[Tikievents] Marc Davis (Disneyland Tiki Room artist) art openingand Mai Kai website and Tiki book

[Otto von Stroheim <otto@tikinews.com>]

The Fine Art of Marc Davis

May 8 - July 26, 2009

Forest Lawn Glendale, Museum Gallery 1

1712 S. Glendale Avenue

Beginning May 8, 2007, the Forest Lawn Museum in Glendale will present “The Art of Marc Davis.”  The exhibit will feature drawings and paintings by distinguished artist and original Disney animator who was one of the “Nine Old Men;” the core team of pioneering animators that Walt Disney assembled in the 1930s to advance the art of motion picture animation. Marc did concept sketches for all of the original rides in Dsneyland. For more information, call 1-800-204-3131

http://www.forestlawn.com/Special-Events-And-Facilities/Event-Detail.asp?EventID=147
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Bill Dillard documented the Mai Kai with some beautiful photos for their website
http://www2.maikai.com/take-a-tour/slideshow





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Longtime Tiki fan Michael Zadoorian has a new book out with cover art by Glen Barr. Here's what Micahel has to say about it:

Obviously,
the title story is about Detroit’s forgotten tiki heritage -- The
legendary Mauna Loa, Chin Tiki (just demolished weeks ago. sniff.) and
our local Trader Vic’s.  Of course, the book is not only about tiki,
but many of the stories have a mid-century/junk culture kind of vibe
that I think would definitely be of interest to Tiki lovers as well as
anyone who may have enjoyed my thrift store novel, SECOND HAND.

THE LOST TIKI PALACES OF DETROIT: Stories by Michael Zadoorian (Wayne State University Press)


A quirky and compelling collection of short stories by award-winning novelist Michael Zadoorian.

In The Lost Tiki Palaces of Detroit
Michael Zadoorian follows people coming to terms with the past and the
present in a broken city.  The characters — graffitists, junkers,
voyeurs, talking dogs, urban spelunkers, shelter workers, oldsters and
hipsters — are like the town they inhabit.  Rusty, down at the heels,
but with an intractable will to survive.  Rich with detail and brimming
with feeling, Zadoorian’s deceptively simple stories lead readers into
the inner lives of those making the best of their flawed surroundings
and their own imperfections.

Michaelzadoorian.com
WSU Press: http://wsupress.wayne.edu/book.php?id=1019

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