Mountain Views News, Pasadena Edition [Sierra Madre] Saturday, September 23, 2017

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SOUTH PASADENA - SAN MARINO

Mountain Views-News Saturday, September 23, 2017 

Huntington Drive Safe 
Streets Corridor Survey

Sandra Brooke Appointed Director 
of the Library at The Huntington

South Pasadena Library 
End of Summer Concert

 Sandra Ludig Brooke, 
Librarian of the Marquand 
Library of Art and 
Archaeology at Princeton 
University, has been named 
the Avery Director of the 
Library at The Huntington 
Library, Art Collections, 
and Botanical Gardens, 
The Huntington’s Interim 
President, Steve Hindle, 
announced today. She joins 
the staff in early January 
2018.

 “It is with enormous 
enthusiasm that we bring 
Sandra on board to lead 
the Library division 
at this transformative 
time,” said Hindle. 
“Libraries—including 
significant rare book and 
manuscript libraries like 
The Huntington—are 
undergoing spectacular 
shifts in the way that they 
function, underscored 
by the rapid changes in 
technology. Tremendous 
opportunities lie ahead 
for making our collections 
more discoverable, and 
more relevant, than ever 
before, and we look forward 
to Sandra and her very 
capable team leading the 
way forward.”

 Brooke succeeds David 
Zeidberg, who has served as 
director for the past 21 years.

 “This is an auspicious 
moment for research 
libraries,” said Brooke. 
“Rare book and manuscript 
collections are astonishingly 
nuanced embodiments of 
the cultures that created 
them. Today, digital 
technologies offer myriad 
ways to magnify the impact 
of these rare and precious 
materials—to enhance their 
discovery and make new 
kinds of scholarly inquiry 
possible. It’s an exhilarating 
time, and I look forward 
to being a part of it at The 
Huntington.”

 For the past 10 years, 
Brooke has overseen the 
Marquand Library’s staff 
and collections. The Library 
is one of the oldest and most 
extensive art libraries in the 
United States, attracting 
more than 150,000 visitors 
each year. Its collection 
comprises a full range 
of library materials to 
support research in art and 
architecture, the decorative 
arts, photography, and 
archaeology from prehistory 
to the present. She previously 
was head of collection 
development at the Williams 
College Libraries and an 
editor for the J. Paul Getty 
Trust’s Bibliography of the 
History of Art, and has done 
curatorial and museum 
education work at the Yale 
Center for British Art and 
the Sterling and Francine 
Clark Art Institute. She holds 
B.A. and M.A. degrees in art 
history from Northwestern 
University and Williams 
College, respectively, and did 
graduate work in the history 
of art at Yale University 
where her principal research 
was in 18th and 19th 
century British art. She also 
holds a master’s degree in 
library science from the 
State University of New York 
at Albany.

 At The Huntington, she 
will be responsible for a 
staff of more than 70 and a 
world-renowned collection 
of some 9 million rare books 
and manuscripts covering, 
principally, British and 
American history, literature, 
art, and the history of 
science, stretching from the 
11th century to the present. 
Among the collections 
are 7 million manuscripts, 
420,000 rare books, 275,000 
reference books, and 1.3 
million photographs, prints, 
and ephemera.

 She will serve as one of 10 
members of the Huntington’s 
senior staff, reporting to the 
President. Central to the 
Library’s mission is its work 
with scholars; some 1,700 
or so access the collections 
each year conducting 
advanced research in the 
humanities. The Library also 
is responsible for a Main 
Exhibition Hall, showcasing 
some of the most significant 
rare books and manuscripts 
in the collection; for the 
Dibner Hall of the History 
of Science, a permanent 
exhibition on astronomy, 
natural history, medicine, 
and light; and a temporary 
exhibition space which 
most recently displayed an 
acclaimed exhibition on 
the work of science fiction 
author Octavia E. Butler.

