This Chinese New Year, Pasadena will celebrate the “Year of the Rat” with a handful of festive events honoring the holiday, starting Jan. 25. For more information about what to do, see and eat in Pasadena on this special day, see below. The Langham Huntington, Pasadena To celebrate the Chinese New Year, the historic 4-star…
Explore the development of motion pictures Developing technologies transformed the world in the early 20th century. There were new ways to travel, to communicate, and to be entertained. In the early 1900s, Pasadena residents flocked to movie theaters, including Clune’s, the Crown, the Strand, and Jensen’s. It was an exciting way to enjoy a new art form….
Music Director Bethany Pflueger will lead the Pasadena Community Orchestra (PCO) in their first concert of 2020 with pieces by Beethoven, Griffes, Kalinnikov and a world premiere by Dante Luna on Jan. 24, 2020 at 8 p.m. Dante Luna is a composer and performer based in Los Angeles, whose compositions are influenced by Viennese classical to…
By Terry Miller “I’ve suffered for my music, now it’s your turn”– Neil Innes Thanks to internet connections, there is always a Rutles’ song lurking on YouTube and elsewhere I can now share with some of my millennial friends and colleagues — what the late- great musician and humorist Neil Innes was all about. Brilliant…
In 2020, the year of the Women’s Vote Centennial, and in March, the month of International Women’s Day, the Pasadena Festival of Women Authors (PFWA) will celebrate seven award-winning women authors. The Festival will feature Madeline Miller, author of the bestselling novels “Circe” and “The Song of Achilles” as well as six other acclaimed authors — Yangsze Choo, Lydia Fitzpatrick,…
Caltech Performing and Visual Arts presents a guitar recital featuring Matthew Elgart with special guest artist Nicholas Barrett, featuring music by Bach, Satie, J.M. Hauer, Scarlatti, and others. This event will take place on Sunday, Jan. 12 at 3 p.m. in Dabney Lounge. Dr. Elgart is currently a lecturer in music at Caltech. Elgart received…
The Ice House Comedy Club is always the place to be on New Year’s Eve and this year is really going out with a bang when former MMA fighter-turned-comedian/podcast host Brendan Schaub takes the stage to bid adieu to 2019. In addition, The Ice House will also present a three-act all-star comedy show on Stage 2 with Lachlan Patterson, Helen Hong and Eric Schwartz….
Jan. 17 & 18; 24 & 25 at Boston Court Pasadena For its fifth production, Pasadena Opera presents the Los Angeles premiere of “Proving Up,” an 80-minute chamber opera by one of the world’s most sought after and exciting creative teams: composer Missy Mazzoli and librettist Royce Vavrek. Based on the short story by Karen…
