Parties for the Necklace

Parties for the
Necklace ~
2016-17 Collection
“Fun”-Raiser for the
Redlands Conservancy’s
Emerald Necklace Projects
What is it?
Parties for the Necklace offers a variety of parties,
events, and activities for the Redlands Conservancy’s
supporters to enjoy. Anyone can purchase a reservation
to any of the parties which are scheduled throughout
the current Party year. The Parties are fully
underwritten by individuals, groups, or businesses, and
the money raised goes to support the Redlands
Conservancy’s Emerald Necklace projects and programs.
How Parties for the Necklace works
The 2016-17 Parties for the Necklace catalog contains descriptions
of parties and events that we invite you to explore. Make your
reservations at the Parties for the Necklace Kickoff Event,
Wednesday, April 27, 7-8:30 at the Mitten Building. Beginning
April 28, all reservations will be available at EventBrite.com. Type
“Redlands Conservancy” into the search box for a listing of all our
parties and events. Click the “DATE” button to see a listing in date
order.
Reservations at EventBrite.com beginning April 28
Reservations are accepted and filled in the order received until the
reservations are sold out. You will receive your tickets from
EventBrite.com. For some events, a waitlist may be offered if the
party sells out. If space becomes available, you will be contacted.
Reservations at EventBrite.com beginning April 28
If you are unable to attend the party, you may exchange your
reservation for another party with two weeks’ advance notice, give
it to a friend, or make a donation to the Redlands Conservancy. If
the event is postponed, and you cannot attend the new date, you
may receive a refund if you wish. If the party is cancelled, you will
receive a full refund. Call (909) 389-7810 for any of the above.
What does
Parties for the Necklace support?
Redlands Conservancy’s mission is to preserve Redlands’ historic
built environment and conserve its irreplaceable natural and
agricultural environment. The Conservancy’s Emerald Necklace
programs concentrate on the natural and agricultural environment,
including major programs:
1. Trails ~ Redlands Heritage Trails Alliance and Trails at 10
Series of Trail Excursions.
2. Public Outreach and Education ~ Presentations at events and
meetings, exhibits at events, the Annual Kids' Day Outdoors,
interpretive experiences on the Conservancy's holdings, Outdoor
Ambassador program, and Sunday Fun Days.
3. Holdings Management ~ The Redlands Conservancy holds more
than 550 acres in permanent conservation. These lands, especially
the San Timoteo Nature Sanctuary and Live Oak Canyon
properties, require management to guarantee the protection of the
conservation values.
4. Land and Easement Acquisition.
5. Outdoor Ambassador Program - Training and supplying
volunteer outdoor docents who "rove" the Emerald Necklace sites
to enhance the users' enjoyment.
6. And the Emerald Necklace Trail and Scenic Tour, itself!
Developed with the 1987 Park and Open Space Plan, the Emerald
Necklace is a series of culturally or historically significant natural
and agricultural open spaces, now connected by a Trail and Scenic
Route for motorists and bicyclists to enjoy.
Party #1:
Viva Villa Del Sol!
Guided Tour and Wine Event
Here's a fabulous opportunity to tour one of the very elegant
estates in all of California - yes, California!
This 1907
Mediterranean Villa stands proudly atop 3.6 view-filled acres. Made
for entertaining with 12,759 square feet, this two-story home
includes thirteen bedrooms, nine baths, a library, six fireplaces, 6Car Garage, including separate stand-alone guest/staff quarters
and a "Guest Hotel". And we get to tour it before it's sold!
Docents will provide stories of the building's history, and partyhosts will provide some wine and snacks. It's a showcase that must
be on the list of important buildings in Redlands, and it's open for
partiers for this one time only.
Party #1 - Viva Villa Del
Sol! - Tour and Wine Event
Sunday, June 5, 2-4pm 1350 South Center Street
Hosts: Christina
Christopherson and Judy
Elder
Number of Guests: 40
Cost: $35; $25 for
members
Register at EventBrite.com
Party #2:
Picnic on the Zanja
The Redlands Conservancy owns a piece of the historic Mill Creek
Zanja, and the precious half-acre will be the site of the Picnic on
the Zanja beneath the stately oaks beside the gurgling creek.
