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Old news bits 2006
summary only of some of the highlights
They carry costumes, props, set decor and artwork from various
productions. They're opening their parking lot for special sales just
in time to help you for Halloween costume shopping. You've got
two chances this year. Come prepared to power shop. OR... if you
can't get there, check out their web options as well.
 | Info:
http://www.backlotprops.com/ or 800-773-3020
 | Saturdays - September 30 & October 21, 2006 - 9am-3pm
 | 8853 Wilbur Avenue, Northridge
| (corner of Wilbur and Rayen) |
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Heritage
Square - The Uniform Makes the Man... and the Woman
In conjunction with Fort
MacArthur Museum, this unique exhibit explores the evolution of the military
uniform from the Civil War to the 1950s
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Info:
www.heritagesquare.org or (626) 796-2898 extension 222
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Saturday and Sundays, August 5-October
30, 2006 – 12:00 to 4:00 |
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Heritage Square Museum, 3800 Homer Street
(Exit 110-Pasadena Freeway at Avenue 43) |
40 Years of Star Trek - props and costumes, set dressing, scripts and more
from all the Trek movies and TV shows. October 5-7, 2006 in NYC.
Check out their website for samples of what will be on sale. The catalog
is a 2 volume monster at $90, but you can get a discount if ordered before mid
July. More info <here>
and
http://www.christies.com/special_sites/startrek/overview.asp
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| Exhibit will be on display throughout the world. Two chances in
Southern California. Remaining dates:
| July 20-23, Comic Con, San Diego, CA |
| August 3-8, Christie's South Kensington, London |
| August 17-20, Star Trek Convention, Las Vegas, Nevada |
| September 8-10, The Science Fiction Museum, Seattle, WA |
| September 12-16, Christie's Los Angeles, CA |
| September 29-October 4, Christie's New York, NY |
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 Cher Auction:
Cher is redecorating and updating her house from neo-gothic. Her garage
sale becomes an auction at Julien's Auction House. Included with the
furniture and arts will be what we totally love... Bob Mackie dresses from
the Sonny & Cher Show!!!!!
There's a huge auction catalog
and even a hard copy edition signed by Cher. As of yet, there aren't many
pictures on line.
Living
History Day at Los Encinos State History Park
"Music, blacksmith, children's activities from the 1870s"
| Info:
http://www.lahacal.org/losencinos.html , October 15, 2006 - 1-3pm,
free admission
| Los Encinos State Historic Park, at the corner of Balboa and Ventura
Blvd., in Encino |
| Street clothing or costume |
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| Children welcome |
The Old West is alive again this year in “DEADWOOD”. 12 stages of Cowboy
Action Shooting side matches ~ Top Gun and Sweet 16 Shoot Off ~ our
traditional Thursday Night Punkin’ Bowling Black Powder Night Shoot and
Friday Night Poker Tournament ~ Saturday night dance will feature Ron Stein
and his All Stars and special guest appearance by Herb Jeffries “The Bronze
Buckaroo”.
Come in costume as your favorite “DEADWOOD” character and win a prize.
Cowboy church Sunday morning and more fun than you can imagine!
* 12 Great Stages! * Lots of Side Matches! * Pumpkin
Bowling * Poker Tournament * Saturday Night Dance * Costume Competitions *
Presented by The Cowboys & the Silver Queen Mine Regulators.
The 2005 California State Championship. May register with paypal.
Annual Baggins' Birthday Picnic
Open to any & all Lord Of the Rings fans
Bring your favorite LOTR games, fan art or acoustic musical
instruments, a blanket to spread out, and enjoy an afternoon of food and
fellowship with fellow LOTR fans. TORn usually has a few LOTR-themed games
planned, and a costume contest with small prizes, so costumes are definitely
encouraged!
Food: Pot-luck; please bring some picnic food to share (a bucket of fried
chicken, sandwiches, potato salad, cole slaw, fruit, veggies & dip, etc.) or
soft-drinks,
ice, a cooler, desserts, etc. Alcohol is not permitted in the Park.
