
2012 Marks Premiere Season of Saturday Evening’s Cal Phil Festival on the Green at Santa Anita Race Track! Sunday Matinees Continue At The Famed Walt Disney Concert Hall The highly-anticipated 2012 Cal Phil Festival on the Green concert series, presented by Westfield Santa Anita, is gaining momentum and nearing the homestretch of its official start [...]


Liela Avila performs at Plate 38 last year. – Photo by Terry Miller Jazz phenomenon Liela Avila back at Plate 38 in Pasadena Fridays through August. This young and talented Avila and her equally talented ( while not as young) dad John Avila ( of Oingo Boingo fame) will be playing originals and jazz favorites [...]

Cast announced for Unbound Productions’ “HISTORY LIT” in conjunction with the Pasadena Museum of History The creators of Wicked Lit focus on the works of influential women writers to be presented in a full production throughout the Fenyes Estate Unbound Productions Co-Artistic Directors Jonathan Josephson, Paul Millet, and Jeff G. Rack have announced a new [...]

NEW SHAKESPEARE ENSEMBLE TO DEBUT AT DESCANSO ON APRIL 21 Three working actors had an idea one evening over dinner: what if they got the best Shakespearean actors they knew, then stripped their favorite plays down to only the words and the people? No fairy costumes. No artificial inflection. Just a dogged determination to tell [...]

Iona Morris and Barry Wiggins in “Holding On~ Letting Go” at Fremont Centre Theatre. Credit: Carla Fallberg. To Hold On, or to Let Go? Fremont Centre Theatre’s Poignant New Play By Courtney Blackburn Death is not an uncommon subject in the theatrical world. The great playwright Shakespeare himself had an entire series of works in [...]

JURIED ART SHOW AND SALE – MAY 6TH A juried art show and sale, Art Matters Encore!, sponsored by the San Marino League will be held May 6th from 10:30 to 3:00 at The Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens In the Botanical Center. The works of over 100 artists will be featured in [...]

Patrizzia Intergalactica (Diane Patrizzi of Pasadena) was chosen 2012 Queen during tryouts for the Doo Dah Parade Queen held at the American Legion Post in Pasadena, Photos by Terry Miller Diane Patrizzi of Pasadena, also known as “Patrizzia Intergalactica,” persuaded the Doo Dah judges that she was THE choice out of 22 hopefuls to represent [...]

Neile Adams (Mrs. Steve Mcqueen From 1956 – 1972) To Appear On Saturday, March 31, 2012 At 6:30 P.M. For Book Signing Of Her Autobiography, “My Husband, My Friend,” And Q&A Prior To March 15, 2012 (Hollywood, CA) – Neile Adams (Mrs. Steve McQueen from 1956 – 1972) will appear on Saturday, March 31, 2012 [...]

Hollywood Arts Council Presents 26th Annual Charlie Awards Luncheon Benefiting The Council’s Arts Programs For Underserved Children In The Community Thursday, March 29, 2012 11:30 A.M. The Hollywood Arts Council will present the 26th Annual Charlie Awards Luncheon on Thursday, March 29, 2012 starting at 11:30 a.m. in The Blossom Room at the Hollywood Roosevelt [...]