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Lifeguard station construction got in the way of La Jolla’s annual Roughwater Swim last year, resulting in the event’s first cancellation since 1959. But the storied swim has an 83-year history, and this year, La Jolla Parks and Beaches, Inc., has approved an equally iconic site for the event -- Scripps Park. Our coverage is on page 11.
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Ralph Lauren hat show: Can Opening Day be far behind? Foundation, which raises funds for education and awareness on Parkinson’s disease. Carol Case is the local San Diego representative. Stay tuned for more information about the evening. Meanwhile, visit this store.
Fashion Files
Diana Cavagnaro
The Ralph Lauren Store presented a hat trunk show featuring designer and milliner Diana Cavagnaro (i.e., me) on June 28, as it's getting close to that time again, when everyone starts gearing up for the biggest fashion event of the year – Opening Day at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club (i.e., Thursday, July 16). Guests met and greeted the designer and viewed Ralph Lauren’s spring 2015 collection while sipping on mimosas. The millinery collection featured top hats and large, wide-brimmed Gainsborough chapeaus. If picture hats were not your style, you took up with small fascinators made famous by Kate Middleton. The hats came in all sizes, and there was something for everyone. The Ralph Lauren Store is transitioning to a luxury store. What you see on the runway, you will see here
UPCOMING EVENTS
Kate Middleton sports one of the smaller hats whose style she made famous.
Local milliner Diana Cavagnaro (left) and Ralph Lauren La Jolla women's department manager Gina Smith stand alongside a rack of oh-so-chic designer hats. PHOTO BY DIANA CAVAGNARO
in the La Jolla facility, at 7830 Girard Ave. The men’s collection in the store will be called Purple Label. A new polo store will be opening in Fashion Valley, with August the target date. One of its new sections is fine jewelry and timepieces. Another new focus is accessories with handbags, footwear and belts. In the past, Ralph Lauren held
Throwback Thursdays in the store, wherein the venue encouraged customers to bring in or wear old Ralph Lauren designs and learn how to update the look. To accommodate the customers, Ralph Lauren began selling a collection of vintage and antique jewelry ranging from late 1800s designs to those of the present. There is a fabulous collection of
Zuni turquoise from the '20s to contemporary. Many of the jewelry pieces are a mix of vintage and contemporary for a whole new look. This incredible assortment is constantly changing. White glove customer service is provided for clients. The sales professionals provide private appointments in store or in home. This store works closely with personal assistants and stylists and provides an in-house tailor. The next in-store event is planned for Aug. 27. Fifteen percent of the proceeds from in-store shopping will be donated to the Michael J. Fox
Taymor's 'Midsummer' is a stunningly wonderful surprise By CHARLENE BALDRIDGE ‘A most rare vision’ A friend dragged me to the cinema to see Julie Taymor’s production of Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” presented by Fathom Events. I protested much and very nearly did not go along, for I have seen my share of “Midsummers.” After 2.5 hours of intermission-less magic, I was utterly awestruck and immediately wanted to know how I can see it again or purchase it. I will see it in my dreams forever. Apparently, the Fathom screening was a one-shot deal. Very few attended the Mission Valley 20 showing of the Theatre for a New Audience production, which was the inaugural entry at Brooklyn's Polonsky Shakespeare Center,Theatre for a New Audience's first permanent home. According to a New Audience spokesperson, filming took place over four live performances with four cameras at each performance and several additional days of pick-up shots. Amazing and splendid. Methinks I had a wondrous dream. Taymor’s production of Carlo Gozzi’s “The Green Bird,” also produced by Theatre for a New Audience, toured at La Jolla Playhouse in 1996. Later noted for “The Lion King” and the film “Titus,” Taymor was the original director of the ill-fated, lawsuit-ridden “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark.” This goes to show even that could not stymie her genius. According to the online IndieWire, Taymor’s “Midsummer” will show up in art houses later this summer. Watch for it.
