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CALENDAR OF EVENTS
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SUNDAY - MAY 18
SPRING FESTIVAL
Sights and Sounds of the
1930s
12:30-4:30
pm
$5 Adults/ $3 Children
ages 4-12


Explore
1930s America – its art and culture, politics, technological
inventions, and leisure past times – through hands-on
activities and live performances.
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Dance to Big
Band music by Bobby Brent Connection
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Enjoy a
hilarious radio show by the RLC Players
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Meet “Will
Rogers”
Listen to stories and
songs of the Dustbowl Era
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Take an
Architectural Tour
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Games and
Crafts for children
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Light
refreshments available for purchase
For more information, call (562) 570-1755.
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SUNDAY - APRIL 6
GARDEN TOURS
Free
Every 1st Sunday at 2:30 p.m.
May 4
June 1
July 6
August 3
September 7
October 5
November 2
Celebrate
the seasons with a guided tour of the Rancho's lush grounds.
Learn the history of the gardens as you stroll past vibrant
flowers in bloom & delight in refreshing citrus fragrances.
Reservations are requested by
calling (562) 570-1755.
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SUMMER CONCERTS
Mark your Calendars!
Concerts will be held in the
backyard of the 1844 ranch house under a canopy of historic
trees. For your own comfort, we encourage you to bring a lawn
chair or blanket. Gates to the garden open thirty minutes
prior to the concert start time and the house will be open
for self-guided tours during the concerts.
For more information, call (562) 570-1755.
Sunday - July 13, 2008
Wartime Radio Review
5:30-7:00 p.m.
Free
"BROADCASTING
LIVE, all across America, to all the ships at sea, and to all
our boys in uniform stationed abroad, this is
WARTIME RADIO
REVUE!"
"...listening to this band is like taking a time-machine back
to a
World War Two U.S.O. show."

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Thursday - July 31,
2008
Lauren Koval
6:00-7:30 p.m.
Free
Listen to the elegance and grace of Lauren Koval as she
soothes
your soul with her beautiful ballads.

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Sunday - August 10,
2008
Sharp Sounds
5:30-7:00 p.m.
Free
The jazzy tunes of Sharp Sounds is sure to enhance your
senses.

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Thursday - August 28,
2008
Ross Altman
6:00-7:30 p.m.
Free
Ross Altman, known as a singer/songfighter, embodies the
tradition
of the music of Woody Guthrie.

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SUNDAY - AUGUST
17
MUD
MANIA - A Celebration of Adobe
12:30-4:30 pm
$5 Adults/ $3 Children
ages 4-12
Squish a little history between your toes at Rancho Los
Cerritos! Explore the merits of soil in its many forms:
dirt, mud, clay, compost, sand and loam! Children can mix
adobe, make adobe bricks, plaster a wall or build a mini
adobe house. Events include interactive activities
focusing on archaeology, clay pottery, cuneiform writing, construction and
gardening, plus messy games, food and live music.
This is one of the few times when it is okay to get dirty!
Wear old clothes and bring a towel!
For more information, call (562) 570-1755.
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MONDAY-FRIDAY
RANCHO SUMMER ADVENTURES
Session 1: July 14-July
18
Session 2: July 28-August
1
Mornings 10 a.m. - Noon
or Afternoons 1-3 p.m.
$50/Child ($5 off for FRLC
Members)
Ages 6-11 Years Old

