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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 “Vintage Carnival”. Parti Gras Chairs Kathleen Michel & Larry Abelson...
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 in every single room on campus reflecting Swanborn’s influence on...
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 the sun set, chamber members gathered for sangria, white wine...
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 24th at the Woman’s Club of South Pasadena. The veterans...
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 Pasadena Chamber of Commerce on Mission Street. Sam Mellon and...
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 dioramas, paintings, math calculations, business models, maps, woodworking and beautiful...
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 the year. The teachers enjoyed a full yogurt bar with...
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 all that Amy Peltier and her team offer.
Not only is...
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 Off-Broadway musical that tells two different versions of the same...
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 the festivities which traditionally includes surprising honorees with their service...
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 campus. It was a festive atmosphere as every teacher had...
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 day, there was a threat of rain, but the clouds...
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 athletes were involved in several events including the softball throw,...
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 presented in the South Pasadena Library Community Room at 4...
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 Project at Art Center College of Design. Fellow senior, Saliko...
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 total of 114 mathematically talented fourth and fifth grade students...
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 their facility, 620 N Lake Avenue, Pasadena from 5:30 p.m....
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 art emblematic of their future alma maters.
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 shop for a very special trunk show June 2 &3....
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 dress and her stray dog, Sandy. And who can forget...
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 first fully-realized evening-length play: Holmes, Sherlock and The Consulting Detective,...
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 Immersive Musical Odyssey to a Distant Past,” created and devised...
