Mountain Views News, Pasadena Edition [Sierra Madre] Saturday, May 13, 2017

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Mountain View News Saturday, May 13, 2017 


Supervisor Barger 
presents LeAnn Rimes 
‘Live at the Arboretum’

Free Events Roundup at the 
Pasadena Senior Center

Man of La 
Mancha 
Extended 
by Popular 
Demand 

 There is something for 
everyone in February at the 
Pasadena Senior Center, 85 E. 
Holly St. You do not have to be a 
member to attend. Some events 
require advance reservations. 

 Smart Phones, Tablets and 
Computers – Tuesdays and 
Thursdays to May 25, at 10 
a.m. Get the answers you need 
about personal technology 
devices, whether you own them 
already or are considering a 
purchase. Learning how to text, 
check voicemail set an alarm, 
navigate the Internet and 
download apps is easier than 
you may think!

 A Toast to the Joys of 
Music – Tuesdays to May 30, 
from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Tom 
Campbell will play guitar and 
sing songs in the Senior Center 
Lounge. Stop by and enjoy his 
covers of traditional country, 
country rock, blues, folk, gospel 
and classic rock originally 
made famous by Willie Nelson, 
Merle Haggard, Vince Gill, 
Elvis Presley, B.B. King, Neil 
Young, The Grateful Dead, The 
Rolling Stones and many more.

Scenic Walkers Club – 
Wednesdays to May 17, at 10 
a.m. Enjoy a series of leisurely 
walks in the great outdoors. 
Alan Colville will give you a 
list of items to bring, let you 
know what to expect, provide 
detailed itineraries and arrange 
transportation. For more 
information or to sign up call 
626-221-3741.

Domino Club – Thursdays, 
to May 25, at 1 p.m. If you’ve 
never played Chicken Foot 
dominoes before, or even if 
you have, come join the fun as 
Vicki Leigh leads participants 
in a rollicking version of the 
game that is easy enough for 
beginners yet challenging 
enough for more seasoned 
players. Oh, and please excuse 
the laughter every Thursday…
it may be contagious! For 
more information call Vicki at 
928-478-4654.

 Friday Movie Matinees 
– 1 p.m. Everyone enjoys 
movies and the pleasures they 
bring. May 19: “How to Marry 
a Millionaire” (1953, NR) 
starring Marilyn Monroe and 
Lauren Bacall. Three fashion 
models of modest means 
rent an expensive Manhattan 
penthouse apartment and 
pretend to be wealthy so they 
can snare rich husbands. 

 A Matter of Balance – 
Tuesdays and Thursdays, to 
May 23, from 1 to 3 p.m. Are 
you concerned about falling? 
Learn how to reduce the fear 
of falling and increase balance 
and activity levels during this 
interactive workshop that 
combines discussion, video 
and exercise. Reservations are 
required: 626-685-6732.

 Stroke Awareness – 
Thursday, May 18, at 10 a.m. 
Stroke-related prevention, 
treatment and rehabilitation 
can be successful only when 
patients do their part. Learn 
what to do to protect yourself 
from strokes and recover from 
a stroke. 

 California.Health Fair – 
Friday, May 19, from 9 to 11 
a.m. Services include glucose, 
blood pressure and hearing 
screenings as well as counseling 
and health/community 
resources. Bring your list of 
medications, doctors and 
emergency contacts for a free 
personal identification card 
sponsored by New York Life. 
Representatives from Cancer 
Support Community Pasadena 
will provide information 
about psychosocial support 
for individuals and families 
impacted by cancer, Life Line 
will offer materials about free 
cell phones for low-income 
seniors and Clear Captions will 
be on hand with information 
about free phones for hearing-
impaired seniors. For more 
information call 626-685-6732.

 UCLA Memory Training 
– Thursdays, to June 1, from 
1 to 3 p.m. UCLA Memory 
Training is an innovative 
education program for people 
with age-related memory 
concerns. This four-week 
workshop will focus on the 
top four concerns: forgetting 
names and faces, forgetting 
to keep appointments and 
other future plans, forgetting 
where you put things such 
as keys and eyeglasses, and 
overcoming tip-of-the-tongue 
forgetfulness. Participants will 
engage in memory quizzes and 
skill-building exercises through 
small-group discussions in 
a low-stress environment. 
Reservations are required by 
calling 626-685-6732.

