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House next-door to the Frederick Albertson home sold again; The Spanish Colonial house just to the south of the landmark Albertson house on Hudson Avenue in Hancock Park reportedly changed hands in February or March for slightly less than $12 million.

The record price for the area remains the Melanie Griffith

and Antonio Banderas sale in 2015 of their three-lot property on Muirfield Road for a bit less than $16 million.

The Hudson home that just sold in an off-market transaction is reputed to have eight bedrooms and eight baths. It previously had been occupied

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garners near-record price for a residence in Hancock Park designer of the Scottish Rite Cathedral building on Wilshire Boulevard in Windsor Square.

Now being repurposed by the Paul and Maurice Marciano Art Foundation, the Scottish Rite building will become the “New Center for the Display,

Discourse, Research and Making of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles.”

Back west on Hudson Ave., Howard Ahmanson’s widow, Caroline Leonetti Ahmanson, sold the Albertson house in 1975. When the home was

awarded the Windsor SquareHancock Park Historical Society’s Historic Landmark Award No. 15 in 1982, the owners were Dr. and Mrs. George F. Thomas. The Albertson house remains very much a community landmark.

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RECEPTION HALL at the Albertson house.

Loan Association president Howard F. Ahmanson bought the house and moved in with his family. Ahmanson was a

noted art collector. He also was patron for the many Home Savings branches designed by artist Millard Sheets, also the

Jacob, 8, spends, gives, saves with The Piggy Box

By Suzan Filipek Esther Diaz was looking for an organized way for her eight-year-old entrepreneur son to save his hard-earned money.

Since he turned five, Jacob has rolled in trash, recycling and yard waste bins for two or three neighbors after the city’s weekly pick-up service on his S. Sierra Bonita Ave. block.

He charges $2 each trip to the curb and back.

He stuffed his profits in a piggy bank. But it was hard to get the paper money and coins in and out.

“Sometimes I had to use chopsticks,” said Jacob.

There must be a better way, thought his mom.

The health care professional designed The Piggy Box, a house-shaped box made in six styles, of recycled paper with three drawers labeled: Spend, Save and Give.

“We wanted him to learn he could do more than purchase the latest toy,” his mom explained.

The drawers help him achieve his goal—buy an iPAD—and give to school can drives and disaster relief programs.

The third grader sometimes gets assistance from his sister, Bella (6 ½). Both attend Cathedral Chapel School.

Their mom also got a little help from her tech-savvy brother-in-law to create The Piggy Box app.

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ENTREPRENEURS Jacob and his mom Esther Diaz.

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The app keeps a running total of Jacob's income and spending to help determine if he can afford an impulse buy.

All in all, the high-tech Piggy Box “makes it a lot easier,” than the old-school model, says Jacob.

The Piggy Box is available at thepiggybox.com and at Miracle Mile Toys, 5363 Wilshire Blvd. It retails for $39.99. The app is free.

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At home on my toes and in the dirt The garden writer and philosophy professor Allen Lacy didn’t believe in the conventional wisdom of the green thumb. He was certain that it was the “gardener’s eye” that induces otherwise normal people to pick up the trowel and not let go.

I agree. It’s like a conversion: one day a tree is a green generality and the next it’s a graceful, multi-trunked, white-blooming crepe myrtle, Lagerstroemia ‘Natchez’.

“Gardening is not a hobby,” writes Lacy, “and only nongardeners would describe it as such. There is nothing wrong with having hobbies, but most hobbies are intellectually limited, and make no reference to the larger world. By contrast, being whole-heartedly involved with gardens is involvement with life itself in the deepest sense.”

So there you have it: gardening raises the heat of the life force and, perhaps, some fierce perfectionism. I’ve heard myself say to a sister gardener: I wish you could have seen my beloved Winifred (Salvia clevelandii ‘Winifred Gilman’) before (choose one): I overwatered it; I chopped it almost to the ground; the sun scorched it during Febru

ary’s freak heat wave. I’ve also felt a profound kinship—one that defies expression—with six Japanese maples.

