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*No class on May 4th
Instructor: Arnold Chien
Date: Thursdays, 9:30-11:00am
Price: $20 per class for Arboretum members, $25 per class for non-members
Location: Train Depot
Advance online registration is required. No drop-ins. Masks are not required but recommended.
Tai Chi is a martial art based on the theory of an ancient classic called “I Ching”. Kinetic Tai Chi is created by Master Chien based on this foundation coupling with contemporary Physics of potential & kinetic energy. The training sessions include striking, throwing & submission techniques. There are 10 levels of form to advance. Combining this advanced physical routine with Tai Chi’s rich thinking, students will benefit lifelong health, achieve mental superiority and enjoy high level combat skills.
Master Chien is the founder of Kinetic Tai Chi and 2014 Kung Fu Master of USC Pacific Asia Museum. In 2013 he became the first instructor to teach Tai Chi at the legendary Gold’s Gym, Arcadia, CA. Chien’s heavy focus on the principle of softness to conquer hardness has helped students to achieve not only the physical limitations, but their mental ones as well, thereby reach the ultimate level of “soft as silk and hard as steel”.

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Step into the shady sanctuary of our gardens’ lush foliage and learn to release tension in your mind and body. Yoga has been celebrated for millennia for its ability to improve circulation, build mobility and flexibility, and support physical and psychological balance. Our gentle all-levels Garden Yoga program accesses the Arboretum’s natural tranquility to deepen your body’s capacity to heal and strengthen itself. Please bring your own yoga mat.
Advance online registration is required. Sorry no drop-ins. Please arrive 10 minutes before class to ensure you have time to check in! Refunds will not be granted to registered guests who miss the class due to tardiness.
Brie Wakeland received her 200 hour yoga instructor certification in Rishikesh, India. She has practiced privately for 16 years and has taught in group settings since 2013. Recently she became certified to also teach children through both Yoga for Youth and Zooga Yoga. Brie also just finished her advanced 300 hour yoga teacher certification through Wanderlust Hollywood in the summer of 2020! Her mission is to help each individual find a yoga practice that works best for them.
Questions? Please call the Education Department at 626.821.4623 or email at education@arboretum.org.
Click here for Evening Yoga dates
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Inspired by the Japanese practice of
shinrin yoku, Forest Bathing has been scientifically proven to boost immune strength, reduce stress, and improve cognitive functioning. But beyond these physiological changes, Forest Bathing also offers us the opportunity to deepen our relationship with the natural world. By slowing down and carefully observing with all our senses, we may begin to notice incredible things that may have eluded us for our whole lives. In escaping the rapid pace of our daily routines, we may find unparalleled beauty in the moment and in doing so, relax into the beauty all around us.
On your walk, a certified guide will offer a series of guided invitations to assist you in finding your own authentic way of interacting with the land at the Los Angeles Arboretum. There’s no right or wrong way to do it; just come and be yourself. It’s all welcome in the forest.
Advance online registration is required for Forest Bathing. Sorry no drop-ins. Because of the meditative nature of this class, we strongly recommend that participants be 12 years old and older.
If you are interested in requesting a specific guide, please contact the Education Department at education@arboretum.org.
*
Please arrive 10 minutes before class to ensure you are not left behind! Refunds will not be granted to registered guests who miss the walk due to tardiness.
Click here for Evening Forest Bathing
Click here for Full Moon Forest Bathing
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*For beginner levels
*All materials provided including Acrylic and Oil H20 (non-toxic and water soluble)
SATURDAYS 9:30am-12pm // 8-week sessions// REGISTER HERE
Session 2 Dates:
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April 22, 29, May 6, 13, 20, 27, June 3, 10
Session 3 Dates:
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*Minimum age limit is 12 years old. Must be accompanied by a participating adult who is also registered for the class.

To learn more about other art classes
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[post_content] => Join Frank McDonough for to celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the Arboretum by exploring it's origins and evolution through a fascinating series of walks and talks.
These events are free with admission. Registration is required due to limited space.