Learn about life in old
California through historic crafts, activities, games,
And stories. This half-day
program includes light refreshments and will keep your child
wanting more.
Monday: Rancho Work—Learn
about life on the ranch
Tuesday: Rancho Fun—Play
like the children on the Ranch
Wednesday: Rancho Gardens—Discover
the Rancho gardens
Thursday: Rancho Fiesta—Celebrate
a fiesta
Friday: Rancho Mud—Stomp
mud, make bricks, and more!
Space is limited and advanced
reservations are required.
For more information, call (562) 570-1755.
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PAST EVENTS
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Mexican-American families invited to share their experiences
of "repatriation" during the 1930s at Rancho Los Cerritos
Historic Site
Saturday, May
3, 2008
10 a.m. (Doors open at 9:30
a.m.)
Reservations are requested by
calling (562) 570-1755.
Free
Rancho
Los Cerritos Historic Site invites you to learn about and
share with each other your knowledge and experiences of
Mexican Repatriation between 1929-1944. It is a piece of
history that has gone unrecorded in the history books for
years until now.
Come to
the Rancho and help publicize this important and little
known issue.
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"Internment: The WWII Experience of Japanese Californians"
Presented by: Lillian Kawasaki
and Panelists
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Following the
bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941, Californians of Japanese
descent were immediately perceived as a security threat.
Unlike their relatives in Hawaii, who were lynchpins of the
state's economy,
California Japanese were collected, deprived of their property
and forced to live in camps created to contain them. Ms.
Kawasaki will host a panel discussion of this experience,
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LIVING HISTORY
TOURS
Sunday - March 30, 2008
1:00-4:00 p.m.
Tour the 164-year-old adobe
house with "visitors from the past" who step forward in time
to conduct tours of the
Rancho. Each "living history" presentation opens a window into
a distinct era of Rancho life, with characters
telling stories from their lifetimes between 1840 and 1940.
Which era will you visit?
Enjoy a fascinating journey through time as costumed living
history characters share their stories about ranch life and
work through their eyes. These free, guided tours by our
talented Friends of Rancho Los Cerritos volunteers will be
offered every half hour throughout the afternoon, with the
last tour leaving at 4:00 p.m.
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"Depression and Betrayal: The
Repatriation of "Mexicans"
in the 1930s"
Francisco Balderrama, Ray
Rodriguez & Panelists
March
15
When the Depression struck the
USA
in the 1930s, the Nation's
financial institutions were not the only targets for blame.
"Mexicans"-man of them American citizens-were seen as rivals
for employment and as drains on an already shaky economy.
Francisco Balderrama and Ray Rodriguez, co-authors of
Decade of Betrayal: Mexican Repatriation in the 1930's,
and several Long Beach residents who experienced the
deportation, will present their story from their points of
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"Picking Americans and
Training Them Well: Caspar T. Hopkins, the California
Immigrant Union and the "Manual of American Ideas"
Kathie A. Schey
February 23
Following the
Civil War and the arrival of the railroad, many Californians
believed immigration was the key to the State's future. In
1869, the California Immigrant Union was formed to lure
specific newcomer groups who would both transform the
landscape and become "Good Americans." In California, where
most people came from "someplace else" and birthright was an
elusive concept, Hopkins believed good citizens were made, not
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DOCENT TRAINING
Wednesdays,
February 13-April 16
7-9 p.m.
Expand your knowledge of California History
Make New Friends
Share your community heritage with others as a Volunteer
Docent
This 10-week training course covers California and Rancho
history, as well as adobe architecture, decorative arts,
interpretation and public speaking techniques. Upon completion
of training, docents will provide guided tours of the house
one weekend afternoon per month. The class and materials are
free with membership in our support organization, Friends
of Rancho Los Cerritos.
SIGN UP TODAY!
To enroll, contact the volunteer coordinator at (562)
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VOLUNTEER
COFFEE
CALLING ALL VOLUNTEERS
You are invited to our
Volunteer Coffee
Saturday,
January 26, 2008
10am-Noon
Explore exciting volunteer opportunities: Teach young minds,
research antiques, become a living history guide and much
more!
Learn about the Rancho's
educational programs and events
Take a behind-the-scenes look at
museum operations
Enjoy a complimentary
continental breakfast
Reservations are requested by
calling Rancho Los Cerritos at
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A
Living History Experience
"Unexpected Guests for the Holidays"
Christmas
Candlelight Tours
Fri. Dec. 7 and Sat. Dec. 8, 2007, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
(Tours
leave every 15 minutes)
$8.00 members & full-time students; $10.00 non-members
(Children 3 and under enter free)
Step back to Christmas 1878 at Rancho Los Cerritos, where
the Bixby family operates an extensive sheep ranch and the
extended family, guests and ranch workers are celebrating
the holidays.
A costumed docent will lead you through the adobe house by
lamplight, where you can compare yesterday's traditions
with today's. Explore 19th century holiday festivities,
social attractions, economic viewpoints,
and the
changing landscape of the Los Angeles region.
The 163-year-old adobe house will come to life with the
sights
and
sounds of holidays past, including Christmas greenery
and
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Holiday Open House
Sunday, December 16, 2007
FREE admission.
No reservations required.
This
December you can again explore the Rancho through
self-guided tours of the decorated adobe, learn about old
holiday traditions and listen to live holiday
music. Children can participate in crafts and activities
from the California frontier, join in the piñata breaking
and visit with Santa.
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A Child's Haunted Garden
Saturday, October
20
10:00-noon*
Come have a howling good time and explore
the natural haunts of the Rancho's historic garden in a
scavenger hunt.
Engage in seasonal and create clay
ornaments, creepy headbands and ghostly paintings.
Don't miss the scary
stories we have to tell!
For Children in
grades 1-5. Admission $5 each, paid in advance. Reservations
required: Information at 562-570-1755.
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The Hathaway sisters invite you to
join them and reminisce!
Sweets with the Hathaway Sisters
Saturday, September 22, at
10:00 a.m.
Travel back in time with the 4
Hathaway sisters as they describe their lives in 19th century
California and at Long Beach's historic ranchos. Explore the
challenges they faced raising families on the frontier, and
their experiences during early settlement and the development of
Long Beach.
Enjoy Living History with coffee, tea
and pastries.
Reservations are required by
September 18, or
while space lasts. $10 ($8 for
members). Call the Rancho for reservations. |
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