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Mountain Views News, Pasadena Edition [Sierra Madre] Saturday, August 4, 2018

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Mountain View News Saturday, August 4, 2018

Textile Treasures from the
USC Pacific Asia Museum

August Events at Kidspace

Comedy Native Gardens
to Open at Playhouse

STEAMing through Summer,
June 9-August 4, 10:00am-
5:00pm:

STEAMing through Summer
is an 8-week series that creates
learning opportunities in
a fun and interactive way.
Weekly programming will
explore Science, Technology,
Engineering, Art, and Math.
In addition to STEAM
programming there will also be
an emphasis on Imagination,
Nature, and Green initiatives.
Each week will conclude with
a Kidspace Book Club where
participants can creatively
share about the books they
have read.

Special Programs during
STEAMing through Summer:

Saturday, August 4, 10:00am-
5:00pm: The Metropolitan
Water District of Southern
California

Pop-Up Program: Kidspace
Book Club, Saturday & Sunday,
June 9-August 5, 10:30am-
4:30pm: Join Kidspace this
summer for its first annual
Kidspace Book Club! Each
week, explore a new topic
together by reading a book.
After reading your book, pick
a fun way to share what you
discovered with Kidspace.
You might write or sing a
song, create a poem, make a
piece of art -- whatever makes
sense to share your book!
Bring your book share to the
Kidspace Book Clubhouse each
weekend, where you can show
it to the Kidspace team and
earn a button unique to that
week’s theme!

Free Family Night, Tuesday,
August 7, 4:00-8:00pm:
Express the beauty of nature
through art. Create a nature
journal, participate in a nature
photography challenge, and
learn about the stories in the
sky. Enjoy a North American
Animals presentation by
Wildlife Learning Center
at 6:00pm in Stone Hollow
Amphitheater. Admission to
Kidspace is free only during
these hours.

Busy Bee Book Series: “Wild
Wild Weasel”, Saturday, August
11, 1:00pm: The weasel and boy
are back! Space travel was a
breeze compared to their latest
challenge: obedience school.
But can a weasel be trained?
Find out what happens when
wild animals go to school, just
like kids. “Wild Wild Weasel”
is a follow-up to “Once Upon a
Weasel” and the second book in
the World of the Weasel series.

Performance on the Frog:
RePercussion, Sunday, August
19, 1:00pm: Join Kidspace at
1:00pm for RePercussion, a
high-energy street-drum team
who combine music, comedy,
and a lot of fun. RePercussion
inspires families to make music
with everyday objects!

Kidspace Children’s Museum
is located at 480 N. Arroyo Blvd.,
in Brookside Park on 3.5 acres
of both indoor and outdoor,
interactive environments.
The museum features over
40 hands-on exhibits with
daily programs and monthly
events for children ages 1 to
10. The mission of Kidspace
is to nurture the potential
of all children through kid-
driven experiences, inspiring
them to become joyful, active
learners. Admission is $14
for adults and children. Free
for children under one year.
For more information, visit
kidspacemuseum.org.

USC Pacific Asia Museum
is proud to announce the
museum’s new fall exhibition,
Ceremonies and Celebrations:
Textile Treasures from the
USC Pacific Asia Museum
Collection, drawn from the
museum’s extraordinary
collection of over 2,700
costumes and textiles from
China, Korea, Japan, India,
the Himalayas and Southeast
Asia. In conjunction with the
Ceremonies & Celebrations
opening will be the unveiling of
the newly redesigned and much
beloved museum giftshop,
Shop@PAM.

USC Pacific Asia Museum
Interim Director, Selma Holo
said, “USC PAM is showcasing
its strengths this fall with a
very beautiful textile exhibition
from our permanent collection,
public programming for all ages
and the return of our wonderful
gift shop. This is going to
be a exciting opportunity to
welcome the community into
the museum this season.”

About Ceremonies &
Celebrations:

With select examples
across Asia, Ceremonies and
Celebrations will explore
interesting ideas that can
connect these vast regions
together. Some of the best
examples in USC PAM’s textile
collection are rarely exhibited
because of their fragile nature
and the negative effect of light
on the natural dyes used, and
Ceremonies and Celebrations
will provide visitors with an
exceptional glimpse at those
rarely seen textile collections.

The exhibition is divided
into four thematic sections:
gender, status, religion and
ceremony. The first focuses
on the connection between
gender and textile production
and the way that textiles are
used to identify gender roles
in society. The second idea that
is explored in the exhibition is
the role of textiles as a signifier
of one’s status. The third
theme illustrates the unique
relationship between textiles
and religions across Asia. The
final section looks at textiles
worn or used in marking
ceremonies and life transitions,
including birth, weddings, and
death. Textiles help to identify
religious practitioners and add
beauty to religious spaces and
rituals.

“Many of these textiles have
never been seen and are rarely
exhibited together in this way.”
Said USC PAM exhibition
curator, Rebecca Hall, “Textile
exhibitions are always exciting
because they make us think
about how clothing and textiles
help form identity and to see
the commonalities across
different cultures.”

