Events
See details of each presentation below.
EIHS Public Meetings 2027
All public meetings start at 1 p.m. on Mondays and are approximately one hour long. Board members will set up starting at 12 noon.
Monday, January 11, 2027, 1 p.m., Fort Myers Beach Public Library
Robert N. Macomber, presenter
Topic: The Blood Feathers of Florida's Birds
This stunning, historical report will enlighten us the women who wore Florida's bird feathers, the men who massacred those birds, and the heroes who died defending Florida's birds and our environment. It's a story no one soon forgets!
Presenter bio:
Robert N. Macomber is the multi-award-winning author of the acclaimed 17-book Honor Series of historical novels, an internationally renowned lecturer, former U.S. Defense Department consultant, historical expert for TV and documentary films, an avid sailor, and an expedition leader inside Cuba. His talent is extraordinary as a historian, specializing in maritime subjects, Victorian-Edwardian world history, and American history. When not traveling the world for research, lecture tours, adventures, book events, or a reader rendezvous, Macomber lives a quiet life on Pine Island, along the coast where he grew up. For more info, visit www.RobertMacomber.com.
Monday, February 15, 2027, 1 p.m., St. Raphael’s Episcopal Church
Artis Henderson, presenter
Presenter bio and topic:
Artis Henderson’s work has appeared in National Geographic, the New York Times, Reader’s Digest and Sierra, among others. Her first book, Un-remarried Widow (Simon & Schuster 2014) ,was a New York Times Editors’ Choice named to more than 10 Best of the Year lists.
Her second book, No Ordinary Bird, (HarperCollins 2025) received the American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA) award as well as the Florida Book Award. It was named a best new book by People and Oprah magazines.
Artis has an undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania, a graduate degree from the Columbia School of Journalism and a Master of Fine Arts from the Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College. She was a 2024 Fulbright-National Geographic Award recipient.
Artis will discuss her book No Ordinary Bird, drug smuggling in Florida in the 1980s, and her links to Fort Myers Beach, where her family owned a beachfront home.
Monday, March 8, 2027, 1 - 2 p.m., Fort Myers Beach Public Library
Theresa Schober, presenter
Topic: Making the Mound House
Shortly after incorporation in 1995, the Town of Fort Myers Beach acquired the Mound House with funding through the Florida Forever program. It was then a run-down house filled to the brim with the previous owner’s possessions. Early Town leaders envisioned a cultural and environmental learning center to benefit the community.
Join Theresa Schober as she weaves together the site’s archaeological, Indigenous, and pioneer history with entertaining stories and anecdotes about the decade-long transformation of the property into the museum operating today.
Presenter bio:
Theresa Schober is an archaeologist and museum consultant based in Fort Myers. She specializes in community-based collaborative planning and development of heritage sites into interactive museum and park facilities. From 2002 to 2011, she directed the development of Mound House and Newton Beach Park on Fort Myers Beach.
Her historic preservation and public education efforts have been recognized as part of a team with three awards from the Florida Trust for Historic Preservation and the Lady Bird Johnson Award from the National Arbor Day Foundation, for her work with the Town of Fort Myers Beach and other projects. Individually she has been awarded the Ripley P. Bullen and President’s Awards from the Florida Anthropological Society.
