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.
SPARC Gallery Artist Reception for Shelley Stephens
The South Pasadena Arts Council (SPARC) held an artist reception for Shelley Stephens to officially open Stephens’ show entitled It’s About Time at SPARC Gallery located at the South Pasadena Chamber of Commerce on...
The Humans | The Ahmanson
Stephen Kazam’s Tony award winning play The Humans, opened Thursday evening at The Ahamanson with most of the original Broadway cast. The Humans is a searing family drama, devastating in its everyday banality, chockfull...
Nine Ten Thirty debuts at Fremont Centre Theatre
Normal Rockwell town? Check. Parrots? Check. Love lost and found? Check. Athens garbage truck?! Check! So much of what makes South Pasadena unique is featured in Brad Colerick’s new CD entitled “Nine Ten Thirty”,...
Congressional Nominations For SPHS Senior Andrew Lee Lead to U.S. Air Force Academy
South Pasadena High School senior, Andrew Lee, is headed to the U.S. Air Force Academy after a rigorous application process that included nominations from Congresswoman Judy Chu and Senator Kamala Harris. Known to be...
SPARC South Pasadena High School Juried Art Show
An artists’ reception was held Saturday June 2 to open the Annual South Pasadena High School Juried Art Show at the SPARC Gallery in South Pasadena.
The annual art show was begun by the South...
Explore, Discover, Connect! Summer Camps at Beyond The Classroom
Beyond The Classroom Summer Camps 2018 are underway at the innovative and fun-filled BTC right here in South Pasadena. Campers can jump in for a week, two or all of them. As school comes to...
BORDERTOWN NOW Speaks Truth To The Wall
Something special is happening at Pasadena Playhouse right now not to be missed; The “Bad Hombres” of Culture Clash have unleashed Bordertown Now, a bold, crackling, whip-smart examination of real lives at the Mexican-American...
GRAD NITE 2018 A Huge Success
On Tuesday June 5, 2018 at approximately 5:50pm, 372 South Pasadena High School seniors moved their grad cap tassels to the left indicating that they were officially graduates! They then sang the alma mater...
SPHS Baccalaureate | Mr. Blue Sky
On a day that most certainly reflected ELO’s lyrics “sun is shinin, in the sky, there ain’t a cloud in sight, it’s stopped rainin’ everybody’s everybody’s in a play, and don’t you know it’s...
First Ever TASSEL Benefit A Success
Congresswoman Judy Chu was the featured speaker at the first annual South Pasadena TASSEL benefit that was held at the beautiful Brookside Golf Club on May 20, 2018. A live jazz band played as...
