Mountain Views News, Pasadena Edition [Sierra Madre] Saturday, April 21, 2018

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Mountain View News Saturday, April 21, 2018 

Parsons Nose Theater 
Presents Clearly Classics

NEOWISE Asteroid-Hunter 
Spacecraft; Years of Data

Pasadena Public Library 
Talk ‘What Is Gravity?’

 Parson’s Nose Theater (PNT), 
the acclaimed classical comedy 
theater company, closes their 
2017-18 season with “Clearly 
Classic: Shakespeare’s Twelfth 
Night”. “Clearly Classics” is a 
new PNT series which includes 
a 15-minute introduction 
to a classic play’s characters, 
language, and themes, 
enhancing its enjoyment for 
today’s audience. This is an 
original 90-minute adaptation 
by Artistic Director, Lance 
Davis.

 “O, had I but studied the arts!” 
–Sir Andrew Aguecheek

 “The classics are classics 
because they continue to 
show us ourselves,” says Mr. 
Davis. “Welcome to Twelfth 
Night, a 400-year-old play 
about people seeing what they 
want to see, instead of what is. 
Shakespeare’s most obvious 
examples are Malvolio’s twisted 
interpretation of the love letter, 
Orsino’s blindness to Olivia’s 
disinterest, Olivia’s blindness to 
Cesario’s, Sir Andrew’s inability 
to see Sir Toby’s intentions, 
and everyone’s inability to see 
Viola’s disguise. Feste alone 
shows a suspicion, because 
he lives by Deception and 
therefore knows Truth. We 
all see ourselves in Twelfth 
Night; Wise fools, foolish sages, 
true lovers, false lovers, brave 
women, and cowardly men. All 
ruled by Fortune, or Chance, or 
Karma – a whirligig of Time, 
which, as it turns, eventually 
brings all things ‘round. Sit 
back and enjoy some of the 
most beautiful language ever 
written, in one of the most 
charming stories ever told.”

 “Clearly Classic: Shakespeare’s 
Twelfth Night” is partly 
sponsored by the City of 
Pasadena Cultural Affairs 
Commission of LACAC.

The cast of Twelfth Night 
includes James Calvert as 
Orsino, Mary Chalon as Maria, 
Lance Davis as Sir Andrew 
Aguecheek, Barry Gordon as 
Feste, Taylor Hawthorne as 
Olivia, Jordan Knapp as Viola, 
Gary Lamb as Sir Toby Belch, 
Paul Perri as Antonio, and 
Jordan Wall as Sebastian. Lance 
Davis wrote the adaptation and 
is co-directing with Gary Lamb. 
Set by Jennifer Orsini, with 
costumes by Michael Mullen.

 Parson’s Nose Theater presents 
“Clearly Classic: Shakespeare’s 
Twelfth Night”, Previews: May 
11, 12, and 18, Runs: May 19 – 
June 10, 2018.

 Friday and Saturdays at 8pm, 
Sundays at 3pm.

 Post-show Q&A’s will be held 
with the cast after performances 
on May 25th & June 2nd.

 Parson’s Nose Theater is 
located at 95 N. Marengo Ave., 
Pasadena, CA 91101

 Parson’s Nose Theater presents 
“Clearly Classic: Shakespeare’s 
Twelfth Night” as part of their 
Full Production Series. Ticket 
prices are $30 for Adults, 
$20 for Seniors, and $15 for 
Students. Reservations online 
at www.parsonsnose.com or by 
calling 626-403-7667. Preview 
Performances are Pay What 
You Will. Running time: 90 
minutes. Ages 12+.

 
Dr. Michele Vallisneri, doctor 
of Theoretical Astrophysics, 
will discuss the principals 
of gravity on Saturday, April 
28, 3 p.m. at Pasadena Public 
Library’s Linda Vista Branch, 
1281 Bryant St.

