Datebook: Events, exhibits, classes for the week ahead
This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts.
We’ve listed select home and garden events below. Suggest your own via reader comments. Submissions must be fewer than 75 words and must be for one-time events with legitimate value to other readers. No store promotions and no frivolous links, please. L.A. at Home staff will determine which submissions will be made public, but we won’t edit the comments.
Jan. 21: The winter Thursday Garden Talks With Lili Singer continues with Bart O’Brien, director of special projects at Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden in Claremont, shown above, who will discuss his favorite species and cultivars for local landscapes. 9:30 a.m. to noon. Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden, 301 N. Baldwin Ave., Arcadia. $20. (626) 821-4623.
Jan. 21: Kim Kolpin of Bolsa Chica Land Stewards will discuss the restoration work at Bolsa Chica Mesa in Huntington Beach. Kolpin will give an overview of the history of the area and the restoration plan in this meeting of the California Native Plant Society of Orange County. 6:45 p.m. The Duck Club, 5 Riparian View, Irvine. Free.
Jan. 21: The Fine Art Dealers Assn. hosts the 15th annual Los Angeles Art Show, featuring more than 10,000 artworks including painting, sculpture, works on paper, photographs and video. 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Jan. 21-23; 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Jan. 24. Los Angeles Convention Center West Hall A, 1201 S. Figueroa St. $20. (310) 822-9145.
Jan. 23: The 66th annual Scripps College Ceramic Annual 2010 will feature ceramic works by Peter Voulkos, Betty Woodman, Claire Hedden, Guozhen Zhou and others. Guest curator Wayne Higby lectures at 4 p.m. followed by an opening reception from 7 to 9 p.m. Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, 11th Street and Columbia Avenue, Claremont. Free. (909) 607-4690.
Jan. 23: The Friends of the Gamble House hosts Tom Carruth, director of research for Weeks Roses, who will lecture on “Roses and the Arts and Crafts Movement.” Noon. Art Center College of Design, Ahmanson Auditorium, 1700 Lida St., Pasadena. $15 to $25. (626) 793-3334, Ext. 52.
Jan. 23: Bring seeds, plants, cuttings and garden knowledge to share at the Santa Barbara Community Seed Swap. Activities include kids’ story hour, crafts, plus lessons in saving seeds, worm composting and growing bare-root trees. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Free. Alameda Park, 200 E. Sola St., Santa Barbara.
Jan. 23: Laura Bauer leads this class on native gardening maintenance. Subjects covered include watering, fertilizing (or not), pruning and mulching. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Limited to 12 participants. $35 to $45. Theodore Payne Foundation for Wildflowers and Native Plants, 10459 Tuxford St., Sun Valley. (818) 768-1802.
Jan. 23-24: The Huntington hosts its 10th annual ‘Great Rosarians of the World’ lecture series with Michael Marriott of David Austin Roses. Tickets are $40 and include a weekend of activities including a hands-on rose propagation workshop. The Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, (626) 405-2100. For more information, click here.
CONTINUING
Frances Gearhart: “Behold the Day: The Color Block Prints of Frances Gearhart” consists of about 100 works from one of the top color-block printmakers in America in the 1930s. Through her work, the Pasadena artist brought the mountainous Western landscapes to East Coast audiences. $5 to $7. Noon to 5 p.m. Wednesdays to Sundays, through Jan. 31. Pasadena Museum of California Art, 490 E. Union St. (626) 568-3665.
-- Lisa Boone
Photo credits, from top: Irfan Khan /Los Angeles Times; Annie Wells/Los Angeles Times
