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Sunday, March 07, 2010
Time: 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Does Biography Matter?

Join a Museum educator the first Sunday afternoon of each month for a dynamic and edifying conversation. The theme of portraiture is the focus for this winter’s Afternoon Salon series. The course is free with admission and limited to 20 participants. Register at the Information Desk 15 minutes prior to the..

Sponsored by: Event Location: Gallery 38
Cost: Free with museum admission



Sunday, March 07, 2010
Time: 2:00 p.m.

Inside the ATF

ATF agent Amy S. Michalik will speak to Sisters in Crime/Los Angeles about ATF cases and procedures...

Sponsored by: Event Location: South Pasadena Library Community Room
Cost: $5.00/non members



Monday, March 08, 2010
Time: 7:30 p.m.

The Empire of Cotton: A Global History

Globalization is a way of life today, but what about its history? Sven Beckert, professor of history at Harvard University, will examine an earlier moment of globalization by charting the cotton industry in the 19th century and exploring how global connections contributed to the expansion of capitalism...

Sponsored by: Event Location: Friends Hall
Cost: Free



Monday, March 08, 2010
Time: 7:30 p.m.

TJ Korst Presentation on Indonesia

Adventure photographer TJ Korst will present the digital travelogue, Don't Forget the Sunsets, which includes highlights of a village in northern Benin, a pinasse trip on the Niger and Timbuktu...

Sponsored by: Event Location: Distand Lands
Cost: Free



Tuesday, March 09, 2010
Time: 7:00 p.m.

California’s Prisons: Who’s Getting Mugged?

Hear Craig Gilmore of The California Prison Moratorium Project talk about how California can get out of the prison mess its in...

Sponsored by: Event Location: Scott United Methodist Church
Cost: Free



Thursday, March 11, 2010
Time: 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Powerful Tools to Build Health

Presented by Huntington Hospital, the program will help individuals gain insight into how their lifestyle can influence their health risks for a variety of medical problems, including high cholesterol, diabetes, cancer, heart disease and more. A complimentary box lunch will be served to the first 50 individua..

Sponsored by: Event Location: Pasadena Senior Center
Cost: Free



Thursday, March 11, 2010
Time: 6:00 p.m.

Winning Strategies for Administrative Professionals

Matt Jones, is a three-time cancer conqueror and completed a marathon after relearning how to walk. On Sept. 11, 2002 at the age of twenty-three, he was diagnosed with cancer. The cancer eventuality spread to his brain and he slipped into an unconscious state. His doctors did not think he would live. Against..

Sponsored by: Event Location: Brookside Country Club
Cost: $24.00 suggested donation



Thursday, March 11, 2010
Time: 7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.

Gardens of Water: Accurate portrayal of Christian Muslim relations?

Presented by Dr. Evelyne Reisacher, Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies and Intercultural Relations at Fuller Theological Seminary and general editor of Rethinking our Assumptions about Muslims...

Sponsored by: Event Location: Fuller Theological Seminary,Payton Hall, Room 101
Cost: Free



Thursday, March 11, 2010
Time: 7:30 p.m.

Pianist Mark Robson Gives Talk

Robson, who studied with Yvonne Loriod, Messaien's consort, first came in contact with Loriod through hearing her perform with Messaien in his two-piano suite Visions de l'Amen in Cleveland during his 70th anniversary year. "The thrill of seeing them together and hearing more of his keyboard music instilled..

Sponsored by: Event Location: Pasadena Conservatory of Music
Cost: Free



Friday, March 12, 2010
Time: 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Earthquakes: The Human Story

Dr. Joann Stock, Professor of Geology and Geophysics at Caltech, an expert in plate tetonics and the San Andreas Fault and author Alan Drew , will discuss the nature, aftermath, and human toll of the 1999 Marmara Quake. *Special tours to Caltech's Seismology Lab offered prior to lecture from 5:30-6:30 p.m...

Sponsored by: Event Location: Cahill Center for Astronomy & Astrophysics
Cost: Free



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