Renowned designer, Oscar-winning filmmaker and author, Arnold Schwartzman presents his tenth book on design and architecture, London Art Deco. Schwartzman received the Pacific Design Center's Stars of Design Life Achievement Award for Graphic Design in 2000. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE in 2000, and conferred the distinction of Royal Designer for Industry RDI by Great Britain's Royal Society of Arts in 2006.

Pacific Design Center, 8687 Melrose Avenue, West Hollywood, CA 90069

We are hoping to tap into the expertise of our past guests and the larger Art Deco community - - by inviting you to participate as a program lecturer. Have you been studying a particular area of the Art Deco movement? Then what could be better than sharing this knowledge with the perfect audience: informed, interested - - and captive!

Please take a look at the guidelines and submit your proposal today. Proposals are due Wednesday, April 30, 2008.

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With the grandeur of a classic Hollywood musical from the thirties, famed showman and impresario Maxwell DeMille's Cicada Club will transport you back in time to the glamorous days of Hollywood's golden age of nightclubs. Featuring the finest vintage dance orchestras and entertainment presented in one of Los Angeles' best examples of Art Deco architecture.

A pre-congress is planned for Toronto and a post-congress in Quebec City. Also a day trip to Ottawa is being arranged.

Information is being developed, but go to Art Deco Society of Montreal website for more information as it becomes available.

Glamour is as glamour does, and the former Brock's Jewelry Emporium downtown, once known as the "Tiffany & Co. of the West," has been refurbished and reborn as Seven Grand. The original jewelry cabinets are now used to display the bar's impressive collection of whiskey - - more than 200 different kinds. The inviting decor is an imaginative and strangely elegant mix of plaid and antlers, but it's the real, old-fashioned cocktails that are the draw. Look for the neon stag.

Come straight from work or slip into something more Deco - - either way, plan to join us for no-host cocktails and on May 30th for an evening with like-minded people. Reservations not required. Cocktails in Historic Places is open to members and non-members allike.

Saturday, June 21, beginning at 1 p.m.

Join Heritage Square and the Art Deco Society of Los Angeles as they mark the 75th Anniversary of the end of Prohibition with 1930's-style festivity. Bring your picnic and blanket, dress in your daytime Deco finest and celebrate the beginning of summer on the gorgeous grounds of Heritage Square. Dancing to live music provided by the Bilgewater Rats, prizes for picnic presentation, and other surprises are part of the celebration.

Included in the ticket price of $62 is one-year membership in both organizations! (Special price is for new members only.) For those who are already members of either HSM or ADSLA, a ticket price of $47 includes membership in the other organization. Ticket price includes a $2.00 service charge. Proceeds from this important fundraiser benefit preservation activities and tickets are tax-deductible.

Tickets are available by PayPal

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By calling Heritage Square at 323-/225-2700 ext. 223 or by mailing a check to Heritage Square, 3800 Homer Street, Los Angeles, California 90031.

Program development is underway, so please watch this site for more information.

Join us for the fourth annual Queen Mary Art Deco Festival, presented by the Art Deco Society of Los Angeles, in association with the Queen Mary, on Labor Day Weekend aboard the beautiful Art Deco Queen Mary in Long Beach. This weekend is filled with lectures, social events, a grand Art Deco Ball, and so much more. The proceeds from all activities will benefit conservation and restoration of the original art aboard the 1936 ocean liner.

We are also hoping to tap into the expertise of our past guests and the larger Art Deco community - - by inviting you to participate as a program lecturer. Have you been studying a particular area of the Art Deco movement? Then what could be better than sharing this knowledge with the perfect audience: informed, interested - - and captive! We need your proposal by April 18, 2008. Click here for the ADSLA's official Call for Papers.

Program development is underway, more information to follow.

From time to time the Art Deco Society of Los Angeles is alerted to the possible destruction of important Art Deco edifices around the world. Just as we must demonstrate to those in our city who would like to destroy our built environment that we are watching, other countries have similar needs. We need to lend our support to those
who seek it to save Art Deco architecture so that future generations can learn of the importance of early 20th Century design.

Ford Crenshaw Motors After

The former Murphy Oldsmobile dealership on La Brea at Wilshire Boulevard is being considered for demolition. The auto dealer is long gone but the historic facade and tower has been preserved as part of the Metro Plaza mini-mall which sits on the edge of the famed Miracle Mile district. Cal-Coast Homes, the developer, is planning to clear the entire block to construct a Herb Nadel-designed high-rise containing 336 condominiums, 16 town-homes and 32,000-square feet of retail. As soon as we have more information, we'll post it.