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Gatsby Summer Afternoon
26th Year at Dunsmuir-Helman Estate
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Cover painting By Peggy Gyulai "Pierce Arrow Afternoon"
copyright 2009. www.peggygyulai.com
The Art Deco Society of California Proudly Presents the 26th Annual
Gatsby Summer Afternoon at the Dunsmuir-Hellman Historic Estate
Same venue, new name!
Featuring:
Don Neely’s Royal Society Jazz Orchestra
With Carla Normand and Frederick Hodges
Dance to RSJO’S Authentic Jazz Era Arrangements
The Great Gatsby Bathing Beauty Revue With
The DecoBelles
Enter the Gatsby to the Delightful Music of Vocalist
Ann Gibson and Pianist Frederick Hodges
Toast the Crowning of This Year’s Miss Art Deco
Grand Motor Car Exhibit
Enjoy Dozens of Art Deco Era Autos on Display
Wine Tasting
Wine provided by LeVin Winery—Commemorative Wine Glass $5
Dunsmuir House Tours
Complimentary House Tours 2pm to 3pm
Croquet Lessons
Meet with the San Francisco Croquet Club for Complimentary Lessons
Prizes will be awarded:
Best Auto, Best Costumes for Ladies, Gents and Children
Best Picnics, Petite to Grand—Best Charleston
Sunday September 12, 2010 — 1 to 6 o’clock
Dunsmuir Hellman Historic Estate
2960 Peralta Oaks Court, Oakland (map)
Our How to Gatsby pages are here!
Purchase your Gatsby Tickets!
Tickets must be purchased before September 9th to receive pre-buy discount. Admission to the event will be $70 for all at the door.
Don't Forget those Gatsby extras!
Art Deco Walk
Pacific Heights, Sunday, August 29, 2010
11:00am
Meet at 11 a.m. at Gough and Washington Sts.(map). (90 minutes, hilly terrain) (map)
Alameda Downtown, Saturday, Sept. 11, 2010
11:00am
Meet at 11 a.m. at the Alameda Theatre, 2317 Central Ave (map), Alameda (90 minutes, flat terrain)
Art Deco Walks are Presented by the Art Deco Society of California. Tours are $10 general, free to ADSC members or those who join the Art Deco Society of California on the spot.
Tours are cancelled in inclement weather. Call 415-982-DECO day of tour for latest advisory. For more information or questions, email ADSC or call 415.982.DECO (415.982.3326).
Coming Up!
The San Francisco Fall Antique Show
Benefiting Enterprise for High School Students
October 27-31, Fort Mason Center
The ADSC is a Cultural Partner to this year's show featuring Chinoiserie: Rococo to Eco. THE SAN FRANCISCO FALL ANTIQUES SHOW is the oldest continuously operating international antiques show on the West Coast. The Show features approximately seventy dealers from across the United States and Europe, offering for sale an extraordinary range of fine and decorative arts representing all styles and periods including American, English, Continental, and Asian furniture, silver, ceramics, glass, jewelry, rugs, textiles, paintings, prints, and photographs. www.sffas.org/
The following events are not associated with the Art Deco Society of California.
They are presented here for your enjoyment and our support of the retro-verse.
Join the Art Deco Society of Los Angeles and the Queen Mary for the sixth annual Queen Mary Art Deco Festival aboard the beautiful Art Deco Queen Mary in Long Beach. It’s the best value vacation you can take this year! “Cruise” aboard the last of the great Maritime Monarchs at Recession-busting prices! There’s a package for everyone—the weekend is filled with tours, lectures, the Art Deco Bazaar, a grand Art Deco Ball, tea dance, Cocktails in Historic Places® , and so much more. The proceeds from all activities will benefit conservation and restoration of Birds of the Old World/Birds of the New World artwork, pictured above, located in the Grand Salon.
Go to their web site for more information.
The Richmond Plunge reopens after 9 years
June Albonico first swam in the Richmond Plunge 78 years ago, when she was 5 years old. Saturday, she was the first one in the massive pool, which reopened after a nine-year closure that many feared would be permanent.
"It's like coming home," read more, with photos, at SF Gate
Ella: The American Dream
by Kim Nalley
Aug 19 - Sept 12
Back by popular demand: brilliant jazz singer Kim Nalley adds three new songs to her sell-out musical, the essential American story of Ella Fitzgerald’s rise to stardom. How did a homeless New York street dancer become America’s First Lady of Song? Featuring the swinging music and dance of 30s Harlem, this musical will leave you feeling optimistic and yearning for more.
Single Tickets: $35 General
$32 Seniors 65 and Over
$25 For our Under 30's (pre-sale only)
$20 Teen Night Ages 12-19
$35 All Tickets at the Door
Paramount Movie Classics
Summer 2010 Series
Friday ~ August 20 ~ THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH
Return to Hollywood's Golden Era in America's finest Art Deco movie palace. Movie Classic presentation includes a newsreel, cartoon, previews and the Paramount's prize give-away game "Dec-O-Win". Live organ serenade begins at 7:30 p.m. with Jerry Nagano at the Mighty Wurlitzer!
Tickets ONLY $5.00, General Admission Seating
Purchase tickets at the Paramount Theatre Box Office, ticketmaster.com or call (800) 745-3000.
Day of show, Box Office opens at 6 p.m., doors open at 7 p.m.
Night & Day 1920s Exhibit at Lacis
Exhibit Continues through September 1
It was the best-of-times, the war to end wars was in the past, movies opened our visions to an unknown world and we were ready for an era filled with fun, opulence, hope and freedom. This freedom expressed itself in the garments and accessories that adorned us, the hair that could now be released from sacred hair buns and braids, and the decorative embellishments that would parallel the other art movements in a new freedom of expression as beads and ribbons flowed onto our garments shouting to be heard.
This exhibit will explore the spirit of this period through these garments, some touched by the ribbon embroidered flowers and beadwork from Paris, others from the day-dress pages of the Sears and Roebuck catalog, Incorporated into the exhibit are Ellen Thompson’s contemporary wax-headed articulated dolls which she, again generously lent to LMLT for this exhibit. These lovingly restored pieces impart an air of life-like movement along with a bit of glamour from the age itself.
Lacis Museum of Lace & Textiles, 2982 Adeline St., Berkeley CA 94703 (map)
http://www.lacismuseum.org
"Night & Day: The World of the Twenties" continues to September 1, 2010 and is open Mondays through Saturdays, 12 - 6 pm.
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