 Los Angeles County 
Supervisor Kathryn 
Barger proudly presents 
the inaugural summer 
concert festival “Live at the 
Arboretum” with Grammy 
award winning artist LeAnn 
Rimes on Saturday, July 
8 at 6:30pm. at the Los 
Angeles County Arboretum 
and Botanical Gardens. 
Tickets start at just $10 
and gates open for picnic 
dining at 5:00pm. Live 
at the Arboretum marks 
its inaugural debut this 
summer and is presented 
by Los Angeles County 
Supervisor Kathryn Barger, 
the Los Angeles County 
Department of Parks & 
Recreation, the Los Angeles 
Arboretum Foundation 
and the Pasadena POPS. 
Tickets may be purchased at 
www. PasadenaSymphony-
Pops.org or by calling the 
Pasadena Symphony and 
POPS box office at 626-623-
9472.

 LeAnn Rimes is an 
internationally acclaimed 
singer and ASCAP award-
winning songwriter. 
Globally, she has sold more 
than 44 million units, won 
two Grammy® Awards; 12 
Billboard Music Awards; 
two World Music Awards; 
three Academy of Country 
Music Awards; one Country 
Music Association Award 
and one Dove Award. At 
14, Rimes won “Best New 
Artist" making her the 
youngest recipient of a 
Grammy Award. LeAnn 
recently inked a worldwide 
deal with RCA UK who 
recently released her 16th 
studio album, Remnants. 
The album dropped on 
February 3, 2017 in the 
U.S. and debuted at No. 4 
on Billboard's Independent 
Album Chart and peaked 
at No. 3 on iTunes ® overall 
charts in its first week. The 
first single to release in 
the U.S., "Long Live Love" 
is has peaked at No. 1 on 
Billboard's Dance Chart.

 Don’t miss the best 
outdoor dinner party in 
town with spacious circular 
table seating with fine 
linens, or lawn seating for 
those who want to bring a 
blanket – each option carries 
on the tradition of picnic-
dining with your family and 
friends! Among many venue 
amenities, concert goers can 
enjoy the food court with 
mouth-watering food trucks 
plus two beverage centers 
serving fine wines, beer, 
coffee and soft drinks.

 The Arboretum is located 
at 301 North Baldwin Ave., 
Arcadia, CA. Tickets are 
available for $10, $25 and 
$35; and are available by 
calling the box office at 
(626)-793-7172, online at 
PasadenaSymphony-Pops.
org, or at the Arboretum on 
the day of the concert.

 If You Go:

What: “Live at the 
Arboretum” with LeAnn 
Rimes

When: July 8, at 6:30 pm

Where: The LA County 
Arboretum 301 N Baldwin 
Ave.

Cost: Tickets start at $10, 
$25, & $35

Dining: Gates open at 
5:00pm for picnicking. 
Guests are welcome to bring 
their own food and drink or 
visit one of the many onsite 
food vendors.

 


 A Noise Within (ANW), the 
acclaimed classical repertory 
theatre, celebrating its 25th 
Anniversary Season, has 
added four performances 
of their critically acclaimed 
Man of La Mancha by 
Dale Wasserman, music by 
Mitch Leigh and lyrics by 
Joe Darion, and based on 
Cervantes’ Don Quixote. 
La Mancha performs now 
through June 4, 2017. 
Tickets for La Mancha start 
at $25.

 MLM has been a critical 
darling and audience 
favorite, receiving standing 
ovations every performance. 
Broadway World said 
of this production, 
directed by ANW Artistic 
Director Julia Rodriguez-
Elliott, “Perfection! A 
Noise Within produces a 
stunning, modernistic, most 
entertaining take on Man of 
La Mancha.” Theatremania 
said, “All in all, the 
production is a winner, and 
the company’s trip back to 
La Mancha is a most dreamy 
experience. Even the most 
hard-bitten con might be 
persuaded to pick up a prop 
and join the revels. Geoff 
Elliott has plumbed new 
depths with Quixote -- as 
both a blessed-out Quixote 
and a thoughtful and 
terrified Cervantes, the actor 
is in complete control.”

