GIMME SHELTER : HOME & LEISURE CALENDAR.The Southern California Institute of Architecture The Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc), was founded in 1972 by Ray Kappe. Thom Mayne was among its founding instructors and Michael Rotondi among its first students. presents ``Wonder, Writing and World Architecture,'' free lectures at 8 p.m. Wednesday at its headquarters, 5454 Beethoven St., 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. . The lectures by today's creative thinkers will discuss issues in architecture, art, society and history. For more information, call (310) 574-3801. The Los Angeles Antiques Show will kick off from 5:30 to 9 p.m. May 16 with a gala opening party and show preview benefiting the Women's Guild, a fund-raising fund-raising, large-scale soliciting of voluntary contributions, especially in the United States. Fund-raising is widely undertaken by charitable organizations, educational institutions, and political groups to acquire sufficient funds to support their activities. group of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is a world-renowned hospital located in Los Angeles, California. History Cedars-Sinai is the result of a merger in 1961 between two major Los Angeles hospitals, Cedars of Lebanon and Mount Sinai Home for the Incurables, with Steve Broidy as in Los Angeles. The antiques show will be held 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. May 17-18 and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 19 at the Santa Monica Santa Monica (săn`tə mŏn`ĭkə), city (1990 pop. 86,905), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1886. Tourism and retailing are important, and the city has motion-picture, biotechnology, and software industries. Airport's Barker barker a term for an animal that does not usually bark which makes a violent respiratory effort, often during a convulsion, accompanied by a sound which roughly resembles a dog's bark. Hanger. The show will feature more than 55 international antiques dealers displaying fine and rare goods from all over America, Europe and Asia. Tickets for the preshow gala start at $150. For information about the gala, call the Women's Guild at (310) 885-3667. Tickets for the antique show are $15 per day. For information, call (310) 455-2886. The grand opening of the new Do-it center, 28750 Roadside Drive, Agoura Hills, takes place today and Sunday. The weekend-long event features two $500 shopping sprees each day, hourly prizes, free popcorn and balloons. Free ``how-to'' workshops will be offered at all HomeBase retail stores today and Sunday. Classes include how to install vinyl and ceramic flooring, how to plant garden shrubs and more. The workshops are open to the public and registration is not required. For a detailed scheduled or more information, call your local HomeBase store. SOURCE: - Kevin Ainsfeld |
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