January 16, 2020- George Retelas- Eleven: The Story of 11 Men From Air Group 11
January 23, 2020- Cheri Hunter- Tibet Adventures in the Eastern Grasslands: Festivals, Fairs, and Rituals
January 25, 2020- Movie Night - Ice Station Zebra
January 30, 2020- Mad Mike Hughes- More Adventures with Rocket Man
February 6, 2020- Courtney Gillenwater- Both Sides of the Fence
February 13, 2020- Paul Pfau- Ghosts of Everest's Past
February 20, 2020- Jan Harzan- MUFON
February 27, 2020- SOLD OUT! 3rd Annual Tiki Night- In The Footsteps of Karl von den Steinen
March 5, 2020- Robert Owens- Adventure, Endurance and Mental Toughness
In March 2020, the COVID-19 Pandemic forced the club to shut it’s doors. Programs moved to an online interview format. Prior interviews can be viewed here. Live broadcasts take place every Thursday at 7:45pm on the ACLA YouTube Channel.
June 13, 2019- Dean Torrance: The Adventures of Jan and Dean
June 20, 2019- David Veeneman: Mutiny on the Bounty- Fact or Fiction?
June 27, 2019- Greg Downing- The Mogao Caves of Dunhuang, China
July 4, 2019- Club Dark: 4th of July
July 11, 2019- Program TBA
July 18, 2019- Man's First Landing on the Moon
November 2, 2019- 2019 Night of High Adventure at the Bowers Museum
November 21, 2019- Member Showcase: Short Stories and Artifacts Presented by our Members
December 5, 2019- Quincy Lee- Cairo to Cape Town by Bicycle
December 12, 2019- President's Annual Christmas Party
November 7, 2019 – Annual Business Meeting – Second Session
November 14 -Bobby Green: Vintage Auto Racing
November 21, 2019 – Member Showcase: Short Stories & Adventure Tales
October 10, 2019 – Dawson Bloom: Scottish Archeology
October 17, 2019 – Pierre Odier 988: Adventures in Southern Nepal and Bangladesh
October 24 – Matt Kresling: The Madagascar Journals
October 31- HALLOWEEN: Club is Dark
August 22, 2019- Jake Roberts: Kayaking Uganda and Climbing Mt. Kenya
August 29 – Alec Shumate 1210: Summer Fury: Combat Art with the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing
September 5, 2019 –Andrew Medina 1212: A Tryst in Triage: On Fingering the Afflictions of Paraguay
September 12, 2019- Jim McEachen: Beyond Everest: Adventures in the Lesser-Known Himalaya
July 25, 2019 – Man’s First Landing on the Moon!
August 1, 2019 – Evan Bozanic 1173:Rebreathers in Diving, Aviation, and Submarines
August 8, 2019 – John Grasson: The Lost Ships of the Desert
August 15, 2019 – Franky Ortega: Jumping into Normandy– 75 Years Later –
June 27, 2019- Greg Downing: Mogao Caves of Dunhuang, China
July 18, 2019
Kate Liszka
Exploring the Amethyst
Mines of Pharaoh
July 4, 2019
Dark: Fourth of July
June 13, 2019
An Open Night
Dean Torrance
The Adventures of Jan and Dean
June 20, 2019
A Members’ Night
David Veeneman,
Mutiny on the Bounty: Fact or Fiction?
June 6, 2019
A Members’ Night
75th Anniversary of D-Day
With stories from our members.