 The young hero of Ah, 
Wilderness! sheds naïve 
adolescent fantasies 
in a gentle coming-of-
age comedy by Eugene 
O'Neill, while the self-
deluded King Lear faces the 
deconstruction of his entire 
identity in Shakespeare's 
darkest tragedy.

 Ah, Wilderness! continues 
through May 20. King 
Lear continues through 
Saturday, May 6. At the last 
performance of Lear on May 
6, audience members will 
have a unique opportunity 
to both see Lear and Man of 
La Mancha on the same day. 
Called The Great Escape, 
audience members are able 
to dine with the casts and 
artistic team between the 
performances. Elliott said, 
“It’s a unique opportunity to 
gain insight on our design 
and conceptual process.” 
Tickets to The Great Escape 
are $50 per person and 
include food and drinks 
(show tickets are purchased 
separately).

 Artistic Director Geoff 
Elliott takes on the challenge 
of playing both Lear and 
Cervantes/Don Quixote in 
repertory; In addition to the 
director and actor, King Lear 
and La Mancha share some 
cast and artistic design team 
members – Fred Kinney 
(Scenic), Angela Balogh 
Calin (Costume), and Ken 
Booth (Lighting).

 Director Julia Rodriguez-
Elliott references this quote 
by Pablo Picasso: “We artists 
are indestructible; even in a 
prison, or in a concentration 
camp, I would be almighty 
in my own world of art, even 
if I had to paint my pictures 
with my wet tongue on the 
dusty floor of my cell.”

 Tickets for Man of La 
Mancha, King Lear and Ah, 
Wilderness!, starting at $25, 
are available online at www.
anoisewithin.org and by 
phone by calling 626-356-
3100.

Website: anoisewithin.org, 
Phone: 626-356-3100.


Pet of the 
Week

 Mellow (A962838) is a 
3-year-old, neutered male, 
black cat with adorable white 
spots on his chin and chest. 
When you approach him, 
Mellow rushes to the front of 
his kennel to say hello before 
happily accepting as many 
head rubs and pets as you’ll 
give him. This sweet boy 
truly lives up to his name. 
Mellow’s previous owner 
reports that he is a calm kitty 
who makes a great lap cat.

 The adoption fee for cats 
is $75. All cats are spayed 
or neutered, microchipped, 
and vaccinated before being 
adopted.

 New adopters will receive a 
complimentary health-and-
wellness exam from VCA 
Animal Hospitals, as well 
as a goody bag filled with 
information about how to 
care for your pet.

 Call the Pasadena Humane 
Society & SPCA at (626) 
792-7151 to ask about 
A962838, or visit at 361 S. 
Raymond Ave. in Pasadena. 
Adoption hours are 11 a.m. 
to 4 p.m. Sunday; 9 a.m. 
to 5 p.m. Tuesday through 
Friday; and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. 
Saturday.

 Pets may not be available 
for adoption and cannot be 
held for potential adopters 
by phone calls or email. 
Directions and photos of 
all pets can be found at 
pasadenahumane.org.

ALTADENA POLICE BLOTTER

Merging Galaxies Have 
Enshrouded Black Holes

Sunday, April 30th

11:15 AM – A grand theft by 
false pretenses occurred in the 
2300 block of New York Drive. 
Stolen: gift cards.

10:30 PM – A vehicle vandalism 
occurred in the 1400 block of 
Valencia Avenue. Damage: 
scratches on doors. 

Monday, May 1st

1:00 PM – A vehicle burglary 
occurred in the 1700 block of 
N. Altadena Drive. Suspect(s) 
entered the vehicle by punching 
the door lock. Stolen: credit 
cards and currency. 

3:00 PM – A vandalism 
occurred in the 2600 block of 
Glenrose Avenue. Damage: 
wall spray painted. 

7:45 PM – An attempted theft 
from an unlocked vehicle 
occurred in the 400 block of W. 
Palm Street. Suspect described 
as a male, 18 to 20 years old, 6 
feet and 180 pounds. 

10:00 PM – A vandalism 
occurred in the 2900 block 
of El Nido Drive. Damage: 
windows, phones, and light 
fixtures. 

