Reinecke Leads Pasadena Community Orchestra in His Second Season
The Pasadena Community Orchestra advertises itself as “A continuing heritage of fine music”. Indeed! Alan Reinecke is now Music Director; as he begins his second season as conductor this orchestra is bound to flourish. Founded when PCC decided to discontinue the college orchestra program in 1983, Wayne Reinecke kept it going and served as Music [...]
Arcadia Public Library to Celebrate Chinese Music
The fifth season of the Arcadia Public Library’s A Classical Kaleidoscope begins at 7:15 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 21 in Cay Mortenson Auditorium at the library when Zhiming Han and Cynthia Hsiang return for their second appearance at this series with the music of both contemporary and ancient China. Cynthia Hsiang, an adjunct professor of Asian [...]
Musical Flights of Fantasy to Open Pasadena Symphony Season
A new season starts for the Pasadena Symphony on Saturday, Oct. 24 at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium. Several changes have been made for the 2009-2010 season. First, a starting time for the symphony, 8:00 p.m., is new this year. Also, no formal dinner has been planned as the Symphony and its wealthy supporters are downsizing. [...]
A Harvest of Wine, Food, Music, at Arboretum
About 20 wineries will be participating in the festival offering tastings of over 120 wines. California wine regions represented will include Napa Valley, Sonoma County, Santa Barbara County, Paso Robles region, and Monterey County. State of Washington wines will be available and wines from around the world will come from Italy, New Zealand, Australia, Spain, South America, France, and Columbia.
Sierra Madre Weekly – September 17th, 2009
Home Energy Performance – How Residents’ Houses Can Measure Up
A free workshop will be held on Tuesday, October 20th, 2009, from 1:00PM to 4:00PM to help inform residents about cost effective ways to improve their home energy performance. Residents can stop wasting energy and increase the comfort of their homes with simple, affordable energy-efficiency fixes and retrofits. Learn how to take advantage of the [...]
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 [...]
