The BASEBALL RELIQUARY Inc.
THE
BASEBALL RELIQUARY
CALENDAR OF
EXHIBITIONS & PUBLIC PROGRAMS
August through October 2002
BASEBALL
RELIQUARY EXHIBITION
August 1-August 31, 2002
Pasadena Central Library, 285 E. Walnut St., Pasadena, CA
The Baseball Reliquary will present an exhibition of artworks and
artifacts, including new and recent acquisitions, at the Pasadena Central
Library. The displays in the Reference & Business Wing and Ria C. Lee
Humanities Wing will include all twelve of the inductee plaques for the Shrine
of the Eternals from its inception in 1999 through this year’s 2002 class.
Library hours are Monday through Thursday from 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM; Friday and
Saturday from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM; and Sunday from 1:00 to 5:00 PM.
PLAY
BALL!: THE LOS ANGELES BARDS
Sunday, August 25, 2002 ~ 2:00 PM
Pasadena Central Library, 285 E. Walnut St., Pasadena, CA
Managed by Michael C. Ford, who has scoured Southern California’s
sandlots to compile a roster of heavy-hitting and rubber-armed literary figures,
the Los Angeles Bards, the newest team on the Southland sporting scene, will
take a swing at the national pastime, reading a crackerjack selection of
baseball poetry and prose. This Murderer’s Row of wordsmiths
will include Noah Blaustein, Michael C. Ford, Eloise Klein Healy, Joel Lipman,
Gerald Locklin, Philomene Long, Bill Mohr, Harry E. Northup, Joan Jobe Smith,and
Fred Voss. Join us in the grandstanzas at the Donald R. Wright Auditorium of the
Pasadena Central Library for the tossing out of the first metaphor at 2:00 PM.
Free admission and autographs.
BANG
THE DRUM SLOWLY
Sunday, September 22, 2002 ~ 2:00 PM
Pasadena Central Library, 285 E. Walnut St., Pasadena, CA
Dan Einstein, television archivist at the UCLA Film and Television
Archive, will introduce and present the United States Steel Hour’s acclaimed
1956 CBS production of Bang the Drum Slowly, written by Arnold Schulman
and based on the novel by Mark Harris. The story of the relationship between a
star pitcher and a journeyman catcher dying of Hodgkin’s disease, this
television version of Bang the Drum Slowly stars Paul Newman and Albert
Salmi in roles later played by Michael Moriarty and Robert DeNiro in the 1973
film adaptation of Harris’ novel. In addition, Einstein will present selected
baseball short subjects from UCLA’s extensive television collection. The
program will be held in the Donald R. Wright Auditorium of the Pasadena Central
Library, beginning at 2:00 PM. Free admission.
WORKSHOPS
ON JACKIE ROBINSON AND BRANCH RICKEY
Saturday, October 19, 2002 ~ Call for times
Jackie Robinson Center, 1020 N. Fair Oaks Ave., Pasadena, CA
Actor, historian, and educator John “Chuck” Chalberg, who teaches
American history at Normandale Community College in Bloomington, Minnesota, will
present two separate workshops, one for young people and one for adults, which
explore the cultural legacies of Jackie Robinson and Branch Rickey.
The
youth workshop, entitled Your Sporting Life — and Jackie’s, will
examine the following topics: What does sport mean to you? What did it mean to a
young Branch Rickey and to Jackie Robinson? Where does baseball fit into your
life and into the life of the country? Why has baseball always been so popular?
What sports appeal to you and why? What sports don’t have great appeal and
why?
The
workshop for adults, entitled Baseball and the Three R’s: Rickey, Robinson,
and Race, will focus on such subjects as: What role has race played in the
history of American baseball? Has baseball been ahead of the civil rights
movement or behind it? Was Branch Rickey a true pioneer or not? Was Jackie
Robinson the “perfect” trailblazer?
Admission
is free to both workshops. Phone (626) 791-7647 for times.
AN
AFTERNOON WITH BRANCH RICKEY
Sunday, October 20, 2002 ~ 2:00 PM
Pasadena Central Library, 285 E. Walnut St., Pasadena, CA
John “Chuck” Chalberg has been acclaimed for his one-man theatrical
presentations which bring to life historical figures such as Teddy Roosevelt,
G.K. Chesterton, H.L. Mencken, and Branch Rickey. The Baseball Reliquary
presents the West Coast premiere of Chalberg’s provocative and compelling
performance as Branch Rickey, the cigar-chomping and teetotaling Brooklyn
Dodgers executive who is best remembered as the man who hired Jackie Robinson to
break major league baseball’s color barrier and in the process changed the
face of America. Chalberg has performed frequently as Branch Rickey in
chautauqua tents throughout the Midwest, with much of the historical material
compiled from the research and writing of his book, Rickey & Robinson:
The Preacher, the Player, and America’s Game, published in 2000 by Harlan
Davidson, Inc., Wheeling, Illinois. Free admission.