The Shop@PAM will open to
the public September 14, 2018
after an almost two year closure
to a newly redesigned store
concept and location. Now
located in the Visitor Services
Center of the museum, that
also houses the admission
desk, the shop will continue
to support the museum’s
mission by inviting guests to
further their education and
appreciation of the countries,
cultures and religions in USC
PAM’s permanent collection.

“We are excited to welcome
the community back to the
shop.” Said Shop@PAM Store
Manager Michelle Bourdon,
“Visitors will find a refreshed
store with natural lighting and
a minimalistic design, with a
strongly curated focus on Asian
and Asian American artist’s
merchandise.”

Interior design by Kelly
Sutherlin McLeod Architecture,
Museum store consulting
provided by Shelly Stephens
and Associates, display cases
furnished by Subastral and
select furniture kindly donated
by Room & Board.

Pasadena Playhouse, the
State Theater of California, is
presenting Native Gardens,
a new comedy by Karen
Zacarías and directed by
Seinfeld’s Jason Alexander.
The production runs
September 5 through 30 at
Pasadena Playhouse; the
press opening is September
9.

The cast of Native Gardens
features acclaimed actors
of both screen and stage:
Christian Barillas (Ronaldo
on Modern Family),
Academy Award Nominee
Bruce Davison (Willard,
Longtime Companion,
and A Song at Twilight
at Pasadena Playhouse),
Frances Fisher (Titanic,
Unforgiven, Resurrection),
and Jessica Meraz (TNT’s
Major Crimes). The cast of
Native Gardens is rounded
out by Julian Armaya, Joshua
Duron and Bradley Roa II.

In this new comedy,
horticultures clash, turning
well-intentioned neighbors
into feuding enemies.
It’s the War of the Hoses
where cultures collide
and mudslinging ensues
– literally. Good fences
don’t always make good
neighbors, but they do make
for a lot of laughs in this new
play.

Native Gardens tells the
story of Pablo (Barillas), a
rising attorney, and Tania
(Meraz), his very pregnant
wife who is also a doctoral
candidate. They have just
purchased a home next
to Frank (Davison) and
Virginia (Fisher), a well-
established D.C. couple
with a prize-worthy English
garden. They could not feel
more welcomed until an
impending barbeque for
Pablo’s colleagues and a
delicate disagreement over
a long-standing fence line
soon spirals into an all-out
comedic border dispute.

Director Jason Alexander
said, “In a deceptively
simple, deeply appealing
play the author has captured
the essence of a global
conversation we are now
having. The subject is ‘who
belongs to what community
and who controls those
communities.’ It sounds
like that would have to be
a heavy weighted evening,
but in Karen Zacarías’ deft
hands, she has transformed
it into a serio-comic delight.
It is impossible to watch
without getting involved and
wondering what you would
do in the same situation.
Great characters, great
fun and I look forward to
sharing it with our theater
community.”

“It is very exciting for
me to introduce the work
of Karen Zacarías to Los
Angeles. She tackles topical
issues with great verve,
wit and relevance,” said
Danny Feldman, Pasadena
Playhouse Producing
Artistic Director. He
continues, “Anyone who has
a neighbor can relate – or
maybe even sympathize –
with someone in this story.
We all share stories about
good and bad neighbors
and what can happen. And
when it happens to someone
else, its even funnier. In
the hands of these comedic
legends, I am sure you are in
for a good laugh.”

Tickets start at $25 for Native
Gardens and are available at
pasadenaplayhouse.org, by
phone at 626-356-7529, and
at the box office at 39 South
El Molino Avenue.

A comedy play
directed by Jason
Alexander

Free Monthly Events at
Pasadena Senior Center

There is something for
everyone in August 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.

Friday Movie Matinees –
Fridays, Aug. 10, 17 and 24,
at 1 p.m. Everyone enjoys
watching movies and the
pleasures they bring. Aug. 10:
I Can Only Imagine (2018, PG-
13) starring J. Michael Finley
and Madeline Carroll. The film
tells the inspiring true story
behind MercyMe’s beloved,
chart-topping song that has
brought hope and the power
of forgiveness to so many. Aug.
17: The Pursuit of Happyness
(2006, PG-13) starring Will
Smith and Thandie Newton.
A talented, often unemployed
single father struggles to make
ends meet while raising his
young son after they are evicted
from their San Francisco
apartment with nowhere to
go. Aug. 24: Downsizing (2017,
R) starring Matt Damon and
Kristin Wiig. When scientists
discover how to shrink humans
down to five inches tall as a
solution to overpopulation, a
man and his wife decide to get
small and move to a downsized
community, a choice that
triggers life-changing
adventures.

Screening Mimis Film Club
– Tuesdays, Aug. 7 and 21, at
3 p.m. What used to require
a monthly fee is now free!
Classics, film noir, cult films,
documentaries, shorts, foreign
films, animated films and more
are selected democratically by
club members. Each screening
is researched and its hidden
history presented prior to each
viewing. Lively discussions and
Q&A follow each screening.
Popcorn is provided. The film
club is scheduled the first and
third Tuesdays of every month.
Email mmeovary@aol.com for
more information.