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR UPCOMING WALKS
Upcoming Walks:
March 18th- 10am and 2pm
Quakes, Plates, and Perennial Lakes (Rescheduled from 2/25 due to rain... a few spaces left)
May 27th- 10am and 2pm
The Southern California Horticultural Society and the Founding of the L.A. State and County Arbor
August 26th- 10am and 2pm
Ahead of its Time -How the Arboretum Became a Leader in Waterwise Gardening
November 25- 10am and 2pm
The Post War Real Estate Boom and the Arboretum -How the Booming Ornamental Horticulture Industry Influenced the Mission of the Arboretum
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Join recent LA Times feature Krystle Hickman for this class on native bees, their relationships with native plants, and macro photography.
California is home to over 1,600 species of native bees, and they are a vital part of the ecosystem. Through Krystle's stunning, macro photography, get to know what makes bees so special. In this class you will learn how to identify native bee species and then head out to Crescent Farm to explore native bees in action.
Participants are encouraged to bring cameras and/ or phones to take pictures.
March 18 10am-12pm
$20 (Members)
$25 (Non-members)
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About the Instructor:

Krystle Hickman is a TEDx Speaker, Artist, Community Scientist, and Photographer based in Los Angeles, California. Through artful photography, Krystle strives to increase awareness of the decline in native bee species as well as highlight their biodiverse ecosystems. Her photography has been featured in The LA Times, children's books, and scientific journals.
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[post_content] => Enjoy a walking tour of our favorite trees with one of our trained volunteers. You will learn about trees living in our collection that come from all around the world. Our volunteers will share stories and fun facts about these interesting specimens. Learn what it means to be an Arboretum and how we came to be. It's a great way to explore trees and celebrate our 75th Anniversary with us!
Space is limited to 30 participants.
Members - This tour is free, but tour registration is required.
Click here to register.
Non-members - Tour registration includes paid admission.
Click here for admission tickets and tour registration.
• Tour will start promptly at 11am. It is approximately 1 mile long and 1 hour in duration
• Meet at the Rainbow Gum tree inside the North Entrance.
• Please arrive early to park, and find the meeting location. No refunds or reschedules for missed tours.
• Where appropriate shoes. There will be walking on road with some incline.
Please email
visitor.services@arboretum.org for questions.
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[post_content] => Join us at the Arboretum to take your oil painting to the next level. Under the coaching of Ron Pettie, you will learn skill building exercises, watch demos, and develop your individual artistic expression while completing 2-3 paintings.
*For intermediate to advanced levels
*All materials provided including Acrylic and Oil H20 (non-toxic and water soluble)
SATURDAYS 12pm-3:30pm// 8-week sessions REGISTER HERE
Session 2:
April 22, 29, May 6, 13, 20, 27, June 3, 10
Session 3:
July 22, 29, August 5, 12, 19, 26, September 2, 9
Session 4:
October 14, 21, 28, November 4, 11, 18, December 2, 9
*Minimum age limit is 12 years old. Must be accompanied by a participating adult who is also registered for the class.

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These events are free with admission. Registration is required due to limited space.
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR UPCOMING WALKS
Upcoming Walks:
March 18th- 10am and 2pm
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May 27th- 10am and 2pm
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August 26th- 10am and 2pm
Ahead of its Time -How the Arboretum Became a Leader in Waterwise Gardening
November 25- 10am and 2pm
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Parent & Me Education Series: “Acorns & Oaks”
SUNDAY SESSIONS:
6 WEEK SERIES:
April 16, 23, 30, May 7, 21, June 4 [No class May 14 or May 28] REGISTER HERE
9:
15am-10:15am
WEDNESDAY SESSIONS:
6 WEEK SERIES:
April 12th, 19th, 26th, May 3rd, 10, 17 REGISTER HERE
9:45-10:45am
REGISTRATION FEES ARE PER PERSON:
Members: $110 per person (1 adult + 1 child = $220; additional siblings, etc. require another ticket)
Non-Members: $120 per person (1 adult + 1 child = $240; additional siblings, etc. require another ticket)
*Each child and each adult participating requires a registration fee.
*For Arboretum members, remember to create your Arboretum account to get the discount at checkout. For instructions on how to create an account
click here. To create an account
click here.
