#Pasadena City College

[speaknahuatl]

A Look Back: Intro to Nahuatl at Pasadena City College 📍Kizh lands 🗓 June 2019

[tickleinvaforums]

Does Jenna Davis have very ticklish feet?

Jenna Davis was born in Plano, Texas, and spent her early childhood in Frisco before moving to Minnesota when she was four. She began traveling to Los Angeles for auditions at the age of 10 and made the official move the following year in 2015. She is currently a student at Pasadena City College. To answer your question does Jenna Davis have very ticklish feet? Yes, she does and made a post on Threads. She said, "I’m in the middle of a pedicure and I’m trying not to laugh because I’m so ticklish." The way it sounds I don't think she enjoys having her feet tickled. Tickling isn't fun for her and you can click here to read her tickling pedicure post. It tickles too much for her to enjoy having a foot massage. Foot massage can be nice as long as you are not too sensitive. She's very sensitive!

[sonyachristian]

Relationships ..... the joy of life

[dhart4214]

JACKIE ROBINSON DAY: Our Annual Tribute To This American Legend

SO CAL SPORTS CHRONICLES’ ANNUAL HOMAGE TO NOT ONLY THE GREATEST DODGER AND BRUIN OF ALL TIME, BUT TO – IN THE VIEW OF ME AND COUNTLESS OTHERS – THE GREATEST HERO IN THE HISTORY OF SPORTS… The previous post on this blog featured USC’s all-time greatest Trojan. This post features UCLA’s all-time greatest Bruin as well as the all-time greatest Dodger. The previous post featured a man who…

[mybeingthere]

Ferne Jacobs is an American fiber artist and basket maker.

Ferne was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1942 to Jewish parents who emigrated from Eastern Europe. Her family moved to Los Angeles when Ferne was young. She took art and craft classes at the Art Center College of Design (Pasadena, California, 1960-1963), the Pratt Institute (New York City, 1964-1965), San Diego State University (San Diego, California, 1965), California State University, Long Beach (Long Beach, California, 1966-1967), Haystack Mountain School of Crafts (Deer Isle, Maine, 1967-1971). She earned an MFA from Claremont Graduate University (Claremont, California) in 1976. She credits Dominic di Mare, Lenore Tawney and Arline M. Fisch as her inspirations. Jacobs lives in Los Angeles, California.

Jacobs is best known for her contemporary baskets that combine contemporary colors and non-traditional forms with ancient basket weaving techniques of knotting and twisting.

https://www.craftinamerica.org/.../building-the.../

[samueldelany]

Today, Jun 22nd on her birthday, Pasadena (CA) proclaims Octavia E. Butler Day.

June 17, 2024: Proclamation - Octavia E. Butler Day -- June 17, 2024 From the Mayor's Desk

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Whereas, born in Pasadena, California on June 22, 1947, Octavia E. Butler became one of the most celebrated science fiction writers of her time; and

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Whereas, a proud Pasadenan, Octavia spent her formative years in this City, attending Pasadena City College and later transferring to California State University, Los Angeles where she honed her craft and developed her unique voice; and

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Whereas, her groundbreaking works—including “Kindred”, “Parable of the Sower”, and the “Patternist” series—have earned her critical acclaim, literary recognition including Hugo and Nebula Awards, and a lasting place in the literary canon; and

Whereas, Octavia Butler’s writing addressed important social issues, inspiring generations of readers and writers to think critically about the world and their place in it, and paved the way for diverse voices in literature—making her a beacon for aspiring writers, particularly those from underrepresented communities; and

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Whereas, today we recognize Octavia Butler’s pioneering spirit and important contributions to the field of literature, celebrate her enduring connection to Pasadena, and honor her lasting impact on our community and the world;

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Now, Therefore I, Victor M. Gordo, Mayor of the City of Pasadena, on behalf of the City Council, do hereby proclaim June 22, 2024 in Pasadena as Octavia E. Butler Day.

[serpentinesheldonserpentine]

Raised on Radio

An old friend spoke about concerts we saw growing up and how music then still lived in what I call regional popularity pockets. In the 60’s I surely heard music that Carolinians called Beach Music , but I didn't know it as such.

But more than regional genre names, I am writing about the bands. Seems in the 70’s-80’s each decent size city had “their” band. For us, it was Springsteen. Make no mistake he was selling out college auditoriums when the Beautiful People were begging Mark Beneke to let them into 54. Bruce was too ‘Jersey’, too Bridge & Tunnel crowd. I get it. Just don't try to claim him now. Springsteen was huge in Philadelphia and for some reason, in Phoenix.

Similarly prog bands. Philly loved prog rock; Yes, ELP, and Genesis sold out multiple nights at our ice arena when sales were slim elsewhere.

