Join beloved local authors Alice Jurow and Therese Poletti at Clio's to celebrate Alice's latest novel, Vagabond Vamps, an urban fantasy that plays with the trope of the alluring vamp while following two fashion-conscious, jazz-mad, "ethical" vampire characters through early 20th century history.
Enjoy this exhibit on the history of Berkeley and the Movies, now through September.
More information on BHSM’s website
You are invited to an event presented by the Treasure Island Museum - a swing dance in the last remaining main building from the 1939 Golden Gate Exposition (the "World's Fair on Treasure Island").
Oakland Heritage Alliance presents a lecture by architect Arrol Gellner.
This lecture is open to the public and will be held in person at the Chapel of the Chimes in Oakland. Walk-ups are welcome, but you are encouraged to register in advance for this free lecture here.
Join us for this once in a lifetime experience presenting the music of George Gershwin at the historic Art Deco Verdi Club! Cocktails and appetizers will be served 7pm and the show will begin at 8pm.
Check out Verdi Club’s website for more details and tickets.
The San Francisco Maritime Museum and Association has invited members and friends of the Art Deco Society of California to their special event! Join us to commemorate the 80th Anniversary of the commissioning of the World War II submarine, museum, and memorial, USS Pampanito on November 2, 2023.
Tickets on Eventbrite (use code Jubilee for a 20% discount!)
They’re back at their usual location this fall! Your BFF for vintage since 2010, Alameda Vintage Faire has over 75 booths of vintage for every era, including women’s and men’s clothing, couture and rare pieces, jewelry and accessories, textiles, fine linens and more.
Tickets and more information at www.vintagefashionfaire.com
The American Bookbinders Museum presents a wonderful exhibition on the relationship between 19th century Japanese graphic design and Art Deco. Check out the museum’s website for more information about this exhibition and visiting the museum.
Join curator Alex Angell’s talk and walkthrough of the exhibition on Saturday, Dec 9 at 2pm! RSVP here.
The Half Moon Bay Shakespeare Company presents a Roaring Twenties version of Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor, directed by Artistic Director Debbie Lynn Carriger, at the Mildred Owen Concert Hall in Pacifica, CA.
Tickets and more information at www.hmbshakespeare.com
After an extensive restoration to a damaged civic structure, the Haight Street Art Center will officially dedicate the return-to-pristine form of renowned American sculptor and muralist Reuben Kadish's 1937 “A Dissertation on Alchemy” during a presentation and reception.
The Hattery is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the 1922 classic The Great Gatsby by hosting a 1920’s cloche and boater hat making party! In this two day workshop, you will create a hat inspired by authentic vintage hat blocks of the 1920’s. You’ll spend the first day blocking and shaping the raffia hood into either a cloche or boater hat, and the second day decorating and having a ball!
Dates: July 23rd 2-5pm and July 24th 1-4pm
Class size: Maximum 6 students, Minimum 4
Experience level: All Levels
Price: $300 (Non refundable deposit of $50 required in case of cancellation)
Refreshments will be served at no additional cost.
Vaccinated students only. Events subject to cancellation and refund at their discretion if risk of covid rises.
The Art Deco Society of Los Angeles invites you to join them for their flagship fundraising event, the Avalon Ball.
The Avalon Ball is a fantastic journey into the past when Big Bands played for huge audiences and were broadcast to the nation from the Art Deco / Mediterranean Revival Casino Ballroom. The Avalon Casino Ballroom, located on Catalina Island (just off the coast of Southern Los Angeles) in the city of Avalon, opened its doors on May 29, 1929. The Art Deco Society of Los Angeles’ Avalon Ball takes place annually in the ballroom’s anniversary month and attracts 700 vintage dance and music enthusiasts from all over the world, who dress to the nines to immerse in glorious Art Deco opulence as they glide across the 10,000 square foot dance floor (one of the last to exist!) - surrounded by romantic ocean views.
As a member of a sister art deco society, they have set up a special promo code for our members to purchase tickets at a discounted rate. Simply enter sistersociety22 when selecting tickets.
More information about this evening of music and dancing can be found on their website.
Come support ADSC’s favorite band, the Royal Society Jazz Orchestra, as they play for the Los Gatos Concert Association!
Join Treasure Island Museum for an evening of swing dancing with live music by the Mood Swing Orchestra! Dance will be preceded by a ceremony and premieres of art, music, and film in recognition of the 1939-1940 Golden Gate International Exposition.
More information and discounted tickets for Art Deco Society members available on their website (do not use Eventbrite if you want the discount): https://treasureisland.comteams.com/.
British singer/songwriter & pianist Kate Garner brings her sell out London show to Hollywood for one night only in aid of the Global Giving Ukraine Appeal.
Join Kate live at the piano as she shares her infectious passion for the exceptional songwriters and performers of the Art Deco era - the 1920’s & 30’s.
