2008 Events Event : Mission San Fernando del Rey Date : 10 February 2008 Time : 3:00 PM Join the La Senora caravan to this Mission whose lands were first given to by the Spanish Crown as a land grant to Francisco Reyes, 3rd Mayor of Los Angeles and great, great, grandfather to our historian, Ernest Marquez. This Spanish land grant, known as Encino, encompassed the entire San Fernando Valley. Today's concert will provide a glimpse of early Mission social entertainment including instruments played there in the 1800s and a typical opera of the time. E-mail lasenora@earthlink.net for tickets. Event : Frida Kahlo: Lecture Nori Green Date : 24 February 2008 Time : 12:00 PM Gather round Artist, Nori Green on this Winter Afternoon in the Salon as she reads from the Private Letters of Mexican Artist - Frida Kahlo. Event : Concert for Patrons - Sierra Madre Date : 2 March 2008 Time : 2:00 PM Patron Level Members join La Senora's caravan to this beautiful historical setting in Sierra Madre. Please contact lasenora@earthlink.net for reservations and information. Tickets Limited Event : USMCHA Meeting Date : 5 March 2008 Time : 8:00 PM USMCHA Meeting meeting to build neighborhood committees and Block Captains. Come prepared to Volunteer your Time! Event : Concert for Patrons - Doheny Mansion Date : 8 March 2008 Time : 8:00 PM Patron Level Members contact lasenora@earthlink.net for tickets to this renowned piano trio. Tickets very Limited. Event : Docent Training Workshop Date : 19 March 2008 Time : 3:00 PM Volunteer to be trained as one of La Senora's Docents. Today's Workshop covers the gardens and exterior structures including a brief overview of the Chapel, Day Stable and Kiln Building. Event : Cabaret Supper Date : 28 March 2008 Time : 7::00 PM The 1930's music of artists who composed on the piano during former hacienda resident Anita Loos' famous Salons of the 30's. Event : Introduction to Membership Event Date : 29 March 2008 Time : 7:00 PM La Senora Patrons Colleen and Rob Woods are giving this Cabaret Supper to introduce their friends to membership at La Senora Event : Pasqual Marquez Cemetery Date : 6 April 2008 Time : 8::00 AM - 5:00 PM Today we will begin the process of discovery of the exact locations of the 35 family members known to have been buried in this small family cemetery. San Lorenzo Street is named after the statue in the niche of the Cemetery wall. Event : Chamber Music Group Auditions Date : 11 April 2008 Time : 10:00 PM La Senora Staff are joining today in a citywide combined set of Auditions to choose Chamber Music Groups for presentation to our Members during our 2008 Season Event : Concert for Patrons - Tamaya Date : 13 April 2008 Time : 5:00 PM Join our Patrons' Caravan as the La Catrina Trio dazzles our senses at the remarkable Tamaya venue. E-mail lasenora@earthlink.net for Patron Members Reserverations. Event : Cinco de Mayo Fiesta Date : 4 May 2008 Time : 2:00 PM Join La Senora's Neighborhood Celebration of Cinco de Mayo. Crafts, games and historical stories for the Children Tortilla and Carnitas making demonstrations. Fun for the whole family. SPONSORS: Crafts - G. Molsbarger Decorations - R. Relfe Cooking Demos - M, & Y. Landes Event : UCLA - Mildred Mathias Garden Tour Date : 5 May 2008 Time : 10:00 AM This event in La Senora's botanical gardens is a tour given for the members and docents of the Mildred E. Mathias Garden Center at UCLA. Event : Adrienne Albert - Composer Date : 6 May 2008 Time : 8::00 PM World Premiere of Adrienne's new work, "Americana for Flute(s) and Strings" will be performed by outstanding musicians, Susan Greenberg, flute with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Sara Parkins, violin, a member of the Eclipse Quartet, Evan Wilson, former principal violist of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Antonio Lysy, cello, teacher of cello at UCLA. Chamber Music Palisades The program includes works by Schoenfeld, Bridge and Elgar with other outstanding members of the Los Angeles Musicians community including Delores Stevens, pianist extraordinaire and member of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Tereza Stanislav, violinist, Nina Etuhov, violin and Alan Chapman, moderator. E-mail lasenora@earthlink for directions and tickets. Adrienne is La Senora's new Composer in Residence! Welcome her music! Event : Haynes Foundation Grant Awarded by HSSC Date : 15 May 2008 Time : May 15, 2008 La Senora's Intern, Paulina Ayres, UCLA Masters degree program student has been awarded a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation to pursue historical research on La Senora's archives . Event : Canyon School Days - 80 years ago Date : 23 May 2008 Time : 1:00 PM La Senora's Historian, Ernest Marquez, the great grandson of the two ranchers who were awarded the 1839 Mexican Land Grant Rancho Boca de Santa Monica will address three class of 4th graders in the auditorium of Canyon School today. The children will be treated to recollections of what it was like to grow up in the Canyon when the