Datebook: Events, exhibits, classes for the week ahead
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Feb. 15: Biologist Brendan Galipeau will give a slide show and lecture on the native plants of the Santa Susana Mountains-Simi Hills region and their use in home gardens. 7:15 to 8:30 p.m. Free. Rockpointe Clubhouse, 22300 Devonshire St., Chatsworth. (818) 998-1735.
Feb. 17: Michael Sorkin, professor of architecture and director of the graduate program in urban design at City College of New York, gives a lecture titled “Pro Eutopia.” 7 p.m. Free. Southern California Institute of Architecture, 960 3rd Ave., Los Angeles.
Feb. 18: Thursday Garden Talks With Lili Singer continues with Jan Smithen, author of “Sun Drenched Gardens: The Mediterranean Style,” who will present a slide show and lecture on unusual Australian plants, from Adenanthos to Westringia. A plant sale will follow. 9:30 a.m. to noon. $20. Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden, 301 N. Baldwin Ave., Arcadia. Registration: (626) 821-4623.
Feb. 20: The Huntington ushers in the Year of the Tiger at its annual Chinese New Year Festival with a full day of programs in the Chinese garden: lion dancers and drummers, martial arts demonstrations, shadow puppet theater, mask-changing performances, readings and signings by children’s book authors. A special display of penjing (miniature trees in pots) will be on view. Visitors can also shop for fresh flowers — a traditional part of lunar new year celebrations. 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Included in regular admission of $6 to $20. Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino. (626) 405-2100.
Feb. 20: Pop culture humorist and author Charles Phoenix presents “Retro Slide Show of Southern California,” which celebrates suburbia, fast-food stands and L.A. landmarks. Part of Descanso Gardens’ Golden Age of the Camellia Festival. Camellia cocktails available for purchase. 8 p.m. $25. 1418 Descanso Drive, La Cañada Flintridge. Tickets are available at www.ticketweb.com.
Feb. 20: The Shipley Nature Center will host Family Celebration to Save the Monarchs from 10 a.m. to noon. Hands-on activities will highlight how to create a home for monarchs in your backyard, including suggestions of native plants that attract the butterflies. Guided tours of Shipley’s Monarch Waystation will be available; nectar plants will be available purchase. Free. Huntington Beach Central Park. Free parking at 17851 Goldenwest St., Huntington Beach. (714) 842-4772.
Feb. 21: Bill Stern, whose personal collection of pottery is shown in the picture above, lectures on Architectural Pottery at 11 a.m. Palm Springs Art Museum, 101 Museum Drive , Palm Springs. Free with admission of $5 to $12.50. (760) 325-4490. Presented as part of Palm Springs Modernism Week.
-- Lisa Boone
