Datebook: Events, exhibits, classes for the week ahead
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Tuesday: The Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden hosts an old-fashioned wreath workshop using fresh greens from the arboretum grounds. 10 a.m. to noon. Ayres Hall. $25 to $30. Bring gloves, clippers, wire cutters and decorations to add to the wreath. 301 N. Baldwin Ave, Arcadia. Registration required: (626) 821-4623 or e-mail jill.berry@arboretum.org.
Friday: Ceramic artist Lesley Anton hosts a Holiday Open House featuring new functional pieces as well as some familiar (mugs) and curious cast forms -- honey bears and wingnuts. Also, works on paper by artist Tracey Kessler from San Francisco. 7 to 10 p.m. A percentage of all proceeds will be donated to the L.A. Regional Food Bank. 5613 San Vicente Blvd. (323) 937-5769.
Saturday: Annual Bauer Pottery holiday sale will include discounted seconds of Bauer Pottery and Russel Wright American Modern pieces, as well as the Home by Sunset collection. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Bauer Pottery Showroom, 3051 Rosslyn St., Los Angeles. (888) 213-0800 or (818) 500-0666 on the day of the sale.
Saturday: The Renegade Craft Fair will feature more than 150 indie-crafters who will showcase ceramics, housewares and other handmade goods. Music and refreshments. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Free. Los Angeles State Historic Park (often referred to as the Cornfield), 1245 N. Spring St., Los Angeles.
Saturday: More than 300 vendors will sell handmade books, clothing, artworks and other crafts at the Unique L.A. craft fair. Workshops planned too. 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. $10. California Market Center, 110 E. 9th St., Los Angeles.
Saturday: Flower Duet hosts this class on making holiday wreaths with eucalyptus, other greenery and fresh flowers. 10 a.m. to noon. $80 to $90. Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino. Registration: (626) 405-2128.
ONGOING
Brown Bag Tuesdays: The Gamble House, the Arts and Crafts landmark designed by Charles and Henry Greene, continues a weekly lunch program. Visitors can picnic on the rear lawn or terrace of the 1908 estate between 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Tuesdays. Twenty-minute docent-led tours will be given at 12:15 and 12:45 p.m. for $5. 4 Westmoreland Place, Pasadena; (626) 793-3334. Reservations: (626) 449-4178.
Installation: “Light Frames,” an outdoor installation by Los Angeles architect Gail Peter Borden, consists of a hand-assembled dome and an enclosed “chapel” built out of translucent vinyl plastic. 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily through mid-March. Free. Materials & Applications, 1619 Silver Lake Blvd., Los Angeles. (323) 739-4668.
Kalman exhibition: “Maira Kalman: Various Observations (of a Crazy World)” features more than 100 artworks and an installation that Kalman calls “many tables of many things,” her inspirations and collections as a traveler, reader and walker. Noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, through Feb. 13. Skirball Cultural Center, 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles. $5 to $10. (310) 440-4500.
— Lisa Boone
