane, WA
December 2nd, 2015
“Shall We Dance?”
(lecture/piano performance, Idaho Humanities Council lecture)
Del Parkinson PhD, Professor of Piano, Boise State University
January 20th, 2016
“How to Be a Great Patient (The Importance of Co-Producing Your Own Healthcare)”
Paul Miles, MD, former VP for Quality, American Board of Pediatrics
February 17th, 2016
“How to Cure Alzheimer’s Disease”
John Sims, MD, Neurologist, Harvard Medical School, and Investigator, Eli Lilly Research Laboratories, Indianapolis, IN, USA
March 16th, 2016
“The Obsidian Blade of the Aztecs in the 21st Century”
Jim Woods, MS, Professor of Anthropology, College of Southern Idaho
April 20th, 2016
“Idaho in Africa — The Unique Partnership that Restored Gorongosa National Park”
Heidi Ware, MS, Education and Outreach Director, Intermountain Bird Observatory, Boise State University
May 11th, 2016
“Archeology of the Idaho National Laboratory”
(annual Crabtree Memorial Lecture, for Idaho Archaeology Month)
Brenda Pace, Archaeologist, Idaho National Laboratory
2014-2015 Season:
September 17th, 2014
“As Rugged as the Terrain: CCC 'Boys,' Federal Convicts, and World War II Alien Internees Wrestle with a Mountain Wilderness”
(Idaho Humanities Council lecture)
Priscilla Wegars, Founder, University of Idaho Asian American Comparative Collection
October 15th, 2014
“Behind the Scenes with Outdoor Idaho”
Ron Pisaneschi, IPTV General Manager; and Bruce Reichert, “Outdoor Idaho” host
November 19th, 2014
“Ezra Pound: The Only Mentor that Ernest Hemingway Didn't Burn”
(Idaho Humanities Council lecture)
Ted Dyer, Teacher, Free-lance Journalist, and Musician
December 3rd, 2014
“Preludes and Pictures”
(lecture/piano performance,
Idaho Humanities Council lecture)
Del Parkinson PhD, Professor of Piano, Boise State University
January 21st, 2015
“Daydreams and Nightmares: Utopias and Dystopias from Fahrenheit 451 to The Hunger Games”
(Idaho Humanities Council lecture)
Brian Attebery
February 18th, 2015
“The Buhl Woman and New Information Regarding the First Native Americans”
(Annual Crabtree Memorial Lecture)
Tom Green, Former Director, Arkansas Archaeological Survey
March 18th, 2015
“SOFIA: The Hidden Universe”
Jo Dodds and Ralph Peterson
April 15th, 2015
“Where Have All the Silos Gone? Documenting the Evolution of a Rural Landscape”
Elizabeth Jacox and Barbara Perry Bauer, TAG Historical Research
May 6th, 2015
“Chocolate: Food of the Gods”
(for Idaho Archaeology Month)
Dr. Lauren Fins, Professor of Forestry, University of Idaho
2013-2014 Season:
September 18th, 2013
“Mining in Idaho: Today and Yesterday”
(Idaho Humanities Council lecture)
Tom Blanchard, Adjunct Instructor of History, College of Southern Idaho
October 16th, 2013
“Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness History Project”
Dr. Debbie Lee, Professor, Washington State University & Dr. Dennis Baird, Professor Emeritus, University of Idaho
November 20th, 2013
“Harvard to Hagerman”
Myron Finkbeiner, Founder, World Sports Humanitarian Hall of Fame
December 11th, 2013
“Celebrating Gershwin”
(lecture/piano performance, Idaho Humanities Council lecture)
Del Parkinson PhD, Professor of Piano, Boise State University
January 15th, 2014
“Lincoln and Idaho”
(Idaho Humanities Council lecture)
David LeRoy, former Idaho Attorney General and Lt. Governor
February 19th, 2014
“The Idaho Innocence Project: from Amanda Knox in Perugia, Italy to Chris Tapp in Idaho Falls”
Dr. Greg Hampikian, Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Boise State University
March 19th, 2014
“Community Arts: Influence and Impact”
Autumn Kersey, Executive Director of Treasure Valley Children’s Theater, LLC
April 16th, 2014
“Secrets of the City - City of Rocks National Monument and Castle Rocks State Park”
Wallace Keck, Superintendent City of Rocks National Reserve
May 14th, 2014
“Blood Sport in Ancient America”
(Annual Crabtree Memorial Lecture, for Idaho Archaeology Month)
John Clark, Professor, Archaeology, Brigham Young University
2012-2013 Season:
September 19th, 2012
“Letters to a Young Actor”
Tony Mannen, Professor of Communications/Theatre, College of Southern Idaho
October 17th, 2012
“Queen of Diamonds”
Phillip Homan, Associate Professor, Idaho State University, Eli M. Oboler Library
(Sponsored in part by a grant from the Idaho Humanities Council Speaker’s Bureau)
November 14th, 2012
“Pole Shift, Nibiru, and Planetary Alignments: Why the World WON’T End on December 21, 2012”
Chris Anderson, Production Specialist & Observatory Coordinator, Herrett Center
December 12th, 2012
“Impressionism”
(Lecture/piano performance featuring the music of Debussy and Ravel)
Del Parkinson PhD, Professor of Piano, Boise State University
(Sponsored in part by a grant from the Idaho Humanities Council Speaker’s Bureau)
January 16th, 2013
“Senator Frank Church: It’s Called Democracy”
Steve Shaw, Prof. of Political Science and Dean of the School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at Northwest Nazarene University
(Sponsored in part by a grant from the Idaho Humanities Council Speaker’s Bureau)
February 20th, 2013
“Geothermal – Renewable Energy for Idaho and the U.S. – An introduction to geothermal energy, its origins, uses, and potential within a framework of
economics and public policy”
Dr. Walter Snyder, Director, National Geothermal Data System; Director, GeoStrat and Professor of Geosciences, Boise State University
March 13th, 2013
“From Transylvania to the Magic Valley”
Edit Szanto, Vice President of Student Services/Planning and Grant Development
April 17th, 2013
“Idaho Women in Politics: A Look Back and a Look Forward”
Wendy Jaquet, State Representative from Idaho’s District 25
May 8th, 2013
“Defending Tropical Forests with Indigenous People: Anthropology at Work in Latin America”
Anthony Stocks, Anthropology Department Chair (Interim) Idaho State University
(annual Crabtree Memorial Lecture, co-sponsored by the Snake River Chapter, Idaho Archaeological Society)
2011-2012 Season:
September 21st, 2011
“From Text to Tweet: Communication Trends in the 21st Century”
Tiffany Seeley-Case, Professor of Communications, College of Southern Idaho
October 19th, 2011
“Aukera: A History of the Basques in Idaho”
John Bieter, Associate Professor of History, Boise State University
November 16th, 2011
“Crabtree and Titmus: A Century of Flintknapping Experimentation”
James Woods, Associate Professor of Anthropology, College of Southern Idaho
December 7th, 2011
“The Piano Music of Franz Liszt”
(lecture/piano performance)
Del Parkinson, Professor of Piano, Boise State University
January 18th, 2012
“Baseball and Film”
Marshall “Marty” Most, Professor of Communication, Boise State University
February 15th, 2012
“Geothermal – Renewable Energy for Idaho and the U.S.”
Dr. Walter Snyder, Director, National Geothermal Data System; Director, GeoStrat and Professor of Geosciences, Boise State University
March 21st, 2012
“Robert Limbert, the Stories Behind the Early Photos of Idaho”
Steve Wursta, Arctic Circle Productions
April 18th, 2012
“Lincoln and Presidential Power”
David Adler, Director of McClure Center for Public Policy, University of Idaho
May 9th, 2012
“Wasden Site – Paleo Evidence of the Mammoth”
(Collaboration with Snake River Chapter, Idaho Archaeological Society)
Suzann Henrikson PhD, Archaeologist, Bureau of Land Management, Burley Field Office
2010-2011 Season:
September 15th, 2010
“Tales from the Wild Blue Yonder”
General Lance Undheim, USAF
October 20th, 2010
“Idaho River History”
Cort Conley, Literature Director, Idaho Commission on the Arts
November 17th, 2010
“An Artist's Perspective of the Historic Heyburn Art Collection”
Lavar Steele, Emeritus Professor of Art, College of Southern Idaho
December 8th, 2010
“My Favorite Chopin”
(lecture and piano performance)
Del Parkinson, Professor of Piano, Boise State University
January 19th, 2011
“Twin Falls and the Architecture of an Irrigated Town”
Elizabeth Giraud, Former Idaho State Historian
February 16th, 2011
“Health Care Reform Has Passed. Now What?”
