La Pétanque Marinière will be hosting the NorCal Regional 60 Over/Under Select Triples on Sunday, June 9
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PÉTANQUE! by Sally Ross
Get in on America’s New Sport!
By Sally Ross
Are you looking for a low-stress, very social game that can be played in an hour, is easy to learn, and encourages lively debate, serious concentration, and jovial competition equally among men and women, young and old? Pétanque, pronounced as pay-tonk, may be for you!
Pétanque is one of many boules sports across the world—including Italian bocce, English lawn bowls, French boule lyonnaise, Le Jeu Provencal and others—where players or teams attempt to get their own balls closest to a smaller target ball. Pétanque is distinctive in three ways: 1) pétanque balls, or boules, are made of heavy metal (about 1.5 pounds each) rather than wood or plastic, 2) players throw a boule with palm facing downward, rather than rolling a ball with palm up, and 3) players stand within a stationary circle when launching the boule. In fact, in the dialect of Provence where pétanque was invented, it is pèd tanco, literally “feet fixed” (to the ground). read more
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LPM- Henry Wessel, prominent Bay Area photographer, dies
Photographer Henry Wessel at the installation of his exhibition at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in 2007. Photo: PAUL CHINN, SFC
Henry Wessel, among the nation’s most prominent artists in the medium of photography and a Bay Area resident for four decades, died at his Point Richmond home on Thursday, Sept. 20. He had been suffering from lung cancer.
His death was announced by his longtime gallery representative, Trish Bransten. He was 76.
Wessel was twice awarded the prestigious John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, in 1971 and 1978. He was also the recipient of two National Endowment for the Arts fellowships in photography, among many other awards.
His work was exhibited at major museums throughout the world, beginning with a solo show at the Museum of Modern Art in 1972. He was one of 10 artists included in “New Topographics: Photographs of a Man-Altered Landscape,” a seminal 1975 exhibition at the George Eastman House in Rochester, N.Y. Exhibitions were also mounted at, among other institutions, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles in 1998 and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in 2007.
Corey Keller, curator of photography at SFMOMA, organized the artist’s career survey as one of her first assignments there. “I did not know him when we started to work together, but by the end we were very good friends,” she said. “He was an incredibly generous person … everyone he came into contact with learned something from him. He always brought something to a conversation I hadn’t thought about.”
“Hank used to say that photography is easy,” Keller said. “He would say, ‘You have two decisions to make: Where to stand, and when to press the shutter. Pressing the shutter is saying yes to the world.'”
The museum holds 107 photographs by the artist. “We think he is one of the great American photographers, and our collection reflects that,” Keller said.
Numerous books of Wessel’s work have been published, including the five-volume “Henry Wessel: California and the West / Odd Photos / Las Vegas / Real Estate Photographs / Night Walk” (2005), “Henry Wessel: Incidents” (2013), and “Henry Wessel: Traffic/Sunset Park/Continental Divide” (2017). His German publisher, Steidl, plans several additional books, which Wessel recently viewed in proof, according to Bransten.
Wessel was emeritus professor of art at San Francisco Art Institute, where he taught from 1973 to 2014. His work is represented in San Francisco by Rena Bransten Gallery, and in New York by Pace/MacGill Gallery.
He is survived by his longtime partner, Calvert Barron, and son, Nicholas Ryder Wessel. A memorial event at the Minnesota Street Project is being planned for the afternoon of October 21st.
Friday, September 21, 2018
LPM - Henry Wessel
Dear Petanque Family,
It is with a deeply sad heart that I am sharing this news.
Henry Wessel, our dear friend, dedicated pétanque player, talented photographer, hardworking board member and all-around great guy to know - passed away last night, in his sleep.
Our hearts and prayers are with Calvert. We will miss our friend - and remember him and the wonderful moments we shared.
Condolences may be sent to: Calvert Barron, PO Box 70457, Point Richmond, CA 94807.
Christine
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LPM - Pierre Joske Pétanque Park Dedication
IT'S OFFICIAL!
Our terrain has a new name! Pierre Joske Pétanque Park.
In honor of the wonderful man who made it possible for the members of LPM to play in such a beautiful setting.
Sunday, August 5, 2018
Marin Independant Journal - LPM to dedicate pétanque terrain in honor of Pierre Joske.
La Pétanque Marinière and the County of Marin, set to honor Pierre Joske.
On a recent evening in San Rafael, French folk music played as some 30 people gathered at the pétanque courts near the Marin County Civic Center, laughing, chatting — some speaking French — and playing a few friendly rounds of the game.
“It’s like stepping into France,” said Louis Toulon, speaking in a rich, flowery tone accented by the inflections of his native Aix-en-Provence. “It’s a very sociable game.”
The San Rafael resident was among a core group of French transplants who founded the court in 1972 with the help of the late Pierre Joske, the county’s first Open Space District manager.
For the complete article, click here.
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Las Vegas Pétanque - 2018 Select Doubles Open
The Petanque Club of Las Vegas is happy to let you know that its International Open Select Doubles Petanque Tournament is scheduled for October 27-28, 2018 and that registration is now open.
Please share the information and the attached flyer to your petanque fellow players. We will be adding details on our facebook and website pages.
We are looking forward to seeing you in Las Vegas!
Valérie Hodson & Hervé Maréchal
Wednesday, May 30, 2018
LPM Pétanque - 2018 NorCal Regional Select Doubles
La Petanque Mariniere is hosting the NorCal Regional Select Doubles on June 10, 2018.
You can use this link to get to the FPUSA website page for a registration form http://www.usapetanque.org/fpusa-tournaments.html
There is also a registration form attached to this email.
Registration closes on June 1 and information for the event is on the registration form.
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French Sporting Goods Giant 'Decathlon' Opening On Market St. in San Francisco
French sporting goods giant Decathlon is taking over the former location of Golfsmith’s Golf & Tennis—which closed last year—at 735 Market Street.
Although an exact date has not been announced, the Market St. location is set to open "within this year," the retailer wrote on Facebook. It will be Decathlon's first store in San Francisco and in California.
Decathlon—an international chain first founded in Lille, France—has 1,120 stores worldwide in 30 different countries. With a motto of "all sports under one roof," it offers sports equipment for varying levels of expertise and activities, ranging from running and team sports to fishing and scooters.
Decathlon also offers pétanque boules and accessories.
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