Ethel Claiborne Dameron Lecture Series: Dr. Elista Istre

For its 2021 presentation of the Ethel Claiborne Dameron Lecture series, the West Baton Rouge Historical Association welcomes Dr. Elista Istre, author of Ring of Fire, Circle of Love: The Women in Johnny Cash's Life. Taking place the opening weekend of the museum's fall exhibition 1968: A Folsom Redemption, the lecture will detail Dr. Istre's experience documenting Cash's life story. She will tell of how she met and interviewed his family and friends in Dyess, Arkansas—piecing together his life through the voices of the women who knew him best. 2 pm. Free.  westbatonrougemuseum.org.