Palm Springs Modernism Week Part 7

Today there will be lecture series include  design and architecture from Cuba and Australia! Wish I could make it to  Palm Springs Modernism Week. I really wanted to go today to see the lecture on Cuba. There is always next year. 

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Thursday February 24th Schedule 

If You've Got it, Flaunt it: The Braniff Collection


In the 1960's Braniff Airlines changed the face of modern air travel with some truly high-flying fashion. Join us for the first public viewing of a private uniform collection by designers, Terry Labus for Nardis, Halston and the wild colorful world of Emillio Pucci with space bubble helmets, hot pants and minis, We invite you to see what made the Braniff air hostesses the hottest trolley dollies in the sky!

Cost: $10 - unlimited tickets available
When: 9 am - 6 pm
Where: Riviera Palm Springs, 1600 North Indian Canyon Dr., Palm Springs, CA 92262



Architecture and Preservation Lecture Series: Australia Modern



Chris Osborne publisher of Brisbane Modern magazine, along with his Australian friends, will explore the untold story of mid 20th century Australian modernism through architecture and design. Investigating the connection with historic homes, heritage and preservation, using images of city, suburban and beach house architecture
www.brisbanemodern.com.au

Cost: $10 - unlimited seating available
When: 10:30 am
Where: Riviera Palm Springs, 1600 North Indian Canyon Dr., Palm Springs, CA 92262

Architecture and Preservation Lecture Series: Miami Beach


illustrated slide show & talk by co-authors Michael Kinerk & Dennis Wilhelm, Rediscovering Art Deco U.S.A. The speakers worked closely for 13 years with the late, great Barbara Baer Capitman, visionary and champion of The World's First 20th Century Historic District. Capitman founded Miami Design Preservation Leaguein 1976. The authors were charter members of MDPL. Their talk will highlight a series of wins and losses and the economic impact that historic preservation has had in the city.

Cost: $10 - unlimited seating available
When: 1 pm
Where: Riviera Palm Springs, 1600 North Indian Canyon Dr., Palm Springs, CA 92262
Barbara Capitman and Matti Bower, courtesy Arva Moore Parks Miami the Magic City


The Architecture and Design Film Series in Partnership with Design Onscreen: Studio Gang Architects: Aqua Tower ANDHella Jongerius: Contemporary Archetypes

This double feature spotlights two films on the world’s brightest women designers. Studio Gang Architects, (2009, Tom Piper, 27 minutes) explores the design process of one of architecture’s newest rising stars --Jeanne Gang, creator of Chicago’s ground-breaking 82-story Aqua Tower building. Hella Jongerius, (2009, Amie Knox, 30 minutes) profiles one of the most innovative and creative designers working today. Dutch designer Hella Jongerius explores new visions for design, craft, art and technology in her products for everyday life.

Visit Design Onscreen, a non-profit foundation dedicated to producing, distributing and preserving high-quality films on architecture and design.

Cost: $10 - unlimited seating available
When: 2:30 pm
Where: Riviera Palm Springs, 1600 North Indian Canyon Dr., Palm Springs, CA 92262



Architecture and Preservation Lecture Series: Havana Before Castro



Before the Cuban Revolution, Havana was one of the most fabulous and exciting cities on earth. It was also one of the most Modern as talented local architects adapted modernist ideas to Cuba's unique topography and climate. Architectural historian Peter Moruzzi explores the astonishing result, dubbed Havana Modern, in a compelling slide talk based on his book "Havana Before Castro: When Cuba Was a Tropical Playground."

Cost: $10 - unlimited seating available
When: 3 pm
Where: Riviera Palm Springs, 1600 North Indian Canyon Dr., Palm Springs, CA 92262

Horizon Hotel Splendid Cocktail Hour Event

Join us for a Splendid Cocktail Hour Event highlighting the design of William F. Cody. Festivities include a silent auction for the Modernism Week Scholarship Fund, a Cody presentation and room tours. Appetizers and complimentary valet provided. See flyer for details.

Cost: Free, RSVP required: kimberly@thehorizonhotel.com
When: 3 - 5 pm
Where: The Horizon Hotel, 1050 E. Palm Canyon Dr.



Robert Doisneau revisited: 1960-2010



In 1960, Fortune magazine got the most parisian of the humanist photographers, Robert Doisneau, to make a story about Palm Springs. The just released book of his recently rediscovered pictures is the source of inspiration for Vladimir Visak, a cinematographer from the cultural European TV channel, ARTE, to revisit Palm Springs, 50 years after Doisneau. Come meet Vladimir Visak and see his reporting. Books for sale by Just Fabulous.

