Whale War supporters and organizers, 1976 Photo by Nicholas Wilson.

Cider and cookies will be served during the Mendocino Whale Festival. Visit the Kelley House Museum during March to view posters, photographs, and news clippings in an exhibit on the Mendocino Whale War; an act of protest against illegal whaling in 1976 which led to the first whale festival. “The Boy Who Talks to Whales,” a film based loosely on one of the whale war founders, will be viewable at the Kelley House Museum during March.