Mountain Views News, Combined Edition Saturday, October 8, 2022

Mountain View News Saturday, October 8, 2022 

Pasadena's 
National 
Coming Out 
Day Bash 

The Pasadena Public Health 
Department, Pasadena Public 
Library and Pasadena Parks, 
Recreation and Community 
Services Department will 
host Pasadena’s 7th annual 
National Coming Out Day 
Celebration on Tuesday

The event is set to go from 5:30 
to 7:30 p.m. in the Pasadena 
City Hall Courtyard, 100 N. 
Garfield Ave. The annual, 
free event is part of the City’s 
efforts to celebrate and foster 
an inclusive community. 

 This year’s keynote speaker 
will be research biologist and 
activist Rochelle Diamond, 
chair emeritus of Out to 
Innovate (formerly known 
as the National Organization 
of Gay and Lesbian Scientists 
and Technical Professionals, 
or NOGLSTP) and director 
of the Flow Cytometry/ 
Cell Sorting Facility at 
the California Institute of 
Technology (Caltech). Since 
1984, she has provided 
service to more than 30 on-
campus biology, chemistry 
and chemical engineering 
division labs as well as 50 
research projects per year, 
serving as a national expert 
on the use of flow cytometry 
and cell sorting. Diamond 
participates in the Caltech 
community on a number of 
levels, including membership 
on the LGBTQ working group 
committee, establishing 
the Caltech Mentoring Day 
with the Caltech Career 
and Development Center, 
working career fairs on behalf 
of the Caltech Academic 
Partnership with MentorNet 
and more. She has been 
awarded the Lesbians and 
Bisexual Women Active in 
Community Empowerment 
(L.A.C.E.) Award by the Los 
Angeles Gay and Lesbian 
Center and the Walt Westman 
Volunteer of the Year Award 
by NOGLSTP. 

 Moderated by Tyanta 
“Tigger” Snow, the 
celebration will also feature 
Mariachi Arcoiris de Los 
Angeles, the first LGBTQ 
mariachi band, led by director 
Carlos Samaniego. The group 
performs its repertoire to 
suit the LGBTQ community 
while maintaining the 
highest level of musicality. 
Special performance by Los 
Angeles Drag Queen Borgia 
Bloom Façade sponsored by 
The Boulevard in Pasadena. 
The event will also include 
an opening show and 
music, speakers from the 
LGBTQIA+ community, a 
resource fair, prize drawings, 
Flu Shots, COVID Boosters, 
and Monkey Pox Vaccines.

 This event is for all ages and 
supports those who have 
come out as lesbian, gay, 
bisexual, transgender, queer, 
intersex, asexual and those 
who identify with a sexual 
orientation or gender identity 
that is not included within 
the LGBTQIA+ acronym 
(LGBTQIA+). Pasadena’s 
celebration coincides with the 
34th anniversary of National 
Coming Out Day.

 Nearly one in two Americans 
knows someone who is gay or 
lesbian, and one in 10 knows 
someone who is transgender. 

 The City of Pasadena is 
proud to be an inclusive 
city, accepting of everyone 
regardless of race, creed, 
color, religion, national 
origin, marital status, socioeconomic 
status, sex, age, 
sexual orientation, gender 
identity, genetic information, 
or disability. For more info 
visit: cityofpasadena.net. 

Union St. Protected Bike Lane Gets Moving 


Pasadena Department 
of Transportation officials 
announced Friday that major 
work along Union Street, 
including demolition and 
construction of sidewalks, curb 
ramps, along with the curb 
gutters is expected to begin next 
week. The work is part of the 
new 1.5 mile protected bicycle 
lane project from Hill Ave. to 
Arroyo Parkway. The concrete 
work will proceed from east to 
west, they said. 

According to officials, the 
Union Street two-way Protected 
Bike Lane will be located on 
the south side of the street. The 
facility will serve the Playhouse 
District, the Central District, 
and Old Pasadena, and it will 
ease connections to Pasadena 
City College and Cal Tech. The 
Union Street Protected Bike 
Lane will connect to other 
designated bicycle routes, a new 
bicycle boulevard under design 
for Holliston Avenue, and the 

Metro Gold Line Station at 
Memorial Park.