Tuesday, May 2nd

9:00 PM – A petty theft from 
an unlocked vehicle occurred 
in the 300 block of Buena Loma 
Drive. Stolen: black Adidas 
gym bag, Adidas sweatshirt, 
sweatpants, brown leather 
shoes, red pants, black pants 
and bag containing toiletries. 

Wednesday, May 3rd

1:44 PM – A residential 
burglary occurred in the 
3400 block of N. Marengo 
Avenue. Suspect(s) entered 
the residence by removing 
the window screen. Stolen: 
rose gold Hamilton watch and 
titanium Breitling watch. 

3:45 PM – Jamaul Harvey, 
34 years old of Pasadena and 
Cesar Barragan, 27 years old 
of Altadena were arrested in 
the 2300 block of Pine Crest 
Drive for vehicle burglary. 
Items recovered: landscaping 
equipment. 

7:24 PM – A vehicle was 
reported stolen from the 2100 
block of Lincoln Avenue. 
Vehicle stolen: silver 1997 
Honda Accord 4-door. 

8:15 PM – A commercial 
burglary occurred in the 
2900 block of El NidoDrive. 
Suspect(s) entered the location 
via the unsecured window. 
Stolen: laptop. 

Thursday, May 4th

11:00 AM – A vehicle burglary 
occurred in the 2100 block of 
Lincoln Avenue. Suspect(s) 
entered the vehicle by 
shattering the window. Stolen: 
DJ stabilizer, DJ light, Fovitec 
lights, and wallet. 

11:07 AM – A vehicle was 
reported stolen from the 100 
block of W. Harriet Street. 
Vehicle stolen: silver 2008 
Honda Civic 4-door. 

4:21 PM – Alejandro Garcia, 
40 years old of Altadena was 
arrested in the area of Raymond 
Lane and Sacramento Street 
for possession of a controlled 
substance and drinking in 
public. Martin Acosta, 44 
years old of Altadena was also 
arrested for drinking in public.

9:45 PM – Tywon Johnson, 
28 years old of Altadena was 
arrested in the 2100 block of N. 
Raymond Avenue for battery. 

Friday, May 5th

3:30 PM – A trailer was reported 
stolen from the 2300 block of 
Lincoln Avenue. Trailer stolen: 
1990 white and orange U-Haul 
trailer. 

5:14 PM – A residential 
burglary occurred in the 
2900 block of ReposaLane. 
Suspect(s) entered the 
residence by shattering the 
glass door. Stolen: white gold 
ring and white gold tennis 
bracelet. 

6:00 PM – Dikran Varikian, 
68 years old of Altadena was 
arrested in the 2100 block of 
E. Washington Boulevard for 
domestic violence. 

8:00 PM – Malcolm Buchanan, 
23 years old of Duarte was 
arrested in the 3600 block of 
Fair Oaks Avenue for assault 
with a deadly weapon. 

9:00 PM – A strong arm 
robbery occurred in the 3000 
block of Lincoln Avenue. 
Suspect has been identified as a 
male juvenile. 

Saturday, May 6th

4:30 PM – A petty theft from 
a vehicle occurred in the 2000 
block of Glenrose Avenue. 
Stolen: catalytic converter. 

8:45 PM – A petty theft from 
a vehicle occurred in the 200 
block of Crosby Street. Stolen: 
catalytic converter.

 

 Black holes get a bad 
rap in popular culture for 
swallowing everything in 
their environments. In 
reality, stars, gas and dust 
can orbit black holes for 
long periods of time, until a 
major disruption pushes the 
material in.

 A merger of two galaxies is 
one such disruption. As the 
galaxies combine and their 
central black holes approach 
each other, gas and dust in 
the vicinity are pushed onto 
their respective black holes. 
An enormous amount of 
high-energy radiation is 
released as material spirals 
rapidly toward the hungry 
black hole, which becomes 
what astronomers call an 
active galactic nucleus 
(AGN).

