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This summer, three institutions join their efforts to celebrate a love of reading and the visual aesthetics surrounding the very human act of reading the written word. Art Center College of Design will launch this endeavor with an exhibition of the photog...
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The Pasadena Summer Youth Chamber Orchestra is performing their Young Artist's Concert on June 28, at 7:30 pm at the First Church of The Nazarene, 3700 E. Sierra Madre Blvd.
Pasadena. PSYCO was founded in 1983 to give local young musicians an outstandi...
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Altadena/Pasadena Apprenticeship Preparation Program
The Altadena/Pasadena Apprenticeship Preparation Program held its third graduation on Friday, June 19, 2009 at Jackie Robinson Center. The Program was inspired by Councilmember Jacque Robinson's 20...
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PUSD Bright Futures Scholars Graduation was a roaring success with a humanitarian twist.
Dr. Sandra E. Thomas, Dean of Scholars, rose to a packed Pasadena Hilton Grand Ballroom and announced her decision to replace the promised luncheon menu and its trim...
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A TOUGH GUY FOR TOUGH TIMES!
USC Athletic Director Mike Garrett's selection of Kevin O'Neill to be the new head basketball coach, came as a big surprise to me. I had lobbied and hoped that the job would go to local favorite Reggie Theus. I do know tha...
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Death is the hard side of life. Losing someone we love causes us to experience a lot of emotions and to exhibit behaviors that come under the umbrella of grief. Grieving is a difficult, but normal response to loss. Consider this article:
Whenever we f...
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Starting this month kids from toddlers to teens can join the popular Summer Reading Club at Central Library or any of the nine Pasadena Public Library branches. Summer Reading Club encourages students to read for pleasure and helps reluctant readers alon...
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School's out for the summer! Wait, now what? Parents need not worry, there's plenty for their children to do this summer that promises to keep the kids safe, healthy and mentally fit. And most activities are free or low-cost!This year, city of Pasadena is...
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Pasadena teens 13 to18 years of age are invited to submit original photos for Pasadena Public Library's photography contest "Reading in the 21st Century." Photos may be in color or in black and white and should be no smaller than 4" x 6" and no larger th...
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According to recent studies, the five-year survival rate for African Americans with melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, is 59 percent compared to 85 percent in Caucasians. And the incidence of melanoma among Latinos increased by 32.4 percent in...
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Assemblymember Anthony Portantino (D-La Cañada Flintridge) was awarded the C.W. Bill Young Congressional Award on Friday by the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) for his pioneering efforts that established an umbilical cord blood collection program in...
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How do we thank those who do some of the most meaningful work in our community for limited remuneration? For the Pasadena Community Foundation, the answer was simple. Every year, the foundation honors local non-profit agencies with an invitation to a b...
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At the NAACP's "Evening With Julian Bond," held at the California African American Museum, next door to the LA Coliseum, last Friday, June 12th, to help in the celebration of NAACP's 100th Anniversary, Julian Bond, the Board Chairman of the NAACP, told...
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President encourages Americans to visit www.serve.gov to find and create service projects in their communities, share stories about projects they're working on
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, in a video message, President Obama unveiled United We Serve, an exten...
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Late yesterday, Rep. Adam Schiff, co-chair of the Congressional Caucus for Freedom of the Press, introduced a resolution urging North Korea to release American journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee on humanitarian grounds. Ms. Ling and Ms. Lee have been he...
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Duarte City Council member Lois Gaston is the new president of the California Contract Cities Association (CCCA). Gaston was installed as president in a ceremony held during the CCCA's 50th Annual Municipal Seminar in Indian Wells on May 17.
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First of all, the election results were confirmed tonight [6/18/09]. I will take my seat at the next meeting. As a member of the audience, I sat through a three-hour long meeting in which public comment was not allowed until the very end. By the end, I wa...
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Saturday, June 6th, Women in Action (WIA), Inc., the Pasadena/Altadena based non-profit community organization, hosted their Annual 36th Jackie Robinson Merit Awards Luncheon at La Canada Flintridge Country Club. Women In Action (WIA) honored graduating...
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WHEN DREAMS COME TRUE
My son, Brian Nelson Williams, knew since he was five years old what he wanted to be when he grew up. He was three years old when I gave him a plane. He was mesmerized with the plane. When he was four years old, Brian told me that...
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Bernie L. White is a graduate from John Muir High School. She will be attending UCLA in the fall of 2009.She plans to major in Communications and minor in African American Studies. She is a member at Deliverance Tabernacle Church and a native of the Altad...
