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“From Salinas to Sea of Cortez: Steinbeck on Land and Sea”
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35th SteinbeckFestivalMay6 – 8,2016. Speakers,tours,authors,musicians &an Old Town SalinasCraft Beer Festivalon Saturday “FromSalinastoSeaof Cortez: Steinbeckon LandandSea” Salinas,CA, December 31, 2015– The35th annual Steinbeck Festival takes placeMay6– 8, 2016 at theNational Steinbeck Centerin Salinas.Thisyear’s festival features speakers, tours,musicians throughout the weekend,with a craft beer Festival on Saturdayand an educators'panel on Sunday. Thethemeis"From Salinas to SeaofCortez: Steinbeck onLand and Sea,"honoring the 75th anniversaryof Seaof Cortez, published in 1941. Tickets will be on sale January30th atwww.Steinbeck.org, or bycalling theNational Steinbeck Centerstore at 831-775-4721. Click the Festival link on thehomepageformoreinformation. Highlights forthe 2015 festival include: Speakers: Robert DeMott, "Steinbeck on Fishing"; William Souder on writing biographies; Sergio Chavezon braceros in the Tijuana/San Diego borderlands; John Gregg on restoring the purseseiner,"TheWestern Flyer"--and more! Tours: TheRed PonyRanch, Salinas Valleyfields, Wine tour along RiverRoad, MontereyBay,and Ed Ricketts'sLab onCanneryRow. Events:Craft beer festival on Saturdayin Old Town Salinas and education workshops on Sunday--integrating localhistoryinto the curriculum, Steinbeck and gaming, and integrating literatureand science. Contact: Marci BraccoCain ChatterboxPR Salinas, CA 93901 (831)747-7455 http://www.Steinbeck.org