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Summer Programs for 2011
The Sierra Club sponsors regular evening and daytime programs at LeConte Memorial Lodge
during the summer. Stay tuned for changes and additional programs.
Programs held at the LeConte Memorial Lodge are
indicated as "Bus Stop #12." Other programs held elsewhere in Yosemite Valley
are indicated by appropriate bus stops.
PLEASE NOTE: Specific programs are subject to change or rescheduling. Please call ahead if you
wish to attend a specific program.
Summer Program Schedule
2011
LeConte Memorial Lodge is open Wednesday through Sunday 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
*Programs for Children and Families
MAY
Sunday May 1 – 8:00 pm
Tom Bopp, Yosemite Historian & Musician,
“John Muir & Teddy Roosevelt
in Yosemite: 1903”
*Friday May 6 – 8:00 pm
Ben Cunningham-Summerfield, CA Tribal Member
“American Indian Storytelling & Flute”
Saturday May 7 – 8:00 pm
Stephen Joseph, Landscape Photographer & Co-Author Nature’s
Beloved Son“A Visit to Muir Woods” – photographic portrait
Sunday May 8 – 8:00 pm
Dave Humphrey, YNP Branch Chief, History, Architecture & Landscape
“Yosemite
Update: History, Architecture & Landscape”
Friday May 13 – 8:00 pm
Tom Arfsten, YNP Historian
“Meet Galen Clark: Yosemite Guardian”
Saturday May 14 – 8:00 pm
Jeremy Evans, Photographer
“Yosemite: A Season through Photography. Followed
by recommendations for photo locations and photographic techniques”
Sunday May 15 – 8:00 pm
Pete Devine, Yosemite Conservancy Naturalist
“Yosemite’s Sister Parks in China” – Just
how different is a national park in China?
*Friday May 20 – 1:30 pm
Yosemite Valley School Students
“Conservation & The Three Little
Pigs”
Friday May 20 – 8:00 pm
Christine Loberg, Yosemite Photographer and
Art Historian
“Inspiration for Yosemite Preservation: History of Yosemite
Artists”
Saturday May 21 – 8:00 pm
Chris Waltz, Singer/Songwriter
“Songs of Nature: A Concert of Celtic & American
Folk Music”
*Sunday May 22 – 8:00 pm
Rick Deutsch, Mr. Half Dome
“Hiking Half Dome”
Friday May 27 – 8:00 pm
Dov Bock/Joy Marschall, YNP Search & Rescue
Rangers
“Preventative Search & Rescue”
Saturday May 28 – 8:00 pm
Harold Wood, John Muir Historian & LML
Committee Chair
“John Muir & the Animal Kingdom”
*Sunday May 29 – 8:00 pm
Janet Wood, NASA/JPL Volunteer Ambassador
“Mysterious Moons”
JUNE
Thursday June 2 – 8:00 pm
Scott Miller, Photographer
“John Muir’s First Summer in the Sierra”
*Friday June 3 – 8:00 pm
Ben Cunningham-Summerfield, CA Tribal Member
“American Indian Storytelling & Flute”
Saturday June 4 – 8:00 pm
Shan Sutton, Director, Holt-Atherton Special
Collections, University of the Pacific – Home of the John Muir Papers
“Muir,
Yosemite, & the John Muir Papers”
Sunday June 5 – 8:00 pm
Jack Hoeflich, Search & Rescue Team Member
“Search & Rescue in
Yosemite”
Thursday, June 9 – 8:00 pm
Jack Turner, Author, Landscapes on Glass & Grandson
of Ansel F. Hall, YNP Ranger
“Landscapes on Glass: The Work of Ansel
F. Hall”
*Friday June 10 – 8:00 pm
Michael Schweickert, Prof. of Chemistry, Los
Medanos College, Pittsburg, CA
Michelle Luebke, Watershed Monitoring Coordinator,
Contra Costa County
“Bugs & Beeps, Part I: Science of Creeks & Waterways
of Yosemite”
*Saturday June 11 – 10:30 am
Michael Schweickert & Michelle Luebke
“Bugs & Beeps, Part II:
What sorts of bugs are in the Merced River?” Demonstration & Hands-On”
Limited
to 20 people, pre-registration at LML required
Saturday June 11 – 8:00 pm
Dr. Barbara Mossberg, CS Monterey Bay, Prof.
Integrative Studies
“Tree-Mendous!
