Mountain Views News, Pasadena Edition [Sierra Madre] Saturday, June 23, 2018

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SOUTH PASADENA - SAN MARINO

Mountain Views-News Saturday, June 23, 2018 

South Pasadena Smoking 
Regulations Take Effect

Legacy of Dorothy Cohen 
Lives on at the Library

CalArts Center: ‘Nightwalk 
in the Chinese Garden’

 


 Dorothy Cohen, former Mayor 
of South Pasadena passed 
away at age 92 on January 20. 
Dorothy had devoted half of her 
very full life to the City of South 
Pasadena, and particularly 
to the Library during her last 
years. Dorothy, a Co-Founder 
of the Friends Bookstore served 
as its volunteer coordinator for 
35 years. Dorothy’s survivors 
include daughters Jamey (John) 
and grandson Liam and Gavin 
Allman, and Cassy (David) and 
Grandson Jake Muronaka.

 On St. Patrick’s Day, March 17, 
2018, a fittingly lively memorial 
for Dorothy was convened 
in the Library Community 
Room with a full house of 
family, friends, associates, 
expressing their admiration 
and reflections.

 Dorothy’s family had requested 
that memorial donations in 
Dorothy’s honor be made to the 
Friends of the South Pasadena 
Public Library and a number 
of them have been received by 
the nonprofit support group. 
Dorothy’s family also donated 
Dorothy’s personal book 
collection, particularly strong 
in hardback mysteries, and they 
are still appearing at attractive 
prices in the Friends Bookstore 
in the Library, just as they have 
been for the last few weeks. 
The family has also donated 
Dorothy’s dozens of framed 
awards and proclamations to 
the Local History Archives 
of the South Pasadena Public 
Library. Many of them will 
be used for a “Remembering 
Dorothy Cohen” exhibit in the 
Library display case during 
January 2009. 

 


 In a groundbreaking creative 
partnership, CalArts Center 
for New Performance (CNP) 
and The Huntington Library, 
Art Collections, and Botanical 
Gardens have joined forces 
with the internationally 
acclaimed playwright Stan Lai 
to produce a new, site-specific 
work written exclusively for The 
Huntington’s Chinese Garden. 
Nightwalk in the Chinese 
Garden will have its world 
premiere at The Huntington 
Sept. 21–Oct. 26.

 One of the preeminent voices in 
contemporary Chinese theater, 
Stan Lai helped revolutionize 
modern theater in Taiwan 
in the 1980s; his work also 
influenced a new generation 
of artists and theater-goers 
throughout mainland China 
as his plays found enthusiastic 
audiences there. His 35 original 
plays include many acclaimed 
Chinese-language works, 
including Secret Love in Peach 
Blossom Land (1986), The 
Village (2008), and the epic, 
eight-hour A Dream Like a 
Dream (2000). Performances 
of his work in the United States 
have included a production 
of Secret Love in Peach 
Blossom Land at the Oregon 
Shakespeare Festival in 2015, 
and his direction of Dream of 
the Red Chamber for the San 
Francisco Opera in 2016.

 In 2016, The Huntington, 
in partnership with CNP, 
invited Lai to create a new 
work for performance in its 
renowned Chinese Garden—a 
classical-style landscape that 
has become a nexus of cross-
cultural exchange since it 
was established a decade 
ago. Known by the poetic 
name the Garden of Flowing 
Fragrance, Liu Fang Yuan ???, 
the landscape was modeled 
after scholars’ gardens in 
Suzhou, China, that date from 
the Ming dynasty (1368–1644). 
Lai’s play, Nightwalk in the 
Chinese Garden, also draws 
upon historical influences 
for inspiration. Set against 
the mystical backdrop of the 
garden, lake, and pavilions at 
night, the play weaves together 
elements of the famous 
Chinese romantic tragicomedy 
The Peony Pavilion, written by 
dramatist Tang Xianzu in 1598, 
with tales of early 20th-century 
California.

 “I have written an immersive 
play for the Chinese Garden 
that is inspired by classical 
Chinese dreams, where a 
lifetime can be played out before 
a bowl of porridge cools down, 
and a maiden can die of love 
for a man she met in a dream,” 
said Lai. “I find these dreams 
to also be very contemporary 
and very Californian, so I have 
juxtaposed the tortured dreams 
of a Chinese playwright in the 
16th century with those of a 
Latino artist in 1920s Southern 
California. The nexus of the 
two dreams is the Huntington 
estate in San Marino, at a 
Chinese opera performance of 
The Peony Pavilion.”