creek still flowed for children to play in and all six grades were taught by one teacher who instilled in them values and morals along with the ABCs. Event : Interns' Graduation Party Date : 14 June 2008 Time : 2:00 PM La Senora salutes its graduating Intern! This event is for Interns and Patrol Level Members Only. Event : So. California Genealogical Society Workshop Date : 27 June 2008 Time : 9:00 am Join La Senora Members attending portions of this 3-day conference. This morning's event is a 3 hour workshop. Event : 1930's Photographer to the Stars: George Hurrell Date : 28 June 2008 Time : 4:30 PM Private tour and reception given by the curator of the Lights! Camera! Glamour! Photography of George Hurrell exhibit at the Heritage Museum. Lights! Camera! Glamour! The photography of George Hurrell, 1930’s Photographer to the Stars. La Senora has arranged a private tour to be given by the Curator of the George Hurrell Exhibit at The Heritage Museum in Santa Monica. Hurrell "shot some of the world’s most beautiful and intriguing personalities, creating the template for the Hollywood glamour portrait." This will be a very special treat for anyone who has ever felt entranced by the beauty and glamour of 1930s Movie Star photography. Tickets for La Senora members (and members of other local historical organizations) are discounted to $20 including the Curator’s lecture, the documentary film (not to be missed!) and the reception with refreshments between tours. Phone: 310 454 0706 E-mail: lasenora@earthlink.net Mail to: 560 E. Channel Road Santa Monica, CA 90402 Event : Viva Intermezzo Date : 29 June 2008 Time : 03:00 PM Sunday June 29th Combining chamber music with classic film in Inaugural Performance of THE NEW IVY CHAMBER ENSEMBLE presenting works by Eccles, Pachelbel & Vivaldi plus Debussy and Bach from "Silver Screen Tribute to Lyle Wheeler". Refreshments follow concert. Program resumes with screening of Art Director/Oscar Winner Lyle Wheeler's 1939 Classic Film "INTERMEZZO" starring Ingrid Bergman. Event : Neighborhood 4th at La Senora Date : 4 July 2008 Time : 3:00 PM Members of La Senora's neighborhood are invited for the 56th annual swim party in the LSRI pool after the Dryad/East Channel Road Softball game. No reservation required. Bring a towel and a smile. Event : Historical Homes Tour Date : 6 July 2008 Time : All Day This small invitational event given by invitation from a La Senora Patron will include a tour of historic homes built in the era of La Senora's Hacienda. A discussion of the architecture of each will be held. This Event was oversubscribed before it was finished being planned. But we will do similar events in the future for our Patron Level members Event : Historical Homes Tour Date : 6 July 2008 Time : All Day This small invitational event given by invitation from a La Senora Patron will include a tour of historic homes built in the era of La Senora's Hacienda. A discussion of the architecture of each will be held. This Event was oversubscribed before it was finished being planned. But we will do similar events in the future for our Patron Level members Event : Storytelling Hour: Tales of Early California
Date : 12 July 2008 Time : 2:00 PM Prior to the first in our series of concerts to introduce children to musical instruments, we have schedule a quiet time hour of storytelling by our Historian Ernie Marquez who has mezmerizing stories of Early California. Today's lecture will talk about daily life on an 1839 Mexican Rancho. Parents are asked to give children a handful of small coins with which to make their donations for admission. $1 for children under age 5; $2 for children up to age 10. We ask that the child personally place the coins into the donation box as part of our program to teach the young about donating to their communities' cultural and charitable activities. The handful of coins seems like 'a lot' of money to the young child. Event : Children's Concert - Musical Adventures Date : 12 July 2008 Time : 3:00 PM Tickets $10 Children; $15 over age 12 are available via RSVP lasenora@earthlink.netNote:
This is an "off-site" performance. You will be given the site with your
ticket confirmation. Space is limited, so reserve early. Tickets Adults $15; Children $10 Contact: lasenora@earthlink.net or 310 454 0706 for reservations. "Rudolfo
Learns to Mambo" is the theme of the second in this new series of
musicals written especially for the children of our audiences -- Yes, we
are grooming the next generation to love music and performance art. In
these interactive concerts, the children are introduced to specific
instruments of the orchestra, and are shown the many different ways in
which they can be played. Following the story line created for each
concert, the children pick the musical approaches the instruments will
use. Story: Rudolfo
is a Mexican Poppy living in the Hacienda gardens. As his listens to
the Latin music and watchs the people dancing, he sways to the music. One
day he notices the children of the Hacienda being taught to Mambo.
