2007 Arts & Ideas Festival Explores the Skin We’re In

t covers every inch of your body, and now it’s the theme for Pasadena’s 2007 Arts & Ideas Festival – SKIN! From Oct. 10-31, more than 20 of our city’s top arts, science and cultural institutions will explore this intriguing subject in dozens of provocative, pensive and peculiar ways.

Appearing every three years, the festival was created to ignite debate and unveil new perspectives linking science with the arts. Today the city of Pasadena proudly cosponsors the event in conjunction with Cultural Nexus – Pasadena’s first comprehensive cultural plan – with the belief that the arts enhance education, commerce and tourism while helping to unite us as a community.

A full slate of performances, exhibitions, films, presentations and lectures is planned throughout Pasadena: Art Center College of Design’s exhibit “In the Dermisphere” will study skin as camouflage, cultural symbol and organ; Pasadena Conservatory
of Music will explore how human skin interacts with musical instruments; Armory Center for the Arts will examine racial identity; a special outdoor, interactive display hosted at One Colorado by Spitzer Science Center will demonstrate how different our world looks with infrared light (hint: all skin types look the same); the popular Public Conversation Series will feature experts discussing topics from “Deeper than Skin: Art and the American Self” to “The Changing Skin of Pasadena.”

Other participants include Furious Theatre Company, Gamble House, Huntington Library, Lineage Dance, NewTown, Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena City College, Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena Playhouse, Pasadena Public Library, Pasadena Symphony, Shumei Arts Council, Theatre @ Boston Court and Xiem Clay Center.

For more information about the Arts & Ideas Festival visit www.cityofpasadena.net or call 793-8171; for more information about Cultural Nexus call 744-7062 or visit the website.

A Perfect Weekend

Art lovers, October is your month! Pasadena's museums, galleries, concert halls, restaurants and courtyards will be brimming with activities during Pasadena ArtWeekend from Oct. 12 to 14.

It begins with ArtNight Pasadena on Friday, Oct. 12, from 6 to 10 p.m. when more than a dozen of Pasadena's top cultural attractions will throw open their doors with free admission (and free shuttles among the venues).

On Saturday, Oct. 13, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., enjoy ArtWalk in the Playhouse District, a free outdoor celebration featuring local artists, storytellers, food and hands-on activities; and don't miss the 9th annual Latino History Parade and Jamaica (pronounced ha-my-ka) from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. beginning at Howard Street near Los Robles Avenue and ending at La Pintoresca Park.

ArtMarket at One Colorado on Sunday, Oct. 14, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. will feature masterpieces created by Art Center College of Design and Pasadena City College students, faculty and alumni.

In conjunction with ArtMarket on Oct. 14, ArtPerformance will feature a series of outdoor concerts on stages throughout Old Pasadena from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

For complete details about Pasadena ArtWeekend, including bike tours and public transit, visit www.pasadenaartweekend.com or call (800) 307-7977.

A Great Rose Bowl Workout

With its mountain vistas, blue skies and shadows of the historic stadium, the loop around the Rose Bowl is the preferred route for in-the-know runners and walkers. And now the loop is even safer, thanks to a buffer zone the city recently painted to separate pedestrians from cars and bikes.

The buffer zone works best when you follow the rules. For instance, the California Vehicle Code requires pedestrians to walk along the left edge of the roadway, so you should walk or run facing oncoming traffic in the designated pedestrian path, counterclockwise around the stadium. Do your part by following the signs and pavement markings, and you'll get a great, safe workout.

For more information, call 744-4194.

Your E-ticket to Great Grades

Shopping for back-to school supplies? The best ones are free and online at www.cityofpasadena.net/library.

mouse The first step is to get a library card for your student. This will provide access to free homework help, research materials and other great resources. Simply click on Library Services and take it from there.

You can download an entire e-book for your student to read - or listen to - for a report or research (click on Library Catalog and then Digital Books and Music).

Click on E-resources for a long list of databases with newspaper and magazine articles that can help with history research, English papers and much more.

With another click of the mouse, Live Homework Help provides tutors in real time from 1 to 10 p.m. every day, waiting to help 4th through 12th graders with math, English, social studies and science.

If your student is just looking for an answer to a question, whether it's about local history or world events, click on Connect with a Librarian day or night, seven days a week.
Additional web links, including activities for children and teens at local libraries and tips on finding the perfect college, can be found at www.cityofpasadena.net/library/librarykids and www.cityofpasadena.net/library/libraryteens.

And there's always the good, old-fashioned way: Bring your student to Pasadena Central Library or any branch library! A library card is the ticket to books, music, DVDs, reserved Internet access and much more.

September is National Library Card Month, so why wait? For more information call
744-4066.

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