Re-live the sweet and lazy feel of a leisurely picnic after a guided
walking tour, and learn about the fascinating artifacts along this
section of the Zanja. A savory gourmet picnic, prepared by the
Conservancy's Highview Party Crew, follows. You, too, will be able
to tell your grandchildren stories of picnicking on the Zanja.
Party #2 - Picnic on the
Zanja - Walk and picnic Sunday, June 5, 4-7pm Opal Avenue and Mill
Creek Zanja Hosts: Land Trust Cabinet
Number of Guests: 25
Cost: $60; $50 for
members
Register EventBrite.com
Party #3:
Pack It Up, Avocados
You've seen a citrus packing house; what about Redlands' other
fruit, the luscious avocado? Get a customized, behind the scenes
tour of a working avocado packing shed, replete with conveyor
belts, cold storage, sorting and sizing machines, by Index Fresh
president and host, Dana Thomas, then enjoy a strolling,
informative tour of a local avocado grove and a repast with avocado
featured delectables and wine. Meet at Augie's Coffee House in
Redlands, carpool to the packing shed, then return to Redlands
Bowl for avocado and fruit compotes, avocados stuffed with tuna
and shrimp, and even avocado pie. Then it's time for a nap on the
lawn!
Party #3 - Pack It Up,
Avocados - Grove and
packing house tour, lunch
Saturday, June 18, 8:45am
to noon
Meet at Augie's on
Fifth St.
Hosts: Dana Thomas,
Todd and Judy Elder
Number of guests: 12
Cost $80; $70 for
members
Register EventBrite.com
Party #4: Local Foods
Local Chefs - Stephenson
Redlands boasts two essential ingredients for fabulous eating:
Outstanding chefs and locally-grown foods. This series of Parties
will feature both, pairing our fine local chefs with the best food
possible. Up and coming Chef Darrell Stephenson has created and
prepared gourmet dinners for Redlands' finest, including guests at
the Burrage Mansion. Now he offers to combine his culinary
talents with the Grendas' historic Craftsman home and bourbon.
He calls it Bourbon and Barbecue, and promises a combination of
food and beverage that will be made in Heaven, or Redlands, which
is pretty close to Heaven.
Party #4
Local Foods Local Chefs Stephenson - Bourbon and
Barbecue Dinner prepared
in historic home Saturday, June 25, 5-9pm
1621 Garden Street,
Redlands
Hosts: Chef Darrell
Stephenson, Donn and
Janet Grenda
Number of guests: 20
Cost per guest: $85; $75
for members
Register EventBrite.com
Party #5:
Don't Pack Your Parkas, yet!
TGIF has new meaning with this perfect, unique kickoff for
any weekend. Maureen Perez, expert beer manager for
Gerrard's Market, will lead us on a tour of the beer cave,
complete with tastings! Guests will also be given a special,
behind-the-scenes tour of the deli, produce and distribution
centers for the store. Upon completion of both docent-led
tours, guests will sample carefully selected specialty
cheeses, meats, and other deli items from Gerrard's BEST!
Party #5
Don't Pack Your Parkas,
Yet - Private Behind-theScenes tour and
sampling at Gerrard's
Beer Cave
Friday, August 26,
4-6pm
Gerrard's Market, Center
and Cypress
Hosts: Gerrard's Market,
Judy Elder
Number of Guests: 14
Price per person: $70;
$60 for members,
Register EventBrite.com
Party #6:
Walk on the Wild Side
We invite you for a walk on the wild side at our San Timoteo
Nature Sanctuary! Experience nature in ways that tap your
creative imagination (yes, you really do have one!). Enrich your
personal appreciation and your connection to our environment. This
visit will engage your sense of wonder about the land and all its
subtle treasures while nurturing an inward sense of harmony with
nature. Walk as daylight recedes and you will feel both light and
dark dimensions. Draw what you hear; write what you see; breathe
in the life of nature. The trek will end with a natural-food,
trailside snack.
