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The Oneonta Club Foundation Honors Students at 49th Annual Banquet with $30,000 in Scholarships...
As another school year winds down, 100 Club members, South Pasadena School Board members, SPUSD Superintendent Yantz, SoPas Mayor Zneimer, awardees with their families, and other guests joined South Pasadena’s Oneonta Club on May...
Noël Coward’s classic comedy “Hay Fever” comes to South Pasadena Theatre Workshop
South Pasadena Theatre Workshop is thrilled to announce its upcoming production of Noël Coward’s classic comedy Hay Fever, directed by Sydney Walsh. This timeless gem will grace the stage from June 5 to July...
“pal.imp.sest/Unseen Seen | Artists Michael Campagna and Tucker Stilley Launch SPARC’s New Gallery Space
The public is invited to the official opening of the South Pasadena Arts Council’s (SPARC) permanent headquarters, gallery, and event space at the Fremont Centre in South Pasadena on May 18, 2024. An opening...
Sierra Madre Playhouse presents Jason Robert Brown’s “The Last Five Years”
Sierra Madre Playhouse presents Jason Robert Brown's acclaimed musical The Last Five Years, a captivating and emotionally charged musical journey that explores the complex dynamics of a relationship through the lens of time, with...
Operation Cookie Ready to Launch | Woman’s Club of South Pasadena
"Operation Cookie" for hospitalized, homeless, and special needs veterans is set to launch soon. Dozens of cookies will be distributed to patients at veteran administration (VA) hospitals, to veterans in area convalescent care facilities,...
SPHS Honorary Service Awards 2024
At a festive luncheon held Thursday, May 9, at South Pasadena High School, the Parent Teacher Student Association (PTSA) hosted its annual honorary service awards. Each year, the PTSA selects outstanding volunteers, who have...
“Thanks Mom” | Celebrating Mother’s Day in South Pasadena: A Tribute to Our Community’s...
Mother's Day in South Pasadena, our small yet vibrant community has a special opportunity to celebrate the remarkable women who nurture, teach, lead, and enrich our lives. South Pasadena, a city with a strong...
SPTOR Giant Yard Sale Returns May 17 & 18
SOUTH PASADENA, CA (May 7, 2024) The South Pasadena Tournament of Roses (SPTOR) Float committee will host a giant yard sale at the War Memorial Building on Friday, May 17, and Saturday, May 18....
The Joffrey Ballet to Mesmerize Los Angeles Audiences with L.A. Debut of ANNA KARENINA
LOS ANGELES (May 8, 2024) — The Music Center's boldest dance season yet, featuring a number of works about strong, dynamic women, continues when The Joffrey Ballet's breathtaking rendition of Anna Karenina commands the stage of The...
Howard E. Crawford Retires | Join SPHS Music Boosters for Celebration in his Honor...
Beloved music teacher, Howard E. Crawford, will be retiring from South Pasadena High School at the end of the current school year after an illustrious career full of not only hundreds of awards, but...
Wine and Song at Lost Parrot Cafe
Another great show coming up Wednesday for Wine & Song at Lost Parrot Cafe. Don't miss Cej and Powdercoat with special guest Eliza Bee! Doors at 6pm, show starts at 7pm.
Cej was born in...
South Pasadena Holds 9th Annual Prayer Breakfast
By Karen Kano
In a glass walled hilltop sanctuary, the South Pasadena Prayer Breakfast gathered the community Thursday to encourage prayer and peacemaking amid increasing polarization in the U.S. and escalating tensions around the world.
Addressing...
Girl From The North Country | Hollywood Pantages
Broadway in Hollywood is thrilled to announce the Los Angeles Premiere of GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre for three weeks only, May 14 – June 2, 2024.
Written and directed...
SPEF Parti Gras 2024 | Bootleggers Ball
South Pasadena Educational Foundation (SPEF) is proud to announce the return of their annual fundraising gala, Parti Gras.
The theme for 2024 is "Bootleggers’ Ball", a prohibition style speakeasy taking place Saturday, May 18, 6:00...
Cuatro de Mayo! Float-lovers invited to May 4th “Fun-raiser” to support South Pasadena’s 2025...
The all-volunteer South Pasadena Tournament of Roses committee kicks off its herculean fundraising efforts Saturday, May 4, 2024, with its first fundraising event of the year, a “Cuatro de Mayo” Fiesta. Featuring performances by...
