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The Case Study House Program: Then and Now Guest Speaker: Barbara Goldstein The Case Study House program, created by John Entenza, editor and publisher of Arts & Architecture magazine, was an experiment that came at the right time in the right place. The materials shortages of World War II were ending, the GI Bill helped veterans purchase new homes, and the population of California was growing. The program promoted the American Dream of home ownership while offering a vision of modern architecture and living. The houses were advertised broadly, and thousands of people flocked to visit them, admiring both their design and the contemporary furniture and modern appliances they featured. In this lecture, Barbara Goldstein, publisher and editor from 1980 to 1985, of the briefly revived Arts + Architecture, will discuss the program, her friendship with Esther McCoy who wrote extensively about the houses, and the relevance of the Case Study houses today. Enjoy a fascinating lecture, delicious brunch, live music, and unmatched ocean views! Access to MCASD's galleries also included with ticket purchase. Barbara Goldstein is an independent public art consultant and architecture critic focusing on urban design and placemaking. She was the editor of the anthology Arts and Architecture: The Entenza Years, which features a collection of Entenza's articles written during his storied tenure at the magazine. Ms. Goldstein was the Public Art Director for the City of San Jose Office of Cultural Affairs; directed the public art programs in Seattle and Los Angeles; and was editor of Public Art by the Book. She has lectured and participated in workshops on public art in the United States, Japan, China, Taiwan, Korea, Canada, the Netherlands and Abu Dhabi. She is past Chair of the Public Art Network for Americans for the Arts, and has served on the boards for ArtSpace Projects; Friends of the Schindler House; Forecast Public Art; and ZEROI: The Art and Technology Network, where she served as Chair from 2015-2020. Tickets are $75 for LJHS Members, $85 for Non-Members

From the La Jolla Music Society: The Conrad comes to life for this family-friendly community event! You're invited to join in a fun day of free classes, activities, and performances featuring some of San Diego's best musicians, dancers, and artists. Related links: La Jolla Music Society website La Jolla Music Society on Instagram La Jolla Music Society on Facebook

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From the gallery: Distinction is pleased to announce our upcoming exhibition by fan favorite Denise Bledsoe with her solo show "Disorder". The opening reception with the artist, live music by Eric Brinker, open studios, and drinks for sale by Last Spot by Hidden Hive will be held on Saturday, Nov. 12 from 6-10 p.m. In the artist's words: "I've been involved in art with one media or another from an early age. Although I spent many hours sketching, drawing with pen and ink, and painting with acrylics and oils, my first love has always been sculpting and mixed media. I currently use both ceramic and oil based clays. It is the three-dimensional and textural qualities achievable through sculpture that satisfies me creatively. I feel that being able to experience a piece by holding it in one's hand is most fulfilling. In the case of my figurative pieces, it becomes an interaction...with 'eye contact.'" "No heavy message or serious statement is intended in most of my figures. They are as simple as their little faces depict. My hope is that they will spark an emotion in the viewer...one of happiness, an understanding, a reminder of someone they know or even just a smile. Any kind of reaction, good or otherwise is my goal." "My work can be found in galleries both internationally and across the US and has been shown in art publications and was the cover feature for the arts and entertainment magazine Pasatiempo. It is also in the private collections of several notable celebrities." The exhibition will run from Nov. 12 - Dec. 3, 2022. Visiting information Follow Distinction Gallery on social media: Facebook + Instagram

From the KPBS weekend arts preview: The Nunavut Inuit indigenous community in Canada follows at least six seasons on their calendar, based on hunting and migration cues. This calendar informed a new work from composer and UC San Diego professor of music Lei Liang, based on a long collaboration with Scripps Institute of Oceanography scientists — specifically recordings made from the floor of the remote Chukchi Sea by oceanographers. In a live performance, Liang weaves new music with those sounds from the ocean, including water noises, the movement of ice and the sounds of belugas and other ocean creatures. The composition's title might suggest Vivaldi, but Liang's piece explores the transitions and journeys found in the sea, inspired by each Inuit season. The piece is for electronics (the recordings) and strings (primarily in response to the recordings), commissioned by Mivos Quartet, and they'll perform the work in a unique and immersive concert presented by ArtPower UCSD. Details: 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 15, 2022. Conrad Prebys Music Center, 9500 Gilman Dr., UC San Diego. $9-$30. —Julia Dixon Evans, KPBS From ArtPower: UC San Diego Chancellor’s Distinguished Professor, composer Lei Liang has been collaborating with Scripps oceanographers John Hildebrand and Joshua Jones in exploring the sound of the Chukchi Sea in the Arctic—one of the most inaccessible places to humans on earth. The resulting composition, Six Seasons, combines the sound of the ambient environment (ice, waves, wind), its inhabitants (beluga whales, bowhead whales, bearded seals)—captured by hydrophones deployed at the sea floor—and creative response from one of the world’s leading contemporary music string quartets, Mivos Quartet. Related links: Event information from ArtPower Mivos Quartet on Instagram