 The play is performed in 
English with some passages 
from The Peony Pavilion sung 
in Chinese to the original 
music.

 During the month-long run 
of the show, a small audience of 
40 individuals each night will 
become an integral part of the 
performance, moving through 
the garden as the story unfolds 
around them like scenes from a 
Chinese scroll painting.

 Tickets for Nightwalk in 
the Chinese Garden will be 
available beginning August 1. 
For details, visit huntington.
org/nightwalk

 

 The City Council finds that 
the smoking of tobacco, or 
any other weed or plant, is 
a positive danger to health 
and a material annoyance, 
inconvenience, discomfort and 
a health hazard to those who 
are present in confined and 
open spaces, and that smoking 
rates are on the increase among 
the youth population of Los 
Angeles County.

 On May 16, 2018, Council 
approved an amendment to 
the SPMC Chapter 17 Article 
V prohibiting smoking on any 
public sidewalk or walkway, or 
any parkway, curb or gutter.

 Smoking in all enclosed/
indoor and unenclosed/
outdoor areas shall be 
prohibited within a reasonable 
distance of twenty-five (25) 
feet from an enclosed/indoor 
or unenclosed/outdoor area at 
which smoking is prohibited, 
except while actively passing on 
the way to another destination 
and provided smoke does not 
enter any enclosed/indoor or 
unenclosed/outdoor area at 
which smoking is prohibited. 

 Smoking is now prohibited 
at and within a 25-foot buffer 
zone of the following areas 
including (but not limited to):

All enclosed/indoor and 
unenclosed/outdoor public 
places:

Elevators and restrooms.

All service lines where any 
services are given or received.

Any public areas of health care 
facilities and hospitals.

Any public meeting rooms.

All hotel and motel lobbies, 
common areas and restrooms.

Theaters and auditoriums

All enclosed, unenclosed, 
indoor or outdoor restaurants, 
coffee shops, bars, dining areas 
and patios.

Museums, libraries, public 
transportation facilities, transit 
stops and commuter rail line 
stations.

Public Sidewalks 

Smoking is prohibited on any 
public sidewalk or walkway, or 
any parkway, curb or gutter.

Workplaces

Smoking is prohibited in all 
workplaces of private, nonprofit 
and public agencies.

In order to comply with the 
law, effective immediately, all 
business owners, managers 
and commercial building 
management companies 
should:

Notify employees and building 
tenants about the new 
provisions of the law

Request patrons who are 
smoking and in violation of the 
law to refrain from smoking.

Post the appropriate visible 
signage at the business site 
such as at entrances and 
exits, lobbies, restrooms and 
elevators. These signs must 
be conspicuously posted and 
should be clearly visible to 
patrons and the general public.

 A City-approved “No 
Smoking” sign, available above 
for download, must be printed 
out or produced with minimum 
dimensions of 5” x 10” so that 
the “No Smoking” letters are 
not less than 1” in height.

 While the new law requires 
posting these City-approved 
signs at your business, it is not 
required to take down pre-
existing signs as long as the 
new City-approved sign is also 
posted.

 City staff will use discretion 
to approve requests for 
minor modifications to the 
appearance of the template on a 
case-by-case basis. For all such 
sign modification requests, 
please email cmoffice@
southpasadenaca.gov. 

 Remove all ashtrays that 
are located in prohibited 
smoking areas described in the 
municipal code.

ENFORCEMENT

 Owners, operators, managers 
and patrons are required to 
comply with the law. To report 
a violation, the public can call 
the South Pasadena Police 
Department at (626)403-7297.

 Owners, operators and 
managers in violation of this 
law will be subject to a fine and 
bail forfeiture of no less than 
$100. Any person violating any 
provision of SPMC Chapter 
17.50 et al., by failing to post 
or cause to be posted a “No 
Smoking” sign required by 
this chapter is guilty of a 
misdemeanor. Any person 
violating any provision of 
SPMC 17.50 et al., by smoking 
in a “no smoking” area is guilty 
of an infraction and shall be 
punished by a fine and bail 
forfeiture of no less than $100.

 “No Smoking” signs for 
businesses are now available for 
free download. 

 “No Smoking” signs must be 
conspicuously posted near at 
the business site such as outdoor 
dining patios, entrances, exits, 
and cashier areas, and should 
be clearly visible and readable 
to all patrons and the public 
outdoors.

 For more information please 
contact the City Manager’s 
Office at (626) 403-7210 or email 
cmoffice@southpasadenaca.
gov. To download a sign goto: 
ci.south-pasadena.ca.us.