 Vallisneri is a theoretical 
physicist at NASA’s Jet 
Propulsion Laboratory in 
Pasadena, CA. He received 
his Ph.D. in physics from 
the California Institute of 
Technology in 2002 with a 
doctoral thesis on “Modeling 
and detecting gravitational 
waves from compact stellar 
objects.” His research 
interests span the detection, 
analysis, and interpretation 
of gravitational-wave signals, 
computational physics, and the 
creative interface of science and 
art, as explored through music, 
visualization, and computer 
programs. A member of the 
LIGO Scientific Collaboration, 
of the NANOGrav pulsar-
timing consortium Vallisneri 
also was the Deputy Project 
Scientist for LISA, a planned 
space-based gravitational-
wave observatory. He recently 
authored an online course 
(Introduction to Data Analysis 
with Python) for lynda.com. 

 In 2017, Vallisneri received 
the NASA Exceptional 
Scientific Achievement Medal 
for “outstanding contributions 
to ground- and space-based 
detection of gravitational 
waves, critical to the nascent 
field of observational 
gravitational-wave astronomy.” 
He is also an Elected Fellow of 
American Physical Society.

2018: Year of Science is 
sponsored by the Linda 
Vista Library Associates. For 
more information on this 
and other upcoming science 
programming events, contact 
Robin Reidy at (626) 744-7278 
or rreidy@cityofpasadena.
net or Deborah Takahashi at 
(626) 744-7278 or dtakahashi@
cityofpasadena.net.

 
NASA’s Near-Earth Object 
Wide-field Infrared Survey 
Explorer (NEOWISE) 
mission has released its 
fourth year of survey data. 
Since the mission was 
restarted in December 
2013, after a period of 
hibernation, the asteroid- 
and comet-hunter has 
completely scanned the skies 
nearly eight times and has 
observed and characterized 
29,375 objects in four years 
of operations. This total 
includes 788 near-Earth 
objects and 136 comets since 
the mission restart.

 Near-Earth objects 
(NEOs) are comets and 
asteroids that have been 
nudged by the gravitational 
attraction of the planets in 
our solar system into orbits 
that allow them to enter 
Earth’s neighborhood. Ten 
of the objects discovered 
by NEOWISE in the past 
year have been classified 
as potentially hazardous 
asteroids (PHAs). Near-
Earth objects are classified 
as PHAs, based on their size 
and how closely they can 
approach Earth’s orbit.

 “NEOWISE continues 
to expand our catalog 
and knowledge of these 
elusive and important 
objects,” said Amy Mainzer, 
NEOWISE principal 
investigator from NASA’s 
Jet Propulsion Laboratory 
in Pasadena, California. 
“In total, NEOWISE has 
now characterized sizes and 
reflectivities of over 1,300 
near-Earth objects since the 
spacecraft was launched, 
offering an invaluable 
resource for understanding 
the physical properties 
of this population, and 
studying what they are made 
of and where they have come 
from.”

 The NEOWISE team has 
released an animation 
depicting detections made 
by the telescope over its four 
years of surveying the solar 
system.

 More than 2.5 million 
infrared images of the 
sky were collected in the 
fourth year of operations 
by NEOWISE. These data 
are combined with the 
year one through three 
NEOWISE data into a single 
publicly available archive. 
That archive contains 
approximately 10.3 million 
sets of images and a database 
of more than 76 billion 
source detections extracted 
from those images.

 Originally called the 
Wide-field Infrared Survey 
Explorer (WISE), the 
spacecraft launched in 
December 2009. It was 
placed in hibernation in 
2011 after its primary 
astrophysics mission was 
completed. In September 
2013, it was reactivated, 
renamed NEOWISE and 
assigned a new mission: 
to assist NASA’s efforts to 
identify and characterize the 
population of near-Earth 
objects. NEOWISE also is 
characterizing more distant 
populations of asteroids 
and comets to provide 
information about their 
sizes and compositions.

 NASA’s Jet Propulsion 
Laboratory in Pasadena, 
California, manages and 
operates the NEOWISE 
mission for NASA’s Planetary 
Defense Coordination 
Office within the Science 
Mission Directorate in 
Washington. The Space 
Dynamics Laboratory 
in Logan, Utah, built the 
science instrument. Ball 
Aerospace & Technologies 
Corp. of Boulder, Colorado, 
built the spacecraft. Science 
data processing takes place 
at the Infrared Processing 
and Analysis Center at 
Caltech in Pasadena. Caltech 
manages JPL for NASA.

