Share: From being a Tongva Indian tribal ground to Rancho San Pascual, Pasadena has been home to people from a variety of backgrounds. To honor its large Latino community, the city of Pasadena’s annual Latino Heritage Parade and Grand Fiesta returned for the 17th year on Saturday. Follow:
Rialto puts a new glow on its future
Share: The vibrant neon marquee of South Pasadena’s most beloved movie palace, the Rialto Theatre, awoke again for one night as it spilled its candy-colored glow across the Fair Oaks Avenue sidewalk to celebrate its 90th Birthday. Follow:
Carnegie Observatory Opens Space to Public
Share: When the stars align just right, if the smog is swept away from the San Gabriels and the sky isn’t too bright to look toward the mountains, you can catch the silhouette of the Mount Wilson Observatory from the wide-windowed library of Pasadena City College. Follow:
One of the youngest orchestras perform at the 21st annual Pumpkin Festival
Share: The 21st annual Pumpkin Festival at Kidspace Children’s Museum returned this past weekend at Brookside Park in Pasadena where all children were in costume to celebrate fun fall activities and enjoy the live entertainment provided by Susan Pascale’s Los Angeles Children’s Orchestra. Follow:
5,000 Jack O’Lanterns light a wicked trail
Share: Fall is at its most inviting when walkways are lined with the orange glow from that popular seasonal staple, the pumpkin. But add a brightly smiling Sponge Bob, a stoic Spock, a Mermaid languishing on a small sea island, or a 50-foot Chinese dragon and you’ve entered Rise of the Jack O’ Lanterns. Follow:
The new and improved Edwin Mills by Equator
Share: Edwin Mills by Equator is a culturally refined and distinguished restaurant that is not your ordinary local gastro pub. If you are looking for live performances, art, good vibes, mouthwatering food and affordable drinks, then this is your place. Follow:
Not your ordinary pie shop
Share: If you are craving pie, there is a small shop in Old Town Pasadena that will attract you with their quaint creativity. The Pie Hole located in Old Town Pasadena takes pies to the next level with a unique selection from sweet concoctions like Mexican chocolate and Earl Grey to savory pies such as mac and cheese and vegetarian curry. Follow:
Everclear frontman rocks for education
Share: Poor weather couldn’t stop the music at the second annual Rock4PEF benefit concert Sunday night, although it was enough to force the music show, headlined by Art Alexakis, lead singer of alternative rock band Everclear, inside the community building at Farnsworth Park in Altadena. Follow:
Chocolate or vanilla: a difficult choice made easier
Share: Within the friendly battle between chocolate and vanilla lovers, single origin ice cream maker Choctál is making it extremely difficult to choose one over the other. But purists in either camp will surely agree that flavor is not lacking in any of the four chocolate and four vanilla varieties that the Pasadena company has put great care and research into. Follow:
Fiestas Patrias: celebrating Latin American independence
Share: The Villa Parke Community Center was filled with hundreds of adults and children celebrating Latin American independence on Tuesday. Follow: