BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//192.124.249.56//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.26.9// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-FROM-URL:https://windsorsquarehancockpark.com X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 RDATE:20241103T020000 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 RDATE:20250309T020000 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-873@windsorsquarehancockpark.com DTSTAMP:20240329T152702Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Past Event CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, September 22nd. 7:00 PM. In 1933\, “Fortune” magazi ne suggested to the American fashion industry that they could benefit from the showmanship demonstrated by the Hollywood designers in order to compe te with the French couturiers. The Hollywood designer “Fortune” most prais ed was Adrian of M-G-M. It was a logical choice as Adrian’s design for Joa n Crawford in the 1932 film “Letty Lynton” dominated the fashion industry for the next two years. Join us for Adrian\, American Designer\, Hollywood Original by Richard Matukonis-Adkins.\n$10 Presentation only – Members ( Pay Below with small Paypal fee)*$15 Presentation only – Non Members (Pay Below with small Paypal fee)*$55 Presentation and electronic book\, Membe r price (Pay Below with small Paypal fee)$60 Presentation and electronic b ook\, Non-Member price (Pay Below with small Paypal fee)Purchase e-book or additional e-books separately\n*After your purchase you will be emailed t he special presentation link by 6pm the day before the presentation and by 12pm on the day of the presentation.\n\nThe Windsor Square Hancock Park H istorical Society\npresents\nAdrian\, American Designer\, Hollywood Origin al\nwith author Richard Matukonis-Adkins\nPlease join us Wednesday\, Septe mber 22nd. 7:00 PM\n\n\n\nDespite offers to go into the retail business as early as 1928\, Adrian did not enter the commercial fashion world until 1 942\, after leaving M-G-M\, but taking his fame with him. In 1944 he would win the prestigious Coty Award for fashion design. One of the reasons he did so was his innovative Trompe l’oiel painted imagery on fabric\, a tast eful solution to the L-85 fabric restrictions of World War II. So proud of the award was Adrian that he added the line “American Designer” to all hi s advertisements in the prestigious fashion magazines.\nBy 1952\, he had a chieved all his dreams. He was famous\, successful\, married to a lovely w oman\, movie star Janet Gaynor\, father to a son\, Robin\, had traveled to Africa\, and was working happily in fashion\, theatre\, and fine art. Unf ortunately\, a weak heart demanded he give up his fashion business. His “r etirement” however\, was hardly inactive.\nAttendance at a film festival i n Brazil in 1952 led the Adrians to build – by hand – a home outside the n ew capital of Brasilia. They spent half their year in Brazil and half in L os Angeles. Janet made a return to movies in 1957\, and Adrian designed hi s first stage production since 1924\, a musical version of his film hit “G rand Hotel”. Dual offers came to Janet and Adrian to continue theatrical w ork\, her to star in “Midnight Sun” with Arthur Hill\, and for Adrian to d esign for the musical which became “Camelot” and for which he was awarded a posthumous Tony Award\, shared with Tony Duquette\, who completed the pr oduction after Adrian suddenly died three months into the assignment.\nThe nostalgia boom began just a few years after Adrian’s passing\, but the su rviving pieces of his film work were soon commanding high prices at auctio ns\, with the Judy Garland-worn ruby slippers becoming the most valuable o f all movie artifacts. Also\, his couturier work began to be presented in museum exhibitions all over the world.\nAccording to their son\, Robin\, n either Janet nor Adrian dwelt in the past. He would probably be a little s urprised at the attention his work still receives\, but would nonetheless be pleased about it\, I’m sure.\nI have studied Adrian and his work for th e last two decades\, with the result being my book\, “Adrian – American De signer\, Hollywood Original” and I am pleased to be able to share new info rmation with those familiar with his work and to introduce him to new audi ences who know the designer\, but not as much about the man. 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\\nWednesday\, September 22nd. 7:00 PM. In 1 933\, “Fortune” magazine suggested to the American fashion industry that t hey could benefit from the showmanship demonstrated by the Hollywood desig ners in order to compete with the French couturiers. The Hollywood designe r “Fortune” most praised was Adrian of M-G-M. It was a logical choice as A drian’s design for Joan Crawford in the 1932 film “Letty Lynton” dominated the fashion industry for the next two years. Join us for Adrian\, America n Designer\, Hollywood Original by Richard Matukonis-Adkins.