But that gardener’s eye can take a nap, too, which mine did until recently, when it again saw the light. Gardening is an intimate transaction of the mind, the hand, and the spirit with the materials of the natural world. I had deeply missed the hands-on.

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With a construction crew next door for nine months, I had no privacy. That’s what I told myself, anyway. When that eye opened, I was mortified to see the neglect. Many of my friends are professional gardeners. What would they think about the brown-edged creeping thyme and the failing lavender?

Where does all this come from? It’s a question for the ages.

“No doubt about it,” writes the British garden historian

Christopher Thacker. “The first gardens were not made, but discovered.” He imagines a clearing in the forest, a valley in rough mountains, trees abloom, streams meandering. No one tends them—they were freely given, and an idea of sacredness takes hold.

No surprise that the idea of garden as paradise takes root in the cultural imagination.

Fifteen hundred years before Homer, in the Sumerian/Babylonian “Epic of Gilgamesh,” a mineral garden of the gods is praised—vines of carnelian fruit, leaves of lapis lazuli.

The tombs of ancient Egypt are adorned with paintings of lovely gardens. Holy books describe paradise as a garden.

Homer in “The Odyssey” sings of the grove with alder, poplar, fragrant cypress.

But something else in “The Odyssey” sets my own imagination aflame. Robert Pogue Harrison, in “Gardens: An Essay on the Human Condition,” provided the spark.

Odysseus, in his exile, seems to Harrison to be emblematic of the mortal human being and an awakened heart. Odysseus longs to care for his wife, his homeland, his human identity, despite all the woes that caring may bring.

A PORTION of the columnist’s “home ground”—a corner of her Larchmont Village back garden, photographed in March. Garden design by Judy Horton.

In other words, “caring” defines us as human beings.

We “experience time as the working out of one care after another,” Harrison writes. It’s also how we define ourselves, individually. What calls out for our attention?

And here are Harrison’s thoughts about a garden we

make: “It is planned by the gardener in advance, then is seeded or cultivated . . . in due time it yields its fruit. . . . Meanwhile the gardener is beset by new cares day in and day out.”

The garden keeps the gardener on her toes and in the dirt.

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Paul Williams building among historic preservation winners The Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Building in West Adams and designed

by Paul Revere Williams is among awardees at the Los Angeles Conservancy 35th annual Preservation Awards.

Awardees will be honored at a luncheon on Thurs., May 5 at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in downtown Los Angeles.

The nine award recipients recognized for outstanding achievement in the field of historic preservation are: Chairman’s Award: Clifton’s Cafeteria, a beloved, forestthemed landmark downtown had been in the same family 75 years before changing hands in 2010. It was painstakingly restored over four years.

Project Awards went to: Brand Library and Art Center, Glendale. It received a renovation and seismic upgrade, revitalizing an anchor of the community.

The 1949 Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Building, the centerpiece of a nonprofit campus: the South Central Los Angeles Regional Center at S. Western Ave. and W. Adams Blvd.

Hollenbeck Terrace, Boyle Heights. A former hospital

PROJECT TEAM for the Golden State Mutual Life Building found historic theatre seats that matched the originals on Craiglist.

Photo by Adrian Scott Fine/L.A. Conservancy

OWNER TURNED down developers for his multi-million dollar remodel at Hotel Normandie and turned to crowdfunding.

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that was neglected for years has reclaimed its role as a community resource through adaptive reuse as affordable housing for seniors.

Homeless Veterans Transitional Housing, VA Campus/ West Los Angeles. a successful pilot project rehabilitated a historic building as federally funded transitional housing for veterans.

Hotel Normandie, Koreatown, where a dedicated owner rebuffed lucrative redevelopment bids for this historic hotel, built in 1926 in a Renaissance Revival style.

Kronish House, Beverly Hills and Van Dekker House,

Woodland Hills. Two seriously threatened Modern homes were saved from demolition by private owners.

SurveyLA LGBT Historic Context Statement, City of Los Angeles. This document is the first in the U.S. to offer a framework for evaluating historic places that contribute to the city’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender heritage.