Live Music Stage at Hotbox Vintage | Eclectic Music Festival South Pasadena 2024
Hotbox Vintage is thrilled to enhance the musical offerings of this year's Eclectic Music Festival and Arts Crawl with an exclusive lineup of live performances. Located at 1125 Mission Street, Hotbox Vintage will transform...
‘Piles of Pawn’ Special Sale Event at Santa Fe Crafts: Discover the Splendor of...
Experience the allure of the Southwest's rich heritage at the "Piles of Pawn" Spring Edition sale, only at Santa Fe Crafts Native American Gallery. For two exclusive days, Friday and Saturday, May 3rd &...
ECLECTIC MUSIC FESTIVAL 2024 | Saturday April 27 3pm~10pm
The 14th Annual Eclectic Music Festival and Arts Crawl returns to South Pasadena’s central business district on Saturday, April 27, 2024, from 3 pm to 10 pm. The free, family-friendly festival will host over...
SPMS Spring Musical FOOTLOOSE this Weekend
Join South Pasadena Middle School students as they kick off their shoes and perform in the Spring Musical production, "Footloose," on April 25-28. The SPMS Spring Musical is offered as an Afterschool program by...
SPHS Hosts 2024 Tiger Invitational
On April 5, 2024, more than 197 schools from across the country and one school from Canada participated in the 2024 Tiger Invitational held at South Pasadena High School. Student athletes from schools in Oregon,...
SPMS Drama Students Earn First Place Overall at DTASC 2024
On April 20, 2024, the Drama Teachers’ Association of Southern California (DTASC) held its Shakespeare Festival Competition in Valencia, Calif. SPMS drama students earned a large number of first place awards at the festival...
SPHS Students Explore Various Jobs During Second Annual Career Fair
This week during lunch on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, SPHS students are experiencing the second annual Career Fair, a special event co-hosted by the SPHS Counseling Department and the SPHS PTSA.
Professionals across a variety...
SPHS Tiger Newspaper Wins Gold Medal Award
Tiger Newspaper has received a Gold Medal award from the prestigious Columbia Scholastic Press Association for all work completed throughout the 2022-2023 school year.
This honor is awarded by Columbia University and a panel of...
SPHS Students Earn 134 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards
This month, South Pasadena High School (SPHS) students earned 134 regional awards in the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards Competition. The Awards recognize student achievement in the visual and literary arts, including architecture, painting,...
SPHS Track | Three New School Records set at Mt. Sac
On Friday night (April 19, 2024), in the top ranked boys invitational 4 x 800, a 44 year old record set by Coach Parkinson himself was beat by .13 seconds, highlighted by Keeran Murray’s...
Jelly’s Last Jam comes to Pasadena Playhouse
Danny Feldman, Producing Artistic Director of Pasadena Playhouse, the State Theater of California and recipient of the 2023 Regional Theatre Tony Award, announces casting for its new production of the Tony Award winning musical...
SPUSD Students View Historic Partial Eclipse
Students, faculty, staff, and administration viewed a partial solar eclipse on Monday, April 8, 2024.
All SPUSD schools celebrated the partial eclipse in different ways. The middle school’s science department shared the science behind the...
Shaw’s ‘Misalliance’ is subversive, wild fun at A Noise Within
Eight marriage proposals and a plane crash, all in one afternoon. A Noise Within closes
out its 2023-24 “Balancing Act” season with George Bernard Shaw’s high-flying comedy, Misalliance.
Guillermo Cienfuegos (last season’s Much Ado About Nothing)...
Wine & Song at Lost Parrot Cafe featuring Michael McNevin, Kray Van Kirk and...
South Pasadena's Wine & Song host, Brad Colerick, returns home this Wednesday April 17 at 7pm after doing some shows in Utah, Colorado and Arizona. He also attended a screening of Lost Bird at...
The Body’s Midnight | IAMA & Boston Court team up to present World Premiere...
The IAMA Theatre Company and Boston Court Pasadena have joined forces to present a poetic and surprising new play about the complicated, ridiculous, awe-inspiring trajectory of life. Boston Court artistic director Jessica Kubzansky directs the world premiere of The Body’s Midnight by Tira...