David Pate, Chief Executive Officer, St. Luke's Regional Health System
March 16th, 2011
“Ancient Burial Behavior: A Western Idaho Example”
(annual Crabtree Memorial Lecture)
Max Pavesic, Emeritus Professor of Anthropology, Boise State University
April 20th, 2011
“Astronomy Paradise at World's Largest Twin Optical Telescopes, the Keck Observatory”
Marc Kassis, Staff Astronomer, Keck Observatory (Hawai'i)
May 11th, 2011
“Kennewick Man and the First Americans"
(Collaboration with Snake River Chapter, Idaho Archaeological Society)”
James C. Chatters, PhD
2009-2010 Season:
September 16th, 2009
“Changing the Way We Age”
Jan Mittleider MPE, Professor of Physical Education, College of Southern Idaho
October 21st, 2009
“No Easy Prescription: Getting Africans the Medicines They Need”
Laura Frost, DSc, Partner, Global Health Insights
November 18th, 2009
“Twin Falls Prepares for the Future: 1955-1965”
James Gentry, PhD, Professor of History, College of Southern Idaho
December 16th, 2009
“A Classical Christmas”
(piano performance/lecture)
Del Parkinson, PhD, Professor of Piano, Boise State University
January 20th, 2010 (Annual Crabtree Lecture)
“The Emergence of Chariot Warfare, Early Metallurgy and Social Complexity in the Middle Bronze Age of North Central Eurasia (2100 - 1750 BCE)”
Dr. Bryan K. Hanks, University of Pittsburgh
February 17th, 2009
“The History of the Military Fort Boise”
Kenneth Swanson, Executive Director, Idaho Military Historical Museum
March 17th, 2009
“Auger Falls Archaeology and 13,000 Years of Snake River History”
Matt Root, PhD, Archeologist, Rainbow Research
April 21st, 2009
“The Secret Life of Raptors”
Trish Nixon, Raptor Specialist, Peregrine Fund
(In conjunction with the Audobon Society)
May 12th, 2009
“Reconstructing the Paleo-Indian Lifeway in Idaho and the Far West”
Skip Lohse PhD, Professor of Anthropology, Idaho State University
(In conjunction with the Snake River Archeology Club)
2008-2009 Season:
September 16th, 2008
“The Glory of Form: A Demonstration of Sculptural Ceramics”
Bill and Cheryl West, College of Southern Idaho Art Faculty
October 15th, 2008
“Charles Darwin: The Tree of Life”
Michael Whiting, PhD, Professor of Biology, Brigham Young University
November 19th, 2008
“Twin Falls Prepares for the Future: 1955-1965”
James Gentry, PhD, Professor of History, College of Southern Idaho
December 10th, 2008
“Classical Piano Favorites (concert/lecture)”
Del Parkinson, PhD, Professor of Piano, Boise State University
January 21st, 2009
“Wounded Watchdog? Public Interest Journalism in the Age of the Internet”
Flynn McRoberts, Deputy Projects Director at the Chicago Tribune
February 18th, 2009
“Realizing the Founders' Vision”
Keith Allred, PhD, President of TheCommonInterest.org
March 18th, 2009
“Endangered Peoples, Endangered Species: Creating an Archaeology that Matters”
Herbert D. G. Maschner, PhD, Anthropology Research Professor, Idaho State University
April 15th, 2009
“Idaho's Sabertooths—A Tale of Two Kitties”
(annual Crabtree Memorial Lecture)
William Akersten, PhD, Idaho Museum of Natural History
May 13th, 2009
“Archaeology of America's Oldest Human Remains: Ancient DNA at the Paisley Caves in Oregon”
Dennis Jenkins, PhD, Senior Staff Archaeologist, University of Oregon
2007-2008 Season:
September 19th, 2007
“The Future of Health Care: Challenges and Opportunities”
Ed Dahlberg, MS, CEO of the St. Luke’s Health System
(Sponsored by St. Luke’s Regional Medical Center)
October 17th, 2007
“Detecting Nuclear Terrorism: Preventing the Unthinkable at US Borders”
Eric Smith, MS, PhD, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA
November 14th, 2007
“Mammoths in the Mountain West”
Larry Agenbroad, PhD, Director of the Hot Springs Mammoth Site (South Dakota) and Professor Emeritus of Vertebrate Paleontology, Northern Arizona University
December 12th, 2007
“The Piano Music of Frederic Chopin”
(lecture/piano performance)
Del Parkinson, PhD, Professor of Music, Boise State University
(Sponsored in part by a grant from the Idaho Humanities Council Speaker’s Bureau)
January 16th, 2008
“Women at Work on the Southeast Idaho Frontier”
Susan Swetnam, PhD, Professor of English , Idaho State University
(Sponsored in part by a grant from the Idaho Humanities Council Speaker’s Bureau)
February 20th, 2008
“The Toana Road: Freight Line, Stage Line, and Idaho Lifeline”
Shauna Robinson, Chair, Twin Falls County Historical Preservation Commission
March 19th, 2008
“Forest Insects & Diseases That Affect Forest Health Conditions in Our National Forests and their Management”
Dwight Scarbrough, MS, Entomologist, USDA-Forest Service
April 9th, 2008
“Norman Herrett’s Astronomy Legacy”
(annual Crabtree Memorial Lecture)
Chris Anderson, MS, Planetarium Production Specialist and Observatory Coordinator, Herrett Center
April 17th, 2008
“From Crystals to Climate: Tales from the Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets”
Mary Albert, PhD, Research Engineer, Cold Regions Research & Engineering Laboratory, Hanover, NH.
