Mountain Views News, Pasadena Edition [Sierra Madre] Saturday, January 12, 2019

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Mountain Views-News Saturday, January 12, 2019 

Tree Planting Honoring 
Mayor Richard Schneider

South Pasadena Poet 
Pens an Ode to the City

Parson’s Nose Theater Presents 
The Servant of Two Masters

 
A tree planting ceremony 
to honor Councilmember 
Richard D. Schneider, 
M.D. and his 2018 term as 
Mayor of the City of South 
Pasadena will be presented 
on Thursday, January 17 at 
4:00 p.m. in Library Park. 
The public is invited to the 
brief event that will feature 
remarks by Dr. Schneider 
and other dignitaries. It 
will be conducted in the 
northeast corner of Library 
Park near the corner 
of El Centro Street and 
Fairview Avenue. The City 
of South Pasadena decided 
to purchase a tree for Dr. 
Schneider and he chose 
an Engelmann Oak, an 
indigenous tree. The Quercus 
engelmanii is a species of 
white oak native to Southern 
California and northwestern 
Baja California, Mexico. 
The species is also called 
Pasadena Oak or Mesa Oak 
and considered endangered, 
partly because San Gabriel 
Valley suburban sprawl has 
eliminated many of the trees.

 Special thanks to South 
Pasadena Beautiful and the 
Arroyo Seco Foundation.

 Library Park is located 
1414 Mission Street, 
South Pasadena/ For more 
information call (626) 403-
7200. 

 Pasadena’s critically 
acclaimed professional, 
classical comedy theater 
company, continues their 
2018-19 season with 
Carlo Goldoni’s farce, The 
Servant of Two Masters. 
This 75-minute version was 
adapted by and features PNT 
Artistic Director, Lance 
Davis.

 “We are delighted to spread 
a thick layer of Italian 
farce all over the month of 
February,” says Mr. Davis. 
“Carlo Goldoni’s 1750 classic 
retelling of a 16th Century 
improvised comedy kicks off 
our new year. I have created 
my own improvisation of the 
story of the hapless servant 
Truffaldino who reluctantly 
defies the Biblical caveat, 
“No man can serve two 
masters,” in order to buy a 
sandwich.

 “Lombardi’s son Silvio 
loves Clarice, but her father, 
Pantalone, has promised 
her to the wealthy dung 
merchant Federigo Rasponi, 
who is really Beatrice 
Aretusi disguised as a man 
searching for her lover, the 
tango teacher Florindo, so 
they can run off and open 
a dance studio in Brooklyn. 
It’s complicated. It’s also the 
classic foundation for every 
madcap farce from Bringing 
Up Baby to Seinfeld.

 “Join us for 75 minutes plus 
intermission, to socialize 
with wine and home-baked 
“Pat Bell” cookies in our 
historic Marston/Van Pelt 
chapel and forget your 
troubles. Bring friends and 
dine in Old Pasadena before 
or after. Kick off 2019 with 
something new!”

 The production stars the 
PNT Company, featuring 
Lance Davis as Truffaldino. 
Davis has appeared in over 
150 professional productions 
On- and Off-Broadway and 
throughout the U.S. He was 
a company member of the 
Tyrone Guthrie Theater 
Company in Minneapolis 
for five years and has 
been seen in a variety of 
television shows including 
Roseanne, Coach, Twin 
Peaks, Murphy Brown, and 
others. 18 years ago he Co-
Founded Parson’s Nose with 
wife, Mary Chalon, and has 
been producing, adapting, 
directing, and acting with 
the company ever since.

 The cast of The Servant 
of Two Masters includes 
James Calvert as Lombardi, 
Marissa Chandler as 
Beatrice, Lance Davis as 
Truffaldino, John Harnagel 
as Brighella, Stuart Orloff 
as Silvio, John Rafter Lee as 
Florindo, Jill Rogosheske as 
Smeraldina, and Heather 
Taylor as Clarice. Directed 
by Lance Davis. Set by 
Jen Orsini. Costumes by 
Michael Mullen.

 Preview: February 8, Runs: 
February 9 – March 10, 
2019. Fridays and Saturdays 
at 8pm, Sundays at 3pm.

 Parson’s Nose Theater is 
located at 95 N. Marengo 
Ave.

 A preview of the play 
will be held February 8 
at 8p.m.

 Ron Koertge, South 
Pasadena’s first poet 
laureate, has written “Ode 
to South Pasadena.” It’s 
a commemorative poem 
about the city, looking back 
as it also celebrates South 
Pasadena’s vibrant present. 
The ode was officially 
presented to the City 
Council at their meeting on 
December 19, 2018.

 A widely published writer, 
as poet laureate Ron is an 
ambassador for poetry, 
reading his poems and 
poems by others at various 
functions all around the 
city. He can be contacted by 
e-mail at ronkoepoet@mail.
com.

 As he was composing the 
“Ode to South Pasadena,” 
Ron asked for ideas from the 
community and the response 
was enthusiastic. So in a 
sense, the ode --which can 
be read at: southpasadenaca.
gov/Home/Components/
News/News/1253/714 -- is a 
collaborative effort. 

