2014
Events
Event: The Huntington Museum & Marquez Collection
Date: February 4
Description: The
Huntington Museum makes its largest single acquisition since 1927 in acquiring
the noted Ernest Marquez Photograph Collection.
LA
Times - Huntington announcement
CBS Evening News announces Huntington Museum
Acquisition of Marquez Collection
Event: Pacific Palisades Women's Club Grant Award
Date: March 4
Description: La
Senora will receive a grant award from the Pacific Palisades Women's Club to
begin restoration work on the historic adobe wall of the 1840s Marquez
Family Cemetery. PPWC has been a consistent supporter of La Senora
projects. In 2013 a grant from PPWC helped to underwrite La
Senora's Youth Music Program.
Event: Tying Our World
Together - Anthro Film Festival
Date: March 8, 10:20:00 AM
Description: La
Senora is thrilled to announce that the Royal Anthropological Society's 13th
International Anthro Film Festival will showcase a documentary short film
by Dr. Teri Brewer, the Coordinator of La Senora's Academic Fellows
Program
Event: Annual Chamber Music Auditions
Date: April 18
Description: Each April La
Senora's Director - Chamber Music, Ray Dean Mize, participates in the
City-wide outreach program culminating in auditions in Beverly Hills to select
artists and ensembles for performance in the coming Seasons of the
organizations who participate. This is not only a wonderful advantage for
the musicians -- to audition once but have it serve as auditions for all of the
participating organizations -- it is also a benefit to La Senora to see and
hear, and acquire for our own programs, the best our region has to
offer in young talent.
Event: Elegance in an Age of Crises
Date: April 18
Description: Conservadore members of La Senora
are invited to the closing of this NY Fashion Institute of Technology
exhibition showcasing the fashions of the 1930s. But all La Senora members can
open the FIT links into the website created for this exhibition with beautiful
examples of the costumes (and much of this fashion is clearly 'costume' for
effect). As you scroll through the pages, note those stylists and
designers who opened ateliers or took clients in Los Angeles. Literally
all of those artists were guests at Anita Loos' afternoon Salons where
intelligence, creativity and style were the price of admission. Elegance in a Time of Crisis
Event: Rancho Era Education Program
Date: May 1
Description: La Senora's 4th grade Rancho
Era history program returns for the 7th year. The winner of the
Governor's Award for its contribution to the preservation of cultural
history, in 2013 the program was enhanced to include high school honors history
classes. This year's program will take place on two days May 1 and May 7
to accommodate the requests for additional classes to participate. In addition
to the two days of education focused on student needs, on May 4th La Senora
will present an educational program for the adult community. Please see
details for that program on our May 4th calendar. These educational programs
have been partially underwritten by grants from the Squid and Squash Foundation
and the Pacific Palisades Optimists Club.
Event: Cinco de Mayo: U.S. Civil War era Calif. Holiday
Date: May 4, 10:00:00 AM
Description: The
true story of the Cinco de Mayo Holiday bears little resemblance to
today's celebrations viewed by many as a Mexican Holiday. Join La
Senora in the morning to learn the well documented story of the Californio
Juntas who fought a U.S. Civil War battle on multiple fronts -- fighting
with the North against the Confederacy; fighting with Juarez against the
French; and marshaling California forces to prevent the division of California
into two states (divided at the Mason Dixon Line) with Southern California
becoming a slave state. Learn about the fundraising technique the Californios
used to buy arms, uniforms and send soldiers forth to battle in the name of the
preservation of freedom for its citizens. Dr. David Hayes-Bautista, Executive
Director of the UC Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture will be
giving a series of 20 minute lectures from 10 until noon. The 10:30
lecture will be in Spanish. Families with children too young to sit still
for a 20 minute lecture can come for the 11:30 talk as we'll have volunteers
helping with the children playing Mexican games. This free to the
public event is sponsored in part by The Squid and Squash Foundation bringing
Rancho Era education to the families of our community.
Event: Rancho Era
Education Program 2nd Sessions
Date: May 7
Description: La Senora's 4th grade Rancho Era history program returns
for the 7th year. The winner of the Governor's Award for its contribution
to the preservation of cultural history, in 2013 the program was enhanced
to include high school honors history classes. This year's program will
take place on two days May 1 and May 7 to accommodate the requests for
additional classes to participate. In
addition to the two days of education focused on student needs, on May 4th La
Senora will present an educational program for the adult community. These
educational programs have been partially underwritten by grants from the Squid
and Squash Foundation and the Pacific Palisades Optimists Club.
