Mountain Views News, Pasadena Edition [Sierra Madre] Saturday, August 25, 2018

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SOUTH PASADENA - SAN MARINO

Mountain Views-News Saturday, August 25, 2018 

Huntington Names New 
Director of Art Collections

PCC Students Join the San 
Marino Police Department

Pasadena Pops Season Finale' 
Broadway Goes to the Movies'

 

 Michael Feinstein and the 
Pasadena POPS close out their 
popular outdoor summer 
concert series at the Los 
Angeles County Arboretum 
on Saturday, September 8 with 
Broadway Goes to the Movies. 
The POPS season finale will 
provide a quintessential 
Feinstein experience with 
some of Broadway’s greatest 
performers recreating songs 
from hit shows that traveled 
from 42nd St. to Hollywood. 

 Feinstein has enlisted a 
showcase of spectacular 
entertainers for the POPS 
annual movie night. Two-
time Tony Award winner and 
Broadway legend Christine 
Ebersole, best known for her 
acclaimed role in Grey Gardens, 
brings her formidable talent to 
several songs she’s performed 
on Broadway throughout her 
illustrious career. Ebersole will 
be joined by two Jersey Boys 
- another Tony Award winner, 
John Lloyd Young, who starred 
as Frankie Valli on Broadway 
and also in the film version, 
and another tremendously 
gifted singer from the Jersey 
Boys movie, Erich Bergen, who 
just finished a stint as the lead 
in the Broadway production 
of Waitress. Known to many 
from his appearances on TV’s 
Madam Secretary, Bergen 
will be performing some of 
his favorite musical theatre 
selections for this spectacular 
season finale under the starlit 
summer sky.

 It’s the last chance to catch the 
best outdoor dinner party in 
town with spacious table seating 
and 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 with Pasadena’s premier 
orchestra! Among many venue 
amenities, concert goers can 
enjoy pre-ordered gourmet 
dining packages for on-site 
pickup just steps from their 
table from Julienne, Marston’s 
and Claud & Co and venue also 
offers mouth-watering food 
trucks and the convenience 
of two full beverage centers 
serving fine wines, beer, coffee 
and soft drinks.

 Audiences get the ultimate 
outdoor concert experience 
with large LED video screens 
to see Michael Feinstein and 
the orchestra up close. Patrons 
may also visit the Pasadena 
Humane Society’s Mobile 
Adoption Unit, which will be 
on-site prior to the concert 
with deserving animals in need 
of a forever home as part of the 
Pups for POPS program. For 
those who want to make a night 
of it, exclusive hotel packages 
are available for POPS patrons 
at Pasadena’s landmark Hotel 
Constance.

 Grounds open for picnicking 
and dining at 5:30pm and 
performances begin at 7:30pm. 
The Arboretum is located at 301 
North Baldwin Ave. Subscribers 
may pre-purchase parking on-
site at the Arboretum, and all 
concertgoers enjoy free parking 
at the adjacent Westfield Santa 
Anita shopping center with free 
non-stop shuttle service.

 Single tickets start at $25 
and are available by calling 
(626)-793-7172, online at 
PasadenaSymphony-Pops.org, 
or at the Arboretum on the day 
of the concert.

 The Huntington Library, 
Art Collections, and 
Botanical Gardens has 
appointed Christina Nielsen 
as the Hannah and Russel 
Kully Director of the Art 
Collections, Karen R. 
Lawrence, The Huntington’s 
incoming president 
announced today. Nielsen, 
currently William and 
Lia Poorvu Curator of the 
Collection and Exhibition 
Program at the Isabella 
Stewart Gardner Museum 
in Boston, assumes her new 
position on Oct. 15. Nielsen 
has worked for 20 years in 
curatorial and leadership 
roles in museums across the 
United States, including the 
Art Institute of Chicago, the 
J. Paul Getty Museum, and 
the Metropolitan Museum 
of Art. She received her 
Ph.D. in art history from 
the University of Chicago, 
and recently completed a 
fellowship at the Center for 
Curatorial Leadership in 
New York.

 At The Huntington, 
Nielsen will be responsible 
for the development, care, 
and interpretation of some 
36,000 museum objects in 
the European and American 
art collections, as well as 
their display in two buildings 
–the Huntington Art Gallery 
and the Virginia Steele Scott 
Galleries of American Art. 
She also will lead the art 
collections’ professional 
staff and provide vision for 
the institution’s temporary 
exhibitions program, which 
includes large-scale shows 
presented in the MaryLou 
and George Boone Gallery. 
She replaces Catherine 
Hess, The Huntington’s chief 
curator of European art, 
who has served as interim 
director since March of 
2017.

 “The Huntington’s 
European and American 
art collections have inspired 
artists as well as the visiting 
public over the past century,” 
said Lawrence, “and as we 
look toward our next 100 
years, the collections are 
poised to become even 
more relevant within 
the dynamic and richly 
diverse arts environment 
of Southern California and 
the nation more broadly. I 
am convinced that Christina 
is precisely the leader who 
will help us accomplish 
key goals—growing the 
resources, impact, and 
prominence of the art 
collections and fostering 
inventive interaction with 
our great collections in 
the library and botanical 
gardens.”

 In her role at the Isabella 
Stewart Gardner Museum, 
Nielsen oversees a cross-
departmental team working 
in the archives, conservation, 
curatorial, and registration 
departments, on projects 
that have given expanding 
audiences greater access to 
the museum’s collection of 
art and archival materials. 
She has also worked closely 
with colleagues in museum 
education to revamp the 
interpretive framework for 
exhibitions, connecting 
historic works of art with 
contemporary experience, 
issues, and ideas.

