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Street: 2057 N. Los Robles Ave.
City/Town: Pasadena, CA
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Tuesday, November 30, 2010

NASA SETS NEWS CONFERENCE ON ASTROBIOLOGY DISCOVERY; SCIENCE JOURNAL HAS EMBARGOED DETAILS UNTIL 2 P.M. EST ON DEC. 2

NASA will hold a news conference at 2 p.m. EST on Thursday, Dec. 2, to
discuss an astrobiology finding that will impact the search for
evidence of extraterrestrial life. Astrobiology is the study of the
origin, evolution, distribution, and future of life in the universe.

The news conference will be held at the NASA Headquarters auditorium
at 300 E St. SW, in Washington. It will be broadcast live on NASA
Television and streamed on the agency’s website.

Participants are:
- Mary Voytek, director, Astrobiology Program, NASA Headquarters, Washington
- Felisa Wolfe-Simon, NASA astrobiology research fellow, U.S.
Geological Survey
, Menlo Park, Calif.
- Pamela Conrad, astrobiologist, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center,
Greenbelt, Md.
- Steven Benner, distinguished fellow, Foundation for Applied
Molecular Evolution, Gainesville, Fla.
- James Elser, professor, Arizona State University, Tempe

Media representatives may attend the conference or ask questions by
phone or from participating NASA locations. To obtain dial-in
information, journalists must send their name, affiliation and
telephone number to Steve Cole at stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov or call +1
202-358-0918 by noon Dec. 2.

For NASA TV streaming video and downlink information, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

For more information about NASA astrobiology activities, visit:
http://astrobiology.nasa.gov

GET UP AND MOVING AROUND THE ROSE BOWL LOOP DECEMBER 1 WITH PASADENA MAYOR BILL BOGAARD

Pasadena Mayor Bill Bogaard, along with Tournament of Roses President Jeffrey L. Throop, 2011 Rose Queen Evanne Friedmann and her royal court, will lead a 3.3-mile walk around the Rose Bowl Loop at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 1, as part of Up & Moving Pasadena.

Meet at Gate A at the stadium.  Free parking is available.  All levels of ability will be accommodated.

There will be a free drawing for four grandstand tickets to the 2011 Rose Parade courtesy of the Tournament of Roses Association.

On the first day of each year, the world focuses its attention on Pasadena , home of the Rose Parade and Rose Bowl Game – a festival of flowers, music and sports unequaled anywhere in the world.  The Tournament of Roses is America’s New Year’s celebration, a greeting to the world on the first day of every year and a salute to the community spirit and love of pageantry that have thrived in Pasadena for more than a century.

Up & Moving Pasadena is a community effort to support fitness for health.  Walks are scheduled the first Wednesday of every month except January.  

Find walking tips, start a walking group and track your progress atwww.upandmoving.org or call (626) 831-2980.

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Ann Erdman
Public Information Officer
City of Pasadena
Public Affairs Office
100 N. Garfield Ave. , Room S228
Pasadena CA   91109
(626) 744-4755
Cell: (626) 375-2742
Facebook:  Pasadena PIO
Twitter:  pasadenapio

PASADENA FIRE DEPARTMENT ENCOURAGES DONATIONS TO SPARK OF LOVE TOY DRIVE

To help bring joy to thousands of children who otherwise would experience Christmas morning with no gifts, the Pasadena Fire Department, ABC7 and Southland Firefighters are partnering for their 18th year on the Spark of Love Toy Drive. 

New, unwrapped toys, sports equipment and gift cards for infants, children and teenagers may be dropped off at the following Pasadena fire stations through Dec. 24:

·         Station 31, 135 S. Fair Oaks Ave.
·         Station 32, 2424 E. Villa St .
·         Station 33, 515 N. Lake Ave
·         Station 34, 1360 E. Del Mar Blvd.
·         Station 36, 1140 N. Fair Oaks Ave.
·         Station 37, 3430 E. Foothill Blvd.
·         Station 38, 1150 Linda Vista Ave.
·         Station 39, 50 Ave. 64
·         Pasadena Fire Department administrative offices, 199 S. Los Robles Ave., Suite 550

The firefighters appreciate visits to their stations and welcome the opportunity to meet residents and others.

Community partners with Spark of Love Toy Drive boxes in Pasadena can accept donations as well, including Bob’s Big Boy, CVS Pharmacies, First Tee of Pasadena at Brookside Golf CourseGold’s Gym, Honda of Pasadena, Pasadena Central Library, Pasadena Federal Credit Union, Pasadena Water and Power, Paseo Colorado , Plaza Las FuentesVictory Park Center and Western Asset Management.

The program is also supported by Bolton and Company, Chancellor Place, Frostig Center, Operating Engineers, Pro Biz Bank, Rotary Club and Ruth Management.

For more information contact Sean English, administrative captain and community liaison for the Pasadena Fire Department, atsenglish@cityofpasadena.net or (626) 744-7201.