This event will be hosted by TORn (
www.theonering.net ) with enthusiastic assistance from "Tolkien
Forever."
http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/Tolkien_Forever/
Come to San Diego for a week of total immersion in the romance and rhythm of
the 19th and early 20th Century dance world. Enjoy a week of classes
interspersed with music, lectures, period activities and fabulous formal balls
nearly every night. Early, mid and late 19th Century dances such as waltz,
mazurka, galop, redowa and schottische, as well as quadrilles & set dances, will
be offered. Ragtime era tango, one-step and other popular dances will also be
offered, plus dances of the 1920s and 1930s: swing, foxtrot and more. This year
there will be a special mini-series focusing on dance crazes such the Polkamania
of the 1840s and the Charleston of the 1920s. Brought to you by the San Diego Vintage Dancers.
Costumer's Guild West has left
the International Costumer's Guild
Other chapters are adopting the orphaned folks. Follow the ICG vote on making
this official on the ICG-BOD
list . As of August 2006.
| Note, if you're not a rep of the BOD, you can just lurk, not join this
list |
| Follow extra discussion on the membership issues and other ICG
information on the main ICG
discussion group |
| Get the latest info at their official website: http://www.epicmovies.org/
| Info on how to order DVD's and photos has now been posted |
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| Photo Links
| Steve Houle/Wookie Official pictures are at
his Smug Mug site
| Individual prints can be ordered there, full sets though the
main CC24 website. |
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Richard Man's pics
| Notes: For the JPGs on the web, if you want to
use them for your website etc., just grab them and use them. Please
keep the copyright on the pictures. I would appreciate it if you
would put something like "Photographs copyright (C) ImageCraft
PhotoStudio, Richard Man. For more Cosplay Photography and SF&F
Costume Photography, please visit
www.imagecraft.com/photostudio/
on your website where you use the images. Email me and let me know
and that's it. " |
| For prints, 4x6" are $1 each. 8x10" are $10.
11x15" are $15 :-) Just email me the list of pics you like (if you
click on the picture, it will be
listed with a filename under the picture). We can take Paypal or you
can send us a check. US S&H is $5 Priority Mail. If you just want a
small number of 4x6"s, we can ship first class for ~$2. |
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Texuba - Kimono and Textiles
Great shows for Textile junkies. Beautiful fabrics that only come to town a
few times a year. Kimono and obi.
They have a new format with more smaller shows, join their e-mail list for
announcements. Keep checking their website at www.texuba.com for the latest
shows.
| Note: Texuba's master collection of historic textiles will be sold in the
future. Check for information about this on their website. |
| Los Angeles Show
| Saturday, September 16, 2006 10-4 |
| Sunday, September 17, 2006 10-3 - Obi sold only on Sunday |
| Jan's Antique Mall Auditorium. Long Beach |
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presents a showcase of
animatronics from puppets to electronic circuits. The exhibit includes
models, maquettes, and actual creatures as well as videos of these in action,
concept drawings, storyboards and workshop photographs.
Films represented include 102 Dalmatians, Alien3, Alien vs.
Predator, An American Werewolf in London, Beetlejuice, Cats & Dogs, The
Chronicles of Narnia, The Country Bears, The Dark Crystal, Doctor Dolittle,
George of the Jungle, Ghostbusters, Gremlins 2, Labyrinth, Little Shop of
Horrors, Jurassic Park, Men in Black II, Mighty Joe Young, Mortal Kombat,
Predator, RoboCop 2, The Santa Clause 2, Short Circuit, Snow Dogs, Spider-Man 2,
Star Wars and Willow.
| Info:
http://www.oscars.org/events/animatronics/index.html or (310)
247-3600
| The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, 8949 Wilshire
Boulevard in Beverly Hills. In the Academy's Grand Lobby and Fourth
Floor Galleries. |
| Though August 20, 2006. Galleries open Tuesday -Friday; 10 a.m. to 5
p.m., and weekends noon to 6 p.m. |
| Free |
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Five days highlighting Science Fiction and Fantasy. Panels, exhibits,
demos on costuming, writing, art, filking, TV, film and more. At the
Anaheim Convention Center. Check out their web site for lots of
information. (It's a good excuse to dress in costumes or fun
clothing.
| Info: http://www.laconiv.org/
| August 23-27, 2006 |
| Single days memberships and taster memberships are also available |
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| International Masquerade is on Friday night, Hugo Awards are on Saturday
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The Outstanding Art of Television Costume Design
"Showing from July 10 through September 9, 2006 will be
the first ever exhibition saluting The Outstanding Art of Television Costume
Design. The 2005-2006 Emmy nominations for Costume Design will be on
display, along with over 100 other costumes celebrating 40 years of
television from 1966-2006."