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\nDespite offer s to go into the retail business as early as 1928\, Adrian did not enter t he commercial fashion world until 1942\, after leaving M-G-M\, but taking his fame with him. In 1944 he would win the prestigious Coty Award for fas hion design. One of the reasons he did so was his innovative Trompe l’oiel painted imagery on fabric\, a tasteful solution to the L-85 fabric restri ctions of World War II. So proud of the award was Adrian that he added the line “American Designer” to all his advertisements in the prestigious fas hion magazines.
\nBy 1952\, he had achieved all his dreams. He was f amous\, successful\, married to a lovely woman\, movie star Janet Gaynor\, father to a son\, Robin\, had traveled to Africa\, and was working happil y in fashion\, theatre\, and fine art. Unfortunately\, a weak heart demand ed he give up his fashion business. His “retirement” however\, was hardly inactive.
\nAttendance at a film festival in Brazil in 1952 led the Adrians to build – by hand – a home outside the new capital of Brasilia. T hey spent half their year in Brazil and half in Los Angeles. Janet made a return to movies in 1957\, and Adrian designed his first stage production since 1924\, a musical version of his film hit “Grand Hotel”. Dual offers came to Janet and Adrian to continue theatrical work\, her to star in “Mid night Sun” with Arthur Hill\, and for Adrian to design for the musical whi ch became “Camelot” and for which he was awarded a posthumous Tony Award\, shared with Tony Duquette\, who completed the production after Adrian sud denly died three months into the assignment.
\nThe nostalgia boom be
gan just a few years after Adrian’s passing\, but the surviving pieces of
his film work were soon commanding high prices at auctions\, with the Judy
Garland-worn ruby slippers becoming the most valuable of all movie artifa
cts. Also\, his couturier work began to be presented in museum exhibitions
all over the world.
\nAccording to their son\, Robin\, neither Janet
nor Adrian dwelt in the past. He would probably be a little surprised at
the attention his work still receives\, but would nonetheless be pleased a
bout it\, I’m sure.
I have studied Adrian and his work for the las t two decades\, with the result being my book\, “Adrian – American Designe r\, Hollywood Original” and I am pleased to be able to share new informati on with those familiar with his work and to introduce him to new audiences who know the designer\, but not as much about the man.
\n X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:Adrian\,Coty Award\,Judy Garland\,MGM\,Richard Matuko nis-Adkins\,Windsor Square\,Windsor Square Hancock Park Historical Society END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-979@windsorsquarehancockpark.com DTSTAMP:20240329T152702Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Past Event CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:November 10th at 7:00pm. In Saving Radio City Music Hall\, publ ished by TurningPointPress\, Rosemary Novellino-Mearns reveals how Radio C ity Music Hall\, Art Deco masterpiece and New York City’s premiere tourist attraction for generations\, was saved from demolition. After years of st ruggling with intense\, sometimes painful memories\, “Rosie” tells the hon est\, fact-filled\, emotionally charged\, and often humorous story of how she organized the gargantuan effort to save Radio City Music Hall in the S pring of 1978. Against all odds\, and in only four months\, she succeeded. Readers will be shocked by the “no good deed goes unpunished” climax of t he story in which Rosie reveals her reward for spearheading the movement t o save “The Showplace of the Nation.”\n*$10 Presentation only – Members ( Pay Below with small Paypal fee)\n*$15 Presentation only – Non Members (P ay Below with small Paypal fee)\nBook available through Amazon*After your purchase you will be emailed the special presentation link by 6pm the day before the presentation and by 12pm on the day of the presentation.\n\nWin dsor Square Hancock Park Historical Society\nPresents\nSaving Radio City M usic Hall – A Dancer’s True Story\nby Rosemary Novellino-Mearns\nNovember 10th at 7:00pm\n\n\n\nA modest but determined young dancer from Glen Rock\ , New Jersey\, Rosemary Novellino joined the Radio City Music Hall Ballet Company\, the classical dance counterpart to the world-famous Rockettes\, in 1966. After a shaky beginning\, she danced with the group for twelve ye ars\, eventually becoming its Dance Captain and Assistant to the legendary choreographer Peter Gennaro. In the mid-1970s\, questionable behind-the-s cenes changes in Music Hall management alarmed hundreds of employees\, but no one was prepared for the official announcement in early 1978\, that Ra dio City Music Hall was slated to close that April and be demolished.