Urban Gardener Seeds in the city
By Karen Contreras
Do you remember that Meryl Streep and Robert Redford movie “Out of Africa”? And Meryl starts the movie by telling the story of her farm? Then try to use Streep’s accent when you read this next line out loud. “I had a farm in Oregon.”.And when you say “Oregon,” try to pronounce it [...]
The haunted Whaley House Museum offers a frightfully fun schedule of ghostly attractions
Halloween doesn’t come around until Oct. 31, but the Whaley House Museum in Old Town — now operated by the Save Our Heritage Organisation — has schedule several days of spirited special events before that spooky day comes. With extended hours, period lighting and music, exclusive guided tours, a guided tour of Mt. Hope Cemetery, [...]
Duke and Duchess of Windsor Seminar to be held at Hotel Del
By Joe Ditler
She caused a King to abdicate his throne; she changed the course of history. She has been compared to femme fatales such as Delilah, Cleopatra and Mata Hari, but the true story of this Coronado socialite is more compelling than any fiction.
On Oct. 16-19, The Duke & Duchess of Windsor Society will hold its [...]
Craftsman Calendar of Events • October
FALL LECTURE SERIES
LA JOLLA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
OCT. 1 and 22
La Jolla Historical Society’s fall lecture series features two programs in October. Ted Bosley, director of the Gamble House in Pasadena, lectures on Oct. 1 on “Greene & Greene and the English Arts & Crafts in San Diego.” The lecture is at 6 p.m. in Wisteria Cottage. [...]
Stickley Road Show Comes to La Jolla’s Seaside Home
Legendary Arts & Crafts Furniture Company Continues American-Made Hand Craftsmanship Well into its Second Century
Stickley
Road Show
Featuring Mike Danial, L & J. G. Stickley Corporate Historian
Wednesday, Oct. 28
Wine and Cheese, 6 p.m.
Program, 7 p.m.
Seaside Home
7509 Girard Avenue,
La Jolla
Seating is limited;
reservations:
(858) 454-0866
By Kris Grant
The story of Stickley furniture begins with three words “Als Ik Kan,” an old [...]
Plein Air Painting
“All art-loving people love nature first.”
— Charles Sumner Greene, Arts and Crafts architect
Story by Ann Jarmusch
Plein air paintings have always been at home in Arts and Crafts bungalows, where domesticity and reverence for nature are as intertwined as a William Morris textile design. Whether of the same vintage as the bungalow where they hang or [...]
