L.A.’s hot new literary quarterly, Slake: Los Angeles, will be holding a reading of works from ts just-released second volume, Crossing Over, at Vroman’s this Sunday. Seven of the writers from this issue—Geoff Nicholson, Victoria Patterson, Sam Slovick, Lauren Weedman, Lawrence Wilson, Mary Woronov and Slake editor (and Pasadena resident) Laurie Ochoa—will be there to read [...]
If you like the idea of attending a concert where the composers of the selected music are not only still alive, but also may be one of your neighbors, then you should come out to Pasadena Pro Musica’s performance at the Neighborhood Church on Sunday. The program, led by music director, Stephen Grimm, will feature [...]
Organic is not the first word that comes to mind when one thinks of alcohol, but as Melkon Khosrovian and Litty Mathew of Greenbar Collective in Monrovia know, and as I learned from just one taste of their complex and refreshing hibiscus liqueur, it really is the way to go. A couple with a shared [...]
Premier Flamenco dance group Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana will be offering a passionate performance entitled Fiesta Flamenca at Caltech’s Beckman Auditorium this Friday. The evening will include solos and duets conveying love, sadness, bliss and rage as well as lively full-company dances. Both traditional, classical dances and original choreography will be included. Fiesta Flamenca is known for [...]
Mothers’ Club of Pasadena is celebrating its 50th anniversary and wants to know: Are you one of these kids? Mothers’ Club Family Learning Center has served more than 2,000 Pasadena families over the past half a century and its staff members are looking for those whose lives have been touched by the organization. Mothers’ Club [...]
On Wednesday, Weiser Family Farms will be hosting and donating produce for a gourmet dinner in order to raise money for the child of an employee: 2-year old Emily Rico, who suffers from neuroblastoma, a rare nerve cancer in her stomach. Emily has spent a month in the hospital undergoing chemotherapy and will soon have [...]
My mom and I took a trip the other day on the trail that winds up the northern part of the Arroyo Seco behind JPL, where we saw considerable damage from this winter’s heavy rains and flooding. Though the trailhead is posted as closed due to the Station Fire destruction of summer 2009, you can [...]
This spring is your chance to get involved in the very worthy task of re-planting the parts of the Angeles National Forest that were badly burned by the Station Fire of 2009. Environmental nonprofit TreePeople, which works to both increase the number of trees throughout the Los Angeles urban area and to restore forest areas [...]
Eclipse String Quartet, a group of women celebrated for their new music performance, will be giving a concert of various works at the Armory Center for the Arts in Pasadena on January 25th. The evening will include works by composers Meredith Monk, John Cage, Lois Vierk and Emmy winner, Stephen Cohn. The quartet by Cohn, [...]
Next time you’re in traffic on the 210, wondering how bad it will be in the next 10 years, consider attending the upcoming Pasadena-based panel discussions about transportation issues. On January 22, anyone interested in gaining first-hand information on the often-controversial plans for transportation improvement in the San Gabriel Valley is invited to attend a [...]
