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•CALENDAR•<br />
ONGOING<br />
Descanso Gardens, 1418 Descanso Drive, La Cañada Flintridge, presents its family-friendly light show experience,<br />
Enchanted Forest of Light, featuring a gentle, one-mile hike through Descanso’s most beloved areas, with a variety of<br />
large-scale displays by professional lighting artists, many of which are interactive. Celestial Shadows spins polyhedral<br />
installations exploring geometry through light, shadow and perception. Lightwave Lake is installed at Descanso Lake, and<br />
the popular Aqueous features a flowing and glowing, interactive landscape of meandering pathways. It opened Nov. 18 and<br />
continues from 5:30 to 10 p.m. daily (except Dec. 24 and 25) through Jan. 6. Tickets are $28 to $30 for general admission<br />
for adults, seniors and children 2 to 18, free for children younger than 2, and $23 to $25 for members, depending on the<br />
date and time selected. Call (818) 949-4200 or visit descansogardens.org.<br />
Pasadena Playhouse, 39 S. El Molino Ave., Pasadena, presents “Bob Baker’s Nutcracker,” the beloved fairy tale performed<br />
by the Bob Baker Marionettes, which opened Nov. 24 and continues through Dec. 31. Tickets are $20, free for children<br />
younger than 2. The Playhouse presents “It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play,” adapted from the film by Joe Landry,<br />
starring Simon Helberg (“The Big Bang Theory”). It opened Dec. 12 and continues at 8 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays,<br />
2 and 8 p.m. Saturdays and 2 and 7 p.m. Sundays through Dec. 23. Tickets are $25 and up. Call (626) 356-7529 or visit<br />
pasadenaplayhouse.org.<br />
May 27. Call (626) 449-6840 or visit<br />
nortonsimon.org.<br />
Pasadena Museum of History, 470<br />
W. Walnut St., Pasadena, present<br />
the exhibition “Something Revealed:<br />
California Women Artists Emerge,<br />
1860-1960” features more than 200<br />
items — paintings, works on paper,<br />
ceramics, metalcraft, textiles and<br />
sculpture — created by women artists.<br />
Exhibition galleries are open from<br />
noon to 5 p.m. Wednesday through<br />
Sunday. Admission is $9 general and<br />
$8 for students and seniors. Members<br />
and children under 12 are admitted<br />
free. Free. PMH also offers free<br />
admission to local residents on Community<br />
Wednesdays. The exhibition,<br />
which opened Sept. 29, continues<br />
through March 31. Call (626) 577-<br />
1660 or visit pasadenahistory.org for<br />
more information.<br />
Sierra Madre Playhouse, 87 W.<br />
Sierra Madre Blvd., Sierra Madre,<br />
presents a stage adaptation of “A<br />
Christmas Story,” based on the<br />
screenplay by Jean Shepherd, the<br />
hilarious story of Shepherd’s fictional<br />
family, the Parkers, whose patriarch<br />
wins a very special prize in a<br />
contest, and other misadventures<br />
during a Christmas season in the<br />
mid-20th century. It opened Nov.<br />
23 and continues with 2:30 p.m.<br />
matinees on select Saturdays, 8 p.m.<br />
Saturdays, 2:30 p.m. Sundays and<br />
special performances at 7 p.m. Dec.<br />
19 and 20, closing at 2:30 p.m. Dec.<br />
30.Tickets are $45 general admission,<br />
$40 for seniors, $25 for youth up to<br />
age 21. Call (626) 355-4318 or visit<br />
sierramadreplayhouse.org.<br />
S[p]ace Gallery, 39 E. Walnut St.,<br />
Pasadena presents the exhibition,<br />
“The Universe is in Us,” curated by<br />
Mark Todd and featuring works of<br />
eight artists exploring a mixed media<br />
approach, including collage, sculpture,<br />
painting and drawing. It opened<br />
Dec. 8 and continues through March<br />
31. Visit space.ayzenberg.com.<br />
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