Thursday, Aug. 27, 6–8 p.m.
California Historical Society (678 Mission St.)
Los Angeles historian Jim Heimann, author of Crazy California and Beyond: Roadside Architecture, traces the celebrated 1915 Pan-Pacific International Exposition’s legacy of stucco construction from that historic expo through to Hollywood set design and the state’s enduring roadside architecture. $10, 415-441-3000, sfheritage.org