The Redmond Historical Society next meeting will be from 10:30 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013 at the Old Redmond Schoolhouse Community Center, 16600 N.E. 80 St. in Redmond, and will feature Lorraine McConaghy.

McConaghy is a public historian with the Museum of History and Industry in Seattle. She will be presenting “Territorial Voices: A Civil War Reader’s Theater,” which is an interactive, living theater piece in which the audience reads the words of ordinary settlers, territorial military and administrative leadership.

McConaghy will give a brief lecture to set the stage for the audience participation and will present various opinions on race and slavery in Washington Territory. Conversation will follow about the ideas and themes raised in the communal theater. Her presentation is sponsored by Humanities Washington.

To receive the monthly newsletter, contact the Redmond Historical Society’s office at (425) 885-2919 or email info@redmondhistoricalsociety.org. Books, calendars, note cards, free historic walking tour brochures and the book, “Redmond Reflections,” are also available in the office at the community center inform 106, which is open Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and by appointment. For more information, visit redmondhistoricalsociety.org.