ART DECO FESTIVAL IS FIT FOR A QUEEN.Byline: >BY JOHN FARRELL For other uses, see John Farrell (disambiguation). John Farrell VC (b. March 1826 in Dublin, d. 31 August 1865) was a soldier and Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to Long Beach is a city filled with Art Deco art deco (ärt dĕkō`; är dākō`, ärt) or art moderne (är môdĕrn`, ärt) style. There are many buildings that sport the energetic, geometric, futuristic fu·tur·is·tic adj. 1. Of or relating to the future. 2. a. Of, characterized by, or expressing a vision of the future: futuristic decor. b. style that was so popular in architecture and design in the 1920s and 1930s. But what is arguably ar·gu·a·ble adj. 1. Open to argument: an arguable question, still unresolved. 2. That can be argued plausibly; defensible in argument: three arguable points of law. Long Beach's largest Art Deco structure -- as big as many New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of skyscrapers built in the distinctive style developed between the world wars -- wasn't built in Long Beach. Instead it floated into Long Beach under its own power in December 1967. The Queen Mary Queen Mary, Queen Marie, or Queen Maria may refer to: Queens Britain England
She is also home, this weekend, to the third annual Queen Mary Art Deco Festival, co-hosted by the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Art Deco Society and Queen Mary Foundation. The celebration of all things Art Deco, from pin-ups to music, from architecture to the cocktail, began Friday and stretches through the holiday weekend, featuring lectures, dances, tea parties and tours of the ship and historic Long Beach. The Queen is the largest Art Deco manifestation in Long Beach, but there are many others, from the elegant, copper-topped Villa Riviera at Ocean Boulevard and Alamitos Avenue -- now wrapped, Christo-like, in black plastic sheeting as its exterior is restored -- to the Lafayette on Linden Linden, city, United States Linden, city (1990 pop. 36,701), Union co., NE N.J., in the New York metropolitan area; inc. 1925. During the first half of the 20th cent. Avenue, to small apartment buildings and stores all around the city. Long Beach is home to so much Art Deco partly because the city boomed during the 1920s and 1930s, and many of the buildings that survive from that period were shaped by the era's aesthetic. And partly because Long Beach was shaken up during that time. At 5:55 p.m. on March 10, 1933, the Long Beach earthquake hit, killing 115 people in Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, , most of them in Long Beach. Many buildings were destroyed, many others damaged and rebuilt, and much of that reconstruction was done in Art Deco style. "Long Beach is a wonderful place to host this event," said John Thomas
John Thomas is the name of: A politician: John Farrell is a Long Beach freelance writer. THIRD ANNUAL QUEEN MARY ART DECO FESTIVAL >What: Celebration of Art Deco history, architecture, music and fashion in association with Art Deco Society of Los Angeles >Where: Queen Mary, 1126 Queens Highway, Long Beach >When: 10 a.m.-midnight today and Sunday >Schedule highlights: Today: Art Deco Bazaar 10 a.m.-6 p.m., four lectures 11 a.m.-3 p.m., tour of Queen Mary 3-4 p.m., Art Deco Ball 7 p.m.-midnight. Sunday: Art Deco Bazaar 10 a.m.-6 p.m., three lectures 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Queen Mary tour 3-4 p.m., Art Deco afternoon tea dance 3-6 p.m., period music in Sir Winston's lounge 6 p.m.-midnight >Tickets: Daily admission (including lectures) $22.95, Art Deco tour $10, Long Beach walking tour $20, Sunday tea dance $25, Saturday night ball $139 >Information: (562) 435-3511, www.queenmary.com, www.adsla.org |
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