New Arts Studio Opens on Live Oak
By Natalie Avakian There is something awe-inspiring about dance and art – the undeniable fascination of people creating an ethereal world through imagination for the sake of feeling good and producing beauty. This ethereal world of dance and art is housed by institutions who want to preserve the arts in our communities that seem [...]
Visual Reflections of Daily Life in Ghana
Original West African Art by Local Artist on Display at Pasadena Central Library An exhibit in the Business Wing at Central Pasadena Library will feature paintings inspired by the people and cultures of Ghana, West Africa. Landscapes and still lifes by local artist Isaac Kobla Gavor feature vivid colors inspired by the traditions, beliefs, and [...]
SCPR Moves to new Digs
The Pasadena Independent toured the new broadcast headquarters of Southern California Public Radio (SCPR), The Mohn Broadcast Center & Crawford Family Forum Thursday morning . The Public Radio facilities which used to call PCC home are now a far cry from their humble beginnings. The 35,000 square-foot building includes new studios, a generous sized news [...]
Baroque and Brazil to Flavor Santa Cecilia Orchestra Concert
The Santa Cecilia Orchestra claims a special mission to serve the Latino community to stimulate interest in classical music but it serves all of us with its programming. This season the orchestra has scheduled five concerts, the third being held this Sunday, Feb. 21 at 4 p.m. in Thorne Hall on the campus of Occidental [...]
Queen Erica Valentine, Guitarist Extraordinaire, selected at 33rd Doo Dah Queen – 33rd Occasional Doo Dah Parade hits Colorado Boulevard May First……..but this time in East Pasadena
Doo Dah Queens Kavita, Naughty Mickie, Skittles and Sierra Madre Sue flank 33rd Queen Erica Valentine Queen Erica Valentine, Guitarist Extraordinaire, selected at 33rd Doo Dah Queen – 33rd Occasional Doo Dah Parade hits Colorado Boulevard May First……..but this time in East Pasadena A New Era for Doo Dah By Terry Miller A visibly elated [...]
KOOZA Comes to Irvine
Cirque du Solei is a cornucopia of sights and sounds, where gymnastics, contemporary dance, drama theater, circus performers and live music all meet beneath a giant traveling Grand Chapiteau (big top). It is a place where a sports fan and a ballet aficionado can take granny and the kids, and all can a have a [...]
South Pasadena Shops Support Vietnam Cultural Exchange
Bringing a new meaning to the term “traveling Troubadours”, the Southwest Chamber Music is continuing its tradition of taking its musicians around the world. This time, though, Southwest Chamber will participate in a U.S. State Department Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs program that will see the Grammy-winning ensemble in the two major cities of [...]
Monrovia City Band Was Rose Parade’s First
Pasadena may have the Tournament of Roses, Arcadia may boast of being the home of the Rose Queens and Sierra Madre may have a prize winning float, but what’s a parade without a band? That’s were Monrovia comes into the picture. Well, maybe not this year, but the first band ever entered in the Rose [...]
Carols We Still Sing Today Tied to the 14th Century
Captain’s Log on English Man-O-War ship: Christmas Day Prayers Followed by “Much Civill Myrth” “Gloria in excelsis Deo, et in terra pax hominibus bonae voluntates.” This is the Christmas season’s most beloved statement: “Glory to God in the highest and on earth, peace, good will toward men”. As a carol to honor Christ’s birth, this [...]
Playhouse Hosts “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever”
You remember being in the children’s Christmas Pageant at your church, don’t you? The kids all dressed up like shepherds, wise men, angels or fuzzy sheep…girls vying for the role of Mary…the boys all ducking, looking the other way when the Sunday School teacher chooses this year’s Joseph…. Your proud parents and grandparents beaming at [...]