Make a Blind Date with a 
Book at the South Pas Library

 

 Don’t judge a book by its cover! 
Visit the Blind Date with a Book 
display in the Library and make 
a date with your next great read. 
Librarians have wrapped some 
of their favorite titles in brown 
paper and written personal 
ad style clues to help readers 
choose their blind date book. 
There are a wide variety of 
titles in all genres to satisfy all 
tastes, from humorous fiction 
lovers seeking quirky offbeat 
plots to fast-paced mystery 
lovers seeking a complex and 
compelling sleuth. Participants 
pick a covered book using the 
clues, check it out, unwrap 
and enjoy! Readers can earn 
prizes for participating in Blind 
Date with a Book by writing a 
review on the Rate Your Date 
card included with each book. 
When cards are returned to 
the Library’s Reference Desk 
readers can choose a prize, get 
a coupon for the Friends of 
the Library Bookstore, or be 
entered into an opportunity 
drawing for a surprise gift 
basket. Come visit the Library 
and take a chance on your 
next great reading adventure! 
For more information contact 
the Reference Desk at rdesk@
southpasadenaca.gov or (626) 
403-7350.

San Marino 
Fourth of July 
Wristbands

 
The community of San Marino 
is invited to attend the City’s 
annual Fourth of July event on 
Wednesday, July 4 at Lacy Park. 
The celebration will include food 
booths, a fun zone, a community 
parade, entertainment, and a 
fireworks display at 9 p.m. All 
guests will need a wristband to 
enter the park.

 The Virginia Road entrance 
to Lacy Park will open at 7 a.m. 
No one will be allowed to enter 
via St. Albans Road until 3 p.m. 
Guests may reserve areas using 
blankets and chairs; no stakes or 
ropes will be permitted.

 Pre-sale wristbands will be 
available to San Marino residents 
for $5 each. Proof of residency 
is required and residents must 
present an identification card 
with their address or a utility 
bill. Pre-sale wristbands will be 
available for non-residents for 
$15 each. Children ages 2 years 
and under are free.

 Wristbands can be purchased 
through Tuesday, July 3 at 
the Recreation Department, 
Monday through Thursday 
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and at City 
Hall, Monday through Thursday 
from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Friday 
from 7 to 11 a.m. Wristband 
sales begin at Crowell Public 
Library on Monday, June 18, 
Monday through Thursday 
from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., Friday 
and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 
5 p.m. and Sunday from 1 to 
5 p.m. Wristbands purchased 
on Wednesday, July 4 are $20 
each, regardless of residency. 
Children 2 years and under are 
free. For more information, call 
(626) 943-2627.

 The Rotary Club of San Marino 
will present its Annual Fourth 
of July Parade. Children on 
decorated bikes accompanied 
by an adult are invited to 
participate. Bikes parade in a 
special section at the front and 
no registration is needed. Bands 
are also welcome. If you would 
like to drive a vehicle in the 
parade, registration is required. 
For more information, call (626) 
440-1959.

Summer Reading Program 
marches in Festival of Balloons 

 Families interested in marching as part of the Summer Reading 
Program group in the South Pasadena Festival of Balloons Parade 
on July 4th should meed at 10:30 am on the Diamond Avenue side 
of the Library. Children are encouraged to walk for the Library to 
help motivate others to read. Marchers may bring water bottles, 
sunscreen, wagons, and strollers. Other wheeled vehicles are not 
permitted. Each child must be accompanied by an adult.

 The Old Mill Foundation 
announced that Magical

Music at the Mill, chamber 
music under the stars, will 
return to The Old Mill in 
summer. Each evening will 
feature a different music 
ensemble performing on the 
Pomegranate Patio surrounded 
by the Mill’s beautiful 
pomegranate trees and lush 
gardens. In addition to enjoying 
the fine music, concertgoers are 
invited to view the building, 
learn about its history, and view 
the latest California Art Club 
exhibition in the Mill’s gallery.

Saturday, June 30*

Saturday, July 14*

Saturday, August 25*

*The grounds of the Old Mill 
open at 7 pm, and the concerts

begin at 8 pm.

Ticket Information:

Tickets $24/ea., OMF Members 
$20/ea., or $50 for the series.

For more information and to 
make reservations contact the 
Old Mill by phone (626)449-
5458, Tuesdays–Fridays, 12–4 
pm or visit old-mill.org. The 
Old Mill is located at 1120 Old 
Mill Road, San Marino, 91108.

Magical Music 
at the Mill


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