Orchestral music is one of those things that’s never as cheap as you think it should be. Sure, it often requires dozens of performers with advanced training, expensive equipment, and other costly things, but it’s not like it’s Rock (Me Amadeus).… anyway. Every year, the Pasadena POPS puts on a free concert in front of [...]
The elusive Rose Bowl. You see it all the time. You drive past it on your way to Glendale. Sure, you can bike around it, or play soccer on the surrounding fields. But have you ever been… inside? Maybe you have, but I sure haven’t. But that can change, this very Sunday. Here’s how: The [...]
JPL has quite an interesting history. The more outrageous episodes, however, will probably not be on display at this weekend’s open house. Instead, visitors will be treated to exhibits and demonstrations of the lab’s ongoing research into space exploration, time travel, and ALIENS. Mostly the space exploring, though. There will be fun things for kids [...]
Those devoted nature enthusiasts at the Pasadena Audubon Society have a treat planned for their next general meeting: a visit from Dr. John Fitzpatrick, the director of the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology. Dr. Fitzpatrick’s illustrated lecture will examine the vital role birds play in the conservation of biological diversity, and in international diplomacy. Canaries in [...]
The former First Lady surely needs no introduction. She lived in the White House for eight years, and then she wrote a book — a memoir. She’s famously private, so the book’s supposed candor could be a pleasant surprise. One thing: She still, of course, gets Secret Service protection, so the rules for attending her [...]
No, not that Glee, but another, better, finer Glee. Among the finest, in fact: the University of Michigan Men’s Glee Club, older than dirt (since 1859) and considered one of the best men’s choirs in the world. As part of their 150th Anniversary Tour, they’ll be appearing at Pasadena Presbyterian alongside the newest sub-choir of the [...]
What do three physicians, an architect, a retired labor organizer, a retired manufacturer, a filmmaker, a scientist and a converted potter all have in common? They’re the members of a “ƒ8 Pasadena,” a salon of deeply committed photographers who, for three years, have been meeting every week to hang out and talk about photography. Their [...]
Last February, we welcomed Theatre Americana back to the neighborhood after a ten-year hiatus. Its second production is a pre-Mother’s Day revue, featuring musical performances about parent-child relationships, excerpted from popular movies. You know, like Ordinary People. A special Momma’s Day lunch will be served before the show. As with Polterheist, all proceeds from the [...]
David Lindley is weird. The San Marino native has played with Warren Zevon and Jackson Browne; he plays the acoustic and electric guitars, standup and electric bass, banjo, lap steel guitar, mandolin, hardingfele, bouzouki, cittern, bağlama, gumbus, charango, cümbüş, oud, weissenborn, zither and probably a bunch more instruments I’ve never heard of. Now, he will [...]
For the 18th year in a row, this troupe of former Congressional staffers will bring to Caltech its patented mix of political parody and scathing satire. Leaving no lobby unturned, the Steps make light of left, right and center. I actually bought one of their CDs once, by accident. I was 11. The jokes weren’t [...]
