Friday, July 19, 2019 | 4:45 am
[Updated] Podcasts have found their place in society but will be regarded as works of art when a special installation and podcast series comes to The Armory Center for the Arts in Pasadena, starting Saturday. Created by The Winter Office, a Copenhagen-based ar... More »
Thursday, July 18, 2019 | 4:49 am
Hawaiian law enforcement officers on Wednesday began mass arrests of protesters blocking the access road to Mauna Kea to prevent construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope project, which Pasadena-based TMT International Observatory is beginning to build after ... More »
Thursday, July 5, 2018 | 10:41 am
Karen R. Lawrence, former president of Sarah Lawrence College, has been named president of The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, The Huntington’s Board of Trustees announced today, following an extensive international search. Law... More »
Thursday, June 7, 2018 | 6:53 pm
The Pasadena Art Alliance, a storied support group for Southern California arts and artists, honored the Pasadena Educational Foundation on Thursday, June 7 with the Impact Award for its My Masterpieces K-12 art program. The award was announced at the Art Alli... More »
Friday, June 1, 2018 | 5:13 am
Pasadena is known for its rich science heritage thanks to Caltech, the Carnegie Observatories and Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Now local historians are laying claim to a literary offshoot of science as being invented here, too: Science fiction as we know it toda... More »
Monday, March 13, 2017 | 5:46 am
Thousands of Pasadenans jammed dozens of shuttle buses throughout Pasadena Friday evening for the city’s Art Night. From lit vines in a garden to walking “live floats” to poetry in a parking garage, there was art and culture across the city, from Orange Grove ... More »
Monday, September 19, 2016 | 4:41 am
As he prepared for tonight’s Gold Crown Awards ceremony to fete the achievements of Pasadena’s top artists and philanthropists, we talked to Robert Crouch, the Executive Director of the Pasadena Arts Council, who assessed the state of the arts community in the... More »
Wednesday, January 27, 2016 | 7:12 pm
Clothing is a necessity of life. From intricate dresses to utilitarian jeans, our fashion history tells a story about who we are. The Pasadena Museum of History’s runway-worthy take on women’s changing fashions begins in the 1890s. From the uncomfortable corse... More »
Tuesday, October 20, 2015 | 12:38 pm
Caltech, the California Institute of Technology, famous for math, physics, chemistry and biology, is also a thriving home for the arts. Public events and programs like Caltech Live! provide a diverse picture of the university and an enjoyable evening out. Havi... More »
Wednesday, September 30, 2015 | 1:20 pm
Tuesday morning at the Pasadena Convention Center, Jerry Wilmink was recalling a Friday night a few years ago when he was at Blockbuster video store. “The place was “rockin’,” remembered Wilmink, CEO of a company called WiseWear. “It was like they were givin... More »
Sunday, September 20, 2015 | 8:11 am
More than 150 friends and family gathered in the courtyard of American Legion Pasadena, Post 13 at 6:15 p.m. Saturday evening for a memorial ceremony to open the “Remembering Our Fallen” exhibit, a traveling photo memorial of California’s 711 fallen warriors w... More »
Friday, September 11, 2015 | 4:26 am
We joined our friends at El Portal Thursday evening for their 17th annual Tequila Tasting event. It was a whirlwind of nachos, taquitos, music, and lovely women dressed appropriately for a hot and humid late summer evening. Nearly a dozen tequila companies sho... More »