Celebrate the conclusion of Alamo Images: Changing Perceptions of A Texas Experience "Pop Up" Museum at the Wallace Theater! Enjoy dinner and a presentation by South Plains College Professor Cathrine McMahan.
Professor McMahan will address the mythological relationship Texans have traditionally held about the Alamo and it’s role in our state identity. In addition, she will reveal some of the contextual considerations to better understand not only the structure of the Alamo itself, but the cultural and national influences that brought Mexican and American men together on that fateful March morning in 1836.
Dinner will include:
Bacon-wrapped pork medallions with mashed potatoes and rolls
Texas Cowboy Caviar with black-eyed peas and tomatoes
Texas sheet cake for dessert
Dinner tickets are $15.00
*The dinner event will be hosted at Studebaker Events, 520 Ave. H due to ongoing renovations inside the Wallace Theater Auditorium.
About our Speaker:
Cathrine McMahan is currently an instructor of history at South Plains College in Levelland, Texas. She holds a bachelor's degree from Texas Tech University in Human Development and Family Studies and her master's degree in history from Sam Houston State University. She has over 15 years of classroom experience in Texas public schools and was named the Region 17 Secondary Teacher of the year in 2020. More recently, she was honored by the Texas State Historical Association Fellows with the Mary Jon and J.P. Bryan Leadership in Education Award in 2022. Along with her Texas pedigree as a descendant of one of Stephen F. Austin's Old 300, her unique background in the human sciences and war and violence studies provides a compelling socio-cultural approach to the history of the Alamo and its cultural significance to the state of Texas.
This event is made possible in part by a grant from Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Hockley County Historical Commission.