October Best Used Book Sale
If the looming economy threatens to impact your Christmas gift giving plans relief may come from no further than the Sierra Madre Public Library. Ready to shop early? Plan to attend the Library’s October Best Used Book Sale. It will be held on Friday, October 2nd, 3:00pm to 7:00pm, and Saturday, October 3rd, 10:00am to [...]
SCLT Fairytales and Fantasy V Back By Popular Demand
Picnic on the green in the cool of evening and celebrate the last days of summer with the award winning Southern California Lyric Theater Troubadours. Sponsored by the City of Sierra Madre and directed by Alison Eliel Kalmus, this program has something for everyone with selections from Broadway to the Beatles, Disney to Doo Wop [...]
America’s Big Stick – Still Swinging After All These Years
We came across this letter published in the Pasadena Independent in 1958 written by Sierra Madre activist , Terry Mackenzie. We thought it appropriate and all the more timely to re-print the letter 51 years later when our country is yet again at war in the Middle East; yet again in the Pasadena Independent as [...]
A Surefire Way to Boost Farm Exports: Sell to Cuba
Illustration by Thom Gastelum U.S. farm income will drop 38 percent this year due to global economic woes and because “demand for exports has tailed off, with few options available to expand marketing elsewhere,” according to a Department of Agriculture report issued last month. Actually, there’s a small but surefire option to boost American [...]
Sierra Madre Blotters
SIERRA MADRE Sunday, August 23rd: 1:06 AM -Vandalism, 400 block North Baldwin Ave. The driver of white or silver car was seen slowing as it passed the victim’s parked Honda. The victim heard a bang as a rock hit his car. The rock caused a 1” scratch and small dent to the driver’s side door. [...]
The L.A. County Fair
I love the L.A. County Fair. My father took us every year. It was a family tradition. He created the routine I still follow. I park in the blue lot off White Avenue in Pomona. This entrance is great to visit the farms and the exhibit halls. If you are more interested in the carnival [...]
County Puts Swine Flu and “Regular” Flu on Watch
The H1N1 virus, the “swine flu” has resulted in the issuance of notices from state and county health officials declaring a watchful eye will be necessary against an outbreak of that virus but also warns that regular flu could be just as dangerous this coming season. In spite of a radio report by NPR that [...]
Museums Free-For -All Weekend Coming in October
Several museums in Los Angeles and Orage Counties will be free for all or part of the weekend of October 3 and/or 4. There are 22 museums participating in the event. Those open both days are The Armory Center for the Arts (145 North Raymond in Pasadena, the California African American Museum (Exposition Park), California [...]
POPS Ends Season With a Stroke of Genius
It’s over. It’s the final concert of the summer season for the Pasadena Symphony Association’s garden concerts given by the Pasadena POPS and it will be the last time the orchestra will perform at Descanso Gardens in La Cañada Flintridge before moving to a spot near the Rose Bowl next summer. The season’s last performance [...]
Defeating The Dorm Room Doldrums
Dorm room décor has changed a lot since I wandered the hallowed halls of matriculation. Back then, it was all we could do to cover up the cinderblock walls with Janes Addiction or Johnny Depp posters (he has staying power, no?). Generally speaking, decorating a dorm room is pretty simple, since much of the furniture [...]
