Sites
of the Month for June 2003
Accordion
Awareness Month
http://www.ladyofspain.com/NAAM.html
The piano accordion is the official musical instrument of the city
of San Francisco and will be celebrated in a Day of the Accordion
on June 15 at the Cannery.
http://www.accordionlinks.com/
A comprehensive website of accordion links from an enthusiastic
amateur accordion player.
Gay
and Lesbian Pride Sites
http://www.sfpride.org/
The official website for the 2003 San Francisco Gay, Bisexual, Transgender
Pride Celebration to be held on June 28 and 29.
http://www.frameline.org/
The official website for the 27th annual San Francisco International
Lesbian and Gay Film Festival which opens on June 12.
http://www.sjgaypride.com/index2.htm
Information on the San Jose Gay Pride Festival and Silicon Valley
Gay Pride Parade, June 7 and 8.National
Fairs
State
and County Fairs in California
State
and County Fairs in California
http://www.expocentral.com/agriculture/us_fairs/US_Fairs_California.html
An
chronological list of links to California fair sites.
Sonoma-Marin
Fair
June 18 - 22, 2003
http://www.sonoma-marinfair.org/
Alameda
County Agricultural Fair
June 20 - July 6, 2003
http://www.alamedacountyfair.com/annualfair.html
Marin
County Fair
July 2 - 6, 2003
http://www.marinfair.org/
Sonoma
County Fair
July 22 - August 4, 2003
http://www.sonomacountyfair.com/
Santa
Clara County Fair
August 1 - 3, 2003
http://www.thefair.org/
Napa
Town and Country Fair
August 6 - 10, 2003
http://www.napavalleyexpo.com/
San
Mateo County Fair
August 8 - 17, 2003
http://www.sanmateocountyfair.com/
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U.S. Open (June 12-15)
http://www.usopen.com/
The official site of the U.S. Open golf tournament, which will be
held at the Olympia Fields Country Club in Olympia Fields, Illinois.
http://www.golfweb.com/
Information on PGA and LPGA tournaments (including the U.S. Open),
a searchable directory of golf courses and a list of the top 100
courses in the world.
Farmers’
Markets
http://www.cafarmersmarkets.com/
Take advantage of the beautiful produce of summer and find a farmers’
market in your area on this website from the California Federation
of Certified Farmers’ Markets. Also includes shopping tips
and recipes.
http://www.seasonalchef.com/
Informative articles on cooking with the produce from California
farmers’ markets with advice on what’s in season.
http://www.localharvest.org/
Search this national database of farmers’ markets and family
farms for locally grown foods in your area.
The
Great Outdoors in California
http://www.hostels.com/us.ca.html
A directory of hostels in California for the budget traveler.
http://www.ncbf.com/
Everything you need to know about catching bass in the Sacramento-San
Joaquin Delta and the lakes of Northern California.
http://parks.ca.gov/
Plan a vacation in a California State Park and make your reservations
online.
http://www.bahiker.com/
Get some general advice on hiking and find a hike in the San Francisco
Bay Area that meets your desired level of difficulty.
Rose
Month
http://www.ars.org/
Get expert advice on caring for your roses, take a look at the Rose
of the month and find a rose society in your area with this website
from the American Rose Society.
http://www.rosarian.com/
A compendium of web resources for rose gardeners, including the
text of Gertrude Jekyll’s Roses for English Gardens.
http://www.rose.org/
See the 2003 All-America Rose Selections and learn more about the
selection and use of roses in landscape design.
http://www.rosesofyesterday.com/rosenn.htm
The Roses of Yesterday and Today Garden, which has developed with
the help of four generations of the Wiley/Stemler family, has more
than 230 rose varieties.
Historical
Events and Birthdays
This month we acknowledge the birthdays of poets, a childrens
book author and a baseball player.
June
3
1926 - Allen Ginsberg’s Birthday
http://www.allenginsberg.org/
Photos, artwork, recordings of poetry readings and video clips
document the life and work of this remarkable Beat poet.
June
7
1917 - Gwendolyn Brooks’ Birthday
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/a_f/brooks/brooks.htm
A brief biography of the poet along with interviews and criticism,
from the Modern American Poetry website.
June
11
King
Kamehameha Day
http://www.loc.gov/bicentennial/propage/HI/hi_s_akaka1.html
A history of King Kamehameha Day from the Library of Congress
Local Legacies project.
http://www.state.hi.us/dags/kkcc/
Schedule of the 2003 King Kamehameha Day celebration events in
Hawaii.
June 17, 1972 – Anniversary of the Watergate Break-in
Watergate
25
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/watergate/front.htm/
Created
by the Washington Post to commemorate the 25th anniversary, this
website brings together a wealth of background information on
this important event.
June 19
Juneteenth
http://www.juneteenth.com/
The history of the holiday with a directory of U.S. and international
Juneteenth events.
1903
- Lou Gehrig’s Birthday
http://www.lougehrig.com/
Celebrate the 100th anniversary of the great baseball player who
described himself as “the luckiest man on the face of this
earth” in his famous farewell address.
June
22
1907 - Anne Morrow Lindbergh’s Birthday
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/lindbergh/sfeature/anne.html
Biography of the writer and wife of Charles Lindbergh from PBS’
American Experience series.
June
26
1915 - Charlotte Zolotow’s Birthday
http://www.charlottezolotow.com/
The Official Charlotte Zolotow website has lots of information
on the life and career of the children’s book author.
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