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Important CalTrans Homes Hearing in South Pasadena: FRIDAY APRIL 26th at SPHS 5pm~8pm

As the curtain draws near on final acts in Caltrans' ill-fated, 70-year attempt to build a freeway through South Pasadena—disposition of the properties it acquired to do so—final rules are being put into place. Caltrans...

ECLECTIC MUSIC FESTIVAL 2024

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...
PHOTO: Emiko Essmiller | The South Pasadenan | Iris Barrera and the cast of Bright Star on stage at South Pasadena High School's Anderson Auditorium.

BRIGHT STAR has a Powerful Story to Tell

The ebullient, young cast of Bright Star, at South Pasadena High School, leaves it all on the stage and sings their earnest hearts out in this tender, Americana bluegrass tale of young love, unbearable...

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...
PHOTO: provided by John Pettersson, commissioner of LA Kubb Club | The South Pasadenan | Local, area and national players, currently honing their skills, will be descending on South Pasadena Sunday for the 8th annual West Coast Kubb Championship. Competition,  is open to those of all ages and abilities.

8th annual West Coast Kubb Championship coming to South Pasadena Sunday

While its name might sound new to some, oh make that many, the game itself has been around for centuries, deeply rooted in a far away country only to find a solid footing years...
PHOTO: provided by CB Richards | The South Pasadenan | High school track and field athletes on the starting line for the 1600m race at the 2024 Tiger Invitational at South Pasadena High School.

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,...
PHOTO: Todd Edwards | The South Pasadenan | South Pasadena Middle School drama students celebrate a first-place victory at the 2024 DTASC Shakespeare Festival. 

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...
PHOTO: Provided by SPUSD : SPHS Tiger Newspaper, Zoe Chen | The South Pasadenan | SPHS students celebrate earning awards in art and writing.

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,...
PHOTO: provided by Mike Parkinson | SPHS distance relay teams pictured with Coach Mike Parkinson at Mt. Sac. l-r: Adam Ruiz, Peter Dickinson, Michael Scarince, Keeran Murray, Mia Holden, Abby Errington, Saidbh Byrne, Rose Vandevelde, Coach Mike Parkinson.

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...
PHOTO: Alisa Hayashida | The South Pasadenan | Members of the SPARC board gather at the celebration of SPARC's 15th year and the opening of their new, permanent home. SPARC board members: Tracy Macrum, James Reynolds, Andrew Bernstein, Lissa Reynolds, Camille Farnsworth, Dean Serwin, Blue Trimarchi, Margo Newman, Sandy Kitto (SPARC president), Dean Sheldon, Lynne Heffley, Celina Duffy, Brian Bright, and Karla Thompson. (some board members not pictured)

SPARC 15th Year Celebration Inaugurates New Permanent Home

Members of the South Pasadena Arts Council, along with city officials and South Pasadenan arts advocates gathered at the site of SPARC’s new gallery and permanent home at the Fremont Centre Theatre building at...
PHOTO: Henk Friezer | The South Pasadenan | Students compete at the All-City Track Meet at South Pasadena High School.

South Pasadena Hosts All-City Track Meet

Student athletes from all schools in the South Pasadena school district were invited to participate in the annual All City Track Meet sponsored by the district's PTSA organizations with support from the SPUSD. Youngsters...

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...

Wine & Song at Lost Parrot Cafe | James Kirby, Aireene & Marty Wednesday...

Join Brad Colerick and the gang this Wednesday April 24 at 7pm for this week's Wine & Song featuring James Kirby, Aireene Espiritu and Marty Axelrod. Heading into Eclectic Music Festival, let's get the...
PHOTO: Bill Glazier | The South Pasadenan | “Gertie,” the beloved Giraffe from SPTOR’s 2024 “Boogie Fever” float, will be on-hand for the festivities at the May 4, 2024, Fun-Raiser benefitting SPTOR’s 2025 float.

