Pasadena Heritage Craftsman Weekend is one of THE events on the annual Arts & Crafts calendar. Earlier today, PH sent an email with some information about the 2010 edition (you can sign up on their website to receive such emails). I'm sure that there will be many wonderful events but I haven't been able to look beyond the Saturday evening reception.

Each year, the showcase event during Craftsman Weekend occurs on Saturday evening. It consists of a house tour and reception at an Arts & Crafts house of note. Greene & Greene have been well represented in recent years with the Cordelia Culbertson, Robinson and Ford houses all playing host to the event. Though distance usually prevents my attendance, I was there in 2007 for the Robinson tour and reception. It was quite an experience, outstanding in every regard.

This year may be even better as the Robert R. Blacker house is the venue. It is well known that the Greenes considered the Blacker house to be their masterpiece. There is no need to recount here the indignities suffered by the house before the current owners began a spectacularly successful restoration roughly 15 years ago. They are to be commended for the considerable care and effort they invested and for their willingness to open their home for the tour. I am already anxiously awaiting the third Saturday in October.

Craftsman Weekend 2010 is special to me for another, more personal, reason. I will be at the Gamble House Bookstore booth in the marketplace on both Saturday and Sunday (October 16 and 17) signing copies of Poems of Wood & Light. I am very grateful to the staff at The Gamble House and the bookstore for inviting me. Watch this space for more details as the date nears.