More information and tickets on Eventbrite.
The Old Ironsides Bar is celebrating its 84th anniversary this year. The family owned and operated establishment opened in 1934 as the very first business to obtain a liquor license in Sacramento after Prohibition on December 5, 1933. The 21st Amendment repealed the 18th Amendment of January 16, 1919, ending the increasingly unpopular nationwide prohibition of alcohol.
Harley White Jr. has booked Old Ironsides to celebrate the Repeal of Prohibition and will be playing music of the era with his band for dancing and cocktails!
Historian William Burg will share stories of Prohibition era Sacramento, including notable locals involved in the "bootlegging" trade, and how our loose enforcement of liquor laws drew the attention of Hollywood.
No host bar - Hors d’oeuvres will be provided.
Formal attire if you desire to inspire.
Tickets are $30 in advance, $40 at the door.
The International Coalition of Art Deco Societies (ICADS) has put together a list of all the Art Deco Societies around the world that are offering virtual programming during the month of April.
The Art Deco Society of California is participating with our own event on April 24: Art Deco of the Golden State.
Note the events from our sister societies: Art Deco New York’s event on America’s Response to the 1925 Paris Exposition on April 21, and Art Deco Los Angeles’ event on The Richfield Building on April 25.
A virtual presentation by Camara Holloway and Elizabeth Way
Presented by the Art Deco Society of Los Angeles
Harlem during the Jazz Age was renowned for the style of its denizens. The twenties was a time of radical transformation for clothing, and Harlem was at the cutting edge of new trends, influencing mainstream fashion and culture in unprecedented ways. This conversation will examine what people wore during the Harlem Renaissance and beyond, from flapper dresses to Zoot suits. The style of fashionable Harlemites has had a lasting influence on fashion and is still felt today.
For this program, the Art Deco Society of Los Angeles travels to New York City's Harlem of the 1920s and 30s, during the intellectual, social and artistic explosion that erupted in the Black cultural mecca. While Harlem Renaissance figures such as Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes, and Louis Armstrong are still well known cultural figures today, many of the enterprising women who used their expert sewing skills to launch successful fashion design businesses during this influential period will be rediscovered in this illustrated presentation with two cultural and fashion historians.
Use promo code ICADS at checkout for a discount!
Buy one ticket per device that you wish to stream the program on. If your household wishes to further support the Art Deco Society of Los Angeles, please feel free to purchase additional tickets.
Non-members will need to set up a FREE log-in on Agile Ticketing when the ticket is purchased. We will be live streaming the program on the Agile secure platform.
We were extremely disappointed by the thought of not seeing you all on Catalina Island for our 2020 Avalon Ball, a signature event that pays tribute to the days when Big Bands played for thousands of dancers in the 1929 Avalon Casino Ballroom, while the music was broadcast live to the nation listening at home.
Well folks, that is exactly what we are going to do. We are going to build an Avalon Ball you can enjoy from home. You can dress up, come as you are, dance in your living room or sit and listen to the LIVE music from Dean Mora and more musicians. There will be cocktails mixed live, a grand promenade into the venue (for those planning to dress for the occasion), some history shared (of the island, dancing, men's and women's formal dress) and MUCH, MUCH more!
This LIVE event will take place from 2 - 5 PM (PST) on Saturday, May 16, 2020 (the night we would have convened on Catalina Island).
Broadcast from Los Angeles, CA
Pre-Show
2 - 3 PM PDT
Dancing & Music
3 - 5 PM PDT
Tickets are $10. Proceeds will pay the musicians and cover our production expenses.
Please help us spread the word by sharing our Facebook event and feel free to share this information with your vintage community or heritage organization. We hope that those who have not been able to attend in the past, due to geography, will be able to participate in this unique interactive adventure!
This Avalon Ball will take place as a Zoom event. It will be necessary to have the Zoom app running on your phone or computer, if you wish to participate. You can open an account for free.
The Zoom link will be sent to you with your confirmation from our ticket agency (Agile). You will be required to register for the event on Zoom prior to May 16th.
Berkeley Rep invites Art Deco Society of California members to attend Elevator Repair Service’s astonishing tour de force performance of "Gatz."
An anonymous office worker at a shabby small business finds a copy of The Great Gatsby on his desk one morning, and starts to read aloud. At first his coworkers hardly notice. But after a series of strange coincidences, it’s no longer clear whether he’s reading the book or the book is transforming him.
As an ADSC member, you can save 20% on all performances February 13-23, 2020. Just use the code DECO online (or click here) and choose your seats. Select the price type “Entourage Regular” or “Entourage Under Age 35” to save! For more information, visit berkeleyrep.org.
Please note that this offer is subject to availability, cannot be combined with other discounts, and is not retroactive.