 A study using NASA’s 
NuSTAR telescope shows 
that in the late stages of 
galaxy mergers, so much 
gas and dust falls toward a 
black hole that the extremely 
bright AGN is enshrouded. 
The combined effect of the 
gravity of the two galaxies 
slows the rotational speeds 
of gas and dust that would 
otherwise be orbiting freely. 
This loss of energy makes 
the material fall onto the 
black hole.

 “The further along 
the merger is, the more 
enshrouded the AGN will 
be,” said Claudio Ricci, 
lead author of the study 
published in the Monthly 
Notices Royal Astronomical 
Society. “Galaxies that are far 
along in the merging process 
are completely covered in a 
cocoon of gas and dust.” 

Ricci and colleagues 
observed the penetrating 
high-energy X-ray emission 
from 52 galaxies. About half 
of them were in the later 
stages of merging. Because 
NuSTAR is very sensitive to 
detecting the highest-energy 
X-rays, it was critical in 
establishing how much light 
escapes the sphere of gas and 
dust covering an AGN.

 The study was published in 
the Monthly Notices of the 
Royal Astronomical Society. 
Researchers compared 
NuSTAR observations of 
the galaxies with data from 
NASA’s Swift and Chandra 
and ESA’s XMM-Newton 
observatories, which look at 
lower energy components of 
the X-ray spectrum. If high-
energy X-rays are detected 
from a galaxy, but low-
energy X-rays are not, that is 
a sign that an AGN is heavily 
obscured.

 The study helps confirm 
the longstanding idea that 
an AGN’s black hole does 
most of its eating while 
enshrouded during the late 
stages of a merger.

 “A supermassive black 
hole grows rapidly during 
these mergers,” Ricci said. 
“The results further our 
understanding of the 
mysterious origins of the 
relationship between a black 
hole and its host galaxy.”

 NuSTAR is a Small Explorer 
mission led by Caltech and 
managed by NASA’s Jet 
Propulsion Laboratory for 
NASA’s Science Mission 
Directorate in Washington. 
NuSTAR was developed in 
partnership with the Danish 
Technical University and the 
Italian Space Agency (ASI). 
The spacecraft was built 
by Orbital Sciences Corp., 
Dulles, Virginia. NuSTAR’s 
mission operations center 
is at UC Berkeley, and 
the official data archive 
is at NASA’s High Energy 
Astrophysics Science 
Archive Research Center. 
ASI provides the mission’s 
ground station and a mirror 
archive. JPL is managed by 
Caltech for NASA.

Five PUSD ‘Teachers of 
Excellence’ Named By 
Rotary of Pasadena

 

 The Pasadena Unified School 
District (PUSD) announced 
this week the five recipients 
of the 2017 Teachers of 
Excellence Award, presented 
annually by the Rotary 
Club of Pasadena. The 2017 
honorees are Tyara Brooks of 
Longfellow Elementary; Diana 
Habib-Nairouz of Hamilton 
Elementary; Tina Minkler of 
Jackson Elementary; Linda 
Ortega of Washington STEAM 
Magnet Academy; and Jason 
Taylor of Wilson Middle 
School. The teachers will be 
honored at an awards ceremony 
on May 17 at The University 
Club of Pasadena, 175 North 
Oakland Ave.

 “The impact that these five 
outstanding teachers have on 
their students is immeasurable, 
and I am pleased to partner 
with the Rotary Club of 
Pasadena to recognize them,” 
said Superintendent Brian 
McDonald. “Our teachers are 
working every day to ensure 
that students continue to learn 
and achieve at higher levels, 
and become lifelong learners.”

 The Teachers of Excellence 
is a collaborative program of 
the Rotary Club of Pasadena 
and PUSD. The Rotary Club 
invites all schools to nominate 
teachers for this honor 
and a selection committee 
composed of principals, UTP, 
parents, previous winners, and 
Rotarians reviews the entries. 
The five teachers are awarded 
$1,500, and $500 is presented 
to each recipient’s school. 
PUSD’s Teacher of the Year is 
selected from the five Teachers 
of Excellence.

 The Teachers of Excellence 
awards program fosters 
excellence in teaching in the 
Pasadena Unified School 
District. It demonstrates the 
Pasadena Rotary’s commitment 
to public schools and to 
exceptional teachers who 
deserve special recognition.

 Visit pusd.us for more 
information.

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