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From: Angelica Carpenter <angelica>
Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2006 11:21:52 -0800
The Arne Nixon Center for the Study of Children's Literture at California State University, Fresno, will sponsor a bus tour from Fresno to Los Angeles and back again on Tuesday and Wednesday, May 16th and 17th, to view sites connected with Leo Politi. The Caldecott- winning artist/author of Song of the Swallows, Pedro: The Angel of Olvera Street, and Moy Moy was born in Fresno, but lived most of his life in Los Angeles, where he wrote and illustrated many books depicting the city's multicultural neighborhoods. Take a walking tour of Olvera Street, the Los Angeles Public Library, and Chinatown. Speakers will include Ann Stalcup, author of Leo Politi, Artist of the Angels, and Leo Politi's children, Paul Politi and Suzanne Politi Bischof. The tour guides will be Angelica Carpenter, Curator of the Arne Nixon Center, and Denise Sciandra, Presisdent of ANCA, the Arne Nixon Center Advocates.
The price is $275, based on double occupancy, with a single supplement of $75. This includes a banquet and one night's stay at the New Otani Hotel in Japan Town.
Registration forms are available now on the Center's Web site at www.arnenixoncenter.org or by calling (559) 278-8116 or sending E- mail to anc at listserv.csufresno.edu.
Received on Wed 01 Feb 2006 01:21:52 PM CST
Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2006 11:21:52 -0800
The Arne Nixon Center for the Study of Children's Literture at California State University, Fresno, will sponsor a bus tour from Fresno to Los Angeles and back again on Tuesday and Wednesday, May 16th and 17th, to view sites connected with Leo Politi. The Caldecott- winning artist/author of Song of the Swallows, Pedro: The Angel of Olvera Street, and Moy Moy was born in Fresno, but lived most of his life in Los Angeles, where he wrote and illustrated many books depicting the city's multicultural neighborhoods. Take a walking tour of Olvera Street, the Los Angeles Public Library, and Chinatown. Speakers will include Ann Stalcup, author of Leo Politi, Artist of the Angels, and Leo Politi's children, Paul Politi and Suzanne Politi Bischof. The tour guides will be Angelica Carpenter, Curator of the Arne Nixon Center, and Denise Sciandra, Presisdent of ANCA, the Arne Nixon Center Advocates.
The price is $275, based on double occupancy, with a single supplement of $75. This includes a banquet and one night's stay at the New Otani Hotel in Japan Town.
Registration forms are available now on the Center's Web site at www.arnenixoncenter.org or by calling (559) 278-8116 or sending E- mail to anc at listserv.csufresno.edu.
Received on Wed 01 Feb 2006 01:21:52 PM CST
