Pasadena Playhouse presents a co-production with East West Players, the Los Angeles premiere of Lauren Yee’s “The Great Leap,” directed by Tony Award winner BD Wong. From the author of “Cambodian Rock Band” and “King of the Yees,” comes the story of an American basketball team in Beijing where the coaches find themselves in a…
Los Angeles’ only annual ballet celebrating the Halloween season returns to the stage on Oct. 26 and 27 with a bigger and bolder presentation than ever before. “Sweet Sorrow A Zombie Ballet,” an original ballet choreographed by artistic director Leigh Purtill, continues Shakespeare’s story of Romeo and Juliet following the star-crossed lovers’ deaths and introduces…
By Fran Syverson They’re back! “Little Women,” beloved by many generations of girls and women, springs to life once again at the Sierra Madre Playhouse. Nostalgia reigns as we reacquaint ourselves with Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. Despite often thought of collectively as the four March sisters, each evolves into her own person with unique…
Annual San Gabriel Valley Air Fair offers free fun for the whole family The San Gabriel Valley Air Fair is scheduled for Oct. 26-27. The Air Fare celebrates flight in the San Gabriel Valley annually and offers rides to patrons. This year is geared toward family entertainment, according to organizer Gabe Lopez. Mission Flight, a…
Celebrating the 34th and final anniversary of The Contemporary Crafts Market—dubbed a “holiday shopping miracle on 34th” by organizers—artisans will exhibit and sell their original, American-made works of functional, decorative and wearable art. It’s your last chance to celebrate fine craft: hand-crafted furnishings, ceramics, jewelry and textiles, hand-loomed rugs, clothing, blown glass, metal work, woodwork…
By May S. Ruiz The year 1919 was significant for so many reasons but none would affect the art scene and cultural life of the San Gabriel Valley more than the founding of the Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. And we have Henry and Arabella Huntington to thank for bestowing on us their…
Oct. 19, from 4 to 9 p.m. South Pasadena’s creative community and local businesses team up to celebrate fall with another fun and family friendly “Neighborhood Night-on-the-Town” on Saturday, Oct. 19, from 4 to 9 p.m. Sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce and produced by SPACE, the South Pasadena Arts Crawl welcomes people of all…
By May S. Ruiz August Wilson, a Pulitzer Prize winning playwright, wrote a cycle of ten plays collectively called the ‘American Century Cycle’ which he set in a different decade of the 20th century. Each of the plays chronicles the complexities of the changing social and historical landscape of the African American experience over the…