City National Bank will sponsor the luncheon for the ONCE THE REGION'S largest cafeteria chain, Clifton's is consid16th consecutive year. The ered the world's largest public cafeteria.

Photo by Adrian Scott Fine/L.A. Conservancy event at the Biltmore usually pendent jury of leading munity development. sells out well in advance.

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Wattles features Hollywood’s first 100 years Explore Wattles Mansion during “Hollywood: The First 100 Years,” a designer showcase with a star-studded theme, through Sun., April 17.

In its first showcase event, the City of Los Angeles opens the historic estate, which includes 47 acres in the heart of Hollywood. Los Angeles-based designers have created 18 rooms inspired by Hollywood

icons of the past 100 years.

The 1908 Mission Revival home was designed by Myron Hunt and Elmer Grey, architects for the Rose Bowl, Huntington Library and Ambassador Hotel.

The Wattles Mansion is considered the only remaining intact example of the once-plentiful estates in the Hollywood area preceding the rise of the film industry. Gurdon Wattles

bankrolled many early movies and studios.

The event is sponsored by REITZHAUS, in association with the city Dept. of Recreation and Parks and Angeleno Magazine.

Past movies and Hollywood stars inspire the rooms’ decor, including “Midnight in Paris,” “The Artist,” Audrey Hepburn and Clark Gable.

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Built in 1918 for $20,000, House of Design taking place the main from Sun., April residence 17 to Sun., May is 16,000 15. square feet The La Cañawith six bedda Flintridge rooms, five home was built bathrooms for restaurateur and a 2,032 Leon C. Riggs as square foot a winter retreat for his wife and DESIGNER Robert Frank re- guest house. twodaughter.

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Los Angeles Conservancy film series celebrates historic core (1911).

Silent film stars were never the same again. “Singin’ in the Rain,” (1952), tells the story Sat., June 18 at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. at The Theatre at Ace Hotel (1927).

p.m. at The Theatre at Ace Hotel (1927).

Closing the season is “Safety Last!,” (1923), on Sat., June 25 at 8 p.m. at the Orpheum Theatre (1926). Harold Lloyd plays a country boy who moves to the big city in this

members and $22 for the general public. Proceeds support the Conservancy’s efforts to preserve historic places throughout L.A. County.

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Wild for the Planet at L.A. Zoo kicks off for Earth Day “Wild for the Planet” kicks off with family programs at the L.A. Zoo on Earth Day Weekened, Sat., April 23 and continues every Saturday and Sunday to Endangered Species Day Sun., May 22.

Events will spotlight Zoo conservation efforts and what people can do to protect and preserve Planet Earth. Events for families and youngsters take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.

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Regular events at the zoo include "Good Morning Gorillas" with an education specialiist. Get to know their morning routines, which are kind

slapstick silent comedy, with live accompaniment on the Orpheum’s Mighty Wurlitzer organ.

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“Top Gun” leads the Los Angeles Conservancy’s Last Remaining Seats film series featuring classic films at historic venues, which, in honor of the 13th season, will all take place at the Broadway Historic Theater District.

The films screen in June and tickets are on sale this month for the popular series. Many are accompanied by vintage cartoons, live music, newsreels, and more.

Most of the films are favorites from past seasons, with the exception of “Top Gun,” which is celebrating its 30th birthday.

The 1986 film will screen Sat., June 4 at 2 and 8 p.m. at Los Angeles Theatre (1931).

Tom Cruise plays Lt. Peter “Maverick” Mitchell in the highest-grossing film of 1986.

“To Kill a Mockingbird,” (1962), follows on Wed., June 8 at 8 p.m. in the Million Dollar Theatre (1918). Gregory Peck stars as Atticus Finch in this adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by the late Harper Lee. Marilyn Monroe lights up the screen with Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon in “Some Like It Hot,” (1959), Sat., June 11 at 8 p.m. at the Los Angeles Theatre (1931).

