2015 Events
Event: MonoMania - Ernest Marquez Collection
Date: March 17, 08:00:00 PM
Description: Cal
Humanities sponsored an LA video production devoted to intrepid collectors who
focused their acquisitions on one critical subject. La Senora's Historian,
Ernest Marquez is interviewed on this video about his History of Los Angeles
images and memorabilia collecting which documented 2.5 centuries of
his family. The show will be aired on March 17th at 8 p.m. on KCETlink for an episode of Artbound--an Emmy-winning series covering culture and the arts.
The Monomania L.A. project will present the diversity of
all our collections and the significance of L.A. as Subject as a
source for understanding Los Angeles to a large--and largely
new--audience. Monomania L.A. is the product of many collaborators,
including our L.A. as Subject staff, Liza Posas; Bill
Dotson, Nathan Masters, and Tim Stanton at USC Libraries; the documentary
filmmaker Joris Debeij; Libros Schmibros proprietor and former director of
literary projects for the NEA David Kipen; and the entire expert team at
KCETLink.
Event: Rancho Era Education
Week Begins at La Senora
Date: April 30
Description: Today
we start our 2015 K-12 Education program with high school
student visitors. We continue through Saturday May 2nd's families’
day at La Senora with programs focused on California's role as an instigator of
the Civil War and the role of Californio Rancheros in the creation of the Cinco
de Mayo anti-slavery rallying cry. Next week we proceed
to 4th-5th grade student visits.
Event: Mexican Rancho Era in Alta California
Date: March 2
Description: By popular acclaim, we've invited back UCLA
researcher Dr. David Hayes-Bautista to speak and answer questions on
the intriguing finding that Cinco de Mayo was never a Mexican Holiday but was
instead an anti-slavery rallying cry to raise funds for the North to defeat the
Confederacy and for Juarez to hold off the French.
Eric Dugdale, President of Pacific
Palisades Historical Society, will guide us through the use of
advanced non-invasive archeological tool GPR technology to discover the
exact locations of burials in the 1840s Rancho Boca de Santa Monica
cemetery. While scientists from the Cotsen Institute of Archeology led
the team, the actual discovery work was performed by our 4th graders from
Canyon, Marquez and St. Monica's elementary schools.
There will be Mexican games as played
by the children of the Rancho and tours of the Hacienda grounds and the sole
extant private rancho era cemetery in California. Rancho Descendants will
provide the background information on their ancestors colorful and
adventuresome history in Santa Monica Canyon.
There is no charge for this family
event, which is underwritten in part by the Sidney Stern Family Foundation and
in part by the Optimists Club of Pacific Palisades.
Event: UCLA Chancellor's
Society Private Viewing Fowler Exhibition & Reception
Date: June 15, 05:15:00 PM
Description: Empresario
Members and above of La Senora are invited to the private viewing and the
following Chancellor's Society Celebration Reception to thank us for our
collaborative educational and financial support of the departments within UCLA
helping us to provide our programs.
Event: Emotion du Cello, starring Evgeny Tonkha
Date: June 14, 03:00:00
PM
Description: Evgeny Tonkha is cited by
critics as one of the greatest Russian cellists of this generation with his
name registered in “The Golden Book of Russia’s Talents”. The Winner of
the 1st Prize/ Gold Medal at the 12th International Czech Cello Competition and
the Special Jury Prize at the 13th Tchaikovsky International Competition, his
tutoring was at the hands of the best cellists of our times Geringas,
Shafron and Rostropovich. Enjoy this extraordinarily talented cellist in an
intimate historical concert chamber noted for its acclaimed acoustics. Mr.
