Yearly Archives: 2023
4th of July Festival of Balloons in South Pasadena
The City of South Pasadena is pleased to announce the return of the 4th of July Festival of Balloons. This year’s theme is Red, White, and...
Summer Concerts at Garfield Park
The South Pasadena Community Services Department will host four dates of Concerts in the Park this summer. Admission is free and patrons are encouraged...
Movies in the Park
The South Pasadena Community Services Department will host three dates of Movies in the Park this summer! Admission is free and patrons are encouraged...
Drawing Tips for Beginners
Drawing Tips for Beginners
This blog post filled with drawing tips for beginners will help you learn the basics and improve your skills. Jumpstart your...
The Chekhov Project at South Pasadena Theatre Workshop
South Pasadena Theatre Workshop announces the highly ambitious undertaking of performing two classic plays by Anton Chekhov: The Seagull and The Cherry Orchard. Both...
OpEd | City Budget Problems: A Response to City Council
South Pasadena Resident Mr. Bray Addressing City Council & City Hall staff in writing about the budget information, logic, and pathway to resolution:
I can...
Tony Awards | Danny Feldman picks up Tony Award for Pasadena Playhouse at United...
Producing Artistic Director of the Pasadena Playhouse, Danny Feldman, accepted the Regional Theatre Tony Award on stage at the historic United Palace in New...
Budget Rejected | City Council Left With Many Questions as Process Stumbles
Facing echoes of the procedural trainwreck that derailed adoption of the city budget in summer of 2020, the South Pasadena City Council on June...
Hanniel Park’s “Heritage of Machinery” receives EFTA award
Congratulations to South Pasadena High School's student award winners and exhibitors in the juried 2023 Expressing Feelings Through Art (EFTA) contest sponsored by Light...
Dutch National Ballet U.S. Premiere of FRIDA
Dutch National Ballet, the largest dance company in the Netherlands, concludes the 20th dance season of Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at The Music Center...
NEW CITY ATTORNEY | City Dumps Colantuono; Rozanne M. Diaz Named City Attorney
With little affect or discussion Wednesday, South Pasadena City Council members ended the city’s tumultuous nine-year relationship with Pasadena law firm Colantuono, Highsmith &...
Let’s Talk Ensembles with South Pasadena Arts & Music Academy
A few months back, we spoke to the team at South Pasadena Arts & Music Academy about their exciting new children’s program called “Whole...
Historic Properties & Charming Neighborhoods | Tracy Macrum – A Local Realtor with an...
If you live in South Pasadena, you no doubt have heard of Tracy Macrum. If you haven’t, well, let us take this opportunity to...
Educator Spotlight: Muan M.
Educator Spotlight: Muan M.
What subjects do you teach?
Academic Tutoring: AP Physics (Mechanics and Electromagnetism+Waves), Lower and Upper Division Physics (Solid State Mechanics, Thermodynamics,...
The Los Angeles Premiere of STEW by Zora Howard at Pasadena Playhouse
Producing Artistic Director Danny Feldman announces the Los Angeles premiere of Stew by Pulitzer Prize-finalist Zora Howard at Pasadena Playhouse, the recipient of the...
SPARC Presents “Coffee Table Books Live” featuring “The Paradise Circus” by JT...
“Coffee Table Books Live,” the meet-the-author and book-signing series hosted by the South Pasadena Arts Council (SPARC), features digital artist Jeffrey Thomas Burke and...
South Pasadena Preservation Foundation Celebrates El Adobe Flores’ History, Architecture, Art, and Owners
The public is invited to celebrate South Pasadena’s 184 year-old El Adobe Flores “The House that was in México” and owners who preserved it...
Kutzer Company hosts Wine & Song
The Kutzer Company will be hosting Wine & Song this week on Wednesday, June 7 at 7pm featuring David Serby with Ed Tree, Andy...
“A Transparent Musical” | World Premiere at Mark Taper Forum
From the creators of the hit Amazon series, a groundbreaking and timely new musical that is delightfully queer, unapologetically Jewish, and radically joyful, “A...
“A Soldier’s Play” Resonates Still
Charles Fuller’s Pulitzer Prize winning “A Soldier’s Play” gets a powerful revival production that is now on stage at the Ahmanson Theater through June...
SPHS 2023 Graduate Elizabeth Crow Radiates Resilience and Love, Set to Soar Higher
On the evening of June 1st, 2023, South Pasadena High School was filled with excited students and proud parents as they celebrated the graduation...
Danny Feldman Talks Tony Award | Artists put Pasadena Playhouse in the Spotlight
“It’s an extraordinary moment. It’s incredibly meaningful because of the ups and downs of this theater for so many years and so many people...
Bernadette Peters! Pasadena Playhouse Sondheim Celebration concludes with 3 concerts
Due to popular demand, Danny Feldman, Producing Artistic Director of Pasadena Playhouse, the State Theater of California, announced a 3rd performance of Bernadette Peters...
SPHS GRADUATION 2023 | Get Ready World – Here They Come!
Amidst the tumultuous backdrop of adversity that has shaped the world, the South Pasadena High School's Class of 2023 defies the odds and emerges...
Local Highlight: Brewing Connection & Creativity – “TeaMorrow” Offers Unique Approach to South Pasadena’s...
This is part of a special business feature series by The South Pasadenan News, showcasing the shops & studios in the ‘Alexander Building’ at the...
The Urgency of “The Book of Will” at A Noise Within
A few years have passed since the death of William Shakespeare, and we find ourselves in a tavern with three of the King’s Men,...
LIVE GRADUATION | South Pasadena High School 2023
PRODUCED AND VIDEO FEED BY JAMES JONTZ | ASB SOUTH PASADENA HIGH SCHOOL
JUNE 1ST, 2023 4:30PM~6PM
Video begins with 26min. slideshow. Fast forward to '26:00'...
Keeran Murray and Mia Holden Place 4th and 6th at STATE Championships
South Pasadena High School athletes Keeran Murray and Mia Holden placed 6th and 4th at the CIF Track and Field State Championships held at...
The Impact of Exercise on Academic Performance
The Impact of Exercise on Academic Performance
Today, we're discussing the incredible impact of exercise on academic performance. When children and adolescents stay active, they...