ACORNS & OAKS is a unique, homegrown, parent-child educational program that is rooted in whole-child philosophy & developmental play. Designed to provide outdoor, nature-based learning experiences for babies, toddlers and children up to the age of 5, the goal is to help our little acorns grow into mighty oaks! Acorns & Oaks fosters parent and child bonding through tactile play with nature, crafts, songs, stories, and sensory integration. The program provides little ones with a natural environment in which to practice and further develop all growing abilities, particularly gross/fine motor, cognitive, and social-emotional skills. It also offers parents and caregivers the much-needed time to socialize and relax in a beautiful setting while learning new ways to engage with their young learners. The program is mixed-age for a “family learning” style, and siblings are warmly encouraged. All domains of development are nourished through intentional teaching and hands-on learning. A simple curriculum, group singing, & nurturing tactile play offer the perfect growth experience. Sessions offer direct contact with nature, crafts, songs, stories, and sensory integration. Acorns & Oaks is led by Betsy Edelberg, founder of Playgroup Los Angeles. Acorns & Oaks is mixed age for a family learning style, and siblings are welcome. Questions? Please contact Brooke Applegate at
brooke.applegate@arboretum.org
“Acorns & Oaks” classes are taught by Betsy Edelberg (founder of Playgroup LA) who has taught hundreds of parents and children over 12 years! Betsy holds a degree in Child Development. She has certifications in Children’s Yoga, Brain Gym, and training in Waldorf Early Child Education.
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the shadows and light of winter through the lens of oil painting. Students will experience painting beautiful sunrises and sunsets as well as other scenes that reflect light and shadows. Under the coaching of Ron Pettie, you will learn skill building exercises, watch demos, and develop your individual artistic expression while completing 2-3 paintings.
*For all levels
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SUNDAY 12pm- 3:30pm // 8-week session
Jan 29, Feb 5, 12, 19, 26, March 5, 12, 19
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Register HERE for upcoming sessions
Instructor Email: cbaltayian@yahoo.com
Date: 4 week sessions
Price: $275 members, $295 non-members for 4 week session
These classes will be exploring color pencil, graphite, pen and ink, and watercolor on various papers, vellum and other surfaces. The emphasis will be on plant observation, drawing, composition, color theory and matching, and medium techniques. Come join us for an open studio experience to practice and perfect techniques.
*Ticket date reflects the last date of the session.
For suggested supply list, please reach out to the instructor.

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View upcoming dates and register HERE
Advance online registration is required. Sorry no drop-ins. The Arboretum grounds close at 5pm. Yoga in the Garden is an after-hours class. The instructor will begin check-in 15 minutes prior to start of class. Because this is an after-hours class, there will not be any staff available to unlock the gate and refunds will not be granted to registered guests who miss the class due to tardiness.
Step into the shady sanctuary of our gardens’ lush foliage and learn to release tension in your mind and body. Yoga has been celebrated for millennia for its ability to improve circulation, build mobility and flexibility, and support physical and psychological balance. Our gentle all-levels Garden Yoga program accesses the Arboretum’s natural tranquility to deepen your body’s capacity to heal and strengthen itself. Please bring your own yoga mat.
*Class will be moved indoors due to weather.
Brie Wakeland received her 200 hour yoga instructor certification in Rishikesh, India. She has practiced privately for 16 years and has taught in group settings since 2013. Recently she became certified to also teach children through both Yoga for Youth and Zooga Yoga. Brie also just finished her advanced 300 hour yoga teacher certification through Wanderlust Hollywood in the summer of 2020! Her mission is to help each individual find a yoga practice that works best for them.
Questions? Please call the Education Department at 626.821.4623 or email at education@arboretum.org.
Click here for Morning Yoga dates
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Parent & Me Education Series: “Acorns & Oaks”
SUNDAY SESSIONS:
6 WEEK SERIES:
April 16, 23, 30, May 7, 21, June 4 [No class May 14 or May 28] REGISTER HERE
9:
15am-10:15am
WEDNESDAY SESSIONS:
6 WEEK SERIES:
April 12th, 19th, 26th, May 3rd, 10, 17 REGISTER HERE
9:45-10:45am
REGISTRATION FEES ARE PER PERSON:
Members: $110 per person (1 adult + 1 child = $220; additional siblings, etc. require another ticket)
Non-Members: $120 per person (1 adult + 1 child = $240; additional siblings, etc. require another ticket)
*Each child and each adult participating requires a registration fee.
*For Arboretum members, remember to create your Arboretum account to get the discount at checkout. For instructions on how to create an account
click here. To create an account
click here.
