There will be refreshments starting at 6:00 PM when the Temecula Valley Players will present a short theatrical presentation of a Perry Mason mystery.
Then at 7:00 PM there will be a Gallery Talk entitled “The Case of the Murdered Miner” by Steve Williamson, an Erle Stanley Gardner buff and local historian. Anyone who loves a mystery will enjoy this story of the real-life 1943 Sir Harry Oakes murder trial held in Nassau in the Bahamas. This sensational trial had all the trappings that could draw public attention: a millionaire philanthropist; a tropical setting; gambling; the Mafia; a deposed British monarch; and a brutal murder. Publisher William Randolph Hearst seized the moment by hiring Erle Stanley Gardner, at the time the very famous writer of the Perry Mason books, to write about this trial for his newspaper — as Perry Mason.
While you’re at the museum take a look at the exhibit “Erle Stanley Gardner’s Baja” which opens November 5th and runs through January 15th. Baja was one of Uncle Erle’s favorite places and a look at his photographs of the area will tell you why. The Baja desert was a wonderland of exploration and unique beauty for him, a place that he held dear to his heart.
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The Temecula Valley Museum is located in Sam Hicks Monument Park at 28314 Mercedes Street, Temecula, CA.
For more information and to RSVP, please call the Temecula Valley Museum at (951) 694-6450. A donation of $2 per person is requested.