May 30, 2019
An Open Night
Richard Higbie:
Blimping and Ballooning
in the 1950s and ‘60s
May 9, 2019
A Member Night
Neil Mandt
ACLA Member 1152
Augmented Reality
May 16, 2019
A Members’ Night
Members Showcase:
Short Stories From Several Members
May 23, 2019
An Open Night
Alec Shumate 1210
Forbidden Frontier:
The Matis Tribe of the Brazilian Amazon
Field Report from an
Adventurers’ Club Flag Expedition
April 25, 2019
A Member’s Night
Allan Smith 1058
The Marine Raider Memorial March
Saturday, April 27, 2019 Members Night
Steve Elkins 1209
The Lost City of the Monkey God
May 2, 2019
An Open Night
Scott Steven Warner 1184
Prospecting the USA
April 18, 2019
A Members’ Night
Alec Shumate 1210
Paddling Down the Mekong River in Cambodia
April 11, 2019
An Open Night
Elisa Kotin
The Best of Seven Continents
March 28, 2019
An Open Night
Papua New Guinea – Above and Below
Christoper Bartlett -Best of PNG Tours leader
April 4, 2019
An Open Night
Lance Miller
Leadership Lessons from Ernest Shackleton
March 21, 2019
An Open Night
Ken Hudson 1206
“The Second Annual Tiki Night”
March 7, 2019
An Open Night
Alan Feldstein
Saving Cheetahs!
March 14, 2019
An Open Night
Archaeologist Brian Fagan
The Attacking Ocean
March 16, 2019
An Open Night
M O V I E N I G H T
Program Information
February 21, 2019
An Open Night
Katherine Partain is a lead nuclear auditor
February 28, 2019
An Open Night at the Adventurers’ Club
Linda Abrams
The First Women to Fly
February 14, 2019
Nothing Says I LOVE YOU
Like an Open Night at the Adventurers’ Club
Special Valentine’s Day dinner menu,
January 31, 2019
A Gentlemen’s Night
Chuck Jonkey 1026 Presents
The 1937 film “Forbidden Adventure in Angkor”
February 7, 2019
A Gentlemen’s Night
Mad Man Mike Hughes
Rocketman!
January 24, 2019
A Gentlemen’s Night
Jim Biesterfield
Mommy Dearest
January 10, 2019
An Open Night
Col. Greg Raths, USMC (ret.)
Nine Lives as a Fighter Pilot
January 17, 2017
An Open Night
Karen Heath Clark
Sailing The Mediterranean
January 3, 2019
An Open Night
Michael Lawler
Cruising to Yemen Through the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea
December 13, 2018
Rick Bartow Retrospective
By Dr. Amy Scott
Things You Know But Cannot Explain
December 20, 2018
ACLA President’s Holiday Party
Member and invited guests evening
December 27, 2018
DARK
November 29, 2018
An Open Night
Doug Westfall
The Pan Am China Clipper
December 6, 2018
An Open Night
Don Ray
Did the U.S. Army fire and detonate
a nuclear artillery round in Laos or Vietnam late in 1968?
November 8, 2018
A Member Night
Scott Warner 1184
Dredging the Bering Sea for Gold
November 15, 2018
An Open Night
Steve Kaye
BIRDS
The Next Adventure
Referred by David Hayen 1203
Also tribute to Jack Stern 1181 and retire his badge
November 22, 2018
DARK
Thanksgiving
November 1, 2018
Professor Kate Liszka
King Tut
Treasures of the Golden Pharaoh
October 27, 2018- Night of High Adventure
An Open Night – Members and All Guests Welcome
A Celebration of the Life and Contributions of
Shane Berry, ACLA Member 1093
October 11, 2018
A Ladies’ Night
Decoding the Mystery of the Designs on Mimbres Pottery
Ancient Pueblos Culture in New Mexico
Speakers Tony Berlant and Evan Maurer
Curators of the Mimbres Exhibit at LACMA and authors of the book on the Exhibition
Referred by David Hayen, Esq.,1203
September 27, 2018
A Gentlemen’s Night
Wayne White 1194
Chief of South Pole Station
This – Is – Gonna’ – Be – AWESOME!
October 4, 2018
Gentlemen’s Night
Membership Meeting
September 13, 2018
A Ladies’ Night
Sid Hallburn 1125
Self Defense Tips for Women
September 6, 2018
A Ladies’ Night
An ACLA and Explorer’s Club Night
Pierre Odier 988
Remote Corners of Gujarat India 2017
For members of both clubs and their guests.
