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Life Without Parole hits violence where It hurts most – at home. By Melanie Hooks What’s the new popular show amongst men of all ages in Los Angeles? Would...

For Dr. Robert Winter, it all began with a beautiful house he couldn’t afford and two old women who dug in the dirt. By Melanie Hooks In 1972, Winter was a...

Well into its 107th year, Pasadena’s iconic Gamble House is celebrating its 50th anniversary. By Melanie Hooks Fifty years, that is, of being a shared space....

Recently ColoradoBoulevard.net had the chance to chat with Pasadena’s First Lady, the lively and intelligent Maria Tornek. She, Mayor Terry Tornek and Vice...

Madness in great ones must not unwatched go. ~ Shakespeare – The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark Even from a distance of 400 years, it’s hard not...

WHAT’S NEW IN TOWN CaliBurger Culture Club 101 America’s Got Talent! If you live in Kuala Lumpur, Abu Dhabi or Shanghai and have a hankering for an...

“The clamoring of the world is for creative conversation.” These words, courtesy of president Lorne Buchman, floated down Thursday night from a rooftop...

Tennessee Williams presents a challenge to sunny southern California. We are the land of possibility, of escaping the shackles of our birth, and fulfilling our...

Though the Four Clowns’ latest show is far from simple, the premise is easy:  in a world of Lunatics & Actors, is there any difference between the two?...

There can be a feeling of inevitability in any social issue documentary:  powerful bullies assault with impunity; railroaded victims suffer in silence; this...

I want it to be about all of us. That’s the dream of Kerith Lemon, first-time writer-director of Friday’s short* “A Social Life”. And if you consider...