ON THE MOVE : NEWS, TIPS AND BARGAINS EVENTS DRAW FLOWER LOVERS.Byline: - Daily News Staff and Wire Services San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. is holding ``Buds 'n' Blooms! A Floral Fiesta in Balboa Park'' throughout April. Free tours of the park's horticultural high points, including gardens of roses, orchids and wildflowers, will be part of the fiesta. So will lectures on such topics as flowers that grow without light and gardening without soil. There also will be children's events, including a planting project and puppet show Wednesday in the park. Dance, music, fashion and art events also are planned. An exhibition of paintings by Alphonse Mucha, which runs through April 26 at the San Diego Museum of Art The San Diego Museum of Art opened as the Museum of Fine Arts on February 28, 1926. The funders turned over ownership of the building to the City of San Diego. It is located in Balboa Park. The museum building was designed by architect William Templeton Johnson. , features floral themes. For the finale, floral designers will duplicate works of art from the Museum of Art using flowers and plants. The show, called ``Art Alive,'' opens at noon April 30 and closes May 3. Much of the festival is free, though the museums do charge admission. For information, call (619) 239-0512. Art history in Florence Los Angeles Community College District The Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) is the community college district serving Los Angeles, California and some of its neighboring cities. In addition to typical college aged students, the LACCD also serves adults of all ages. is offering an art history course in Florence (for credit or audit), June 26-July 25. Included in the $2,700 program fee are a shared apartment in Florence or a home stay, orientation, tuition at the Scuola Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo da Vinci (də vĭn`chē, Ital. lāōnär`dō dä vēn`chē), 1452–1519, Italian painter, sculptor, architect, musician, engineer, and scientist, b. near Vinci, a hill village in Tuscany. , day excursions to Siena and San Gimignano San Gimignano (sän jēmēnyä`nō), town (1991 pop. 6,956), Tuscany, central Italy. It is a tourist center that has fully preserved its medieval aspect. , an opera performance, a three-day sojourn in Venice, museum entrance fees and welcome and goodbye dinners. For more information, call the district at (213) 891-2282. Historic houses The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. List of historic houses is a link page for any stately home or historic house. walking tour From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Saturday, Heritage Square in Oxnard offers a guided walking tour of a city block of 15 restored 1876-1912 houses and historic buildings in a vintage garden setting. The tour includes stories of pioneer family life, early Oxnard history and architecture. For the tour, go to the Heritage Square Visitors Center at 715 S. A St., Oxnard. Donations suggested. For more information, call (805) 483-7960. New MapGuides available Rand McNally Rand McNally & Company is the preeminent American publisher of maps, atlases, and globes for travel, reference, commercial, and educational uses. It also provides online consumer street maps and directions, as well as commercial transportation routing software and mileage data. has added five new state titles to its MapGuide series, including Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida and Texas along with two new city titles - Cape Cod Cape Cod, narrow peninsula of glacial origin, 399 sq mi (1,033 sq km), SE Mass., extending 65 mi (105 km) E and N into the Atlantic Ocean. It is generally flat, with sand dunes, low hills, and numerous lakes. and London. The state titles include both state and local maps, and in many cases show scenic driving routes. The city titles include center city and metro maps. Also included are lists of points of interest (with addresses, phone numbers, hours/admission fees), hotels, parks, golf courses and restaurants. New attraction in Long Beach Visitors to the Queen Mary will have another nautical attraction to view beginning in May. The Soviet-built submarine Scorpion will take its place near the oceanliner moored in Long Beach, under a five-year loan to the nonprofit organization Nonprofit Organization An association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well. Notes: Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools. that operates the Queen Mary, RMS Foundation. For information, call (562) 435-3511. CAPTION(S): 3 Photos Photo: (1--Color) no caption (``Buds 'n' Blooms!'') (2--Color) no caption (Heritage Square) (3--Color) no caption (Florida MapGuide) |
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