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The Bohemian Grove is a restricted 2,700-acre (1,100-hectare) campground in Monte Rio, California. Founded in 1878, it belongs to a private gentlemen's club known as the Bohemian Club. In mid-July each year, the Bohemian Grove hosts a more than two-week encampment of some of the most prominent men in the world. [1] [2]
The following list of Bohemian Club members includes both past and current members of note. Membership in the male-only, private Bohemian Club takes a variety of forms, with membership regularly offered to new university presidents and to military commanders stationed in the San Francisco Bay Area .
The Bohemian Club is a private club with two locations: a city clubhouse in the Nob Hill district of San Francisco, California, and the Bohemian Grove, a retreat north of the city in Sonoma County. [2]
James Bowman was married to Margaret B. Bowman, who "conducted a seminary for young ladies", [7] assisted by her husband who gave lectures in rhetoric and literature. Both husband and wife were very active in forming the men-only Bohemian Club in 1872, along with other journalists and artists such as Bierce, Daniel "Dan" O'Connell, Frederick Whymper and Benoni Irwin, [8] and Margaret Bowman ...
The Cremation of Care is an annual ritual production written, produced, and performed by and for members of the Bohemian Club. It is staged at the Bohemian Grove near Monte Rio, California, in front of a 40-foot tall image of an owl, at a small artificial lake amid a private old-growth grove of Redwood trees.
In 2011 Hooper was the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit (Sierra Club v CALFIRE) [5] [6] that successfully challenged an aggressive logging plan for old-growth redwoods and Douglas fir at the Bohemian Grove, a 2,700-acre enclave on the Russian River owned by the elite San Francisco Bohemian Club. The lawsuit gained national attention.
In San Francisco, Edwards was a founding member of the Bohemian Club, and a gathering in Edwards's honour was the spark which began the club's traditional summer encampment at the Bohemian Grove. [3] As well, Edwards cemented his reputation as a preeminent stage actor and theatre manager.
The Bohemian Club (1872), which hosts the Bohemian Grove retreat; The Cercle de l'Union ("the French Club") (1905) [46] [47] The City Club of San Francisco (1930), until 1987 called the Pacific Stock Exchange Lunch Club [48] [49] The Concordia-Argonaut Club (1864) [50] [51] The Family (1901), founded by members of the Bohemian Club who left in ...