 The construction of the 
Protected Bike Lane will include: 
Removing one travel lane on 
Union Street from Hill Avenue 
to North Arroyo Parkway; 
Upgrading 14 intersections with 
new bicycle signal heads in both 
directions; Installing protected 
left-turn pockets for vehicles 
and adding new traffic signals at 
the intersections of: 
Union Street and Mar Vista 
Avenue 
Union Street and Michigan 
Avenue 
Union Street and Chester 
Avenue 

The Pasadena Chorale 
Announce 22/23 Season 

 
The Pasadena Chorale 
announced Thursday their 
2022-2023 season. The 
Chorale will perform four 
choral concerts and hold two 
benefit events for the season 
at various venues in Pasadena. 
The Pasadena Chorale will 
offer all of its concerts at no 
cost to its patrons with its 
innovative “Listen First, Then 
Give” ticketing. While tickets 
are free, donations are strongly 
encouraged and can be made at 
PasadenaChorale.org.

 “We have been working 
hard on putting together a full 
season of programming for the 
Chorale’s 22/23 Season,” said 
Jeffrey Bernstein, the Chorale’s 
Founding Artistic and Executive 
Director. “This season we’re 
continuing our post-COVID 
revival with four concerts to 
move audiences with the beauty 
of unified choral singing. We’ll 
be performing in great acoustic 
spaces, singing gems of the 
repertoire by Josquin, Vaughan 
Williams and Brahms, and 
exploring new music by diverse 
and young composers.”

 The Pasadena Chorale will 
begin its 22/23 season on 
Thursday, October 20 at 7 p.m. 
with Fall Follies, a cabaret-
style fundraiser at the Tea 
Rose Garden in Pasadena. 

An important benefit for the 
Chorale every year, this is the 
first Fall Follies since 2019. 
The theme of this year’s Follies 
is “A Night of Mystery, Magic 
and Romance.” Guests are 
encouraged to wear a costume 
or mask that evokes the theme 
of the night. Tickets are $100 
and include a catered menu 
featuring wine, light fare, salad 
and dessert.

 The second benefit for the 
Pasadena Chorale will be a 
concert celebrating Josquin 
Desprez’s greatest hit of 1515, 
Pange Lingua Mass, on Sunday, 
March 5 at 5 p.m. The pricing 
for this event will be announced 
at a later date. Proceeds from 
both benefit events will help 
the Chorale continue to offer 
concert and educational 
programming at no cost to the 
community.

 A full list of dates and times 
for the Pasadena Chorale’s 
22/23 season concerts can be 
fond at: PasadenaChorale.org. 

 Pasadena Chorale recently 
reached its largest size to date, 
with 70 singers, from auditions 
held in August for its 2022-23 
season.

 The Pasadena Chorale is 
requiring all personnel and 
audience members to be fully 
vaccinated and boosted against 
COVID-19. 

Union Street and Holliston 
Avenue 
Holliston Avenue and Colorado 
Boulevard 
Holliston Avenue and Green 
Street

 The project is expected to 
cost over $7 million and be 
completed sometime in spring. 

 Officials said that $5.6 million 
towards the cost was awarded 
to the city as part of $32 million 
given to Los Angeles County to 
fix and improve transportation 
infrastructure across the state. 

 For more information 
visit: cityofpasadena.net/
transportation. 

Coffee Table 
Books 'Live' 

 
The South Pasadena 
Public Library announced a 
partnership with the South 
Pasadena Arts Council 
(SPARC) to present a new 
author talk series focusing 
on the arts. The series, 
“Coffee Table Books Live”, 
kicks off on Wednesday, 
October 12 at 7:00 p.m. in 
the Library Community 
Room with musician 
and author Leland Sklar. 
Reservations are required 
and may be made at: 

 southpasadenaca.gov/
register or by calling the 
Library at 626-403-7350.

 Sklar, an A-list session 
bassist who has performed 
and recorded with 
luminaries like Ray Charles, 
James Taylor, Linda 
Ronstadt, and Jackson 
Browne, will discuss his 
book “Everybody Loves 
Me” (2020). His talk will be 
followed by a short musical 
demonstration, a Q&A 
with the audience, and a 
book signing. Books will be 
available for purchase.

