Alisa Hayashida
Alisa Hayashida has been covering arts, culture, & events in the greater Pasadena Metro area and Los Angeles Metro area for the past seven years. She is a valuable arts advocate in South Pasadena, with an extensive background in theatre arts. She has been a proud South Pasadenan for over 25 years.
South Pasadena Resident Counts Down To Inauguration
Calling herself a “Quarantined Town Crier”, Amy Davis Jones created themed banners to count down to the Inauguration of President Biden and Vice President Harris on January 20.
“My inspiration was the excitement over the...
Lots To Love About “YOU I LIKE: A Musical Celebration of Jerry Herman”
Legendary Broadway composer, Jerry Herman, creator of beloved shows Hello, Dolly, Mame, La Cage aux Folles and more, passed away last year leaving behind a legacy of Broadway treasures. Andy Einhorn and the Pasadena...
Arts Are Essential | What’s Happening in Entertainment January 15 – 22
You I Like: A Musical Celebration of Jerry Herman, a virtual musical revue honoring the genius responsible for the Broadway classics Hello, Dolly! Mame, La Cage aux Folles and many more, continues on Pasadena...
Arts Are Essential | What’s Happening in the New Year
It certainly is a new day and a new dawn as we kick off 2021 and yet, we’re still living through a time unlike anything we’ve ever seen before. The limited live shows we...
Arts Are Essential Especially During The Holidays
PBS presents All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914; Peter Rothstein's music-theatre work about the World War I Christmas truce, combining period songs and firsthand accounts of the event. The Western Front, Christmas...
The Yuko Mabuchi Trio Performs at 61st Annual LA County Holiday Celebration
Yuko Mabuchi is thrilled to be part of this year’s LA County Holiday Celebration, an event she has loved for years. Yuko lives in Pasadena and spends a lot of time in South Pasadena,...
Arts Are Essential | Holiday Entertainment Highlights Dec. 18 – 25
The Metropolitan Opera kicks of a week of holiday fare with Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” on Monday December 21. This was the groundbreaking broadcast that launched the Met’s heralded Live in HD series, seen...
Manual Cinema Creates A Whole New Christmas Carol
The incredible interdisciplinary performance collective, Manual Cinema, has created an innovative and absolutely delightful version of A Christmas Carol! The Chicago group invites you into their studios via Zoom for an evening full of...
The Arts Are Essential! Dec 10-17 Highlights
The NYC company Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana celebrates Spanish dance in a festival that features distinctive performances by four companies.
The dances debut at 7pm EST on successive nights this week and remain viewable for...
Arts Are Essential! What’s Happening in The Arts This Week
Latino Theater Company will be streaming for free a recording of their holiday pageant “La Virgen de Guadalupe, Dios Inantzin” starring proud Pasadenan and renowned mezzo soprano Suzanna Guzman. The pageant usually takes place...