Tribute to the poetry and music of Yosemite Trees”
*Sunday June 12 – 8:00 pm
Michael Bryant & Robin Pliskin, Northern
California Musicians
“The Nature of Music” – An evening
concert of musical celebration
Friday June 17 – 8:00 pm
John Peterson, Poet and Publisher & James
Downs, Yosemite Poet
“Nature & Spirit” Listen to Poetry of
Yosemite
*Saturday June 18 – 8:00 pm
Lee Terkelsen, Nature Videographer
“Hike from Sequoia National Park to
Mt. Whitney” Narrated Video
*Sunday June 19 – 8:00 pm
Lee Terkelsen, Nature Videographer
“Along the John Muir Trail” Narrated
Hiking Video
*Friday June 24 – 8:00 pm
Dr. Tyler Nordgren, Professor of Astronomy,
College of the Redlands
“Experiencing Astronomy in Yosemite: Look at
all those Stars!”
*Saturday June 25 – 8:00 pm
Dave Bengston, Director, YNP Mountaineering
School “Climbing Yosemite
Walls” - Demonstration
Sunday June 26 – 8:00 pm
Alison Colwell, YNP Botanist, Dept. of Resource
Management
“Observing the Plants of Yosemite’s Unusual Habitats
JULY
*Friday July 1 – 10:30 am
Susan Barry, Northern California Watercolor
Artist
Drawing Bears
Limited to 25 people, pre-registration at LML required
Friday, July 1 – 8:00 pm
Jack Hoeflich, Search & Rescue Team Member
“Search and Rescue in
Yosemite”
*Saturday July 2 – 10:30 am
Susan Barry, Northern California Watercolor
Artist
Drawing Bears
Limited to 25 people, pre-registration at LML required
*Saturday July 2 – 8:00 pn
Ben Cunningham-Summerfield, California Tribal Member
American Indian Storytelling & Flute
*Sunday July 3 – 10:30 am
Susan Barry, Northern California Watercolor
Artist
Drawing Bears
Limited to 25 people, pre-registration at LML required
Sunday July 3 – 8:00 pm
"John Muir in the New World" -inspiring documentary film about the
life of America's First Nature Preservationist
*Friday July 8 – 8:00 pm
Dave Bengston, Director, YNP Mountaineering
School
“Climbing Yosemite Walls” - Demonstration
Saturday July 9 – 8:00 pm
John Dittli, Yosemite Photographer & Author
“Walk the Sky:
Following the John Muir Trail”
Sunday July 10 – 8:00 pm
Peter & Donna Thomas, Book Artists & Authors:
“Re-Walking & Following
John Muir into Yosemite in 1868”
*Friday July 15 – 8:00 pm
Lee Terkelsen, Nature Videographer
“Across the Range: Hike from Sequoia National Park to Mt. Whitney” Narrated
Video
*Saturday July 16 – 8:00 pm
Lee Terkelsen, Nature Videographer
“Along the John Muir Trail” Narrated
Hiking Video
Sunday July 17 – 8:00 pm
Pete Devine, Yosemite Conservancy Naturalist
“Dr. Steller’s Jay:
How the Steller Jay Got Its Name”
*Friday July 22 – 8:00 pm
John McClarey, Yosemite Artist
Sketching a Post Card of Yosemite to take Home
Saturday July 23 – 8:00 pm
John Dill, YNP Search & Rescue Ranger
Search and Rescue in Yosemite National Park
Sunday July 24 – 8:00 pm
Greg Stock, Yosemite National Park Geologist
“New Tools for Understanding & Mitigating
Rock-fall Hazards in Yosemite National Park”
*Friday July 29 – 10:30 am
Steve Riley, Children’s Book Author & Illustrator:
Kid’s
Storytelling
“Little Tycooney & The Big Yosemite Race”
*Friday July 29 – 8:00 pm
Steve Riley, Children’s Book Author & Illustrator:
Kid’s
Storytelling
“Little Tycooney & The Big Yosemite Race”
Saturday July 30 – 8:00 pm
Daniel Prial, Interpretive Ranger, John Muir
National Historic Site, Martinez
“John Muir: Father, Farmer, Lustful
Adventurer: Bridging the Ordinary & the
Extraordinary”
Sunday July 31 – 8:00 pm
"John Muir: Life and Legacy" (Two short documentary films)
AUGUST
*Friday August 5 – 8:00 pm
Ben Cunningham-Summerfield, CA Tribal Member
“American Indian Storytelling & Flute”
Saturday August 6 – 8:00 pm
Dr. Barbara Mossberg, CS Monterey Bay, Professor
of Integrative Studies:
“Tree-Mendous!
