2012 Wallace Stegner Lectures


Series Sponsor: Jean Lane, in memory of Bill Lane
Media Sponsor: Embarcadero Media (Publisher of Palo Alto Weekly, Mountain View Voice, The Almanac and Palo Alto Online)

PLEASE NOTE: Due to unexpected scheduling conflicts, we have switched the Joel Salatin and Wade Davis lecture dates.




Sustainable Farmer

Joel Salatin



Ethnobotonist and National
Geographic Explorer

Wade Davis




Science Writer

Elizabeth Kolbert

Bonus Lecture: Stegner and Patron Subscribers Only.

Wildlife Photographer

Frans Lanting

Local Food to the Rescue The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World Field Notes from a Catastrophe:
Man, Nature and Climate Change
Monterey: Bay of Life
Monday, March 5, 8pm Monday, April 16, 8pm Monday, May 14, 8pm Wednesday, March 28, 8pm
Joel Salatin Photo Wade Davis Photo Elizabeth Kolbert Photo Fans Lanting Photo
Lecture Sponsor:
Sand Hill Global Advisors

Lecture Sponsor:
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich Rosati Foundation
Lecture Sponsor:
Jacobs Farm/Del Cabo

Lecture Sponsor:
Noble and Lorraine Hancock



The Wallace Stegner Lectures feature writers, artists and thinkers who explore important issues related to land, nature and conservation. Proceeds fund POST’s work to protect open space on the San Francisco Peninsula. Read about the series history.



Ticketing Information


Help protect open space by buying a lecture series subscription. To buy a subscription, call Ann Duwe at (650) 854-7696 X316.

Stegner Circle subscription: $325 per person.

3 MainStage lectures and 1 bonus SecondStage lecture. Select seating and program listing. $255 tax-deductible gift to POST.
Patrons subscription: $175 per person.

3 MainStage lectures and 1 bonus SecondStage lecture. Select seating and program listing. $105 tax-deductible gift to POST.
Friends subscription: $75 per person.

3 MainStage lectures and $15 tax-deductible gift to POST.

There is a $9 handling fee per subscription order.

To buy single tickets to the three main stage lectures, call the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts at (650) 903-6000 or go to their website.

Click here for directions and a map to the venue.