ACORNS & OAKS is a unique, homegrown, parent-child educational program that is rooted in whole-child philosophy & developmental play. Designed to provide outdoor, nature-based learning experiences for babies, toddlers and children up to the age of 5, the goal is to help our little acorns grow into mighty oaks! Acorns & Oaks fosters parent and child bonding through tactile play with nature, crafts, songs, stories, and sensory integration. The program provides little ones with a natural environment in which to practice and further develop all growing abilities, particularly gross/fine motor, cognitive, and social-emotional skills. It also offers parents and caregivers the much-needed time to socialize and relax in a beautiful setting while learning new ways to engage with their young learners. The program is mixed-age for a “family learning” style, and siblings are warmly encouraged. All domains of development are nourished through intentional teaching and hands-on learning. A simple curriculum, group singing, & nurturing tactile play offer the perfect growth experience. Sessions offer direct contact with nature, crafts, songs, stories, and sensory integration. Acorns & Oaks is led by Betsy Edelberg, founder of Playgroup Los Angeles. Acorns & Oaks is mixed age for a family learning style, and siblings are welcome. Questions? Please contact Brooke Applegate at
brooke.applegate@arboretum.org
“Acorns & Oaks” classes are taught by Betsy Edelberg (founder of Playgroup LA) who has taught hundreds of parents and children over 12 years! Betsy holds a degree in Child Development. She has certifications in Children’s Yoga, Brain Gym, and training in Waldorf Early Child Education.
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[post_content] => The Arboretum Library's book group explores the portrayal of western North American landscape in fiction, non-fiction, drama, and poetry, letters, graphic novels, etc. The group generally, but not always, meets the last Wednesday of the month in the Arboretum Library or out on the Arboretum grounds, pandemic, weather and sunlight permitting. When the weather is good and disease rates are low, the group will meet outside in appropriate places in the gloriously, beautiful grounds of the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden with
appropriate social distancing and masking. The group leader will decide each month whether the meeting will be in-person or on Zoom.
The group uses a modified version of the
Shared Inquiry™ method developed by the
Great Books Foundation. The discussion is greatly enhanced if the chosen book of the month is read, although we welcome those who just want to listen. Let the host know you only want to listen. New participants are always welcome!
Click
here to see the questions already asked for this year's past books and check out the history of the book club by hovering on the
tab and see all the previous years and books to explore.
For more information and to be added to the e-mail reminder list about the Community Book Discussion Group, please contact, Arboretum Librarian Emeritus, Susan Eubank, at Susan.Eubank@Arboretum.org. You must RSVP to Susan for the discussions you would like to attend.
December 28, 2022 ON ZOOM
Always Coming Home by Úrsula K. Le Guin; Margaret Chodos (Illustrator); Todd Barton (Composed by); George K. Hersh (Contribution by). New York: Harper & Row, 1985.
ISBN: 9780060155452
“...Le Guin is among the ... most respected American writers who regularly set their narrative in the future to force a dialogue with the here and now... [The book] is a slow, rich read, ...a liberal utopian vision, rendered far more complex ... by a sense of human suffering. ...The novel is about an imaginary people living in a far distant future on the Pacific coast. As a native of Berkeley, Calif., who lives in Portland, Ore., Mrs. Le Guin obviously knows her fictional territory. Moreover, if anyone is the world's greatest authority on the Kesh, it's the author, since she invented them. .”—Samuel R. Delany,
New York Times
January 25, 2023, 7:00 p.m.
Always Crashing in the Same Car by Matthew Specktor, Portland, Ore.: Tin House Books, 2021.
