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Palm Springs Modernism, Venice Modern Home Tour and more in the week ahead
L.A. at HomeHome and garden events, classes and exhibitions are listed below. Suggest your own via reader comments. No store promotions and no frivolous links, please. Feb. 16: Palm Springs Modernism, the celebration of Midcentury Modern design and culture,... -
Authors in L.A. this week: U.S. poet laureate Philip Levine and more
Jacket CopyU.S. Poet Laureate Philip Levine comes to L.A. this week to discuss his work as part of the Central Library's Aloud Series.... -
'Modern Way' symposium, garden tours this week
L.A. at HomeHome and garden events, classes and exhibitions for the week ahead are listed below. Suggest your own via reader comments. No store promotions and no frivolous links, please. Feb. 23: A self-driven garden caravan sponsored by the Los Angeles County...... -
Time for Tomatomania! Plus other events, classes
L.A. at HomeHome and garden events, classes and exhibitions for the week ahead are listed below. Suggest your own via reader comments. No store promotions and no frivolous links, please. March 8: Scott Daigre, garden designer behind a recent L.A. at Home...... -
This week in L.A.: Olympian Amanda Beard, Piper Laurie and more
Jacket CopyA river runs through it: among the author visits to L.A. this week are Olympic swimmer Amanda Beard with a memoir and Lynn Sherr with a history of H2O as sport and recreational activity.... -
Coffee-table books
Art Nouveau
Norbert Wolf
Prestel, $75
The Art Nouveau movement covered it all — decorative arts, architecture, fashion, dance, advertising and more — and this book seeks to restore the movement's prominence in the discussion of modern art....Tags: DVDs, History (tv network), The Getty, Katie Couric, Marilyn Monroe
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Book calendar events for the week of August 14, 2011
Words & Ideas Compiled by Grace Krilanovich. SUNDAY Georgia Jones-Davis and Hilda Weiss: The poets will read and sign their respective new collections, "Blue Poodle" and "Optimism About Trees." Diesel Bookstore, 225 26th St., L.A. 3 p.m. Free. (310)...Tags: Larry Wilson, Soups, David Levien, Georgia, Kevin Pollak
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Gary Hammer dies at 57; plant hunter and horticulturalist
He had been called the Indiana Jones of horticulture, breaking his leg while hanging from a cliff in Mexico to collect bromeliads and facing down the rifles of Ecuadorean soldiers who mistook him for a spy.
Nurseryman Gary Hammer "risked life and limb,...Tags: Agricultural Research and Technology, The Getty, Moving, Mexico City, Air Transportation Delays
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Pacific Standard Time: Sam Maloof and his communal 'House'
Sam Maloof's home was a haven for art.
The master furniture-maker filled his sprawling redwood house in Alta Loma, east of Los Angeles, with a profusion of pieces that he created in his adjoining workshop or collected with his first wife, Alfreda. Many...Tags: Building Material, Arts and Culture, Material Science, The Getty, World War II (1939-1945)
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Neglected Whittier mural by F. Carlton Ball gets noticed
A large but little-noticed mural that a noted ceramic artist, F. Carlton Ball, created in an alcove of a public library branch in Whittier is having its moment in the spotlight after what may or may not have been a near-brush with the wrecking ball....Tags: The Getty, Arts, Libraries, Fiction, Los Angeles Times
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Huntington Library, Norton Simon closed due to fierce winds
Culture MonsterThe Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens in San Marino said it will be closed to the public through at least Friday due to damage sustained by the unusually strong winds moving through Southern California.... -
Exhibit shows 100 years of Southland's aerospace industry
Money & CompanyTroves of once-classified documents and never-seen-before photos showcasing Southern California’s aerospace industry are now on display at the Huntington Library in San Marino....
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