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Ann Erdman
Public Information Officer
City of Pasadena
Public Affairs Office
100 N. Garfield Ave. , Room S228
Pasadena CA   91109
(626) 744-4755
Cell: (626) 375-2742
Facebook:  Pasadena PIO
Twitter:  pasadenapio

Pasadena Community Network channels available on AT&T U-Verse Channel 99

Pasadena, Ca – PCN (Charter 32 / AT&T U-verse 99 Pasadena) – Pasadena Community Network, Pasadena’s local community access channels are now available on AT&T U-verse in the Metro LA cable market, which includes Glendale, Montebello and Burbank. AT&T U-verse Channel 99 / Pasadena will include all programming originating from Pasadena’s community access channels; KPAS, The Arroyo Channel, PCC-TV & KLRN.

To simply find Pasadena’s local channels, just tune-in to "99" on your AT&T U-Verse receiver, scroll to "PASADENA" and you will find the entire list of your favorite local Pasadena channels.

As Pasadena Community Network continues to expand its ways to reach out to all of Pasadena’s communities, the new change will NOT disturb Charter’s cable system subscribers’ local channels, nor will it change the live channel web streaming at:
www.PasadenaCommunityNetwork.com

24 Hour Gallery: The Point at Which Time Stands Still, an installation by Jill D’Agnenica

The Point at Which Time Stands Still

An installation by Jill D’Agnenica


WHENDecember 11, 2010 – February 3, 2011 

WHERE: 24-Hour Gallery 80 North Raymond, Pasadena, 91101

Located in the public display cases on Holly Street, between Arroyo Parkway and Raymond Ave., directly across from the Pasadena Senior Center and the Memorial Park Metro Gold Line Station. The exhibition is on view twenty-four hours a day.
Reception: Dec 11, 4 - 6 pm at Heritage Wine Company
155 North Raymond Avenue, Pasadena
(626) 844-9333

The 24 Hour Gallery and Light Bringer Projects are pleased to presentThe Point at Which Time Stands Still, an installation by artist Jill D’Agnenica. 

D’Agnenica plays with the idea of Time as an artificial and arbitrary construct to which we are enslaved.  In researching this piece, she drew on such diverse sources as Cal Tech theoretical cosmologistSean Carroll, the philosophical musings of Umberto Eco, and even her own harried life. Irrespective of its basis in the observable physical universe, when viewed across cultures and epochs, “time” is a malleable device used to create order. In the 21st century, we rely on GPS satellite time synchronization to structure and coordinate our days, yet we cannot observe time itself -- we only see the physical manifestations of the hands of the clock.

The Point at Which Time Stands Still is D’Agnenica’s irrational yet orderly reaction to the implications of time’s pull. She fills the gallery windows with 720 clocks, each ticking forward from a unique consecutive minute setting. Hundreds of time idioms printed on the clock faces attest to the multiple permutations of time in our lives. D”Agnenica simultaneously displays and disrupts time, exposing how every moment has been choreographed, enthralling and entrapping us in a cyclical dance.

Artist Bio:

A native of Southern California, D’Agnenica has lived and worked Los Angeles since 1991. Many of her pieces have been located in places where people "happen upon" a situation, unawares, taking viewers beyond their everyday concerns to a moment of reflection and wonder. Explorations of community and interconnection are recurring themes in her work, made manifest at various stages of the art making process, from concept and fabrication to the final presentation of the piece.

D’Agnenica has been the recipient of several grants and awards for her art including an Artist in Community Grant from the City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department, an Artist's Project Grant from LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions), and The Los Angeles DowntownBreakfast Club’s Rose Award for Public Art. Her work has been reviewed in numerous art and mainstream publications. Her project “Angels” was the subject of a documentary, “Los Angeles” by Paul Martinez and Bill Fletcher and was featured in several local and national television programs and documentaries in the US and UK.

The Point at Which Time Stands Still has been made possible through the generosity of crowd-funders through Kickstarter.

Holiday activities at the library






NEWS FOR RELEASE:                                                       For More Information Contact:

November 29, 2010                                                                 Shauna Redmond, Branch Manager
                                                                                                Allendale Branch Library
                                                                                                (626) 744-7260



COOKIE DECORATING FOR TEENS


Allendale Branch Library will hold an afternoon of cookie decorating for teens on

Thursday, December 9 at 3:30 p.m. Celebrate the season by joining us as we decorate (and eat!)

yummy Christmas cookies. 


Bring your imagination and creativity as you transform ordinary sugar cookies into works

of art for the holidays!  All materials will be provided.


Allendale Branch Library is located at 1130 South Marengo Ave.  For more information, call (626) 744-7260.


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NEWS FOR RELEASE:                                                       For More Information Contact:

November 30, 2010                                                                 Diane Walker, Branch Manager
                                                                                                La Pintoresca Branch Library
                                                                                                (626) 744-7268



10th ANNUAL CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING
AT LA PINTORESCA LIBRARY AND PARK


Celebrate the holidays by joining the La Pintoresca community in singing carols,

making crafts, enjoying hot chocolate, coffee and cookies on Friday, December 10 from 3 to 5

p.m.  Santa Claus is expected to make a surprise visit so bring your camera for photos!  The

Christmas tree lighting will follow between 5:15 and 5:30 p.m.


