Sierra Madre July 4 Week-end of Events

Sierra Madre July 4 Week-end of Events

July 5 – Celebrate the 4th of July on Saturday, July 3, Sunday July 4 and the BIG parade, Monday, July 5. Festivities start at 6:00 p.m. at Memorial Park with Aluminum Marshmallow playing to the beer garden on Saturday night. Sunday night beginning at 5:30 p.m., the sounds of classic rock continue and the [...]

Temple City Concert in the Park July 7

Temple City Concert in the Park July 7

July 7 – Cold Duck with Top 40 tunes has been around and have a good following. Members are Jose A. Cuadra, trumpet, percussion, lead vocals; Gene Chavez, trumpet; Saul Chavez, bass; Tony Mason, sax; Ray Ortega, drums; Gregory Smith, keyboard; Jeff Way, trombone; Eddie Estrada, guitar. Music starts at 7:00 p.m. but the fun [...]

Pasadena POPS Opener Something for Everybody

Pasadena POPS Opener Something for Everybody

REVIEW… The new band shell erected by the Pasadena Symphony and and POPS for its new location for 2010 POPS Summer Series creates a great backstop to an otherwise dreary location, Lot H, outside Pasadena’s Rose Bowl. The tables with white linens turned the grass area into a festive party-like atmosphere for the estimated 2000+ [...]

La Cañada Flintridge’s Descanso Gardens July 1

La Cañada Flintridge’s Descanso Gardens July 1

Summer Jazz series at Descanso Gardens. Tickets to gardens required. July 1—Brazilian sound of the Robert Kyle Trio, 5:30 p.m. at Descanso Gardens. Kyle is a Saxophonist/flutist/composer who has worked with all the top pops and jazz singers and is a top rated studio musician. Kyle lives in Altadena. Picnic on the lawn (a rarity [...]

Altadena Concerts in the Park July 3

Altadena Concerts in the Park July 3

July 3 –The Sheriff’s Support Group of Altadena presents the Elk’s #99 Concert Band performing patriotic music at 7:00 p.m. with vocals by Marvin Bonds, Woody James and Malinda Zenor; Phyllis Newman, and Mark Brewer, flute and piccolo. Richard Babcock conducts.  Picnic suppers can be pre-ordered at Amy’s Patio Café in Altadena. Farrnsworth Park, 568 [...]

Pasadena Levitt Pavilion Summer Concerts July 1 – July 7

Pasadena Levitt Pavilion Summer Concerts July 1 – July 7

Levitt Pavilion offers concerts Wednesday through Sunday at Pasadena’s Memorial Park, corner of Raymond Ave. and Walnut St., in Old Pasadena. Free. July 1—Daniela Cotton sings soul, folk, blues, jazz and more, 8:00 p.m.. July 2—Fishtank Ensemble combines flamenco, klezmer and Romanian folk music. How, you may ask, 8:00 p.m. July 3—Los Pinguos with Latin [...]

Once in Love with Amy – a Frank Loesser Treasure

Once in Love with Amy – a Frank Loesser Treasure

Enlightenment Chamber Music Series June 27

Enlightenment Chamber Music Series June 27

From Renaissance to contemporary, Enlightenment Chamber Music hopes to, well, do just that, enlighten you to what a comprehensive perspective of chamber music might entail at their opening concert at 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, June 27 at Neighborhood Church, Pasadena. They say whether you are a chamber music connoisseur or a newcomer—young or old—this group [...]

Paul Sherman to Conduct Pasadena Summer Youth Chamber Orchestra June 27

Paul Sherman to Conduct Pasadena Summer Youth Chamber Orchestra June 27

Paul Sherman, highly regarded oboist with Southwest Chamber Music, Director of Ensemble GREEN and conductor of two local community symphony orchestras will take the baton to conduct the Pasadena Summer Youth Chamber Orchestra at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, June 27 at the First Church of the Nazarene, Pasadena. A program of the music of Mozart, [...]

They’re New – SYMBIOSIS Ensemble Tonight, June 25, at 8 p.m., Pasadena

They’re New – SYMBIOSIS Ensemble Tonight, June 25, at 8 p.m., Pasadena

Hoping to be mutually beneficial to each other and an audience, SYMBIOSIS Ensemble presents their first concert tonight, Friday, June 25 at 8:00 p.m. at the First Church of the Nazarene, Pasadena. Artistic Director for the group, cellist Joo Lee, says the ensemble will be a collaborative effort of musicians drawn from the freelancing corps [...]