SFMOMa's 75th celebration takes lots of teamwork Nov 13, 2009
Streshinsky said he's delighted with the new theater in El Cerrito, which unlike Berkeley's Julia Morgan Theater, has an orchestra pit, dressing room, a better stage and more seating. New MoAD director. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Sand man, bring me a castle Nov 1, 2009
Designed by architect Julia Morgan for newspaper czar William Randolph Hearst and called a castle, this structure is more a spectacular mansion. It took 28 years to build and has 56 bedrooms, 102 bathrooms, 19 sitting rooms, two libraries, a kitchen, a movie theater, a billiard room, a dining hall and an assembly hall, and is filled with art and antiques from all over the world. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
Program allows young talents in area to bloom Oct 1, 2009
Julia Morgan teaches dance in the Conservatory program. She said the program's multidisciplined nature has altered the environment she teaches in and the way she approaches her craft. (The Augusta Chronicle)
This Week: Arts and entertainment picks Sep 21, 2009
Julia Morgan Center for the Arts, 2640 College Ave., Berkeley. Oct. 10-18. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Sampling Julia Morgan's work at Asilomar Aug 31, 2009
I became a lifelong fan of Julia Morgan's architecture in elementary school, when my father took me to Hearst Castle ... All these years later, I finally spent a couple of days at Asilomar and took a Julia Morgan architecture tour ... And if an hour or two of Julia Morgan isn't enough, Asilomar's "historic rooms" are in buildings Morgan designed, now starting at $99 a night ( ). (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
California's Hearst Castle Aug 11, 2009
San Francisco architect Julia Morgan, the first woman to graduate with an architecture degree from Paris ;cole Nationale Sup;rieure des Beaux-Arts, designed the estate in consultation with Hearst. Her training in the Beaux Arts style, with its emphasis on the classics, combined with her knowledge of the materials and site specifics of California, made her perfectly suited to the task. (Suite101.com)
