Clouds of colors at the Holi Festival
by Once again the South Pasadena Education Foundation sponsored a Holi Day festival with all the thrown powdered chalk in fun colors. Here are some South …
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Decorating the 2017 South Pasadena Rose Parade float
In keeping with the theme for the 2017 Tournament of Roses Parade the city of South Pasadena is entering a float that volunteers were busy …
The launch of Insight Mars lander seen from Pasadena
I watched the live stream on the NASA website until the actual launch at 4:05 a.m. and then rushed out to my balcony armed with …
The 19th Century Musicale is alive and well in Pasadena
On the first Tuesday every month at 12:30 p.m., you can travel back in time to an experience that would have been familiar to Jane …
Adam Schiff and Terry Tornek confess to their literary habits
Politicians tell all about books that inspired them as young people, and books that motivate them now. (This was originally posted in May of 2018, …
Edible dates hang heavy on the palm trees on Arroyo Parkway
A few years ago the city of Pasadena changed trees in the center of the Arroyo Parkway, the city street at the end of the …
Decorating the 2017 Rose Parade float in South Pasadena
The city of South Pasadena always enters a float in the Tournament of Roses parade and the float is always decorated by local volunteers. The …
Luis Rodriguez, L.A. poet laureate, puts handprints in Vroman’s Walk of Fame
Rodriguez, the 2014 Los Angeles Poet Laureate, author, bookstore owner, former gang member and community activist became the third author to be added to Vroman’s …
Carrie Fisher, Littlefinger, Frida Kahlo honored with Day of the Dead altars in Pasadena
In the 2017 Day of the Dead event in Old Town Pasadena there were altars for a number of celebrities, as well as pets and …
The rebirth of the Pasadena Playhouse District and an Art Walk too
The annual Art Walk in the Playhouse District was a typical local art show — but untypically located under the huge old ficus trees that …