August 30, 2018
A Gentlemen’s Night
Lynn Redman 1198
A midwestern rancher tours India in 1993; can’t get a decent steak anywhere…
August 16, 2018
A Ladie’s Night
Teddy Roosevelt
John Ashbaugh
August 23, 2018
A Ladies’ Night
Dr. Milton Love
Research Biologist, Marine Science Institute, UC, Santa Barbara
August 9, 2018
A Ladies’ Night
Jeff Holmes 1146
SE Asia WAY off the beaten path
August 2, 2018
A Gentlemen’s Night
David McAlexander 1199
SAMs (Surface-to-Air Missiles)
Dodging Aerial Death from Vietnam to Desert Storm
July 12, 2018
A Ladies’ Night
Marco Rocchio
The Story of Coffee from Ethiopia to Guatemala
Referred by David Hayen, Esq.,1203
July 19, 2018
A Gentlemen’s Night
Dave Finnern
Member 1065
Sunken Mysteries Of The West
June 28,
A Ladies’ Night
Justin Chapman
Traveling from Capetown to Kampala in Search of an African Utopia
June 21, 2018
A Ladies’ Night
Dr. Megan O’Neil
Associate Curator LACMA
New Discoveries at the Pyramids in the Ancient City of Teotihuacan, Mexico
Referred by David Hayen 1203
June 7, 2018
A Ladies’ Night
Valerie Lezin
Connecting Cultures Mobile Museum
Referred by David Hayen 1203
June 14, 2018
A Night Open To All
Robert Quist ACLA Member
Cuba 2010 and Again 2017
May 31, 2018
A Ladies’ Night
Yosemite NPS Firefighter
Larry Ypez
Bear Attack Survivor
May 24, 2018
A Ladies’ Night
Dave Berman 1201
600 Years of the Universe Through Glass
From Galileo to Alvan Clark & Beyond
May 17, 2018
A Ladies’ Night – Everyone Welcome
I N M E M O R I A M
Bob Silver 728
Party
May 3, 2018
A Gentlemen’s Night
Alec Shumate
The Vanishing Art of Travel Sketching
May 10, 2018
A Ladies’ Night
Nick Ut
From Hell to Hollywood
Interview by Mark Edward Harris
April 26, 2018
A Gentlemen’s Night
Ed Reynolds
200 Countries and Driven 1953 MG in 48 States
April 19, 2018
A Ladies’ Night
Rich Mayfield
Hiking the Appalachian Trail from Florida to Maine, Part 1
April 12, 2018
A Ladies’ Night
Phyllis Hansen
The Art of Pioneering:
Paintings and Tales of Early California
April 5, 2018
A Gentlemens’ Night
Andy Medina
Clash of Giants – Cold War Espionage
March 29, 2018
A Ladies’ Night
Kendall Hudson
SOLD OUT!
Tiki Culture in a Coconut Shell
March 22, 2018
A Ladies’ Night
Rusty Nelson
Storm Chasing and Image Mastery
March 15, 2018
A Ladies’ Night
Eric Drummond
Giant Rubies Discovered in Greenland
March 8, 2018
A Ladies’ Night
The King of Redonda, Michael Lawler Member 1195
Spanish Discovery of Hawaii before Capt. Cook
March 1, 2018
A Ladies’ Night
Member Showcase
Bring an Object that Relates to an Adventure.
