The South Coast Botanic Garden covers 8 acres and contains over 2500 different species of plants. The garden is also home dozens of species of birds including the following:
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The Autumn Equinox on the 22nd welcomed the beauty of autumn and beginning of Libra season. No sign better symbolizes the balance of darkness and light achieved at the peak of the equinox, that moment of perfect alignment. In pagan traditions, it is known as Mabon and signifies the second harvest in the cycle of the planting year.
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Joe Ackerman spent over 60 years photographing and getting autographs from over 5,000 stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood and beyond. Additionally, he took over 400 candid photos of the iconic stars and was able to come back and have them autograph the photos. Ackerman did all of this while running 3 successful businesses and raising a family of five children.
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SPECIAL EVENTS
Guided Nature Walk at Filiorum Reserve with the Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy, Saturday, October 8th, 9am. Walk Jack’s Hat Trail on the 191-acre reserve linking the Three Sisters and Portuguese Bend Reserves. This wildlife corridor boasts beautiful ocean views and native habitat. Moderate to strenuous. Sign up at: pvplc.org/calendar
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October has an element of fantasy, enchantment, ghosts and superstition with All Hallows at the Eve end of the month. Many films to entertain on a haunted evening most are more funny than scary for your viewing consideration.
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There’s no escaping it. Wherever you go… YOU are there in full living color. Once upon a time, YOU entered a lifelong relationship with this very special person–YOU– and you stick together like super glue.
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Adrienne Nakashima, the South Coast Botanic Garden’s (Garden) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and her staff are constantly striving to create new and exciting ways for visitors from all parts of Los Angeles to experience the Garden. Their latest event, “Music and Flowers” combines the talents of some of the best African American floriculture designers in California with the music from notable native and Los Angeles based musical artists.
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Things do change in a heartbeat, don’t they? When I last interviewed Daniela Saxa-Kaneko she was serving as the interim executive director of the Palos Verdes Art Center. Not long after that the “interim” was dropped—and she was selected to head up the place, a venerable institution which has been serving the Peninsula for 90 years.
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The Palos Verdes Historical Society Presents Made In California - a Lecture on California Burger Joints, Diners, Fast Food & Restaurants on October 22, 2022
at Fred Hesse Park
Reservations Required and $25 due at door.
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Jill Sanders is a local fine art landscape photographer born and raised here in Palos Verdes, California. Her images stir a sense of stillness and peace upon the viewer as she blends her painterly effects of light and shadow mixed with long exposure techniques.
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MARK YOUR CALENDAR! A FUN, FREE & FANTASTIC LECTURE at Hesse Community Park ON October 14, 2022 - R.M.S. Queen Mary: The Haunting of a Great Ship with Commodore Everette Hoard
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If you live in San Pedro, as I do, you have probably discovered Averill Park with it’s pretty waterfall, meandering stream and ever fascinating ( to me anyway) duckpond. In spring you’ll see ducklings and all year round there are Mallards, Muscovy ducks,wood duck and visiting herons. The Muscovy ducks think they own the place and are often seen patrolling the perimeter of the pond.
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Imagine, after taking one single breath of air and suddenly you are submerged under water into a poorly lit, murky, eerie world where you are immediately no longer at the top of the food chain, and the animal at the top of the food chain could be stalking you at any moment. That is a world not many of us would aim to immerse ourselves in. Imagine that very animal that is at the top of the food chain laying just inches in front of your face.
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GIFTED:
Collecting the Art of California
at Gardena High School, 1919-1956
September 17 – November 12, 2022
Opening Reception: September 24, 6 – 9pm
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California’s mild climate, consistently sunny days and open spaces were quite an incentive for film studios to relocate from their New York locations to Southern California. Once in California, filmmakers frequently used Southern California and the western states as backdrops for their films about the adventures of America’s Western Expansion.
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Here we are, in the heart of Virgo season – on the cusp of autumn and the falling of many leaves, both literal and symbolic. Along with the sign Gemini, Virgo is ruled by the planet Mercury, infusing it with powerful energies of communication, informational processing, and profound mental acuity.
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The Point Vicente Chapter NSDAR has set up their yearly Constitution Week display at the Peninsula Center Library, at 701 Silver Spur Road, Rolling Hills Estates. The presentation will remain in the young readers window display through the 25th, thanks to the support of the Palos Verdes Library District (PVLD).
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Hollywood Goes Underground
39th Hollywood Forever Cemetery Walking Tour
Sunday, October 2, 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
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