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 [...]
When my East Coast friends come to visit, occasionally (okay, rarely) they express a desire to visit an amusement park. When, in the course of that discussion, I mention Knott’s Berry Farm, the reaction, invariably, is: “Huh? That doesn’t sound like an amusement park.” I would wager the same is often said of the Busch [...]
Speaking of trees, the Armory has a new installation up, a collection of about 90 oil paintings by Pasadena artist Elizabeth Saveri. As you can probably discern, the paintings are all of trees (or tree leaves or tree seedpods) on her block. That block is Heather Square, in the neighborhood of Washington Square. The paintings [...]
Our friends at the eclectic bus-tour company Esotouric are offering our readers a deal on their next Pasadena Confidential tour on May 1st. Just send a message through Esotouric’s website, or call the number below, and say the secret phrase “Ding Dong the Witch is Dead,” and you can go on the popular tour for [...]
Once again honing her already prodigious skills at the Coffee Gallery is Phoebe Bridgers. A Sequoyah alum and freshman at LACHSA, this budding singer/songwriter has played acoustic folk all over town: at the Topanga Banjo Fiddle Contest and Folk Festival, the Folk Music Center in Claremont, the Echo Back Porch and, of course, the Coffee [...]
L.A. is crawling with talented young musicians, and three of the most talented will be performing Friday night in South Pasadena: silken-voiced singer-songwriter Nikki Lang, who’s just 18; soul-infused singer-songwriter Chaz Mason; and 22-year-old jazz singer Liela Avila. All attended the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts, and all are performing in support of the Young [...]
This is the twelfth year that the one-day-only event Art on Palm will offer all comers a chance to stroll down one of Altadena’s prettiest streets on a beautiful day — and shop. Artwork shown by 30 artists from around Southern California, including ceramics, painting, jewelry, woodwork, glass and photography, will be available (Mother’s and [...]
On Sunday morning, head for the Mt. Wilson Bicycling Association’s Save the Trail pancake breakfast and fundraiser at the top of Lake Avenue in Altadena. Held at the Cobb Estate (the trailhead for Mt. Lowe trail), this is the 21st annual fundraiser held by the group, which is dedicated to the responsible use of trails [...]
Richard II is the most elusive of Shakespeare’s history plays. It retells the strange story of the dissolution of the reign of King Richard and the ascendance of his cousin, Henry Bolingbroke, to the English throne (which triggered decades of civil war and the Tudor ascent to power). Peculiar twists of profound and elusive private [...]
