Antonovich Announces 74
The Los Angeles County Arts Commission will be offering 74 paid summer internships to college undergraduates this summer, announced Mayor Michael D. Antonovich. To develop business skills that can be put to use in their future careers, interns are paid $350 per week for a ten-week program participating in educational and arts networking activities learning [...]
Vagina Monologues at Sierra Madre Playhouse March 27 and 28
Planned Parenthood Combats Intimate Partner Violence With Second Annual Vagina Monologues Performance at Sierra Madre Playhouse Planned Parenthood Pasadena & San Gabriel Valley present their second annual all-staff and volunteer produced benefit performances of Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues in support of the V-DAY 2011 Campaign to Stop Violence Against Women and Girls. As [...]
Doo Dah Queen Tryouts Slated For Saturday April 2…..Never on a Friday
“Never on a Friday” Doo Dah Queen Tryouts Slated for April 2 – Not to be outdone by the Rose Parade – the good folks at Lightbringer Project plan to hold the Do Dah Queen Tryouts on April 2, instead of the traditional and albeit occasional, April 1. The wonderfully creative and delicously delightfully duo [...]
Hot Lips and Some Really Cool Jazz at Catalina Bar and Brill
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!!! CATALINA BAR & GRILL Presents A Performance of the Critically Acclaimed CD of Romantic Ballads, “CORKY HALE…AND FRIENDS – I’M GLAD THERE IS YOU” Featuring Corky Hale, Jazz Pianist, Harpist and Singer With Her Friends, Singers Sally Kellerman, Ariana Savalas, Tricia Tahara and Brenna Whitaker ONE NIGHT ONLY!!! TUESDAY, MARCH 8, [...]
‘Til Death Do Us Part: Late Nite Catechism 3
The Carrie Hamilton Theatre At The Pasadena Playhouse announces Limited Engagement of starring Maripat Donovan performances begin March 3, 2011. The Pasadena Playhouse (Sheldon Epps, Artistic Director and Stephen Eich, Executive Director) announced that ‘TIL DEATH DO US PART: LATE NIGHT CATECHISM 3 will play a limited engagement in the Carrie Hamilton Theatre at The [...]
The “Hodge-Podge Show” Opens in Old Town Pasadena
The “Hodge-Podge Show,” featuring an eclectic collection of new artwork by Ed Ushiro, Tasha Kusama, Tim Carey, Sean Chao, and Ming Ong, will be on display from Sunday, February 13 to Thursday, April 7, 2011 at the 24 Hour Gallery. The Opening Reception will be on Sunday, February 13, 2011, 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.80 [...]
Controversy over RENT continues in Monrovia
The old saying “The whole world’s a stage” has taken on a whole new life in Monrovia. Arcadia High School Drama Teacher, Steven Volpe, says the decision by Monrovia’s Superintendent of education Linda Wagner to prohibit production of RENT “is Ridiculous”! At 4:50 PM Monrovia High school principal issued the following statement: “As Principal of [...]
Fran Syverson book-signing slated for this Saturday at Savor the Flavor – Kersting Court
“InnerViews, A medley of Fran Syverson’s memories, meanderings, and musings from life,” has just been published. The medley is a collection of Fran’s newspaper columns in which she expresses her ‘inner views’ on travel, childhood memories, war, holidays, growing old(er) and more. Karen Keegan of Savor the Flavor has invited Fran to hold a book-signing [...]
New Touches Embellish Enchanting “A Christmas Carol” Musical Now at Sierra Madre Playhouse
By Fran Syverson It’s Christmastime from the moment you enter the Sierra Madre Playhouse. Carolers outside the Playhouse fill the air with familiar tunes. Garlands festoon the foyer, a faux living room corner graces the hall, and 1800-ish décor takes us back to an earlier era. ’Twas that era in which Charles Dickens lived and [...]
$6000 Donated by Taste of Sierra Madre for Fine Arts Programs
Tom Brady, chair of the Taste of Sierra Madre event held last month on 9/11 presented a check for $6,000 to the city of Sierra Madre Tuesday. The money is earmarked for additional fine arts programming for the Youth Activity Center in Sierra Madre. The donated funds represented half of the net proceeds of [...]
