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THE BASEBALL
RELIQUARY'S 2012
SEASON
Calendar of Exhibitions and Programs
(Check back for further
details and for additional events to be
added)
FEBRUARY 4-MARCH 29
Occupy Chavez Ravine: The “Blue Bum” Paintings
of Stephen Seemayer, an exhibition featuring a
selection from the 58 L.A. Blue Bum paintings,
and related documentation, completed by the
artist during the 2011 baseball season. Inspired
by the Brooklyn Bum, the brilliant creation of
the late sports cartoonist Willard Mullin,
Seemayer’s Blue Bum paintings candidly comment
on the follies and triumphs of the Los Angeles
Dodgers under the ownership of Frank and Jamie
McCourt.
West Covina Library, 1601 West Covina Pkwy.,
West Covina, CA. Free admission. Library hours
are Tuesday-Thursday, 10:00 am-8:00 pm;
Saturday, 8:00 am-6:00 pm; closed Monday,
Friday, and Sunday. Further information, phone
(626) 791-7647; for directions, phone (626)
962-3541 during library hours.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 3:00 PM
In conjunction with its exhibition,
Occupy
Chavez Ravine: The “Blum Bum” Paintings of
Stephen Seemayer, the Baseball Reliquary
presents a reception for the artist. Seemayer
will discuss the legacy of sports cartoonist
Willard Mullin, who provided inspiration for his
L.A. Blue Bum series, and will introduce a
screening of a video documenting all 58 Blue Bum
paintings completed in 2011.
West
Covina Library, 1601 West Covina Pkwy., West
Covina, CA. Free admission. Further information,
phone (626) 791-7647; for directions, phone
(626) 962-3541 during library hours.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 3:00 PM
In celebration of Black History Month, the
Baseball Reliquary and Allendale Branch Library
present a program on Emmett Ashford, the first
African American umpire to officiate in both
minor and major league baseball. The late
umpire’s daughter, Adrienne Cherie Ashford, will
discuss her father’s extraordinary career and
legacy; will sign copies of her biography,
Strrr-ike!!: Emmett Ashford, Major League Umpire; and will show
video clips of her father working games in the
1970 World Series.
Allendale
Branch Library, 1130 S. Marengo Ave., Pasadena,
CA. Free admission. Further information, phone
(626) 791-7647; for directions, phone (626)
744-7260 during library hours.
SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 1:00 PM
The Baseball Reliquary and Allendale Branch
Library present a reading, discussion, and book
signing with Matthew McGough, author of
Bat Boy: Coming of Age with the New York Yankees. McGough’s memoir
of his teenage days in the Bronx and his two
years as a bat boy with the Yankees (1992-93) is
a witty and entertaining look at the inner world
of baseball.
Allendale
Branch Library, 1130 S. Marengo Ave., Pasadena,
CA. Free admission. Further information, phone
(626) 791-7647; for directions, phone (626)
744-7260 during library hours.
APRIL 9-MAY
24
Bill Veeck: Baseball’s Greatest Maverick,
an exhibition which utilizes photographs,
artworks, artifacts, and documents to chronicle
the life and times of one of the most
influential figures in baseball history. The
owner of four teams – the Cleveland Indians, St.
Louis Browns, and Chicago White Sox (twice) –
Veeck was a baseball impresario and innovator,
an unflinching advocate of racial equality, and
a visionary who spent a lifetime challenging
baseball’s and society’s well-entrenched status
quo. The exhibition is based on Paul Dickson’s
biography,
Bill Veeck: Baseball’s Greatest Maverick
(Walker & Company, New York, ISBN
9780802717788), to be published in April 2012.
Arcadia Public Library, 20 W. Duarte Road, Arcadia, CA. Free admission.
Library hours are Monday-Thursday, 10:00 am-9:00
pm; Friday-Saturday, 10:00 am-6:00 pm; closed
Sunday. Further information, phone (626)
791-7647; for directions, phone (626) 821-5567
during library hours.
MAY 1-MAY 31
And
the Walls Came Tumblin’ Down: Pioneers of
Baseball’s Integration,
an exhibition which utilizes photographs,
artworks, artifacts, and documents to examine
some of the figures who played pivotal roles in
integrating baseball, including Jackie Robinson,
Larry Doby, Satchel Paige, Branch Rickey, Bill
Veeck, Lester Rodney, and Emmett Ashford.
South
Pasadena Public Library, 1100 Oxley St., South
Pasadena, CA. Free admission. Library hours are
Monday-Wednesday, 11:00 am-9:00 pm;
Thursday-Friday, 10:00 am-6:00 pm; Saturday,
10:00 am-5:00 pm; Sunday, 1:00-5:00 pm. Further
information, phone (626) 791-7647; for
directions, phone (626) 403-7340 during library
hours.
TUESDAY, MAY 15, 4:00 PM
The Pepperdine University Libraries present a
discussion and book signing with Paul Dickson,
author of
Bill Veeck: Baseball’s Greatest Maverick.
Additional details TBA. Co-sponsored by the
Baseball Reliquary.
Payson
Library, Pepperdine University, Malibu Campus,
24255 Pacific Coast Hwy., Malibu, CA. Free
admission. Further information, phone (626)
791-7647; for directions, phone (310) 506-7273
during library hours.
THURSDAY, MAY 17, 7:00 PM
As part of its ongoing “Author Night” series,
the South Pasadena Public Library presents a
reading, discussion, and book signing with Daryl
Russell Grigsby (Celebrating
Ourselves: African-Americans and the Promise of
Baseball) and Paul Dickson (Bill Veeck: Baseball’s Greatest Maverick). The program includes
music by The Bluez Express. Co-sponsored by the
Baseball Reliquary and the Friends of the South
Pasadena Public Library.
South Pasadena Public Library Community Room, 1115 El Centro St., South
Pasadena, CA. Free admission. Further
information, phone (626) 791-7647; for
directions, phone (626) 403-7340 during library
hours.
SATURDAY, MAY 19, 1:00-5:00 PM
In conjunction with its exhibition,
Bill
Veeck: Baseball’s Greatest Maverick, the
Baseball Reliquary presents “VeeckFest,” an
in-depth look at Bill Veeck, the
transformational, visionary figure, whose life
and imagination helped define the several eras
he encompassed. The event will include a film
screening; book signing; and panel discussion
featuring, among others, Paul Dickson, author of
Bill
Veeck: Baseball’s Greatest Maverick;
sportswriters John Schulian and Ron Rapoport,
who covered Veeck for the
Chicago
Sun-Times and other publications; and
screenwriter/filmmaker Ken Solarz, who owns the
movie rights to Veeck’s 1962 autobiography,
Veeck—as
in Wreck.
Arcadia
Public Library, 20 W. Duarte Road, Arcadia, CA.
Free admission. Further information, phone (626)
791-7647; for directions, phone (626) 821-5567
during library hours.
JULY 3-JULY 30
Baseball by the Books,
an exhibition spotlighting some of the classic
baseball books, both fiction and non-fiction, to
be published since World War II – works which
have made a significant contribution to the
field of baseball literature and which are
indispensable to any baseball library. Includes
a series of essays by baseball authors and
columnists on their favorite baseball books.
Pasadena
Central Library (Humanities Wing, Business Wing,
and Centennial Room), 285 E. Walnut St.,
Pasadena, CA. Free admission. Library hours are
Monday-Thursday, 9:00 am-9:00 pm;
Friday-Saturday, 9:00 am-6:00 pm; Sunday,
1:00-5:00 pm. Further information, phone (626)
791-7647; for directions, phone (626) 744-4066
during library hours.
SUNDAY, JULY 15, 2:00 PM
Shrine of the Eternals Induction Day, ceremony
honoring the 14th class of inductees
to the Baseball Reliquary’s organizational hall
of fame.
Pasadena Central Library, Donald R. Wright
Auditorium, 285 E. Walnut St., Pasadena, CA.
Free admission. Further information, phone (626)
791-7647; for directions, phone (626) 744-4066
during library hours.
AUGUST 4-SEPTEMBER 27
The Baseball Reliquary presents an exhibition
TBA. Burbank Central Library, 110 N. Glenoaks Blvd., Burbank, CA. Free
admission. Library hours are Monday-Thursday,
9:30 am-9:00 pm; Friday, 9:30 am-6:00 pm;
Saturday, 10:00 am-6:00 pm; closed Sunday.
Further information, phone (626) 791-7647; for
directions, phone (818) 238-5600 during library
hours.
OCTOBER 2012, DATE & TIMES TBA
The Baseball Reliquary presents a display at the
7th Annual Los Angeles Archives
Bazaar, to be held on a Saturday in October at
the Doheny Memorial Library, USC University Park
Campus. The Bazaar is hosted by the USC
Libraries and sponsored by L.A. as Subject.
Free
admission. Further information, phone (626)
791-7647.
ONGOING THROUGH 2012
The Baseball Reliquary presents William Robert
Steele’s Ebbets Field Replica, an exhibition of
Jackie Robinson paintings (including Michael
Guccione’s acclaimed “Jackie Robinson Icon”),
and a display of Negro Leagues memorabilia.
Jackie
Robinson Center, 1020 N. Fair Oaks Ave.,
Pasadena, CA. Free admission. Hours are
Monday-Thursday, 8:00 am-9:00 pm; Friday, 8:00
am-5:00 pm; closed weekends (open by
reservation). Further information, phone (626)
791-7647; for directions, phone (626) 744-7300.
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