February 22, 2018
A Ladies’ Night
Casey Sheppard
7 Life Lessons from Solo Traveling
February 15, 2018
A Ladies’ Night
“Hot Rod” Kurtz, Navy Aviator
First Night of War
Or, ejecting from a damaged jet over ocean
February 8, 2018
A Gentlemen’s Night
Brian Kresie 1186
Bang Bang!Ft. Irwin National Training Center preparing troops to deploy overseas
February 1, 2018
A Ladies’ Night
Both ends of the frozen world
The Antarctic – Wayne White 1194
The Arctic – Francis Luta
January 25, 2018
A Ladies’ Night
Natalie Gibb
Exploring Yucatan Underwater Caves
January 18, 2018
A Gentlemen’s Night
Bill Altaffer 1095
B U L G A R I A
January 11, 2018
A Ladies’ Night
Dr. Michelle Rich
Pre Columbian Archeology Discoveries in 7th Century Guatemala
January 4, 2018
A Gentlemen’s Night
Jay Foonberg 1126
Havana Cuba for Adventurers Club
July 13, 2017- Eric Streit #1166 - Catholic Sicilian Culture of Death
July 20, 2017- July 20 - Steven Wright - 21 Day Wilderness River Trip Down the Grand Canyon
July 27, 2017- Elisa Kotin - A Journey Through the Real Indonesia
August 3, 2017- Member Spotlight - The Awesome Members of ACLA
August 10, 2017- Andrea Donnellan - The Big One
August 17, 2017- T.J. Korst - Egyptology
August 24, 2017- August 24, 2017 – Transpac with Mike Lawler 1195 and Happy Birthday Bob Silver 728
August 31, 2017- Scott Tracy Griffin - Tarzan on Location
September 7, 2017- September 7, 2017 Yes a Ladies’ Night Erin Johnson Atlas Obscura Night
September 14, 2017- Eileen Finklestein - Remote Bolivia by Horseback
December 14, 2017
A Gentlemen’s Night
President’s Annual Holiday Celebration
November 30, 2017
A Ladies’ Night
Ken Corben
Creatures of Light
Deep Sea Science and Dives
December 7, 2017
A Ladie’s Night
Dave Rader
Theodore Roosevelt
November 9, 2017
A Ladie’s Night
Barbara Schultz
How Amelia Earhart financed her flying
November 16, 2017
A Ladies’ Night
Terrence Finnegan
A Delicate Affair on the Western Front
November 23, 2017
Club Dark
Thanksgiving
November 2, 2017
A Gentleman’s Night
Showcase of the Awesome Members
of ACLA
Club General Business Meeting Precedes Program
October 12, 2017
A Ladie’s Night
Ken Freund 1046
Motorcycles Across Russia
October 19, 2017
A Gentlemen’s Night
Member Spotlight
Plus Rabbi Shifren
International Masters Ocean Championships
A Non-Club Event
Sunday, October 22, 2017
International Masters – Ocean Championships
At Duke’s of Huntington Beach
September 21, 2017
Marthe Cohen
A Jewish Spy in Nazi Germany
Referred by Steve Bein 1057
September 28, 2017
Shane Berry 1093
Ecuador and Galapagos
Independent Exploration
October 5, 2017
Allison Brown
Staying Fit for Adventure
The Adventurer’s Club thanks Martin Bloom 1147 for this speaker.
September 7, 2017
Erin Johnson
Atlas Obscura Night
The Adventurers Club thanks Eric Steit 1166 for referring this speaker.
September 14, 2017
Eileen Finklestein
The Kindness of Strangers: A Travel through civilized and remote Bolivia
The Adventurers Club thanks Alan Feldstein 1094 for referring this speaker.
August 31, 2017
Scott Tracy Griffin
Tarzan on Location, Director of Special Projects – Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.
The Adventurers Club thanks Stewart Deats 1168 for referring this speaker.
August 17, 2017
TJ Korst – Egyptology: Fact/Myth
August 24, 2017
Bob Silver 728 Birthday Bash
– and Transpac 2017 with Mike Lawler 1195 Mike and Barbara’s Exhilarating Sailing Race
August 10, 2017
Andrea Donnellan – The Big One
August 3, 2017
Member Spotlight – The Awesome Members of ACLA
July 27, 2017
Elisa Kotin – A Journey Through the Real Indonesia
July 20, 2017
Steven Wright – 21 Day Wilderness River Trip Down the Grand Canyon
July 13, 2017– Eric Streit #1166 – Catholic Sicilian Culture of Death