Event: The Colburn Youth Orchestra with Maksim Eshkenazy
Date: May 25, 06:00:00 PM
Description: Presented
by Sunday's Live, the
always free Sunday concerts at LACMA, this evening's program by The Colburn Youth Orchestra will
have attendees from La Senora's
Youth Concert Program chaired by Volunteer Lesley Holden.
Event: Royal Passion: Queen Victoria - Photography
Date: June 5
Description: Patron members
of La Senora are invited to a small group tour of this remarkable exhibition. Queen
Victoria's period of reign covered the initial introduction of photography
through the beginning of the 20th Century. The ways in which she used
photographic images to define her role are a key feature of this
Collection. For more general information on the exhibit, please see
http://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/victoria/.
Event: Tribute to Architect John Byers
Date: June 8, 12:00:00 PM
Description: http://www.smconservancy.org/events-programs/special-events/
From noon to 5:00 p.m. volunteers from La Senora will be serving as Docents for
our 'sister organization' the Santa Monica Conservancy's celebration of the
homes of Santa Monica architect John Byers. The hacienda built for Jose
Mojica at La Senora is a wonderful example of Byers understated awareness of
the innate beauty of Mexican Colonial architecture. The conservancy has
four Byers homes on its tour. Hope to see many of our members at this
interesting event.
Event: Felici Trio at MAHMA
Date: June 9
Description: Patron level
members of La Senora are invited to attend concerts at a private estate in
Malibu dedicated to the arts of music and architecture.
Event: Citizen Kane at the Orpheum Theater
Date: June 28, 02:00:00 PM
Description: There
is also an 8 p.m. screening of this classic film which Hearst (and most of the
media) chose to consider was about him and about Marion Davies. They were
not the subjects of this story, and both W.R. and Marion knew that.
(There is a real life subplot to that tale that ended the close friendship
of Orson Welles and Marion Davies over this film.) Aside from the personal
issues, this film was a ground breaker in many film techniques. It is
even often cited as the best film ever made. https://www.laconservancy.org/events/june-28-citizen-kane-orpheum-theatre
Event: California Art Tiles of the 1930s
Date: July 12
Description:Cristi Walden is returning to La Senora with
her keen knowledge of all of the California manufacturers of Art Tiles of the
1930s. Embedded in the architectural features of the Mojica Hacienda an
example of every such manufacturer has been located. Cristi's talks are
always interesting and she brings beautiful examples of an art form
that had disappeared until recent artists once again took up the task
of finding the right colors and clays and kiln processes for commercial
manufacturing in small batches of replica and original design tiles. http://www.eventbrite.com/o/la-senora-research-institute-4221387301
Event: Stokowski Tribute - Cellist Evegeny Tonkha
Date: July 13, 3:30:00 PM
Description:
Cellist Evegeny Tonkha, winner of the Gold Medal at the Czech Cello
Competition and another First Prize at the 13th International
Tchaikovsky Competion has been found by music critics to be one of the
finest Russian cellists of his generation. The Program will follow
Stokowski's lead in the composers he premiered for American audiences. https://lasenora-stokowski.eventbrite.com/
Event: Marc Wanamaker - 75th Anniversary Gone With The
Wind
Date: July 15, 7:30:00 PM
Description: Marc
Wanamaker is a legend for the vast accumulation of images he acquired for his
Bison Archives. A film buff to the core, Marc will bring photographs of
the making of the movie that have never been shown before. Marc's
talk with photos is the 1st of three programs La Senora plans this 75th
Anniversary year to highlight former hacienda resident - Art Director Lyle
Wheeler who took home one of his Oscars for this film. Lyle's son, Brooke
Wheeler, will introduce Gone with the Wind's screening in our
theater on July 19th.
http://www.eventbrite.com/o/la-senora-research-institute-4221387301
Event: 75th Anniversary Gone With The Wind (GWTW) -
screening
Date: July 19, 7:00:00 PM
Description:Former
Hacienda resident Lyle Wheeler took home one of his many Oscars for
Art Direction on this film. After translating box office into
today's dollars GWTW is estimated to be the largest grossing film ever
released! For Lyle Wheeler's simply incredible body of work during the
Golden Age of Movies, he was inducted into the Art Directors Guild Hall of
Fame. Brooke Wheeler, Lyle Wheeler's son, will introduce the documentary made
at the 50th Anniversary of GWTW by Daniel Selznick, son of David Selznick, who
was of course the famed Producer. The documentary "The Making
of Gone with the Wind" was filmed when most of the
people involved with the film were still alive to be
interviewed. Letting the documentary take you to the behind the
scenes stories, is true to La Senora's educational purpose. Gone With The
Wind holds a special place in the history of movies and La Senora
continues to be grateful to the Wheeler Family for having been intimately
involved with our institute since we were in the 'founding
documents' stage. https://lasenora-GWTW.eventbrite.com/
Event: 3rd Annual Wine Tasting and Art Show
Date: July 27, 03:30:00
PM
Event: Annual Tango on a
Summer's Eve Concert
Date: August 2
Description: This is a save
the date for those of you who would never miss one of our Tango
Concerts. We are repeating last year's format with the classical roots of
Tango performance in the Mojica Music Salon, whose acoustics allow us to be
dazzled by the caliber of musicians who come to perform this music that we
love. After an Intermission with refreshments in the Gardens, several
instruments will change and we'll finish the evening with a Milonga.