“Dos tipos de cuidado,” (1953), a Mexican romantic comedy, is Wed., June 15 at 8 p.m. at the Palace Theatre

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Barristers’ Vintage tasting at Greystone Local ties for 105th annual Hors d’oeuvre and desserts art exhibition at the Autry

WINERIES, a beer garden and auctions will be at the event.

Photo by Lee Salem

family in 1928 and is the largest family estate in the history of Beverly Hills. Tickets to the 28th annual Vintage Bouquet are $175 per person ($200 after April 15). VIP tickets are $275. For tickets and information call 310601-2422, or visit bhba.org/ vintagebouquet.

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354 N. RIDGEWOOD PLACE A traditional Dutch Colonial style structure was built in 1920 on a sleepy, hidden stretch of street just above the very northern edge of the Ridgewood-Wilton Historic District. This one block is consistent with the calm and quiet restfulness of Ridgewood Place to the South but the homes are more Windsor Square than Larchmont Village. This block is like a long thin tranquil island between the very busy streets to the East and West, Wilton Place and Van Ness Ave. It is also wedged between one of the most traveled of Los Angeles’ arteries, Beverly Boulevard to the South. Ridgewood Place is never a driver’s choice to cruise upon.

Elmwood Avenue at the other end is the reason for this. The neighbors are just Ă€QH ZLWK WKDW DQG DUH KDSS\ WR QRW KDYH FDUV EDUJLQJ WKURXJK WKHLU RDVLV On the original Grant Deed of September 8, 1920 the lot was sold by the Hellman Commercial Trust and Savings Bank to Edward P. & Bessie Tellant, husband and wife for “consideration of Ten Dollars.â€? Further down are more details about the kind of house, stable or garage. “Not less than $3500.00 shall be spent on building the house and no boarding houses or hotels.â€?

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In April of 1953 Lowell Wendell and Joan E. Hanes purchased the property and lived there happily for over thirty years raising their family until Lowell died in early 1988. On May 10th of that year, the property recorded that Joan E. Hanes was the owner and a widow.

In June of 2011 the title on the property goes to Ethel J. Hanes Trustee for the Ethel J. Hanes Trust. Apparently Ethel and Joan are the same person and, in 2013, her son, Mark P. Hanes became the Successor Trustee to Ethel J. Hanes, AKA Joan E. Hanes, and Joan Hanes, Trustor and Initial Trustee of the Ethel J. Hanes Trust.

In 2013, 354 N. Ridgewood Place was in great need of TLC and was offered onto the marketplace at a modest $899,000. Because of the block and its close proximity to Larchmont Boulevard the property went immediately into multiple offers with an acceptance price over $1,000,000.

The new owners are both successful professionals, one a Nebraska transplant in the real estate business and the other in the .com world.

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The small pedestrian path lined with shops and food stalls, Olvera St. is located in one of the oldest sections of Los Angeles. It represents a core part of the El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historic Monument, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Originally a Mexican farming and ranching community the street and its adjacent plaza gradually became neglected.

In 1930, Olvera St. was renovated and reopened as a Mexican marketplace and symbolic birthplace of the city.

The City of Los Angeles has continued to work at preserving Olvera Street through planning, zoning, and classification of the street as a historic resource. The street hosts a number of cultural events, including the annual Blessing of the Animals, Dia de los Muertos, and Cinco de Mayo celebration.

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Adams and Frank Ordaz, both of whom have works in the exhibition. Another exhibitor, painter Gayle Garner Roski, grew up in Hancock Park.

Adams’ painting, “Dreaming of Cathay,� on the front cover of Section 1, is based on three Meissen porcelain figures that represent the continent of Asia. Behind the figures, the view outside the window indicates a stormy rainy day— just the type of weather that inspires daydreaming about faraway exotic lands.

Frank Ordaz, the other artist in the exhibition who studied at the Lukits Academy, painted “Saint and Sinner.�

According to the artist, the painting “depicts the duality of man in the persona of a local Auburn, California, individual who goes by the name of the Time Traveler.

