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Senior Prom 2024 | Get Ready for the Nash Bash at the Senior Center

The South Pasadena Senior Center is hosting their annual Senior Prom on Friday April 12 from 4:30pm - 7pm. This year's theme is a...

West Coast Premiere of FAT HAM coming to Geffen Playhouse

Rehearsals are in full swing for Geffen Playhouse’s West Coast premiere of the Broadway production of five-time Tony Award nominee and 2022 Pulitzer Prize...
PHOTO: David Lee | The South Pasadenan | Members of the SPHS Science Olympiad teams competed at Rio Hondo College last weekend.

SPHS Science Olympiad Teams Headed to State Competition

On Saturday, March 2, 2024, 29 SPHS students in two teams competed in 23 events at the Los Angeles-Rio Hondo College Regional Science Olympiad...

City of South Pasadena Launches Community Budget Input Survey

Media Release South Pasadena (Calif.) – The City of South Pasadena extends an invitation to all community members to participate in shaping the Fiscal Year 2024-2025...

Easter 2024 | City of South Pasadena Spring Eggstravaganza Event

The City of South Pasadena Community Services Department will host the annual Spring Eggstravaganza event on Saturday, March 30, 2024 from 12:00 noon to...

South Pasadena Middle School Earns California Distinguished School Honor

The California Department of Education (CDE) recently announced that South Pasadena Middle School (SPMS) has been selected for the prestigious 2024 California Distinguished Schools...
facebook, instagram, META is down.

Went Down: Facebook, Instagram, Messenger: META Social Media Platforms Accounts Not Loading This Morning

On Tuesday, a significant disruption hit Meta Platforms' suite of social media services, affecting countless users globally. Those who found themselves abruptly logged out...
PHOTO: The Music Center | Night Games 2023 on Jerry Moss Plaza at The Music Center in downtown Los Angeles.

Call for Game Submissions | The Music Center

The Music Center and IndieCade—the premier annual celebration of independent games and developers—are inviting all indie game developers and creators to submit games and...
PHOTO: Tanveer Badal | The South Pasadenan | Compass real estate agent, Tracy Macrum.

Exciting News from Tracy Macrum | A New Chapter Begins

After years of growth and countless opportunities with the Megan Spargo-Ferrell Team, Compass realtor, Tracy Macrum is embarking on a new journey. "I am...
PHOTO: J. Michael Kwok | The South Pasadenan | Yu Ye and Daisy Feng perform a Tibetan Love Story Dance, a story of young love. Feng also performed Spring Love, a dance expressing a young girl’s yearning for and pursuit of love.

Chinese-American Club Entertains 300+, Raises $22,000 at Gala

More than 300 guests attended the 35th annual Banquet Gala hosted by the South Pasadena Chinese-American Club (SPCC) on Feb. 24 at Monterey Park’s...
PHOTO: Megan Gardner | The South Pasadenan | SPMS students interact with The Immortals lion dance team to celebrate Lunar New Year.

SPMS Students Celebrate Lunar New Year

On February 21, 2024, the SPMS ASB (Associated Student Body) helped organize a performance by The Immortals – a lion dance team based in...

Restoration Concert at South Pasadena Library March 17

The Restoration Concert on Sunday, March 17, 2024, at 4:00 p.m. will feature pianist Robert Thies and violinist Kerenza Peacock. The program includes music...
PHOTO: Erin Kanner | The South Pasadenan | SPHS students study Fauve artists at the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, Calif.

Learning Comes Alive for SPHS Students

On Thursday, February 8, students in AP Photo and French 3/4 classes traveled to the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena to see artworks created...
PHOTO: Lisa Fotios, Pexels | The South Pasadenan | The Womans Club of South Pasadena is holding their Spring Membership Tea on March 2, 2024.

Woman’s Club Spring Tea Event March 2nd | Guest Speaker: Chantal Donnelly

The Woman's Club of South Pasadena is holding their annual recognition high tea on Saturday, March 2, 2024 from 10:30am - 1:00pm at the...
PHOTO: Paul Koknick | The South Pasadenan | Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in Alvin Ailey's "Revelations".

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Kicks Off Four-Year Residency in March

The Music Center continues its 21st season of Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at The Music Center with a tremendous seven-performance engagement by the illustrious...

9th Annual SPMS Main Event Poker Tournament

It’s here again! The 9th Annual SPMS Main Event Poker Tournament and, on behalf of the Boosters and the D.U.D.E.S., we’re hoping that you’ll...

Legally Blonde Jr. coming to Young Stars Theatre in March

“Ohmigod, you guys!” Run, don’t walk, to Young Stars Theatre’s production of Legally Blonde Jr.! Whether you’ve seen the hit movie, the award-winning Broadway...
PHOTO: provided by South Pasadena Unified School District | The South Pasadenan | SPHS Peer Mediators participate in a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the renovated SPHS Wellness Center.

SPHS Students Find Warmth and Calm in Renovated Wellness Center

As students gathered in the SPHS Wellness Center on Thursday, February 15, there was a noticeable buzz in the air about the renovated space...

CTGLA College & Career Fair for the Arts | Registration Now Open

High school students as well as their parents and guardians and high school educatorsare invited to register and attend Center Theatre Group’s 2024 College...

A FROGGY BECOMES at Open Fist Theatre Company

Middle School is Hell. Especially for a seventh-grade girl somewhere in the 1980s whose ‘friends’ tease her relentlessly, whose father is an ogre, who...

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...
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...
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...

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...

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...
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...
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...
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...

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...

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,...
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