 
The City of San Marino 
is preparing a planning 
document for the 
Huntington Drive Corridor. 
The plan is intended to 
help improve overall 
safety and mobility, and 
increase awareness of all 
modes of transportation, 
including children walking 
and biking to schools 
and business owners and 
patrons traveling to San 
Marino business centers. 
The plan will also consider 
ways to enhance corridor 
aesthetics to reinforce 
community identity. As part 
of this effort, the City is also 
working with San Marino 
schools along Huntington 
Drive to improve safety and 
access through education 
and programs. Officials are 
asking residents to take a 
brief survey, your responses 
will help guide our planners 
to areas of concerns within 
our community.

 For more information 
and the survey visit: ci.san-
marino.ca.us.

 

 The 7th Annual ‘End of 
Summer’ Concert will 
present the dynamic Teresa 
James and the Rhythm 
Tramps in the Library Park 
on Thursday, September 28 
at 5 p.m. The free concert 
is only a stone’s throw from 
the popular South Pasadena 
Farmers Market.

 Teresa James hails from 
Houston, and her music 
definitely shows her strong 
Texas roots. During the 
last decade Teresa James 
and the Rhythm Tramps, 
comprised of many of LA’s 
best touring and session 
musicians, has been 
working around California 
and at blues festivals and 
clubs throughout the US 
and Europe. In 2008 Teresa 
James was nominated for 
The Blues Foundation’s 
“Contemporary Female 
Blues Artist of the Year” and 
her 2010 CD “You Know 
You Love It” was a finalist 
for an Independent Music 
Award (IMA). Teresa James 
and the Rhythm Tramps’ 
2012 album “Come On 
Home” rose all the way to 
the #3 spot on the Roots 
Radio Chart.

 Teresa James and her group 
have recently released her 
9th CD “Bonafide” and 
it has garnered lots more 
raves from critics and fans 
alike. The album’s 13 songs, 
most of them originals, have 
enjoyed widespread airplay. 
“Bonafide” rose all the way 
to #1 on the Country Blues 
Chart and hit #15 on the 
Blues Roots Music Report.

 Teresa James has performed 
live with such legendary 
artists as Levon Helm, 
Delbert McClinton, Eric 
Burdon, Marcia Ball and 
many others. Her voice is 
featured on albums by Randy 
Newman, Eric Burdon, Bill 
Medley, and was featured in 
the movie and soundtrack 
for Disney’s “Holes.” Teresa’s 
band members have worked 
with the likes of Jackson 
Browne, Jimmy Reed, 
Taj Mahal, Bonnie Raitt, 
Jennifer Warnes, and Was 
Not Was to name just a few.

 The concert is free and will 
be performed right outside 
the Library Community 
Room at 1115 El Centro 
Street. No tickets or 
reservations are necessary. 
It is sponsored by the South 
Pasadena Public Library, 
SPARC (South Pasadena 
Arts Council), the Friends of 
the South Pasadena Public 
Library, Los Angeles County 
Supervisor Kathryn Barger 
and the Los Angeles County 
Arts Commission. Special 
thanks to 210eastsound.


Teresa James

South Pasadena Library 
Offers ‘Mango Languages’

 
The South Pasadena Public 
Library announced that it now 
offers the “Mango Languages” 
online language-learning 
system. Guided by its core 
purpose to enrich lives with 
language and culture, Mango 
is the leading provider of 
language-learning resources 
in public libraries in America, 
offering fun and immersive 
courses that appeal to students, 
lifelong learners, and business 
and leisure travelers.

 PhD-created and linguist-
approved, “Mango Languages” 
courses include more than 
70 languages, and for English 
language learners instruction 
is available in 17 languages. 
Lessons combine real life 
situations and audio from native 
speakers with simple, clear 
instructions. The courses are 
presented with an appreciation 
for cultural nuance and real-
world application by focusing 
on the four key elements of 
language learning: vocabulary, 
pronunciation, grammar, and 
culture.