ISBN: 9781951142629
“…[T]he book is both a personal memoir and a cultural study, written with poetic charm. ...Specktor reflects on the mythos of Hollywood and the storied elements and landmarks of its built environment. …[He] is particularly dedicated to failure here, as he traces stories of writers, actors, musicians, and directors whose careers were sidelined for a variety of reasons...As each chapter is a slice of biography from a particular perspective...the stories feel somewhat incomplete. Specktor would not be wrong in hoping that those narrative gaps create curiosity. To draw the reader in, then inspire the reader to search online, to watch the films, to listen to the albums, indicates a quality book.” — Linda Levitt, PopMatters.com
In 2006, Matthew Specktor moved into a crumbling Los Angeles apartment opposite the one in which F. Scott Fitzgerald spent the last moments of his life. Fitz had been Specktor's first literary idol, someone whose own passage through Hollywood had, allegedly, broken him. Freshly divorced, professionally flailing, and reeling from his mother's cancer diagnosis, Specktor was feeling unmoored. But rather than giving in or "cracking up," he embarked on an obsessive journey to make sense of the mythologies of "success" and "failure" that haunt the artist's life and the American imagination. Part memoir, part cultural history, part portrait of place,
Always Crashing in the Same Car explores Hollywood through a certain kind of collapse. It's a vibrant and intimate inspection of failure told through the lives of iconic, if under-sung, artists--Carole Eastman, Eleanor Perry, Warren Zevon, Tuesday Weld, and Hal Ashby, among others--and the author's own family history. Through this constellation of Hollywood figures, he unearths a fascinating alternate history of the city that raised him and explores the ways in which curtailed ambition, insufficiency, and loss shape all our lives. At once deeply personal and broadly erudite, it is a story of an art form (the movies), a city (Los Angeles), and one person's attempt to create meaning out of both. Above all, Specktor creates a moving search for optimism alongside the inevitability of failure and reveals the still-resonant power of art to help us navigate the beautiful ruins that await us all.
February 22, 2023, 7:00 p.m.
Nobody's Son by Luis Alberto Urrea, Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press, 1998.
ISBN: 0816518653
“A bruising, powerful memoir… He cuts through the thicket of language and cultural contradictions, offering up both humorous looks at his life and troubling memories. ...Urrea's honest personal account will trigger anyone's memories of growing up where culture, ethnic identity and language clash. In today's America, that's nearly everyone." —
San Diego Union Tribune
“With his blended background and his borrowed, adapted, stolen language, ‘America is home. It’s the only home I have. Both Americas. All three Americas, from the Arctic circle to Tierra del Fuego.’ Borders criss-cross his experience, yet Urrea remains fluid, refusing to succumb to ‘a nightmare of silence’. He shares his love of words openly, freely, hopefully.” —
BookDragon
Here's a story about a family that comes from Tijuana and settles into the 'hood, hoping for the American Dream. . . . I'm not saying it's our story. I'm not saying it isn't. It might be yours. "How do you tell a story that cannot be told?" writes Luis Alberto Urrea in this potent memoir of a childhood divided. Born in Tijuana to a Mexican father and an Anglo mother from Staten Island, Urrea moved to San Diego when he was three. His childhood was a mix of opposites, a clash of cultures and languages. In prose that seethes with energy and crackles with dark humor, Urrea tells a story that is both troubling and wildly entertaining. Urrea endured violence and fear in the black and Mexican barrio of his youth. But the true battlefield was inside his home, where his parents waged daily war over their son's ethnicity. "You are not a Mexican!" his mother once screamed at him. "Why can't you be called Louis instead of Luis?" He suffers disease and abuse and he learns brutal lessons about machismo. But there are gentler moments as well: a simple interlude with his father, sitting on the back of a bakery truck; witnessing the ultimate gesture of tenderness between the godparents who taught him the magical power of love. "I am nobody's son. I am everybody's brother," writes Urrea. His story is unique, but it is not unlike thousands of other stories being played out across the United States, stories of other Americans who have waged war--both in the political arena and in their own homes--to claim their own personal and cultural identity. It is a story of what it means to belong to a nation that is sometimes painfully multicultural, where even the language both separates and unites us. Brutally honest and deeply moving, Nobody's Son is a testament to the borders that divide us all.
March 22, 2023
The Expendable Man by Dorothy B. Hughes; Afterword by Walter Mosley, New York: New York Review of Books, 2012, originally published 1963.