La Pintoresca Branch Library is located at 1355 North Raymond Avenue (corner of

Washington Blvd. and Raymond Ave. ).  For more information, call (626) 744-7268.


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NEWS FOR RELEASE:                                                       For More Information Contact:

November 30, 2010                                                                 Shauna Redmond, Branch Manager
                                                                                                Allendale Branch Library
                                                                                                (626) 744-7260



9th ANNUAL ALLENDALE TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY


The Madison Heights community will celebrate its annual tree lighting ceremony at

Allendale Branch Library on Saturday, December 11 at 4:30 p.m.  The festivities will include

 holiday music and refreshments.


Allendale Branch Library is located at 1130 South Marengo Ave.  For more information, call (626) 744-7260.


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NEWS FOR RELEASE:                                                       For More Information Contact:

November 30, 2010                                                                 Pat Smith, Youth Services Manager
                                                                                                Central Library
                                                                                                (626) 744-4045



HANUKKAH, CHRISTMAS, KWANZAA STORIES AND MORE!


Central Library will host Flight’s of Fantasy Story Theatre on Tuesday, December 14 at

10 a.m. in Central Library’s Donald R. Wright Auditorium.  Children ages eight and older will

enjoy stories about Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa and the wonder of the solstice. 


Central Library is located at 285 East Walnut St .  For more information, call (626) 744-

4045.

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NEWS FOR RELEASE:                                                       For More Information Contact:

November 30, 2010                                                                 Michael Pierce, Branch Manager
                                                                                                 Hastings Branch Library
                                                                                                (626) 744-7262




HOLIDAY CRAFTS


Celebrate the holidays at Hastings Branch Library on Tuesday, December 14 at 4

p.m. and make some fun wintry holiday crafts.  All materials will be provided.


Hastings Branch Library is located at 3325 East Orange Grove Blvd.   For more

information, call (626) 744-7262.

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NEWS FOR RELEASE:                                                       For More Information Contact:

November 30, 2010                                                                 Christine Reeder, Branch Manager
                                                                                                San Rafael Branch Library
                                                                                                (626) 744-7270
                                                                                               

‘TIS THE SEASON STORY HOUR


San Rafael Branch Library will host a special happy holiday storytime for pre-schoolers

commemorating this festive time of year on Wednesday, December 15 at 10:30 a.m. at San

Rafael Branch Library, 1240 Nithsdale Rd.   For more information call (626) 744-7270.


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NEWS FOR RELEASE:                                                       For More Information Contact:

November 30, 2010                                                                 Robin Reidy, Branch Manager
                                                                                                Santa Catalina Branch Library
                                                                                                (626) 744-7272



CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT WORKSHOP


Santa Catalina Branch Library will celebrate the holidays with a Christmas ornament

workshop on Wednesday, December 15 from 2 to 5 p.m.  Create an ornament with flair!  Make

one to keep or add your masterpiece to the library tree.


Santa Catalina Branch Library is located at 999 East Washington Blvd.   For

more information, call (626) 744-7272.


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NEWS FOR RELEASE:                                                       For More Information Contact:

November 30, 2010                                                                 Christine Reeder
                                                                                                Lamanda Park Branch Library
                                                                                                (626) 744-7266



WINTER WONDERLAND TREE DECORATING PARTY


Lamanda Park Branch Library will host a Winter Wonderland Tree Decorating Party on

Thursday, December 16 at 3:30 p.m.  Join in and have fun making ornaments, decorating the tree,

listening to stories and enjoying holiday treats.


Lamanda Park Branch Library is located at 140 S. Altadena Dr . For more information, call (626)

744-7266.


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NEWS FOR RELEASE:                                                       For More Information Contact:

November 30, 2010                                                                 Pat Smith, Youth Services Manager
                                                                                                Central Library
                                                                                                (626) 744-4045



HOLIDAY FUN!


Central Library will present stories from Hanukkah, Christmas and Kwanzaa on

Saturday, December 18 at 10 a.m. in Central Library’s Story Room .  Join us and catch up on our

December holiday fun!


Central Library is located at 285 East Walnut St .  For more information, call (626) 744-

4045.


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NEWS FOR RELEASE:                                                       For More Information Contact:

November 30, 2010                                                                 Diane Walker, Branch Manager
                                                                                                La Pintoresca Branch Library
                                                                                                (626) 744-7268



CELEBRATE KWANZAA


La Pintoresca Branch Library  will celebrate the joyous and festive occasion of Kwanzaa

on Monday, December 27 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.  Enjoy tasty dishes prepared by members of the

Pasadena Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority.


La Pintoresca Branch Library is located at 1355 N. Raymond Ave.   For more

information, call (626) 744-7268.



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Catherine Haskett Hany
Communications Director
Pasadena Public Library
chany@cityofpasadena.net
(626) 744-4207