Little Feat were time loved heroes in Baltimore and Washington and pretty much nowhere else.

Boston had the J. Geils Band. They woulda been the Stones if they coulda written a decent song on their own. As it was, they were the best live act of the post STP Tour 1970’s and I will fight any man who disagrees.

Pittsburgh had the Iron City House Rockers. Ohio had Michael Stanley, and other rocking bands who never completely broke through. DEVO doesn't really count. The Bob Seger System came from Detroit and hard working Bob broke through.

I also remember the astounding 1980’s success of Depeche Mode in Los Angeles- and Salt Lake City. D’mode sold about 2,000 tickets in Nashville and then sold out the 70,000 seat Rose Bowl in Pasadena.

Was this the power of radio playlists? Payola? Something else? I went to LA a few times in the 80’s and KROQ was all Depeche , all the time.

How about your town? If you were listening in the 70’s and 80’s, who were the local heroes who never broke through? Who were the national acts that were strangely popular in your city and unknown elsewhere?

Drop a comment, wouldya?

[afrotumble]

Dawnn Jewel Lewis (born August 13, 1961) is a songwriter, film, television & stage actor, and a series TV creator/producer. Lewis is best known for her role as Jaleesa Vinson–Taylor on the NBC television sitcom A Different World from the series beginning in 1987 until the end of its fifth season in 1992, in addition to being on the show; Lewis co–wrote the theme song. Dawnn Lewis was born in Brooklyn, New York City, to Carl and Joyce Lewis, who are of African-American and Guyanese descent. Lewis began singing at the age of four and acting at eleven. At sixteen, Lewis graduated from the High School of Music & Art in New York City, now known as Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School. In college, she majored in musical theatre with a minor in journalism, graduating with a Bachelor of Music degree, cum laude, from the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida, in 1982. From August 1, 1985 to July 6, 1986, Lewis performed and understudied in the National Tour of the Broadway musical The Tap Dance Kid under the name "Dawnn J. Lewis".

In September 1992, Lewis began starring in ABC''s Hangin'' with Mr. Cooper alongside Mark Curry and Holly Robinson. Lewis and Holly Robinson, along with R&B quartet En Vogue, performed the theme song for season one of Hangin'' with Mr. Cooper.

Lewis provided additional voices in the video game, True Crime: New York City. She portrayed Deloris Van Cartier in Peter Schneider''s Sister Act the Musical, which opened at the Pasadena Playhouse on October 24, 2006. Lewis has voiced Storm of the X-Men in three games, most recently Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2. She also voiced Granny Grim on The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, and voiced the female Shokan (Sheeva) in Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm. Lewis has also done voice work as LaBarbara Conrad, wife of Hermes Conrad, in the animated TV series Futurama, Detective Terri Lee on Spider-Man: The Animated Series, villainess Di Archer on Bruno the Kid, and voiced a number of characters on The Boondocks. Additionally, she voiced the character Sharona on King of the Hill.

In 1988, she was in the movie ''I''m Gonna Git You Sucka'' as Cheryl Spade. In 2006, Lewis starred as Melba Early in the film adaptation of Dreamgirls.

In March 2016, Lewis was cast in Disney Junior''s animated series Doc McStuffins as the voice of Grandma McStuffins.

--Lamar (Facebook)

[moneeb0930]

#BlackWomensHistoryMonth : Octavia Butler was committed her life to turning speculative fiction into a home for Black expression. She became the first Black women science fiction author to be granted a MacArthur fellowship, and the first Black woman to win Hugo and Nebula awards.

Octavia Estelle Butler was born in Pasadena, California where as a little girl, she struggled with dyslexia while attending public school. Her teachers interpreted her slower reading as an unwillingness to do the work rather than a sign of her struggles with dyslexia. When she was given books to read in school, she found them boring and unrelatable but was interested in going to the library and reading unique stories. She had an endless appetite for stories and frequently made up her own while sitting on her grandmother’s porch. by the time she was ten she could be found carrying around a large notebook, writing down stories whenever she got a free moment. Whenever she wrote stories for school, they were so unusual that many of her teachers assumed she had copied them from published works. One teacher recognized her talents and encouraged the then 13-year-old Butler to submit one of her stories to a science fiction magazine for publication. That submission was the first of many and solidified her desire to—and her belief that she could—become a professional writer.

In 1968, Butler graduated from Pasadena City College with an Associate's Degree. She then continued taking classes, first at California State University in Los Angeles and then at the University of California at Los Angeles. She took writing classes but also studied anthropology, psychology, physics, biology, and geology, among other subjects and workshops. While attending The Screen Writers’ Guild Open Door Program, Octavia had sold her first two stories. Despite her success with the short stories, she struggled to get other stories published. After a series of rejections, she shifted gears and tried to write her first novel. That first manuscript was purchased by Doubleday and published in 1976.

