:Lectures

Landmark Leaders
475 Homer Ave., Palo Alto. Presented by the Woman’s Club of Palo Alto, this lecture series kicked off in 2012-13 with Tara VanDerveer, Diana Diamond, Linda Williams and others.

Peninsula Open Space Trust's Wallace Stegner Lectures -- POST
222 High St., Palo Alto. Held February-May at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts. Since 1993, this annual lecture series focuses on nature and conservation. It has featured such writers and activists as Jane Goodall and Robert Redford. Call 650-854-7696.
E-mail: post@openspacetrust.org.

SLAC National Accelerator Lab
2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park . Every other month, SLAC hosts evening lectures highlighting the science underway at the laboratory. Past lectures have featured diamonds, dark energy, the making of molecular movies and the hunt for the Higgs. Call 650-926-3300.

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 650-853-8300.
E-mail: abarrales2@usgs.gov.