Mountain Views News, Combined Edition Saturday, November 11, 2023

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Mountain View News November 11, 2023 


PASADENA SOCIETY OF ARTISTS ENDS 
2023 WITH TWO WONDERFUL EVENTS. 

“Art in Nature” Festival at Eaton Canyon 

Saturday, November 11 

Foto & Clay Exhibition at BAG (Baldwin Ave. Gallery) in 
Sierra Madre Dec. 5 - Jan 13, 2024.

The Pasadena Society of Artists (PSA) is ending 2023 with two unusual 
shows.

On November 11, from 
11am to 4pm, artists will 
be gathering for a special 
day to paint and demo art 
at Eaton Canyon to reflect 
the interconnection 
of nature and art. There 
will be youth painting 
activities, photography, 
plein air artists, and music. 
Speakers include student 
artist Lily Yllescas 
at 12:30 and PSA’s former 
president Victor Picou 
at 2:30. The event is 
free, please bring friends 
and family, carpooling is 
encouraged.

Liz Crimzon, PSA member-
at-large, coordinated 
this event. She says 
“This art festival 
was inspired by a 
conversation that 
I had with Kenia. 
Most visitors come 
to Eaton Canyon 
just to go to the 
waterfall, and they 
miss out on everything 
else that is 
here – including 
all the animals! 
There are many 
artists, who are inspired 
the beauty 
of Eaton Canyon, 
that come here to 
create artwork. We 
thought, if we introduce 
visitors to 
what nature looks 
like "through the 
eyes of artists," 
perhaps they will be inspired to “look beyond the waterfall” to see what 
else Eaton Canyon has to offer.”

Participating artists include: 

Tommy Lei – Photography

Debbi Swanson Patrick – Photography, Scannography (live demo)

Darien Donner – Watercolor

Nora Koerber – Oil Painting, Studio and Plein Air

Robert Sullivan – Photography 

Albert Natian – Pen and Ink on paper

Karen M. Holgerson – Fabric collage on board

Plein Air Paint Out Artists

Rosina Maize, Johanna Keogh, Fred Chuang, Monica List, Chris Gallison, 
Lee Edwards, Lynne Fearnan, Lin Zheng, Jeannine Savedra

Eaton Canyon Invited Artists:

Brenda Hurst

Marge Hirn Rock Painting

Lily Ylescuas – Pen and pencil art (featured speaker)

Chris Stafki – Photography

Diego Blanco – Digital Art

Yvonne Scaggs – Charcoal Drawing

Pam Edwards – Watercolor

Vendors will be on site including Calisto Tea House. Braden Pontoli – Musician 
(Sound Baths) Braden will perform at 3:30 pm.

For more information, visit 

https://www.ecnca.org/arts-festival-november-11th/


DILLS WINE PICKS FOR YOUR TURKEY (A bit early)

I have noticed Thanksgiving shoppers out and about, smart!!! Get the shopping out of the way.

Thanksgiving is upon us and it is my sworn duty to come up with a handful of wines that will go with a 
traditional oven baked turkey /smoked turkey, even the duck substitution will go well with my list. First, 
sorry in advance for all my Chardonnay loving readers (see below for my apology) A high-acid, low-tannin 
Pinot, with bright cherry and cranberry flavors over rich spices, can do right by almost all the exuberant 
side dishes any turkey might require. San Simeon makes a marvelous Petit Syria under $25 it is a winner.

 

My second choice, though, isn’t a surprise, at least if you love bubbles like I do. Two California Sparklers 
that I enjoy, Domaine Carneros Brut ($30) from the house of Taittinger, I have said that this wine from 
California comes as close to a ‘real” champagne that I’ve had, I picked up a bottle recently at Vons and it 
will also go great with Prime Rib. Newsweek Magazine selected the Roederer Estate their value for the new 
millennium and I agree, when I am shopping for that $22 wine it is my go to choice.

How about a Rose, my 
friend Matt Plunkrock, 
wine steward par excellence 
recommends the AIX 
is hails from the south of 
France/Provence.

Last but not least do consider 
a Cabernet, a favorite 
side kick of Prime Rib for 
years, our own Maddalena 
has an outstanding one and 
the price of $15 is perfect 
for the holidays, who does 
Prime Rib on Thanksgiving? 
I must admit the Dills 
household has been doing 
it for years. 

My Chardonnay apology, 
all that sauce, butter, gravy 
will absolutely kill any 
hope of your favorite buttery 
Oaky Chardonnay, 
though I defend your right 
to drink what you like to 
drink at any holiday party!

San Simeon Pinot Noir

Maddalena Cabernet

Domaine Carneros Brut 

AIX Rose

Roederer Estate

All available at your local Vons

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ALL THINGS By Jeff Brown

THE LOVE OF MUSIC:

 "Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and life to everything." - Plato

 "Music is the divine way to tell beautiful, poetic things to the heart." - Pablo Casals

 "Music can change the world because it can change people." - Bono

 "Music is the universal language of mankind." - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

 "Where words fail, music speaks." - Hans Christian Andersen 

 "Music is the strongest form of magic." - Marilyn Manson 

 "Music is the great uniter. An incredible force. Something that people who differ on everything and anything

 else can have in common." - Sarah Dessen

 "Music is the art which is most nigh to tears and memory." - Oscar Wilde 

 "Music, once admitted to the soul, becomes a sort of spirit, and never dies." - Edward Bulwer-Lytton

 Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without.” Confucious

 He took his pain and turned it into something beautiful. Into something that people connect to. And that's what

 good music does. It speaks to you. It changes you.” Hannah Harrington,

 Music is the language of the spirit. It opens the secret of life bringing peace, abolishing strife.” — Kahlil Gibran

 "Music can lift us out of depression or move us to tears – it is a remedy, a tonic, orange juice for the ear." 

 -Oliver Sacks

 "Music can change your life. It changes the way you think, the way you feel, and the way you live." - Anonymous

These quotes capture the profound and universal connection that people have with music, highlighting its 
ability to express emotions, bring people together, and touch the soul.

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