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| Friends of Encino-Tarzana Library presented:
on Tuesday, July 17, 2007,
FAYLA REISS & BARRY KLEIN
knitting designers, and co-authors of Knitovation
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The Fayla Reiss website can be found at www.faylareiss.com
Here are some excerpts from Ms. Reiss' website:
Fayla Reiss is a cutting edge knitting designer with an enthusiasm for color, texture and distinctively
simple modern designs. Over the past 10 years, she has been recognized by many in the knitting community.
She lectures at the Fashion Institute of Merchandise and Design, has made the covers of
Vogue Knitting,
Knit & Style, and been published in Knitters,
Interweave Magazines, and Vogue's little books
On the Go.
Fayla has been featured in such TV programs as Knitty Gritty and the DIY network television, and in movies,
videos, and publications. Many celebrity babies have grown to love Fayla's outrageous ponchos and blankies.
At the present time, Fayla is working with Trendsetter Yarns [Van Nuys, CA] on the Fayla Reiss Collection
and as a freelance designer.
On Ms. Reiss' website, read the description of her book,
Knitovation: Creative Knitwear Made From Three Simple Shapes, by
Barry Klein and Fayla Reiss, and view many of her designs in the "Gallery" section.
Subjects to explore in the Library Catalog for similar reading topics:
Knitting
Knitting Dictionaries
Knitting Handbooks, Manuals, etc.
Knitting Patterns
Knitting Periodicals
Knitting Technique
Knitting United States
Knitwear
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| Friends of Encino-Tarzana Library
offered a
TOUR OF THE GETTY VILLA, MALIBU
Sunday, July 15, 2007
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Photo: Inner Peristyle at the Getty Villa in Malibu - - © 2005 Richard Ross with the courtesy
of the J. Paul Getty Trust (from the Getty Villa website) |
Getty Villa, Malibu -- 17985 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu (310.440.7300).
J. Paul Getty built his faux-Roman residence in 1974 for his art collection. It was closed for 9 years,
for a $275 million restoration; it re-opened last year. The Villa is considered the only museum
of Greek and Roman antiquities in America. The renovated building is a copy of the first century
Roman Villa dei Papiri, which was buried under Mount Vesuvius. The Museum has 48,000 square feet
of gallery space, displays 1,200 artifacts, and has four gardens with more than 300 flowering plants.
-- (Sources: Los Angeles Times calendarlive.com; and WashingtonPost.com 2/26/06)
Tour Arrangements:
Join the tour of your choice; tours usually begin at 12:30 pm -
a list of the specific tours available on July 15 is
HERE
(check the right-hand column)
For more information, go to www.getty.edu/visit/
Subjects to explore in the Library Catalog for reading on this topic:
Architecture, Roman Influence
Art California Malib
Gardens California Malibu Guidebooks
Getty Villa (Malibu, Calif.)
Italy Antiquities
J. Paul Getty Museum
J. Paul Getty Museum Catalogs
J. Paul Getty Museum Guidebooks
Malibu (Calif.) Buildings, structures, etc.
Sepulchral monuments Greece Catalogs
Sarcophagi, Greek Catalogs
Vases, Greek Greece Athens Exhibitions
Villa of the Papyri (Herculaneum)
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| Friends of Encino-Tarzana Library presented:
HOLLYWOOD BEAUTY SECRETS
WITH KYM DOUGLAS |
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Kym Douglas is the creator and host of the upcoming Lifetime Television makeover show, "Queen," airing
in October and is the image consultant on "The View." She appears regularly on "Soap Talk,"
"Good Day Live," "Before & After'noon," and "Your Weekend with Jim Brickman."
She is the co-author of The Black Book of Hollywood Beauty Secrets (with Cindy Pearlman).
In their book, Kym Douglas and Cindy Pearlman deliver beauty secrets contributed by such Hollywood
stars as Jennifer Aniston, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Scarlett Johanson, and Cameron Diaz. Also, Kate Beckinsale,
Cindy Crawford, Lindsay Lohan, Beyonc‚ Knowles, Jennifer Lopez, Elizabeth Hurley, Charlize Theron,
and many, many more! [1]
Kym Douglas focuses on how to «look and be your best.» She's a self-proclaimed investigative
journalist on the lookout for the beauty, skin, fashion and diet secrets. She's been a contributor on Fox's Good Day LA
for the past eight years and on ABC's The View for nearly three. She's also the weekly co-anchor for
Jim Brickman's Valley Village based radio show that syndicates to 180 stations nationwide. [2]
Subjects to explore in the Library Catalog for similar reading topics:
Beauty, Personal
Cosmetics
Motion picture actors and actresses
Health and hygiene
Sources:
Photo: Encino Sun,
Vol. 1 #34, February 10-16, 2007, page 1 ff.
