Short Tales – March 2023
Short Tales continue. Here are four tales about an umbrella, adoption, a “situation,” and reflection. The contributors are Bill Lipsman (2009), Pris Mims (2000), Sydney Schuler (1992), and Lisa Ciota…
Nominate now for DAN service awards!
DISCOVER WHY DOCENTS MATTER – DAN 2023 . DAN may seem months away – and perhaps it is. But now is the time -- before you forget 2022 -- to…
Transitions and Milestones – March 2023
Our community mourns the passing of Tom Burt, class of 2004, last October. A precise and orderly soul, Tom offered a number of tours to the visiting public in which…
Standards Committee: What It Does and How It Works
By Susan Pappas, 2005, and Pat Grund, 2001 A little history………. . The Standards Committee has been around from the beginning of the docent program since the early 1970s. Back…
Hallie Rosen- From Volunteer Manager to Program Director
by Ellen Shubart, Class of 2006 It’s been 13 years since Hallie Rosen first joined CAC. In that time she has gone from working directly with docents as Volunteer Manager…
Bricks, Bays, and Corbels
By Brian Kelly, Class of 2019 On December 14th, CAC@Home streamed Leslie Clark Lewis and Burt Michaels’ presentation “Saints and Sinners: Gold Coast Sights and Stories.” The evolution of one…
DAN Nominations Now Open!
At June 15th's DAN celebration, "Discovering Why Docents Matter," we will be awarding CAC's annual 5-7 Service and one Outstanding Docent awards. Now is the time for you to nominate…
Henry Darger – Outsider Artist
By Nancy Sims, Class of 2015, and Anne Shillinglaw, Class of 2015 Co-Tour Directors, Sheffield Historic District Editor's note: This is a corrected version of the story posted earlier. The…
Josh Brickman, 2017 – Engineer, Musician, Teacher & Lego Artist
By Brent Hoffmann, Class of 2005 “My secret sauce is structural engineering content,” said Josh Brickman. “Whenever I begin a tour, I always explain that I was a structural engineer…
Black History Month 2023: The David Sharpe Interviews
One last dive into the archives for Black History Month unearths a beautiful two-part article by Mary Jo Hoag, class of 2007, about a specific architect and academic, David Sharpe.…