ISBN: 9781590174951
“The beauty of the Southwestern American desert is a deceptive cover for the violence — born of fear and hatred — that lies beneath it in a tawdry, seedy underbelly familiar to noir.... We can expect no easy answers, because the answer is not the point. Hugh Densmore’s search ... is prompted by the apparently selfish desire to save his reputation. Yet Hugh Densmore is not a selfish man; he is, by any reckoning, a good man, who loves his family and wishes to save them from the grief of hearing him branded an abortionist and murderer. His is not the superhuman intellect of Holmes or Poirot; Hugh Densmore is only human. That, in fact, is the truth that hides within noir: it is the stories of the only human, tawdry and stained and yet somehow golden for all of that.”— Eleanor Gold, Full-Stop.net
"It was surprising what old experiences remembered could do to a presumably educated, civilized man." And Hugh Denismore, a young doctor driving his mother's Cadillac from Los Angeles to Phoenix, is eminently educated and civilized. He is privileged, would seem to have the world at his feet, even. Then why does the sight of a few redneck teenagers disconcert him? Why is he reluctant to pick up a disheveled girl hitchhiking along the desert highway? And why is he the first person the police suspect when she is found dead in Arizona a few days later? Dorothy B. Hughes ranks with Raymond Chandler and Patricia Highsmith as a master of mid-century noir. In books like In a Lonely Place and Ride the Pink Horse she exposed a seething discontent underneath the veneer of twentieth-century prosperity. With The Expendable Man, first published in 1963, Hughes upends the conventions of the wrong-man narrative to deliver a story that engages readers even as it implicates them in the greatest of all American crimes.
April 26, 2023
Harlem of the West by Elizabeth Pepin Silva; Lewis Watts, Berkeley, CA: Heyday, 2020.
ISBN: 9781597144926
“A handsome new edition... — page upon page of well-dressed people having a good time framed by a blunt and lucid history of postwar San Francisco as a viciously segregated city. There are almost no white faces here, a testament to how fully people cast into a ghetto created their own world. One striking note among many: five people gathered in front of Rhythm Records on Sutter Street in 1947, behind them a poster advertising Andrew Tibbs’s smooth, after-hours 78 “Bilbo Is Dead” — a number about the infamous Mississippi racist so slick you can’t even hear the sarcasm as Tibbs runs through the “One Meat Ball” melody to tell you how he’s not sure he’ll ever get over the death of his “best friend.” — Greil Marcus,
Los Angeles Review of Books
In the 1940s and 50s, a jazz aficionado could find paradise in the nightclubs of San Francisco's Fillmore District: Billie Holiday sang at the Champagne Supper Club; Chet Baker and Dexter Gordon jammed with the house band at Bop City; and T-Bone Walker rubbed shoulders with the locals at the bar of Texas Playhouse. The Fillmore was one of the few neighborhoods in the Bay Area where people of color could go for entertainment, and so many legendary African American musicians performed there for friends and family that the neighborhood was known as the Harlem of the West. Over a dozen clubs dotted the twenty-block radius. Filling out the streets were restaurants, pool halls, theaters, and stores, many of them owned and run by African Americans, Japanese Americans, and Filipino Americans. The entire neighborhood was a giant multicultural party pulsing with excitement and music. In 220 lovingly restored images and oral accounts from residents and musicians, Harlem of the West captures a joyful, exciting time in San Francisco, taking readers through an all-but-forgotten multicultural neighborhood and revealing a momentous part of the country's African American musical heritage
May 24, 2023
Spell Heaven by Toni Mirosevich, Berkeley, CA: Counterpoint, CA, 2022.
ISBN: 9781640095168
“What happens when a lesbian couple—a college professor and a nurse—decide to forsake the expensive city and move a few miles south to Seaview, a foggy coastal town in Northern California where homes are affordable but some neighbors far from welcoming?...In lyrical, often shimmering, language, Mirosevich finds meaning and memory in the lives lived by the “confused” sea, the name, she explains, given to the sea when waves go back and forth on a windy day. “Confused but still beautiful,” the narrator insists. These stories both comfort and surprise. You will want to read them over and over again, like waves going back and forth, revealing something new each time.”— Elaine Elinson,
New York Journal of Books
A collection of linked stories that celebrate those who relish human connection in an increasingly isolated world. Stories include the tale of an undocumented boy's drowning when a wave pulls him out to sea, an ex-FBI agent's surveillance of a man who leaves chocolate bars at a tree in a weekly ritual, a mother on meth who teaches a lesson on mercy, and Kite Man, who flies kites from a fishing pole and sells drugs on the side. His motto: When the kites fly, you can buy.
June 28, 2023
Selected Verse: A Bilingual Edition, revised. by Federico Garcia Lorca; Edited by Christopher Mauer, Translated by Catherine Brown, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, c2004.
