Music
Matthias Pintscher Named Music Director of LA Chamber Orchestra
Matthias Pintscher has been chosen as the next music director
Altadena’s Free Concert Series Plays On, 29 Summers and One Fire Later
Nearly 15 months after Loma Alta Park reopened, its lower
Motown on the Lower Lawn as Altadena’s 29th Concert Season Nears Its Close
The Rotary Club of Altadena has been putting free music
Theater
Home Movies From a Century Ago, Projected Inside a 1921 Theater
Most of the twentieth century was never filmed by anyone
Two Centuries of Pasadena History, Told With a Hint of Gossip
Roberta H. Martínez has spent years documenting the Latino history
Community-Built Altadena Music Theatre Rises Again with Grease
After losing its home, equipment, sets, costumes, and even the
The Arts
Touching Lives: Cancer Survivors and Caregivers Turn Their Stories Into Art
Cancer Support Community Greater San Gabriel Valley is partnering
Tongva Artist’s Water-Themed Installation Runs Through 2029 at the Huntington
A large-scale installation by Tongva artist Mercedes Dorame examining the
Nightlife
Tuesday Nights on Colorado Boulevard Come With a Salsa Lesson
Learning the basic salsa in Pasadena costs nothing on Tuesday
Pasadena’s Ice House Runs a Free Recurring Comedy Open Mic in Its California Room
The Ice House, the Pasadena comedy club at 24 N.
Pasadena’s Ice House Anchors New Dusted Comedy Series, With Jay Leno Among June Headliners
The Ice House, the Pasadena comedy club that has operated
Children
Altadena’s Mobile Library Rolls Into Kidspace, Bringing Books to Pasadena’s Youngest Readers
A library van will park outside Kidspace Children’s Museum on
Kidspace’s August Free Day Lands on the Second Friday, Not the First
Families who build their month around Kidspace’s free first Friday
Dance
A Ballroom Studio on East Colorado Throws Its Doors Open, Free
The hardest part of walking into a dance studio is
Indian Myths Get Up and Move for Young Audiences at Sierra Madre Playhouse
Three old stories are about to get up and move.
Pasadena Arts Center Pairs Dance and Death in a Full-Day Workshop on End-of-Life Planning
Most people plan for births, graduations, and weddings. The Lineage
Food & Wine
Food Tour Adds Route 66 Centennial Stop to Old Pasadena Alleys
A weekly walking tour through Old Pasadena’s alleys and courtyards
Science & Tech
Caltech’s ‘Pluto Killer’ Teaches the Solar System Free to the Public
The Caltech astronomer whose discovery helped knock Pluto out of
JPL’s Chief Scientist Brings the Search for Life to a Live Audience
The rock that may hold the strongest evidence of ancient
Caltech Graduate Students Bring the Invisible World of Atoms to a Pasadena Library
Atoms are far too small to see. On two Tuesday
Museum & Libraries
Thirty Years of Practice, Forty-Five Minutes in a Medicinal Garden
There is a garden at The Huntington planted entirely with
Sip Friday, Dig Saturday
Two free anything in greater L.A.? We’ll believe it when
Norton Simon Museum Reopens Its Rebuilt Sculpture Garden to Year-Round Visitors
The lily pond at the heart of the Norton Simon