\nDra wing upon formerly untapped inner strengths\, Rosemary refused to let this happen. She became President of “The Showpeople’s Committee to Save Radio City Music Hall” and motivated fellow workers\, friends\, thousands of Ra dio City fans around the world\, New York and national media\, cultural le aders and politicians to support the cause. As a result of these efforts\, the Art Deco palace was declared a National Historic Landmark. saving not only the building but the jobs and livelihoods of thousands of Music Hall employees on stage and behind the scenes who have entertained millions to this day. This “heartfelt and very personal account of that effort\,” say s Booklist\, “provides a backstage glimpse of the drama that ensued and fe atures a cast of characters that includes performers\, politicians\, the m edia\, and some very heavy hitters in the world of New York real estate th at will delight readers interested in the performing arts and their histor y in the U.S.” DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211110T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211110T200000 LOCATION:Virtual Event SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Saving Radio City Music Hall – A Dancer’s True Story URL:https://windsorsquarehancockpark.com/event/saving-radio-city-music-hall -a-dancers-true-story/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://windsorsquarehancockpark.com/wp-content/ uploads/2021/01/61clTPceUEL-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://wind sorsquarehancockpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/61clTPceUEL-240x300.jp g\;240\;300\;1\,large\;https://windsorsquarehancockpark.com/wp-content/upl oads/2021/01/61clTPceUEL-819x1024.jpg\;819\;1024\;1\,full\;https://windsor squarehancockpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/61clTPceUEL.jpg\;1088\;13 60\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nNovember 10th at 7:00pm. In Saving Radio City Music Ha ll\, published by TurningPointPress\, Rosemary Novellino-Mearns reveals ho w Radio City Music Hall\, Art Deco masterpiece and New York City’s premier e tourist attraction for generations\, was saved from demolition. After ye ars of struggling with intense\, sometimes painful memories\, “Rosie” tell s the honest\, fact-filled\, emotionally charged\, and often humorous stor y of how she organized the gargantuan effort to save Radio City Music Hall in the Spring of 1978. Against all odds\, and in only four months\, she s ucceeded. Readers will be shocked by the “no good deed goes unpunished” cl imax of the story in which Rosie reveals her reward for spearheading the m ovement to save “The Showplace of the Nation.”
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\nA modest but determined young dan cer from Glen Rock\, New Jersey\, Rosemary Novellino joined the Radio City Music Hall Ballet Company\, the classical dance counterpart to the world- famous Rockettes\, in 1966. After a shaky beginning\, she danced with the group for twelve years\, eventually becoming its Dance Captain and Assista nt to the legendary choreographer Peter Gennaro. In the mid-1970s\, questi onable behind-the-scenes changes in Music Hall management alarmed hundreds of employees\, but no one was prepared for the official announcement in e arly 1978\, that Radio City Music Hall was slated to close that April and be demolished.
\nDrawing upon formerly untapped inner strengths\, Ro semary refused to let this happen. She became President of “The Showpeople’s Committee to Save Radio City Music Hall” and motivated fellow workers\, friends\ , thousands of Radio City fans around the world\, New York and national me dia\, cultural leaders and politicians to support the cause. As a result o f these efforts\, the Art Deco palace was declared a National Historic Lan dmark. saving not only the building but the jobs and livelihoods of thousa nds of Music Hall employees on stage and behind the scenes who have entert ained millions to this day. This “heartfelt and very personal account of t hat effort\,” says Booklist\, “provides a backstage glimpse of the drama t hat ensued and features a cast of characters that includes performers\, po liticians\, the media\, and some very heavy hitters in the world of New Yo rk real estate that will delight readers interested in the performing arts and their history in the U.S.”
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