ISBN: 9780374528553
The entire poetic spectrum of Spain's greatest modern poet and dramatist is showcased in this new bilingual anthology. Lorca (1898-1937) drew upon his country's rich and sonorous musical tradition for inspiration, and his early poems are spellbindingly beautiful, animated with the sweet breath of the Andalusian land he loved so much and lit with images and metaphors as bright and quick as birds. ... [Lorca] scholar Maurer has chosen well from all 10 of Lorca's published poetry collections as well as from a selection of previously uncollected works, and the translations are superb.— Donna Seaman,
Booklist
Selected verse from the poet who "expanded the scope of lyric poetry" (Rafael Campo,
The Washington Post). The work of Federico García Lorca, Spain's greatest modernist poet, has long been admired for its emotional intensity and metaphorical brilliance. The revised
Selected Verse, which incorporates changes made to García Lorca's
Collected Poems, is an essential addition to any poetry lover's bookshelf. In this bilingual edition, García Lorca's poetic range comes clearly into view, from the playful Suites and stylized evocations of Andalusia to the utter gravity and mystery of the final elegies, confirming his stature as one of the twentieth century's finest poets.
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To thank members for their tremendous year-round support, the Arboretum is offering Wellness Mini Classes*.
Tai Chi with Arnold
Thursday, March 23, 9:30 am – 10:15 am
$10.00 per member
Tai Chi is a martial art based on the theory of an ancient classic called “I Ching”. Kinetic Tai Chi is created by Master Chien based on this foundation coupling with contemporary Physics of potential & kinetic energy. The training sessions include striking, throwing & submission techniques.
Please arrive 15 minutes before class to ensure you are not left behind!
One wellness class per member, you must be an active member during the time of the class. Classes are limited to 15 and social distancing is required. Please note classes may be canceled due to public health concerns or mandates. For questions please call the membership office at 626.821.3233.
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January is Member Appreciation Month. Our month-long member celebration is returning with special offers throughout the month of January!
To thank members for their tremendous year-round support, the Arboretum is offering complimentary Wellness Classes. Below is a list of programs being offered with detailed information about each class. Online advance reservations required.
*One wellness class per member, you must be an active member during the time of the class. Classes limited to 15 and masks and social distancing required. Please not classes may be canceled due to public health concerns or mandates. For questions please call the membership office at 626.821.3233.
Tuesday Jan 19, 11am
Whole Family Yoga with Blaire
In this gentle, all-levels yoga series, we explore a nature-based theme each week with a correlating technique. Themes include Earth, Air, Mountains, and Fire. Immersed in the Arboretum’s natural tranquility, we will use our imaginations to deepen our body’s capacity to heal and strengthen itself while working on our grounding, calming, focus, and concentration.
Thursday Jan 21, 9am
Yoga with Brie
Our gentle all-levels Garden Yoga program accesses the Arboretum’s natural tranquility to deepen your body’s capacity to heal and strengthen itself. Wednesday and Friday evenings 6-7:15pm.
Friday Jan 22, 4pm
Sound Bath with Jacinto
A sound bath is a meditative experience where participants are ‘bathed’ in sound waves through the use of deeply resonant acoustic instruments like singing bowls and gongs.
During a sound bath session, participants can experience a sense of awe at the sheer physicality of the singing bowls’ acoustic resonance, leading to a gradual release of tension and a meditative state of mind. As the session ends, participants can experience a restorative reset, subtler awareness of their body in its surroundings, mental clarity, and joy.
Tuesday Jan 26, 8am
Forest Bathing with Ben
Take time Saturday morning to awaken your senses to yourself and all beings. with a Forest Bathing walk. Inspired by the Japanese practice of shinrin yoku, the walk has been scientifically proven to boost immune strength, reduce stress, and improve cognitive functioning. Forest Bathing also offers us the opportunity to deepen our relationship with the natural world.
Thursday Jan 28, 9am
Tai Chi with Arnold
Tai Chi is a martial art based on the theory of an ancient classic called “I Ching”. Kinetic Tai Chi is created by Master Chien based on this foundation coupling with contemporary Physics of potential & kinetic energy. The training sessions include striking, throwing & submission techniques.
Gift Shop Member Double Discount Days
Friday and Saturday, January 8 & 9
Don’t miss this exclusive Members-only event! Arboretum members save an additional 10% on regular price merchandise, for a total of 20% OFF!
Arboretum Benefactor members enjoy an additional 5% OFF, for a total of 25% OFF!
