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FRIDAY JULY 18
Third Season of Cultural Encounters
Friday Nights at the de Young presents
THE ROYAL
SOCIETY JAZZ ORCHESTRA
and
CYNTHIA GLINKA
In Wilsey Court
Cynthia Glinka
6:00 - 6:30 pm
Cynthia Glinka dance coach and choreographer, instructs, entertains,
and inspires during this event. With her dance tips and tricks, you
won't miss a beat! Join us on the dance floor.
Royal Society Jazz Orchestra
www.rsjo.com
6:30 - 8:30 pm
Don Neely and the 10-piece orchestra, with vocalist Carla Normand,
are renowned for authentically capturing the exciting sound of big-band
swing, hot syncopated jazz, blues, and music of the Cotton Club. Songs
include the compositions of George Gershwin, Fats Waller, Irving Berlin,
Hoagy Carmichael, Cole Porter, Walter Donaldson, Harold Arlen, Johnny
Mercer and many others from Tin Pan Alley, Broadway, vaudeville, and
the silver screen.
6:00 - 8:30 pm
Art-making for the Entire Family
Join in colored-pencil craziness inspired by the art of Dale Chihuly.
On Friday nights the entire museum is open until 8:45 p.m.
Friday Nights at the de Young
offers a variety of interdisciplinary arts programs,
including live music, poetry, films, dance, tours, and lectures.
The café is open with a special Friday Nights dinner menus.
No-host cocktail bar is serving drinks.
There are art-making activities available for everyone.
Programs are free, except where indicated.
Admission is always free to members;
Regular admission fees apply for non-members to visit the galleries:
$10/adults, $7/seniors, $6/yours (13-17) and college students with
ID,
free for children 12 and under.
A $5 surcharge applies for non-members to visit the exhibition Chihuly
at the de Young.
For more information go online to www.deyoungmuseum.org
415-750-7694 or e-mail nexcach@famsf.org
Sunday,
September 14 is the Gatsby Summer Afternoon. Visit
our Gatsby Pages
Chicago
and 20th Century Design
Presented
by the 20th Century Society of the Carolina Mountains. They invite
you to join them for another art, architecture, and design tour as
they explore one of America's greatest cities: CHICAGO! Their award
winning trip to Cleveland in 2006 received rave reviews and they are
planning an equally exciting tour of the city.
TCSCM
tours are characterized by their manageable size and access to venues
not typically open to the public. The ambitious itinerary will include
the Prairie School, Arts & Crafts, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, and
Mid-Century.
http://www.tcscm.org/chicago/
Dates set for 2009
Yosemite Heritage Holidays
at The Ahwahnee Plan for next year! There will be TWO
sessions of Heritage Holidays in 2009: March 1-3, and March 4-5. Look
for flyers at this year’s event, and remember – the earlier
you order, the less expensive the price – AND the more likely
you’ll get in! The 2007 event sold out in November, so don't
hesitate.
For
more event information, see the official Yosemite site: www.yosemitepark.com/heritage
(The latest Program Schedule is on the Yosemite site.).
The
Fresno Bee was at the Ahwahnee for the Grand Ball on March 4. Full
story (three pages with pix!) on their website:
http://www.fresnobee.com/entertainment/story/449184.html
