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Ambitious plans are in the works at LACMA and its highminded neighbors.

Vine American celebrates 80 years of birthdays, holidays.

Catalina, from pirating to tourism, in new book.

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GOLF COURSE VIEW!! $3,500,000

1920’S CLASSIC MEDITERRANEAN $2,750,000

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Mediterranean estate w/ 5bds, 7bas, pool & 2 spas.

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Hancock Park. Impressive 5BD/4.5BAS Georgian Revival Home in Fremont Pl. 4,603 Sf + 1,400 Sf attic.

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Hancock Park. 1st open 8/12. Fabulous open plan, lge windows lead to terraces overlooking Wilshire CC. Shar Penfold (323) 860-4258

Hancock Park. Entertainer’s backyard with endless possibilities. 5 bedrooms + 5.5 baths.

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WINDSOR SQUARE CLASSIC $2,100,000

LOVELY 2 STY ENGLISH STUCCO $1,999,000

WONDERFUL MEDITERRANEAN $1,790,000

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Hancock Park. Center hall Traditional. 4 bds/3.5 bths on spacious lot. Master w/fpl & private bath.

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Maids & 1 Bath Down. Step-down LR w/fpl, frml din.

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Hancock Park. Dramatic living/dining w/soaring ceiling.

Gourmet eat-in kitchen. 4 beds/3.5 bas A/C. Lisa Hutchins (323) 460-7626

CHIC DUTCH COLONIAL $1,549,000

CHARMING 1920’S TUDOR $1,499,000

SPANISH CLASSIC $1,349,000

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Hancock Park. Living w/fpl & dining w/built-ins. Gourmet kitchen. Media room. 4 bds/3 baths. Pool & A/C. Lisa Hutchins (323) 460-7626

Miracle Mile. Home w/4+2.5+garden guest rm & bath, large yard, needs some updating but w/ potential.

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Hancock Park. Prime Windsor Square location one block from village. 2-3 beds/2 baths + den.

Lisa Hutchins (323) 460-7626

Miracle Mile. Home with pool on an apx 8000 sq ft lot.

Bright & airy floorplan. 5+3. Ready to move in.

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ENCHANTING ENGLISH REVIVIAL $1,299,000

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Gehry tower may be in the cards atop Fairfax area subway station The L.A. County Museum of Art announced a proposal to build a skyscraper above METRO’s subway station at Wilshire and Orange Grove Ave. A hotel and condominiums and art galleries are being considered for the highrise.

While still in the very early stages, a 2023 time frame is scheduled to be in sync with the opening of the Purple Line

Extension, according to the museum’s blog.

Architect Frank Gehry is envisioned for the project.

“Ultimately we hope that the Miracle Mile—already known for its history of fantastic architecture—will feature works by three Pritzker Prize–winning architects on one short stretch. It would be an incredible achievement

for Los Angeles,” according to LACMA’s blog.

Gehry would join architect Peter Zumthor—who is being considered to build a new structure at LACMA, a wing that would stretch across Wilshire Blvd. Renzo Piano is co-designing the new Academy Museum of Motion Pictures at the corner of Wilshire and Fairfax.

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MODEL shows LACMA’s proposed wing over Wilshire. The Page Museum and the La Brea Tar Pits are in the foreground.

The tower property stretches some 300 feet along Wilshire, and is west of the 32-story tower at 5900 Wilshire.

LACMA owns about 30 percent of the 80,000-squarefoot parcel, and would have to negotiate agreements with the adjoining three property owners and the developer, Millenium, and METRO, which needs to acquire the property soon.

Negotiations underway “We are in the midst of negotiating with the property owners to acquire or lease the Fairfax station site,” said Martha Welborne, chief planning officer for Metro’s Countywide Planning and Development Dept.

Because construction is set to begin in December, foundations for the new tower have to be planned for by the end of the year, “if not sooner,” Welborne added.

But regardless of what LACMA and the other parties agree to, METRO is moving forward.

An evening crew is moving

utility lines while a design/ build contractor is being hired for the first phase of the extension, which is set to run from Western Ave. to La Cienega by 2023. Fairfax is one of the stops along the way.

