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Canine Chat: Dog Tales and Other Stories
Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show By Diane Rich on April 30, 2021 at 8:35 AM
WELCOMES 2,500 DOGS FROM ALL 50 STATES
TO HISTORIC LYNDHURST ESTATE
Four New Breeds: Barbet, Biewer Terrier, Belgian Laekenois, Dogo Argentino debut at America’s Dog Show
NEW YORK – The Westminster Kennel Club welcomes 206 breeds and varieties among 2,500 entries from 50 states, Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, and 10 additional countries to its 145th Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show Presented by Purina Pro Plan® at Lyndhurst, a property of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, on June 12-13, 2021. All four newly eligible breeds, the Barbet, the Biewer Terrier, the Belgian Laekenois, and the Dogo Argentino, will be in attendance at America’s longest continuously held dog show, which will culminate with Best in Show on Sunday evening during the live three-hour broadcast on the FOX Network beginning at 8 p.m.
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NEW BOOK: published in April.
At a wonderful late-April book launch event attended by 497 people via Zoom, author Ken Bernstein and photographer Stephen Shafer discussed their new book, “Preserving Los Angeles,” with award-winning local author and National Trust for Historic Preservation trustee Lisa See. Bernstein is a principal city planner in the City Planning Department, and he directs the city’s Office of Historic Resources. Previously, he was the director of preservation issues for the Los Angeles Conservancy.
I had the privilege of reviewing an advance copy of the book, and it truly is worth reading (and owning!). It is 256 pages long, with more than 300 full-color images. Architectural photographer Shafer makes a major contribution to Bernstein’s story, one that touches less on the “old reliable” monuments that we locals generally know, and more on the less-known and even hidden historic treasures throughout the region. Many of these contributors to our collecti