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THE BASEBALL
RELIQUARY‘S 2009
SEASON
Calendar of Exhibitions and Programs
(Check back for further
details and for additional events to be
added)
AUGUST
10-OCTOBER 2
Two
concurrent exhibitions: the first,
Love
to Hate: The Dodgers-Giants Rivalry,
highlights the storied rivalry between the
Dodgers and Giants from New York to California.
The second,
The Day the World Series Stopped,
revisits the 1989 World Series Earthquake Game
between the Giants and Oakland A’s, which marks
its 20th anniversary on October 17,
2009. Burbank Central Library, 110 N.
Glenoaks Blvd., Burbank, CA. Free admission.
Library hours are Monday-Thursday, 9:30 am-9:00
pm; Friday, 9:30 am-6:00 pm; Saturday, 10:00
am-6:00 pm; closed Sunday. Further information,
phone (626) 791-7647; for directions, phone
(818) 238-5600.
MONDAY,
SEPTEMBER 14, 7:00 PM
World
premiere screening of
5:04 p.m.:
A First Person Account of the 1989 World Series
Earthquake Game, a 30-minute documentary
by Jon Leonoudakis. A discussion with the
filmmaker will follow the screening. Burbank
Central Library Auditorium, 110 N. Glenoaks
Blvd., Burbank, CA. Free admission. Further
information, phone (626) 791-7647; for
directions, phone (818) 238-5600.
MONDAY,
SEPTEMBER 21, 7:00 PM
“Love
to Hate: The Dodgers-Giants Rivalry,” a
panel discussion moderated by Jean Hastings
Ardell and featuring Arnold Hano, author of
numerous baseball books including A Day in
the Bleachers, and broadcaster Ross Porter,
who announced Los Angeles Dodgers games for 28
seasons between 1977 and 2004. Burbank
Central Library Auditorium, 110 N. Glenoaks
Blvd., Burbank, CA. Free admission. Further
information, phone (626) 791-7647; for
directions, phone (818) 238-5600.
OCTOBER 5-OCTOBER
31
Two concurrent
exhibitions: the first, featuring 35 paintings
by Ben Sakoguchi from his Orange Crate Label
Series: The Unauthorized History of Baseball,
will be in the North Entrance display cases. The
second, Viva Cuba Beisbol, a selection of
photographs of Cuban baseball by Byron Motley,
will be in the Humanities Wing display cases.
Pasadena Central Library, 285 E. Walnut St.,
Pasadena, CA. Free admission. Library hours are
Monday-Thursday, 9:00 am-9:00 pm; Friday &
Saturday, 9:00 am-6:00 pm; Sunday, 1:00-5:00 pm.
Further information, phone (626) 791-7647; for
directions, phone (626) 744-4066.
FRIDAY,
OCTOBER 9, 6:00-10:00 PM
In
conjunction with ArtNight Pasadena, the city’s
biannual collaborative project celebrating art
and culture, the Baseball Reliquary and Pasadena
Public Library present
Touching All Bases: A
Baseball Celebration. This multi-cultural
and multi-generational evening will incorporate
visual art, music, performance, literature, and
moving image media to provide new insights into
America’s national pastime and to explore its
unparalleled creative possibilities. Pasadena
Central Library, 285 E. Walnut St., Pasadena,
CA. Free admission. Further information, phone
(626) 791-7647; for directions, phone (626)
744-4066. For additional details regarding
ArtNight Pasadena, visit
www.artcenter.edu/artnight/.
ONGOING
THROUGH 2009
The Baseball Reliquary presents William Robert
Steele’s Ebbets
Field Replica, an exhibition of Jackie
Robinson paintings (including Michael Guccione’s
“Jackie Robinson
Icon”), and a display of Negro Leagues
memorabilia. Jackie Robinson Center, 1020 N.
Fair Oaks Ave., Pasadena, CA. Free admission.
Hours are Monday-Thursday, 8:00 am-9:00 pm;
Friday, 8:00 am-5:00 pm; closed weekends (open
by reservation). Further information, phone
(626) 791-7647; for directions, phone (626)
744-7300. |
