Alisa Hayashida
Alisa Hayashida is an arts and culture columnist and critic for South Pasadenan News, covering the greater Pasadena Metro area and Los Angeles Metro area. 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 27 years.
A Rollicking NOISES OFF at A Noise Within – Extended!
A Noise Within is currently running a fantastic revival of one of their signature productions, a rip roaring, hysterical Noises Off which has proved...
INTO THE WOODS Enchants at Young Stars Theatre
The talented company at Young Stars Theatre is currently tackling Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Tony award winning musical Into The Woods, on stage...
PTA Council Honorary Service Awards Luncheon
South Pasadena Parent Teacher Association Council invited volunteers and school board members to a lovely luncheon held at the district building on Wednesday May...
David Henry Hwang Gives First Look at Soft Power
Center Theatre Group recently invited donors, board members and press to a luncheon and talkback with David Henry Hwang in the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion...
Indian Textile Sale in Support of The Anju Project
South Pasadena High School freshman, Raia Doshi, is hosting a sale of handcrafted Indian textiles on Saturday May 12 from 2pm-5pm to support The...
Chalk Day for South Pasadena High School Seniors
Friday May 4, 2018 was "Chalk Day" at South Pasadena High School. It's a long held tradition wherein the Senior classmen convene on the...
Thomas Sadoski Talks Belleville
Thomas Sadoski grew up in New York where his acting journey began at an early age,“I think it was always there” he says, “that...
Emmys Afterparty | James Reynolds Backstage
It was a very big night for Days of Our Lives at the Daytime Emmys held at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium Sunday April 29....
Media Whirlwind | Emmy Winning Days of Our Lives Actor James Reynolds Hits The...
Emmy winner for Best Lead Actor in a Drama Series at this past Sunday's Daytime Emmy Awards, James Reynolds, hit the ground running Monday...
South Pasadena High School Dance Presents “Alice In Wonderland”
The South Pasadena High School Dance Department run my director Courtney Cheyne is pleased to present their highly anticipated spring dance concert, Alice In...
James Reynolds and Lissa Layng Reynolds – Fremont Centre Theatre Founders Share Story
Is there anyone in town who hasn’t been touched by Lissa and James Reynolds? For the uninitiated, they are the dynamic duo, actor/producer, advocate...
James Reynolds Wins Best Actor at 2018 Daytime Emmys
After portraying steady and loyal police commissioner and Mayor of Salem, Abe Carver, on “Days of Our Lives” for 37 years, actor James Reynolds...
Have You Seen Him? Stephen Hsiao Creates This Year’s “Art Experience” at The Eclectic
South Pasadena architect and designer, Stephen Hsiao, will transform South Pasadena’s emblematic sculpture, “Astride, Aside” (The Walking Man) into an interactive artwork of light,...
HAIRSPRAY! You Can’t Stop The Beat! South Pasadena Middle School Musical
South Pasadena Middle School singers, dancers, actors, and technicians are proud to present their production of the hit Broadway show, Hairspray, opening this weekend...
THE ADDAMS FAMILY – Full Disclosure, It’s a Smash!
Friday’s opening night of The Addams Family saw a full, boisterous house that simply could not get enough of this eclectic, dark and crazy...
THE ADDAMS FAMILY Opens Friday! One Weekend Only!
The South Pasadena High School Drama Department is proud to present their spring musical, The Addams Family – Friday April 20 at 7pm, Saturday...
Angel Town Combo at The Eclectic
Angel Town Combo recently rocked The Eclectic preview party and will now be featured on the Vave Stage at South Pasadena’s Eclectic Music Festival...
Little Silver Hearts Play The Eclectic
Little Silver Hearts is playing the Main Stage at The Eclectic at 3pm on April 28th. The band will be performing alt. country and...
David Plenn & Band Play The Eclectic
On the Carnegie Stage, located in the South Pasadena Public Library Community room, David Plenn will be leading his own band at 6:30pm. This...
Addams Family Musical at South Pasadena High School – APRIL 20th, 21st, & 22nd...
Ba-Da-Da-Dum, Snap Snap! South Pasadena students in drama, dance, music and production are in the final two grueling weeks of technical and dress rehearsals...
South Pasadena High Tiger Band Scores Big in Seattle
Our Southern Californian students had a wet, blustery visit to Seattle this past weekend as organizers of the Heritage Festival said it was the...
Event: TASTE OF SOUTH PASADENA!
The 7th Annual Taste of South Pasadena - Eats on the Streets is coming your way this Tuesday April 17th! Come on out, South...
HAIRSPRAY! South Pasadena Middle School Musical
On Thursday and Friday night the cast of South Pasadena Middle School’s Spring Musical performed a Broadway Showcase to preview their forthcoming production of...
Life After Death For The Living is a Must See
The Lineage Dance Company continues its innovative, provocative series of dance and spoken word pieces with Life After Death For The Living, a staggering...
Color Festival April 21 – Bring Some Color Into Your World!
South Pasadena Educational Foundation is proud to bring the community the 2018 Color Festival! In the spirit of the India Holi Festival, celebrating the...
Summer Interns on the Way!
Andrea Fox, career internship specialist at South Pasadena High School, welcomed local employers who are participating in the internship program to an informational morning...
Read Across America at Marengo Elementary
This year’s Read Across America event at Marengo Elementary saw community members like high school principal Janet Anderson, SPUSD’s Christiane Gervais, City Councilmember Bob...
Celebrate The Arts with WISPPA & Lissa Layng Reynolds April 7
To inaugurate their new meeting place at 1102 Oxley Street, WISPPA cordially invites the community to a live concert reading of the play A...
Colonial Ball Held at Monterey Hills
For several weeks Monterey Hills School’s 5th graders have been studying Colonial society and customs. As part of this study, the students learned several...
Drama Students Compete at Fullerton Theatre Festival
Close to 2000 theatre and design students from across the Southland descended upon the Fullerton College campus this past weekend for two full days...
