ARTS & CULTURE SECTION


San Marino Historical Society & Crowell Public Library Present The History of Mt. Wilson Observatory

Fueling the economic engine of scientific enterprise in Southern California, the Mount Wilson Observatory and its founder, George Ellery Hale, were the motivating forces that transformed the San Gabriel Valley into a major center of technological achievement, spawning institutions such as the California Institute of Technology, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and a host of other ...

Camerata Pacifica’s Principal Violinist Catherine Leonard Takes Final Bow with Group in Pasadena

Camerata Pacifica’s Principal Violinist, Catherine Leonard, occupant of “The Bob Christensen Chair in Violin” will leave the ensemble at the end of the current season to focus on activities in her native Ireland and elsewhere in Europe. “Camerata Pacifica has been a most important feature of my life, professionally and personally, for most of the ...

Camerata Pacifica’s 23rd Season Closes with a Farewell to Catherine Leonard

With the final performances of Camerata Pacifica’s 23rd season, we say farewell to violinist Catherine Leonard, and we say hello to mezzo-soprano Kate Allen as we introduce her to Camerata audiences. Both Catherine & Kate are Irish, and will be featured in the American premiere of Dreamgarden by the Belfast-born composer Ian Wilson. Dreamgarden was ...

Music @ Boston Court Presents An Intimate Evening with Sondra Radvanovsky

Music @ Boston Court, the music presentation arm of Boston Court Performing Arts Center, will be presenting a one-night-only, solo performance by the legendary opera singer Sondra Radanovsky. The performance will take place Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at 7:30pm on the Main Stage at Boston Court Performing Arts Center in Pasadena. Sondra’s program is filled ...

Acoustic Guitarist and Singer Dennis Agajanian to Perform at Walter Hoving Home Backyard Barbecue

Dennis Agajanian will perform at the 7th Annual Barbeque for the Walter Hoving Home on Thursday, May 23rd. Even his peers regard him as one of the greatest acoustic guitar players of our generation. He’s been awarded Musician of the Year seven times. He’s appeared in numerous stage and television events with some of the ...

A Noise Within Presents West Coast Premiere of George Farquhar’s Hilarious Comedy The Beaux’ Stratagem

A Noise Within (ANW), the classical repertory theatre company, concludes its 21st season with the West Coast premiere of George Farquhar’s The Beaux Stratagem, a hilarious period yet contemporary “buddy road trip” filled with eccentric characters adapted by Thornton Wilder and Ken Ludwig, opening Saturday, April 6 and closing Sunday, May 26, 2013 (previews begin ...

Art & Design Open Market at One Colorado Old Pasadena – May 26

One Colorado in Old Pasadena will host its annual Art & Design Open Market on Sunday, May 26, 2013 from 10:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. This one-day free event showcases over 100 local artists whose artwork will fill the One Colorado central courtyard and its historical, tree-shaded pedestrian alleys. One Colorado’s elegant environment makes the ...

Legally Blind Concert Pianist Kevin Kern Performs at the Steinway Gallery Recital Hall on June 26

Pasadena will be one of the concert stops for legally blind pianist and composer Kevin Kern’s “Pictures from the Piano” Tour in June, it was announced today. Kern is scheduled to perform June 26 at the Steinway Gallery Recital Hall at 7 p.m. His tour kicks off June 12 at the Recital Hall at Classic ...

Mars Rover Opportunity Examines Clay Clues in Rock

The pale rock in the upper center of this image, about the size of a human forearm, includes a target called “Esperance,” which was inspected by NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity. Data from the rover’s alpha particle X-ray spectrometer (APXS) indicate that Esperance’s composition is higher in aluminum and silica, and lower in calcium and ...

Nine-Year-Old Mars Rover Passes 40-Year-Old Record

On the 3,309th Martian day, or sol, of its mission on Mars (May 15, 2013) NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity drove 263 feet (80 meters) southward along the western rim of Endeavour Crater. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech While Apollo 17 astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt visited Earth’s moon for three days in December 1972, they drove ...

Galaxy’s Ring of Fire

How many rings do you see in this new image of the galaxy Messier 94, also known as NGC 4736? While at first glance one might see a number of them, astronomers believe there is just one. This image was captured in infrared light by NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Johnny Cash may ...

A Noise Within Offers Unique Professional Theatre Internships

A Noise Within (ANW), the highly regarded classical repertory theatre company, announces acting, production and theatre management internships for the fall season. The program, which begins August 5, 2013, is open to all aspiring professional artists but geared toward actors looking for classical training to jumpstart a professional career or to prepare for graduate work ...

NASA Helps Pinpoint Glaciers’ Role in Sea Level Rise

The Aletschglacier in Switzerland is the largest valley glacier in the Alps. Its volume loss since the middle of the 19th century is well visible from the trimlines to the right of the image. Credit: Frank Paul, University of Zurich A new study of glaciers worldwide using observations from two NASA satellites has helped resolve ...

Repurpose Salvaged Materials For Exterior Decorating

For the longest time, personally, salvaged materials invoked images of artists and recyclers turning junk to something new. Gayle’s Architectural Salvage revived that notion, by showing that even ordinary people can breathe new life to the discarded. If you peruse Gayle’s inventory, you can find many salvaged materials that can be repurposed for something totally ...