Red White and Bluess Jaszz Fest on Tap Aug. 28 – 29
Redwhite+bluezz Pasadena Jazz Fest has announced the line-up of jazz and blues musicians to perform during the star-studded festival August 28 and 29, 2010. 200 plus artists, 23 top acts will entertain thousands of fans gathered at the spectacular outdoor venue the Los Angeles Arboretum. The weekend event, complete with an international food court, [...]
A Picture is Worth a 1000 Doo Dahs – Enter your favorite Doo Dah Image
Professional and amateur photographers are invited to submit their best photographs of the Occasional Pasadena Doo Dah Parade in a contest. All photographs will be exhibited at McGinty’s Gallery at the End of the World in Altadena 6 p.m.-midnight July 17, during which trophies will be awarded in a number of categories with the “Spirit [...]
Good-sized Crowd Greeted Cal Phil’s First Summer Concert
A good-sized audience turned out for the opening concert of the California Philharmonic Orchestra’s 15th year to hear “America the Beautiful” as a pre-July 4 tribute in a highly entertaining program chocked full of a variety of musical forms. Everything on the program had an American platform, including, as Cal Phil’s conductor, Victor Vener explained, [...]
“The Rainmaker” to Beguile Us at the Sierra Madre Playhouse
Can he really make it rain?—this handsome dude who happens to drop by a farmhouse one day just as the Currys are standing at their windows, scanning the skies for even the barest hint of clouds. He says he can. Says he’s done it before, in the midst of terrible droughts, worse’n this ‘un. ‘Course [...]
Doo Dah Parade Dazzles and Delights – 2010 Parade Draws Thousands to East Pasadena
This a compilation of images shot by our photographer on Saturday in East Pasadena.
Doo Dah Parade Moves East this Saturday
After 33 years in the Old Pasadena retail and entertainment district, the Doo Dah Parade will bring its notorious brand of wackiness across town on Saturday, May 1st, stepping off at 11:00am. The relocation to East Colorado Boulevard places the parade in an older, retro neighborhood reminiscent of its long-ago ‘Old Town’ roots. In fact, [...]
Miss Saigon at Historic San Gabriel Theatre This Saturday
By Terry Miller With local production companies struggling and classic theatres closing such as the Pasadena Playhouse, it’s wonderful to see a young and vibrant cast and crew working on a new live production. One that will indubitably revive an interest in live theatre The San Gabriel Valley Music Theatre, by arrangement with Cameron Mackintosh, [...]
And the 10th Annual Thorny Rose Award goes to: Friends of Hahamongna
Even though the civic playing field in recent times is disturbingly absent of memorable candidates, the 10th Order of the Thorny Rose has finally spoken. A deeper plunge into the, generally, tepid civic pool, has elevated the Friends of Hahamongna to the small, loud circle of awardees. Describing themselves as an “advocacy group working together [...]
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Doo Dah Parade Romps Through East Pasadena On May 1
After 33 years in the Old Pasadena retail and entertainment district, the Doo Dah Parade will bring its notorious brand of wackiness across town on Saturday, May 1st, stepping off at 11:00am. The relocation to East Colorado Boulevard places the parade in an older, retro neighborhood reminiscent of its long-ago ‘Old Town’ roots. In fact, [...]
