The Mel Blanc Project was a series of public history/art education events made possible in part by a grant from the Kinsman Foundation and by a grant from the James F. and Marion L. Miller Foundation.

The Mel Blanc Lecture Series examined Mel Blanc’s Portland years through the lens of  vaudeville he saw, the music he heard,  the radio he made, and the South Portland neighborhood in which he grew up. Guest speakers shared their expertise via onstage conversations that audiences were invited to join. The lectures took place June 8 – June 29, 2011.

The Mel Blanc Walking Tours introduced Mel Blanc’s Portland by matching key events of Mel Blanc’s childhood and early adulthood with the exact sites in Portland where those events took place. The walking tours took place July 23 and July 30, 2011.