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Summer Programs for 2012
LeConte Remains Open in 2013 - In consideration of rock-fall hazard, the number of evening programs will be reduced.
The Sierra Club sponsors regular evening and daytime programs at LeConte Memorial Lodge
during the summer.
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
2012
In addition to these evening and scheduled daytime programs, LeConte Memorial Lodge is regularly open Wednesday through Sunday 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM.
* Programs for Children and Families
MAY
8:00 PM
Friday May 4 John Dill, Yosemite National Park Search & Rescue Ranger
"Search & Rescue in Yosemite"
8:00 PM
Saturday May 5 - Stephen Joseph, Landscape/Panoramic Photographer
"A Visit to Muir Woods"
8:00 PM
Sunday May 6 - Tom Bopp, Yosemite Historian & Yosemite's Wawona Pianist & Storyteller
"John Muir & Teddy Roosevelt - Yosemite 1903"
8:00 PM
Friday May 11 - Christine Loberg, Instructor of Photography Ansel Adams Gallery
"Inspiration for Yosemite Preservation: History of Yosemite Artists"
8:00 PM
Saturday May 12 - John Dill, Yosemite National Park Search & Rescue Ranger
"Search & Rescue in Yosemite"
8:00 PM
Sunday May 13 - Larry Simon, California Coastal Commission & LeConte Historian
"Joseph N. LeConte [son of Dr. J. LeConte]: Exploring, Mapping, & Photographing the High Sierra 1890 to 1930"
8:00 PM
*Friday May 18 - Ben Cunningham-Summerfield, California Tribal Member
"American Indian Storytelling & Flute"
8:00 PM
Saturday May 19 - Jeff Sullivan, Travel Photographer
"The Range of Light & Beyond: Legacy of Yosemite"
8:00 PM
Sunday May 20 - Sarah Stock, Yosemite National Park Ornithologist
"Hawks and Owls"
Memorial Day WEekend
8:00 PM
*Friday May 25 - Lee Terkelsen, Nature Videographer
"Sequoia to Mt. Whitney" Narrated Hiking Video
8:00 PM
*Saturday May 26 - Lee Terkelsen, Nature Videographer
"Along the John Muir Trail" Narrated Hiking Video
Sunday May 27 - No Evening Program
JUNE
8:00 PM
Friday June 1 - Tom Arfsten, Yosemite Historian
"Galen Clark: Yosemite Guardian"
8:00 PM
Saturday June 2 - Jeremy Evans, Photographer
"Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada: A Season Through Photography"
8:00 PM
Sunday June 3 - Dave Humphrey, YNP Branch Chief, History, Architecture & Landscape
"Yosemite Update: History, Architecture & Landscape"
8:00 PM
*Friday June 8 - Ben Cunningham-Summerfield, California Tribal Member
"American Indian Storytelling & Flute"
8:00 PM
Saturday June 9 - Dr. Barbara Mossberg, Prof. of Integrative Studies, CSU Monterey Bay
"Tree-mendous! Tribute to the Poetry & Music of Yosemite Trees"
8:00 PM
Sunday June 10 - Frank Helling, Interpretive Ranger Kings Canyon & Muir Historian
"John Muir's Journey & The Spirit of the Sierra"
8:00 PM
*Friday June 15 - Lee Terkelsen, Nature Videographer
"Sequoia to Mt. Whitney" Narrated Hiking Video
8:00 PM
*Saturday June 16 - Lee Terkelsen, Nature Videographer
"Along the John Muir Trail" Narrated Hiking Video
8:00 PM
*Sunday June 17 - Rick Deutsch, "Mr. Half Dome"
"Hiking Half Dome"
8:00 PM
*Friday June 22 - Dave Bengston, Director Yosemite Mountaineering School
"Climbing Yosemite Walls"
8:00 PM
*Saturday June 23 - Michael Bryant/Robin Pliskin, Northern California Musicians "Concert: Nature of Music in Celebration of Nature Songs: Sing Along"
8:00 PM
Sunday June 24 - Greg Stock, Ph.D., YNP Geologist
"Rise & Fall of Sierra Nevada Glaciers"
