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Art
Mexican Calendar Girls

When

Opens Monday May 5, 2008 (6–8pm)

May 7, 2008 – Feb 1, 2009

Wednesdays–Sundays (11am–4pm)

Where
California Heritage Museum (2612 Main St, 310.392.8537)
Price
$5
Details
http://www.californiaheritagemuseum.org/
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Glamor gets deep and classic at the California Heritage Museum's Mexican Calendar Girls, opening with a Cinco de Mayo reception. The color-soaked exhibition comprises a collection of glossy lithographic prints of seductive señoritas lifted from the pages of Angela Villalba's book of the same name. The provocative pinups provide a backstory for Hollywood's Golden Era (1930-1960), but beneath the coquettish kitsch lies a larger story: that of the images' importance in a Mexican art form with a long, vibrant social and cultural history.

Julian Hooper