Tribute to the Poetry & Music of Yosemite Trees”
Sunday August 7 – 8:00 pm
Robert Bauer, John Muir Historian
“John Muir’s Twenty Hill Hollow:
Life as a Sheep Herder in the Sierra Foothills” – See the foothills
come alive for Muir
Friday August 12 – 8:00 pm
Gary Noy, Founder & Director, Sierra
College Center for Sierra Nevada Studies & Rick Heide, editors, The Illuminated
Landscapes: A Sierra Nevada Anthology
“Literature of the Sierra” – listen
to the words of naturalists and nature writers
Saturday August 13 – 8:00 pm
Michael Wurtz, Archivist, UOP, Holt-Atherton
Special Collections, Home of the John Muir Papers
“John Muir and the
Big Trees”
Sunday August 14 – 8:00 pm
Greg Stock, YNP Geologist
“Meltdown: Rise & Fall of Sierra Nevada
Glaciers”
Friday August 19 – 8:00 pm
Amy Racina, Author Angels in the Wilderness & Extreme
Hiker
“Surviving a 60 foot fall in Kings Canyon National Park”
Saturday August 20 – 8:00 pm
The Rev. Don Baldwin as John Muir
“John Muir: Alive”
Sunday August 21 – 8:00 pm
John Dill, YNP Search & Rescue Ranger
“Search & Rescue in Yosemite”
*Friday August 26 – 8:00 pm
Lee Terkelsen, Nature Videographer
“Across the Range: Hike from Sequoia
National Park to Mt. Whitney” Narrated
Video
*Saturday August 27 – 8:00 pm
Lee Terkelsen, Nature Videographer
“Along the John Muir Trail” Narrated
Hiking Video
*Sunday August 28 – Rick Deutsch, Mr. Half Dome
“Hiking Half Dome”
SEPTEMBER
Friday September 2 – 8:00 pm
Janet Wood, NASA/JPL Volunteer Ambassador
“A Celebration of Stars”
Saturday September 3 – 8:00 pm
Harold Wood, Chair, LML Committee & John
Muir Historian
“Continuing Inspiration of John Muir”
*Sunday September 4 – 7:30-9:00 pm
Open House: Visit LML, Join the Volunteers & Curator
for Cookies
*Thursday, September 8 – 8:00 pm
Frank Helling as John Muir
"John Muir's
Journey & the Spirit of the Mountains"
*Friday September 9 – 8:00 pm
Ben Cunningham-Summerfield, CA Tribal
Member
“American Indian Storytelling & Flute”
Saturday September 10 – 8:00 pm
Jonathan Bayless, Chief Curator, YNP
Title to be announced. Always a
Program not to Miss!
Sunday September 11 – 8:00 pm
Pete Devine, Yosemite Conservancy Naturalist
“Yosemite’s Sister
Parks in China” – How different
can a national park in China be?
Friday September 16 – 8:00 pm
Tom Arfsten, Yosemite Historian
“Meet Galen Clark: Yosemite Guardian”
Saturday September 17 – 8:00
pm
Stephen Joseph, Landscape Photographer
“John Muir’s Botany” – film
presentation
Sunday September 18 – 8:00 pm
Bill Carroll, YNP Post Master
“The Mail Must Go Through Yosemite: Mail
Delivery in the Valley”
*Friday September 23 – 8:00 pm
Lee Terkelsen, Nature Videographer
“Across the Range: Hike from Sequoia
National Park to Mt. Whitney” Narrated
Video
*Saturday September 24 – 8:00 pm
Lee Terkelsen, Nature Videographer
“Along the John Muir Trail” Narrated
Hiking Video
Sunday September 25 – 8:00 pm
John Dill, YNP Search & Rescue Ranger
“Search & Rescue in Yosemite”
Friday September 30 – 8:00 pm
Marion Patterson, Yosemite Photographer
“A Photographer’s Historic
Views of Yosemite”
End of Season -
Join us again next year!
Information and Donations
For more information, during the summer contact Sierra Club LeConte Memorial Lodge
Curator, P.O. Box 755, Yosemite, CA 95389, 1-209-372-4542; e-mail:
leconte.curator@sierraclub.org.
During the winter, contact LeConte Lodge Committee Chair, Harold Wood, P.O. Box 3543,
Visalia, CA 93278; phone: (559) 739-8527; e-mail: harold.wood@sierraclub.org
Tax deductible donations to support the new exhibits and renovation efforts of the
LeConte Memorial can be made to "Sierra Club Foundation," marked for the LeConte
Lodge Fund.
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