Rudolfo really, really, really wants to learn to Mambo. But he has a
problem. Flowers have no legs! But nothing will deter Rudolfo. He
turns to his friends the Lady Bugs and the Winds and the Rain and ----
Rudolfo learns to dance the Mambo with their help. The next time you are
in a garden, do you notice the bugs and the wind and the rain helping
your flowers to dance too? Event : The Mystery of Malibu Tile Date : 13 July 2008 Time : 2:00 PM Cristi Walden, Docent of the Adamson Rindge House State Landmark and Board Member of the Malibu Historical Society is back again, by popular demand, presenting this acclaimed lecture. The materials she brings in addition to her beautiful slides take you back into the era of the peak of tile making in California and the marvelous story of a woman who built her own railroad to stave off Highway 1 crossing her property. Malibu Potteries was not the only source responsible for bringing California tile into the homes and public buildings of Southern California during the early half of the twentieth century, but it may be the most famous – due in some part to the fascinating story of the famous Adamson/Rindge family of Rancho Malibu. Join us as Cristi Walden of the Malibu Lagoon Museum shares samples of vintage Malibu tiles, and hear the story of the Malibu Potteries from its founding in 1926 by May Rindge to its sad demise. Cristi Walden is a Board Member of the Malibu Lagoon Museum and serves as a Docent for its Adamson/Rindge House. She was the Guest Curator of "California Tile: The Golden Era" at the California Heritage Museum. Cristi will bring the Rindge Family history to life and explore the artistry of Malibu Tiles. RSVP: events@lasenora.org if you need additional information For Tickets please click on the event in our OnlineStore Suggested Donation: $20 * If you don’t have e-mail, Phone is 310 454 0706 Event : The Heart of Spain Date : 13 July 2008 Time : 4:00 PM La Senora brings together three outstanding soloists to present a colorful Spanish influenced Program. Guest Artists Meghan Turner and Axel Schmitt will present works arranged for Trumpet with Piano accompaniment including 'Sin tu Amor' (Without Your Love) by Miguel Sandoval, Manuel de Falla's "Tus Ojillos Negros (Your Dark Eyes)" and 'Piece en forme de Habanera' by Maurice Ravel. Axel Schmitt will also perform the virtuosic Rhapsodie Espagnole by Franz Liszt. Guitarist and Vocalist Chelsea Green, will add shades of early Latin works to the trio's program with Heitor Villa-Lobos'Preludes 1 and 3, Paco Pena's "Rumba: Herenca Latina" and works by Spanish Renaissance composers Luis de Narvaez and Alfonso Mudarra. Sponsored by Babs & Barry Rubens This Concert Advisory Panel Retreat & Concert hosted by Pasadena Pops is Full. For information on serving on LSRIs advisory panels for concerts, education, or historical research please contact info@lasenora.org detailing your field of interest/skills. Event : Once Upon a Summertime - Tango Trio Date : 9 August 2008 Time : 8:00 PM Join us in this celebration of Summer with an evening of Vintage Tango. The title of the concert is taken from a haunting song programmed as part of a mini-set of French cabaret Jazz numbers, which will also include Legrand's "The Windmills of Your Mind". The French material is the perfect complement to vintage Argentinean tango segueing into the tangos by Astor Piazzola. Mezzo Nicole Werner joins the trio adding jazz vocals to the evening. Event : Tribute to Lyle Wheeler Date : 21 September 2008 Time : 4:00 PM - 10 PM American Cinematique is presenting a Forever Hollywood look at the work of Art Director Lyle Wheeler. La Senora will have a Theater Party attending the screening of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer accompanied by a discussion of this early collaboration of Wheeler and Menzies with participation of Wheeler's son Brooke, the family historian. Event : Archives Fest Date : 25 October 2008 Time : 10 am - 4 pm Join the Archivists of LA to find collections of information on everything about our City and the people who created it. Interested in your genealogy? Want to know who has old films, photos, documents? This is the place. Please note - The Archives Fest has MOVED TO A NEW LOCATION this year. Davidson Center on the USC Campus. Event : HolidayandMalibu Tile Date : 19 December 2008 Time : 6:00 PM Join La Senora for this Docent led tour of Adamson Rindge House decorated for the Holidays. Park Admission and Tour costs $15; optional user-pay group dinner after the tour at the delighteful, newly opened Malibu Pier Cafe. Our favorite Malibu Tile Docent Cristi Walden will lead this event.
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