SADS FEATURED EVENTS

February 23rd, Thursday: SADS Lecture Series.Paul Helman of the California Railway Museum will present a lecture on Art Deco railway stations, streamlined trains and passenger car interiors. Join us at our new lecture venue at the East Lawn Memorial Park in its renovated 1926 Art Deco building at 43rd and Folsom Blvd. Doors open at 7 pm, lecture begins at 7:30 pm. Cost: $5 donation for members, $7 donation for non-members. Light refreshments.

April 28th, Saturday: SADS Quarterly Dinner. Join us for a fun evening. Details to be announced. Continue to visit www.sacartdeco.org for event information.

May 24th, Thursday: SADS Lecture Series. SADS member Bill Kahrl will present a lecture on World’s Fairs. Details to be announced.

FEBRUARY 2012

February 4th, Saturday: 14th Annual Sacramento Museum Day. A record 28 museums from the greater Sacramento area offer free or half price admission from 10 am to 4 pm. This cultural tradition invites the public to experience the incredible wealth of art, history, science and wildlife at participating museums. For additional details and a list of the museums, visit www.sacmuseums.org or call (916) 908-7777.

February 10th- 12th, Friday thru Sunday: 45th International Antiquarian Book Fair, Pasadena Convention Center, 300 E. Green Street, Pasadena, CA 91101. Friday 3 pm to 8 pm; Saturday 11 am to 7 pm and Sunday 11 am to 5 pm. Visit www.sfbookfair.com for details or call 1-800-454-6401.

February 18th– 20th, Saturday thru Monday: Palm Springs Modernism Show and Sale, Palm Springs Convention Center, Palm Springs, CA. Eighty premier national and international decorative and fine arts dealers presenting all design movements of the 20th Century. Saturday 10 am to 6 pm, Sunday 10 am to 5 pm and Monday 10 am to 4 pm. Visit www.dolphinfairs.comfor information.

 February 23rd, Thursday:SADS Lecture Series.Paul Helman of the California Railway Museum will present a lecture on Art Deco railway stations, streamlined trains and passenger car interiors. Join us at our new lecture venue at the East Lawn Memorial Park in its renovated 1926 Art Deco building at 43rd and Folsom Blvd. Doors open at 7 pm, lecture begins at 7:30 pm. Cost: $5 donation for members, $7 donation for non-members. Light refreshments.

February 23rd– February 26th, Thursday thru Sunday: “Dizzy Heights: Silent Cinema and Life in the Air,” presented by the Berkeley Pacific Film Archive and co-presented by the San Francisco Silent Film Festival. This series explores the intersection of silent cinema and aviation. It was film that first allowed moviegoers to vicariously experience flight. All programs feature live musical accompaniment. Theatre location is 2575 Bancroft Way, between College and Telegraph, Berkeley. For movie times and tickets go to www.bampfa.berekely.edu, or call (510) 642-1124.

MARCH

March 3rd, Saturday: Royal Society Jazz Orchestra, Dixieland Monterey Jazz Festival. Hear and dance with the RSJO from 1 pm to 3 pm at this 32nd Annual Jazz Festival, DeAnza Ballroom, Monterey Conference Center, Monterey. Call 1-888-349-6879 for festival details or visit www.dixieland.monterey.com or www.rsjo.com.

March 17th– 18th, Saturday and Sunday: Vintage Fashion Expo, San Francisco Concourse Exhibition Center, 635 8thStreet at Brannan. Over 90 exhibitors bring the very best of vintage clothes, couture designed items and fabulous accessories such as purses, hats, gloves and fantastic jewelry. For show times, directions and a discount coupon visitwww.vintagefashionexpo.com or call (415) 468-7482.

March 24th– April 1st: “Napoleon” at the Oakland Paramount Theatre. The San Francisco Silent Film Festival presents the only US premiere of this 1927 classic film. See the complete restoration by Academy Award-winning historian Kevin Brownlow and hear the orchestral score by Carl Davis who will conduct the Oakland East Bay Symphony. For each of the four screenings, the 5 1/2 hr epic begins at 1:30 pm to 9:30 pm with three intermissions and a break for dinner. For more information, ticket purchase and seat selection go to www.silentfilm.org or visit www.paramounttheatre.com.

APRIL

April 13th– May 6th: “Titanic – The Musical,”presented by the Davis Musical Theatre. Produced on the 100th anniversary of the quintessential tragedy, Titanic - the Musical, is the factual story of that ship — of her officers, crew and passengers — whose fates were sealed on that tragic night in April 1912. For showtimes and tickets visit www.dmtc.org/season2011-12 or call (530) 756-3682. The DMTC Performing Arts Center is located at 607 Pena Drive, Davis.

 April 28th, Saturday:SADS Quarterly Dinner. Join us for a fun evening. Details to be announced. Continue to visit www.sacartdeco.org for event information.

PLAN AHEAD

May, 2012: Capital Decades: 1930s. The Sacramento Room of the Sacramento Public Library is tentatively planning a month long lecture program focusing on Sacramento in the 1930s. Future information will be featured on the events calendar of the Sacramento Room of the library at www.saclibrary.org and we will keep SADS members posted!

May 5th, Saturday: Art Deco Preservation Ball, hosted by the Art Deco Society of California. In conjunction with the Golden Gate Bridge Conservancy, the Ball celebrates the 75th anniversary of this international landmark. For further details go to www.artdecosociety.org.

 May 24th, Thursday:SADS Lecture Series. SADS member Bill Kahrl will present a lecture on World’s Fairs. Details to be announced.