10:30 AM
*Friday June 29 - Susan Barry, Northern California Watercolor Artist
"Drawing Bears" - Join us to draw a Yosemite Black Bear
Limited to 25 people - Please Preregister at LML
8:00 PM
*Friday June 29 - Michael Bryant/Robin Pliskin, Northern California Musicians
"Concert: Nature of Music in Celebration of Nature Songs: Sing Along"
10:30 AM
*Saturday June 30 - Susan Barry, Northern California Watercolor Artist
"Drawing Bears" - Join us to draw a Yosemite Black Bear
Limited to 25 people - Please Preregister at LML
8:00 PM
Saturday June 30 - Donna Thomas & Peter Thomas, Book Artists
"Retracing John Muir's Walk to Yosemite 1868, in 2006"
JULY
10:30 AM
*Sunday July 1 - Susan Barry, Northern California Watercolor Artist
"Drawing Bears" - Join us to draw a Yosemite Black Bear
Limited to 25 people - Please Preregister at LML
Sunday July 1 - OPEN HOUSE 7:30 - 9:00 pm
*Visit LeConte Memorial, Meet the Curator and Volunteers, and Share some Cookies!
8:00 PM
*Friday July 6 - Dave Bengston, Director Yosemite Mountaineering School
"Climbing Yosemite Walls"
8:00 PM
Saturday July 7 - Dr. Alison Colwell, YNP Botanist "Observing the Plants of Yosemite's Unusual Habitats" 1 hr.
8:00 PM
Sunday July 8 - Sarah Matsumoto, Sierra Resilient Habitats Coordinator, Sierra Club
"How you can become a Modern Day John Muir"
8:00 PM
Friday July 13 - Harold Wood, John Muir Historian; Chair, LeConte Memorial Lodge Committee
"John Muir & Yosemite"
8:00 PM
Saturday July 14 - Janet Wood, Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA Ambassador
"A Celebration of Stars"
8:00 PM
*Sunday July 15 - John McClary, Yosemite Artist
"Sketch a Post Card of Yosemite & Take Home A Memory!"
8:00 PM
Friday July 20 - John Buckley, Director, Central Sierra Environmental Resource Center
"Conservation Issues Affecting the Yosemite Region"
8:00 PM
Saturday July 21 - No Evening Program
Sunday July 22 - Robert Bauer, John Muir Historian
"John Muir's Twenty Hill Hollow: Life as a Sheep Herder in the Sierra Foothills"
10:30 PM
*Friday July 27 - Steve Riley, Children's Book Author & Illustrator
"Kid's Story Time & Little Tycooney, The Yosemite Raccoon"
8:00 PM
*Friday July 27 - Steve Riley, Children's Book Author & Illustrator
"Kid's Story Time & Little Tycooney, The Yosemite Raccoon"
8:00 PM
*Saturday July 28 - Dr. Tyler Nordgren, Prof. of Astronomy, College of the Redlands
"Experiencing Astronomy in Yosemite: The Night Sky"
8:00 PM
Sunday July 29 - Amy Racina, Author Angels in the Wilderness
"Surviving a 60 ft. fall in King's Canyon"
AUGUST
8:00 PM
*Thursday August 2 - Frank Helling, Interpretive Ranger Kings Canyon & John Muir Historian
"California Grizzlies"
8:00 PM
*Friday August 3 - Ben Cunningham-Summerfield, California Tribal Member
"American Indian Storytelling & Flute"
8:00 PM
Saturday August 4 - Michael Wurtz, Archivist, Holt-Atherton Special Collections, UOP, Home of the John Muir Papers
"John Muir & The Big Trees"
8:00 PM
Sunday August 5 - Jack Hoeflich, YNP Search & Rescue Ranger
"Search & Rescue in Yosemite"
8:00 PM
*Friday August 10 - Dean Shenk, Supervisory Park Ranger, Division of Interpretation, Wawona
"Bears of Yosemite National Park"
8:00 PM
Saturday August 11 - Jack Hoeflich, YNP Search & Rescue Ranger
"Search & Rescue in Yosemite
8:00 PM
Sunday August 12 - Lynn Northrop, Director & Founder of the Raymond , CA Museum
"Everybody Loves Raymond! Or Should, If you Love Yosemite!"
