Events
Saturday February 19, 2011
Start: 02/19/2011
Civil War encampment (Union & Confederate) with civilians. The evening dance with live music has been canceled due to rain.
Start: 02/19/2011
Weekend Activities to include Drills, Troop inspections, Cannon Demonstrations, Period Fashion Shows, Battles Morning & Afternoon, Gettysburg Address.
Start: 02/19/2011 2:00 pm
Culinary Historians of Southern California lecture
Drinking with Shakespeare and Jane Austen – English beverages from 1600 to 1800. Richard Foss will speak on punches, syllabubs, gin, ale, and the other traditional drinks of England, with a focus on Jane Austen’s Regency era and how writers used what people drank to show who they were.
Open Event: CHSC-Sponsored Lecture at Palisades Library, 861 Alma Real Drive, Pacific Palisades
Cost: free to the public
Start: 02/19/2011 3:00 pm
End: 02/19/2011 8:00 pm
Fort MacArthur Museum
3601 S Gaffey St. San Pedro
California, 90731
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Special Exhibits 3pm - 5pm
Music and Dancing 5pm - 8 pm
FREE PARKING!
NOTICE: THE WEATHER IN FEBRUARY IS UNPREDICTABLE...
HOWEVER, THE GREAT LOS ANGELES AIR RAID OF 1942
WILL TAKE PLACE RAIN OR SHINE!
Start: 02/19/2011 8:00 pm
The Occidental Folk and Historical Dance Troupe presents:
Viennese Waltz Night
Samuelson Pavilion,
Occidental College
Saturday Feb. 19, 2011
Music by the Occidental-Caltech Orchestra
Doors open 8 PM
Grand March 8:15 PM
Performance about 9 PM
Last Waltz 11:00 PM
Please dress up: period dress welcome but optional.
LADIES: HIGH HEELS NOT PERMITTED on the dance floor. The Viennese waltz is very fast: Kindly select medium (non-spike) to flat heels, the style of the era, for the safety of all!
Admission Free, Donations Welcome
Sunday February 20, 2011
Start: 02/19/2011
End: 02/20/2011
Civil War encampment (Union & Confederate) with civilians. The evening dance with live music has been canceled due to rain.
Weekend Activities to include Drills, Troop inspections, Cannon Demonstrations, Period Fashion Shows, Battles Morning & Afternoon, Gettysburg Address.
Monday February 21, 2011
Start: 02/19/2011
End: 02/21/2011
Weekend Activities to include Drills, Troop inspections, Cannon Demonstrations, Period Fashion Shows, Battles Morning & Afternoon, Gettysburg Address.
Wednesday February 23, 2011
Start: 02/23/2011 7:00 pm
Nelson's Academy of Genteel Behavior ~ Wednesday, February 23
7:00-8:30 p.m. General admission is $5.
RSVP requested. Please call (562) 570-1755.
Walter Nelson and Sheila Murphy-Nelson demonstrate how nineteenth-century Californians approached social interactions, attire and deportment. This high-energy program mixes history with humor, authentic costumes and audience participation.
Start: 02/23/2011 7:30 pm
Distinguished Fellow Lecture:
Better Living through Alchemy: Private Lives and Applied Science in the Early Modern Era
FEB 23, WED, 7:30 PM
Bruce Moran, professor of history at the University of Nevada, Reno, and the Dibner Distinguished Fellow at The Huntington, will discuss alchemy—a subject that he says is often greatly misunderstood and one that figures significantly in early modern science. Moran is the author of Distilling Knowledge: Alchemy, Chemistry and the Scientific Revolution.
Thursday February 24, 2011
Start: 02/24/2011 7:30 pm
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 24TH 7:30 PM
MIKAL SANDOVAL'S ROMANCE NIGHT
FEATURING RHYTHM BOYS
CARY FARNSWORTH AND DOUGLAS ROGIERS
COME EARLY FOR THE VINTAGE BOUTIQUE!
UNMENTIONABLES AND MENTIONABLES
THE TALKING STICK
1411C LINCOLN BLVD.
VENICE CA. 90291
COME AS YOU ARE OR ADD TO THE FUN IN YOUR SPEAKEASY ATTIRE.
FREE PARKING, FOOD AND DRINK AVAILABLE
Friday February 25, 2011
Start: 02/25/2011 7:30 pm
End: 02/25/2011 10:00 pm
Beginners welcome, no partner required, casual dress. St. Luke's Episcopal Church, 122 S. California Ave. at Foothill Blvd., Monrovia. $5 admission payable at the door.
Saturday February 26, 2011
Start: 02/26/2011 11:00 am
End: 02/26/2011 3:00 pm
Rancho Dominguez Adobe and Western Educators, Shooters and Troopers (WEST) will present a California Living History Timeline. WEST members will portray characters from various eras of California history starting with the Conquistadors through the Mexican War era and beyond. Meet the members of well known California families through this new forum. This event is appropriate for all ages.
Sunday February 27, 2011
Start: 02/27/2011 11:00 am
Travel back to a more glamorous time. See and be seen enjoying an afternoon of racing, food and Bloody Mary's at the Historic Santa Anita Race Track Arcadia, California
Attire of the 1930s & 40s is encouraged.
