Adventure Series 2012
For all ages. Suffering from cabin fever? Join us for this series of slide presentations celebrating the great outdoors! Speakers will present their own experiences across America and around the world. The series concludes with some spectacular short films on mountain culture! Locations are listed below, and seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. Information: 501-5147 or email.
An Evening With Mountainfilm
Fri, Mar 23, 7-10 p.m.
Henrico Theatre in Highland Springs. Free!
Each year in Telluride, Colorado, Mountainfilm celebrates cultures unique to mountain communities with an international rendezvous of legendary mountaineers, environmentalists, filmmakers, authors, scientists, and artists. The mission of Mountainfilm is to educate and inspire audiences about issues that matter, cultures worth exploring, and environments worth preserving. Don’t miss this opportunity to view incredible outdoor films!
Telluride Mountainfilm on Tour Promo Video from Mountainfilm in Telluride on Vimeo.
“Waterwalk: A Passage of Ghosts”
Fri, Mar 2, 7:30-8:30 p.m.
Henrico County Administration Board Room. Free!
In 1996 Steven Faulkner and his 16 year-old son Justin left the fast world of cars, jobs, schools, televisions, and computers and set out on a 1,000 mile voyage in their 16-foot canoe, Natty Bumpo. They followed the route first taken in 1673 by the early French explorers Joliet and Marquette to discover the Upper Mississippi River. Waterwalk is a journey into the heart of this continent 300 years ago, a modern exploration of the quiet waterways that weave their way through America, and a voyage through the heart of a father-son relationship. Steven Faulkner teaches Creative Writing at Longwood University. A movie based on his book “Waterwalk: A Passage of Ghosts” is being produced by Michigan Blue Lake Productions.
Across the Roof of America presented by Leonard Atkins
Fri, Mar 16, 7:30-8:30 p.m.
Henrico County Administration Board Room. Free!
The Continental Divide follows the Rocky Mountains for more than 2,700 miles in the United States and is a part of the National Scenic Trails System. A complete traverse of it demands using maps and compass during cross-country travel, fording glacier melt-swollen streams, ascending 13,000-foot passes, crossing deserts in 100-degree heat, and crashing through thigh-high snow drifts. As Coordinator of the Across the Roof of America Expedition, award-winning local author and renowned hiker Leonard Atkins will share stories and photos as he walked the Continental Divide for six months from Canada to Mexico.
Photographs provided by the presenters.