Monthly Archives: May 2011

Rachael, the muse of Muse/ique

Rachael Worby at the celebration party Monday night at the Castle Green for the creation of her Muse/ique, a new Pasadena orchestra described as a “mix of high culture, beloved standards and sounds for the iPod age.” See my Wednesday … Continue reading

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Art and graffiti at downtown Pasadena’s PMCA

The Pasadena Museum of California Art had a bangup opening of “Street Cred” and works by the Clayton Brothers Saturday night as partygoers lined up down Union Street by the fancy food trucks to get in … all below this … Continue reading

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Binks, RIP

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Everything must go!

The furniture store at El Molino and Colorado that used to be Biggars, a real furniture store, but has for years pretended to be a furniture store that’s on the verge of closing down within just a few days so … Continue reading

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Rachael redux

Here’s the Carmenesque invitation (propped up against the Kleenex box on my desk) that everyone’s talking about: an introduction week after next to Rachael Worby’s new Muse/ique orchestra. Don’t know anything more about it except the excellent local people on … Continue reading

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Trojan Dalai

High above the Dalai Lama in the boxes at Galen Center wasn’t necessarily the best place to see or hear His Holiness the 14th incarnation Tuesday morning. But it was a treat to be in the room with him, and … Continue reading

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