 In her 2016 exhibition 
“Off the Wall: Gardner and 
her Masterpieces,” Nielsen 
reconsidered what the 
collection meant to the public 
in Gardner’s own lifetime, 
and what it means today. 
Her most recent exhibition, 
“Henry James and American 
Painting,” a collaboration 
with the Morgan Library 
in New York, examined the 
symbiosis between literature 
and the visual arts, a line 
of inquiry she intends to 
explore further with The 
Huntington’s extraordinary 
multidisciplinary holdings.

 “I’ve always believed that 
The Huntington, with its 
enviable art collections, 
research library, and 
gardens, occupied a unique 
role in the cultural landscape 
of the Los Angeles area,” said 
Nielsen. “And, in the 15 years 
since I last lived in LA, that 
landscape has evolved so far 
so fast! It’s now truly one of 
the most vibrant and diverse 
artistic centers in the world, 
and I can’t wait to get back 
there and start working with 
The Huntington’s fabulous 
collections and staff to see 
how we can continue to 
advance scholarship and 
also fuel contemporary 
creativity.”

 


 Jocelyn Serrano, a PCC 
Alumna, and Mariah Felix, a 
current PCC student are two 
of the three Police Cadets 
to recently join the San 
Marino Police Department. 
Working as cadets, they will 
have the opportunity to gain 
hands-on experience and 
learn the fundamentals of 
law enforcement.

 Serrano, who just graduated 
from PCC after studying 
sociology, psychology, and 
social behavior, plans to 
attend Cal State Northridge 
in the fall and major in 
Sociology. “I’m interested in 
how people interact within 
the community,” Serrano 
told the San Marino Tribune. 
“I love the idea of helping 
people, learning how to 
protect them, and how to 
serve the community.”

 Thanks to the department’s 
flexibility, Felix is able 
to work as a Cadet while 
continuing to take courses 
at PCC, where she studies 
Criminal Justice. “This is my 
fun because law enforcement 
is so interesting to me,” 
she told the Tribune. “My 
goal is to become an officer 
with the San Marino Police 
Department”. Felix plans to 
transfer to Cal State Long 
Beach this fall.

Fish for Biological 
Control of Mosquitoes

 

 Mosquito fish are intended to 
be used for stocking ornamental 
ponds, unused or “out-of-order” 
swimming pools, and animal 
water troughs. The Greater 
Los Angeles County Vector 
Control District provides FREE 
mosquito fish to all District 
residents for placement on 
their property only. Please call 
the District Headquarters at 
(562) 944-9656 or the Sylmar 
Branch at (818) 364-9589 to 
request FREE mosquito fish for 
your home. A Vector Control 
Specialist will deliver them to 
your address within 24 hours.

 How to Find & Eliminate 
Mosquitoes in the Yard and 
Inside Your Home or Office:

 Get rid of standing water. 
These mosquitoes can live and 
complete their life cycle indoors 
or outdoors, wherever standing 
water can be found. And they 
can complete their life cycle in 
about a week 

Coyote 
Reporting 
Form

 The City of San Marino is 
working with the Pasadena 
Humane Society and other 
organizations in the San 
Gabriel Valley to monitor, 
track and respond to coyote 
complaints. For information 
visit: cityofsanmarino.org click 
“Complete Form...” to access 
the reporting form.


Conversational 
English Class

 Join fellow English 
language learners for an 
hour of conversation and 
instruction. South Pasadena 
Library’s Conversational 
English Class meets 
Wednesdays from 11:00 
a.m. to 12:00 p.m. in the Ray 
Bradbury Conference Room 
on the Library’s second 
floor. There is no charge 
for English As a Second 
Language (E.S.L.) adult 
learners to attend this class 
and no advance registration 
is required. Drop-ins are 
welcome.

Crowell 
Public Library 
gets new 
RFID system

South Pas Utility Users Tax 
Financial Analysis Report

 

 According to South 
Pasadena officials, If the 
Measure challenging the 
City’s UUT is approved 
by voters in November, 
the City may be forced to 
cut $3.4 million from the 
municipal budget, resulting 
in significant service 
impacts. The potential cuts 
include layoffs in the police, 
fire, library and community 
service departments, along 
with substantial reductions 
in planned street repairs 
and maintenance, under a 
financial plan approved by 
the City Council. 

 The UUT is a local tax, 
passed by local residents, 
used for local services. In 
2011, a ballot measure was 
approved by a majority 
of voters, reducing utility 
user’s taxes from 8% to 7.5%, 
beginning July 1, 2012, and 
extending the tax for 10 
years.

 Losing UUT funds would 
immediately place many of 
South Pasadena’s services 
at risk. The Library, parks 
and city facilities, all 
recreation and community 
services programming will 
be in jepordy. There will be 
reductions in service and 
elimination of positions in 
all departments including 
in the Police and Fire 
departments. Also, street 
improvement program will 
be significantly impacted by 
the loss of revenue.

 For more information about 
UUT’s and what it means to 
South Pasadena residents 
and businesses, please 
contact the City Manager’s 
Office at (626) 403-7210.

 More information about the 
UUT visit: southpasadenaca.
gov search “UUT Factsheet.”

 San Marino’s Crowell Public 
Library recently completed 
the equipment installation 
for a new RFID (Radio 
Frequency Identification) stock 
management system.

 Staff will spend the summer 
placing RFID tags in the books, 
starting with the children’s 
books.

 The tags are inert until they are 
put in range of a transponder 
pad. Then, they transmit their 
bibliographic information. 
Patrons will be able to check 
out their own books by placing 
them on a transponder pad.

Staff will also be able to locate 
books on the shelves with a 
scanner. The library holds 
approximately 90,000 items, 
but staff is anticipating being 
able to go live with the new 
system at the end of September.

 The system, which costs nearly 
$60,000, is being paid for 
entirely through the generosity 
of the Library Foundation and 
the Friends of the Library.


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