The second phase ends in Century City in 2027, and the third phase stops at the VA Hospital in Westwood.

MUSE parties Aug. 2 at LACMA

A dance party at Chris Burden’s “Urban Light” outdoor sculpture starts the evening off at LACMA’s Muse ‘Til Midnight fest on Sat., Aug. 2 beginning at 8 p.m.

DJ sets by Tycho will be followed by the Silver Lake Chorus—an indie-rock choir—inside “Van Gogh to Kandinsky” and other exhibits. Cash bar and small bites will be available.

MUSE members $25/LACMA members $35/general public $45. Visit lacma.org.

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TreePeople tour includes talk on native plants TreePeople is offering a free, one hour and 15 minute tour that demonstrates sustainable solutions to conserve water.

The Drought Solutions tour and Native Plant Walk takes place every Saturday from 11 a.m to 12:15 p.m. at Coldwa-

ter Canyon Park, 12601 Mulholland Dr. The tour and walk explores green methods like rainwater harvesting and native plant landscaping.

“My goal is to help us understand that a new, resilient,

local water supply is not only possible, it’s now beginning to happen,” states TreePeople founder and president, Andy Lipkis.

For more information contact TreePeople at 818-7534600. Visit treepeople.org.

ITALIAN DESIGN highlights Landmark Award winner.

Plymouth Blvd. home wins Historical Society award The house at 528 S. Plymouth Blvd. is one of the winners of the 2014 Historic Landmark Awards presented at the Windsor Square-Hancock Park Historical Society annual meeting on July 20 at the Wilshire Country Club.

Owners of the land in the early 1920s were Elizabeth Boos, and then A. Hayes Busch, whose father Albert Hamilton Bush was a prominent businessman in 1880s Los Angeles and founder of the Busch Pipe and Supply Co Busch sold the lot to Lee Mantle in 1926, and he had the home built. David F. Picker acted as both architect and contractor. The Mediterranean style house was estimated to have cost $20,000 to construct, according to the building permit.

After living in the home for three years, Mantle sold the property to Ralph E. Filcher.

The Filcher family lived in the home for 30 years. Kathryn Filcher added a sewing room and balcony.

In 1962, the house was sold to Patricia Ann Barham, daughter of Dr. Frank Forest Barham, publisher of the

Los Angeles Evening Herald.

She added a swimming pool in 1963. Twelve years later, she sold the house to the Di Roma family. They added a guest house to the property in 1987. After they sold the house, it changed ownership several times until it was purchased by the current owner, an architect, in 2001.

The owner has remodeled and restored the home and its gardens to give both a more Italian look. Many of the home’s original features such as the entry hall’s tiled floor and the staircase columns, made with a stone-like composite, have been preserved.

Both inside and outside have been enhanced through the use of Italian hand-painted terra cotta tiles, and a Venetian cabinet and chandelier. The gardens, featured on the Historical Society 2013 garden tour, include Italian Cyprus, fig, olive and lemon trees and lavender bushes. Boxwood hedges and ficus trees are shaped to give the gardens an architectural look.

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‘Just Add Water,’ a heated talk at NHM survive and thrive in a hotter L.A. and how to adapt to climate change and increasingly stressed water supplies while creating a liveable, vibrant city.

A Q&A follows, as well as a visit to the Nature Gardens. Cash bar and appetizers will be provided. Tickets are $10/$8 members. Visit nhm. org.

tor of “Boom: A Journal of California” and senior researcher at the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability at UCLA. Also on the panel are Alex Hall, professor at UCLA Dept. of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, and Christopher Hawthorne, architecture critic for the L.A. Times.

They will discuss how to

Learn about the history of water in Los Angeles at “Some Like It Hot,” the final discussion in a series “Just Add Water” at the Natural History Museum on Thurs., Aug. 7 at 6:30 p.m.

Dr. John Harris, chief curator at the Page Museum and head of vertebrate studies at NHM, is on the panel moderated by Jon Christensen, ediLA CENTRAL LIBRARY is among stops on the tour. Its proposed demolition in the 1970s led to the formation of the Conservancy.

