Edible dates hang heavy on the palm trees on Arroyo Parkway
by 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 …
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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 …
Hundreds of colorful quilts in Pasadena including a 3-D quilt!
The Glendale Quilt Guild‘s annual convention was this last weekend, September 22 and 23, 2017 at the Pasadena Civic Center. This year there were over …
Cuban film posters from the Castro era at the Pasadena Museum of California Art
(Note: Originally published in August 2017. The Pasadena Museum of California Art, PMCA, has closed permanently.) Pacific Standard Time LA/LA, the region-wide art exhibition sponsored …
The hidden artwork at the Del Mar Gold Line station in Pasadena
The Gold and Red Lines of the Los Angeles Metro should be designated as the “art and culture Metro Lines”. They were among the earliest …
Art along Big Bang Theory Way in Pasadena
Yes! There really is an alley called ‘Big Bang Theory’ in Pasadena and on Saturday it was filled with temporary art installations as part of …
The Yoko Ono Wish Tree garden in Pasadena
Inspired by Yoko Ono, a ‘wish tree’ garden is in the heart of the beautiful Arlington Garden in Pasadena. Two Crape Myrtle trees in full …