The Marianne Kneisel Quartet - c. 1930 - Digital Image in the collection of The Museum of the San Fernando Valley - top left Della Posner DiFilippi- top center Katherine Fletcher Shreves

Your Museum is working on the histories of lifelong San Fernando Valley residents, Della Posner DiFillipi and Katherine Fletcher Shreves. Della just died in Cambridge, Massachusetts at the age of 103. She was a "traveling music teacher" for the Los Angeles City Schools. Della was married to the composer Amadeo DiFilippi.
Katherine Fletcher Shreves was the accomplished and principal cellist of the Republic Pictures Studio Orchestra in Studio City.

THE MUSUEM'S OLMPIC COLLECTION

7-11 Olympic Badge - Collection of The Museum of the San Fernando Valley - gift of James L. Fecht
Modern cities and nations vie to host the Olympic Games for much the same reasons that the ancient Greeks participated in them. Although the ancient Olympiads were held at the single truce-site of Olympia, participation and winning in the spectacle's events gave important bragging rites and status to nations and states. The modern Olympic Games have done much to replace impressive cathedrals and city halls as symbols of power and influence.

The hosting the 1984 Olympic Games announced to the whole world that Los Angeles and its San Fernando Valley had arrived as a world-leading metropolis. It was no coincidence that Los Angeles became America's second most populous city and the port of Los Angeles - Long Beach became American's dominant shipping port that same year - 1984.

The Museum of the San Fernando Valley collects and archives Olympic memorabilia not just for the sake of displaying a lot of pretty buttons and souvenirs but for the purpose of understanding who we are, were and where we are going in the future. Just as children's games are children's work, so also sports and events like the Olympic Games are the work of a city.

If you can help your Museum to build its archive of materials related to the 1932 and 1984 Los Angeles based Olympic Games, please give us a call at Anchor Education Foundation. 818-347-9665

SPECIAL LECTURE ON BAKERSFIELD ARCHITECTURE BY SHEL WEISBACH

Shel Weisbach, Chair of the Museum's Contemporary Culture Committee and a member of the Board of Directors of the Museum of the San Fernando Valley will be the featured speaker at the November 17th meeting of the Kern County Historical Society.

Shel's power point presentation will be on the history of the architecture of Bakersfield and selected surrounding communities.

The meeting will be at noon at Bakersfield's Spotlight Theatre,
1622 19th Street, Bakersfield
Admission, including luncheon is $25.

Reservations are due by Friday, November 9.
Ph: (661) 665-9864 or 852-5031

ARROYO ARTS DISCOVERY TOUR PARTY

TOUR PREVIEW PARTY Friday, November 10
7 to 9 p.m. at the Acorn Gallery

The Arroyo Arts Collective will host a gala preview party at the Acorn
Gallery where work by the artists who are participating in this year's
Discovery Tour will be on display on Saturday, November 10th . Drop by and
meet Tour artists, other Collective members, neighborhood art enthusiasts,
NELAart Second Saturday-ers, have a snack or drink and buy Tour tickets at
the advance price.

The preview party is a great place to catch up with friends and select the
artists you'd like to visit on the day of the Tour. The party is from 7 to 9
p.m.

The Acorn Gallery is located at 135 North Avenue 50, Highland Park

LA CONSERVANCY TOURS ARE SIMPLY THE BEST!

Chandelier Los Angeles City Hall 2007 - photo by Jerry Fecht for The Museum of the San Fernando Valley

What's more fun than an LA Conservancy tour? Taking a bunch of LA Conservancy tours!
With the great tours of our city by volunteer guides from the LA Conservancy, there are no more excuses about nothing going on. My wife Janne and I joined the Conservancy about two years ago. It is one of Los Angeles' best opportunities to get to know our town!