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Moonlight stroll among Art Deco buildings, skyscrapers Modern by Moonlight takes a look at downtown’s skyscrapers, in the soft glow of twilight on the L.A. Conservancy’s Walking Tour on Thursdays at 7 p.m. through Aug. 28.

Stroll among the architecture and public art of Bunker Hill, and enjoy the view and a cocktail at the futuristic Westin Bonaventure Hotel and Suites.

Also part of its Downtown at Sunset series, a tour of the 1928 City Hall takes place on

Sample beer, view exhibits at Zoo Sample beer from local craft and microbreweries and visit exhibits at Brew at the L.A. Zoo on Fri., Aug. 8 from 7 to 11 p.m. The event features a DJ, live bands and pub-style grub. Open exhibits include Rainforest of the Americas, Elephants of Asia, Campo Gorilla Reserve and Living Amphibians, Invertebrates and Reptiles. Visit lazoo.org.

Wed., Aug. 13 at 5:30 p.m., and Art Deco tours are offered through Sat., Aug. 9.

Tickets are $10/$5 Conservancy members.

Visit laconservancy.org for more information and tickets.

All aboard the Queen Mary for Art Deco Festival Cruise through the Art Deco Festival aboard the Queen Mary for a long weekend getaway from Thurs., Aug. 28 to Mon., Sept. 1.

The weekend will feature tours of the former ocean liner, lectures, an Art Deco Bazaar, grand ball and tea dance.

The 10th annual event is sponsored by the Art Deco Society of Los Angeles. Other activities include a Gatsby-style lawn party, a “bootlegger’s bash” with live music, a Deco Derby and pajama party and a bon voyage brunch.

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This historic house was moved in 1927 from Adams Boulevard to its current location in Wellington Square. Its exterior was remodeled to match the then-popular Mediterranean Revival style, and later sold to actress Ruby Dandridge. Improvements include new HVAC; new period style kitchen; master suite with new shower, dressing room and fireplace; and new irrigation, landscaping and gating. Oversized garages, storage room and gazebo. This sophisticated residence is pending Mills Act.

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Part-time job as a teen led to ownership for Leslie Macias

By Sondi Toll Sepenuk If it seems that we just covered the story of the Vine American party store’s 75th anniversary, you would be wrong. That was five long years ago. Now, as we move into the store’s 80th year, we can officially confirm that time waits for no one.

Vine American opened its doors in 1934, providing tents, tables, chairs and other festive rental equipment to the local studios and residential partyplanners. Over the years, Vine American, still at its original location at 5969 Melrose Ave., slowly moved away from the rental business and focused more and more on the party supply aspect of the business.

“I think longevity is key,” says Leslie Macias, president and owner of Vine American, who has been with the company for 35 years. “People know us as the corner party store.”

With clients such as Nickelodeon and Paramount Studios nearby, as well as local families, the store is in high demand. The 10,000-square-foot shop carries more than 60,000 items, including dozens of balloon colors, piñatas, candy, birthday supplies, wedding décor and supplies for every

ago is the legalization of gay marriage in California.

“Weddings have increased greatly with the passage of gay marriage, which has helped a lot of businesses, including ours,” she says.

Vine American’s employees plan a modest, low-key celebration for the store this year.

The front window advertises the store’s 80 years, but other than that, it’s work as usual.

“I like the constant change of seasons,” says Macias. “It keeps you moving, always looking forward to the next holiday.”

Or the next anniversary.

How about 100 years, Vine American? It will be here sooner than you think.

SOLD OVER ASKING PARTY PROFESSIONALS, left to right: are Cesar Gonzalez, Leslie Macias, Sonia Arriaza, Nicole McLaughlin and Dennis Corsino

holiday imaginable, including Halloween, Christmas, St. Patrick’s Day, the Super Bowl, Mardi Gras, Valentine’s Day and all kinds of parties.

“We used to sell Rolling Stones plates, but now we sell One Direction plates,” laughs Macias. “It’s just crazy to see how the times change!”