Free Summer Concerts for
All Ages – Mondays at 6 p.m.
through Sept. 3. Summer
concerts sponsored by the
Pasadena Senior Center have
moved from Memorial Park
to the air-conditioned comfort
of the center’s Scott Pavilion.
Aug. 6: Janet Klein and Her
Parlor Boys will perform jazz,
ragtime, blues and novelty
songs popular from 1900 to
1930. Aug. 13: Pam Kay and
the Tap Chicks will entertain
with energetic dance routines,
Vaudeville-style comedy and
clever costumes. Aug. 20:
Lisa Haley and the Zydekats
will play lively Cajun Zydeco
music with plenty of Louisiana
spice. Aug. 27: Leah Zeger will
perform spirited Gypsy jazz
and beloved standards. Sept.
3: The Great American Swing
Band will feature the sounds
of Big Band, rhythm and blues,
jazz and Dixieland.

Health Insurance Counseling
– Wednesdays, Aug. 8 and 15,
at 10 a.m. Trained counselors
will provide unbiased
information about Medicare,
Med-gap, Medicare Advantage,
Medicare Part D and Cal Medi-
Connect. Appointments are
required; call (626) 795-4331.

For more information visit
www.pasadenaseniorcenter.org
or call 626-795-4331.

Founded in 1960, the Pasadena
Senior Center is an independent,
nonprofit organization 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.

Ernie (A461155) is one
amazing dog. He is a 3-year-
old pit bull who is energetic
and active. He has gone out
with our Wiggle Waggle
Wagon crew a few times and
loves meeting new people,
even kids! He likes playing
with toys, but he absolutely
loves laying in your lap. If
you’re looking for a hiking or
running buddy who will not
hesitate to cuddle and take
a nap with you afterward,
come meet Ernie at the
Pasadena Humane Society &
SPCA.

The adoption fee for dogs
is $130. All dogs are spayed
or neutered, microchipped,
and vaccinated before going
to their new home.

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.

View photos of adoptable
pets at pasadenahumane.
org. 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.

Pet of the
Week

Textile Treasures Related Programming

Saturday, September 15 |
1:00pm - 3:00pm

Conversation@PAM: Religious
Textiles of Southeast Asia

Curator Rebecca Hall will
speak about the Ceremonies
and Celebrations exhibition
focusing on the history
of Buddhist textiles from
Southeast Asia.

In collaboration with Textile
Museum Associates of
Southern California

Free with admission

Thursday, September 20 |
6:00pm - 9:00pm

Third Thursdays in the
Playhouse District

In collaboration with Sino US
Performing Arts Organization.

Saturday, September 29 |
10:00am - 1:00pm

Workshop@PAM: Shibori

Try your hand at Japanese
Shibori indigo dyeing taught by
USC Roski School of Art and
Design Dean Haven Lin-Kirk.
All supplies are provided and
space is limited.

$15

Thursday, October 4 | 7:00pm
- 8:30pm

Conversation@PAM: Foods of
the Silk Road

Join experts Feride Buyuran
(AZ Cookbook) and Ker
Zhu (Mason’s Dumplings) to
learn and taste from different
cultures along the Silk Road.
Free food tastings included.

$15

Friday, October 12 | 6:00pm -
10:00pm

ArtNight Pasadena

In collaboration with Sri Lanka
Foundation

Free

Sunday, October 14 | 11:00am
- 5:00pm

Free Second Sunday in
October: Weaving

Artist Yan Zhang will
demonstrate the unique Li
Brocade weaving style and
audience members will have an
opportunity to try it as well.

Free

Film@PAM: Oriental Silk

Join filmmaker Xiaowen Zhu
and documentary subject
Kenneth Wong for a screening
of her short film on the history
of the first silk importing
company in Los Angeles.

Free

Thursday, October 25 |
6:00pm - 9:00pm

Workshop@PAM: Sashiko
Embroidery

In this workshop, participants
will learn this method of
stitching and create a final
design of their own or use a
traditional pattern. All supplies
are provided and space is
limited.

In collaboration with Makers
Mess.

$15

Thursday, November 1 |
7:00pm - 8:30pm

Conversation@PAM: Cultural
Appreciation or Appropriation?

All art including fashion has
a long history of acquiring
influences from various
cultures but where is the line
between cultural appreciation
and cultural misappropriation?
Panelists Viet Than Nguyen,
Josh Kun, Melissa Chan,
and Aditi Mayer add their
perspectives to this historical
yet timely conversation.

Free

Sunday, November 11 |
11:00am - 5:00pm

Free Second Sunday in
November: Korea

Performance@PAM: The King’s
Language

This Korean musical performed
mostly in English playfully
traverses culture to incite
awareness in audiences of a
fundamental human tool we
often take for granted.