He has set his mental clock to 1870 and routinely dresses in authentic period clothing. He is aware that we judge others by their outward appearance and therefore he is comfortable with being judged.

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By John Welborne From April 3—24, the California Art Club will present its Annual Gold Medal Exhibition at the Autry Museum of the American West. Included among the more than 200 fine art paintings and sculptures— by contemporary artists who work in traditional style—are works by artists who either trained or lived in the Greater Wilshire area.

The exhibition pays tribute to the pioneering California artists who founded the organization in 1909 and inspired California Impressionism—the first artistic movement to be defined as uniquely Californian.

Local art academy An early member of the California Art Club was the late painter Theodore N. Lukits (1897-1992). Lukits was a renowned teacher. Starting in 1924, and for 60 years, he operated the Lukits Academy of Fine Arts on Citrus Ave., just below Wilshire, in the community now known as Sycamore Square. Two of his students were Peter

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from top restaurants and tastings from leading wineries will be featured at the Beverly Hills Bar Association Barristers Vintage Bouquet Sun., April 17.

The event is from noon to 4 p.m. at Greystone Mansion at 905 Loma Vista Dr. in Beverly Hills. The outdoor tasting event includes a beer garden, musical entertainment, and live and silent auctions featuring trips, food and wine packages, artwork and more. VIP ticket holders enjoy an exclusive ocktail lounge. Vintage Bouquet benefits community and educational programs, such as Teen Court early intervention and diversion court for juvenile offenders, and monthly pro-bono legal clinics at Roxbury Park.

The 55-room Greystone Mansion, nestled in a 16-acre park, was built by the Doheny

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(Continued from page 8) The painting reveals him as a possible country gentleman who proudly poses in front of his brandy still. He remains true to himself, regardless of appearance.�

Gayle Garner Roski has been working on a series of paintings where she is documenting a current trend in society—people taking pictures with their cell phones and posing for selfies. Roski says her painting in the exhibition titled “Mona Who?� is her favorite “selfie moment.�

As she waited in line to view this famous painting at the Louvre, Roski saw hundreds of people from all over the world with their arms raised above their heads, cell phones in hands, taking pictures of each other and of themselves.

David Doheny is a thirdgeneration Californian who was raised in the Los Angeles area. Although he studied some art in school, Doheny is largely self-taught. One of his exhibited paintings is “Receding Tide — Carmel Beach.�

Doheny has become widely collected. Jean Stern, executive director of The Irvine Museum, has called Doheny “the seminal American landscape artist of the early 21st century.�

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In addition to Adams, Ordaz, Roski and Doheny, nationally known artists participating include Clyde Aspevig, Belå Båcsi, Lisa Bloomingdale Bell, Warren Chang, Scott L. Christensen, John Cosby, David C. Gallup, Daniel F. Gerhartz, Jean LeGassick, Jeremy Lipking, C.W. Mundy, Alicia Ponzio, Ray Roberts, Mian Situ, Christopher Slatoff, Wil- MONA WHO? By Gayle Garner Roski, who liam Stout, Joseph grew up in Hancock Park. fine art techniques to create Todorovitch, Kent works that push the boundTwitchell and Jove Wang.

Many Larchmont Chronicle aries and explore topical readers are collectors of works imagery and messages. For by these artists. All of the Gold example, this year’s exhibiMedal works of art are avail- tion includes numerous able for acquisition, so the works that focus on more figexhibition at The Autry pro- urative and inner-city themes vides an opportunity for col- plus images of daily life from lectors to add a new painting around the globe.

Events and programs from a favorite artist.

There are numerous events Some of the works being featured represent a depar- and educational programs ture from the pristine Califor- being offered in connection nia plein air landscapes that with the exhibition. On the defined earlier Gold Medal Sun., April 3 opening day of exhibitions. Recently, the the exhibition, California Art exhibiting artists have shown Club president Peter Adams how they employ classical will present a program titled

RECEDING TIDE — CARMEL BEACH is by David Doheny.

