Datebook: Events, exhibits, classes for the week ahead

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Through Sunday: Palm Springs Modernism Week includes a modernism expo, home tours, design lectures and films. Check website for schedule and prices. (760) 832-3202.

Thursday: The Thursday Garden Talks With Lili Singer series features Jim Henrich, curator of living collections at the Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden. He will discuss the history of the plant introduction program. 9:30 a.m. to noon. $20. 301 N. Baldwin Ave., Arcadia. Registration required. (626) 821-4623.

Saturday: Elinor Nissley leads a class on relief printing using native plants to create images on paper and fabric. 10 a.m. to noon. $25 to $34, plus $15 materials fee. Theodore Payne Foundation for Wildflowers and Native Plants, 10459 Tuxford St., Sun Valley. (818) 768-1802.

Saturday: Kimberly O’Cain, water conservation coordinator for the city of Santa Monica, discusses how drip irrigation can reduce water use by as much as 80%. Talk will cover design, installation and maintenance. 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. $20 to $30. Theodore Payne Foundation for Wildflowers and Native Plants, 10459 Tuxford St., Sun Valley. (818) 768-1802.

Saturday: Descanso Gardens display horticulturist Mike Brown will teach methods of maintaining a healthy compost pile, including tips on the cylinder method of leaf composting. 11 a.m. Included in regular garden admission of $3 to $8. 1418 Descanso Drive, La Cañada Flintridge. (818) 949 4200.

Saturday: Horticulturist CJ Forray leads a class on container gardening. 10 to 11:30 a.m. Jackalope Pottery, 10726 Burbank Blvd., North Hollywood. Reservations required: (818) 761-4022.

Saturday and Sunday: Bonsai masters will explore the art form in exhibits, demonstrations, prize drawings and daily live auctions at the Bonsai-a-thon. Events run from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday; bonsai workshops for adults and children will be offered Saturday (registration required). Included in regular admission of $6 to $20. Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino. (626) 405-2128.

ONGOING Ackerman, Aguiñiga: “A Marriage of Craft and Design: The Work of Evelyn and Jerome Ackerman” includes examples of ceramics, tile mosaics, wood carvings, textiles and other crafts from the Culver City couple. “Crossing the Line: A Space by Tanya Aguiñiga,” is a site-specific structure made by the artist best known for felted furniture. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays, noon to 6 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Ends May 8. $5 to $7. Craft and Folk Art Museum, 5814 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles. (323) 937-4230.

Bischoff exhibition: The retrospective “Gardens and Grandeur: Porcelains and Paintings by Franz A. Bischoff,” features Bischoff’s early hand-painted ceramic works and landscape paintings. Noon to 5 p.m. Wednesdays through Sundays, through March 20. $5 to $7. Pasadena Museum of California Art, 490 E. Union St., Pasadena. (626) 568-3665.

Brown Bag Tuesdays: The Gamble House, the Arts and Crafts landmark designed by Charles and Henry Greene, allows visitors to picnic on the rear lawn or terrace of the 1908 estate between 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Tuesdays. Twenty-minute docent-led tours will be given at 12:15 and 12:45 p.m. for $5. 4 Westmoreland Place, Pasadena; (626) 793-3334. Reservations: (626) 449-4178.

Installation: “Light Frames,” an outdoor installation by Los Angeles architect Gail Peter Borden, consists of a hand-assembled dome and an enclosed “chapel” built out of translucent vinyl plastic. 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily through mid-March. Free. Materials & Applications, 1619 Silver Lake Blvd., Los Angeles. (323) 739-4668.

Kahn in Venice: An exhibition of travel sketches by Louis Kahn documents the time in Italy spent by the architect whose work includes the Salk Institute in La Jolla. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays (closed from 1 to 2 p.m.), 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays. Ends March 19. Istituto Italiano di Cultura of Los Angeles, 1023 Hilgard Ave., Los Angeles. (310) 443-3250.

‘Made Up: Design’s Fictions’: Models, paintings and computer renderings of objects and processes that can’t actually exist, won’t work or challenge the notion of utility. Noon to 5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays or by appointment. Through March 20. Free. The Wind Tunnel Gallery, Art Center College of Design, 950 S. Raymond Ave., Pasadena. (626) 396-2469.

Technology and design: Architecture and Design Museum of Los Angeles exhibition ‘Soupergreen’ explores the way that technology can promote architecture and the environment. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays, noon to 6 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Ends April 14. $2 to $5. 6032 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles. (323) 932-9393.

Wexler show: “Steel and Shade: The Architecture of Donald Wexler” is a survey of drawings, photographs and models by the noted architect. They are augmented by professional photographs and new models fabricated by Cal Poly students, including a full-scale sectional steel model illustrating the prefabrication system that Wexler used in his steel houses. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays and Wednesdays, noon to 8 p.m. Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fridays through Sundays. Ends May 29. $5 to $12.50. Palm Springs Art Museum, 101 Museum Drive, Palm Springs.(760) 322-4800.

— Lisa Boone

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