Mountain Views News, Pasadena Edition [Sierra Madre] Saturday, November 12, 2016

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SOUTH PASADENA - SAN MARINO

Mountain Views-News Saturday, November 12, 2016 

The Huntington Exhibit to 
Showcase History of Whiskers 

Tournament Foundation Now 
Accepting Grant Applications

South Pasadena ‘Pathways 
to Art’ Street Sign Sale

 
South Pasadena Educational 
Foundation (SPEF) and the 
South Pasadena Arts Council 
(SPARC) are teaming up 
to sell 300 local retired city 
street signs. This joint project, 
“Pathways to Art,” will raise 
money to advance the arts 
within our community, 
such as SPARC’s utility box 
initiative and funding an 
SPUSD Visual and Performing 
Arts Coordinator. Signs were 
donated by the City Council.

 Signs are $100 per sign, 
shipping is not included. 

 Please note: The signs are not 
in pristine condition, reflecting 
the character of their years 
of service, and sold as is. All 
sales are final. The city’s sign 
replacement is an ongoing, 
three-year process, as new 
signs become available a list 
will be updated.

 If the street you are interested 
in is not listed please contact 
Stacey Petersen at spetersen@
spef4kids.org or call 626-441-
5810 ext. 1163. 

 Giving Remains at 
$200,000 for Local 
Charities

 The Tournament of Roses 
Foundation is now accepting 
applications for its 2017 grant 
assistance program. In 2017, 
the total amount awarded to 
local charities will remain at 
$200,000. Since its inception 
in 1983, the Foundation has 
invested over $2.9 million 
in more than 180 Pasadena-
area organizations. Grants 
typically range from 
$1,000 up to $10,000 
per organization. The 
grant award maximum is 
$10,000. The grant awards 
in 2016 totaled $200,000, 
and the average grant was 
approximately $4,700. 

Eligible applicants are 
organizations with 501(c)
(3) status, as of the 2017 
submission deadline, that 
are based in and serving 
one or more of the following 
communities: Alhambra, 
Altadena, Arcadia, 
La Cañada Flintridge, 
Monrovia, Pasadena, San 
Gabriel, San Marino, Sierra 
Madre, South Pasadena, and 
Temple City. Grants will be 
given in the categories of 
performing and visual arts, 
sports and recreation, and 
volunteer motivation and 
leadership development. 
Forty-two organizations 
received grants last year 
including these six first-
time recipients: California 
Ladyhawks, Jackson PTA, 
Los Angeles County 
Community Development 
Foundation, Marshall 
Fundamental PTSA, 
Oakwood Brass-Outreach 
Project and The Theatre at 
Boston Court.

 To apply, eligible 
organizations should visit 
www.tournamentofroses.
com/foundation/grant.

 Applications will be 
accepted from November 8, 
2016 until 5 p.m., January 
26, 2017. All applicants 
will receive a status update 
the week of February 27, 
2017. The 2017 finalists 
will be notified the week of 
February 27, 2017 and then 
must submit the required 
additional background 
materials by March 13, 2017. 
The Foundation’s Board 
of Directors will make the 
final grant selections at its 
annual spring meeting, and 
applicants will be notified 
of their funding status via 
email in May 2017.

 The Tournament of Roses 
Foundation is a non-profit, 
public benefit corporation 
established in 1983 to receive 
and manage charitable 
contributions on behalf of 
the Tournament of Roses 
Association, its supporters 
and the general public.

‘Barks and Books’ South 
Pasadena Library

 The Huntington newest art 
exhibit History of Whiskers: 
Facial Hair and Identity in 
European and American Art, 
1750-1920 is set to run Nov 19 
- Mar 06.

 Facial hair has always been 
more than a matter of fashion. 
Impeccably coiffed or wild and 
unkempt, a beard or mustache 
says a lot about a man and who 
he aspires to be. This exhibition 
explores how facial hair styles 
were used to craft the identities 
of historical figures and 
fictional characters. Presidents, 
generals, industrialists, and 
aristocrats relied on facial hair 
to influence how their peers 
perceived them. Some styles 
were meant as statements 
of power, while others were 
supposed to indicate wisdom, 
piety, or even a whimsical 
disposition. For those seeking 
to rise in the ranks, the 
appropriate choice of whiskers 
could be an effective means 
of imitating, and perhaps 
flattering, one’s superiors.

 Artists also used facial hair 
in constructing characters and 
conveying vital information 
to viewers. Beards and 
mustaches provided a visual 
shorthand, signaling anything 
from a personality trait to 
an occupation. Featuring 
16 prints, drawings, and 
photographs from The 
Huntington’s library and art 
collections (including two 
early photographs of our own 
institution’s founder, Henry E. 
Huntington), the artworks in 
this exhibition depict a range of 
facial hair styles, some of which 
are still in fashion today, while 
others have become relics of the 
distant past.