 In addition to traditional 
language courses, Mango also 
offers the opportunity to learn 
through foreign film with 
“Mango Premiere”™ and access 
to a variety of specialty mini 
courses, like Pirate, Medical 
Spanish and even a Wine and 
Cheese course in French!

 “Mango Languages” is available 
free to South Pasadena Public 
Library cardholders and can 
be accessed from the Library’s 
website (southpasadenaca.
gov/onlineresources) using 
any computer with an internet 
connection as well as via apps 
for iPhone, Android™, Kindle 
and Nook. Learners will need 
their library card number to 
get started, and can study as a 
“guest” or create a personalized 
account that allows them to 
track their progress. Click here 
to start learning now! For more 
information or help getting 
started, visit the Library or call 
the Reference Desk at (626) 
403-7350. 

 The South Pasadena Public 
Library is located at 1100 
Oxley Street, South Pasadena, 
California, 91030 (see map), 
and open 7 days a week, now 
including Thursday nights for 
the convenience of visitors to 
the South Pasadena Farmer’s 
Market which is only one block 
from the Library. Library 
hours are Sunday 1:00 p.m. – 
5:00 p.m.; Monday 10:00 a.m. – 
6:00 p.m.; Tuesday, Wednesday, 
Thursday 11:00 a.m. – 9:00 
p.m.; and Saturday 10:00 a.m. – 
5:00 p.m.

 “Mango Languages” is 
generously sponsored by the 
Friends of the South Pasadena 
Public Library.


South Pasadena 'Pathways 
to Art' – Street Sign Sale

 

 SPEF and the South Pasadena 
Arts Council (SPARC) are 
teaming up to sell 300 local 
retired city street signs. This 
joint project, “Pathways to Art,” 
will raise money to advance 
the arts within our community, 
such as SPARC’s utility box 
initiative and funds for an 
SPUSD Visual and Performing 
Arts Coordinator. These signs 
were generously donated to 
SPARC by the South Pasadena 
City Council.

 Signs are $100 per sign and the 
cost of shipping is not included. 
If you need to have a sign 
shipped please let us know.

 Please note: The signs are not 
in pristine condition, reflecting 
the character of their years 
of service, and sold as is. All 
sales are final. The city’s sign 
replacement will be an ongoing, 
three-year process, so as new 
signs become available this list 
will be updated.

 If the street you are interested 
in is not on this list please 
contact Stacey Petersen at 
spetersen@spef4kids.org or 
call the SPEF office at 626-441-
5810 ext. 1163. We will give 
you a call as soon as your sign 
becomes available.

To learn more visit: 
sopasartscouncil.org

San Marino Crowell Public 
Free Library Programs

Navigating the Maze of Medicare: Part E 

Wednesday, October 4: 7 pm

 Health Insurance Specialist John Dickey returns to discuss 
Part E of Medicare, which includes the Supplemental Plans 
that function like PPOs. These Supplemental Plans are also 
referred to as MediGap policies. John will go through a carrier’s 
2017 Supplemental Plan Enrollment Guide Book, step by step. 
There will be a question and answer period to address any 
other Medicare issues patrons might have. John’s guidance and 
advocacy on behalf of seniors is always totally independent of any 
insurance company/carrier, and is governed by CMS (Center for 
Medicare and Medicaid Services). An excellent, generic 2017-
2018 guidance booklet on all aspects of Medicare will also be 
given to every attendee to take home.

Fashion Lecture with Alex Kosztowny

Tuesday, October 10: 7 pm

 Alex Kosztowny, freelance fashion designer and librarian at the 
Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising (FIDM) returns 
with another lecture on the world of fashion and costume history. 
No stranger to art libraries and collections, Kosztowny has worked 
with Fashion and Art Collections at LACMA and the Gagosian 
Gallery.

 All events take place at Crowell Public Library, 1890 Huntington 
Drive. For more information please call the Library at (626) 300-
0777.


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