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The listings below are of members or affiliates of the CCHS. If you are a current member and have an event to list, send it to our events editor
NOTICE: Is your society's event not here? Did you give us a phone number (with exchange, please) and/or a web site or e-mail address that the public can use? Did you list the street address where your event is held? We need full information to post your event. Questions? Contact our events writer
Direct from the Editor: The Calendar editor - with great regret - throws away several announcements of coming events each month. Either the information arrived too late, the phone number exchange is missing, the street address is not given, or the organization is NOT A MEMBER of CCHS. Please check your newsletters for completeness of information, and pay your dues! |
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Claremont Heritage Walking
Tours: Claremont Heritage Walking Tours: Claremont Village, Claremont Colleges. Saturdays at 10 am. Information: Ginger Elliott at 909.621.0848 or heritage.91711@verizon.net
Berkeley Historical Society Walking Tours: 10:00-noon. Information 510.848.0181, www.cityofberkeley.info/histsoc/
The Essanay Silent Film Museum's Edison Theater, 37417 Niles Blvd, Fremont has silent movies every Saturday evening at 7:30 pm. $5 donation. 510.494.1411.
Anza-Borrego
Desert Nature Center:
guided desert hikes
and birding walks,
ongoing birding
classes, regular
lectures on history
and natural history
of the desert. See
http://www.abdnha.org
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MAY - California
Museum Month
10
– Talk on the 1910
International
Aviation Meet at
Dominguez Field by
Donna Harris, former
manager of the
Dominguez Rancho
Adobe. 10 am at the
Fort MacArthur
Military Museum, in
Angels Gate Park,
3601 Gaffey St, San
Pedro. $5 per
person ; check to
San Pedro Bay
Historical Society,
c/o McKinzie, 366 S
Hamilton Ave, San
Pedro CA 90732.
Information:
McKinzie
310.832.5234.
10
– Conejo Valley
Historical Society’s
annual Antiques
Faire, at 51 S Ventu
Park Rd, Newbury
Park. 10 am-4 pm;
admission $5, under
12 free. Antiques &
collectables market,
tours of Stagecoach
Inn museum and
grounds, lectures on
collectables,
antique evaluation
$5 per item, free
cookies and lemonade
for all!
Questions? Call
805.498.9441 or
e-mail
stagecoachmuseum@msn.com
11
– 26th
annual Mother’s Day
Home Tour: “A Stroll
Through Time”
presented by the
Monrovia Historic
Preservation Group.
10 am-2 pm, 5 homes
(1887-1939), vintage
cars, period music.
Tickets online
through PayPal ($2
service charge) at
www.mohpg.org
Tickets $18 each;
senior (65 & over)
$15; age 13-17 $12,
12 & under free.
Ticket purchase
includes brochure
w/pictures and
histories of the
homes and a map of
locations – can be
picked up at first
home visited.
Information:
626.358.7822.
13
– “Golden Memories
of Radio”
presentation by the
San Francisco Museum
& Historical
Society; 7 pm
reception, 7:30
program. $5
donation.
Discussions of radio
history, appearances
by oldtime radio
stars, reenactment
of The Lone
Ranger show. At
the Jewish Community
Center of San
Francisco, 32000
California Street at
Presidio.
Information: Nancy
Fox 415.459.3434 or
gnance2@sbglobal.net
15
– Argonauts
Historical Society
will host a 2-hr
cruise on the USS
Potomac, and
lunch at Tony
Roma’s. $45 per
person.
Information: Marvin
Tanner 408.997.3981.
15 – Deadline
to submit
applications for NEH
(National Endowment
for the Humanities)
preservation
assistance grants
for small- and
mid-size
institutions to
improve the
preservation of
their humanities
collections. For
particulars see
www.neh.gov
17 – Old Town
Tustin Promenade,
the Tustin Area
Historical Society’s
annual historical
Home & Garden Tour,
“A Walk in Tustin’s
Shady Lanes” 9 am-4
pm. Information
714.731.5701 or
www.TustinHistory.com
18
– Arts & Crafts in
Shinn Park, 1251
Peralta Blvd, nr
Mowry, Fremont. 10
am-4 pm. Local
artists will display
and sell their
work. Music, square
dancers; hot dogs,
popcorn, sodas
available. Silent
films by the Niles
Essanay Silent Film
Museum. Shinn House
tours $4 adult,
$2.50 under 12, free
under 5 years.
Sponsored by Fremont
Cultural Arts
Council, Mission
Peak Heritage
Foundation and
Fremont Art
Association. For
more information: Al
Minard 510.552.4839
or
Alminard@comcast.net
18
– “Treasures of Los
Angeles” annual
Marie Northrop
lecture, 2 pm at the
Riordan Central
Library, downtown
Los Angeles.
FREE; refreshments
to follow. For
information visit
ashea@caamuseum.org
18
– Livermore Legacy
Tour, by the
Livermore Heritage
Guild, featuring the
Thomas Scott house
(1894), the Oscar
Meyers house (1894),
the George W Langan
house (1885), and
the Julius Jacobs
house (1896-7).
Information:
925.577.4206 or
visit
www.livermorehistory.com
and click on the
Livermore Legacy
Tour link. Proceeds
benefit the
Livermore History
Mobile, a traveling
bus that educates
local children on
Livermore’s unique
history.
18
– Annual Marie
Northrop lecture
series: “Los Angeles
Architecture:
Trappings, Tools &
Treasures” by Merry
Ovnick, historian,
architect, editor of
the Historical
Society of Southern
California’s
Southern California
Quarterly. 2:00
pm in the Taper
Auditorium of the
Riordan Central
Library, 5th
St between Grand Ave
& Flower, downtown
Los Angeles.
