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• ARTS • KEEPING IT REAL POE THE PASSENGER ROCKS ‘ AUTHENTICATE’ AT OLD TOWNE PUB WITH RELEVANT ELEPHANTS SATURDAY FILM | THEATER | BOOKS | MUSIC | COMMUNITY | LISTINGS COMEDY CRACKUP FRAZER SMITH HOSTS 10-ACT SHOW AT THE ICE HOUSE WIPING OUT HATE ‘BOY ERASED’ REVEALS A HARROWING TRUE-LIFE TALE OF ABUSE IN GAY CONVERSION THERAPY P.23 TIMELESS TALENT PETULA CLARK BRINGS EIGHT DECADES OF ENTERTAINMENT SUCCESS TO THE ROSE BY CARL KOZLOWSKI There aren’t many performers anywhere in the world who have maintained their artistic careers for eight decades. Petula Clark is among those special few, continuing to artistically thrive as a hugely successful singer, actress and composer since debuting as a child singer during World War II. — and will headline a concert at The Rose nightclub in Pasadena on Sunday night. These days, the internationally acclaimed 86-ear-old British native, who headlines Sunday night at The Rose in Pasadena, divides her time between Geneva, Switzerland and London when she’s not on the road. Speaking from the Miami stop of her current 20-city American P.25 Petula Clark tour at the end of a momentous year in which she was enshrined on the Hollywood Walk of Fame alongside a class that included Snoop Dogg, Ice T and “Weird Al” Yankovic, Clark made it clear she has no intentions of slowing down. “I love what I do and have been singing since I was 5 or 6 and was a star in England by 8 or 9, so stardom, fame and money never concerned me very much,” says Clark. “I just love it and am enjoying it now more than I ever have. Tony Bennett would probably say the same thing — he loves to sing and sings divinely, so why not keep doing it? “When you’re on tour you eat when you can and what you can and you sleep rather strangely, and you’re living a gypsy way of CONTINUED ON PAGE 22 P.29 GET YOUR OWN... BY JOHN SOLLENBERGER BASEBALL HISTORY The Pasadena Public Library’s Central Branch, 285 E. Walnut St., celebrates the book “LA Baseball: From the Pacific League to the Major Leagues,” exploring the diversity of baseball fans, recounting the history of the area’s baseball dating back to the 19th century. It starts at 6:30 p.m. tonight, Thursday, Nov. 29. Call (626) 744-4066 or visit pasadenapubliclibrary.net. TREE LIGHTING The Pasadena Playhouse District Tree Lighting starts at 7 p.m. Friday at the Pasadena Playhouse courtyard, 39 S. El Molino Ave., includes live music and a performance by the Bob Baker Marionette Theater. Call (626) 744- 0340 or visit playhousedistrict.org. HOLIDAY HIJINKS The South Lake Avenue Business Association presents the free Holidayfest, featuring live music, traditional carolers and holiday characters, Santa meet-andgreets, horse and carriage rides and a scavenger hunt. It runs from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday at The Shops on Lake Avenue, 345 S. Lake Ave., Pasadena. Visit southlakeavenue.org. FREE CONCERT Non Duo (nonduo1.com) plays a cozy concert featuring a haunting, eclectic combination of bluegrass, ballads, folk, rock and some holiday songs from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday at the Altadena Public Library, 600 E. Mariposa St., Altadena. Free. Call (626) 798-0833 or visit altadenalibrary.org. <strong>11.29.18</strong> | PASADENA WEEKLY 21