“Giving Life to Still Life� that will include a panel discussion and demonstration. Presented from 1 to 3 p.m., the discussion moderated by Adams will feature Gold Medal artists Jim McVicker and Kate Sammons, who will explain their approaches to the stilllife genre as they create new paintings, working from the same set-up of objects. In addition, Adams will share insights with the audience about his Gold Medal artwork – the still life painting “Dreaming of Cathay.�

Tickets for the presentation and the exhibition, generally, plus additional information, are available at theautry.org.

SAINT AND SINNER by Frank Ordaz, one of the artists who studied at the Lukits Academy in Sycamore Square.

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MUSEUM ROW

Jazz series kicks off; Visions in Enamel; DeLorean heads to town LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART— "Reigning Men: Fashion in Menswear, 1715-2015," opens Sun., April 10. Ends Aug. 21. t $PMMFHF /JHIU GFBUVSFT BSUJTU led workshops, exhibits and B SFDFQUJPO 5IVST "QSJM Free; open to college students after hours, 7 to 10 p.m. t +B[[ BU -"$."hT UI TFBTPO kicks off Fri., April 22 at 6 p.m with Les McCann & Friends.

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LIBRARY CALENDAR

'Fahrenheit 451' Read-In, youth poet contest, crafts and movies Science series: Kids ages 5 to 8 and their parents do science experiments Mon., April 18, Wed., April 20 and Thurs., April 21 at 4 p.m.

BARK: Read books to trained therapy dogs Sat., April 30 at 2 p.m.

Baby and toddler storytime: Hear stories, songs and rhymes Wednesdays at 10:30 and at 11 a.m.

STAR: Storytimes for all ages Fridays from 1 to 5 p.m.

Teens Rainbow bracelets: Use looms and rubber bands to make colorful bracelets Tues., April 19 at 3:30 p.m.

Adults Friends of the Library Book Sale: Deals on used books, cds and dvds on Fri., April 1 from noon to 4 p.m. and Sat., April 2 from noon to 5 p.m.

Book Club: Tues., April 12 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Stop by the branch to pick up a copy of this month's title.

FAIRFAX LIBRARY 161 S. Gardner St. 323-936-6191 Children STAR: Volunteers read stories for all ages Sat., April 2 at 2 p.m. and Mon., April 4 at 3 and at 6:30 p.m.

Storytime: Hear stories, songs and rhymes Wednesdays April 6 and 27 at 10:15 and 11 a.m.

Teens Teen Council: Students ages 11 to 18 can sign up for volunteer hours Tues., April 5 at 3:30 p.m.

Student Smart: Take the SAT practice test Sat., April 9 from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Volunteer Orientation: Get schedule and learn the ropes for volunteering at the library Tues., April 12 from 4 to 5 p.m.

Crafternoon: Roll, shape and glue colorful strips of paper with paper quillin, Tues., April

19 at 3:30 p.m.

Adults Quilters Guild: All levels welcome Sat., April 2 at 1:30 p.m.

First Thursday Films: Watch a free film Thurs., April 7 at 2:30 p.m.

Friends of the Library: Discuss ways to support the branch Tues., April 12 at 11 a.m.

Support Pals: Meet for mutual support Saturdays, April 16 and 30 at 1:30 p.m.

Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI): Bring copies of your query letter for critique

Thurs., April 28 at 6:30 p.m.

Computer comfort class: Basics on using the computer taught Mondays at 1:30 p.m.

Friends of the Library Book Sale: Deals on used books, cds and dvds Wednesdays from noon to 4 p.m.

WILSHIRE LIBRARY 149 N. St. Andrews Place 323-957-4550 Children Baby Sleepy Storytime: Infants up to age 2 play with toys, check out boardbooks and hear three stories before bedtime Mondays from 6 to 6:15 p.m.

Preschool Storytime: Kids

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Student Zone: Students in grades one through 12 may sign in to use tables, supplies, computers and resources to work on school related activities Mondays and Wednesdays, 3:00-5:00 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, 3:30-5:30 p.m.