(Excludes non-tax/food items and previously marked down items.)
Members Morning and Complimentary Coffee
Saturday & Sunday, January 16 & 17
Members enjoy complimentary coffee during members-only hour at the Peacock Café.
Our evening concerts on select Fridays in July and August begin this Friday, July 19, when Streetlight Cadence opens the series with its alternative folk pop. Bring family and friends for picnicking and children’s crafts. Doors open at 5, concert at 6pm. $8 general public; $4 children 5-12; Arboretum members free. Presented by MonteCedro.
After the Fires, the Forest Recovery Project is a visual documentary of the devastating Station Fire of 2009, which destroyed a quarter of the mature trees in the Angeles National Forest and homes along the lower flanks. The 10-year project by Corina Roberts records the loss and comeback of the forest. The exhibit is on view in the Library; members free; included in admission.
Children ages 5-11 will enjoy their summer exploring and learning about nature. We get children outside and away from screens to observe and explore wildlife in a natural setting. The Nature Camp runs from June 3 through August 5. Full session, daily and extended care available.
The New York Times provides a wonderful read about tree as “giant organic recording devices. The oldest can tell ancient stories about our world — and even galactic events.” Labs around the world are involved in the data gathering. Read all about it.
Looking for early nursery catalogs for the region of Southern California? The Arboretum Library has catalogs going as far back as the late 1800s that are still applicable for today’s horticulturalists. During your visit to the Arboretum, members and non-members of the garden are always welcome to browse our nursery catalogs in our library’s collection!
“Germain Seed Co.” (1907)
Hello, folks! The Arboretum Library’s catalog now has social networking features, including Facebook and Twitter, so that you may share any library material(s) you have found in the catalog, with your friends. Also be sure to check out and “like” the Arboretum’s Facebook page.
A delayed start to this year’s blooms because of the much-need, extended rains is worth the wait! The pink trumpet trees are arguably the most spectacular blooming trees in the Arboretum’s collection. They punctuate the landscape here with their solid canopies of vibrant, almost hot-pink blooms. The tree, Tabebuia impetiginosa, is a South American native that produces its brilliant display of color in typically from early winter through spring. Tabebuias initiate bloom soon after most or all their leaves suddenly drop. This often leaves the tree covered only in its clustered trumpet-shaped pink blooms–a sight that takes eyes not used to such a brilliant display some time to get used to. It is almost impossible not to see them as they compete with the peacocks for the eyes of the Arboretum visitors. The Arboretum helped introduce Tabebuia impetiginosa and other related species into the horticultural market during the 1970’s, including an apricot-colored hybrid between Tabebiua impetiginosa and chrome-yellow flowered Tabebuia chrysotricha.
The Arboretum Library has many journals and periodicals that cover a range of horticultural topics. These journals include articles about individual types of plants, including one that's been seen around a lot more recently – the açaí. You've probably seen this ingredient in all sorts of products at the grocery store, but I didn't know much about the plant, or even how to pronounce it (it's AH-sigh-EE, apparently). This article touches on several interesting aspects of the açaí: the history and cultural significance (including traditional uses for this type of palm), modern research into possible health benefits and the impact and future of cultivation of the açaí palm.
Stop by the library and check out this article and look over some of the many others in the periodical collection.
Engels, Gayle. “Acai: Euterpe oleracea.” Herbalgram, no. 86 (May-July 2010): 1-2. Print.
The Arboretum Library has many journals and periodicals that cover a range of horticultural topics. These journals include articles by members of the Arboretum staff.
The article “Lessons Learned: Managing Biological Invasion on Hemlock Hill (Massachusetts)” by Richard Schulhof (CEO of the Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden) in the journal Ecological Restoration details the challenges faced by the Arnold Arboretum in Boston by an invasion of Hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA). This introduced pest has been decimating hemlocks in the south and east. It was detected at the Arboretum in Boston in 1997 and they spent the next decade trying to mitigate the effects of the infestation and save their important stand of hemlock trees in an era of rapidly changing information. This article talks about what decisions they had to make and what were their main questions and concerns.
Stop by the library and check out this article and look over some of the many others in the periodical collection.
Schulhof, Richard. “Lessons Learned: Managing Biological Invasion on Hemlock Hill (Massachusetts).” Ecological Restoration 28.2 (June 2010): 129-131. Print.