Recent Lectures
January 16-17 Overview: Bringing together two days of science and history. a demonstration and workshop on the Technical Analysis of Ground Radar and Magnetron Software was offered while the participants located the historic graves in the Pascual Marquez Family Cemetery. Archeologists, Conservationists, Archivists, Historians, Graduate Students from UCLA and USC and 4th graders from Canyon Elementary School participated in data collection and processing of images. Event Donors: Cotsen Institute of Archeology and the Squid and Squash Educational Foundation;
January 16th: Visit Pascual Marzuez Family Cemetery as international expert archeologists and geophysicists demonstrate the use of ground penetrating radar (GPR). This system has been used on the Royal Tombs of Japan, Genghis Kahn's Palace and the Prison of Leris (better known as the prison where The Man in the Iron Mask was imprisioned by his brother the King).
January 17th: Dean Goodman, the geophysicist and computer scientist who created the global "gold standard" GPR software, and Brian Damiata, also a Research Associate at the Cotsen Institute lead a Workshop demonstrating how the different facets of the system allow scientists and conservators to understand what they've found so far and how to use the material as a guide for what they might next seek out.
January 30th: Offsite:Join La Senora in Santa Barbara at the Presidio where highly trained members of the Forensic Canine Institute will demonstrate their prowess at locating human remains from the late 1700s through the 1800s.
January 31st: At Pasqual Marquez Cemetery:The Forensic Canine Institute will perform a search for graves within this 175 year old cemetery. Participants will compare results of this search survey with the details provided by the January 16-17 ground penetrating radar workshop presented by the Cotsen Institute (Dean Goodman and Brian Damiata)
February 28th: Offsite to Carlsbad:Join La Senora members on our trip to visit the ranch of Leo Carrillo. In addition to his fame as a movie and TV star and his years as Grand Marshall of the Santa Barbara Fiesta, Leo was also our Canyon resident,friend to all of the owners of our Hacienda and a relative of the Rancho descendants. His Ranch in Carlsbad is now owned by the State of California. More details will be posted to our calendar in late January.
Offisite: Venue: Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Topic: View the W. R. Randolph Hearst exhibit.
Lecturer: Cari Beauchamp, Author
Date: January 18, 2009 -Lecture at 2:00
Collaborating Organization Sponsor: LACMA
Offsite: Topic: Videotape transcriptions of oral histories taken of Marquez
Rancho Boca de Santa Monica and Palisades Residents
Lecturer: Randy Young
Venue: Pierson Theater
Date: January 26, 2009
Collaborating Organization Sponsor: Pacific Palisades Historical Society
Offsite: Topic: Searching for Graves in Presidio
Venue: Santa Barbara Presidio
Presenters: Institute for Canine Forensics
Date: January 29, 2009
Cemetery:Topic: Searching for Family Graves in Pasqual Marquez Family Cemetery
Presenters: Institute for Canine Forensics
Date: January 30, 2009
Offsite:Topic: "Paradise Promoted"
Lecturer: Tom Zimmerman
Venue: Ruskin Theater
February 8, 2009
Collaborating Organization Sponsor: Santa Monica Conservancy
Offsite: Topic: Mexican Calendar Girls
Venue: Heritage Museum
Docent Tour
Date: March 28, 2009
Optional Dinner at the Heritage Restaurant following Lecture/Tour
Offsite: Venue: Ojai Studios
Topic: Recreating the Magic of Malibu and other 1930's Art Tiles
Warning: Bring your checkbook -- these tiles and murals are irresistable! Further details at:
Ojai Field Trip SORRY THIS OFFSITE IS NOW SOLD OUT.
Lectures at La Senora
Topic: InceVille - 1910 Movie Studio
Lecturer: Marc Wanamaker - Bison Archives
Topic: Malibu Tiles - Adamson/Rindge Legacy
Lecturer: Cristi Walden - Adamson House Docent
Topic: Los Angeles Streets named after Saints
San Lorenzo and the Pasqual Marquez Cemetery
Lecturer: Michael Walker - Artist and Author
Topic: The Chautauqua Movement
Lecturer: Randy Young, Historian
Topic: Rare Encaustic Tiles of La Senora
Lecturer: Amy Green - Tile Restorer
Topic: Readings from Private Letters of Frida Kahlo
Lecturer: Nori Green - Artist & Educator
Topic: Rancho Boca de Santa Monica History
Lecturer: Ernest Marquez, Historian and Rancho Descendent
