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An Evening with Geoff Powter
July 11, 2024 at 7:00 p.m.
(Doors open at 6:30 p.m.)
Nelson United Church
602 Silica Street
Geoff Powter presents Survival is Not Assured: The Life of Climber Jim Donini (Mountaineers Books, 2024).
$10; advance tickets required. Purchase here. Seating is limited to 100 people.
Past Speakers
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An Evening with Bernadette McDonald
March 5, 2024 at 7:00 p.m.
(Doors open at 6:15 p.m.)
Prestige Lakeside Resort in Nelson, BC
701 Lakeside Drive
Bernadette McDonald presents Alpine Rising: Sherpas, Baltis, and the Triumph of Local Climbers in the Great Ranges (Mountaineers Books, 2024).
$10; advance tickets required. Purchase here. Seating is limited to 80 people.
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An Evening with Terry Nelson
May 16, 2023 at 7:30 p.m.
(Doors open at 7:00 p.m.)
Nelson United Church
602 Silica Street
Terry Nelson presents Big Trees of the Inland Temperate Forests of British Columbia (2022).
$10; advance tickets required. Purchase here. Seating is limited to 150 people.
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An Evening with Chad Sayers
October 18, 2022 at 7:00 p.m.
(Doors open at 6:15 p.m.)
Prestige Lakeside Hotel in Nelson, BC
701 Lakeside Drive
Chad Sayers presents Overexposure: A Story About a Skier (Rocky Mountain Books, 2021).
$10; advanced tickets required. Purchase here. Seating is limited to 80 people.
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An Evening with Sharon Wood
February 20, 2020 at 7:00 p.m.
(Doors open at 6:15 p.m.)
Prestige Lakeside Hotel in Nelson, BC
701 Lakeside Drive
Sharon Wood presents Rising: Becoming the First Canadian Woman to Summit Everest (Douglas & McIntyre, 2019).
$10; advanced tickets required. Purchase here. Seating is limited to 150 people.