By Terry Miller The Eclectic Music Festival and Arts Crawl returns to South Pasadena city streets and this time, organizers have turned the volume up to 11 to coin Spinal Tap’s famous line. Timing couldn’t be better for the festival’s 11th year, as two major music events in Pasadena’s Rose Bowl have been postponed. The…
French Gypsy Virtuosity and Mozart’s Violin and Viola Masterpiece closes out this year’s Classical Kaleidoscope series at Arcadia Public Library on Tuesday, April 23, from 7 to 8:15 p.m., in the Cay Mortenson Auditorium. Sponsored by the Friends of the Arcadia Public Library, Paul Stein (violin), Aaron Oltman (Viola), and Bridget Hough (piano) will perform…
‘Four by 3000’ follows a team of four friends taking part in the toughest bike race in the world “Four by 3000,” a full-feature documentary, offers an unprecedented look into the interworking of the Race Across America (RAAM), one of the most respected and longest running ultra-endurance events in the world, following Team Working Nation….
By May S. Ruiz ‘Tiny Beautiful Things,’ which was a New York Times Critics’ Pick when it debuted at the Public Theater, is coming to the Pasadena Playhouse on April 10 until May 5, 2019. It stars Nia Vardalos as Sugar and features Sameerah Luqmaan-Harris, who will play the role of Sugar at select performances,…
By May S. Ruiz It might surprise some people to know that the Pasadena City College (PCC) has an opera music program. In fact, PCC’s administrators themselves didn’t think to offer the course until Anne Marie Ketchum, a full-time faculty teacher, established it. Ketchum, a South Pasadena resident, is also the master behind the Santa…
Entirely practical, challenging and fast-paced, this two-week course is ideal for students wishing to become more confident in performing classical works from Shakespeare’s Elizabethan and Jacobean periods. Combining scene study with technical classes in movement and voice, it leads to a greater understanding of the challenges involved in working with classical texts. It is taught…
The Museum invites you to our Scrapbooking Studio. Bring your scrapbook and personal photographs, and the Museum will provide various scrapbooking materials. This is a great opportunity to learn new techniques, try out different products, get creative with friends from your community, and preserve your memories! The Scrapbooking get-togethers will be held Fridays, April 5,…
By May S. Ruiz Jonathan Keijser is a young filmmaker in Pasadena who has been working on a based-on-a-true-story feature narrative about the Hadhad family, who moved from Damascus, to Lebanon, and eventually to Nova Scotia in Canada, and how the community came together and rebuilt the Hadhads’ business from scratch. In the process, Keijser…
The beauty of peacocks and their dazzling plumage have inspired architects, artists, and cultures around the world for centuries. The attraction of the blue Indian species at the Arboretum becomes apparent each spring when the peacocks display their magnificent green and blue trains during mating season. Join the Arboretum for a day as they celebrate…
By May S. Ruiz ‘The Glass Menagerie,’ the autobiographical play that launched Tennessee Williams to great renown, takes off at A Noise Within (ANW) from February 24 through April 26. It made its debut in 1944 in Chicago, moved to Broadway a year later, and earned Williams the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award. In…
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