Chesley Bonestell – A Brush with the Future – zoom and dvd. (Virtual)

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Sunday, January 29, 2023⋅4:00 – 5:00pm.  Join the Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy for Zoom event with the filmmaker and Rancho Palos Verdes resident Douglass Stewart who has uncovered the fascinating life of architect and painter Chesley Bonestell (1888-1986). Bonestell worked on the Golden Gate Bridge and the Chrysler Building.  He worked on famous movies like Citizen Kane and The War of The […]

Postponed Live Virtual Event Featuring Highly-Renowned Historian Bill Deverell – POSTPONED

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POSTPONED TO SEPTEMBER 8, 2022 March 24, 7 pm  is a second lecture on Olmsted with highly-renowned historian Bill Deverell whose book "Eden by Design: The 1930 Olmsted-Bartholomew Plan for the Los Angeles Region"is available for purchase with tickets from the Conservancy. Deverell will share astonishing images of the Olmsted vision for open land throughout southern […]

Live Virtual Event Featuring Best-Selling Author Charlotte McConaghy

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Beauty of Nature - Author Series:  Live Virtual Event Featuring Best-Selling Author Charlotte McConaghy Charlotte McConaghy, author of the best selling novels," Migrations" and Once There Were Wolves will be Zooming live from Sydney on March 3, 2022 for the event. Her writing is fueled by her love of nature and her interest in stories of fierce women. Her […]

Live Virtual Event Featuring Best-Selling Author Charlotte McConaghy – POSTPONED TO FEBRUARY 2022 (To be confirmed)

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Literary Series:  Live Virtual Event Featuring Best-Selling Author Charlotte McConaghy POSTPONED TO FEBRUARY 2022 (To be confirmed) Join the Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy for a new Beauty of Nature book series featuring Author Charlotte McConaghy on October 21, 2021 at 7 pm.  McConaghy is the author of the national best sellers Migrations and the […]

Olmsted Legacy: Bringing Nature to the City

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Olmsted Legacy: Bringing Nature to the City Join Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy and the Palos Verdes Homes Association October 7, 2021 at 7 p.m. to experience an illustrated virtual presentation Olmsted Legacy: Bringing Nature to the City by writer, public historian and filmmaker Laurence Cotton.  Mr. Cotton has shared his presentations at museums, botanical […]

Family Nature Club – Butterflies!

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Virtual Family Nature Club Join the Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy for the next Virtual Family Nature Club where we flutter into the exciting topic of butterflies! Learn about local butterflies on the Peninsula, what you can do to help protect them, and get crafty designing your own butterfly.  Register in advance for this meeting: […]