Star Trek Costume Auction:
40 Years of Star Trek - props and costumes, set dressing, scripts and more
from all the Trek movies and TV shows. October 5-7, 2006.
Check out their website for samples of what will be on sale. The catalog
is a 2 volume monster at $90, but you can get a discount if ordered before mid
July. More info <here>
and
http://www.christies.com/special_sites/startrek/overview.asp
| Articles
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| Exhibit will be on display throughout the world. Two chances in
Southern California. Remaining dates:
| July 20-23, Comic Con, San Diego, CA |
| August 3-8, Christie's South Kensington, London |
| August 17-20, Star Trek Convention, Las Vegas, Nevada |
| September 8-10, The Science Fiction Museum, Seattle, WA |
| September 12-16, Christie's Los Angeles, CA |
| September 29-October 4, Christie's New York, NY |
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Open Casting Call - Through 15 August 2006 for Pirates of the
Caribbean 3
Seeking Pirates -- men age 18+, all shapes and sizes, all ethnicities: Asian,
Spanish, French, African, Syrian, Lebanese, Middle Eastern, Turkish, Armenian,
Arab, Persian, Caucasian, South American, Pacific Islander, Eskimo, etc... You
must be an extreme character type! We need extremely skinny, very tall, very
short, hunchback, little people, unusual facial features and body types, exotic
amputees, albinos, etc.
Bring your own current 3x5 photo (does not have to be professional).
If you do not have a photo, we can take one for you for $2.00
| July 15, 2006, Annual |
| Henry Fonda Music Box Theatre, 6126 Hollywood Blvd. |
| Masquerade dance |
| Costume required or formal dress and mask |
| Info:
http://www.labyrinthmasquerade.com |
| A group of us are getting together for dinner before hand
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| July 20-23, 2006, Annual |
| San Diego Convention Center, CA |
| As their name states, this is an international comic convention.
Saturday's event is open to all costumes but comic oriented items do better.
| Note: write for their rules, their structure and format is different
than the 'ICG standard'. |
| There are a number of sponsored prizes most years. |
| Pre-register for the masquerade |
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Oscar Nominations out
| Nominations for Costume Design:
| Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Gabriella Pescucci |
| Memoirs of a Geisha - Colleen Atwood |
| Mrs. Henderson Presents - Sandy Powell |
| Pride and Prejudice - Jacqueline Durran |
| Walk the Line - Arianne Phillips |
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| Specials to check out at Oscar.com
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Costume Design page includes links to the trailers. Also cross
links to the films other nominations and the IMDB links. |
| Style section for
red carpet clothing choices, modern and retro. |
| Videos including a
behind-the-scene tour of FIDM's exhibit setup and special interviews with a
few of the designers that will be dressing the stars on the red carpet.
All fascinating. |
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FIDM - The Art
of Motion Picture Costume Design
| The FIDM Galleries in Los Angeles have an amazing display of this last
year's movie costumes
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"...Celebrate the 1880's at a free public day on April 23, 2006. The weekend
will be filled with the bustling activity of 1880's life. Take a leisurely
self-tour of the historic 1864 residence. You can learn a Victorian Dance step
at a barn dance! Play hoops and tug-o-war or enter a sack race". Demos of
quilting, wood crafting and other skills. Live music
| Classes include corset construction, making Victorian bodices,
underpinning, skirt draping and more - Riverside area
| 2 day Victorian corset workshop - April 8-9, 2006 |
| Bustle petticoat workshop - April 22, 2006 |
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| First year for a new cowboy action shooting and wild west jubilee and lots more including
many costumes and wonderful shopping opportunities. (This is basically
a replacement for End of Trail) |
| April 2005 |
| Costume Contests on Friday and Saturday. |
| Norco |
| January 20-22, 2006
| Pasadena Civic Auditorium |
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| Lord of the Rings themed media convention - run by Creation
| Lite costuming programming |
| Masquerade "Lite" during Friday night special events |
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06/03/10
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