She started working at the store for the original owners, the Irvings, when she was in high school. “I could walk from my house to work, and then go home for lunch, and then walk back. It was the perfect place for a kid to work.”

During the store’s 80-year history, the employees have witnessed many ups and

downs with the economy that have forced other party stores out of business.

“I think that since we’ve been here so long, we’re able to sustain the rough times.

The hard work and dedication of the employees is a big reason for that.”

In addition to Macias being with the company since her teens, several of her employees have been with the company for decades. Sonia Arriaza has worked at the store for 20 years, while Dennis Corsino clocks in around 12 years. “I can’t remember,” he laughs.

One of the biggest changes Macias has noticed since the 75th anniversary five years

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Turn nature’s leftovers in your yard into a party or ‘fruitanthropy’ Tired of watching overripe bits drop to the ground in a gloppy mess? Here are some ideas on making the most of your bountiful backyard fruit trees.

For the family Donick Cary and Kim Huffman of Rossmore Ave. enjoy a mulberry tree that the previous homeowner planted to the summertime delight of silkworms and local children.

The Carys make lots of berry crumbles and granita, but when the tree is in peak harvest season, they host a juicy backyard harvest that leaves friends pickin’ and grinnin’.

“The mulberry tree blesses us prodigiously only once a year, so we have mulberry pickin’ parties, where the kids wear bathing suits and look like little vampires with berry juice dripping off their chins,” said Kim. “It looks more like Halloween than summer break,” said Donick. “Everyone goes home happy with fruit and stains.”

For the adults On Plymouth Blvd., Erin Berenson’s 3-in-1 fruit tree

ly or for a Community Harvest where they’ll organize volunteers to pick it California for you.

Greenin' Not as backby breaking as a Renee Millet gleaning Ridgeley and far more enjoyable, Food Forward’s philosophy of fruitanthropy connects volunteers who pick

TOO MUCH FRUIT? Call Food Forward’s Glean Team.

(or get creative with another spirit), seal and allow to sit two to four weeks. Serve or strain and store for a longer shelf-life.

For community-minded Got fruit?The Natural Resources Defense Council estimates that up to 52 percent of nature’s candy goes to waste

instead of being consumed.

Fight hunger by donating fresh fruit from your tree.

Food Forward is a volunteer organization that harvests fruits and vegetables for delivery to food pantries serving those in need.

Register your tree for a DIY harvest with friends and fami-

trees and recover food from one of 11 L.A. Farmers Markets. Volunteer for Food Forward’s Glean Team at volunteer@ foodforward. org. If you’ve got an abundance of fresh fruit, make it an event by sharing.

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has a citrus rootstock that was grafted with grapefruit, lemon, lime and orange branches.

The “cocktail tree” and vegetable garden provide botanicals to infuse spirits for a mixologist’s dream.

Last year, Erin’s tree runneth over with kumquats so she made infused vodka. With a splash of tangerine juice, the cocktail was a hit so she decided to go bolder this year.

“I planted a salsa garden with tomatoes, cilantro, onions and peppers. I was warned that I wouldn’t be able to keep up with all the tomatoes but instead it was the peppers.”

Now, her homemade chili pepper vodka provides the base for a spicy and original Bloody Mary tasting.

Erin’s infusion technique is simple: Choose a clean, air-tight jar; loosely pack jar half to three-quarters full with roughly cut fruit, herbs or vegetables. Fill jar with vodka

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Museum Row

L.A.-inspired postcard art at CAFAM, rooftop concert at Petersen • Observe geometric shapes and colors in Stoney Lamar's wood works and build 3-D forms in "Shapes, Lines, & Color," a workshop Sun., Aug, 10, drop in between 1:30 to 3:30 p.m., $7 adults/$5 children/Members free.

• Monthly Yarn Bombing Graffiti Collective is Sat., Aug.

16 from 2 to 5 p.m. Free.

• Mixed Media Painting & Drawing Workshop with the artist Shrine is Sun., Aug. 17 from 2 to 5 p.m. $10/members free. rsvp@cafam.org.