More details will be posted soon on the Eventbrite ticketing site. http://www.eventbrite.com/o/la-senora-research-institute-4221387301
Event: Idyllwild Jazz in the Pines
Date: August 16, 10:30:00 AM
Description: Concert
fundraiser for one of La Senora's constant collaborators, the
Idyllwild Arts Academy and summer program; plus arts and crafts, food, and a
wine tasting. Idyllwild Arts Campus. Call (951) 500-4090 or go to idyllwildjazz.com for
more information.
Event: Along the Turquoise Trail
Date: August 31, 04:00:00
PM
Description:La
Senora is delighted to be a "Friends of the Rancho" for our sister
organization's events! Rancho Cordillero del Norte's Fall-Winter Concert Series
begins this Sunday, August 31st,
with Elisabeth Waldo's incomparable “Along the Turquoise Trail” Concert!
The show begins at 4 PM in the Rancho's theater with a wine reception after the
performance. Tickets are available at http://www.elisabethwaldomusic.com/.
If you go, please let Elisabeth know that you heard about this from La
Senora. We'd go with you but it's our 'Dark Season' when we are busy
doing research and planning our 2015 calendar of enticing events for you.
Event: GWTW: The Role Black History played
Date: September 18, 06:30:00 PM
Description: New York University professor Deborah
Willis weaves together a narrative of
the early years of American photographywith a reading of iconic moments in Gone
With The Wind and examines the roleblack history played in producing such a controversial and celebrated cultural
phenomenon. Registrants of the Flair Symposium,
Cultural Life During Wartime, 18611865, will have reserved
seating at this program, which serves as the symposium's keynote address.
Co-sponsored by the University’s
John L. Warfield Center for African and African American Studies. La Senora Patron
level members receive priority entry at this program.
Event: GWTW: Curator Discussion and Screening of The Making of Gone
with the Wind
Date: September 25, 07:00:00 PM
Description: For those few of you who were able to come spend the
entire two weeks in Austin to enjoy the talks and tours related to the major
exhibition of Gone with the Wind at the Ransom Center, here's the first in our
program offerings in Austin. This
exhibition follows La Senora's own summer tribute with the lectures of Marc
Wanamaker and the screening of "The Making of Gone with the Wind in our
theater. while some of you already
saw this film at our screening, this talk is worth going to for Steve Wilson's
knowledge as the Curator of the entire David O. Selznick Collection at UT's
Ransom Center.
Event: GWTW Gone with the Wind: Why still
Relevant to our Society
Date: October 1, 01:00:00 PM
Description: For
those La Senora members who have made the trek to Austin to be part of the
Ransom Center's Gone with the Wind 75th Anniversary Exhibition and week of
special lectures -- we have on hand to welcome and participate with you, La
Senora's Executive Director and Brooke Wheeler, son of Lyle Wheeler (who won
the Oscar for GWTW's Art Direction). Seventyfive years after its premiere, is Gone With The Wind still relevant? Universityof Texas faculty
from the departments of American Studies, English, History, and Radio, Television, and Film discuss
Gone With The Wind, the controversy surrounding the film, and its value as a touchstone for theunderstanding of race, gender, sectionalism, and the Civil War in America.
It's an important topic as it looks
at issues of race, and how they were dealt with in the film and avoided being
dealt with at the Atlanta Premiere of GWTW. It also looks at
why race and how society felt (feels) about strong, independent women like
Scarlett.
Event: Patron Members
Private Tour of 75th Gone with the Wind Exhibition
Date: October 6
Description: Curator of Film Steve Wilson leads a private members-only
tour of the exhibition The Making of Gone With The Wind, sharing surprising
stories about the film's production that were discovered as he organized the
exhibition. Also available to La Senora Members will be Brooke Wheeler, son of
Lyle Wheeler who won the Oscar for Best Art Direction for this film. GWTW
is the highest grossing film of all time (when receipts adjusted into
today's $). It seems to have a universal appeal. The major 75th Anniversary
Exhibition mounted by UT’s Ransom Center runs from mid-September through early
December 2014 when Turner Classic Films will screen the film in major
theaters. La Senora Members are participating in all of these events.…..Austin
is a great city to visit and La
Senora is offering three private rooms with bath to the earliest Patron Level
Members who request housing. We’ll also post to our website links to
related discussions and papers.
