The Point: May 2018

Friday, May 11, 2018

McCrary to speak at Temple Beth Hillel

Melinda McCrary

HILLTOP - Melinda McCrary, executive director of the Richmond Museum of History, kicks off a new Speaker Series Sunday, May 20 at Temple Beth Hillel, 816 Park Central.
McCrary will be discussing the latest exhibition under development at the museum, Pioneers to the Present: Jews of Richmond and Contra Costa.
The event begins at 2 p.m. and is open to the public. Donations are accepted.
The exhibit is scheduled to open in November and will cover local Jewish history from the Gold Rush to the present.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Michael J. Fitzgerald has been a journalist for 40 years, working as a writer and editor for newspapers, magazines and web publications. He writes or contributes to four blogs, including The Point.

In 2014 he published the novel, "The Fracking War." In 2015, he published his second novel, "Fracking Justice." His third novel, "The Devil's Pipeline," was published in November of 2018. He also writes a weekly column for the daily Finger Lakes Times newspaper in Geneva, NY as well as being a contributing writer for The Richmond Pulse newspaper.

He and his wife Sylvia Fox split their time between rural Oregon and the Bay Area. He can be contacted at: frackingjustice@gmail.com.