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Mountain View News Saturday, February 10, 2024 


Here’s What’s Going On Around Town in February!
Brought to you by Sue Cook 
TONGVA INDIAN PRESENTATION

The Monrovia Historic Preservation Group will be presenting a talk on the local 
indigenous Tongva Indians this Sunday, February 11, at 1:30 pm at the Monrovia 
Historical Museum, 742 E. Lemon Avenue. Admission is free.

Join Deb Ogden, who taught for 35 years in the Duarte Unified School District, 
who will provide answers to many questions, such as: How did this group arrive in 
the area? What does this tribe prefer to be called? Why aren’t they recognized as an 
American Indian Tribe by the US Government? Why do you see other tribal crafts 
and artifacts, like Chumash and Navajo, but not crafts and artifacts identified from 
the Gabrielino Tongva at Native American gatherings? And probably the biggest 
question, how does a group of people face so much hardship and continue to exhibit 
such resilience?

While this event occurs on Super Bowl Sunday, it will be over long before the game 
begins, so be sure and join the fun. Refreshments will be on the house!

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LOW LILY TRIO TO PUT ITS TWIST ON ROOTS 
MUSIC, AT CALTECH MARCH 2

PASADENA – The Vermont-based trio Low Lily will perform roots-
steeped music with a distinctive pop sparkle on Saturday evening, March 
2, in Pasadena. 

Low Lily’s concerts and recordings since 2015 have stoked a reputation 
for tight arrangements, fine songwriting, string-instrument mastery and 
enthralling three-part harmonies. The trio blends the drive of bluegrass 
traditions with the thoughtfulness of contemporary folk. Co-founders 
Liz Simmons and Flynn Cohen are joined by prize-winning fiddler Natalie 
Portman. 

Their newest album includes songs written by each of them. A reviewer 
said the songs “sound as if they are ancient traditionals, but they are all 
new compositions. It is the modern arrangements that have made Angels 
in the Wreckage a very beautiful contemporary folk record.”

The concert will begin at 8 p.m. in Caltech’s Beckman Institute 
Auditorium, 400 South Wilson Ave., in the Beckman Institute building just 
west of the larger, round Beckman Auditorium. Free parking is available 
in lots on both sides of Michigan Avenue just south of Del Mar Boulevard 
and in two parking structures along Wilson Avenue just south of Del Mar 
Boulevard. 

The event is presented by the Pasadena Folk Music Society. Tickets are 
available from the Caltech Ticket Office (626-395-4652) for $25, with $10 
tickets available for Caltech students and anyone age 16 or younger. For 
more information, see https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.org.

 Publicity Contact: Guy Webster, 626-798-8457 or guy.weyman.
webster@gmail.com

ASSEMBLYMEMBER CHRIS HOLDEN 
ACCEPTING NOMINATIONS FOR ANNUAL 
WOMAN OF THE YEAR & WOMEN OF 
DISTINCTION

 

Pasadena, CA—Assemblymember Chris Holden is seeking nominations for his 
annual 41st Assembly District’s Woman of the Year and Women of Distinction 
celebration. 

 

“For over 30 years, in recognition of Women's History Month, the Legislature has 
hon-ored the achievements of women throughout California during the annual 
Woman of the Year celebration,” said Assemblymember Chris Holden. “It is your 
chance to acknowledge the superwoman in your life and in our community.”

 

Nominees must live, volunteer, or work in the 41st Assembly District, which stretches 
from La Cañada Flintridge and Pasadena in the West to Upland in the East and 
includes the communities of Altadena, Bradbury, Claremont, La Verne, Monrovia, 
Rancho Cucamonga, San Dimas, Sierra Madre, and Wrightwood.

 

The deadline to submit nominations is Thursday, February 15 at 5:00 pm and can 
be submitted here: https://a41.asmdc.org/2024-woman-year-and-women-distinction

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