 The Huntington is open 10 
a.m. Wednesday to Sunday 
and closed Tuesdays. The last 
ticketed entry time is 4 p.m. 
The library and art galleries 
close at 4:30 p.m. and guests are 
encouraged to begin exiting at 
this time.

 Admission to The Huntington 
is free to all visitors on the first 
Thursday of every month with 
advance tickets. Hours on Free 
Day are 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

The Huntington Library, Art 
Collections, and Botanical 
Gardens is located 1151 Oxford 
Road, San Marino, CA. for more 
information call 626.405.2100.

 

 Children are invited to 
visit the Library to read 
animal-related short stories 
of their choice to dogs 
from the Pasadena Humane 
Society Companion Animal 
Program. Not only does 
this make reading more 
fun, it also builds a child’s 
confidence in reading aloud. 
Also, the available books 
will help children realize 
that animals experience a 
range of emotions similar to 
their own and that they have 
basic needs too. This will, 
in turn, encourage them to 
appreciate the importance 
of treating all animals with 
respect and kindness. The 
event will be Monday 3:00 
p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Sign-ups are 
required.

High Tea with Rose Parade 
Queen and Royal Court

 The Scott Pavilion at 
Pasadena Senior Center will 
be transformed into an elegant, 
beautifully decorated tea room 
Monday, Nov. 21, from 3 to 
5 p.m. when members of the 
Pasadena Senior Center enjoy 
high tea with the 2017 Rose 
Queen Victoria Castellanos and 
her Royal Court consisting of 
Audrey Cameron, Maya Khan, 
Shannon Larsuel, Autumn 
Lundy, Natalie Petrosian and 
Emiko Powers.

 Prepaid $15 reservations 
must be received at the 
Welcome Desk or at www.
pasadenaseniorcenter.org no 
later than Tuesday, Nov. 15. 
Entertainment will be provided 
by The Tap Chicks. The event 
is sponsored by Chado Tea 
Room, Right at Home and 
The Kensington Assisted 
Living Sierra Madre. For more 
information call 626-795-4311.

South Pasadena Library Film Night Presents 
'Honor and Duty: The Mississippi Delta Chinese' 

 


 A Free Library 
Film Night showcasing the 
extraordinary documentary 
“Honor and Duty: The 
Mississippi Delta Chinese” 
will be presented in the 
Community Room on 
Thursday, November 17 at 
7:00 p.m. The very special 
event will also feature writer, 
director, and producer 
Samantha Cheng, who 
will introduce the film and 
conduct a Q & A afterwards. 
The free event for all ages 
is sponsored by the South 
Pasadena Public Library, the 
Friends of the South Pasadena 
Public Library, The Bissell 
House Bed & Breakfast, 
and The Chinese American 
Museum of Los Angeles. 

 The remarkable new film is 
in three parts --each under 30 
minutes.. Part One covers the 
Chinese coming to America 
starting in the mid-1850s to 
1941. Part Two covers the 
participation of the Delta 
Chinese in in the U.S. military 
effort in World War II. Part 
Three covers post—World 
War II in the Mississippi Delta 
and how the children of the 
U.S. military veteran Delta 
Chinese became doctors, 
dentists, pharmacists, and 
other types of professionals. 
Many of the Mississippi Delta 
Chinese came through Los 
Angeles, California and have 
extended family still living in 
California.

 E. Samantha Cheng is based 
in Washington, DC and has 
hundreds of broadcast and 
non-broadcast programs to 
her credit. Samantha is very 
active in the Asian Pacific 
American community and 
created the Asian Pacific 
American History Project, 
an oral and video history 
documentary series produced 
with the U.S. Capitol 
Historical Society. Samantha 
is the Co-Founder of TPS, 
Inc., a television production 
services company, and 
Heritage Series, LLC, a firm 
specializing in interactive 
educational programs 
about U.S. history. She is 
an active member of the 
Asian American Journalist 
Association and Women in 
Film and Video.

 The Library Community 
Room is located at 1115 El 
Centro Street. No tickets or 
reservations are needed and 
refreshments will be served. 
Doors to the Community 
Room will be open at 6:30 
p.m. and the rest of the Library 
will be open until 9:00 p.m. 
because the South Pasadena 
Public Library is now open on 
Thursday nights (and closed 
at 6 p.m. on Monday nights). 
Special thanks to Nancy Lem 
Designs, The South Pasadena 
Chinese-American Club, and 
210eastsound.

 Free parking is available after 
6:00 p.m. and on weekends 
at the Mission-Meridian 
Parking Garage located at 805 
Meridian Avenue, adjacent to 
the Metro Gold Line Station. 


THANKSGIVING DINNER IN THE PARK Thursday, November 24 Pasadena Central Park 
(Corner of Del Mar and Fair Oaks)

 This uplifting community event provides thousands of holiday meals and hope for all who 
attend, including homeless men, women, children, seniors, very low-income families, and 
those with no place to go during the holidays. The impact of the event in the community is 
large because of your help!


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