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Children Family movie: Kids of all ages can see "The Good Dinosaur" Mon., April 18 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Teens Youth Poet Laureate: In honor of National Poetry Month, a workshop on taking your poetry to next the level.

Participants will also work on their portfolios and resumes to prepare for entrance to the Los Angeles Youth Poet Laureate Contest. Mondays April 11 and 25 from 4 to 5:30 p.m.

Game day: Thurs., April 14 from 4 to 5 p.m.

Shrinky Dinks: Make shrinky dink art Thurs., April 28 from 4 to 5 p.m.

Adults First Friday Book Club: Discuss monthly book Fri., April 1 at 1 p.m.

Computer comfort class: Basics on using the computer taught Mondays through Thursdays, 3 to 5 p.m.

Friends of the Library Book Sale: Deals on used books, cds and dvds on Tuesdays from 12:30 to 5 p.m. and Saturdays, 4 to 5:30 p.m.

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Home & Garden

Self-guided garden tour, Poppy Days sale 41 private and public native plant landscapes Sat., April 2 and Sun., April 3 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The tour shows gardens using at least 50 percent native plants in their landscaping, as well as reclaimed and recycled objects. Homes range from Oxford Square to Long Beach. Tickets are $25

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Visit Payne’s booth at the Hollywood Farmers Market at Ivar and Selma Sun., April 3 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Use your Payne discount.

See birds in their natural habitat on the First Thursday Bird Walk Thurs., April 7 at 8 a.m. Wear comfortable shoes and bring binoculars.

Learn the basics of native plant gardening Sat., April 9 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Hear about ways to get the most out of irrigation Sat., April 9 from 1 to 3:30 p.m.

Landscape designer Andreas Hessing shows how to harvest rainwater Thurs., April 21 from 2 to 3:30 p.m.

Carol Bornstein, director of the Nature Gardens at the Natural History Museum, will talk on how to encourage wildlife in the home garden Sat., April 23, 10 a.m. to noon.

Hear how to turn a flat lawn into an interesting native landscape Sat., April 23 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.

Obtain practical, month-bymonth tips on establishing a native garden Sat., April 30 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.

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Drought tolerant iris topic of talk Master gardener Debbie James, owner of Assisted Gardening, which helps the elderly or handicapped make their gardens more accessible, will give a talk on the “Inspiring Iris” at the Los Angeles Garden Club meeting Mon., April 11 at the Visitor’s Center Auditorium in Griffith Park, 4730 Crystal Springs Dr. The meeting begins at 9:15 a.m. with coffee and refreshments; the presentation starts at 11 a.m. First-time visitors and members attend for free; non-members pay $5.

Contact Joyce Parrott at 310-471-8512 or go to losangelesgardenclub.org.

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See native plants in a neighborhood garden tour, pick up California native seeds and plants for your garden and take classes on native plants at Theodore Payne Foundation, 10459 Tuxford St., Sun Valley.

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Irises + roses + faeries = full schedule at Arboretum

a workshop Sat., April 9 from 10 a.m. to noon.

See the “Ring of Fire,� a new hybrid tea rose making its public debut, as well as other varieties of roses, at the Pacific Rose Society’s annual show and sale Sat., April 23 and Sun., April 24 from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Hear about trends in gardening in a series of workshops on Thursdays, from 9:30 a.m. to noon. The workshops in April will cover tomatoes, the Crescent Garden, the Engelmann Oak Grove and scented-leaf geraniums.

Kids Little entomologists ages 5 to 11 can learn about the lifecycle of the monarch butterfly and how it contributes to nature Sat., April 2 from 10 a.m. to noon.

Young gardeners ages 5 to 11 can explore and learn about nature with arts and crafts and other activities at Spring

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The sign-in is at 6:30 a.m.

“FAERY HUNT� comes to the Arboretum Sat., April 30.

Camp Mon., April 4 through Fri., April 8. Full days are 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.; half days and extended care hours are also available.

Kids ages 3 to 6 can enjoy plant and nature stories about peacocks and take home a craft Wednesdays, April 6 and 20, Sat., April 16 and Thurs., April 28 at 10:30 a.m.