Wear your best Deco finery and celebrate with us in the luxurious Sierra Room with fabulous views of the State Capitol Dome, the Tower Bridge, and Old Sacramento!
Dance to live music by the Harley White Jr. Orchestra. Enjoy a lavish buffet, no host bar, and silent auction. Plus, the Annual Preservation Award Ceremony!
$75 for members, $85 for not-yet members
Space is limited. RSVP with payment by November 30th to:
SADS, P.O. Box 162836, Sacramento, CA 9581
(Cash or checks only for the Gala and the Silent Auction items)
For more information visit our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/SacramentoArtDecoSociety/
If you have anything to contribute to the Silent Auction, please contact us at info@sacartdeco.org, or call 916-863-9667
Celebrate the holiday season in style at San Francisco Silent Film Festival’s annual A Day of Silents. This all-day live-cinema event takes place at San Francisco’s movie palace Castro Theatre—5 programs, all with fabulous live musical accompaniment!
11:00am - Fatty + Buster: The Comique World of Fatty Arbuckle and Buster Keaton
1:00pm - Redskin
3:15pm - Woman with a Movie Camera: The Films of Alice Guy Blaché
5:00pm - The Marriage Circle (co-presented by ADSC!)
8:00pm - The Phantom of the Opera
See the website for details and tickets.
Travel back in time to a USO-style dance at the Officers’ Club in its World War II heyday! Light up our historic dance floor as you swing to the 1940s rhythms of The Royal Society Jazz Orchestra, and enjoy classic cocktails available for purchase (cash only). Military/vintage dress is encouraged!
The event is FREE!
The Chocolate & Coffee Faire and Raffle is a day-long event showcasing local artisan chocolatiers and coffee roasters who will sample and sell their products. Celebrities and experts will host lectures and demonstrations celebrating the art of craft of chocolate and coffee, in addition to a raffle, ongoing music, docent tours, and presentations celebrating the history of the Berkeley City Club.
The Faire is the inaugural event of a 10-year, $10 million fundraising effort, led by the non-profit 501(c)3 Berkeley City Club Conservancy, to preserve the landmark Julia Morgan Berkeley City Club building and to celebrate its upcoming centennial in 2030.
The San Francisco Fall Show, now in its 38th year, is the leading international art, antiques, and design fair on the West Coast. Presenting 50 of the finest international art and antiques dealers showing a breadth of works from across the globe and through the centuries. Experience the 2019 Wanderlust theme in Designer Vignettes, and learn from experts and authors at the renowned Lecture Series and Book Signings. It is a must-see destination for collectors and enthusiasts of art, antiques and design.
As a cultural partner, ADSC members receive free general admission!
It’s back! One of 42nd St Moon’s most popular cabaret events makes its triumphant return at the Gateway Theatre for two performances only – September 15 & 16!
BROADWAY FLIPPED will bring you some of the Bay Area’s best musical theatre actors and favorite Moon performers singing songs from roles they would otherwise never get the chance to play. You’ll love every minute as Broadway gets turned upside down and inside out with moments delightful, poignant, and hysterical.
This fun-filled cabaret party is a fundraiser benefiting 42nd Street Moon’s Education, Outreach, and Mainstage programs, allowing one of the Bay’s most venerable theater companies to continue bringing the joy and magic of live theatre to thousands of people each year.
From the grandeur of the Alameda Theater to the nearly invisible Pop Inn, downtown Alameda boasts a fine collection of vintage neon. Meet on the sidewalk in front of the John S. Towata Flower Shop, a stunning mid-century storefront with rare green Vitrolite tiles and a raceway neon sign. This hour-long tour was developed by Alameda local, Devi L. Dahl, and winds through a quiet bungalow neighborhood and the commercial corridors of Alameda, architecture insights and historical backstories included.
7pm tour will be led by Devi L. Dahl and Randall Ann Homan. Space is limited so book early, this event will sell out quickly.
This tour was developed for and premiered at the Neon Speaks Festival and Symposium.
A delightful murder mystery show set in 1920s Egypt featuring our own Miss Art Deco, Barbara Pond!
This show is part of Miss Fisher Con but is open to non-convention attendees. There are 4 sessions to choose from.
California Historical Radio Society invites the Art Deco Society of California to its annual Radio Day by the Bay. The $10 entrance fee will be waived for ADSC members!
There will be a live Radio Play performed, a live orchestra (part of the Royal Society Orchestra), an auction of beautiful art deco radios (most in working order and many equipped with bluetooth connectivity), a surplus sale of vintage equipment, a silent auction, food and a lot of radio history.
Join us for the second year in a a row as we celebrate Independence Day in style – with a historic sail across the Bay! Climb aboard FDR’s presidential vessel, the USS Potomac, as we dance and sing and drink the day away!
ADSC members can take $20 off with code ADS20 at checkout.