Event: Panama Canal Centennial at Rancho Cordillero del Norte
Date: November 2, 04:00:00 PM
Description: La
Senora Academic Fellow Elizabeth Waldo will have has her guest for this
performance the Consul General of Panama celebrating the 100th Anniversary of
the Panama Canal with the music and dance of his country. La Senora
members from the Westside may meet at 3 p.m. at La Senora to carpool to this
celebration. Our members who wish to go directly to Rancho Cordillero del
Norte will be provided directions to the Rancho where there is ample free parking.
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Event: GWTW: Fan Mail received by Selznick during making
of Gone with the Wind
Date: November 3, 05:00:00
PM
Description: Join us for a members-only program from 5–8 p.m. featuring
extended gallery hours and engaging presentations about Gone With The Wind. Film Curatorial Assistant Albert
Palacios discusses fan mail in
the David O. Selznick collection. Over the course of the production, Selznick's
company received thousands of letters, as individuals sought auditions,
solicited employment, and protested the production. Selected correspondence is
featured in the galleries, as well as in the complementary web exhibition. La
Senora Conservadore Supporting Level Members may make reservations at a
luxurious Austin estate (space is limited) if they are travelling to Austin to
attend this event.
Event: GWTW: Frankly My Dear - GWTW Revisited
Date: November 19
Description:The 75th Anniversary of Gone with the Wind
has been celebrated at La Senora in lectures and screenings and an
amazing behind the scenes set of photos from Marc Wanamaker's Bison
Archives. UT Ransom Center has mounted a remarkable exhibition with a
series of GWTW events that La Senora members are invited to
attend. Empresario and above supporting members travelling to Austin
for these incomparable events are invited on a 'first-come, first served' basis
to enjoy accommodations at an Austin estate set in a conservation
area.
Gone with the Wind
Revisited - An analysis of "the book" and "the film"
Event: GWTW: Cooking Class and Brunch
Date: November 19, 11:00:00 AM
Description: Brunch
inspired by Gone With The Wind -- SOLD
OUT
Central Market, 4001 North Lamar Enjoy
a Southern-style brunch inspired by Gone With The Wind. During the class,
Central Market Chef Louis Ortiz demonstrates how to create each dish and
provides recipes to take home. The menu includes Aunt Pittypat's cream scones
with lemon verbena-infused butter and madeira jelly, Charleston deviled crab
cakes, Twelve Oaks barbecued pork ribs, field pea, ham hock, and mustard green
soup with cornbread croutons and pickled radish, and Peachtree Street
gingerbread cake. Representatives from La Senora and the Ransom Center will be
on hand to discuss the exhibition as you enjoy the cooking class. After the
class, join us for a docent-led public tour of the exhibition at 2 p.m. at the
Ransom Center.
Event: GWTW Caring for the Gone With The
Wind Costumes DISCUSSION
Date: DECEMBER 2, 7 P.M.
How do you care for some of the most iconic costumes in film history? Ransom
Center Curator of Film Steve Wilson leads a discussion on the preservation of
Gone With The Wind costumes, including the green curtain dress and burgundy
ball gown, with independent textile conservator Cara Varnell, Ransom Center
Assistant Curator of Costumes and Personal Effects Jill Morena, and independent
scholar Nicole Villarreal. Enjoy a closer look at the Gone With The Wind
costumes with extended gallery hours until 9 p.m. All La Senora
members who can travel to Austin for this exhibition and costumes
discussion will find it fascinating. Empresario and Conservadore and above
Patron Level Members may request accommodations from La Senora's local Austin
residence space.
Event: Gone With The Wind (1939)
SCREENING
Date: DECEMBER
15, 7 P.M.
THE
PARAMOUNT THEATRE, 713 CONGRESS AVENUE
The Paramount
Theatre commemorates the 75th anniversary of the December 15, 1939, premiere of
Gone With The Wind. Tickets required and may be purchased online,
by phone at 512-474-1221, or at the Paramount's box office.
It
is appropriate that this screening will be taking place in the art deco
Paramount Theater, built in 1915 (as the Majestic) and remodeled in 1930
(renamed the Paramount.) It is a listed National Register of
Historic Places. The Paramount is both a cinema and live theater
performance center. For those interested in the film legacies of La
Senora's history, this is a can't miss event. For Conservadore Members,
La Senora is offering reservations service at a luxurious Austin
estate.
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