2024-25 Falmouth Forum | Marine Biological Laboratory

For more than 30 years, the Falmouth Forum, presented by the Friends of the MBL, has brought free cultural enrichment to our community. This season will feature captivating speakers that will deliver powerful talks with a wide range of subjects.

Lectures are free and open to the public for in-person and virtual attendance. Free parking is available in any MBL lot. No registration required for in-person attendance.

Doors open at 7:00 PM, lectures start at 7:30 PM, unless noted otherwise below.

The Falmouth Forum is supported by the Falmouth Forum Endowment, the Bakalar Endowed Director's Discretionary Fund, and The Woods Hole Foundation.

Support the Falmouth Forum Endowment Drive Contact the Falmouth Forum Committee

Feast, then Forum - Join Us for Dinner!

An optional buffet dinner precedes most of the Falmouth Forum lectures. Dinner tickets are available until they sell out or one week prior to each event. We regret that no tickets will be sold at the door. See links below to purchase tickets. *Please note there are no dinners in September or November.
Time/Location: 6:00 PM - Swope Center, 5 North Street, Woods Hole
Price: $40/each or reserve a table of eight

9/20/24 - “Story and Community”

Jay Allison, Founder of WCAI

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Terry Szuplat

9/29/24 - "From Falmouth to the West Wing—A Speechwriter’s Journey"

Terry Szuplat, Author
A book signing will follow the presentation

Please note that this talk is on Sunday at 2pm.

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Rebecca Roberts

10/18/24 - “Untold Power: The Fascinating Rise and Complex Legacy of First Lady Edith Wilson”

Rebecca Roberts, Author
A book signing will follow the presentation

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Michael Dawson

11/22/24 - “The Horseshoe Crab: Ancient Mariner and Modern Medicine”

Michael Dawson, Biologist

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12/6/24 - “Provincetown: A Century of Creativity”

Christine McCarthy, CEO, Provincetown Art Association and Museum

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Deborah Blum

1/10/25 - “The Poisoner's Guide to Life”

Deborah Blum, Science Journalist/Author
Michael Mizell Memorial Public History Lecture
A book signing will follow the presentation

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Roger Hanlon

2/7/25 - "The Octopus as Tech: Exploring the Science, Art, and Technological Potential of Nature's Most Spectacular Color Change Artist"

Roger Hanlon, Senior Scientist, Marine Biological Laboratory

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John Cox

New Date! 3/21/25 - "Disruptive Evolution: Transforming Higher Education, the 4Cs Way"

John L. Cox, President, Cape Cod Community College

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Paul Catanzaro

4/11/25 - "Restoring Old-Growth Characteristics to the Forests of New England"

Paul Catanzaro, Professor, State Extension Forester, and Co-Director of the Family Forest Research Center, University of Massachusetts Amherst

This event is in collaboration with The 300 Committee.

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Sebastian Junger

5/16/25 - "In My Time of Dying"

Sebastian Junger, Author
Herman T. Epstein Endowed Memorial Lectureship
A book signing will follow the presentation

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