Gates Open at 11:00 a.m., First Post 12:30 p.m.
$45.00 per person - Includes:
Entrance fee into the lovely and historic Turf Club
A scrumptious Lunch and non-alcoholic drink
Valet Parking
Race Program
Tax & Gratuity
(that's a savings of over $15.00)
For more information or to purchase tickets contact: Gina at ginakimmel@yahoo.com
Start: 02/27/2011 4:00 pm
Social dancing in the English Country Dance style. That’s the style of Merrie Olde England from the days of Good Queen Bess * The elegant 18th Century court of Queen Anne * Colonial America and the hero General George Washington * Regency England and characters from the immortal works of Jane Austen
Beginners welcome, no partner necessary, always live music.
4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. at Lindberg Park Stone House, Lindberg Park, 5101 Rhoda Way, Culver City, 90230
Start: 02/27/2011 6:00 pm
Due to a last minute scheduling change, there will be no Cicada Club this Sunday, February 27. We apologize for any inconvenience.
For more information and details, please visit http://ClubCicada.com/
Saturday March 05, 2011
Start: 03/05/2011 10:00 am
End: 03/05/2011 2:00 pm
A military garrison as it would have been in the 1850s.
Start: 03/05/2011
Civil War battles and encampments.
Start: 03/05/2011 7:30 pm
Friends of the English Regency
Regency Dancing and Instruction
Lindberg Park
5041 Rhoda Way
Culver City CA 90230
$5 at the Door
The intermediate class offered at 7:00 P.M. has featured waltzing instruction.
Contact Sue Haseltine
Start: 03/05/2011 8:00 pm
9th Annual Presidents' Ball at UCLA Kerckhoff Grand Salon
(moved from UCLA Powell Library to UCLA Kerckhoff Grand Salon)
includes vintage ballroom dance lessons with James & Cynthia
Learn ballroom dances from the time of George Washington to Abraham Lincoln.
Free Admission, Donations Welcome
RSVP Welcome to HistoricalDance@yahoo.com
Historical Ballroom Dance Club from UCLA
No Partner Required. Costumes Welcome.
Recorded Music (Live Music Tentative)
Sunday March 06, 2011
Start: 03/05/2011
End: 03/06/2011
Civil War battles and encampments.
Start: 03/06/2011 1:30 pm
End: 03/06/2011 5:30 pm
The Victorian Tea & Dance Society presents its monthly Sunday Afternoon Victorian Dance Social; Beginners welcome; No partner needed; Afternoon tea; Admission $12; http://www.victorianteaanddance.org/
Wednesday March 09, 2011
Start: 03/09/2011 7:00 pm
Fashionable Dress in Victorian Times~Wednesday, March 9
7:00-8:30 p.m. General admission is $5.
RSVP requested. Please call (562) 570-1755.
Focusing on upper-middle-class fashions of the 1860s-1880s, Maegen Hensley examines American and European ladies’ clothing styles from the inside out. Recreated garments – from unmentionables to evening gowns – will be available to view.
http://www.rancholoscerritos.org/calendar.html
Rancho Los Cerritos
4600 Virginia Road
Long Beach, California 90807
Phone: (562) 570-1755
Friday March 11, 2011
Start: 03/11/2011 7:30 pm
End: 03/11/2011 10:00 pm
Beginners welcome, no partner required, casual dress. St. Luke's Episcopal Church, 122 S. California Ave. at Foothill Blvd., Monrovia. $5 admission payable at the door.
Saturday March 12, 2011
Start: 03/12/2011 3:00 pm
End: 03/12/2011 5:00 pm
Teaching and dancing - this month we focus primarily on the Waltz and begin the Polka.
Guest instructor: Richard Duree
No partner necessary
No experience required
Recorded music
Historical attire not required
$5 payable at the door.
Rosalie's School of Dance
4353 Township Ave, Simi Valley, CA
Rosalie's is hard to see from the street. It is located in the far corner of an outdoor shopping mall - right behind El Patio restaurant.
Sunday March 13, 2011
Start: 03/13/2011 4:00 pm
Social dancing in the English Country Dance style. That’s the style of Merrie Olde England from the days of Good Queen Bess * The elegant 18th Century court of Queen Anne * Colonial America and the hero General George Washington * Regency England and characters from the immortal works of Jane Austen
Beginners welcome, no partner necessary, always live music.
4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. at Lindberg Park Stone House, Lindberg Park, 5101 Rhoda Way, Culver City, 90230
Start: 03/13/2011 8:00 pm
A night of dinner, drinks and dancing in a beautiful Art Deco night club.
Dean Mora and his Orchestra presents a "Night at the Cocoanut Grove"
plus Maxwell DeMille's Annual 39th Birthday party
Saturday March 19, 2011
Start: 03/19/2011 11:00 am
End: 03/19/2011 4:00 pm
San Gabriel Mission
427 S. Junipero Serra Drive,
San Gabriel
Includes Soldados de Anza, 1776 living history camps; Dances by "Yesteryears Dancers";
All Living History Outside of Mission is FREE; but a Fee is charged for Admission to the Mission.
Flier
http://sangabrielmission.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/soldada.pdf
