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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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Tagged activities, art, artists, Brewery ArtWalk, butterfly, Descanso Gardens, design, downtown, Earth Day, family, guide, home tour, Kidspace, Los Angeles, music, Pasadena, Showcase House, weekend
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Photos: L.A. Heritage Day at the Heritage Square Museum
>>GO The third annual L.A. Heritage Day was held Sunday at the Heritage Square Museum, nestled along the Pasadena Freeway near the Arroyo Seco. The day was an opportunity to step inside some of the historic structures now located at … Continue reading
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Tagged architecture, design, Heritage Square Museum, history, L.A. Heritage Day, Los Angeles, museum, Pasadena, photos, preservation
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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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Tagged Alhambra, art, couture, design, exhibit, fashion, Gallery Nucleus, illustration, Line of Style, photos
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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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Tagged architecture, art, design, East Los Angeles College, fine arts, gallery, Monterey Park, music, performance, Vincent Price Art Museum
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Quick! Groupon discount on Gamble House tours
>>GO If your friends haven’t yet turned you on to Groupon, maybe they’re not such great friends.Groupon is a collective of sorts offering daily deals in various communities, including around Los Angeles and Orange counties.Today’s deal features the historic Gamble House in Pasadena. Through … Continue reading
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Tagged architecture, deals, design, Groupon, history, Pasadena, The Gamble House
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Model home: Green abode in Pasadena is designer’s playground
>>LIVE The Star-News carried a feature by Juliette Funes this weekend on the home of Kristina Urbana Spencer, who is an interior designer and the owner of Pasadena-based Setting the Stage Interior Design. The modern home is a model of sustainability, being … Continue reading
Rose Magazine wins Award of Excellence from Society for News Design
>>INSIDER Exciting news! Rose Magazine has won an Award of Excellence in the Society for News Design’s 31st Edition Best of News Design Competition. The award is in the category of magazines, inside features page design, for our page made entirely out … Continue reading
Letters from New York: Rodarte at the Cooper-Hewitt
>>GO If you’re planning a trip to New York between now and mid-March, there’s a new exhibit at the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum that focuses on Pasadena residents Kate and Laura Mulleavy — they of the acclaimed U.S. fashion label … Continue reading
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Tagged Cooper-Hewitt, design, exhibit, fashion, Kate Mulleavy, Laura Mulleavy, museum, New York, Pasadena, photo gallery, photos, Rodarte
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Shoes light up Rodarte runway, plus more behind-the-scenes images
>>SHOP Let’s talk about those shoes. They lit up the Rodarte runway like fireflies in an unearthly darkness, and managed somehow to be ever-so-much cooler than the effect of white confetti under black lights. SHOWstudio, which earlier today carried the … Continue reading
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Tagged design, fashion, illuminating, Kate Mulleavy, Laura Mulleavy, New York Fashion Week, Nicholas Kirkwood, Pasadena, Rodarte, shoes, SHOWstudio
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Photo gallery: Rodarte Fall 2010 collection
>>SHOP Pasadena’s own denizens Laura and Kate Mulleavy came out strong at New York Fashion Week this morning in Rodarte‘s fall 2010 collection, worthy of an ethereal ghost bride with a penchant for neutrals, lace and a touch of pearls. Still present … Continue reading
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Tagged design, fall 2010, fashion, Kate Mulleavy, Laura Mulleavy, New York Fashion Week, photo gallery, photos, Rodarte, style
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