Kitten Week Premieres 
at the Humane Society

 Miniature tiger sharks are 
expected to make landfall in 
Pasadena this April as Kitten 
Season 2018 washes ashore. 
Every year, animal shelters 
around the country are flooded 
with young, homeless kittens 
during the spring and summer 
months. To help prepare for the 
arrival of thousands of young, 
orphaned kittens, the Pasadena 
Humane Society is launching 
“Kitten Week,” a week-long 
awareness and action campaign 
held April 23-29, to encourage 
community members to spay/
neuter adopt and get involved.

“Kitten Week” events include:

· Free Feline Spay/Neuter: 
From April 23-April 28, the 
Pasadena Humane Society is 
offering free spay & neuter for 
cats and kittens.* Appointments 
available at pasadenahumane.
org/snip.

· 2 for 1 Cat Adoptions: 
During the week of April 
23-April 29, adopt one cat, take 
a second one home with no 
additional adoption fee (kittens 
may be limited). View pets at 
pasadenahumane.org/cats.

· Foster a Kitten: Join us on 
Wednesday, April 25 from 6 to 
8pm for a special "foster only" 
volunteer orientation. RSVP at 
pasdenahumane.org/volunteer.

· Donation Drive: With 
thousands of young kittens 
about to pour through the 
doors, we need supplies to 
help care for them. Donate an 
item off the shelter's Amazon 
wishlist the entire month of 
April: http://a.co/iMFtNxy

· Kitten Experience Giveaway: 
Donate an item off the shelter's 
wishlist and be entered to win 
a kitten communal experience 
or a kitten nursery tour for you 
and three guests. Two grand 
prizes awarded.

· Kids Program: On April 
28, kids 8-12 can attend a 
special kitten-themed Animal 
Adventurers workshop from 
1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Register 
at pasadenahumane.org/kids.

 Many of the kittens that arrive 
at the Pasadena Humane 
Society have not yet reached the 
two pound minimum weight 
required for adoption. These 
small, orphaned kittens spend 
time in the kitten nursery 
or live with volunteer foster 
parents until they are able to be 
safely spayed/neutered and put 
up for adoption.

 In addition to the hundreds 
of kittens taken in from the 
local community each year, 
the Pasadena Humane Society 
has committed to take in 1,000 
underage kittens from LA 
County Animal Services in 
partnership with the ASPCA in 
2018.

 “The arrival of thousands of 
kittens, many of which will 
need extra care before they 
are placed for adoption, puts 
a considerable drain on the 
shelter’s resources,” said Julie 
Bank, President/CEO of the 
Pasadena Humane Society 
& SPCA. “We are asking the 
community to step up by 
donating, adopting, fostering 
and, most importantly, spaying/
neutering their pet cats.”

 If you are unable to participate 
in Kitten Week, the Pasadena 
Humane Society offers public 
spay/neuter services, volunteer 
opportunities, pet adoptions, 
and children’s programs 
throughout the year.

 To learn more about “Kitten 
Week” and get involved, 
visit pasdaneahumane.org/
kittenweek.

 *Free spay/neuter is offered 
for healthy cats living in the 
Pasadena Humane Society's 
animal control contract cities: 
Altadena, Arcadia, Bradbury, 
Glendale, La Cañada-
Flintridge, La Crescenta-
Montrose, Monrovia, Pasadena, 
San Marino, Sierra Madre, and 
South Pasadena. Additional 
fees may apply at the discretion 
of the veterinarian.

Holden Nominates Seifert 
to Arroyo Working Group

 Assemblymember Chris 
Holden nominated Pasadena 
local Thomas Seifert to 
represent the Arroyo Seco 
Tributary on the newly 
established Upper Los Angeles 
River and Tributaries Working 
Group. The nomination was 
sent after California State 
Assembly Speaker Anthony 
Rendon and the Santa Monica 
Mountain Conservancy 
expanded the nomination 
process for the working group 
to include the 41st Assembly 
District, even though the 
Arroyo Seco Tributary was left 
out of the original legislation 
that created it.

