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Yearly Archives: 2017
Odom Stamps Comments on the 710 vote
https://youtu.be/x2H6DSltnng
LA Metro Board of Directors Vote to Drop 710 Tunnel
Los Angeles, CA - In a historic vote on Thursday morning, the Los Angeles Metro Board of Directors passed a notion that drops the...
SPUSD Snapshot: SPHS Competes at ‘Music in the Parks’
On Saturday, May 20, 2017, a group of SPHS choir students attended the Music in the Parks Competition at Knott's Berry Farm. For most...
Ryun Yu plays American Hero Gordon Hirabayashi in Hold These Truths at Pasadena Playhouse
Actor Ryun Yu has been on a journey; one that has taken him from first playing this role as a fresh out of drama...
South Pasadena STEPS RIGHT UP To Annual SPEF Fundraiser
The South Pasadena Educational Foundation’s, or SPEF, annual Fundraiser Parti Gras, raised a Big Top of fun Saturday night. This year’s fundraiser theme was...
Delving into our elementary school art program with Sarit Swanborn
I managed to corner visual arts teacher, Sarit Swanborn, during the recent Open House at Arroyo Vista where the students’ artwork could be seen...
South Pasadena Chamber Mixer at Aro Latin
It was a decidedly festive atmosphere at the Chamber Mixer held at Aro Latin restaurant, hosted by owner Karan Raina on Monday evening. As...
Cookies and Volunteers Needed for ‘Operation Cookie’
Cookies are needed for hospitalized, homeless and special needs veterans as part of the annual “Operation Cookie” project to be held on Wednesday, May...
Laura Parker ‘Imagining Infinity’ at SPARC Gallery
The South Pasadena Arts Council (SPARC) is pleased to present the exhibition LAURA PARKER – IMAGINING INFINITY at SPARC Gallery, located at the South...
South Pasadena High School End of the Year Open House
Families of SPHS high school students walked the campus Tuesday exploring classrooms full of exciting projects from in depth, 20 minute long movies, to...
After Open House Teacher Brunch at SPHS
As is tradition, the SPHS PTSA put out a brunch spread for the teachers and staff the morning after their final Open House of...
Wonderful Peltier Home on Mission Street
Most of us here in South Pasadena are familiar with the beautiful showroom of Peltier Home at 1011-A Mission Street but not everyone understands...
Stories That Move Us: Stories of Refugees
Lineage Dance Company joined forces with Street Symphony to present a series of performances that fused elements of dance, live music, spoken word and...
Hit musical The Last Five Years comes to Pasadena’s Lineage Performing Arts Center June...
WHO: The Lineage Performing Arts Center. Written by Jason Robert Brown and directed by
Marisa Echeverria and Hilary Thomas
WHAT: The Last Five Years , an...
PTSA Honors Several at Award Luncheon at SPHS
The PTSA Honorary Service Award Luncheon was held in the SPHS main gym where a lovely, Hawaiian buffet was served. Jon Primuth presided over...
Open House at Arroyo Vista Elementary
Arroyo Vista Elementary School families enjoyed a balmy evening of sno-cones, socializing, thanking teachers and looking at their childrens' work in classrooms throughout the...
Eclectic Music Festival Draws Largest Turnout Yet
The Eclectic Music Festival was the biggest ever with the headliner, Ozomatli, kicking it up a notch in our fair city. Early in the...
Spring School Games at SPHS : SPUSD Snapshot
On Friday, May 12, 2017, SPHS student athletes participated in the 2017 San Gabriel Valley Spring School Games sponsored by the Special Olympics. The...
South Pasadena Library Presents ‘Shanghai, the City of Innovation, 2017’
The entire community is invited for an opening reception for a professional photography exhibition entitled “Shanghai, the City of Innovation, 2017”.
The reception will be...
Teen Concert in Garfield Park
Young local artists held a twilight concert in Garfield Park on Friday, May 19. Many gathered on the grass to watch blooming musicians showcase...
SPUSD Snapshot : Expressing Feelings Through Art
Congratulations to SPHS Senior, Clara Ubalejo, for winning first place in the 2017 “Expressing Feelings Through Art” (EFTA) competition sponsored by the Light Bringer...
SPHS Dance Company Wows with ‘Circus’
Last Thursday and Friday evening, SPHS Dance presented their spring concert, Circus, in the main auditorium. A raucous and appreciative crowd enjoyed dancing cards,...
The House in Scarsdale: A Memoir For The Stage
Is there anything more confounding than family relationships, anything more fascinating than family lore? And is there anything more profoundly devastating than family wounds?...
Young Mathletes Excel at the 26th Annual Elementary Math Field Day
South Pasadena’s finest young mathletes gathered at the 26th Annual Elementary Math Field Day, held Saturday, May 13, at Monterey Hills Elementary School. A...
PCDA Welcomes Community to Open House May 23
Professional Child Development Associates (PCDA) will host its annual Open House, a FREE event open to the public on Tuesday, May 23, 2017 at...
Seniors Display Their Colors at SPHS Chalk Day
On Friday, May 12, SPHS Seniors participated in the school's annual Chalk Day. The students convened at the Tiger Patio and created works of...
World Renowned Navajo Artist, Ray Tracey, at Santa Fe Crafts
After a wildly successful trunk show in April, Santa Fe Crafts is thrilled to welcome legendary Navajo jeweler, Ray Tracey, to their South Pasadena...
Annie Jr. at Young Stars Theatre
I think most of us are familiar with the iconic images of Annie, the little orphan girl with curly, red hair in the red...
Unbound Productions presents MYSTERY LIT: Holmes, Sherlock and The Consulting Detective
Unbound Productions Executive Director Jonathan Josephson, Artistic Director Paul Millet, and Producing Artistic Director Jeff G. Rack have announced the details of the company’s...
Memory 5D+ at Pasadena Civic Auditorium
Thousands of years of Chinese music meets the 2017 era of stagecraft in the rhapsodic and romantic live stage production “Memory 5D+ – An...
