{"id":284179,"date":"2013-10-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-25T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdnews.com\/la-jolla-opens-its-doors\/"},"modified":"2013-10-25T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-10-25T07:00:00","slug":"la-jolla-opens-its-doors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/la-jolla-opens-its-doors\/","title":{"rendered":"La Jolla opens its doors"},"content":{"rendered":"

Guests can view La Jolla\u2019s period architecture and tour many of its most historic institutions in the community\u2019s Cultural Zone at the third annual Open Doors, an open-house style event Sunday, Nov. 3 from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
\nThe event is a collaboration between Cultural Zone organizations, including the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (MCASD), La Jolla Historical Society, the Women\u2019s Club, Cuvier Club, The Bishop\u2019s School, St. James by-the-Sea, the Bed & Breakfast Inn at La Jolla and the La Jolla Recreation Center.
\nThe tour is a great way for people to see buildings the public doesn\u2019t always have access to, and explore the area\u2019s cultural heritage and historic architecture.
\nOne of the attractions at Open Doors will be an exhibition titled “Scripps on Prospect” co-hosted by the La Jolla Historical Society and MCASD in Axline Court at the museum at 700 Prospect St.
\nThe collaboration examines the historical evolution of MCASD, originally Ellen Browning Scripps\u2019 residence and Wisteria Cottage, once the home of Ellen\u2019s half-sister, Eliza Virginia. Historic architect Irving Gill designed or remodeled both iconic buildings, which have remained cultural and educational landmarks. The exhibit profiles the long and enduring history of each structure.
\n“The idea here is almost to think about the cultural zone as a museum and put the institutions and the architecture that is unique to the Cultural Zone on display free to the public for this particular day,” said Heath Fox, executive director of La Jolla Historical Society.
\nThe “Scripps connection” is the theme of this year\u2019s third installment of the cultural zone open house. That theme is showcased by the joint “Scripps on Prospect” exhibition.
\n“We\u2019re showing the evolution of the villa and cottage, which became MCASD and Wisteria Cottage, tracing the history through photographs, architectural drawings and other documents celebrating the cultural zone here in La Jolla and the history and architecture of this place,” said Fox.
\nAnother participant, St. James by-the-Sea Episcopal Church at 743 Prospect St., is gearing up for the event. Walter DuMelle, assistant to the rector, said the church has been busy assembling a display of “architectural plans and art and all things St. James.”
\nDuMelle said guests will notice the seaside church has a major restoration project under way, renovating its bell tower, roof, repainting its walls and restoring its stained-glass windows.
\n“We\u2019ll have two in-house architects available to discuss the renovation project going on,” said DuMelle.
\nDuMelle said St. James is on board with this year\u2019s Open House theme, “Emphasizing the Scripps Legacy,” along with its connection to other cultural-zone institutions. The Scripps family made a generous donation to St. James allowing creation of the church\u2019s landmark bell tower.
\nThere are other treats on tap for visitors to St. James on Nov. 3, said DuMelle.
\n“Along with opening our front door, we will have organ demonstrations so people can enjoy getting up-close-and-personal with that and there will be some singing as well,” he said. There will be refreshments at the special event, including coffee and scones.
\nFor more information about the Open Doors event, call (858) 454-3541 or email lstraub@mcasd.org. For more info about “Scripps on Prospect” go aqu\u00ed<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Guests can view La Jolla\u2019s period architecture and tour many of its most historic institutions in the community\u2019s Cultural Zone at the third annual Open Doors, an open-house style event Sunday, Nov. 3 from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event is a collaboration between Cultural Zone organizations, including the Museum of Contemporary Art San […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":726,"featured_media":284180,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"11560","_seopress_titles_title":"La Jolla opens its doors","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[11560,11551],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-284179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-la-jolla-village-news","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/726"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=284179"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284179\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/284180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=284179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=284179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}