:Lectures

G. Derwood Baker Distinguished Lecture Series
450 Bryant St., Palo Alto. Avenidas presents lectures by university scholars in the fall and winter/spring. The lectures are open to the public. $3 for members, $5 for nonmembers. Call 650-289-5436. Fax 650-326-3048.

Journeys into Great Music Lecture Series
450 Bryant St., Palo Alto. Palo Alto's senior center, Avenidas, presents this series of lectures on classical and other serious music by Norbert Molder year round. The lectures are open to the public. $3 for members and $5 for nonmembers. Call 650-289-5400. Fax 650-326-0366.

Peninsula Open Space Trust’s Wallace Stegner Lecture Series
222 High St., Palo Alto. Held February-May at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts. Since 1994, this annual lecture series focuses on nature and conservation. The series has featured such writers, artists and thinkers as Jane Goodall, Robert Redford and Dr. E.O. Wilson. Call 650-854-7696. Fax 650-854-7703.
E-mail: post@openspacetrust.org.

USGS Lecture Series
345 Middlefield Road, Bldg. 3, Conference Room A, Menlo Park. Free lectures at U.S. Geological Survey usually on the last Thursday of the month, holidays permitting. Topics include all facets of earth science. Call 650-329-5000.