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Arts & Lit

Scenic Route Ahead: Where Paintbrushes Met the Pacific

Plein air masterpieces and studio gems that shaped the West Coast’s artistic

July 15, 2025
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Arts & Lit

Two Friends Take on the American Dream

Kelly Hamlin and Julian Michael’s BAFF Entry Embraces Montage, Mirrors and Movement.

July 10, 2025
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Cohesion & Community

Pasadena Library Builds Community with Annual LEGO Contest

All-ages contest sparks creative showdown.

July 2, 2025
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Arts & Lit

‘The Rebel Girls’ Forgotten Heroines of the Civil Rights Movement

"There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you."

July 1, 2025
Pasadena Chalk Festival
Arts & Lit

Chalking It Up to Community

Artists return for the 32nd Annual Pasadena Chalk Festival.

June 16, 2025
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Arts & Lit

Welcome to Wang Mansheng’s Imagination

A Huntington art exhibit invites meditation.

June 11, 2025
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Limelight

Breaking Voices, Not Spirits

How a boys' choir leadership conquered the puberty octave drop.

March 26, 2025
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Neighborhood 411

The Bead Goes On

 Beads, raw gems, and more at Pasadena Convention Center.

March 26, 2025
ARTIST TOM TOMLINSON
Arts & Lit

Picking Up the Pieces

Found objects create poignant assemblage art.

January 22, 2025
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Arts & Lit

Decoding Homoerotic and Queer Art

Secret gay codes in iconic, world-renowned works of art.

December 23, 2024
Fragrant Christmas Pomander
Science & Nature

Smells Like Yule Spirit

Easy 'how to' for making holiday pomanders of orange and clove.

December 10, 2024
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Neighborhood 411/Arts & Lit

Starlight, Star Bright

Light and shadow celebrate winter's wonders at Descanso Gardens.

November 27, 2024
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Limelight

Off to the Kingdom of Sweets

Marionettes lend a new level of delicious weirdness to a Christmas classic.

November 26, 2024
A man and a woman holding a violin
Limelight

LACO’s Chameleon-Like Adaptability

Violin virtuoso Margaret Batjer reveals how a small-ish orchestra delivers big performances.

October 23, 2024
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Arts & Lit

Genre-bent Paintings, Re-contextualized Truths

Artist Annie Lapin paints to make us reconsider gardens.

October 6, 2024
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Arts & Lit/Science & Nature

Ecological Awareness, from Local to Planetary

The Huntington Library Exhibit "Storm Cloud" Stages a Consciousness Shift.

October 5, 2024
Neighborhood 411

Next Gen Readers

Penny is ready for her library card.

August 6, 2024
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Arts & Lit

A Powerful Dose of Art

Pills may be lifesaving or life-ending. And now, they're jewelry.

July 17, 2024
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Arts & Lit/Cohesion & Community

Why Chalk is the Talk of the Town

Pasadena's Chalk Festival brings hundreds of artists to their knees.

May 26, 2024
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Arts & Lit

Brendan and the Brain

Brendan Constantine discusses the curious connection between aphasia and poetry.

May 7, 2024
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Obits/Arts & Lit

ArtCenter Alum Jorge Verdin (Clorofila) Dies at 59

Artist, Latin Grammy-nominated Pasadena resident dies after extended illness.

April 23, 2024
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Arts & Lit/Academe

NO BOUNDARIES 19: The Art of the Possible at Paseo Colorado

Celebrate the return of PUSD's No Boundaries Art Exhibition, ArtNight and DST.

March 5, 2024
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Arts & Lit

The Big Reveal of The Art Studio’s First Gallery Show

It's time to show up, share and shine.

February 14, 2024
Arts & Lit

Victor Ving Goes to the Wall

Muralist to unveil Pasadena Sunset Symphony.

January 10, 2024
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My Father, Michael Madsen

Local News Pasadena correspondent Calvin Madsen remembers his famous father.

Poetically Speaking

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AFTERBURN

Victoria Thomas, from Pasadena to Crete and back again.

With This Ring

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Bard and Muse: A Love Story

Devastation has not destroyed the love of the Ash family.


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Correspondents

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    Jess Rivas Represents Women’s Issues at City Hall
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    PPD’s Surveillance Infrastructure Versus Human Intelligence Gathering
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    Popping the Clutch on Japanese American Car Culture
  • Robert Savino Oventile

    Two Friends Take on the American Dream
  • Cheri Cabot

    Steeped in Culture: Taiwan’s Boba Tea Legacy Bubbles Over in El Monte
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    Scenic Route Ahead: Where Paintbrushes Met the Pacific
  • Olivia Serna

    7 Wildfire-Resistant Materials That Could Save Your Home
  • Casey Coss

    ‘Voodoo Economics’ All Over Again?
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    Where Trees Fall and Tables Rise
  • Jon Hainer

    Webster’s Delivers Again as Pharmacy Reopens with Post Office

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