Programs

 

Upcoming program -

The 30th Centennial Plaque & Historic Preservation Awards

Sunday, May 3, 2026
2:00 - 4:00 pm

Palo Alto Art Center
1313 Newell Road
Palo Alto

Palo Alto Stanford Heritage (PAST) & Palo Alto Historical Association (PAHA) will host the 30th presentation of centennial plaques to owners of circa 1925 buildings in Palo Alto on May 3. Program highlights include awards to Lucie Stern Community Center and Stanford's Lasuen House for recent historic renovations, and presentation of the Bo Crane Award to Douglas Graham for his significant contributions researching and documenting the history of Barron Park.

The program will also include a talk on "The Power of Place" by PAST Vice President Simon Pennington and a visual presentation of Palo Alto homes built in the mid-1920s. Join us as we celebrate Palo Alto's rich heritage, with presentations, book sales, and refreshments.

            

Simon Pennington, PAST Vice President

Future Public Programs -

Upcoming Programs

PAHA Annual Celebration: "Shake, Rattle 'n' Roll"

Wednesday, June 3, 2026
5:00 – 7:00 pm
First Presbyterian Church
Fellowship Hall
1140 Cowper Street
Palo Alto

Reserve your spot
Tickets: $40 per person
Make your reservation by Monday, May 25th at Eventbrite.

Test your smarts with some far-out ‘50s trivia and prove you're the hippest cat in the room.

Dress code: Break out your best '50s threads. Don't be a square—be there!

Everyone is welcome!

            

University Avenue, Palo Alto in the 1950s

Recordings and General Program Information

PAHA programs are recorded. DVDs of the programs can be checked out from the Archives at Cubberley Center, Room-7. Recordings of our programs, titled "Heritage," are broadcast on local cable public access.

If you missed the March 1st program, The Palo Alto Museum: A Long Strange Trip, you can find it at Vimeo.

Also on the Vimeo site you will find programs from past seasons, including the December 2021 program Life in the Frank Lloyd Wright Hanna House with Karen Holman and John Hanna, and PART: Palo Alto "Rapid" Transit with PAHA Historian Steve Staiger presented in January 2022.