Parking in Library
garage on Flower
(one-way south)
between 5th and 6th
Streets. Lecture
free; refreshments
following.
Information:
annwshea@ca.rr.com
29-June 2
– Society for
Industrial
Archaeologists
annual national
conference, San
Jose.
www.sia-web.org
30
– Deadline to submit
a nomination for The
Governor’s Historic
Preservation Award.
Any group, firm,
organization, or
local, state, or
federal agency
involved in historic
preservation is
eligible to be
nominated;
individuals are not
eligible. The
project or activity
(or a substantial
portion of a
large-scale, phased
project) shall have
been completed
within the last
three years and not
later than January
31, 2008.
Information: Diane
Thompson
916.653.0877.
JUNE
1 – Quarterly
deadline to apply
for Preserve America
grants:
www.preserveamerica.gov
1 - Tustin
Area Historical
Society’s annual
Chili Cookoff, 11
am-5 pm. El Camino &
Main Sts, Old Town
Tustin. Information:
818.365.7810.
1
– Old Town Western
BBQ at the Leonis
Adobe Museum, 23537
Calabasas Rd,
Calabasas. Barnyard
animals,
entertainment,
dancing, door
prizes, raffles and
more! Reservations
requested: send
check ($35 adult, $5
ages 6-12) to CHS,
PO Box 8067,
Calabasas CA 91372.
Calabasas Historical
Society
818.347.9356.
2
– July 7 – “The
Basics of Archives”
online course by the
American Association
of Museums (AAM),
with AASLH; $95.
Proceed at own pace;
estimated 15-20
hours to complete.
Information:
www.aaslh.org/workshop.htm
6 – Deadline
to apply for the
History Channel’s
2008 Save Our
History grants;
grants of up to
$10,000 fund
partnerships between
history
organizations and
schools or youth
groups on projects
that teach students
about their local
history and actively
engage them in its
preservation. See:
www.saveourhistory.com
8
– “Model A’s and
Model T’s” car
show 11 am-3 pm at
the Rios-Caledonia
Adobe, 700 S
Mission St, San
Miguel. Wine
tasting, food,
music, awards and
more. Friends of
the Adobes;
information
805.467.3357.
14 – Lake
Tahoe Historical
Society 40th
Anniversary
Celebration.
530.541.5458.
26-28
– CCHS Annual
Meeting at the Los
Angeles Athletic
Club. More
information to come.
See our
Events page
or contact
Ann Shea.
JULY
1 –
Deadline for
applications for NEH
Preservation
Assistance Grants
for smaller
institutions.
www.neh.gov
15
– Deadline for
applications for NEH
Preservation &
Access Grants:
Humanities
Collections and
Resources support
projects to preserve
and create
intellectual access
to collections,
including
digitizing,
conservation, and
preservation. See
www.neh.gov
19
-Annual Marie
Northrop lecture
series: “Hidden
Treasures of Los
Angeles: the City
Archives” by Hynda
Rudd, historian,
City Archivist &
Records Manager.
2:00 pm in the Taper
Auditorium of the
Riordan Central
Library, 5th
St between Grand Ave
& Flower, downtown
Los Angeles.
Parking in Library
garage on Flower
(one-way south)
between 5th and 6th
Streets. Lecture
free; refreshments
following. .
Information:
annwshea@ca.rr.com
16
– Truckee-Donner
Historical Society
will hold an Ice
Cream Social in the
garden of the Old
Jail Museum on
Jiboom St, downtown
Truckee from 11 am-3
pm. Information:
530.582.0893 or
info@truckeehistory.org
26-31
– Society for
American Archivists
72nd
annual meeting in
San Francisco. See
www.archivists.org
SEPTEMBER
25-27
– CA Council for
History Education
annual conference at
the Hyatt Regency
Hotel, Santa Clara.
Visit
www.csuchico.edu/cche/
OCTOBER
4 – “Water
and Politics in
Southern California:
A Retrospective on
the Centennial of
the Los Angeles
Aqueduct” conference
at Loyola Marymount
University (LMU),
Los Angeles. Visit
www.shotnews.net/?p=181
5
– “Spanish Day at
the Old Adobe” at
the Rios-Caledonia
Adobe, 700 S Mission
St, San Miguel.
Music by John
Warren’s New World
Baroque Orchestra,
Salinan Indian
ceremonial
traditions, wine
tasting, food,
dancers, hayrides to
San Miguel Mission
and back. Friends
of the Adobes:
805.467.3357 or
hermanjah@tcsn.net
18 - "An
Apple A Day: Medical
History In Orange
County," a
historical tour of
the Fairhaven
Memorial Park and
Santa Ana Cemetery
organized by the
Santa Ana Historical
Preservation
Society. This 11th
annual event
received the
Governor’s Historic
Preservation Award
in 2007. 714
547-9645,
www.SantaAnaHistory.com
19
- Annual Marie
Northrop lecture
series: “From
Shallow Bay to
World-class Harbor:
San Pedro” by
Geraldine Knatz,
executive director,
Port of Los
Angeles. 2:00 pm in
the Taper Auditorium
of the Riordan
Central Library, 5th
St between Grand Ave
& Flower, downtown
Los Angeles.
Parking in Library
garage on Flower
(one-way south)
between 5th and 6th
Streets. Lecture
free; refreshments
following.
Information:
annwshea@ca.rr.com
25
– Candlelight tours
of at the
Rios-Caledonia
Adobe, 700 S Mission
St, San Miguel.
Ghost stories!
Refreshments and
candles provided.
Friends of the
Adobes: 805.467.3357
or
hermanjah@tcsn.net
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