Arts & Theater in Yosemite

Yosemite Search and Rescue

Don't miss the thrilling stories of daring Search and Rescue emergency response teams in Yosemite.

Yosemite Search and Rescue (YOSAR) is the emergency response team for Yosemite National Park. Each year, an average of 250 visitors are lost, injured or die in the rugged environment of Yosemite National Park. Yosemite Search and Rescue (YOSAR) was established in the 1960s to respond to these emergencies with a cadre of trained professionals.

In any given week, team members may be crossing a swollen stream toward a stranded boater, rappelling from a helicopter to a severely ill climber, or extracting an unconscious person from a wrecked vehicle. John will share his experience on how SAR operations function and dramatic descriptions, pictures and video of rescues and recoveries in Yosemite.

Yosemite Theater LIVE! operates April through early November 2013. For information regarding show times, please check the current issue of the Yosemite Guide.

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Conversation with a Tramp: An Evening with John Muir

Watch John Muir's dramatic battle for Hetch Hetchy Valley.

Experience  John Muir's dramatic battle for the Hetch Hetchy Valley. Actor Lee Stetson has enthralled Yosemite visitors for over 30 years with humor, wisdom, and the wild adventures of John Muir, one of the early defenders of Yosemite National Park.

Yosemite Theater LIVE! operates April through early November 2013. For information regarding show times, please check the current issue of the Yosemite Guide.

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Yosemite Art Center

The Yosemite Art Center offers workshops suitable for all experience levels. Workshops are available from April through October. 

Experience the park through art programs led by experienced and professional artists.

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Filmmaking on the Edge: Behind The Scenes

Go behind the scenes with filmmaker Steven M. Bumgardner, as he discusses his work with Yosemite Nature Notes

Steven M. Bumgardner will present exciting new episodes, share stories of adventure from the field, and give a behind the scenes look into these wildly popular and beautiful productions.

Yosemite Nature Notes is a web series that tells unique stories about the natural and human history of Yosemite National Park. Millions of viewers throughout the world have watched episodes about Half Dome, Big Trees, Horsetail Fall, Frazil Ice, and many other fascinating Yosemite topics.

Yosemite Theater LIVE! operates April through early November 2013. For information regarding show times, please check the current issue of the Yosemite Guide.

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John Muir Among the Animals

 In John Muir Among the Animals, Lee Stetson delights audiences with tales of Muir's most thrilling wild adventures. Laughter and excitement fill the theater as John Muir comes to life defending wild lands and wild creatures.

Yosemite Theater LIVE! operates April through early November 2013. For information regarding show times, please check the current issue of the Yosemite Guide.

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Return to Balance: A Climber's Journey

Experience Yosemite from the edge of granite monoliths.

This award-winning, inspirational documentary, with amazing rock climbing scenes, has been showcased on PBS. Yosemite climber Ron Kauk, featured in the film, appears in person to share his view of the vertical world and present rock climbing as a way of life.

Yosemite Theater LIVE! operates April through early November 2013. For information regarding show times, please check the current issue of the Yosemite Guide.

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The Forgotten Yosemite: A Buffalo Soldier Remembers

Yosemite Conservancy presents The Forgotten Yosemite: A Buffalo Soldier Remembers performed by park ranger Shelton Johnson.

Around the turn of the last century more than 400 African-American soldiers patrolled Yosemite and Sequoia National Parks. The Buffalo Soldiers were African-American cavalrymen who in 1903, shortly after their return from the Philippines and the Spanish-American War, found themselves garrisoned at San Francisco's Presidio with no assignment. This turned out to be the right place at the right time, for Yosemite had been declared a national park in 1890. The government decided to use the Army to protect Yosemite and the people who used the park from each other.

And so begins the story of one soldier, Elizy Boman, and his experiences of being in Yosemite at the turn of the century, as performed by Yosemite park ranger Shelton Johnson.

Yosemite Theater LIVE! operates April through early November 2013. For information regarding show times, please check the current issue of the Yosemite Guide.

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Parsons Memorial Lodge Summer Series

This series features an Annual Poetry Festival, as well as lectures on climbing, music programs, documentary film screenings, and plays.

Festival occurs every weekend mid-July through late August at the Parsons Memorial Lodge in Tuolumne Meadows. All programs, unless otherwise noted, begin at 2:00 p.m. and last approximately one hour. Admission is free.

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Ansel Adams Gallery

The gallery offers the work of Ansel Adams and other photographers and artists, camera walks, workshops and classes. The Gallery offers photography classes several times a week.

Activities are listed on the front porch and include a four-hour photography class with an Ansel Adams Gallery staff photographer, offered several times weekly in Yosemite Valley. (Location: Yosemite Village)

Call 209-372-4413 for more information or check out most recent Yosemite Guide.

LeConte Memorial Lodge

LeConte Memorial Lodge features a children's corner, library and a variety of evening programs such as sketching courses, botany walks, and more.

Yosemite's first public visitor center and a national historic landmark, LeConte is operated by the Sierra Club from May through September and features a children's corner, library and a variety of environmental education and evening programs such as sketching courses, botany walks, and talks on preventative search & rescue in Yosemite.

For most up to date schedule visit the Yosemite Guide.

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