Cost: Free
When: 4:30 - 6 pm
Where: Riviera Palm Springs, 1600 North Indian Canyon Dr., Palm Springs, CA 92262

Curator’s Walk-through of Steel and Shade:
The Architecture of Donald Wexler

Join Curator of Architecture and Design Sidney Williams for a walk-through of the Donald Wexler architecture exhibition to view Wexler’s drawings, new and vintage photographs, a full-scale steel model and ten new models made by Cal Polytechnic University architecture students.

Cost: Free
When: 5:30 - 6:30 pm
Where: 
Palm Springs Art Museum, 101 Museum Drive
, Palm Springs, CA 92262


Donald Wexler, architect, Palm Springs International Airport, rendering,1965,
photography Glen Wexler, 2003

The Architecture and Design Film Series in Partnership with Design Onscreen: Citizen Architect: Samuel Mockbee and the Spirit of the Rural Studio



Hale County, Alabama is home to some of America’s most impoverished people. It’s also home to Auburn University’s Rural Studio, one of the country’s most prolific and inspirational design-build architecture programs. Citizen Architect chronicles the late Samuel Mockbee - artist, architect, educator, and founder of the Rural Studio. Sam Douglas’ film, (2010, Director Sam Wainwright Douglas, 60 minutes) premiered at the 2010 SXSW Film Festival. Director Sam Douglas in-person for Q&A after the film!

Visit Design Onscreen, a non-profit foundation dedicated to producing, distributing and preserving high-quality films on architecture and design.

Cost: $10 - unlimited seating available
When: 7:30 pm
Where: Riviera Palm Springs, 1600 North Indian Canyon Dr., Palm Springs, CA 92262

Cuban Collective

I figure if I cant go to Cuba I will just have to take my imagination there. Im looking for a new Cuban based book and have been thinking about "Dancing with Cuba". Featuring a woman who travels to Cuba to teach dancing, but later finds her calling as a journalist.

As far as movies go I came across "The Lost City" An artsy film about a privileged family and their life in Havana. Thriving night life, music, and love all taking place in the glamorous days of Cuba's past.

With Christmas right around the corner why not listen to latin Jazz tunes. I listened to this cd on amazon and its not bad. It's kinda jazzy lots of guitar.

To top it all off I gotta go to Habana to have some plantain crusted chicken.

Homemade Vintage style Cuban posters.

Since tomorrow night is my Cuban birthday party Ive been cramming in all the extra decor and last minute ideas before its too late. I decided to do handmade vintage style Cuban posters. I found all of them online and made my own version so I could save money, plus it was fun making them.

1. Title: Havana- Welcome To Cuba

Artist: Unknown

My version : )

2. Title: Havana, Cuba

Artist: Donna Stackhouse

This is my version : )

3.Title: Escape to Cuba

Artist: Kerne Erickson

My version : )

So what do you think? Good enough?

One Night In Havana

Im super excited because Im having a Cuban theme party at the end of the month for my birthday. It is being called ~One Night In Havana~, inspired by the movie "Dirty Dancing Havana Nights" Im having alot of fun trying to figure exactly what kind of mood I want to set for the evening. Here is my vision:

Proceed to the next room Cafe Cubana (backroom) where there will be platters full of Cuban inspired tapas and a bar with Mojitos and Dues Equis beer. The walls will have Cuban artwork and decorative lights strung around.

• Walk outside and into La Rosa Negra Night Club(the backyard) where there are candlelit tables, Cuban Musica, colored lights moving to the beat and people dancing, talking and having fun.

Cuban Getaway

When I find myself getting so caught up in my hum-drum life in O.C. I day dream of tropical places that I have never been to before. Florida is the most "Tropical" place I've been. It is also one of the most boring places I've been. I remember when I went to Key west it was one of the best trips to Florida Ive ever been on. That is when I went to the Southern most part of America and saw...CUBA.

From that day forth I have wanted to catch a closer look , well more like i want to be there!

If the colors look intense I wonder if the people are just intense as well. I could fit right in with them. I would wear only bright clothing and white linen pants. Espadrilles would come in handy too.

The smell of cigars is one I favor most of all the smoke smells. It is a deep earthy sweet concoction, and you don't inhale it.

Homes in colors of the rainbow, not all the same in a drab dull beige.

I could make friends with the Havana Brown cat. He is just like my cat back home.

Wearing no makeup just the glow from the sun and the dewiness from the heat.

I could be the token white girl in a country full of mysterious men, but I already have my own mysterious Argentinian/American. All I would really want to do is dance dance dance and more dancing.

And it would pay off when I win a competition!

And then spend hours at the beach with that guy, maybe. Haha no I would be lounging in a hammock or drinking iced tea under a palm tree.