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Weekend guide: All the Doo Dah day; South Pasadena turns up the volume; and the Homestead Museum takes you back in time

Saturday, May 1 Doo Dah Parade It’s that time again; Pull your crazy hat out of the closet for the 34th occasional Pasadena Doo Dah Parade. It’s the best free fun you could imagine, and by fun we mean hanging … Continue reading

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Weekend guide: Earth Day festivities and a one-of-a-kind market for homegrown goods

Friday, April 23 “DIRT!” at the Raymond A movie screening at the historic Raymond Theatre is nothing to pass up. For the first time in decades, the theater will be open for a screening of “DIRT!” to kick off Greening … Continue reading

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Weekend guide: Earth Day at Descanso and a show-stopping Showcase House

>>GO  SATURDAY, April 17 Earth Day at Descanso Spring is in full bloom at Descanso, from the lilacs to the roses, so there’s no better place to celebrate Earth Day. From 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m., a butterfly appreciation corner will spotlight … Continue reading

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Focusing on fashion illustration at Gallery Nucleus in Alhambra

>>GO  Sunday’s Star-News carried a story on the Gallery Nucleus fashion illustration exhibition we recommended recently in our weekend guide. Caroline An reports: Twenty-five artists from Europe, South America, Asia and Pasadena are represented in the exhibit … Just as … Continue reading

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Photos: New $66 million arts complex at East Los Angeles College nearing completion

>>LIVE  At a sneak preview yesterday, officials at East Los Angeles College unveiled the very-nearly-complete, $66 million Performing and Fine Arts Center in Monterey Park. [Full story, Star-News] The new center, slated to open in July, includes three multi-level buildings to … Continue reading

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Weekend guide: Sew contemporary, spring festivals blossoming and a sweet pairing menu

>>GO  SATURDAY, April 10, & SUNDAY, April 11 “Stitches” A group exhibition at the Armory Center for the Arts opening Saturday will have you bobbin and weaving. Curated by Sinead Finnerty-Pyne, “Stitches” highlights 12 culturally diverse artists who approach craft, … Continue reading

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All Pasadena, all the time: Follow Rose Magazine on Twitter

>>INSIDER  We’re back from the crucible of deadline and ever-so-pleased to announce that this month’s issue of Rose Magazine will be hitting stands very soon on April 14. Now that the magazine has been put to bed, expect to see … Continue reading

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Putting ink to paper at the Pasadena Museum of California Art

>>GO  Los Angeles-based drawing collective Sumi Ink Club is in residency through the end of May in the Pasadena Museum of California Art’s Project Room. The club executes topsy-turvy, super-detailed, collaborative drawings using — what else? — ink on paper. … Continue reading

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Photo gallery: Lucent L’amour love fest in downtown L.A.

>>PLAY  The Do Lab does it again (and again and again): This Valentine’s weekend, the Shrine Expo Hall was playground to more than 100 carousing artists and legions of curious interlopers checking out a frenzied scene. Music, art and a … Continue reading

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Rooted in love: Valentine’s Day at The Folk Tree

>>GO  The Folk Tree has the art of romance boiled down to a science — or is it the other way around? Its 23rd annual Hearts & Flowers Exhibition runs through Feb. 20, with love and all its requisite — … Continue reading

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