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24 PASADENA WEEKLY | <strong>12.20.18</strong> PW OPINION PW NEWS PW LIFE PW ARTS •CALENDAR• –CONTINUED FROM PAGE 23 Christmas Story” at 8 p.m. Tickets are $45 general admission, $40 for seniors, $25 for youth up to age 21. SUNDAY Soulful Sunday Brunch The Rose 245 E. Green St., Pasadena (888) 645-5006 roseconcerts.com Enjoy a live Motown-style band, gospel choir and mouthwatering brunch from $29 to $58. The $18.50 general admission does not include brunch. Brunch starts at 10 a.m. and music starts at 11 a.m. MONDAY 59th Annual LA County Holiday Celebration The Music Center’s Dorothy Chandler Pavilion 135 N. Grand Ave., Los Angeles holidaycelebration.org The 59th Annual LA County Holiday Celebration at the Music Center’s Dorothy Chandler Pavilion offers family fun and a celebration of the various cultures that make up the city. The event features numerous choirs, music ensembles and dance companies from the various neighborhoods of the Los Angeles area. The celebration runs from 3 to 6 p.m., and admission is free, including free parking under the Music Center. The entire event will be broadcast live on PBS SoCal. All Saints Church 132 N. Euclid Ave., Pasadena (626) 796-1172 allsaints-pas.org Christmas Eve features a 3 p.m. family candlelight service with a children’s choir. The 5:30 p.m. Festive Eucharist features the Trouveres youth choir and Trouveres alumni. Sally Howard preaches. At 8 and 11 p.m., the Festive Eucharist with choir and chamber orchestra includes Mike Kinman preaching. First United Methodist Church 500 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena fumcpasadena.org Guests are invited to attend Christmas Eve services at the church. Children and youth lead a family-friendly service at 5 p.m., and at 8 p.m., an informal service of carols and prayer takes place outside, on bleachers set up for the Rose Parade. At 10:30 p.m., the church’s Chancel Choir and professional orchestra performs Vivaldi’s “Gloria.” At 11 p.m., a traditional candlelight service features music by a choir and orchestra, and Holy Communion is offered in the sanctuary. Lake Avenue Church 393 N. Lake Ave., Pasadena (626) 817-4530 lakeave.org A 4 p.m. family service is led by the worship team with a Christmas Eve message, and children are welcome. Child care is available for the family service. Candlelight services are at 7 and 9 p.m., led by the choir and orchestra. No child care is available for candlelight services. TUESDAY All Saints Church 132 N. Euclid Ave., Pasadena (626) 796-1172 allsaints-pas.org Eucharist with choir soloists singing carols starts at 10:30 a.m. Child care is provided. Lake Avenue Church 393 N. Lake Ave., Pasadena (626) 817-4530 lakeave.org A 10 a.m. family services features carol singing and a special message celebrating the birth of Christ. All ages are welcome, but child care is not available. WEDNESDAY Alex Film Society Alex Theatre 216 N. Brand Blvd., Glendale (818) 243-2539 alexfilmsociety.org The Society presents the 9th annual “Greatest (Classic) Cartoons” show at 2 and 7 p.m. Celebrating Mickey Mouse’s 90th birthday, screenings include “Plane Crazy” (1928) and “Through the Mirror” (1936), plus other cartoons by the Fleischers, Chuck Jones and Hanna Barbera. Tickets are $17 general admission, $13 for children younger than 12 and seniors and $12 for Society members. The Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino (626) 405-2100 huntington.org The Huntington’s annual Viewing Stones Show features outstanding examples of the ancient art form of suiseki, featuring stones with fanciful forms shaped by nature and time. It runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Dec. 30. Admission is included in regular Huntington admission of $25 for adults weekdays, $29 on weekends, $21 for seniors on weekdays, $24 on weekends and $13 for youth 4 to 11, free for children younger than 4. Pasadena Public Library, Central Branch 285 E. Walnut St., Pasadena (626) 744-4066 pasadenapubliclibrary.net Free films screen at 1 p.m. Wednesdays. Wednesday’s film is “Christmas Princess” (2017). The Rose 245 E. Green St., Pasadena (888) 645-5006 roseconcerts.com Make your own music with karaoke in the Lobby Lounge at The Rose Wednesday through Saturday night. Wine & Song Americana Singer/Songwriter Music Series Arroyo Seco Golf Course 1055 Lohman Lane, South Pasadena blueguitar.club Brad Colerick’s weekly singer-songwriter series presents Michael McNevin and Ted Russell Kamp at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10 general admission, $15 for table seating, available on the website. n
PW OPINION PW NEWS PW LIFE PW ARTS ONGOING Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden, 301 N. Baldwin Ave., Arcadia, presents the Moonlight Forest, featuring magnificent lantern art depicting exotic animals, shimmering flowers, whimsical pandas, dragons and other themes created by artists from China’s Sichuan province, celebrating the ancient tradition of lantern-making. It opened Oct. 26 and continues from 5:30 to 10 p.m. nightly, except Mondays and Tuesdays, through Jan. 6. Admission is $28 for adults, $25 for seniors and $23 for children ages 3 to 17. Call (626) 566-3708 or visit arboretum.org. A Noise Within, 3352 E. Foothill Blvd., Pasadena, brings back its annual holiday favorite, “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens. The classic story of greed and forgiveness opened Dec. 1 and closes Sunday. The company’s Co-Producing Artistic Director Geoff Elliott adapted the play from the novella, and co-directs with Julia Rodriguez-Elliott. Tickets start at $25. Call (626) 356-3121 or visit anoisewithin.org. Descanso Gardens, 1418 Descanso Drive, La Cañada