Party #6 Walk on the Wild Side - Sensory walk through San
Timoteo Nature Sanctuary, with trailside meal Saturday, September, Sept 17, 5:30pm Hosts: Roger Bell, Nancy Sidhu, Land Trust Cabinet
Number of guests: 15 Cost per person: $35; $25 members
But there is a ground. It
calls to us. It is home. It is
always reaching out to us,
beckoning us with flowers
and faint, sweet scents.
Nancy Sidhu
Register EventBrite.com
Local Foods Local
Chefs - Redvale
Party #7:
It's all vegetables, all the time for Chef Jolene Redvale.
And she will share her recipes, sure to convert the most
ardent carnivore, as she presents another party for us, this
time at the historic Highland Avenue home of Bob and Norma
Clark. Appetizers, first course, main course, dessert whatever she prepares is always fabulously delicious, and ohso-healthful. Dinner, cooking tips, and stories from the
kitchen make Redvale's parties the talk of the town.
Party #7
Local Foods Local Chefs Redvale - Fine vegetarian
dinner prepared by Chef
Jolene Redvale
Saturday, Sept 24, 6pm
Historic home of Bob and
Norma Clark
Hosts: Jolene Redvale,
Redlands Conservancy, Bob
and Norma Clark
Number of guests: 16
Cost per guest: $80; $70
members
Register EventBrite.com
Party #8: Capturing Redlands
Redlands has many beautiful historic structures we "ooh and aah"
over. Why don't our photographs look as good as the buildings?. At
this party, Michele Nielsen, local historian and Visiting Archivist at
University of Redlands, will discuss the history of the structures in
the Smiley Library triangle, and Terry Long, well known local artist,
photographer, and instructor, will demonstrate techniques for
taking better photos that will show off the uniqueness of these
structures. Whether you use a cell phone, an SLR, or something in
between, Dr. Long can show you how you can take photos of which
you are justly proud. This is your chance to up your photographic
game while enriching your knowledge of Redlands lore, having fun,
and snacking a little.
Party #8:
Capturing Redlands - A
Hands-on Experience in
History and Photography
Saturday, October 1
3-6pm
Gather at Redlands Bowl
Hosts: Deborah Rada,
Michele Nielsen, Terry
Long
Number of guests: 35;
Cost per guest: $60; $50
members
Register EventBrite.com
Party#9 : Local Foods Local
Chefs - Grinnals
Chef Malissa Grinnals is back again this year for the third in
the Local Foods Local Chefs series of fine dinners. She will
be back in the outstanding kitchen of Hazel Walters and Joe
Wyland to prepare a fabulous dinner using Redlands-grown
foods, mostly. "Flavors of the Fall" will be her menu theme definitely comfort food, with carnivore and herbivore
options. And Hazel and Joe promise vintage port and
specialty cheese to wrap up the evening.
Party #9
Local Foods Local Chefs Grinnals - Fine dinner
prepared by local chef Malissa
Grinnals Saturday, Oct 8, 6pm
Private home on West Olive
Avenue
Hosts: Malissa Grinnals, Hazel
Walters and Joe Wyland
Number of guests: 18
Cost per guest: $80; $70
members
Register EventBrite.com
Party #10: LA Urban Hike
Well, it's happened again - the Party Hosts have agreed to offer
LA Urban Hike for another time. Depart for LA on Metrolink at
8am, enjoy breakfast snacks and coffee on the ride, and arrive at
Union Station to start a walking trek, guided by master tour guide
Chris Christopherson. See the new, the old, the adaptively reused,
the historic, and enjoy a fabulous lunch at one of the tony
restaurants in an adaptively reused building. Before you head back
to the inland area, you'll be treated to cocktails at Union Station.
Many guests have done this trip more than once. Don't be slow
with your reservation - it always sells out within an hour.
