Toti O’Brien

Toti O’Brien, an accordionist, poet, dancer, musician, and the author of The Past,

Are you aware that the Altadena Library (Main Branch, at 600 East Mariposa Street) offers a year-round series of art exhibits? Selected by an art committee, the...

“FIBERS”—an exhibit featuring textile artwork, opened on February 22nd at the Alexander Hughes Community Center of Claremont, and will be on view until...

An art show that is both unusual, and absolutely enchanting, opened on Friday 7/22 at MorYork Gallery in Highland Park. By Toti O’Brien The exhibit is titled...

“The entire city showed up,” one person shouted from his car. By Wafic Khalil Indeed, it felt that way. At 4:40 pm on June 2, 2020, lines of cars stretched...

Eight new public artworks have been recently installed in town. They complete Phase III of the Rotating Public Art Exhibiting Program, which places art...

POETS SALON – 10/23/19 Hosted by Kath Abela Wilson My mind–a little house made of sky. In the quiet it seems endless and potent, a universe of...

POETS SALON – 7/24/19 Hosted by Kath Abela Wilson Being a poet, my father made me feel I could do and be anything I wanted. I could swim. They thought I could...

What could be a better way to conclude a 4th of July weekend than attending an exceptional concert in South Pasadena? By Toti O’Brien The New Hollywood...

Here is one more occasion for art lovers to enjoy the wonderful building formerly hosting the Pasadena Museum of Contemporary Art. By Toti O’Brien From...

Though described as ‘an underground immersive experience’, Victory of The Surreal reaches up high. Literally. By Toti O’Brien The two-story building...

Chances are by the time you read this article, Pasadena Museum of California Arts (PMCA) has closed its doors for good (last day is scheduled for Sunday,...

POETRY CORNER – 7/25/18 Hosted by Kathabela Wilson It is always on the borders that we are most vulnerable. When we are close to our own beginnings and...

Announcements have been sent, articles have appeared on the local press and in the L.A. Times. PMCA will close its doors at the beginning of this coming...

If you missed the opening on Saturday, April 6, you don’t want to miss the show, up until the 28th of this month at the Walt Girdner Gallery (next door to...

How can Luigi—the gigantic feline meeting you at the door, then politely escorting you—inch its way so skillfully among fragile potteries filling the living...