Kids ages 2 to 10 can dress up and join the faeries singingg, dancing and playing when the Faery Hunt troupe arrives at the Arboretum Sat., April 30 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

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and race starts at 7:30 am. A portion of the registration fee supports Descanso Gardens.

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Pick up iris bulbs, seeds and other plants and learn trends in gardening at the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Gardens at 301 N. Baldwin Ave., Arcadia.

Learn about rainwater harvesting and drainage Sat., April 2 from 10 a.m. to noon and take a walking tour of the fruit trees from 11 a.m. to noon.

Tomatomania! will update you on all things tomato Wed., April 6 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The annual Spring Plant Sale is Fri., April 7 through Sun., April 10, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Behold the variety of color and flower at the Southern California Iris Society and Southern California Hemerocallis & Amaryllis Society's annual bulb show and sale Sat., April 9 and Sun., April 10 from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

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Descanso hosts plant sale, jewelry show for Earth Day

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Pick up accessories or jewelry for Mother’s Day or yourself at the Botanic Bling jewelry trunk show, Sat., April 23 and Sun., April 24, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Choose from a variety of potted plants at the Mt. San Antonio College plant sale, Thurs., April 21 through Sunday, April 24, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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Besides the plant show and jewelry trunk show, the event will include a wildflower display, seed table, woodland walk and food offered by Patina both days of the festival.

Read below for the times these activities are available.

A floral installation will provide a close-up view of California native wildflowers from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Make a seed packet from wildflower seeds curated by expert horticulturists, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Join native garden horticulturalist Layla Valenzuela and explore the Oak Woodland, a wildlife restoration site, at 11 a.m. (Saturday only).

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Woodland arrangements, water usage, a plant sale and cooking with native flora are topics at Huntington Library, 1151 Oxford Rd., San Marino.

Learn about creative water usage for edible gardens Saturdays April 2, 9 and 16 from 9 a.m. to noon.

Create a woodland floral design Sat., April 2, 10 a.m. to noon.

Learn botanical drawing techniques Sat., April 9 and Sun., April 10 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Explore California’s native flora Thurs., April 14 from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m.

Hear how native plants can be used in home cuisine Sun., April 17, 2 to 3 p.m.

Pick up plants and get tips on how to grow them at the annual spring sale Sun., April 24, 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

For ages seven to 12 Young florists can create miniature worlds by making woodland terrariums Sat. April 2 from 1 to 2:30 p.m.

Little chefs can learn all about how avocados, the state fruit, grow and how to make some dishes with them Sat., April 30 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

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There will be lectures and workshops on growing the plants, plus a cooking demonstration and tomato dishes at Descanso Gardens, 1418 Descanso Dr., La CaĂąada Flintridge Sat., April 2 and Sun., April 3 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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(Continued from page 10) include an â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;80s-themed â&#x20AC;&#x153;Enchantment Under The Seaâ&#x20AC;? dance Sat., April 23; DeLorean owners are invited to bring their cars to the Petersen for a DeLorean themed Breakfast Club Cruise-In Sun., April 24. t 1FOUPO 5IF +PIO 1FOUPO 4UPSZ TDSFFOT 8FE "QSJM at 7 p.m. t 1SFDJPVT .FUBM TJMWFS DBST %JTOFZ 1JYBS DBST BOE .JDSPsoft Xbox Forza racing simulators are among 25 exhibits on display.

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This old expression originates from the practice of baptizing infants. There is also another much lesser known expression dealing with baptism, which uses â&#x20AC;&#x153;wetâ&#x20AC;? in an entirely different mode. â&#x20AC;&#x153;To wet the babyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s headâ&#x20AC;? is to celebrate a baptism with a social gathering to drink to the health of the newborn. I suppose it is not out of the realm of possibility that some overserved guests who were wetting the babyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s head acted as if they were still wet behind the ears. t t t How come naughty behavior is called â&#x20AC;&#x153;hanky panky?â&#x20AC;?

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