[1] Excerpt from book description and from Los Angeles Public Library annotation and book review.
[2] Encino Sun,
Vol. 1 #34, February 10-16, 2007, page 1 ff.
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| Friends of Encino-Tarzana Library presented
"A VISIT WITH VIKTOR FRANKL," a Play |
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Actor ARNOLD WEISS performed a dramatic reading of CLIFF JOHNSON's play. His play
covers Frankl's experience as a concentration camp inmate and his practice as a psychiatrist.
Viktor Frankl, M.D., Ph.D., 1905-1997, Neurologist and Psychiatrist
- Vienna, Austria. Founder of Logotherapy and Existential Analysis. Frankl was visiting professor and
lecturer at Harvard, Stanford, and others; he received many awards, honors, honorary degrees.
Frankl's theory of logotherapy encourages patients to look to the future and live their lives fully,
rather than relive the past. Frankl survived 4 concentration camps during World War II. His magnum opus,
Man's Search for Meaning, gives an account of life in the camps as a survivor and a
psychologist. It was voted one of ten most influential books in America in 1991.
Frankl published more than thirty books on theoretical and clinical psychology. Here are a few:
Man's Search for Meaning: An Introduction to Logotherapy
Man's Search for Ultimate Meaning
The Doctor and the Soul: From Psychotherapy to Logotherapy
From Death Camp to Existentialism; A Psychiatrist's Path
to a New Therapy
Formats in the Library: print, CD, audiobooks, e-books.
Official Website of the Viktor Frankl Institute Vienna:
http://logotherapy.univie.ac.at/e/lifeandwork.html
Subjects to explore in the Library Catalog for similar reading topics:
Concentration camps Germany
Existentialism
Frankl, Viktor Emil
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Personal narratives
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Psychological aspects
Logotherapy
Psychiatry and religion
Psychologists Austria Biography
Psychotherapy
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Friends of Encino-Tarzana Library presented:
DENISE HAMILTON
award-winning suspense writer and editor
Author's website - www.denisehamilton.com -
Website includes biography, books - excerpts and reviews, writings from her journalism career.
Author's Background: Fullbright Scholar and award-winning journalist for the Los Angeles Times and other publications.
Hamilton books have won these awards:
Edgar Allen Poe Award in mystery
Willa Cather award in literary fiction
Southern California Bookseller's Award (finalist)
UK's Creasey Dagger Award
Los Angeles Times Best Book Award... and more...
Hamilton has written five crime novels - a series about Eve Diamond, a Los Angeles reporter:
The Jasmine Trade
Sugar Skull
Last Lullaby
Savage Garden
Prisoner of Memory (latest)
Hamilton is the Editor of Los Angeles Noir, an anthology of new fiction (2007) - one of the Akashic
Books Noir City Series.
Formats in the Library: print, large print, e-books, audiobooks.
Subjects to explore in the Library Catalog for similar reading topics:
Actresses Crimes against, Fiction
Detective and mystery stories
Diamond, Eve (Fictitious character) Fiction
Los Angeles (Calif.) Fiction
Missing children Fiction
Russians United States Fiction
Smuggling Fiction
Teenagers Crimes against, Fiction
Women journalists Fiction
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Friends of Encino-Tarzana Library presented:
ROCHELLE KRICH -- an award-winning mystery writer
Author's website - www.rochellekrich.com -
Website includes: Books, short stories, reviews, news, pictures, schedule. Reading guides available.
You can even arrange an on-line video-audio book chat with the author.
Krich's books have won these awards:
Mary Higgins Clark Award
Left Coast Crime Calavera Award
Barry Award (nominee)
Krich has written many books and short stories; among
her mystery books is the Molly Blume series:
Blues in the Night
Dream House
Grave Endings
Now You See Me (newest)
Formats in the Library: print, audiobooks, e-books, large print
Subjects to explore in the Library Catalog for similar reading topics:
Blume, Molly (Fictitious character) Fiction
Detective and mystery stories
Detective and mystery stories, American
Jewish women Fiction
Kidnapping Fiction
Krich, Rochelle
Los Angeles (Calif.) Fiction
Murder California Los Angeles Fiction
Murder Fiction
Policewomen California Los Angeles Fiction
Teenage girls Crimes against Fiction.
Women authors, American California Los Angeles Fiction
Women detectives California Los Angeles Fiction
Women detectives Fiction
Women journalists Fiction
Women lawyers California Los Angeles Fiction
Women private investigators Fiction
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