YOUR PLACE ALTERNATIVE TO MALL GOOD FOR ART AND SOUL.It's a tradition for many of us to begin our holiday shopping on the day after Thanksgiving. So you can do the malls, or you can plan to attend the first 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, Fall Arts Festival An arts festival or art fair is a festival that focuses on the visual arts, but which may also focus on other arts. Arts festivals in the visual arts are exhibitions. to be held Friday through Nov. 25 at the Long Beach Convention Center. There will be more than 200 exhibitors, including artisans specializing in ceramics, woodworking, painting, sculpting sculpting Cosmetic surgery The surgical reshaping of a tissue. See Deep tissue sculpting, Facial sculpting. , glass, drawing, printmaking printmaking Art form consisting of the production of images, usually on paper but occasionally on fabric, parchment, plastic, or other support, by various techniques of multiplication, under the direct supervision of or by the hand of the artist. , photography, decorative fiber, leather, metal, stone and mixed media. You can take a break from shopping and listen to live world music, jazz or blues. And if you're hungry, restaurant row will offer a selection of gourmet food and drink from regional restaurants and caterers. Show hours are 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m to 7 p.m. Nov. 24, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 25. Admission is $6.50 general and $3 for children ages 6-12. The Long Beach Convention Center is at 300 E. Ocean Blvd., Long Beach. Call (530) 756-6356 or visit www.americanartfestivals.com. - Michelle J. Mills FLOWERS BY MAIL: Gardeners appreciate high-quality garden catalogs, but might not know which ones carry the plants they prefer. The Mailorder Gardening Association has released an updated version of its booklet, ``Garden Catalog catalog, descriptive list, on cards or in a book, of the contents of a library. Assurbanipal's library at Nineveh was cataloged on shelves of slate. The first known subject catalog was compiled by Callimachus at the Alexandrian Library in the 3d cent. B.C. Guide.'' It contains descriptions and contact information for more than 125 garden catalog companies. For a copy, send a $2 check to Mailorder Gardening Association, Dept. SC-31, P.O. Box 2129, Columbia, MD 21045. Information is also available on the Web site, www.mailordergardening.com. - Daily News PATCHES OF SAND: Hearts, flowers and other themes from America's heartland are usually associated with patchwork quilts, but today and Sunday quilters are going to the beach for inspiration. More than 300 quilters will exhibit their interpretations of ``By the Beautiful Sea'' for the competition at the Camarillo Quilters Association's annual ``Quilting quilting, form of needlework, almost always created by women, most of them anonymous, in which two layers of fabric on either side of an interlining (batting) are sewn together, usually with a pattern of back or running (quilting) stitches that hold the layers by the Sea'' show that includes a quilting bee, quilting demonstrations and quilts for sale. The event will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday in the agriculture building at Seaside Seaside. 1 City (1990 pop. 38,901), Monterey co., W Calif., on Monterey Bay, in a fruit region; founded 1887, inc. 1954. Its economy is based largely upon tourism. California State Univ. Monterey Bay is there, on the former site of Fort Ord. Park in Ventura. Tickets are $5 for adults and $2 for children under 12. For more information, call (805) 482-4109. - Barbara De Witt De Witt, uninc. town (1990 pop. 8,244), Onondaga co., central N.Y., a residential suburb of Syracuse. CAPTION(S): 3 photos Photo: (1 -- 2) no caption (items from California Fall Arts Festival) (3) no caption (book: ``Garden Catalog Guide'') |
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