We like exhibitionists

Only in the way where it means those who put on exhibits.
Two are important enough locally to bring up.

==The Los Angeles Central Library has "Play Ball! Images of Dodger Blue, 1958-1988," which opens Saturday and runs through Nov. 9 in the first floor gallery. This is much like the exhibit that the library had a few years ago called "Play by Play: A Century of L.A. Sports Photography, 1889-1989." The exhibit draws from the library's historic photo collection that was obtained by the old Los Angeles Herald Examiner (which folded in 1989) and Hollywood Citizen and have not been see since their original publication. Included in the Dodgers exhibit it the famous photo by Pulitzer Prize-nominee James Roark of Rick Monday rescuing the American flag from protesters. Dodgers team historian Mark Langill will give a talk about the collection on Wednesday, Aug. 13, at noon. David Davis is the event curator. The exhibit is free. Library house: Monday to Thursday: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Friday and Saturday: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sunday: 1 to 5 p.m. More info at this link.

==The Pasadena Central Library has "The Tenth Inning," celebrating the 10th anniversary of the eclectic Baseball Reliquary's Shrine of the Eternals ceremony. It highlights some of the exhibits that the Reliquary has displayed around the city since 1999 at other libraries, galleries and community centers such as the wooden leg from the late Chicago White Sox and St. Louis Browns owner Bill Veeck, and a clump of dirt dug from the ground in 1853 at Elysian Fields in Hoboken, New Jersey, who some consider the birthplace of modern baseball. "Granted, 10 years is not the same as 50 years (as the Dodgers are celebrating), but for a small nonprofit, grassroots organization like the Reliquary, it's still an accomplishment of note," said Reliquary founder Terry Cannon. The exhibit runs through the month of July and surrounds the induction ceremony of the 2008 Shrine of the Eternals class that takes place Sunday, July 20 at 2 p.m. at the Pasadena Central Library (285 E. Walnut St., Pasadena). More information: (626) 791-7647 and at the Baseball Reliquary's site.