Tis the season! Saturday, October 22nd, is St. Philip’s turn for family fun. Games, rides, a variety show and The Smokin’ Cobras are an easy draw as you enjoy these weeks of Fall. Delectable eats come from cultures all over the world, including good ol’ American and BBQ, Italian, Mediterranean, Mexican and homemade sweet treats. [...]
Holy Family Church is having its Game On! Parish Fair and raffle this Saturday and Sunday. Cut and dash along the Colossus obstacle course; test your skills playing paint ball; be a template for flowers or animals at the face painting booth; go aerobic in the carousel and boxing bouncer. Try your hand in the jousting [...]
Move over, Mommy & Me! Well, maybe, just give a little elbow room. South Pasadena is now home to Ladybug Music, where children and their parents are introduced to music from all over the world, exposed to varying musical styles, and even taught about pitch, tempo, melody and rhythm—through things like rhythmic chanting, play-along jam [...]
When we get walloped with our inevitable end-of-the-season heat wave, it’s time to consider taking the kids to cool off at Eaton Canyon Falls. A moderately paced, 3.5-mile hike on the fourth Sunday of each month (9 a.m. to noon) lets overworked parents unwind while youngsters boulder-hop and splash through myriad imagination-inspiring streams. Another option [...]
Sunny Stevenson, volunteer docent and treasured storyteller (now in her eighth decade), will be engaging listeners with tales about world heroes and distinguished patriots on Wednesday, September 14th as part of the Pasadena Museum of History’s storytelling series. The following month will find her waxing lyrically on the wonders of 20th-century transportation and travel. The [...]
I’m a big fan of Vanessa Van Petten and her website RadicalParenting.com . I’m Vanessa’s fan because she will take on any issue that affects kids in a genuine and fearless manner. And I love this site because it’s written from the teen perspective to help parents understand them. ( How she corrals all those teens [...]
Looking for a fun, free way to beat the heat this summer? Take a dip in the pool with your family while watching a lighthearted, (PG-rated) film on the big-screen projector at the Rose Bowl Aquatics Center’s Dive-In Movie Night. Despicable Me will be the perfect complement to some nighttime swimming (in the shallow end, [...]
Pasadena’s Rose Bowl Aquatics Center Swim Team recently ventured to Colorado Springs, CO for an epic week of workouts at the U.S. Olympic Training Center. During the trip, the sprightly swimmers aged 13 and up enjoyed one-on-one sessions with acclaimed sports physiologist and swimming scientist Dr. Genadijus Sokolovas, simply known to his pupils as “Dr. G.” [...]
Students in the Pasadena Musical Theatre Program (PMTP) are set to premiere award-winning lyricist and composer Ryan Scott Oliver’s new pop/rock musical Jasper in Deadland in just one week. (Hot tip: last summer’s PMTP production won the Pasadena Weekly’s “Best Of” category for Best Theatrical Production beating out all other productions, professional or otherwise. This group [...]
Last month, Pasadena’s very own Cottage Co-op Nursery School celebrated its partnership with Whole Foods Market in proper youngster fashion. The creative Co-op tots (and their lovely teachers) gathered at the Arroyo Parkway market’s community room to unveil a colorful door mosaic, which will permanently reside in the store as a token of friendship and [...]
