Vanguard Rep’s Shakespeare Fest Like No Other
By Michelle R. Brown VanguardRep staged a modern twist on Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” flying above expectations and giving the audience a true rarity: a modern play to rival the original. Most dialogue stayed true to Shakespeare, and the added quirks and modernized characters brought light and energy to a very confusing play. [...]
ANDREW LLYOD WEBER MEETS PUCCINI SATURDAY
CALIFORNIA PHILHARMONIC HITS A HIGH NOTE WITH SPECIAL PRESENTATION OF ANDREW LLYOD WEBER MEETS PUCCINI SATURDAY JULY 9, 2011 The second concert of this summer’s spectacular Festival On The Green series continues at the Arboretum on July 9, 2011 with “Andrew Lloyd Webber Meets Puccini.”. The exciting evening features music from Andrew Lloyd Webber’s phenomenally [...]
SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE – THE MUSICAL
WORLD PREMIERE OF SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE – THE MUSICAL IS SET TO COMPLETE 2011 – 2012 SEASON AT THE PASADENA PLAYHOUSE The Pasadena Playhouse (Sheldon Epps, Artistic Director and Stephen Eich, Executive Director), in association with David Shor, announced today that the world premiere of SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE – THE MUSICAL is set to complete [...]
Cupcake Contest Highlights Monrovia Day Activities
Lisa Barrios prepares for the Cup Cake Contest during Monrovia Day – Photo by Terry Miller Last Saturday afternoon over 240 brightly-colored, perfectly round mounds were neatly displayed on the tables of Paint ‘N Play in Old Town Monrovia. And although store owner, Lisa Barrios, is accustomed to colorful tables, the color she sees is [...]
Local Photographer Brings Back Black and White Film to Capture Monrovia Life
PROJECT ONE: One Camera, One Year, One City – MONROVIA 52 Photographers will Photograph Monrovia During the 125th Anniversary of the City Do you Want to Shoot Some Film? Rick Keshishi said he “has had the great pleasure of having his business in city of Monrovia since 1998, met many great people and companies and [...]
Tommy Can You Hear Me – Monrovia Firefighters Start their newest Fight
This is the 1917 Seagrave Engine the day it rolled off the assembly line in Ohio. It needs a great deal of work to bring it back to these glory days and the Monrovia Firefighters association is dedicated to doing that without any use of public money. For this, they need the help of the [...]
Monrovia High School’s Once Upon A Mattress set for May Production
By Susan Motander The Monrovia High School Drama Department is staging the Once Upon A Mattress as its Spring Musical. The production is based on the Hans Christian Anderson fairy tale, The Princess and the Pea and was originally produced on Broadway with Carol Burnett in the lead. The MHS production will be given in [...]
Pasadena POPS Summer Series in Negotiations with Los Angeles County Arboretum for Upcoming Concerts Beginning in 2012
Pasadena POPS Summer Series in Negotiations with Los Angeles County Arboretum for Upcoming Concerts Beginning in 2012 The Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden announced today that it will begin negotiations with the Pasadena Symphony Association to establish a contract to present summer concerts at its 127-acre site in Arcadia, beginning in 2012. [...]
Antonovich Announces 74 Summer Arts Internships
The Los Angeles County Arts Commission will be offering 74 paid summer internships to college undergraduates this summer, announced Mayor Michael D. Antonovich. To develop business skills that can be put to use in their future careers, interns are paid $350 per week for a ten-week program participating in educational and arts networking activities learning [...]
Antonovich Announces 74
The Los Angeles County Arts Commission will be offering 74 paid summer internships to college undergraduates this summer, announced Mayor Michael D. Antonovich. To develop business skills that can be put to use in their future careers, interns are paid $350 per week for a ten-week program participating in educational and arts networking activities learning [...]