Party #10
LA Urban Hike - Train Trip to
LA, guided walking tour, lunch,
cocktails at Union Station
Saturday, October 22,
8am-8pm
Depart from Redlands
Hosts: Chris and Christina
Christopherson, Judy Godon,
Keith Wolgemuth
Number of Guests: 14
Price per person: $120; $110
for members
Register EventBrite.com
Party #11:
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Tour of historic hangar at Redlands Municipal Airport
Just kidding about the trains, but the planes and automobiles will
be there. It's a static display that's anything but static at the
historic hangar at Redlands Municipal Airport. Ogle at 8
extraordinary private aircraft, including the aerobatic Citaborea,
and 8 vintage cars, including a 1970 Boss 302, and chat with the
owners and care-takers. Take as long as you want to savor the
beautiful machines while you savor culinary treats - heavy hors
d'oeuvres and beverages. Then settle down for a full-blown
barbecue beef sandwich supper - the full monte, as it were.
Party #11: Planes, Trains,
and Automobiles - tour,
static display, barbecue
Sunday, October 23,
3-6pm
Redlands Municipal Airport
Party Hosts: Caroline
Laymon, Redlands
Conservancy
Number of guests: 25
Cost per guest: $70;
$60 members
Register EventBrite.com
Party #12:
Cameras and Cookout
Did you miss the 2015-16 Party with photographer and
teacher Caroline McAllister? You have a second chance to
work with a clever, comfortable, classy woman who knows her
photography stuff. Join this party to learn more about your
camera and how to make it work for you while you learn lots
about Redlands' wild places. Walk one of the town's
beautiful wild places while you learn from Caroline, then
settle down for a fine al fresco dinner. It's all good!
Party #12
! Cameras and Cookouts -
photography workshop and
al fresco dinner
Saturday, October 29,
Time TBA
Location: One of Redlands'
premier open space sites Hosts: Linda Dugan Murphy
Number of guests: 15
Cost: $65; $55 for members
Register EventBrite.com
Party #13:
Twilight in the Canyon ~
Cocktails and Tour at
San Timoteo Nature Sanctuary
Enjoy a brief private tour in the magical twilight of San Timoteo
Canyon, led by one of the Conservancy’s Outdoor Ambassadors.
Watch the darkness fall, and enjoy heavy appetizers and wine by
candlelight. This “only in Redlands” evening will be a unique and
beautiful way to enjoy one of the city’s premier wildlife
environments in a luxurious, touch-of-the-magical way.
Party #13 - Twilight in
the Canyon - Cocktails
and Tour at STNS
Sunday, December
11, 4:15-6:30pm
San Timoteo Nature
Sanctuary
Hosts: Kathy Behrens
and Roger Hardy,
Land Trust Cabinet
No. of guests: 24
Cost per guest: $70;
$60 for members
Register EventBrite.com
Party #14:
An Evening in Morocco
Movie night and French Moroccan Feast
The lights are low, the night is early, and the bellies are full
of luscious food as the movie flickers on and you are
transported to a far off town in Morocco. It's the
Conservancy's first ever movie night. Start with a
sumptuous French Moroccan dinner, replete with appetizers,
fine wine and desserts. Then it's time for the main event,
and it's a good bet it will be a showing of the monumental and
classic "Casablanca." The movie is free, but the dinner will
cost a few bucks, but it will be worth it.
Party #14 - An Evening in
Morocco Movie night and French
Moroccan Feast
Saturday, January 21,
2017, 6pm
Private home in Redlands
Hosts: Todd and Judy
Elder, Dorothea
Hackenberg
No. of guests: 20
Cost per guest for dinner
only: $120; $110 for
members
Register EventBrite.com
Party #15:
South of the Border, Oye Oye
Join “Las Dos Kathys” for a splendid feast featuring garden-grown
goodies prepared “en el estillo Mexicano.” This fiesta will include
musical entertainment, specialidad de la casa margaritas, and a
sumptuous feast of Mexican favorites prepared by Kathy Havert
and Kathy Behrens. The patio at The Orchard on Olive Avenue will
stand in for Guadalajara for an evening of fun, great food, and
exploration, as guests sample tequilas to settle the question: plato,
reposada, o añejo? Everyone has a favorite – which is yours?
