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Sally Smythe’s New Play, Esprit de Corps, Set To Open This Weekend
After their critically acclaimed production of Wendy Wasserstein’s Third, South Pasadena Theatre Workshop is back with an original play by Sally Smythe. It’s called Esprit de Corps, the French term meaning group spirit or...
Farewell Sergio Gonzalez
South Pasadena will say farewell to City Manager Sergio Gonzalez as he leaves after 13 years with the city. Gonzalez, who announced in May he would be leaving South Pasadena, took the position of...
Extraordinary “Bungalow Heaven” Screening at South Pasadena Library on June 15
A Film Night featuring a screening of the acclaimed documentary “Bungalow Heaven: Preserving a Neighborhood” will be presented on Thursday, June 15 in the Library Community Room at 7 p.m. The event will also...
Look Out South Pasadena!
Peter Dills | Dining with Dills
Heard Weekly On KLAA Anaheim, KZSB Santa Barbara & Seen On Charter Cable Television
We are so thrilled to have Peter Dills here bringing us the best in dining, eats,...
LA Metro Board of Directors Vote to Drop 710 Tunnel
Los Angeles, CA - In a historic vote on Thursday morning, the Los Angeles Metro Board of Directors passed a notion that drops the Tunnel Alternative as a solution for the SR 710 North...
Ryun Yu plays American Hero Gordon Hirabayashi in Hold These Truths at Pasadena Playhouse
Actor Ryun Yu has been on a journey; one that has taken him from first playing this role as a fresh out of drama school actor to now, 12 years and a couple of...
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...
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...
Stories That Move Us: Stories of Refugees
Lineage Dance Company joined forces with Street Symphony to present a series of performances that fused elements of dance, live music, spoken word and storytelling focused on a theme. I had the pleasure of...
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...
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...
Teen Concert in Garfield Park
Young local artists held a twilight concert in Garfield Park on Friday, May 19. Many gathered on the grass to watch blooming musicians showcase their talents to friends and family.
The Frozen Gummies, seen here during...
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...
SPHS Dance Company Wows with ‘Circus’
Last Thursday and Friday evening, SPHS Dance presented their spring concert, Circus, in the main auditorium. A raucous and appreciative crowd enjoyed dancing cards, hoops, balloons, lion tamers, mimes, sword swallowers, snake charmers and...
The House in Scarsdale: A Memoir For The Stage
Is there anything more confounding than family relationships, anything more fascinating than family lore? And is there anything more profoundly devastating than family wounds? Dan O’Brien has written a captivating memory play about the...
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....
