
Chili Cook-off to Feature Guns N’ Hoses At Taste of Sierra Madre Sept. 11 Well it’s not exactly the well known band performing in Sierra Madre. However, some local rock stars in their own right and almost equally well-known: Sierra Madre Police Chief Diaz and Fire Chief Steve Heydorf are planning something almost as scorching [...]

Smooth Jazz musician, Chris Standring just announced he will perform on September 11 for a special fundraiser concert to be held at Sierra Madre Elementary Auditorium at 141 West Highland Avenue, Sierra Madre. This latest supporter of the event’s dual fundraising efforts soared to #1 on the Jazz charts since his sixth album was released [...]

Just the ticket for the best of Sierra Madre life! Buy yours today! Tickets are now on sale for Sierra Madre’s newest event, A Taste of Sierra Madre, to be held Saturday, September 11, in the town’s Kersting Court. The event, which runs 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. that day, will feature delectable samples of [...]

Sierra Madre Sue is Back I’m glad to be back in the Sierra Madre Weekly, thanks to my buddy Terry Miller, the head honcho! I changed the Music News format just a bit and listed the recurring events at the top, separately from the individual listings below. That way, in the event I don’t have [...]

By Bill Peters This Saturday, the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden in Arcadia hosts the second concert of the California Philharmonic Orchestra’s summer series, Festival on the Green, with a musical tribute to the dramatic music of movies and opera. The program is repeated Sunday afternoon at Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles. [...]

Right off the bat, I have been reminded more then once that the correct pronunciation is me-har-eez, Mijares Mexican Restaurant. What do The Chronicle, JJ’s Steak House and Wood and Eddy’s all have in common? At one time they were all very popular restaurants here in the Pasadena area. For one reason or another, they [...]

The economy may still be in a recession, but Robin’s Woodfire BBQ stands firm in its astonishing offers, and is doing everything he can to guarantee that a family can still enjoy dining out. Barbeque has served as an American favorite for centuries now, and no, not the oven-roasted version that Tony Roma’s panders—the kind [...]

By Fran Syverson It’s not often that a drama traverses two centuries, yet is played out within the very same room with people of both eras concerning themselves with the same scientific and philosophical theories. Yet this is just what happens in Tom Stoppard’s “Arcadia,” now showing at the Sierra Madre Playhouse. Sidley Park is [...]


This a compilation of images shot by our photographer on Saturday in East Pasadena.