March 2018

THE LIST
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March 15 — "Martin Chalifour and Friends"
department stores and with Walt Disney on
Charles Ives, Germaine Tailleferre, Gabriela
it shaped our past and how it may now
features the L.A. Philharmonic principal
the original design of Disneyland. The event
Lena Frank, Beethoven and Strauss. The per-
threaten our future. It screens at 4 p.m. with
concertmaster and violinist in a concert
starts at 6 p.m. at the Shakespeare Club in
formance begins at 8 p.m. in the school’s
a post-screening discussion. Recommended
of works by Debussy, Ravel and Stravinsky,
Pasadena, with a guided tour and cash bar,
Barrett Hall.
for ages 8 and up, admission is $10.
with clarinetist Boris Allakhverdyan, cellist
followed by the lecture and screening at
March 11 — A Coleman Chamber Music
March 24 — Science Saturdays’ amus-
Ben Hong and pianist Steven Vanhauwaert.
7 p.m. Tickets cost $22 in advance ($18 for
Concert features the Jerusalem Quartet,
ing and insightful high-def film Octopus
The performance includes dancers from
members); $25 for everyone at the door.
an Israeli ensemble performing works by
Challenge shows the boneless creature in
the Barak Ballet, in new choreography by
The Shakespeare Club is located at 171 S.
Mozart, Janacek and Beethoven, starting at
action, squeezing into tiny spaces, sniffing
Melissa Barak, starting at 7:30 p.m. Tickets
Grand Ave., Pasadena.
3:30 p.m. Tickets are $20 to $55.
out hidden food and even opening doors.
are $58 ($50 for members). Visit huntington.
org/calendar for reservations.
The Huntington Library, Art Collections and
View of Earth’s History,
Search for its Twins
March 14 — Caltech Professor of Astronomy
Andrew W. Howard discusses “Searching
for Earth-Like Planets,” exploring many
It screens at 4 p.m. with a post-screening
discussion. Admission costs $10.
March 31 — The legendary Kingston Trio
Botanical Gardens is located at 1151 Oxford
All events take place in Caltech’s Beckman
planetary systems, focusing on planets like
celebrates its 60th year performing many of
Rd. San Marino. Call (626) 405-2100 or visit
Auditorium.
Earth in size, mass and temperatures. It starts
the group’s folk hits, including “Tom Dooley,”
huntington.org.
March 8 — Pasadena-based Salastina
at 8 p.m. Free; no reservations are required.
starting at 8 p.m. Tickets are $10 to $45.
Pasadena Heritage Offers Lecture,
Documentary
Screening, Home
Tour
Music Society’s February concert at the
Pasadena Conservatory of Music is “Bryan’s
Playlist,” featuring favorite pieces of concert
host Bryan Lauritzen. The program was inspired
by the e.e. cummings poem, “Hope.”
March 16 — Caltech’s Reel Science Series
of daytime film screenings for students
presents Life: Birds, exploring the ways in
which they are very adaptable, capable
of flying at phenomenal speeds but also
Joffrey Ballet
Returns to the
Music Center
March 9 through 17 —
March 8 — Pasadena
Works include John Luther Adams’ “Looking
displaying a murderous nature. The film (with
Glorya Kaufman
Heritage screens a
Towards Hope,” “Musica Celestis” by Aaron
post-screening discussion) starts at 10 a.m.,
Presents Dance at the Music Center hosts
documentary film
Jay Kernis, “Voodoo Dolls” by Jesse Mont-
recommended for grades 3 through 12.
the Joffrey Ballet Company in a contem-
about midcentury landscape architect
gomery, “Mikhail’s Thunder” by Mohammed
Tickets are $10.
porary rendition of Shakespeare’s classic
Ruth Shellhorn and presents a lecture on her
Farouz, Florence Price’s “Swing Low, Sweet
March 17 — The high-definition film Earth—
Romeo & Juliet for four performances at the
career by author Kelly Comras. Shellhorn
Chariot,” Caroline Shaw’s “Entr’acte” and
Power of the Planet: Ice, explores a glacier
Music Center’s Dorothy Chandler Pavilion.
may be best known for her work on Bullock’s
works by Tchaikovsky, Elena Kats-Chernin,
in action, explaining why it is retreating, how
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