 “Opening representation to 
the Arroyo Seco Tributary on 
the Upper Los Angeles River 
and Tributaries Working 
Group was the right call, and 
I thank Speaker Rendon, 
California Natural Resource 
Agency, and the Santa Monica 
Mountain Conservancy for 
their inclusiveness,” said 
Assemblymember Chris 
Holden. “I’m excited for what 
Thomas Seifert will bring to the 
table and looking forward to the 
acceptance of his nomination.”

 Thomas Seifert has been 
involved with Pasadena non-
profit organizations for almost 
40 years. He currently serves 
as board chair of the Arroyo 
Seco Foundation, president of 
the La Casita Foundation and 
the Stewards of Public Land, 
vice chair of Pasadena Heritage 
and a member of the Pasadena 
Museum of History. Previously 
he served as board chair of 
Pasadena’s representative to 
the Santa Monica Mountains 
Conservancy, chair of the 
Hahamongna Watershed 
Park Advisory Committee, 
chair of the Recreation and 
Parks Commission, and board 
member of Pasadena Beautiful.

 Last year’s Assembly Bill 466 
created the Upper Los Angeles 
River and Tributaries Working 
Group tasked with developing 
a revitalization plan for the 
Upper Los Angeles River and 
its tributaries. The Arroyo 
Seco Tributary is a vital part 
of the Los Angeles River Basin 
that combines elements of 
a mountain watershed with 
an urbanized stream zone 
surrounded by half a million 
diverse residents. In February, 
Assemblymember Holden sent 
a letter to the Santa Monica 
Mountain Conservancy 
requesting that representation 
from the Arroyo Seco Tributary 
be added to the Upper Los 
Angeles River and Tributaries 
Working Group.

 “With Senator Portantino’s 
legislation calling for Arroyo 
Seco Tributary to be added 
to the working group plan 
and now a nomination to 
the working group who can 
effectively represent the Arroyo 
Seco Tributary, I believe all 
the communities surrounding 
these watersheds will benefit 
from the revitalization efforts,” 
said Holden.

Last year’s Assembly Bill 
466 created the Upper 
Los Angeles River and 
Tributaries Working Group.

Redefine How You Dine 
during Restaurant Week

 

 Pasadena’s restaurant 
community opens its doors 
to guests from throughout 
Southern California for the 
third Pasadena Restaurant 
Week. The Pasadena 
Chamber is sponsoring the 
event which takes place 
from Sunday, May 6th to 
Friday, May 11th.

Please note: some Mexican 
restaurants may not 
participate on Sunday, May 
6th due to Cinco de Mayo 
weekend activities.

 Find out why MyLife.com 
named Pasadena the best 
mid-sized city for dining 
in the country. Pasadena’s 
favorite, most unique and 
finest dining destinations 
offer prix fixe menus, special 
meals and deals during 
Pasadena Restaurant Week.

 Guests are invited to return 
to an old favorite or try 
someplace new. Taste the 
best Pasadena has to offer at 
unbeatable prices. Pasadena 
Restaurant Week is a great 
opportunity to visit Pasadena 
favorites such as Bistro 45, 
Sushi Roku, Arroyo Chop 
House, Green Street Tavern, 
POP Champagne Bar and 
Restaurant, Parkway Grill, 
Kathleen’s, Del Frisco’s 
Grille, Ruth’s Chris Steak 
House and many more.

 Patrons can also try out 
some of our newly opened 
restaurants such as The 
Great Maple, Bone Kettle, 
The Mixx and Crackin’ 
Kitchen. 

 We consistently update the 
participating restaurant list. 
Look for updated restaurant 
listings, menus and more, 
click on the Restaurants 
& Menus link at www.
pasadenarestaurantweek.
com.

 Those interested can get all 
the restaurant, menu, pricing 
and cuisine information 
on your iPhone or Android 
smart phone. Download the 
Pasadena Restaurant Week 
mobile application at the 
App Store or Google Play.