Tonkha will perform a program that ranges from an early Chiacona to Bach,
Schubert’s Arpeggione, Bartok’s Romanian Folk Dances; in keeping
with La Senora’s tradition of supporting emergent talent, he will introduce a
new piece by rising film and classical composer, Anna Drubich. In tribute
to the 150th anniversary of Finnish composer Jean Sibelius, the
concert will include his haunting signature short, Valse Triste. You’ll
also be treated to Gershwin’s jazzy Preludes for Cello in the same historic
Concert Salon where Gershwin used to fool around on the piano.
Event: UCLA
Chancellor's Society Private Viewing Fowler Exhibition & Reception
Date: June
15, 05:15:00
PM
Description: Empresario Members and
above of La Senora are invited to the private viewing and the following
Chancellor's Society Celebration Reception to thank us for our
collaborative educational and financial support of the departments within UCLA
helping us to provide our programs. If you would like to attend with us,
please send an e-mail to events@lasenora.org no later than Friday, June 12th and
advise if you wish to carpool with us at 4:30 from the Hacienda or meet us
at the Fowler at 5:15
Event: Concert in Malibu
Date: July 15, 08:00:00 PM
Description: La
Senora's history includes a relationship with composer Oscar Newman who
composed the scores for most of Lyle Wheeler’s award winning films. Oscar
(though deceased for 30 years) still held the record for most Oscar Nominations
for Best Film Score until last year. The concert described below is
from our member Scott Hosfeld and his wife Maria Newman. Maria is Oscar Newman's
composer daughter and her brothers and cousin Thomas, David and Randy
Newman are composers as well. Maria and her husband Scott invited La Senora
Members to their
“Spectacular Season Finale.” It
features the Malibu Coast Chamber Orchestra Solisti, including an exciting
world premiere by dynamic resident pianist, Wendy Prober. Our lineup of guest
artists include violinist extraordinaire Ben Powell, the ever beautiful cellist
Paula Hochhalter, and marvelous double bassist Don Ferrone.
Event: Gershwin Retrospective Part I of VI
Date: July 22, 07:00:00 AM
Description: Our first
film scheduled will be the award winning documentary Gershwin Remembered from
the American Masters Program.
During a discussion refreshments will be served. The series will continue
each Wednesday through July and August with a new insight into the life and
works and entertainment of George and Ira Gershwin's all American Songs. La Señora’s 2015 Film/Lecture Series “A
George Gershwin Retrospective” celebrates the 80th Anniversary of Porgy
and Bess with a 6-part look at George Gershwin, realigning some of the
mistaken public myths and offering the kind of insider perspectives that could
only come from the people who worked with the Gershwins on stage, screen and
sound studios. Our first two presentations will be documentaries.
Event: Gershwin Retrospective Part II of VI:
the Docudrama "Rhapsody in Blue"
Date: July 29
Description: Tonight's screening of Rhapsody in Blue is the 2nd in a 6-part
series. During a discussion refreshments will be served. The
series will continue each Wednesday through July and August with a new insight
into the life and works and entertainment of George and Ira Gershwin's all
American Songs.
Event: Stars and Strings
Date: July 31, 7:00:00 AM
Description: It's
La Senora's annual chamber music event where the virtuoso concert
violinist and Colburn Faculty, Danielle Belen, brings her star students from
her strings studio and from the Three Rivers Summer Music Festival. We
particular urge families with students who play any instrument to come to this
event. Enjoy the acoustics of the Music Salon built by Mexican opera star Jose
Mojica to showcase his own talent, now used to present rising star
artists.
Event: Gershwin Retrospective Part III of VI:
Screening of "Gershwin in Focus"
Date: August 5, 07:00:00 PM
Description: In
this evening's screening of Gershwin
in Focus, we move into a documentary created for the Gershwin
Centennial. BBC engaged the accomplished Gershwin Researcher/pianist Jack
Gibbons and Sir Ben Kingsley to illustrate the life of Gershwin using the
composer’s own words and clips from stage and screen and private life of
Gershwin.