Party #15 - South of the
Border, Oye Oye Mexican Fiesta Dinner
Saturday, March 11, 2017 6 – 9 pm
Hosts: Kathy Havert,
Kathy Behrens, Roger
Hardy
1240 West Olive Avenue
Number of Guests: 20
Price per person: $95 for
non-members; $85 for
members
Register EventBrite.com
Party #16: Plein Air Painting
in the Plain Air
Plein Air Painting Demonstration
and Gourmet Food
Landscape artist J Chris Morel has a lot to say and show about the
art of plein air painting, and he will share it all at this
extraordinary party, a reprise from the 2015 party he did for us.
Chris will put every guest at ease as he paints, from bare canvas to
finished piece, one of Redlands' Emerald Necklace Gems.
An award-winning artist headquartered in Taos, New Mexico, Chris
will be making the trek to Redlands just for us, and, of course, to
visit his sister, one of the Conservancy's premiere Party Hosts.
She will treat guests to a picnic after her brother paints. What a
way to spend a late afternoon!
Party #16 - Plein Air
Painting in the Plain Air demonstration and
gourmet food
April, 2016, morningExact date TBA
Location TBA
Hosts: J. Chris Morel,
Mary Ingram, Linda
Murphy
Number of guests: 20
Cost: $80; $70 for
members
Register EventBrite.com
Party Teaser ~
Recognize this person? Chef Lee can cook anywhere, even in
the wilderness. So, how far would you go to enjoy a fresh,
fabulous, farm-to-market brunch from Chef Lee Burton and
Chef Jesse Silva? Santa Monica you say? Great! Because
that is what we are planning for next spring. Date and
details are yet to be confirmed, but expect to take the train
out to Santa Monica, meet our chefs at the Farmers’ Market,
and then enjoy a meal prepared from the very best of the
region’s produce. Sign up today to have first shot at tickets
when they are released.
Call it Party T for now!
Party #???:
More Parties
We can't be sure, but more parties may appear as the spring
and summer move along. Our Party Hosts are so generous,
and so creative, they often pop up with a brilliant idea after
the catalog has been printed. Watch out for new offerings
for the 2016-17 Parties for the Necklace!
Redlands Conservancy
Board of Directors, 2016
President: Robert Dawes
Vice President: Donn Grenda
Secretary: Jim Sommer
Treasurer: Rollie Moore
President Emeritus: Bob Clark
Leon Armantrout
Kathy Behrens
Roger Bell
Chris Christopherson
Judy Elder
Judy Godon
Mark Gorden
Jan Korfmacher
Lisa Lechuga
Bettina McLeod
Anneli Pendley
Tamara Serrao-Leiva
Carol Shearer
Gary Stegemann
Keith Wolgemuth
Executive Director: Sherli Leonard
Land Trust Cabinet:
Roger Bell, Margie Armantrout, Jonathan Baty, Gayle Hall, Bettina
McLeod, Lisa Pierce, Brian Roche, Doug Momberger, Helen Waitz,
Susan Schroeder, Andy Ruger, Kathy Havert, Carol Blaney, Mason
Einhorn,
A Perfect Gift . . .
The Redlands Conservancy invites you to be part of
keeping Redlands green. Any of these Parties for the
Necklace will make a perfect gift for friends and
family. Not only will your gift provide the recipient
with an amazing experience, but it will support the
Redlands Conservancy’s Emerald Necklace projects and
programs.
What could possibly be better?
(909) 389-7810; www.redlandsconservancy.org
Thank you to all our
2016-17 Party Hosts:
Chris and Christina Christopherson
Deborah Rada and Ron Duvall
Michele Nielsen
Dorothea Hackenberg
Judy Godon, Keith Wolgemuth
Todd and Judy Elder
Dana Thomas
Gerrard's Market
Malissa Grinnals, Dining-In Style
Chef Jolene Redvale
Bob and Norma Clark
Donn and Janet Grenda
Chef Darrell Stephenson
Roger Bell
Nancy Sidhu
Caroline Laymon
Land Trust Cabinet
Hazel Walters and Joe Wyland
Chef Malissa Grinnals
Linda Dugan-Murphy
Kathy Behrens, Roger Hardy
Kathy Havert
Mary Ingram
Chef Lee Burton