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...
Homeschool Sign Up: Tutoring by Hodis Learning & Music for South Pasadena, San Marino, Pasadena, Alhambra, and Highland Park area has proven to be a successful resource for students of all ages - and adults .

Enrollment Fall 2024 | Hodis Learning & Music Homeschool is Open

Enrollment is open for fall 2024 homeschooling with Hodis Learning and Music (HLM)! Homeschool programs are offered for all common core subjects for grades K-12, as well as academic enrichment classes, electives, and art and...
Alisa Hayashida | The South Pasadenan | The cast of Bright Star rehearsing for their April 19 opening at South Pasadena High School.

SPHS Drama Ready to bring an Uplifting BRIGHT STAR to South Pasadena

South Pasadena High School Drama Department has done quite a list of terrific, big and splashy musical theatre comedies for the spring show, usually in contrast to the more thought-provoking, smaller pieces they do...
PHOTO: provided by SPUSD | The South Pasadenan | South Pasadena Unified students experienced a partial solar eclipse on April 8, 2024.

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...

Mamma’s Backstage: Eclectic Fest pays tribute to Bob Stane’s Coffee Gallery Backstage

When Coffee Gallery Backstage impresario Bob Stane shuttered his venerated Altadena listening room last spring after a 25-year run, colleagues organized a sale of its contents. Lights, microphones, mic stands, cables, tables and chairs,...
Finance Director South Pasadena resigns position after only four months. City budget is not ready.

City Finance Director Exits South Pasadena After 13 Months

Only days before the April 17 kickoff of the city's accelerated budget process and four months since formally taking over as South Pasadena's permanent Finance Director, John Downs has told the city he will...
CPA: Clean Power Alliance (CPA) cost accountability and South Pasadena city finance deficit issues are on the table for changes at City Council Meeting. Bills are to high. Expensive and not tracked.

Electric Bills South Pasadena | Clean Power Alliance (CPA) Arrangement is on The Chopping...

South Pasadena, which four years ago opted to rely solely on renewable power for city operations under the Clean Power Alliance’s (CPA) “100 percent Green Power” product, is set to reconsider that decision at...
PHOTO: Daniel Reichert | The South Pasadenan | Trisha Miller as Polish acrobat & pilot Lina Szczepanowska in George Bernard Shaw’s wildy subversive “Misalliance” at A Noise Within.

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...

SPARC Gallery Finds New Home

MEDIA RELEASE South Pasadena, CA, April 12, 2024: Come celebrate a milestone in the growth of the South Pasadena Arts Council (SPARC) with a “sneak peek” opening of SPARC’s new headquarters at Fremont Centre Properties,...
PHOTO: Craig Schwartz | The South Pasadenan | The cast of King Hedley II at A Noise Within.

Staggering Performances in King Hedley II at A Noise Within

It’s Reagan-era 1980’s in the working class Hill District of Pittsburgh when a young, African-American man, King, returns home after seven years in prison for murder. Home is the house he was raised in...

MEAN GIRLS Jr on its way to Young Stars Theatre

Don’t want to end up in the Burn Book? Better head to Young Stars Theatre for their super fun production of “Mean Girls Jr.”! You’ll walk out humming the catchy songs and quoting the...
PHOTO: Jenny Graham | The South Pasadenan | Gerard Joseph as David and Sylvia Kwan as Gina in KAIROS at East West Players.

KAIROS Asks if We’d Like to Live Forever | East West Players

Gina and David are two young professionals in their early thirties who are having a meet-cute after they’ve had a fender bender. They start out upset with each other and the situation, but as...
PHOTO: Jeff Lorch | The South Pasadenan | Marcel Spears and Billy Eugene Jones in Fat Ham at Geffen Playhouse.

FAT HAM Serves up a Ghost at the Cookout | Geffen Playhouse

UPDATE: Extended through May 11, 2024 James Ijames’ 2022 Pulitzer Prize winning and Tony nominated play, “Fat Ham”, is now playing at the Geffen Playhouse in an intoxicating and deliriously funny production helmed by director...
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