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Mt. Lowe Chamber Players Concert Sunday February 25

An interactive family concert for children (from 3 years and up) and adults featuring an introduction to string instruments, combining musical imagery, dances from around the world, and music from the movies. This will...
PHOTO: provided by SPARC | The South Pasadenan | The Kobe Bryant mural located in South Pasadena.

Kobe Bryant Mural Restoration Fundraiser

The South Pasadena Arts Council (SPARC) is asking the public for help in raising funds for the restoration of the Kobe Bryant mural, extensively defaced by graffiti on November 5, 2023, at its location...
PHOTO: Johan Persson | The South Pasadenan | Rory MacLeod and Monique Jonas in 'Matthew Bourne's Romeo and Juliet'.

Matthew Bourne’s ROMEO & JULIET | Ahmanson Theatre

A masterful re-telling of an ageless tale of teenage discovery and the madness of first love, “Romeo and Juliet” garnered universal critical acclaim when it premiered in 2019, and now returns to the New...

Vintage Bouquet Bar at HOTBOX | Saturday Arts Crawl

❤︎ BUY A VINTAGE VASE ❤︎ WE'LL PROVIDE THE FLOWERS ❤︎ BUILD YOUR BOUQUET ❤︎ BUBBLES TO SIP & VINTAGE SHOPPING OF COURSE! SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10TH 3:00-8:00PM *The South Pasadena Arts Crawl is a night of art, music, shopping, food & friends!

Here Comes The Winter ARTS CRAWL!

The South Pasadena Chamber of Commerce warmly invites the community to a unique evening celebrating the joy of Valentine’s Day alongside the festivity of the Lunar New Year. Join us on Saturday, February 10, from...
PHOTO: pixabay | The South Pasadenan

Erin Go Bragh! St. Patrick’s Day at South Pasadena Senior Center

Reservations open on Monday, February 5, 2024 at 11:45am for the annual Saint Patrick's Day Luncheon at the South Pasadena Senior Center located at 1102 Oxley Street, next to the South Pasadena Library. Spirits...
PHOTO: provided by SPUSD | The South Pasadenan | SPHS Advanced Sports Medicine students treat and stretch student athletes and staff during the inaugural Athlete Recovery Day.

SPHS Athlete Recovery Day Offers Care for Students and Staff

It wasn’t a typical late start day on either January 30 or 31, as SPHS Advanced Sports Medicine students transformed the practice gym into a rejuvenating TLC experience. With soothing music playing in the...
PHOTO: provided by Marengo Elementary School | The South Pasadenan | Marengo Elementary students add their acts of kindness to the school’s kindness tree in the main office.

SPUSD Elementary Students Celebrate Kindness

All three SPUSD elementary schools celebrate Kindness Week at the end of January through the beginning of February in various ways throughout the District in tandem with the national Great Kindness Challenge campaign.  Arroyo Vista...

Fifth-Graders Ready to Descend Upon South Pasadena High School Stage

By Todd Edwards “It feels good being bad,” is not necessarily a sentence any adult wants to hear from a 10 year old. However, for Christopher Kerrigen, Director of this year’s 5th Grade musical, it comes...

Stephen Sondheim’s ‘Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street’ gets unique A Noise...

Diabolical comedy, stunning terror, razor-sharp wit and extraordinary, soaring music. A Noise Within presents Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, the dark, brooding, yet sharply comic story of love, revenge and meat...
PHOTO: provided by Friends of the Library | The South Pasadenan | The Fiato String Quartet.

Restoration Concert at South Pasadena Library February 11, 2024

The Fiato Quartet will be featured at the Restoration concert on Sunday, February 11, 2024 at 4:00 p.m.  The program will include the Haydn quartet op 64 no. 5 “Lark”, Shostakovich Quartet no. 7,...
PHOTO: South Pasadena Unified School District | The South Pasadenan | Various student groups, administrators, and counselors from SPHS visited SPMS to share information about high school clubs and classes with 8th graders.

SPHS Roadshow Delights Middle School Students

SPUSD’s spring semester is fully underway, and students are beginning to think about transitioning to the next school year. As part of an introduction to the high school, several SPHS student groups took their...

UPDATED: Person Stabbed at El Pollo Loco on Fair Oaks

This is a false report that was phoned into to the South Pasadena Police by a locally known vagrant person.  There was no stabbing or injuries. Previously Reported: Call(s) to 911 reported a person stabbed at...

Restoration Concert at South Pasadena Library | January 28, 2024

The Restoration Concert on Sunday, January 28, 2024 at 4:00 p.m. will feature a trio: flutist Susan Greenberg, clarinetist Michele Zukovsky, and pianist Pierre Tang. The program includes music by Bizet, Shostakovich, Ginastera, Debussy,...

