2017 Events
JANUARY
January 13: Cocktails in Historic Places® at Highland Park Bowl. The re-furbished Bowling Alley originally opened in 1927 during prohibition. https://www.highlandparkbowl.com/
January 29: ADSLA Annual Meeting at the Egyptian Theatre. Presentation on Preservation and adaptive re-use of the Streamline Moderne Earl Carroll Theater (1938) followed by screening of A NIGHT AT EARL CARROLL’S.
Gary and Steve Simon at the Nethercutt Collection. Photo: Brian Boskind.
Vintage Ice Cream Man C.K. Farnsworth scoops up ice cream sodas following a presentation on the history of soda fountains at the Egyptian Theatre. Photo: Margot Gerber
FEBRUARY
February 10: Cocktails in Historic Places® at The Culver Hotel. The building is on The National Register of Historic Places®® and was built in 1924. http://www.culverhotel.com/
February 12: Members only ADSLA & Hollywood Heritage Opera Outing to The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion for Mozart’s “Abduction from the Seraglio,” set in the 1920s.
February 18: Presentation/preview of World Congress on Art Deco in Cleveland, Ohio, by president of the 20th Century Society, Mick Beyer. At the Egyptian Theatre.
MARCH
March 7: Connoisseurship and Collecting: Auction preview at Heritage Auction House in Beverly Hills of private Art Deco collection coming up for auction for the first time. March 17-19 Through the Modernist Lens: A Distinctive Hollywood Collection of Art Deco and 20th Century Art auction.
March 12: L.A.’s Legendary Restaurants Booksigning and Lecture with Chef George Geary. https://www.georgegeary.com/blog/2016/11/16/las-legendary-restaurants-restaurant-highlight.html
March 14: “The Decades Dance,” a joint vintage event of the Ebell of Los Angeles and ADSLA. The Los Angeles Ebell Clubhouse and Theatre was built in 1927, designed by architect Sumner Hunt. The Ebell was founded by women, for women, in 1894 to promote women’s education. https://ebellofla.com/club/
March 31: Cocktails in Historic Places® at the 1922 Tam O’Shanter, Walt Disney’s favorite restaurant. https://www.lawrysonline.com/tam-o-shanter/
APRIL
April 15: Film Screening and Q&A with VINCE GIORDANO: THERE’S A FUTURE IN THE PAST documentary at the Lumiere Music Hall.
April 18: Miracle Mile Walking Tour
April 21: Cocktails in Historic Places® at Clifton’s Pacific Seas. https://theneverlands.com/cliftons-republic/
April 23: Jazz Age Dance Class (Avalon Ball Prep #1) http://www.walternelson.com/dr/dance-instruction
MAY
May 5 9: Vintage hairstyling workshop presented by Sandra D. https://www.glamourembalmer.com/
May 7: “How to Dress Deco” fashion workshop at Paper Moon Vintage presented by ADSLA board members Nicole Marsak and Marc Chevalier. http://pmvintage.com/
May 13: Jazz Age Dance Class (Avalon Ball Prep #2) http://www.walternelson.com/dr/dance-instruction
May 20: Avalon Ball at the Avalon Casino on Catalina Island.
May 21: Avalon Ball Weekend: Vintage bus tour around Catalina Island.
May 21: Avalon Ball Weekend: Resort Wear Rendezvous
May 19: Cocktails in Historic Places® at the Avalon Grille on Catalina Island
Chef George Geary signs his book on L.A.’s Legendary Restaurants after a lecture on the topic. Photos: Margot Gerber
JUNE
June 23: Cocktails in Historic Places® at The Sportsmen’s Lodge.
JULY
July 21: Cocktails in Historic Places® at El Cid, former 1920s novelty restaurant The Jail.
July 24: Illustrated presentation at the Egyptian Theatre; “Bold Design: Sonia Delaunay Art Deco Era Fashion Designer” and the film, A WOMAN OF PARIS.
July 29: ADSLA Members Only Outing to The Nethercutt Museum & Collection and lunch at the historic 94th Aero Squadron Restaurant at the Van Nuys Airport.
AUGUST
August 18: Cocktails in Historic Places® Verandah Grill at The Queen Mary as part of the Queen Mary Art Deco Festival.
August 26: Hollywood Art Deco Walking Tour
SEPTEMBER
September 17: Lecture Cary Farnsworth on “The History of the Soda Fountain” followed by an Ice Cream Social and Harold Lloyd film SPEEDY (1928).
September 23: THE LOST CITY OF CECIL B. DEMILLE documentary, with post-film discussion with the filmmakers. Plus, an exhibit of artifacts from the Nipomo Dunes dig site where THE TEN COMMANDMENTS sets were buried in 1923.
September 29: Cocktails in Historic Places® at the HMS Bounty
OCTOBER
October 8: 1920s Fashion Show at The Workman-Temple Homestead Museum’s “Ticket to the Twenties” event. https://www.homesteadmuseum.org/upcoming-events/festivals
October 10: Preview screening for ADSLA members of DR. MARSTEN AND THE WONDER WOMEN.
October 13: Cocktails in Historic Places® at Traxx at Union Station
October 21: Hollywood Forever Cemetery Tour https://hollywoodforever.com/
NOVEMBER
November 11: Cocktails in Historic Places® at Trader Sam’s Disneyland Hotel https://disneyland.disney.go.com/dining/disneyland-hotel/trader-sams/
November 18: Casino Moderne at American Legion Hollywood Post 43. A night of vintage gaming at the Art Deco, 1929 American Legion building. https://www.hollywoodpost43.org/
DECEMBER
December 1: Holiday Cocktails in Historic Places® at the Biltmore Hotel. https://www.millenniumhotels.com/en/los-angeles/millennium-biltmore-hotel-los-angeles/