FAIRHOPE, Ala. - An education program will be held at 2 p.m. every Thursday at the Fairhope Museum of History. The program titled “Tea at the Museum” will feature local historians, artists and residents who have information to offer about Fairhope and its history.

The January schedule is as follows:

[] Jan. 6: Mark Sfirri, will preview his 1 p.m., Jan. 8th Fairhope Public Library speech on Wharton Escherick, who with his wife Lettie taught at the Marietta Johnson Organic School in 1919-20. There Escherick began a career in woodcarving, print making and wood block illustration of books. He later became famous as the founder of the studio furniture movement in the United States, according to a city of Fairhope news release.

[] Jan. 13: Mary Lois Timbes, noted Fairhope author, will trace the “History of Theatre in Fairhope” beginning with the early yearly summer Shakespeare festivals, the formation of the Fairhope Little theater in the 1940’s and culminating in today’s live Theatre 98.

 [] Jan. 20: John Rezner, Fairhope potter and artist who produced the pavers for the Fairhope Museum Plaza, will describe his wood-fired kiln techniques and his digs for local clay. His bricks will be on display.

 [] Jan. 27: Anna Laura Hill, Fairhope’s near-centurion, born in 1914 on Fairhope Avenue, remembers tales of E.B.. Gaston and the city’s original founders with their struggles to form a Single Tax Colony.

For additional information or for questions, call 929-1471 or stop by the museum at 24 N. Section St. in Fairhope. The programs are open to the public and cost $2 to attend.