South Pasadena Arts and Music Academy | $10 Music Lesson Week

UPDATE: $10 Lesson Week extended to February 3! It’s time again for one of South Pasadena Arts and Music Academy‘s favorite promotions, $10 Lesson Week! For just $10, try out a private lesson - take up...

World Premiere of “Black Cypress Bayou” coming to Geffen Playhouse Feb 7 – March...

Geffen Playhouse announced the full cast for its world premiere of Black Cypress Bayou, written by Kristen Adele Calhoun (HBO’s Sula, BLKNWS) and directed by Tiffany Nichole Greene (Hamilton: An American Musical, Rent). The cast...

Coffee with the Mayor | January 25, 2024

Media Release South Pasadena (Calif.) – The City of South Pasadena is excited to invite the community to a special event, "Coffee with the Mayor," featuring South Pasadena's newly elected Mayor, Evelyn Zneimer. This event marks the...

Suspect Arrested for Felony Eluding and Identity Theft

South Pasadena (Calif.) – On Thursday, January 11, 2024, at approximately 02:00 a.m., a South Pasadena police officer on routine patrol saw two vehicles engaged in suspicious activity near the 2000 block of Pine Street. Both...

Arrest of Male Suspect for Indecent Exposure and Annoyance of a Child Under 18

SPPD Media Release South Pasadena (Calif.) - On January 16, 2024, the South Pasadena Police Department arrested a male suspect in connection with indecent exposure and child annoyance. The incident occurred while the teen victim...

Wine & Song at Lost Parrot Cafe | Wednesdays 7pm

Join Brad and the gang for Wine & Song during their current residency at Lost Parrot Cafe in South Pasadena. "I met Sam Robbins during the pandemic on Zoom," says Brad Colerick. "Loved his...
PHOTO: Helen Maybanks | The South Pasadenan | The cast of "Message in a Bottle"

Message in a Bottle | Hollywood Pantages

Broadway in Hollywood, Sadler’s Wells, and Universal Music UK are pleased to announce that the Hollywood Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles will host the U.S. Premiere performances of MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE, a new...

Winter Formal | SPHS Masquerade Ball set for February 3

A long-standing tradition at South Pasadena High School, the Winter Ball is something that has become the "must do" of the winter season. SPHS ASB is known for choosing unique and exciting venues for...

Hal Linden and Sally Struthers Star in “The Journal of Adam and Eve”

Two of America’s favorite actors – Hal Linden and Sally Struthers – star in the world premiere of a new play – “The Journal of Adam and Eve” by Ed. Weinberger -- with a...
PHOTO: provided by South Pasadena Pack 7 Cub Scouts | The South Pasadenan | Pack 7 Cub Scouts ready to serve up some delicious pancakes.

Cub Scout Pack 7 Pancake Breakfast February 3

South Pasadena Cub Scout Pack 7 is hosting its Annual Pancake Breakfast on Feb 3, 2024 and the community is invited to an All You Can Eat Pancake Breakfast with all the fixings -...
PHOTO: provided by SPARC | The South Pasadenan | The work of Max Yust.

LANDLINES | Works by Artist Max Yust at SPARC Gallery

The South Pasadena Arts Council (SPARC) presents “Landlines,” an exhibition of imagined worlds in a series of hand-drawn maps by fine artist Max Yust, opening to the public on Saturday, January 20, 2024, with...
PHOTO: provided by Lineage PAC | The South Pasadena | The cast of Cabaret at Lineage Performing Arts Center.

CABARET Kicks Off Lineage Performing Arts Center Season 25

The Lineage Performing Arts Center is bringing the Tony award-winning musical Cabaret to Pasadena audiences from January 12th-20th. This daring production takes the book and music of Cabaret and adds Lineage’s original choreography and movement...

Wine & Song at Lost Parrot Cafe | Wednesdays 7pm

Peridot is a Los Angeles-based Americana/folk-pop duo comprised of songwriters Trevor Jarvis and Hillary Reynolds. The pair has been writing and performing together for years. Jarvis is a classically-trained cellist from Massachusetts. Reynolds hails...

Vroman’s Bookstore | Book Signing Event: “Settled” by physical therapist Chantal Donnelly

About this insightful, fresh and actionable perspective on wellbeing and stress management by Chantal Donnelly, PT: "As a PT, I witnessed how stress impeded my patients’ recovery. I could help them unwind their muscles, joints,...

Grumpy Monkey, The Musical | World Premiere Produced by Pasadena Playhouse

Pasadena Playhouse announces casting for the world premiere of Grumpy Monkey, The Musical from February 3 through March 3, commissioned by the Playhouse, and based on the book Grumpy Monkey by Suzanne and Max...

School Registration Begins This Week | South Pasadena Unified School District

From SPUSD: Registration to enroll children in South Pasadena elementary schools for the 2024-2025 school year will begin on January 10, 2024. Parents/guardians interested in registering their children should first visit their home school to...
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