2010 Wallace Stegner Lecture Series
Series Sponsors: Ambassador Bill and Mrs. Jean Lane
Media Sponsor: Embarcadero Publishing
Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts (MVCPA), 8:00 PM
For subscriptions, call (650) 854-7696 X316
For single tickets, call (650) 903-6000
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Vinod Khosla, in conversation with KQED's Michael Krasny
Monday, April 26, 8:00 PM
Sponsor: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Foundation
Celebrated venture capitalist and “green” entrepreneur Vinod Khosla was co-founder of Daisy Systems and CEO of Sun Microsystems. He formed Khosla Ventures in 2004, and has funded a wide range of traditional as well as emerging clean technologies. He will share observations on the intersection of high-tech business and the environment in conservation with acclaimed interviewer and radio host Michael Krasny.
For more information, please visit www.khoslaventures.com
Paul Theroux
Monday, March 1, 8:00 PM
Sponsor: Sand Hill Advisors
Paul Theroux is one of modern literature’s most respected chroniclers of the expatriate experience in places as disparate as Malawi, Honduras and Eastern Europe. His novels and travel books shimmer with unique observations told in compelling detail. Audiences respond to his witty, acerbic asides and the depth of his understanding of world literature. Spend an evening with a master storyteller as he takes you on a journey through personal revelations in exotic locales.
For more information, please visit www.lyceumagency.com/paul+theroux.aspx
Richard Preston: REPLACED
Due to illness, Richard Preston will be unable to speak on February 8. In his place we are pleased to announce that award-winning author, organic farmer and Slow Food activist David Mas Masumoto will appear instead.
David Mas Masumoto
Monday, February 8, 8:00 PM
Sponsor: Noble and Lorraine Hancock and Jobst Brandt
Third-generation farmer David Mas Masumoto grows organic peaches, nectarines and grapes on his family farm south of Fresno, California. Hailed by The New York Times as “a poet of farming,” he weaves together stories of family and life on the land to reveal age-old truths that are fast-disappearing. His latest book, Wisdom of the Last Farmer: Harvesting Legacies from the Land, was published by Simon and Schuster in August 2009. His other books include Four Seasons in Five Senses: Things Worth Savoring, Harvest Son: Planting Roots in American Soil, and Epitaph For A Peach: Four Seasons on My Family Farm, which won the 1995 Julia Child Cookbook Award for the Literary Food Writing Category. He has written for USA Today, the Los Angeles Times and is currently a columnist for the Fresno Bee.
For more information, please visit www.masumoto.com
To view a YouTube video of “Wisdom of the Last Farmer,” click here.
Ticketing
A lecture series subscription consists of one ticket to each of the three lectures.
A Stegner Circle subscription is $325 per person and includes premium seating, listing in the program and an opportunity to attend a pre-lecture dinner with one of our speakers. $265 is tax-deductible.
A Patron subscription is $175 per person and includes preferred seating and listing in the program. $115 is tax-deductible.
A Friend subscription is $75 per person and $15 is tax-deductible.
There is a $9 handling fee per order.
Your tax-deductible contribution will further benefit our land-saving work.
Subscriptions are on sale now. Call Ann Duwe at (650) 854-7696 X316 to subscribe.
Single tickets for the three lectures are $22 each and can be ordered through the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts at (650) 903-6000 or online at www.mvcpa.com.
Series History
Series Sponsors Ambassador Bill and Mrs. Jean Lane have sponsored the Wallace Stegner Lecture Series since its inception in 1993. The series would not be possible without their continued interest and generous support. POST sincerely thanks Bill and Jean for their enthusiasm and dedication.
The Wallace Stegner Lecture Series pays tribute to the late Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, environmentalist, longtime Peninsula resident and celebrated Stanford University English professor. Stegner is remembered as a "man of the American West," and his writings capture the beauty and significance of the West' lands and wilderness. He was also an ardent conservationist who worked to preserve the Peninsula lands he loved. A longtime friend of POST, Stegner was to host the first annual lecture series in 1993. Because his life ended before the series began, it was named in his honor.
Designed to educate and inspire, the series is dedicated to exploring the themes of land, nature and conservation from literary and artistic perspectives. Past speakers have included Wendell Berry, Dr. Jane Goodall, Robert Haas, Paul Hawken, Robert Redford and Terry Tempest Williams. All proceeds from the series benefit POST and its land-saving work.