By Melanie Hooks

Still active in a sport? Bring your game to the Pasadena Senior Games, April 26–June 28! Learn how to participate at a Zoom panel this Friday, March 13, at...

THEATRE REVIEW If you were lucky enough to enjoy the Star Trek spoof “Boldly Go!” along with the sold-out, pre-pandemic crowds, you’re going to be excited...

Emmy-winning actor/playwright Holland Taylor has the answer for Pasadenans and Angelenos who are asking themselves, “What was life like before...

“All’s Well That Ends Well” is not about another tragic heroine, doomed to unhappiness in a world of conniving men. At Pasadena’s A Noise Within...

Black business owners have a long, proud history in Pasadena. Still standing as a retail location today (currently without tenants), the Francisca Building was...

Loudly happy, seasonally sentimental, and an overwhelming crowd favorite, “Love Actually Live” opened December 1st at the Wallis Annenberg Center in Beverly...

The next step in local theater productions is everywhere this spring – online, filmed performances. By Melanie Hooks Pasadena’s A Noise Within Repertory...

Need a little ‘extra’ this weekend? Not quite ready to figure out personal grooming for public yet? By Melanie Hooks Enter the oh-so-welcome return of...

The sales are over. The stores are emptied. Your nerves are frayed. What to do? By Melanie Hooks Laugh, of course. And let someone else do all the work! Jane...

THEATRE REVIEW East Pasadena’s best spot for modern classics opens its 2019-2020 season with two modern masters. We reviewed the remarkable (and far too...

THEATRE REVIEW Dramaturg Ryan McRee opens his notes for Stephanie Alison Walker’s The Abuelas with this chilling fact: “To this day, there are billboards in...