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February 2025

Norton Simon with Rembrandt
Arts & Lit

Muse at the Half-century Mark

The Norton Simon Museum gets a midlife makeover.

February 28, 2025
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Neighborhood 411

Staging Some Collective Effervescence this Summer

Theater kid alert.

February 26, 2025
A tree leans over a leaf-strewn hiking path.
Poetically Speaking

Eaton Canyon Seasons

Sheryl Turner takes a walk.

February 25, 2025
A controlled burn
Science & Nature

Giving Fire Back to the Land

Prescribed burns (and liability insurance) are crucial to prevent future wildfires.

February 19, 2025
A woman sitting in a box
Politics

Pasadena Protesters Join ‘Not My President’s Day’ Demonstrations

Monday's protest at City Hall by 20 local residents was energetic.

February 19, 2025
Trees and bushes in a sandy wash.
Poetically Speaking

Mi Desierto

Finding the desert within.

February 18, 2025
A black man and a black woman seated on a bench.
Limelight

The Scottish Play Soars

A bewitching production at A Noise Within.

February 17, 2025
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Arts & Lit

Double-X Marks the Spot

Women novelists convene for the annual Festival of Women Authors.

February 17, 2025
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Cohesion & Community

Restoration Efforts Begin for Altadena Historical Society

Octavia Butler-themed fundraiser focuses on saving AHS archives.

February 16, 2025
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Animal House

Cold Noses for Warm Hearts

Tijuana street dogs get a new leash on life.

February 12, 2025
A cat sleeps on an asphalt driveway where some sawdust gathers.
Poetically Speaking

Pasadena Dawn

Victoria Thomas betwixt and between.

February 11, 2025
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With This Ring

Sullivan Love-Alchemy

Love is sweet in the third act for the Sullivans.

February 11, 2025
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Politics

Hundreds of Local Students Picket City Hall

Immigration law demonstrations continue across the nation.

February 9, 2025
The Nextdoors perform
With This Ring

‘You’re My Home’

Pasadena husband-wife musical duo The Nextdoors harmonize on and offstage.

February 9, 2025
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Obits

Malinda Blueford Watson, Altadena Performer and Clothing Designer

Founding member of the singing group Jade was 75.

February 6, 2025
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Limelight

Very Scary People

Staging a daring new 'Macbeth' at A Noise Within.

February 5, 2025
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Politics

Your Options When ICE is at the Door

Do you have to invite ICE into your home? It depends.

February 5, 2025
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Poetically Speaking

A Cup of Tea?

Please take a sip.

February 3, 2025

 

See Everything All at Once

Obits

Michael Madsen that is standing in the snow

My Father, Michael Madsen

Local News Pasadena correspondent Calvin Madsen remembers his famous father.

Poetically Speaking

A coyote stands on an urban front lawn.

AFTERBURN

Victoria Thomas, from Pasadena to Crete and back again.

With This Ring

Man and woman with WTC twin towers in background

Bard and Muse: A Love Story

Devastation has not destroyed the love of the Ash family.


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