8:00 PM
*Friday August 17 - Lee Terkelsen, Nature Videographer
"Sequoia to Mt. Whitney" Narrated Hiking Video
8:00 PM
*Saturday August 18 - Lee Terkelsen, Nature Videographer
"Along the John Muir Trail" Narrated Hiking Video
8:00 PM
Sunday August 19 - - No Evening Program
8:00 PM
Friday August 24 - The Rev. Don Baldwin as John Muir
"John Muir: Alive!"
8:00 PM
Saturday August 25 - Kass Hardy, National Park Service Anniversary Coordinator
"Yosemite National Park Anniversary Update"
8:00 PM
Sunday August 26 - Bill Carroll, YNP Post Master Emeriti
"The Mail Must Go Through Yosemite: Mail Delivery through the Years in YNP"
Labor Day Weekend
8:00 PM
Friday August 31 - John Dill, YNP Search & Rescue Ranger
"Search & Rescue in Yosemite"
SEPTEMBER
8:00 PM
Saturday September 1 - No program.
8:00 PM
Sunday September 2 - Daniel Prial, Interpretive Ranger, John Muir National Historic Site, Martinez, California
"John Muir: Father, Farmer, Lustful Adventurer: Bridging the Ordinary & Extraordinary"
8:00 PM
*Friday September 7 - Ben Cunningham-Summerfield, California Tribal Member
"American Indian Storytelling & Flute"
8:00 PM
Saturday September 8 - Charles Schoeberger, Nature Photographer
"Non-Prime Time" - Yosemite "Fall & Winter Photographic Essay" How to take Great Photos in Yosemite
8:00 PM
Sunday September 9 - Pete Devine, Yosemite Conservancy Naturalist
"Dr. Steller's Jay: How the Steller Jay Got Its Name"
8:00 PM
Thursday September 13 - Debbie Cook, Event Coordinator, Muir Geo-Tourism Center & Maryann Huff, President, BOD Muir Geo-Tourism Center, Coulterville
"John Muir Geo-Tourism Center & All Things Muir"
8:00 PM
*Friday September 14 - Lee Terkelsen, Nature Videographer
"Sequoia to Mt. Whitney" Narrated Hiking Video
8:00 PM
*Saturday September 15 - Lee Terkelsen, Nature Videographer
"Along the John Muir Trail" Narrated Hiking Video
8:00 PM
Sunday September 16 - Jonathan Bayless, Chief Curator, Yosemite National Park
Program Title to Be Announced
8:00 PM
Friday September 21 - John Dill, YNP Search & Rescue Ranger
"Search & Rescue in Yosemite"
8:00 PM
*Saturday September 22 - Michael Bryant/Robin Pliskin, Northern California Musicians
"A Concert! The Nature of Music: A Musical Sing-Along Celebration!"
8:00 PM
Sunday September 23 - Pete Devine, Yosemite Conservancy Naturalist
"Yosemite's Sister Parks in China" - A delightful vicarious excursion
8:00 PM
Friday September 28 - Tom Arfsten, Yosemite Historian
"Galen Clark: Yosemite Guardian"
8:00 PM
Saturday September 29 - Stephen Joseph, Landscape/Panoramic Photographer
"John Muir's Botanical Journey:" - Meet the Author & Photographer who created Nature's Beloved Son, find out how they produced it, and watch a video along Muir's pilgrimage in finding plants and himself along the way.
BJG/9/21/11 - updated 3/17/12 & 6/29/12
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) 697-3525; 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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