Exhibits: • "A Sense of Balance: The Sculpture of Stoney Lamar;" •"Dario Escobar: Broken Cir-

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CRAFT AND FOLK ART MUSEUM—Make "ArtCards" inspired by L.A. with British media artist Oliver Shipley Thurs., Aug. 7, 7 to 9 p.m. RSVP cafamaugust2014. eventbrite.com. Mail your finished card to LA-Artist.com for publication. $8/free for members.

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cle" repurposed sports equipment sculpture, and • "Empire of Love Shack."

Lobby installation from found objects by artist Shrine.

Exhibits end Aug. 24.

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LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART—MUSE 'Til Midnight Feat features music and art. Tycho spins music and the Silver Lake Chorus performs Sat., Aug. 2 at 8 p.m. to midnight.

• "Treasures from Korea: Arts and Culture of the Joseon Dynasty, 1392-1910," ends Sept. 28.

• "Kimono for a Modern Age" abstract designs and epic events, such as space exploration, were reflected in traditional dress. Ends Oct. 19.

• "Zuan: Japanese Design Books" ends Oct. 12.

• "Expressionism in Germany and France: From Van Gogh to Kandinsky." Ends Sept. 14.

• "Edward Biberman: Abbot Kinney and the Story of Venice" ends Nov. 16.

• "The Painted City: Art from Teotihuacan" includes 14 tripod vessels from the ancient city. Ends Jan. 4.

• "Miracle Mile," a work of 66 fluorescent tubes, incorporates Wilshire Blvd. and the outdoor installation "Palm Garden," by Robert Irwin.

Ends Sept. 7, 2015.

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PETERSEN AUTOMOTIVE MUSEUM—Summer concert series celebrating the museum's 20th anniversary is

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• "World's Greatest Sports Coupes" ends Oct. 18.

• "Mustangs Forever: 50 years of a Legend" ends Oct. 18.

• "Town Cars: Arriving in Style" includes Fred Astaire's 1927 Rolls Royce. Ends Feb. 2015.

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ZIMMER CHILDREN'S MUSEUM—Make silly hats, paint noses red and twist up balloon animals at "Let’s Clown Around!" Aug. 3 from 2 to 4 p.m.

Other Sunday events are: Nathalia Palis plays bilingual children's songs from rock to cumbia Aug. 10 at 3 p.m.

Paint and glitter will be on hand at the Open Art Studio Aug. 17, 2 to 4 p.m.

Free to Be Me Drum Circle is at 3 p.m. Aug. 24, and bring your imagination to StoryTheater Aug. 31 at 3 p.m.

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(Continued from page 8) PAGE MUSEUM AT THE LA BREA TAR PITS—Observation Pit is on new Excavator Tours, includes watching scientists looking for Ice Age fossils. Tours daily.

• Saber-toothed cat puppet and film projection bring the Ice Age to life Fridays 11 a.m., noon and 1 p.m. and Saturdays and Sundays at 11:30 a.m., 1:30 and 2:30 p.m.

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JAPAN FOUNDATION— Japanema: films screen the second and fourth Wednesday of every month at 7 p.m.

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KOREAN CULTURAL CENTER—"Spirit of Korea: Korean Traditional Paintings" exhibit opening reception is Fri., Aug. 22 at 7:30 p.m.

Ends. Sept. 5.

• "The Terror Live" 2013 film screens on Thurs., Aug. 28 at 7 p.m. Free.

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LOS ANGELES MUSEUM OF THE HOLO­ CAUST— Tours by survivors of the Holocaust daily, interactive displays featured.

Pan Pacific Park, 100 S. The Grove Dr., 323-6513704; lamoth.org. Always free.

Earlier times of pirating and smugglers, followed by its days as a scenic backdrop for Hollywood movies to modernday tourism are told in “Catalina A to Z, a Glossary Guide to California’s Island Jewel.”

The 160-page glossy paperback is a dictionary of events, people and historical facts of the West Coast’s popular nearby escape.

