Upcoming Events
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Don’t miss out on the next Sequoia Riverlands Trust event. Bookmark this page, visit us often, and sign up for our e-newsletter.
Unless specified, SRT requests a $10 donation for members and $15 for non-members to attend events. Become a member on the day of an event and attend that day’s program for free! Your donations allow us to continue providing such unique, fun, educational experiences on our preserves.
If you have suggestions for events that you’d like to see us provide, please let us know via email. We welcome your feedback. Thank you for support. Note - click on our calendar quick links below to read event details.
September
November
Ongoing
August
Stargazing Party at Dry Creek Preserve
Join local astronomers for a “star-studded” tour of the great night sky
When: Saturday, September 11, 2010, 7:15 p.m. — 9:30 p.m.
What: The third of three stargazing parties at Sequoia Riverlands Trust’s Dry Creek Preserve. Come out and join Sequoia Riverlands Trust and the Tulare Astronomical Association for an exploration of the night sky. We'll start by looking at the moon, then move on to Sagittarius and Cygnus constellations. We will also look at Jupiter.
Where: Dry Creek Preserve, located near Lemon Cove. From Visalia, travel east on Highway 198 to Highway 216 (about 17 miles, don’t take the Lovers Lane exit). Follow Highway 216 west toward Woodlake one-half mile and turn right (north) on Dry Creek Dr. The preserve is located three miles down on your right.
Bring: Water, layered clothes, insect repellant, blankets or lawn chairs and a friend. If you have a telescope, binoculars or star chart, bring those as well. Please, no dogs.
Special notes:
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If you are late to the event, please park your vehicle on the roadside, outside the gate and walk in. This helps other participants keep their night vision by avoiding your headlights.
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Because white light from flashlights makes it harder to see the night sky, use only red-lamped flashlights, or retrofit your regular flashlight using red cellophane and a rubber band.
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If you have a new telescope that you’d like to bring, please do a trial run at home to make sure you know how to properly operate your equipment.
Donation request: $10 Sequoia Riverlands Trust members; $15 non-members. Join that day and attend the program for free. Memberships start at $35 for an individual or $50 for a family.
November
Kaweah Land & Arts Festival
A celebration of the art, culture and landscape of the Kaweah
When: November 5-7, 2010. More details, TBD.
What: The 2nd annual Kaweah Land & Arts Festival is a collaboration between Sequoia Riverlands Trust, the artists of the region, Arts Visalia, and College of the Sequoias. The festival highlights the artists, poets, writers, historians, farmers and scientists whose work has been profoundly influenced by this region's geography and its legacy as a working landscape. Sometimes we forget about the wealth and beauty that surrounds and sustains us. This festival hopes to remind us all of the land's generosity. The festival also hopes to inspire all of us to become more engaged caretakers of our natural and cultural resources here in the southern Sierra Nevada and San Joaquin Valley.
See photos of last year's festival.
Ongoing
PHOTO CONTEST: “How do you view your landscape, through the seasons?”
Submissions due October 2010
SRT invites all nature and/or photography enthusiasts to get out and express themselves through their own vision of the landscape.
We are interested in seeing the role that natural and agricultural spaces play in people’s lives. Each person has a different way of seeing the landscape, and we want photographs that exhibit your unique perspective. Ask yourself what you see when you look at an open field, an oak tree, a farm or a wild animal. What do you think about? What does that say about the role it plays in our community?
If this sounds fun and interesting to you, please send us an email at photocontest@sequoiariverlands.org to receive more information and to sign up for periodic updates about exclusive photography opportunities on SRT preserves and photography workshops. We encourage photographs taken from all four seasons of our ever-changing valley and foothill landscape, even photos you’ve previously taken.
Competition winners (22 in all) will have the privilege of seeing their photos displayed as part of the Arts Visalia exhibit in November 2010, in conjunction with the 2nd annual Kaweah Land & Arts Festival.
Download a copy of the complete rules.
Download the release form for photographing minors.
Please send us an email today to receive more info.