 The South Pasadena Public 
Library Community Room 
is located at 1115 El Centro 
Street in South Pasadena. 

TofR Names Royal Court 

Photo caption 2023 Royal Court: left to right: Salia Baligh,
Sahanna Rajinikanthan, Bella Ballard, Zoë Denoncourt, MichelleCortez-Peralta, Uma Wittenberg and Adrian Crick. 

 
The Pasadena Tournament of 
Roses announced Monday the 
seven members of the 2023 
Royal Court. The 28 finalists 
were joined by friends, family 
and Tournament of Roses 
Members during this the time-
honored tradition brings nearly 
200 people together to celebrate 
this iconic event, complete with 
the Pasadena City College 
Lancer Band.

 Members of the 2023 Royal 
Court will serve as ambassadors 
of the Tournament of Roses, 
the Pasadena community and 
the greater Los Angeles area, 
and will each receive a $7,500educational scholarship. The 
selected young ladies exemplify 
character, service and 
leadership modeled through 
their commitment to family, 
school and community.

 Applicants from 30 Pasadena 
area schools participated in 
the interview process, and 
volunteer members of the 
Tournament of Roses’ Queen 
and Court Committee selected 
the Royal Court based on 
several criteria, including 
public speaking ability, 

Chamber to Hold Business 
and Economic Summit 

 Hear insights and find answers 
as the Pasadena Chamber 
of Commerce presents 
the 8th Pasadena Business 
and Economic Summit on 
Thursday as leaders of business 
and industry examine global, 
national, regional and local 
economies and the future of 
business in Pasadena.

 The summit starts at 11:30 

a.m. at the The University Club. 
Pasadena Mayor Victor 
Gordo will welcome attendees. 
Pasadena Chamber Board 
Chair Raphael Henderson will 
emcee the event.

 Keynote Speaker is economist 
Charles Dougherty. Charlie 
Dougherty is a vice president 
and economist with Wells 
Fargo’s Corporate and 
Investment Bank. Based 
in New York, he covers the 

U.S. economy with a focus 
on commercial real estate, 
housing, construction and 
regional sectors of the 
economy. He regularly writes 
indicator reports, produces 
special commentary, and 
contributes to the company’s 
Weekly Economic & Financial 
academic achievement, youth 
leadership, and community 
and school involvement.

 The Announcement and 
Coronation of the 104th Rose 
Queen and presentation of the 
2023 Royal Court will be held 
on Tuesday, October 25 on 
the front lawn of Tournament 
House.

 The Rose Queen and Royal 
Court are iconic traditions, 
steeped in the Pasadena 
Tournament of Roses’ 
history and continue as a 
treasured legacy. Royal Court 
members experience countless 
benefits; becoming part of 
an organization dedicated 
to hands-on volunteerism, 
discovering opportunities 
to connect with and give 
back to the local community, 
developing public speaking 
skills and growing self-
confidence.

 The 2023 Royal Court will ride 
down Colorado Blvd. on the 
Royal Court float in the 134th 
Rose Parade and attend the 
109th Rose Bowl Game, both 
on Monday, January 2, 2023. 


Commentary. His commentary 
on the U.S. economy has been 
featured in various regional and 
national media publications, 
including Bloomberg News, 
Yahoo Finance and The 
Washington Post.businesses. 

 City of Pasadena Economic 
Development Director David 
Klug will present information 
on the latest developments in 
Pasadena as well as trending 
industries and more.

 Patrick Church and Alexandra 
Sesi of Jones Lang LaSalle 
Brokerage, Inc. (JLL) will 
discuss commercial real estate, 
the evolving office environment 
as well as the growing life 
sciences industry in Pasadena 
and the region.

 Cost to attend is $65 and 
includes valet parking and 
lunch. A corporate table of 
eight, at a cost of $600, includes 
signage and recognition on the 
program. 

 The University Club is located 
at 175 North Oakland Avenue 

For more information or to 
reserve your seats call 626795-
3355 or visit: pasadenachamber.
org. 

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