According to the book, contraband was Santa Catalina Island’s currency in the 19th and early 20th centuries, labor from China was smuggled here to the mainland, and bootleggers and narcotics traffickers also stopped at the island.

The Banning and later Wrigley families developed the 76-square mile island while Hollywood brought bison, yachts and celebrities: Charlie Chaplin, Marilyn Monroe among them. Infamously Natalie Wood drowned here.

Sport fishing started here and the first golf course west of the Mississippi River was built on the island.

The SS Catalina, the mainland connection for tourists, carried more people than any other ship in history, and aviation pioneer Glenn Martin made the world’s first over-

water flight to Catalina from Newport Bay. The island’s most prominent architectural landmark, the Catalina Island Casino. is still in operation today.

Sea lions also drew visitors and are among the island’s five land mammals. The Institute

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Landmark estate sells for $9.5 million The sale of the landmark home on Lorraine Blvd. home in Windsor Square for $9.5 million (listed for $10.6 mllion) marks one of the highest-priced transactions in the area.

The home was one of the first to be built in the neighborhood which was being promoted as “an ideal location for the permanent residence of the discriminating.”

The Beaux Arts style home was built in 1914 on property owned by Dr. Peter Janss and his son Edwin. The estate is a classic example of American Beaux Arts architecture.

At its time of conception, the estate received notoriety for its design by renowned architects J. Martyn Haenke,

William Dodd, and Julia Morgan of Hearst Castle fame.

The Janss Investment Co. is noted for several subdivisions and development of UCLA in Westwood.

Dr. Janss and his family only lived in the home three years, and sold it to William Russell.

The Russells lived there 20 years, selling it to an attorney, Walter Tuller.

Actor Lewis Stone, noted for his role as the judge in the “Andy Hardy” series, purchased the home in 1953. Following Stone’s death in 1961, Norman Chandler, publisher of the “Los Angeles Times,” and his wife Dorothy bought the house.

Dorothy Chandler is best known for her fundraising ef-

forts to finance a performing arts center in downtown Los Angeles. The result was The Music Center which includes the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Ahmanson Theatre and Mark Taper Forum.

In 1964, Times Magazine praised Chandler for her fundraising as “perhaps the most impressive display of virtuoso money-raising and civic citizenship in the history of U.S. womanhood."

The estate, with a lavishly appointed music room and almost one-acre of grounds, was often the venue for her philanthropic passion which lead to it being registered as a Historic Cultural Monument.

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Statue of Jewish-American patriot to receive new marker The Hancock Park-based chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution is working to further the legacy of Haym Salomon, a Jewish hero of the American Revolution.

Stephanie Boyd, a member of the LA-Eschscholtzia Chapter, was a delegate at DAR’s 123rd annual Continental Congress recently in Washington, D.C. While there she submitted a proposal to the U.S. Historian General’s Office for a new marker to be dedicated at a statue of Salomon at Pan Pacific Park.

Already approved by the city of L.A., the new marker— made of Israel limestone and bronze—has a longer narrative on the war hero than the existing plaque on his statue, said Boyd.

“It’s been a labor of love...

People think there were no Jewish people at the American Revolution, so it’s good to be reminded,” Boyd added.

Originating in the 1940s, the statue had been moved from McArthur and other parks before settling in Pan Pacific Park in 1984.

Legend has it George Washington, out of funds, food and supplies for his troops, called out “Send for Haym Salomon.”

A banker and broker, Salomon

HAYM SALOMON helped George Washington finance the war.

responded by raising the necessary funds enabling Washington to carry on with the Yorktown campaign, winning the final battle of the Revolution.

Salomon provided supplies and financial assistance while traveling with the troops, and became a broker for the new country’s office of finance.

The marker is expected to be dedicated this year as part of the Hancock Park chapter’s 120-year anniversary.

Councilman Tom LaBonge and the Miracle Mile Civic Coalition are among supporters.

So too are the Jewish War Veterans, the Pan Pacific Advisory Board and the L.A. Museum of the Holocaust.

