UP & COMING.The Gingerbread gingerbread In architecture and design, elaborately detailed embellishment, either lavish or superfluous. Though the term is occasionally applied to such highly detailed and decorative styles as the Rococo, it usually refers to the hand-carved and -sawn wood ornamentation of Holiday Boutique will feature more than 50 artisans offering jewelry, toys, clothing and holiday gift items, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. today at Ascension Lutheran Church, 1600 E. Hillcrest Drive, Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. . A Santa Pancake Breakfast will be served from 8:30 to 10 a.m. today. The cost for breakfast is $3 for adults, $2 for children. Proceeds from sales benefit local charities. Call (818) 734-0354. El Pueblo El Pueblo (The People) was a Spanish daily newspaper, the central organ of the Syndicalist Party during the 1930s. de Los Angeles Historical Monument and the Mexican Cultural Institute are holding an outdoor history festival and conference titled ``Redescubriendo Nuestra Historia: Mexican Los Angeles, 1781-1996'' under the theme of rediscovering history, to celebrate the contributions of Mexicans to Los Angeles throughout its 215-year history. The festival includes a book fair, musical performances, an art exhibit, poetry readings, arts and crafts arts and crafts, term for that general field of applied design in which hand fabrication is dominant. The term was coined in England in the late 19th cent. as a label for the then-current movement directed toward the revivifying of the decorative arts. workshops and the painting of a mural. Conference panels will cover issues such as cultural identity, language rights, art and community building. The event runs from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. today at El Pueblo Monument on Main Street north of the Hollywood Freeway (101). Admission is free. Call (213) 628-7164 or (213) 680-2525. The Friends of the North Hollywood Amelia Earhart Regional Library are holding a ``Great Bargains'' book sale from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today at the library at 5211 Tujunga Ave., North Hollywood. Call (818) 766-7186. Amish Country Traditions, a family-owned business based in Lancaster County, Pa., is holding an Amish craft and quilt sale featuring hundreds of handmade quilts, wall hangings, dolls, pillows, furniture, art, toys, books, rugs and home accessories, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today at Ventura County Fairgrounds n. pl. 1. same as fairground. Seaside Park, Agriculture Building, 10 W. Harbor Blvd., Ventura. A talk and ongoing display at 2 p.m. will explain the lifestyle of the Amish, a conservative religious sect that rejects most of the trappings of modern society. Admission is free. Call (717) 687-9270. The Free Clinic of Simi Valley is sponsoring a used book sale to benefit the medical, legal and counseling programs of the clinic, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. today, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday at the former site of Book World, 2311 C Tapo St. (next to McDonald's), Simi Valley. Bookcases also will be sold. Call (805) 522-3733. The Village Psychic Fair offers the public an opportunity to receive short, affordable readings in a variety of psychic areas such as tarot tarot Sets of cards used in fortune-telling and in certain card games. The origins of tarot cards are obscure; cards approximating their present form first appeared in Italy and France in the late 14th century. cards, astrology, psychometry psychometry /psy·chom·e·try/ (si-kom´e-tre) the testing and measuring of mental and psychologic ability, efficiency, potentials, and functioning.psychomet´ric and numerology numerology Use of numbers to interpret a person's character or divine the future. It is based on the assertion by Pythagoras that all things can be expressed in numerical terms because they are ultimately reducible to numbers. , 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday at Everywoman's Village, 5650 Sepulveda Blvd., Van Nuys. A 15-minute reading is $15. Call (818) 787-5100. Rustic Canyon Recreation Center hosts its annual fine arts and crafts fair from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday at 601 Latimer Road, Santa Monica. Admission is free. Refreshments will be served, and Bill Luke will play classical guitar. Call (310) 454-5734. |
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