Mountain Views News, Pasadena Edition [Sierra Madre] Saturday, December 22, 2018

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SOUTH PASADENA - SAN MARINO

Mountain Views-News Saturday, December 22, 2018 


Rotary Club Continues 
Library’s 'Golden State 
Collection' in 2019


Congratulations to the new Mayor of South Pasadena Dr. Marina 
Khubesrian who was sworn in last night by Supervisor Kathryn 
Barger and cheered on by Former Sierra Madre Mayor Rachelle 
Arizmendi, Assemblyman Holden, and Glendale Councilwoman 
Paula Devine.

‘The California Romantics’ by 
South Pasadena Artist Bob 
Perine Available for Purchase


Councilmember Diana Mahmud presents a new Library Golden 
State title to Rotary President Charles Wiggington

 


 The Rotary Club of South 
Pasadena has purchased a 
fresh new batch of California 
books for the Library’s Golden 
State Collection for 2019. The 
books focus on a wide variety 
popular topics, such as hiking, 
history, missions, arts, history, 
politics, ethnic groups, food, 
fashion, geography, travel, and 
nature. The project partnership 
between the Library and Rotary 
has resulted in more than 500 
new titles for the “Golden State 
Collection” over the last 12 
years.

 For its Tuesday noon meeting 
in the Oneonta Church Tower 
Room, the Rotary Club honors 
its guest speaker by donating 
a Golden State title selected 
by the Library for the Library 
collection. Each book is affixed 
with a custom “Golden State 
Collection” bookplate featuring 
the Rotary logo and motto, 
“Service above Self.” After the 
meeting the already-cataloged 
book goes straight into the 
library collection. Each title can 
be checked out for 3 weeks.

 The Rotary Club’s lunch 
meetings are usually held in 
the South Pasadena Oneonta 
Church Tower Room on 
Tuesdays at noon. After each 
week’s meeting, the guest 
speaker selects a Golden State 
Collection title and signs its 
custom bookplate. Each book 
is then donated to the Library 
in his or her honor.

 Many of the entertaining 
and informative Golden State 
Collection selections are on 
display in the Library in the 
middle of the first floor. Besides 
adult nonfiction, the Golden 
State Collection now includes 
DVDs and children’s books.

HOLIDAY HOURS

Monday, December 24 - 10:00 
a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Tuesday, December 25 - Library 
Closed

Monday, December 31 - 10:00 
a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Tuesday, January 1 - Library 
Closed

 The library is located 1100 
Oxley Street, South Pasadena.

 For more information call 
(626) 403-7340.

As so many already know, 
the Friends of the Library 
Bookstore, located upstairs in 
the second floor of the South 
Pasadena Public Library, is a 
small but valuable source for 
inexpensive holiday gifts for 
local friends, neighbors, and 
associates. Not only does 
the 7-day a week bookstore 
offer a varied selection of 
pre-owned books at great 
prices, for a limited time 
they are also selling brand 
new copies of “California 
Romantics: Harbingers of 
Watercolorism” by Bob 
Perine, a South Pasadena 
artist, author, poet, 
publisher, and educator who 
passed away in 2004. The 
copies, while they last, are 
only $5 each. A copy would 
make a fine gift for a local 
art lover while supporting 
the Library.

 In 1986, Bob Perine wrote 
his “California Romantics,” 
a glossy, profusely illustrated 
trade paperback with more 
than 100 color and black & 
white photos. He wrote the 
book because of the revival 
of Interest in watercolors 
as a popular art form. 
Perine’s efforts were also 
motivated by the growing 
body of information on the 
development of watercolor 
painting on the West Coast 
and its overall influence on 
American art of the 20th 
Century.

 In 1985, Bob Perine had 
written and published 
“Chouinard, An Art 
Vision Betrayed,” his 
historical account of the 
groundbreaking art school 
that was transformed 
into the Disney-financed, 
California Institute for the 
Arts (CalArts) in Valencia. 
In 1997, Bob Perine and Dave 
Tourje, a South Pasadena 
resident who had purchased 
and renovated the Nelbert 
Chouinard residence in 
South Pasadena, founded 
the Chouinard Foundation 
to grow and enhance the 
shining arts legacy of the 
legendary Chouinard Arts 
Institute. Since then, the 
South Pasadena Library and 
the Chouinard Foundation 
have partnered on numerous 
projects including art 
exhibits, panel discussions, 
and film screenings. 

 Bob Perine was born on 
November 22, 1922 and 
graduated from South 
Pasadena High School 
in 1941. Perine attended 
Pasadena Junior College 
before going into the Navy as 
a painter during World War 
II. On the GI Bill he attended 
USC before graduating from 
Chouinard Art Institute 
in 1950. The legendary art 
school had been founded 
by another South Pasadena 
resident, Nelbert Chouinard 
(1879-1979), who ran the 
prestigious institution in 
Downtown LA from 1921 to 
1972.

 The Chouinard Art Institute 
became a transformative 
influence on American 
culture in its own special 
way, graduating such iconic 
artists as costume designer 
Edith Head, architect 
Richard Neutra, Painter and 
muralist Millard Sheets, and 
Disney animator Marc Davis 
to give just a few examples. 
The Chouinard Art Institute 
trained all of Walt Disney’s 
early animators, leading 
to a longtime partnership. 
Bob Perine taught at the 
school from 1952-1954 and 
also launched a graphic 
design business that created 
logos and merchandising 
materials. Perine’s marketing 
materials are credited for 
helping to popularize Fender 
and Rickenbacker guitars in 
the 1960s, revolutionizing 
popular music in the process.

 Perine and Dave Tourje, an 
artist and contractor who 
had purchased the Nelbert 
Chouinard residence for his 
home, raised funds for an 
overhauled Chouinard Art 
Institute in South Pasadena 
that opened its doors in 
South Pasadena in 2003. 
Sadly, the school fell into 
debt with the assistance 
of dishonest bookkeepers. 
Disney stepped in to help 
with the debt and in the 
process reconfigured the 
now world-renowned 
Chouinard as CalArts while 
leaving the campus name 
and faculty behind.

HOLIDAY HOURS

Monday, December 24 - 
10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Tuesday, December 25 - 
Library Closed

Monday, December 31 - 
10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Tuesday, January 1 - Library 
Closed

 The library is located 
1100 Oxley Street, South 
Pasadena.


SPHS Students 
to Perform with 
All State Choir

 
South Pasadena High 
School seniors Ashley Kwon 
and sophomore Nolan Call! 
Both students recently were 
selected to perform with the 
California All State Honor 
Choir March 14-16, 2019, in 
San Jose, Calif. 

 The All State Honor 
Choir brings together the 
finest high school singers 
from the entire state of 
California to perform under 
the direction of nationally 
and internationally known 
conductors. Approximately 
1,500 students audition and 
only 300 are selected for 
three choirs –mixed, men’s 
and women’s.


Police Setup 
‘Safe Deal 
Zone’ Area

 The South Pasadena police 
are reminding residents that 
they can meet online buyers 
and sell items from the lobby 
of the police station. 

 “Please remember that 
our station lobby is a SAFE 
DEAL ZONE. Bring your 
Craig’s List or other person 
to person transactions to 
our lobby, for an added 
layer of security. Know that 
our entire courtyard and 
lobby area is video recorded. 
Happy Holidays everyone 
and stay safe.”

 The department is open 24 
hours every day and located 
1422 Mission Street. 


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