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• ARTS • OTHER MOTHERS’ BROTHERS ‘ECLECTIC PROGRESSIVE INSTRU- MENTAL’ OTHER MOTHER BROTHER BAND JAMS AT BRAND LIBRARY & ART CENTER FRIDAY NIGHT P.25 BY CARL KOZLOWSKI Graham Russell was an Australian singer trying to break into the music biz in 1975 when he was hired as part of the 34-member chorus of a Sydney-based production of “Jesus Christ Superstar.” Knowing no one else in the chorus, he was afraid he’d get lost in the cracks until he noticed the amazing tenor voice of Russell Hitchcock, the man placed beside him in each show. The two struck up a conversation in which they discovered they were born just three days apart, had no brothers, and that each saw the Beatles at the same concert when they were 14 years old. They quickly decided to establish themselves as a performing duo called Air Supply, setting up shows all over the city after performances and drawing near-immediate attention for their stunning FILM | THEATER | BOOKS | MUSIC | COMMUNITY | LISTINGS ‘CRAZY’ SUCCESS KEN JEONG IS RIDING A WAVE OF GOOD FORTUNE AS HE COSTARS IN ‘CRAZY RICH ASIANS’ AND PREPARES FOR HIS NETFLIX SPECIAL AT THE ICE HOUSE ‘A MAGIC CONNECTION’ AFTER 44 YEARS, AIR SUPPLY’S GRAHAM RUSSELL AND RUSSELL HITCHCOCK ARE STILL SINGING ‘SILLY LOVE SONGS’ P.28 Russell Hitchcock and Graham Russell love songs. They’ve been performing together ever since, including a show this Friday night at The Rose nightclub in Pasadena. Speaking from a tour stop in Westbury, New York, Russell claims that the two friends have never fought once in their four decades together and says that they still feel a magic connection with the band and the audience at every show. “Russell and I years ago said we’d stop when people stop coming to see us, which hasn’t happened,” says Russell, who notes they perform 120 shows annually. “We have such a good time on stage, and the audience can feel it. We don’t just stand there like statues. We’re interactive, go into the audience and are very personable. It’s CONTINUED ON PAGE 22 A TASTE OF RECOGNITION ‘CRAZY RICH ASIANS’ CREATES A CINEMATIC SENSATION WHILE CHALLENGING FILM AND TV CASTING PRACTICES P.31 GET YOUR OWN... BY JOHN SOLLENBERGER HISTORY MYSTERY Andrew Lawler discusses and signs “The Secret Token: Myth, Obsession and the Search for the Lost Colony of Roanoke,” the story of the 1587 British colony of Roanoke Island, North Carolina, which mysteriously disappeared with barely a trace. It starts at 7 p.m. tonight, Thursday, Aug. 16 at Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena. Call (626) 449-5320 or visit vromansbookstore.com SOUL MAN or visit onecolorado.com. SCARY FLICK One Colorado’s free summer music series features blues, soul and roots music by Reverend Tall Tree at 7 p.m. Saturday at 41 Hugus Alley, Pasadena. Call (626) 564-1066 The South Lake Avenue Business District free Rooftop Cinema Series features “Jurassic Park” (1993), starting with a deejay spinning tunes at 6 p.m. Saturday and family activities followed by the film on the roof of the parking structure at 55 S. Lake Ave., Pasadena. Call (626) 792-1259 or visit southlakeavenue.org. ROM COM A free, staged reading of the romantic comedy “Kalamazoo” by Michelle Kholos Brooks and Kelly Younger, about two quirky but endearing baby boomers venturing into the world of modern dating, starts at 7 p.m. Monday at Sierra Madre Playhouse, 87 W. Sierra Madre Blvd., Sierra Madre. No reservations are required. Call (626) 355-4318 or visit sierramadreplayhouse.org. <strong>08.16.18</strong> | PASADENA WEEKLY 21