Pasadena Museum of History E-Calendar
October 2013

In This Issue
Featured Object
Featured Event
Current Exhibition
Upcoming Events
Featured Object
 
Image: Benjamin "Don Benito" Wilson (Main Photo Collection, People - W Benjamin D Wilson) 

 

"Benjamin Davis Wilson, known as Don Benito in the days of the Spanish Dons, shaped Los Angeles and California history in remarkable ways." - Nat B. Read, Mountain Man to Mayor, Don Benito Wilson: Los Angeles 1841 to 1878. Read, a local historian and author, was one of the honorees at the Museum's Contemporary History Makers Gala on Saturday.

 


Not on Facebook? Then this summer you missed a progressive exhibit of Eva Scott Fenyes' beach art, which Collections Manager Michelle Turner posted on the Museum's Facebook page each Wednesday between Memorial Day and Labor Day. However, you can now view all of the art in the latest Hometown Pasadena article by Project Archivist Julie Stires.

  

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Founded in 1924 to preserve and share the rich history, art, and culture of Pasadena and neighboring communities, Pasadena Museum of History has developed into one of the country's premiere institutions of its size.   

 

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Featured Event

Lunch with a Legend: Fashion Designer Zandra Rhodes
Saturday, October 26, 12:30 pm at Trattoria Neapolis, 336 S. Lake Ave., Pasadena 91101

An exclusive opportunity to meet, mingle, and enjoy conversation with legendary British designer Zandra Rhodes, CBE. Dramatic, glamorous, extroverted in both her designs and her lifestyle, Rhodes has made an indelible mark on the international fashion world since her rise to the top echelon in the 1970s. She has designed for clients as diverse as Diana, Princess of Wales, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Elizabeth Taylor, Helen Mirren, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Freddie Mercury of the rock group Queen, and her clothing, accessories and makeup are sold in top stores and boutiques around the world. Since 2000, Rhodes' career has diversified into designing sets and costumes for the opera. She is a Commander of the British Empire and founder of London's Fashion and Textile Museum.

  

Award-winning chef Bryant Wigger created the luncheon menu, which includes Neapolitan pizza made onsite at Pasadena's new American Italian restaurant.

  

Tickets: Members $30; Non-Members $35. Purchase tickets online or by calling 1.800.838.3006, ext. 1. 

  

 

Images (clockwise): Zandra Rhodes by Gene Nocon; Indian portrait, 1982: Zandra Rhodes; Pink Mane Portrait, 1982, by Robyn Beeche.  

 

 

Current Exhibition
 

I Do! I Do! Pasadena Ties the Knot Part II: 1950 to Present Day  

Open through November 3

 

Wedding gowns by legendary designers move into the spotlight in the exhibition I Do! I Do! Part II, the sequel to the Museum's immensely
popular survey of wedding fashions from the previous century, which was presented earlier this year. The gowns in Part II - borrowed from local residents, bridal shops, and designers - were chosen because they define specific styles and together create a chronology of wedding dress history decade by decade from 1950 to present day. These styles, which have been largely determined by designers, may change through the years, but at the height of its popularity each dress represents a momentary standard of what a bride should look like.

The sumptuous bridal creations on display include the first-ever
wedding gown purchased at Bullock's Pasadena, a William Cahill creation, and the gown of Carolyn Knight Weedman, daughter of the thirty-first governor of California, who was wed in the Governor's Mansion. Local women, including Holly Davis, Jennifer DeVoll, Karen Hackett, and Ann-Marie Villicana share photos and memories of their weddings. Personal stories, formal portraits, wedding announcements, and other ephemera accompany the over thirty gowns on view.
  
 
Image: 

Governor Goodwin "Goodie" J. Knight escorting his daughter Carolyn Knight down the stairs of the 

Governor's Mansion, June 25, 1955.  Carolyn's wedding gown is currently on display along with related photographs and ephemera.

Courtesy Jonathan Weedman and Raymundo Baltazar Family. 

 
 
Upcoming Events

Oleg Cassini The Wedding Dress Lecture and Book Signing
Tuesday, October 8, 7:00 pm
 
Join Lee Nestor Bigtree, Design Director for Special Projects at Oleg Cassini, Inc. for a lecture on the history of Oleg Cassini and wedding gown design. The quintessential book on wedding fashion is an exciting look at the variety of luxurious wedding dresses, which celebrates their beauty, sophistication, and romance. From Jacqueline Kennedy to Grace Kelly, Cassini's designs are synonymous with the world's most glamorous women. The same electrifying elegance resonates with his magnificently crafted bridal gowns. 
 
Tickets: Textile Arts Council Members Free; Members $10; Non-Members $15. Purchase tickets online or by calling 1.800.838.3006, ext. 1
 
  
Sunny Tales from Around the World: Children's Storytime with Sunny Stevenson   

Wednesday, October 9, 10:30 am at San Rafael Branch of the Pasadena Public Library, 1240 Nithsdale Rd., Pasadena 91105 

  

Come listen to Sunny Stevenson as she reads and tells stories suitable for pre-school age children. A born storyteller, she is able to mesmerize her listeners, children and adults alike. Please join us!   

 

Tickets:  Free; no reservations required.
   
 

And don't forget about ArtNight Pasadena on October 11! 

   


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