Join us, Wednesday September 21 at 8 p.m., at the historic La Jolla Comedy Store for an evening of laughs to benefit the Oceanside Cultural Arts Foundation. American Me Comedy and Stefani N. Von Huben are bringing together a very funny line-up of comics including the charismatic, musical headliner Henry Sir: a former All Canadian university basketball player gone musician, innovative writer and witty comedian. Henry has performed in many of America’s best clubs (too many to name)! Joining Henry's musical comedy will be a hilarious lineup including: host Jason Rogers, Ali Malik, Jim Pine, Char, and J-Stir! It's going to be a hilarious night of #comedy connecting community through cultural arts! WHEN| Wednesday, September 3, 2022 at 8 p.m. WHERE| The Comedy Store — La Jolla ADMISSION| Tickets may be purchased here! - Tickets are $20 and there is a 2 drink minimum per person. - 21+ with VALID ID, if you have a foreign ID, you also need a passport! Proceeds from tickets sales will be donated to the Oceanside Cultural Arts Foundation, a local project-oriented non-profit 501c3 that supports, promotes, and encourages the Arts in the community. Through their works, they serve to foster an environment where creativity transforms the community and inspires our future generations. The Oceanside Cultural Arts Foundation creates quality events such as art festivals, music concerts, film festivals, literary writing competitions and provides scholarships to graduating high school seniors throughout San Diego pursuing artistic and performing arts degrees. Through these endeavors the Oceanside Cultural Arts Foundation ensures the opportunity to celebrate art both throughout the community as well as in schools furthering education and promoting all areas of art and beyond!

Brought together to showcase their explorations in portraiture and reflective consciousness, the Hyde Art Gallery’s second exhibition of the Fall 2022 semester, The Living Hand, presents the works of two San Diego artists in conversation. Vicki Walsh’s paintings and Gail Schneider’s sculptures establish a repertoire of provocative, sensuously surfaced forms and character narratives to investigate the human body as visual language and to explore the mysticism surrounding identity. Modeled and rendered through a historical lens of antiquity and classical treatment of media, both artists are drawing upon fundamentalist ideals of portraiture, spanning global traditions, to address important structures of modern society utilizing surrealist, often enigmatic figures. "The Living Hand" will be on view at the Hyde Art Gallery from October 10 until November 10, 2022 at Grossmont College’s Hyde Art Gallery and an artist reception will be hosted by the gallery on October 18th from 5 - 7pm. The gallery’s daily walk-in hours are Monday through Thursday from 10:00am to 4:00pm and closed Friday through Sunday and legal holidays. Student and visitor parking for the Fall 2022 semester is complimentary. Please only use the unmarked white, student parking stalls. Follow on social media! Facebook + Twitter

Experience the romance. nostalgia, optimism and melancholy of love songs from the Gregory Page Songbook delivered with the warm timbre of his unique voice and masterful finger style guitar artistry. Winner of the 2021 San Diego Music Award for Best Album of the Year, Gregory will share original music from his prolific and always expanding discography with our listening audience. London born, Southern California based Gregory Page is an eclectic, prolific, genre-bending performing songwriter, balladeer, recording artist, film maker, art activist, music producer & published poet. With an extensive discography, Gregory Page has toured the world many times over from Australia to Europe and Asia having performed in a wide range of iconic venues such as London’s 02 Arena, headlining the main hall at the Paradiso in Amsterdam and international music festivals such as Woodford & Manly. A third-generation musician, he grew up surrounded by family members who performed and recorded traditional Irish music. His parents were musicians who met while touring with their respective bands, “The Beat Chics” & “The Martians.” With endearing stage presence, evocative lyrics, stunning guitar work and warm voice, Gregory Page seamlessly draws from imagination and experience transcending traditions of folk, Celtic, American Roots, Jazz, ragtime, blues, swing and French Romanticism into his own signature idiom critics are heralding as “ Americeltic”. Related links: Visit: https://coronado.librarycalendar.com/event/vintage-valentines-concert-gregory-page Gregory Page on Instagram

Hundreds of women aged 40 and older gathered in Chicago recently to jump rope and play other games from their youth. It was the 3rd national playdate held by the Double Dutch Club.