Be sure to come by the Davidson Conference Center this Saturday, Oct. 25. 65 Los Angeles-area historical archives will be presenting exhibits, and there will be book signings, film screenings, and panels about the hidden stories of L.A. neighborhoods.
Food critic Jonathan Gold, historian William Estrada, USC professor Jervey Tervalon, and other L.A. authors will discuss history and sign books. Local documentary filmmakers will screen their work and share their insights about the L.A. experience, and educational panels will explore DNA testing in family genealogy, the USC Libraries digital archive, and how to manage your own historical collection.
Look for USC Librarians Wayne Shoaf, Sue Tyson, and Claude Zachary on the panels. The complete listing of events is below. See the L.A. as Subject Web page for more.
AUTHOR DISCUSSIONS and BOOK SIGNINGS
10:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
ICY SMITH: Mei Ling in China City and The Lonely Queue
11:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
WILLIAM ESTRADA: The Los Angeles Plaza: Sacred and Contested Space
12:15 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.
JONATHAN GOLD: Counter Intelligence: Where to Eat in the Real Los Angeles
2:00 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
JERVEY TERVALON: Lita, All the Trouble You Need; Dead Above Ground; Understand This; and Living for the City
3:00 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
CARINA MONICA MONTOYA: Filipinos in Hollywood
4:00 p.m.– 4:45 p.m.
J. MICHAEL WALKER: All the Saints of the City of Angels: Seeking the Soul of L.A. on Its Streets
EDUCATIONAL PANELS
10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
GOING DIGITAL: RESEARCH COLLECTIONS IN THE ELECTRONIC AGE
R. Wayne Shoaf
11:15 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
L.A. AS SUBJECT: WHY ARCHIVES MATTER
Robert G. Marshall, Karen L. Stokes, & Claude Zachary. Moderated by Sue Tyson
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
DNA ALL THE WAY: USING DNA TO AUGMENT YOUR GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH
Alice Fairhurst
2:15 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
YOU STILL CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU: WHAT TO DO WITH YOUR COLLECTION WHEN YOUR KIDS DON'T WANT IT
Carol Wells and Michael Palmer
3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
NO SUCH THING AS A BAD HOME MOVIE: HOME MOVIE DAY
Loni Shibuyama
FILM SCREENINGS and Q&A SESSIONS
10:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
THE NEW LOS ANGELES
Lyn Goldfarb
12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
THE EASTSIDERS
William Beverly
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
CHICANO ROCK! THE SOUNDS OF EAST LOS ANGELES
Jon Wilkman
3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
CHINATOWN REMEMBERED: LOS ANGELES DURING THE 1930s AND 1940s
Will Gow