Flintridge, presents its family-friendly light show experience, Enchanted Forest of Light, featuring a gentle, one-mile hike through Descanso’s most beloved areas, with a variety of large-scale displays by professional lighting artists, many of which are interactive. Celestial Shadows spins polyhedral installations exploring geometry through light, shadow and perception. Lightwave Lake is installed at Descanso Lake, and the popular Aqueous features a flowing and glowing, interactive landscape of meandering pathways. It opened Nov. 18 and 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 for adults, seniors and children 2 to 18, free for children younger than 2, and $23 to $25 for members, depending on the date and time selected. Call (818) 949-4200 or visit descansogardens.org. Forest Lawn Museum, 1712 S. Glendale Ave., Glendale, presents the exhibition “Women of Vision: National Geographic Photographers on Assignment,” featuring works by 11 inspiring female photojournalists, underscoring the momentous work they have done in bringing narratives from all over the world to the pages of National Geographic. It opened Dec. 11 and remains on view through April 7. Call (323) 340-4545 or visit forestlawn.com. Lythgoe Family Panto “The Wonderful Winter of Oz” at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium, 300 E. Green St., Pasadena, presents its new, world premiere production of “The Wonderful Winter of Oz,” which opened Dec. 15 and continues through Dec. 30. The show is a holiday version of the classic “Wizard of Oz” fairy tale. On Christmas Eve, Dorothy (played by singer, actress and dancer Mackenzie Ziegler) is swept away by a Kansas blizzard and lands in a world of munchkins and witches. Kermit the Frog stars as The Wizard of Oz. The production features music by Wham! and Journey. Performances continue at 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. Fridays, 1 and 6 p.m. Saturdays, 1 and 6 p.m. Dec. 23 and noon and 4 p.m. Dec. 30. Tickets are $40 and up. Visit thepasadenacivic.com. Norton Simon Museum, 411 W. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, presents the exhibition “Once Upon a Tapestry: Woven Tales of Helen and Dido.” It features exquisite tapestries and rare cartoons illustrating two iconic love stories found in the classical epic poems from the “Iliad” and the “Aenid.” It went on view Dec. 7, continuing through May 27. The museum presents an installation of Titian’s “Lady in White,” c. 1561, on loan from the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister in Dresden. The identity of the subject of the painting has eluded scholars for centuries, and has been a highlight of Dresden’s art collection for more than 250 years. It opened Dec. 19 and remains on view through March 25. Call (626) 449-6840 or visit nortonsimon.org. Parson’s Nose Theater, 95 N. Marengo Ave., Pasadena, reprises its annual holiday production of Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” in a Reader’s Theater Series production. It is the classic tale of greed, epiphany and redemption in the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, Tiny Tim and the impoverished Cratchit family. Performances are at 8 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday, closing Sunday. Tickets are $10 for students, $15 for seniors and $20 for adults. Call (626) 403-7667 or visit parsonsnose.com. Pasadena Museum of History, 470 W. Walnut St., Pasadena, presents the exhibition “Something Revealed: California Women Artists Emerge, 1860-1960,” featuring more than 200 items — paintings, works on paper, ceramics, metalcraft, textiles and sculpture — created by women artists. Exhibition galleries are open from noon to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday. Admission is $9 general and $8 for students and seniors. Members and children under 12 are admitted free. Free. PMH also offers free admission to local residents on Community Wednesdays. The exhibition, which opened Sept. 29, continues through March 31. Call (626) 577-1660 or visit pasadenahistory.org for more information. Pasadena Playhouse, 39 S. El Molino Ave., Pasadena, presents “Bob Baker’s Nutcracker,” the beloved fairy tale performed by the Bob Baker Marionettes, which opened Nov. 24 and continues through Dec. 31. Tickets are $20, free for children younger than 2. The Playhouse presents “It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play,” adapted from the film by Joe Landry, starring Simon Helberg (“The Big Bang Theory”). It opened Dec. 12 and continues at 8 p.m. Friday, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday and 2 and 7 p.m. Sunday, closing Sunday. Tickets are $25 and up. Call (626) 356-7529 or visit pasadenaplayhouse.org. Sierra Madre Playhouse, 87 W. Sierra Madre Blvd., Sierra Madre, presents a stage adaptation of “A Christmas Story,” based on the screenplay by Jean Shepherd, the hilarious story of Shepherd’s fictional family, the Parkers, whose patriarch wins a very special prize in a contest, and other misadventures during a Christmas season in the mid-20th century. It opened Nov. 23 and continues with 2:30 p.m. matinees on select Saturdays, 8 p.m. Saturdays, 2:30 p.m. Sundays a special performance at 7 p.m. Dec. 20, closing at 2:30 p.m. Dec. 30.Tickets are $45 general admission, $40 for seniors, $25 for youth up to age 21. Call (626) 355-4318 or visit sierramadreplayhouse.org. S[p]ace Gallery, 39 E. Walnut St., Pasadena, presents the exhibition, “The Universe is in Us,” curated by Mark Todd and featuring works of eight artists exploring a mixed media approach, including collage, sculpture, painting and drawing. It opened Dec. 8 and continues through March 31. 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