 Pasadena Restaurant Week 
is organized by the Pasadena 
Chamber of Commerce with 
our restaurant members. 
Gold Sponsors include the 
City of Pasadena and Wells 
Fargo. Silver Sponsor is 
the Pasadena Convention 
and Visitor Bureau/
Pasadena Convention 
Center. Pasadena Restaurant 
Week is a citywide event 
featuring the cuisine of 
many of Pasadena’s top 
dining establishments. 
Participating restaurants 
will offer fixed price dinner 
and/or lunch menu items 
for visitors. Dinners will be 
three-course meals while 
lunches will consist of two-
courses. Depending on the 
venue and menu offered, 
meals will be priced at 
either $27, $36 or $45 for 
dinner or $15, $20 or $25 
for lunch. (Some prices may 
vary.) Alcoholic beverages, 
gratuity and tax are not 
included in the price unless 
specified by the individual 
restaurants in advance.

For more information and 
a list of restaurants visit: 
pasadenarestaurantweek.
com.

Free Monthly Events at 
Pasadena Senior Center

Pasadena City Measures 
on June 5 Election Ballot

 There is something for 
everyone at the Pasadena 
Senior Center, 85 E. Holly St

You do not have to be a 
member to attend. Some events 
require advance reservations as 
noted.

 A Toast to the Joys of 
Music – Tuesdays to April 
24, from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. 
Tom Campbell returns to play 
his guitar and sing covers of 
traditional country, country 
rock, blues, folk, gospel and 
classic rock music made famous 
by The Grateful Dead, Vince 
Gill, Merle Haggard, B.B. King, 
Willie Nelson, Elvis Presley, 
The Rolling Stones and others.

Scenic Walkers Club – 
Wednesdays, to April 25, 
at 10 a.m. Join members of 
the Pasadena Senior Center’s 
Scenic Walkers Club for walks 
to scenic local places to enjoy 
the great outdoors and get some 
exercise. For more information, 
including where to meet up 
each week, contact Scenic 
Walkers Club coordinator Alan 
Colville at alancolville@charter.
net.

 Domino Club – Thursdays 
to April 26, 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 seasoned players. 
The accompanying laughter 
is contagious! For more 
information call Vicki Leigh at 
928-478-4654.

 Signs and Symptoms of 
Depression – Thursday, April 
26, at 10 a.m. Not everyone 
who is depressed suffers from 
the same symptoms, and not all 
symptoms are obvious. Learn 
more about the symptoms of 
depression during this special 
class presented by Pacific 
Clinics.

 Founded in 1960, the 
Pasadena Senior Center is 
an independent nonprofit 
agency that offers recreational, 
educational, wellness and 
social services to people ages 
50 and older in a welcoming 
environment. Services are also 
provided for frail, low-income 
and homebound seniors

 

 Four City measures will 
be on the June 5 State 
Primary Election ballot. 
Two measures pertain to 
proposed amendments to 
the City Charter to move 
election dates for the City 
Council and Pasadena Unifi 
ed School District Board of 
Education from odd years 
to coincide with state and 
federal elections held in 
even years.

 The Charter Amendment 
measure regarding the 
Board of Education will 
also consolidate the current 
primary-general election 
into a single plurality 
election.

 The second two measures 
pertain to the regulation 
and taxation of commercial 
cannabis businesses in the 
City of Pasadena. The first 
cannabis measure proposes 
an ordinance to allow the 
limited cultivation, retail, 
and testing of commercial 
cannabis in the City of 
Pasadena. The second 
cannabis measure proposes 
an ordinance to impose a 
tax on commercial cannabis 
businesses in the City of 
Pasadena. On January 
1, the State of California 
rolled out its licensing 
of commercial cannabis 
businesses statewide under 
the Medicinal and Adult Use 
Cannabis Regulation Safety 
Act (MAUCRSA). However, 
state law does not supersede 
local provisions regarding 
cannabis. The current City 
of Pasadena regulations 
prohibit cannabis activities

within the City.

 For more information 
on the four City measures 
scheduled for the

June 5 election, visit: 
CityofPasadena.net/
Elections or call

the Pasadena City Clerk’s 
Office at 626.744.4124.

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