Beatlemania Hits Pasadena
Pasadena Entertainment and Civic Center Join Forces for an Incredible Beatles Tribute I must admit, I had the chance to see the Beatles at Shea Stadium in 1965. We had just come across the pond to have a new life in America earlier that year. My Dad was assigned to cover the story for the [...]
Bumber Bag Food Drive on Tap to help those in need in San Gabriel Valley
Each month, Christ’s Church of the Valley in San Dimas runs and hosts a food drive called Bumper Bag. On the last weekend of the month, members of the church can bring food items to church with them and place their bags behind their car bumper before service. These items get picked up and brought [...]
Machu Picchu Celebrates 100 Years
Machu Picchu Celebrates 100 Years By Jennifer Elrod Recently I travelled to Peru and was able to partake in visiting one of the “New Seven World Wonders”, Machu Picchu during its 100 Year Celebration. To visit Machu Picchu you must take an hour and a half bus ride from Cusco to Ollantaytambo, which lies [...]
Comic-Con celebrates 50 years of Comic Fandom
By Amy Leong Deep within the darkest realms of the most villainous schemes, floating strangled on the top of the highest, most-deadly altitudes with the road 50 floors below you, and straying from the haunting hour that seems to await you until safe inside the arms of someone you know and love is finally here. [...]
Comic-Con celebrates 50 years of Comic Fandom
By Amy Leong Deep within the darkest realms of the most villainous schemes, floating strangled on the top of the highest, most-deadly altitudes with the road 50 floors below you, and straying from the haunting hour that seems to await you until safe inside the arms of someone you know and love is finally here. [...]
Jam Night is a Blast at Novel Café, Pasadena
Why they call it “sitting-in” probably harks back to the big band era where all musicians sat while playing their instruments. However, the only musician sitting down Wednesday night was drummer Mike Dubin, and he wasn’t exactly taking it easy. This is tough work! Skip Heller , Wyatt Stone and Mike Dubin are amazing musicians [...]
Pasadena Independent July 28, 2011
SANTA ANITA AUTUMN MEET OPENS FRIDAY, SEPT. 30,
ARCADIA, Calif. (July 27, 2011)-Santa Anita Park announced today that pending California Horse Racing Board (CHRB) approval, it will open its 24-day Autumn race meeting on Friday, Sept. 30, and will remain open through Sunday, Nov. 6. With the exception of a three-day opening week and a five-day week comprising Columbus Day, Monday, Oct. 10, [...]
The Fab 4 To Appear At Civic Center This Friday Night
Take a step back in time and see one of the best Beatle Tribute bands in the world perform a full set complete with costume changes that represent the incredible, albeit short live career of the most popular band in the history of music. Pasadena Entertainment and the Pasadena Convention Center have teamed to present [...]
Big Sam’s Funky Nation To Jazz Up Pasadena Thursday August 4, 2011
Pasadena’s turning 125, and it’s the 110th anniversary of Jazz legend Louis Armstrong’s birth. Put these two occasions together and you have a fantastic reason to party. Summer Soundzz is throwing the funkiest party around–jazzing up the city with a special concert on Thursday August 4, 2011 by the one and only Kings of the [...]