May 14th, 2008
“Paleoamericans of the Western United States”
Ted Goebel, PhD, Director of the Center for the Study of the First Americans, Texas A & M
(co-sponsored by the Snake River Chapter, Idaho Archaeological Society)
2006-2007 Season:
September 20th, 2006
“The Mirador Basin, Guatemala: Exploring the Natural and Cultural Wonders of the Cradle of Maya Civilization”
Richard Hansen, PhD, Professor of Anthropology, Idaho State University
October 18th, 2006
“If the Horse Dies, Get Off. A New Revolution in Healthcare.”
Paul Miles, MD, American Board of Pediatrics
(Sponsored by St. Luke’s Regional Medical Center and Dr. Miles)
November 15th, 2006
“Nerve Transfer Surgery for Improved Artificial Arm Function”
Todd Kuiken, PhD, Northwestern University School of Medicine and Chicago Rehabilitation Institute.
December 13th, 2006
“The Piano Music of George Gershwin”
(lecture/piano performance)
Del Parkinson, PhD, Professor of Piano, Boise State University
(Sponsored in part by a grant from the Idaho Humanities Council Speaker’s Bureau)
January 17th, 2007
“Chinese Gold Mining at the Mon-Tung Site in the Snake River Canyon”
Ron James, MA, Twin Falls School District, Twin Falls Historic Preservation Commission
February 21st, 2007
“Prosperity in Isolation”
Carol MacGregor, PhD, Professor of History, Boise State University
(Sponsored in part by a grant from the Idaho Humanities Council Speaker’s Bureau)
March 21st, 2007
“Windmills for Power Generation”
Gerald Fleishman, MBA, Idaho Office of Energy Resources
April 18th, 2007
“Mount St. Helens, Then and Now”
Shawn Willsey, MS, Assistant Professor of Geology, College of Southern Idaho
(Sponsored by the Don Crabtree Lecture Series, CSI Foundation, Inc.)
May 16th, 2007
“New Perspectives on New World Origins”
Dennis Stanford, PhD, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
(Sponsored by the Snake River Chapter, Idaho Archaeological Society)
2005-2006 Season:
January 18th, 2006
“Minidoka and the Magic Valley: A World War II Story”
Robert Sims, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Boise State University
(Sponsored in part by a grant from the Idaho Humanities Council Speaker’s Bureau)
February 15th, 2006
“Idaho's Railroad History with Emphasis on Magic Valley's and Twin Falls' Railroad History”
Arthur Hart, Director Emeritus Idaho State Historical Society
(Sponsored in part by a grant from the Idaho Humanities Council Speaker’s Bureau)
March 15th, 2006
“The United States and the Middle East: Exploring the Origins of ‘The War on Terror’”
Michael Zirinsky, PhD, Professor of History at Boise State University
(Sponsored in part by a grant from the Idaho Humanities Council Speaker’s Bureau)
April 19th, 2006
“Aztec Book of Destiny”
(annual Crabtree Memorial Lecture)
Richard Holmer, PhD, Professor of Anthropology at Idaho State University
May 17th, 2006
“How Complex Civilizations Collapse: A Case Study of the Ancient Maya with Implications for Modern America”
James Woods, MA, Associate Professor of Anthropology; Director, Herrett Center CSI
(Sponsored in part by a grant from the Idaho Humanities Council Speaker’s Bureau)