Monthly Archives: September 2011
Oct. 7 at the Huntington: Rebecca Overmyer-Velazquez on Race, Ethnicity and Class in the San Gabriel Valley
The first meeting of the LA History & Metro Studies Group will take place on Friday, October 7, 2011 at 12 noon, at the Huntington Library. The presenter will be Rebecca Overmyer-Velazquez, Associate Professor of Sociology at Whittier College, who … Continue reading
Table of Contents for Fall 2011 Issue of Southern California Quarterly
The Table of Contents for the Fall 2011 issue of Southern California Quarterly, the journal of the Historical Society of Southern California is the following: ARTICLES Southern California Quarterly: Past and Present By Patricia Adler-Ingram, Executive Director Two Party Invitations: … Continue reading
Sat., Oct. 1: Boyle Heights History Night at Libros Schmibros in Boyle Heights
Boyle Heights’ lending library/book shop Libros Schmibros will host a conversation with author/historian George Sanchez about the history of the neighborhood, co-hosted by the Boyle Heights Historical Society, and featuring a celebration of the new book Barrio Doctor by Pauline … Continue reading
Thu., Sept. 29: Thomas Pynchon’s L.A. Trilogy at Libros Schmibros in Boyle Heights
Boyle Heights’ lending library/book shop Libros Schmibros will host a conversation with House of Leaves and Only Revolutions author Mark Z. Danielewski about Thomas Pynchon’s three L.A. novels (not counting Gravity’s Rainbow, which concludes in Southern California, where it was … Continue reading
Calif. Supreme Court Historical Society Symposium Oct. 5 in Los Angeles: “Direct Democracy, the Cause of California’s Problems or the Solution?”
The California Supreme Court Historical Society has announced its 2011 symposium, “Direct Democracy, the Cause of California’s Problems or the Solution?” to be held in downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday evening, October 5, 2011. The symposium will focus on the … Continue reading
New exhibit at Calif. Historical Society: Oyster Farm, featuring the documentary photography of artist Evvy Eisen, opening Oct. 27
From October 27, 2011 to January 19, 2012, the California Historical Society will host the exhibit Oyster Farm, featuring the documentary photography of artist Evvy Eisen. Evvy Eisen’s photographs will be accompanied by pieces of ephemera and other materials from … Continue reading
Autry to host symposium Oct. 9: “Becoming Mexican American and Beyond”
On October 9th, the Autry National Center, in anticipation of its upcoming exhibition, Art Along the Hyphen: The Mexican American Generation, will host a one day symposium: “Becoming Mexican American and Beyond.” The conference will consider the impact of George … Continue reading
Laura Cunningham to speak at UCLA Oct. 27 on “A State of Change: California’s Forgotten Landscapes”
Author and artist Laura Cunningham will give a talk Oct. 27 at UCLA about what California looked like long ago, based on her 2010 Heydey Press book, A State of Change: Forgotten Landscapes of California. From the event announcement: With … Continue reading
Next California Studies Dinner Oct. 19: Frank Gruber speaking about Convulsive Urbanism in 1950s Santa Monica
The next California Studies dinner will take place Oct. 19, 2011 in Berkeley; the speaker will be Frank Gruber, columnist for the Santa Monica Lookout News; the title of his talk is “The Destruction of the Belmar Triangle: A case of … Continue reading
Red in black and white: The New Left printing renaissance of the 1960s – and beyond
In conjunction with the PEACE PRESS GRAPHICS 1967-1987: Art in the Pursuit of Social Change show at the University Art Museum at CSU-Long Beach, archivist of graphics and author (and current chair of the CSA Steering Committee) Lincoln Cushing has … Continue reading
Thu., Sept. 15: Lower Left Blue: L.A. Cartography at Libros Schmibros at the Hammer
Libros Schmibros at the Hammer will host a conversation about L.A. maps with author/LA Public Library librarian Glen Creason (Maps of Los Angeles) and artist J. Michael Walker (All the Saints in the City of Angels), whose painted map of … Continue reading
Thu., Sept. 8: Ruben Martinez and . . . Rueben Martinez at Libros Schmibros in Boyle Heights
Boyle Heights’ lending library/book shop Libros Schmibros will host “Will the Real Ruben Martinez Please Stand Up?,” a conversation between namesakes, featuring author/scholar/broadcaster Ruben Martinez (The Other Side/El otro lado) and the Boyle Heights-bred, Santa Ana-based MacArthur award-winning bookseller Rueben … Continue reading
Table of Contents for Summer 2011 Issue of Southern California Quarterly
The Table of Contents for the Summer 2011 issue of Southern California Quarterly, the journal of the Historical Society of Southern California is the following: ARTICLES LOCATING ABSENCE: THE FORGOTTEN PRESENCE OF MONJERIOS IN ALTA CALIFORNIA MISSIONS, by Chelsea K. … Continue reading
Table of Contents for Spring 2011 Issue of Southern California Quarterly
The Table of Contents for the Spring 2011 issues of Southern California Quarterly, the journal of the Historical Society of Southern California is the following: ARTICLES JOHN WORK, J. J. WARNER, AND THE NATIVE AMERICAN CATASTROPHE OF 1833, By Peter … Continue reading
Calif. Council for the Humanities sponsors touring exhibition based on “Wherever There’s a Fight”
The California Council for the Humanities (CCH) is touring a lively, easy-to-use exhibit based on the book Wherever There’s a Fight: How Runaway Slaves, Suffragists, Immigrants, Strikers, and Poets Shaped Civil Liberties in California, co-authored by (CSA Steering Committee member) … Continue reading
San Gabriel Mission’s History Forum: Saturday, October 1, 2011
The CSA Blog has received the following announcement for this year’s History Forum at the San Gabriel Mission: San Gabriel Mission and Jonathan Heritage Foundation Invite You To San Gabriel Mission’s History Forum Saturday, October 1, 2011 10 a.m. to … Continue reading
Elaine Elinson reviews Angel Island: Immigrant Gateway to America, by Erika Lee and Judy Yung
Blog editor’s note: Elaine Elinson has forwarded the CSA blog the following review of a new book about immigration through Angel Island in the San Francisco Bay. The blog is open to submissions of reviews of other relevant books. … Continue reading
Sat., Sept. 3: Jerome Vered’s Crosstown L.A. History Trivia Night at Libros Schmibros and Libros Schmibros at the Hammer
As part of the six-week “residency” of Boyle Heights’ lending library/book shop Libros Schmibros at the Hammer Museum in Westwood, and to mark the occasion of the new reissue of Los Angeles in the 1930s: The WPA Guide to Los … Continue reading
