Share: Within the friendly battle between chocolate and vanilla lovers, single origin ice cream maker Choctál is making it extremely difficult to choose one over the other. But purists in either camp will surely agree that flavor is not lacking in any of the four chocolate and four vanilla varieties that the Pasadena company has put great care and research into. Follow:
Fiestas Patrias: celebrating Latin American independence
Share: The Villa Parke Community Center was filled with hundreds of adults and children celebrating Latin American independence on Tuesday. Follow:
Spice and rhythm lives in this band’s blood
Share: Down the narrow side alley next to the Zona Rosa Coffee café , “Latin-afro-cubano-world-beat-fusion” band Cava put their spin on some 60s, 80s, and 90s songs for die-hard music lovers enjoying the Playhouse District earlier this month. Follow:
Family film night a huge hit in Pasadena
Share: The sound of Justin Timberlake’s “Suit and Tie” emanated from the DJ booth at Pasadena Towers on Saturday night just as the sun began to set. Over 1,000 people came out to the towers in Pasadena for food, face painting, music and a movie. Follow:
Pasadena Playhouse presents ‘Real Women Have Curves’
Share: The lights are dimmed around the theater, bright and focused on the stage. The cast from “Real Women Have Curves” comes up to the stage and introduce themselves. Minutes later, they begin to rehearse a scene that shows what this play really is about. Follow:
Quetzal: More than 20 years of music, rhythm and artivism
Share: This past Saturday, the community of Pasadena gathered at the Levitt Pavilion Festival to enjoy a warm summer evening dancing to the rhythms of Grammy Award winning East LA Chicano rock band Quetzal. Follow:
Bringing ‘real food’ to ‘real folks’
Share: Have you ever had a hankering for authentic southern food but were unable to buy a ticket to Kentucky to get it? Look no further than Braise and Crumble Café. Follow:
Nostalgic glow of retro gaming lives in Old Pasadena
Share: A neon “Press Start Here” sign invites the visiting gamer to take a step back into the 80s at the Neon Retro Arcade. Greeted by banks of brightly colored, back-lit vintage video consoles with neon glowing pinball machines like marching soldiers, the arcade sings in a competitive din like carnival barkers. Follow:
New and returning students climb to the top
Share: Ascending two opposite sides of the near-24-foot portable vertical climbing wall, PCC students Lyric Green and Kevin Tran reached the top to ring the victory bell nearly in unison. Pinnacle reached, the real challenge laid in the descent. It was not so easy. Follow:
Egg Bowl at the Rose Bowl
Share: Instead of college football players scoring touchdowns at the Rose Bowl last Saturday afternoon, hundreds of jubilant children raced through the 10-acre fields in search of colorful, candy-filled eggs. The Spring Egg Bowl, which is hosted by Pasadena’s Human Services and Recreation Department in celebration of Easter holiday, has been going on yearly for ten years straight, but Saturday was the first time it took place at the Rose Bowl. “We don’t often get a chance for our families and kids to get the …