Mozart was a true prodigy – and judging from the look on his face, he knew it. COURTESY PHOTO
Mainly Mozart and ‘The Prodigy Year’ The 2015 Mainly Mozart Festival, a monthlong series of chamber music concerts that introduced new maestro/Music Director Michael Francis, concluded June 20 with his announcement of Mainly Mozart’s 2015 Mozart & the Mind program, which takes place Sept. 25-27 in La Jolla. Titled “This Is Your Brain on Music,” this year’s innovative program (neuroscientist/educator Tim Mullen is creative director) spreads out to include three days of concerts, lectures and family outdoor (free) activities. The locales are the Auditorium at The Scripps Research Institute and vari-
ous locations on the campus of UCSD, including Atkinson Hall and Calit2. The prodigies include two 12-year-old boys, Gavin George and Ray Ushikubo, and grown-up prodigy Anton Nel, whose career began when he was 12. Mozart & the Mind explores the nature of genius, its connections to brain function, environment and nurturing and its possible connection to autism, through lectures by authors, experts and scientists, concerts by prodigies, youthful and matured, and the unique cultural influences of gamelan and youth orchestra playing. Says Mullen, “Mozart and the Mind offers us a fascinating opportunity to scientifically explore the concept of ‘prodigy’ as we delve into the life of the greatest prodigy of all: Mozart.” Mozart & the Mind, in its third year, is sponsored by ViaSat, Inc. and is presented by Mainly Mozart on the campus of UCSD in collaboration with The Arthur C. Clarke Center for Human Imagination. If that won’t blow your mind, I don’t know what will. For additional information, tickets and a brochure, phone (619) 239-0100, ext. 2. Other Music in the Air Opening: “Kiss Me, Kate,” July 1-Aug. 2, Old Globe Theatre “The Music Man,” Moonlight Stage Productions, July 15-Aug. 1 Just opened: “West Side Story” Lamb’s Players Theatre, Coronado, through Aug. 2
FRIDAY JULY 10: LA JOLLA HAT SHOW with designer Anna Valeria and a live performance by Adam Saaks, The Shredder. The event is at Madison Gallery/Modern & Contemporary Fine Art, located at 1020 Prospect St., from 7 to 11 p.m. For tickets: lajollahatshow.com. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, JULY 24 AND 25: LA JOLLA INTERNATIONAL FASHION FILM FESTIVAL at the Museum of Contemporary Art La Jolla, located at 700 Prospect St., from 1 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. For tickets to this Cannes of the fashion film world, visit ljifff.ticketleap.com/2015/.
— Diana Cavagnaro is an internationally renowned couture milliner based in the Gaslamp Quarter. Learn more about this hat designer, teacher and blogger at DianaCavagnaro.com.
La Jolla children's charity donates $175,000 from annual luncheon A La Jolla children's charity dedicated to the prevention of child abuse has donated $175,000 to 11 like-minded San Diego organizations following its June 9 Membership & Grants Luncheon at La Jolla Beach & Tennis Club. St. Germaine Children's Charity, a nonprofit organization that sponsors social service agencies responsible for the care of abused children from birth to age 18, donated to Home Start, Inc., to support operating/programming costs for the Maternity Shelter Program and the new social enterprise thrift boutique, and Promises2Kids, to support services at San Diego's Polinsky Children’s Center for foster youth, ages infant through 18. Among the nine other recipients were San Diego Center for Children, whose funding will help teen clients and their families prepare for the transition to adulthood, and San Diego Rescue Mission, to provide childcare for infants and preschoolers who accompany their mothers at the emergency overnight shelter. Since its founding in 1984, St. Germaine has awarded more than $3.5 million in cash and an estimated $1.7 million in in-kind donations to the San Diego community. Its 300 members have also volunteered their time. The organization’s administrative costs are paid through membership dues. In 2010, more than 6,700 cases (8.3 per 1,000 children) of child abuse or neglect were substantiated in San Diego County. Approximately 5,000 county children live in foster care each year. For information about St. Germaine Children’s Charity, visit stgermainechildrenscharity.org.