Event: Patron Members: "History Keepers"
Date: August 6, 06:00:00 PM
Description:The
California Historical Society and LAasSUBJECT have invited La Senora to bring a
few of our Patron Level Members to a reception opening the "History
Keepers: Storied objects of Los Angeles" exhibition at the historic Pico
House.
Event: A Gershwin Retrospective Part IV of VI:
Screening of "An American in Paris"
Date: August 12
Description: Now that we're so well acquainted with Gershwin's
personal and musical history, we're moving into seeing how his American in
Paris was put to work in the musical starring Gene Kelly.
Event: Gershwin Retrospective Part V of VI: "Shall we
Dance?"
Date: August 19, 07:00:00 PM
Description: We'll start off with some introductory remarks
giving you the background of this 1937 film, then enjoy the talents of Fred
Astaire, Ginger Rogers, and of course, George & Ira Gershwin.
Event: 4th Annual Wine Tasting
and Auction
Date: August 23, 03:30:00 PM
Description: It's time again for La Senora's annual Wine
Tasting and afternoon Garden Party. Our botanical gardens are in full
bloom for you to enjoy them with wine and hors d'oeuvres. The entertainment
changes each year; for 2015 we have a Magic Castle Magician! The ever popular
Wine Auction will be back near the end of the afternoon. Last year during
the Wine Auction, some La Senora members started a tradition of making in-kind
contributions to be sold at the auction. This will continue in 2015 and
we have some wonderful donations already........spend a week at a French
Chateau near the Loire Valley or take a group of 20 friends for a
Sunset cocktail cruise on a 71' yacht in Marina del Rey.
Event: Gershwin Retrospective Part VI: Porgy and Bess
Date: August 26, 07:00:00 PM
Description: In
celebration of the 80th Anniversary of George Gershwin's famous folk opera, La
Senora undertook a six-part retrospective look at the composer/song writer
we all thought we knew so well. Two documentaries, a docudrama and three
films later, we remain enchanted by his music but now have much more
appreciation for his ability to produce unusual layering of sound that
make his music instantly recognizable. Leonard Bernstein told our
audience "You only need to listen to one bar....one bar of the music in
order to know that it's a Gershwin composition." Join us for the
screening of the classic film Porgy &
Bess.
Event: Porgy & Bess! Dinner in the Gardens Benefit Concert
Date: August 29, 06:30:00 PM
Description: Hear
the music of George Gershwin as he performed so often at the piano for friends
during the Santa Monica Canyon Salons of Anita Loos Dine in the botanical
gardens with memories of those bygone stars as they share tales from Stage,
Screen, Art, Literature, Philosophy, Science and Media. At your table may be
legends of: Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, Marion Davies,
W.R. Hearst, Ira Gershwin, Al Jolson, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, Stravinsky,
Lyle Wheeler, D. W. Griffith, King Vidor, William Wyler, Ernst Lubitsch, Errol
Flynn or Rita Hayworth!
Event: Great
California Shakeout
Date: October 15, 10am-2pm
Description:
Neighbors
from the Upper Santa Monica Canyon HOA are invited to La Senora's
Theater for a final 2015 Disaster Preparedness Workshop. Everyone is
welcome, and the event is FREE, but we do need reservations since the theater only holds 60
people. If you have not attended the La
Senora screening of the KCET/LA Fire Department film on Earthquake
Preparedness, please make arrangements to see the film before this meeting by
sending an inquiry to events@lasenora.org.
Event: Volunteer
Ambassadors sought for "LA as Subject"
Date: October 17, 9am-5pm
@ USC's Doheny Memorial Library
Description: As
co-founders of the LA as Subject Archives Bazaar, LSRI is now
seeking volunteer Ambassadors to greet visitors and help them find their way to
tables at this large all day event. If you have an interest in hidden pockets
of archives in our City and would enjoy spending 2 hrs as an Ambassador, then please sign up here.
There is no charge for admittance to the Archives Bazaar; volunteers will be
referred to the LA as Subject Archives Committee
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