 Ron Koertge is also a 
nationally-honored poet 
and novelist -- and a South 
Pasadena resident for more 
than 35 years. Ron is the 
author of 11 acclaimed 
poetry collections including 
“Dairy Cows,” “Life on the 
Edge of the Continent,” 
“Selected Poems,” “Making 
Love to Roget’s Wife,” 
“Indigo,” and “Fever.” His 
latest is “Yellow Moving 
Van,” published in October 
of 2018.

 Koertge has also penned 
10 popular novels for young 
people including “Stoner 
and Spaz,” “The Brimstone 
Journals,” “Shakespeare 
Bats Cleanup” and has 
been accorded a multitude 
of prestigious honors and 
awards for them, including 
an American Library 
Association Best Book, 
Friends of American Library 
Service’s Best of the Best, 
Friends of American Writers’ 
Young People’s Literature 
Award, a Booklist Book of 
the Decade, a Children’s 
Literature Council of 
Southern California’s 
Award for an Outstanding 
Work of Fiction for Young 
Adults, and twice a PEN 
(West) Choice for Children’s 
Writing.

 In addition, Mr. Koertge 
has taught writing at a 
number of American 
universities, including 
Hamline University in St. 
Paul, Minnesota, and at 
Pasadena City College for 
more than 37 years. Koertge 
has also been a prominent 
fixture on the Los Angeles 
poetry scene for decades and 
former Poet Laurate of the 
United States Billy Collins 
has called him “the wisest, 
most entertaining wise guy 
in American poetry.”

 In October of 2016, Ron 
read and conferred with 60 
other Golden State poets 
laureate during a summit 
at the McGroarty Arts 
Center in Tujunga that 
also showcased California 
Poet Laureate Dana Gioia, 
another South Pasadena 
resident.


Pasadena Oak

Crowell Public Library Events

Open House

Sat., Jan. 26, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

Crowell Public Library 
celebrates its 11th 
anniversary with an Open 
House. Stop by to see the 
variety of services the 
library has to offer, including 
activities for seniors, teens 
and kids; cultural programs; 
passport acceptance; and 
test proctoring. At noon, see 
the announcement of the 
annual bookmark contest 
winners. Enjoy lunch at a 
food truck. Crowell Library 
has something for everyone 
in the community!

Meet a Princess

Hear ye, hear ye! Children of 
the land are cordially invited 
to attend the annual Princess

Storytime at the Crowell 
Public Library on Saturday, 
January 19 at 2 p.m. You will 
have the honor of meeting 
the official Pasadena 
Tournament of Roses Royal 
Court, and be enchanted 
by stories of princes and 
princesses. Wear your 
finest royal attire and bring 
your camera for pictures! 
Registration is not required.

Advances In Healthcare

Hal Slavkin, Professor and 
Dean Emeritus from USC, 
returns with a six-week class 
on

Tuesdays, January 8 through 
February 12 at 12:30 p.m. 
that outlines the past and 
possible future of healthcare 
in this country. Learn 
about new, significant 
medical discoveries that 
may transform medicine. 
Sponsored by the Friends of 
the Library. No reservations 
are required. 

Movie Classics 

3rd Thursday of every 
month at 1:00 pm Join us 
for complimentary popcorn 
and free screenings of some 
of the best films ever made:

Jan 17: Money Ball, 2011

A baseball general manager 
reinvents the Oakland A’s 
by employing unorthodox 
scouting methods that 
initially make him a laughing 
stock in the major leagues.

Feb 21: The Hours,2002

Three women cope with 
sadness and dissatisfaction 
with their lives in this 
tale of Virginia Woolf, 
a ‘50s housewife and a 
contemporary book editor. 
Meryl Streep, Julianne 
Moore and Nicole Kidman 
star.

Mar 21: Sense and 
Sensibility,1995

This Oscar-nominated 
adaptation of Jane Austen’s 
novel about the still-single 
Dashwood sisters and 
how they cope with men, 
marriage and money after 
their father dies, features 
Emma Thompson and Kate 
Winslet.

 Crowell Public Library 
is located 1890 Huntington 
Dr, San Marino. For more 
information call (626) 300-
0777.


Senior Co-
housing: 
Progressive 
and Creative

 Cohousing, a unique 
housing model that began 
in Denmark and is growing 
in the U.S. brings adults ages 
50+ together to imagine 
and design their own small 
communities. The model 
has surged in recent years as 
more and more baby boomers 
retire and look to downsize to 
a more community-oriented 
and environmentally-friendly 
lifestyle. 

 Alexandria Levitt, Senior 
Housing Specialist and 
Gerontologist, USC MS 2011, 
will discuss Senior Cohousing 
on Thursday, Jan. 24, 7 p.m. 
at Pasadena Central Library’s 
Donald Wright Auditorium, 
285 E. Walnut St. Learn about 
what’s involved, successful 
communities already created, 
and how to make it happen 
here. For more information, 
contact Christine Reeder at 
(626) 744-7076.


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