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Tour the teahouse Take a peek inside the Japanese Garden’s ceremonial teahouse and learn the traditions behind its use on Monday, Aug. 11 from 12:30 to 4 p.m. Informal tours are offered at hourly intervals on the second Monday of every month.

Go behind the scenes with Dylan Hannon, curator of tropical collections, for a botanical nursery tour on Sun., Aug. 24 from 1:30 to 3 p.m.

For the family Celebrate the two-year anniversary of the Curiosity Rover’s landing on Mars by spending an evening exploring the universe by telescope with a little help from the Old Town Sidewalk Astronomers on Wed., Aug. 6 from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.

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We have these useful and fun fruit and vegetable savers.

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Learn how to build the design course taught by land Award-winning horticultur- bones of a garden on Sat., Aug. scape architect Joshua Link is ist Lili Singer will teach the 9 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. The on Saturdays Aug. 16, Aug. 30 basics on gardening with Cali- hardscape workshop surveys and Sept. 13 from 8:30 a.m. fornia flora at a class on Sat., standard and alternative build- to 12:30 p.m. The course ofAug. 2 from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 ing techniques and materials fers home gardeners a sound p.m. for walls, walks, fences and foundation in design styles Singer will explain how to seats, and shows innovative and process, the importance remove your lawn and offer examples of hardscape. Art- of sustainability and how to model a garden after patterns in nature.

Another three-part native garden design course, taught remodeling designer by artist and landscape designer Andreas Hessing, is on Saturdays Aug. 23, Sept. 13 and Sept. 27 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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Develop your drawing and observation skills in a two-session class on Saturdays, Aug. 30 and Sept. 6 from 1 to 3:30 p.m.

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View cacti, hear plant tips, Pasadena Pops Music at twilight, tours and a cactus show are featured this month at the L.A. County Arboretum & Botanic Gardens at 301 N. Baldwin Ave., Arcadia.

Children ages three to eight and their families will meet at the main entrance for Bookworms, a storytelling program.

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Stay on top of the world of botany and horticulture when Arboretum botanist Frank McDonough covers various landscaping and gardening topics on Sat., Aug. 9 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Learn to make paved areas for walking and relaxing in your garden by using recycled materials such as broken concrete, local stones, old bricks and stepping stones at a workshop on Sat., Aug. 16 from 11 a.m. to noon.

Laramee Haynes, owner of Haynes Landscape Design, will bring material examples, photos of projects and a handout to help guide you on projects you can do yourself with a little muscle, a little planning and a little creativity.

Staff experts will lead Saturday walking tours and provide information on topics ranging from trees to rare books.

James Herich, curator of living collections, will lead a walk through the Plumeria Collection on Sat., Aug. 23; botanist Frank McDonough will head up a stroll around the lagoon on Aug. 30.

Music of Hollywood The who’s who of Hollywood is coming out to play with Michael Feinstein and the Pasadena POPS on Sat., Aug. 16 from 5:30 to 10 p.m.

Special appearances by vocalists Maureen McGovern, Debby Boone and Kevin Early are featured; Oscar-winning songs will be performed by Hollywood composers.

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Exiled witch gets her revenge by casting evil spells on Fridays 13) every Friday in order to cast evil spells upon mankind.

If a particular Friday also happened to be the 13th day of the month, it was double trouble.

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The only way to escape the malevolent machinations of Frigga and the original TGIFers was to stay in bed until the disastrous day was done. *** How come “mug” is a slang term for face? ponders Melanie Thomassan.

During the early Middle Ages drinking flagons or mugs were sculpted with funny or grotesque faces as a novelty.

(I’m sure you’ve seen them in antique shops.) The compilation of the term was easy and lasting. *** Why was a woman of the Middle Ages called a “damsel?” queries Joan Fagerholm.

A damsel was actually a maiden or young woman who was usually a maidservant or attendant. The word is from the Old French damoisele, which is the feminine of damoisel, a squire or knight’s attendant. *** It is said in contemporary accounts that both Caesar and Alexander the Great had the “falling sickness.” What is it? asks Dan Johnson.

Cassius: No, Caesar hath it not: but you, and I and honest Casca, we have the fallingsickness.

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