Mater Dolorosa Passionist Retreat Center 6th Annual Golf Classic
Fr. Pat Brennan, Retreat Center Director, Pat Wickhem, Tournament Chair, and Claire Brewer, Tournament Secretary get ready to tee it up for the 6th annual golf classic on Thursday, May 24, 2012 at Brookside Golf Course in Pasadena. Tournament Chair, Pat Wickhem, has planned an exciting day of events, including a round of golf, golf [...]
LitFest Pasadena Launches Saturday May 12
Inaugural festival features authors from Pulitzer Prize-winners to emerging voices The Pasadena area’s first community-wide book festival-LitFest Pasadena — will be held the day before Mother’s Day, this Saturday, May 12, from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Central Park (275 S. Raymond Avenue). Admission is free. Although rain forced the postponement of the original [...]
Bike to Work Week – May 17 Lucky Baldwin’s To Raffle Cool Bike for ALS Fundraiser
Bike to Work Week – May 17 Lucky Baldwin’s To Raffle Cool Bike for ALS Fundraiser In Honor of Dave Farnworth By Terry Miller Lucky Baldwin’s is one of a handful of area businesses to celebrate the bicycle in honor of Bike to Work Day next Thursday May 17. However Lucky Baldwin’s has a special [...]
Doo Dah Parade
Jazz phenomenon Liela Avila back at Plate 38 in Pasadena Fridays
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 [...]
The Caltech Bands present the 32nd Annual Bandorama on May 11 & 12
The Caltech Bands presents the 32nd annual Bandorama. This event will take place on Friday, May 11th and Saturday, May 12th at 8 PM in Ramo Auditorium. Featured are the Caltech – Occidental Concert Band and the Caltech Jazz Bands directed by William Bing, and guest artists composer Frank Ticheli and singer Kjerstin Williams. The [...]
Duarte Family Movie Nights in the Park Returns on April 20
Duarte’s popular Movie Nights in the Park returns this spring with two evenings of family entertainment. The fun begins at 6 p.m. on Friday, April 20 at the Maxwell Elementary School field. Hosted by Duarte Public Safety, the evening will include a complimentary BBQ dinner, courtesy of community non-profit, Marvell West, a special performance by [...]
Birding in your Backyard
Want to entice more birds to your yard? Laura Garrett, Board Member of the Pasadena Audubon Society, will share information on how to attract a wide variety of birds via plant selection, good bugs and safe pest control at the Sierra Madre Garden Club meeting on Monday, May 14, 2012, at 6:30 p.m. She will [...]
To Hold On, or to Let Go?
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 [...]
Patrizzia Intergalactica 2012 Doo Dah Queen
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 [...]