THE BANGLES IN CONCERT IN PASADENA ON MARCH 13; ALSO, BLIND LIKE SAM
The Bangles, who shot to rock superstardom in the 1980s with hits including “Walk Like An Egyptian,” “Eternal Flame,” “Manic Monday,” “In Your Room,” and more are appearing in Pasadena at the Duffy Lewis Gymnasium on the campus of La Salle High School on Saturday, March 13. Proceeds of the concert will go to support [...]
Camerons Seafood Goes to the Head of the Class
Pete Gallanis and his dad stand outside the famous restaurant on Colorado Boulevard.
Photo by Terry Miller
Cameron’s Seafood Restaurant
By Victor Buell
Cameron’s Seafood’s big red fish-shaped sign has been an icon in Pasadena since the doors first opened in 1984. Then proprietor John Cameron ran the place for only two years before the current owner and [...]
Anarchist Picnic at Memorial Park on Saturday March 13, 2010
Anarchist Picnics are events for local and not-so-local anarchists and the anarcho-curious or friendly to convene, hang out, and make friends. Our hope is for monthly or periodic anarchist events to pop up in as many different cities and regions as possible.
There will be workshops, discussions, food, fun, literature, and performances. Please bring a dish [...]
Arcadia Public Library Concert Combines History and Music – Dissonance of War Shows up in Shostakovich Work
Paul Stein, the director of the Classical Kaleidoscope concert series at the Arcadia Public Library, explained to the full house in the Cay Mortensen Auditorium, that the music to be performed by the quintet would be Dmitri Shostakovich’s Piano Quintet for Piano and Strings in G-minor. He explained that the music would be dissonant, [...]
Arcadia Drama Students perform “Brighton Beach Memoirs” by Neil Simon January 12-16, 2010 at 7 PM
Directed by Mr. Steven Volpe, Arcadia High Advanced Theatre Director, this Neil Simon play is
set in the Brighton Beach section of Brooklyn, New York in 1937, the coming-of-age comedy focuses on Eugene Morris Jerome, a Polish-Jewish teenager who experiences puberty, sexual awakening, and a search for identity as he tries to [...]
Holiday Events
Christmas Tree Lane, Altadena’s Historic Avenue Lighted for the Season
Altadena’s historic Christmas Tree Lane opens for drive-thoughs of Santa Rosa Ave. after dark. The deodars will remain lit through Jan. 6, 2010.
The deodars, planted in 1883, provided a picturesque entrance to the John P. Woodbury Ranch where Woodbury planned a large estate. [...]
Night of Live Jazz Seasonal Music to Benefit Jazz Institute
Founder and Artistic Director of the Pasadena Jazz Institute, Paul Lines, and Old Pasadena restaurateur André Vener of Redwhite+bluezz have been friends for some time. Lines now finds his Jazz Institute in need of some help and Vener has stepped forward to produce “The Nutcracker Swings, A Cool Jazz Christmas” at 6:00 p.m. [...]
Shopping in Old Town Monrovia, a More Genteel Experience
If the very idea of facing the madness at the mall or of waking after a turkey dinner in time for the early bird specials at various stores gives you hives, think about ignoring it all. Instead, think about returning to civility and regaining your sanity by shopping in the more genteel ambiance of Myrtle [...]
Belles of Bedlam to Descend on Brits Pub on Halloween Night
The Belles of Bedlam show is a glimpse at the life of the “Peeling” family, a large group of sisters who run the family Inn. Many years ago a lovely Irish lass named Colleen O’Reilly, met and married an English tavern owner named Luke Peeling.
Together they brought ten daughters into the world. After they passed [...]
Songwriter, Producer, Artist former Arcadian Pat Robinson at the Historical Museum
“Brown Bag Lunch Talk” Hosted by Gene Glasco Scheduled for October 15.
Pat Robinson, former Arcadian– accomplished musician, songwriter, recording artist, film producer, and sketch artist, – is Gene Glasco’s featured guest at his Brown Bag Lunch Talk- “The Beat Goes On: Arcadia’s Back Yard Bands of the Sixties”, Thursday, October 15, 12:00 pm at the [...]
