Arts & Culture

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New Pasadena Tournament of Roses Sip & Savor Festival

A new end-of-year celebration debuts with the Pasadena Tournament of Roses SIP & SAVOR event, December 28, 29, & 30, 2018 at Jackie Robinson Memorial Field, Adjacent to the Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena. On the event menu is an impressive array of offerings for all ages from many of Southern California’s favorite eateries and culinary brands, […]

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Tournament of Roses Crowns 2019 Rose Queen

The Tournament of Roses has named Louise Deser Siskel as the 101st Rose Queen at the Coronation ceremony Tuesday night. The announcement by 2019 Tournament of Roses President Gerald Freeny followed a month-long selection process with 24 Pasadena area schools participating in interviews. The Rose Queen and Royal Court were selected based upon a combination […]

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Cleverly funny – ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD now at ANW

Noise Within (ANW) is now presenting Tom Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, the Tony Award®-winning play that first brought Stoppard to the attention of an international audience. The play will perform through Nov. 18, 2018. Two minor characters in Shakespeare’s Hamlet take the spotlight here, although one thing is clear: they are destined to […]

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Huge arts and science AxS FESTIVAL coming to Pasadena

Fulcrum Arts presents this year’s A×S Festival, a regional celebration of art and science, taking place from Friday, Nov. 2 through Sunday, Nov. 11, 2018. The festival, entitled A×S Festival: City as Wunderkammer, will incorporate the concept of the “wunderkammer,” or “cabinet of curiosities,” as a model for exploring the intersection of art and science. The festival […]

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The Pasadena Symphony opens its new season with Mozart’s Requiem

The Pasadena Symphony’s 2018-19 season will get off to a grand start on Saturday, Oct. 20, 2018 at Ambassador Auditorium with both matinee and evening performances (at 2:00 pm and 8:00 pm) of Mozart’s beautiful Requiem. Mendelssohn’s String Symphony No. 3 and Elgar’s Introduction & Allegro will round out the emotive program, culminating in Robert Levin’s 20th […]

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EVERYTHING THAT NEVER HAPPENED, at Boston Court Pasadena, introduces you to the real Shylock

Boston Court Pasadena is now presenting the world premiere of Everything That Never Happened, written by Sarah B. Mantell and directed by Jessica Kubzansky. Everything That Never Happened uses The Merchant of Venice as a jumping off point, exposing the realities of Jewish history and drawing well-rounded characters from the stereotypes depicted in the original […]

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