By Ryan Christopher Coleman Two years ago on Valentine’s Day a new venue opened in Pasadena—capacious, with an exciting calendar on the books, and staffed with a clutch of some of the southland’s most capable culinaries. The Rose has been a hit with Pasadena’s live music and foodie sets since folk legend Judy Collins headlined…
Arts & Entertainment
Inaugural “Black Volume” Event Showcases Diverse, Local Talent
Ryan Christopher Coleman On the last Friday in March, an eclectic group of artists, musicians, and comedians convened at one of Pasadena’s tried and true watering holes, the Old Towne Pub. “It’s a bunch of freaks, basically,” says Jeremy Fawrup, the man behind dark electronic act Bimsha Swang, as well as the organizer of the…
Arts & Entertainment
Octavia E. Butler’s Pioneering Work Lectured on at the Pasadena Museum of History
Ryan Christopher Coleman As a part of their ongoing exhibition “Dreaming the Universe: The Intersection of Science, Fiction & Southern California,” the Pasadena Museum of History hosted an evening dedicated to celebrated Pasadena author Octavia E. Butler this past Thursday. Butler died in 2006, but during her lifetime was the author of twelve novels and…
Community
Living History: Sheryl Peters and the Fenyes Mansion Servant’s Room
By Ryan Christopher Coleman On the 21st of this past May, a door opened in the Fenyes Mansion that had never been opened to the public before. As part of the Museums of the Arroyo (MOTA) annual free admission day, visitors to the Pasadena Museum of History, which is located at the historic Fenyes Estate,…
Community
Pasadena Needs YOU!: Pasadena Digital History Collaboration and the Mystery Photo Collection
By Ryan Christopher Coleman In 2010, two local librarians had a great idea. Dan McLaughlin and Martha Camacho were both librarians at Pasadena’s Central Public Library. “It was Martha’s idea,” McLaughlin tells me, in one of the many subterranean annexes of the 90 year old library. We’re talking about the PDHC, or the Pasadena Digital…
Millennial Feed
Millennials: America’s Most Frequent Library-Goers?
By Ryan Christopher Coleman According to a report issued by the Pew Research Center, millennials are the generation of Americans you’re most likely to find at your local library. The study was published by Pew Senior Researcher John Horrigan in the fall of 2016, after about a month of polling conducted that spring. The nearly…