In 1979, Octavia wrote 12 more books including ‘Kindred’. She often said she was inspired to write ‘Kindred’ when she heard young African Americans minimize the cruelty and severity of enslavement. She wanted younger readers to know not only the facts of enslavement but what it felt like, making sure to humanize those who survived the exploitative institution. ‘Kindred’ is now a mainstay in many high school and college classrooms.

Octavia won numerous prestigious awards for her writing. In 1995, she was awarded a MacArthur “Genius” Grant—the only science fiction writer to receive this award. She won Nebula and Hugo Awards, the two highest honors for science fiction, a PEN Lifetime Achievement Award, and the City College of New York’s Langston Hughes Medal in 2005. As a pioneer in science fiction, she opened up the genre to many other African American and female writers. Today, her influence spans literature, genres and media. “Do the thing that you love and do it as well as you possibly can and be persistent about it.” - Octavia Butler

[elekinetic]

What are your hcs about the Stranger Things characters’ futures? Like concerning their careers, where they wind up living, pets, colleges, or anything else that you want to talk about!

ohhhh i’m torn. i want them to all end up in the same place. i don’t think this is the canon answer but this is what makes me happy:

the party ends up in california for college. they all go to uc santa cruz, cause they didn’t get a chance to do the whole college application thing while saving the world and owens pulled some strings. el and max are roommates. dustin mike and lucas get put in a triple, but if mike starts staying at a certain party member’s single most of the time…..that’s none of their business. max starts as a neuroscience major until she fucking hates it. she’s at the arcade one night and watches someone repair a broken machine and is like, oh shit. that’s kinda cool. she switches to computer science, then to computer engineering bc CS is for nerds. (dustin does CS.) lucas came in as a political science major, but he realized he was way more interested in helping max with her neuroscience homework. he ends up doing a double major in political science and human health sciences. mike majors in communication cause it’s a compromise between getting a business degree like his parents insist and studying something he’s actually interested in (this is the problem. mike has no clue what he wants to study). will is a visual arts major obv. el switches her major about seventeen different times (zoology, religion, international relations, mechanical engineering). she ends up graduating w mike in communication bc its the easiest to apply her various credits to. el and dustin get really into improv. el also does theatre, and mike ends up getting dragged into the tech scene. lucas plays club basketball and gets involved in student govt. he sets up a lot of food and blood drives. the party goes to a board game club, but will goes EVERY week and makes a bunch of great friends. max learns guitar and starts playing at open mics (el is the only one who knows. and lucas, a little later). they all join the college radio station. first its dustin helping a mutual friend fix radio tech, then its will filling in for a mutual friend’s missing cohost, then it’s will and lucas starting an advice show, and el and max starting a show where max makes the tapes and el just talks about whatever she wants, and mike fucking around in the background of all his friends’ shows and shouting out unsolicited comments. when they all move off campus, mike and will, dustin and lucas, and el and max get their own apartments respectively. lumax starts talking abt moving in together and el is like “i love you both but i am not trying to third wheel in my own home.” thus, henderhop house is born. these two were BORN to be roommates. they become such good friends and are so respectful of each others space and are so so communicative! and they both love to cook. henderhop lives together for like, six years post college. listen, they have two cats together. they don’t want to traumatize them with a divorce. mike and will get a dog when they’re older (late 20s, early 30s). they used to catsit for their neighbor, but mike is crazy allergic. it always sounds like he’s going through puberty again. the party ends up in southern california. el becomes an archaeologist and travels a lot. dustin lives in pasadena and works for JPL. max does some work with him, does some contacts for a few different companies. she eventually becomes a professor and spends her off time doing research. lucas becomes a pediatrician. later in life he serves on city council, then turns to non-profit work. will get a job as an illustration intern at a comic house straight out of college and works his way up from there. mike bounces around office jobs, does some time at a publishing house, and goes back to school for a creative writing MFA. he sells some original stuff but he ends up mostly writing comics for IPs with will. they make a name for themselves in the Star Wars EA and actually get invited to a couple comic-con panels. dustin flips his shit.

[opertabry]

lost & found ✧ 0.3 ucla

synopsis ✧ minjeong, the resident assistant on your floor of the university dorm, works at the campus lost and found, always seen sorting through misplaced belongings with an air of judgment and skepticism. you, a perpetual partygoer known for your wild antics, seem to constantly lose items during parties and they somehow always end up at the lost and found department. and in the hands of minjeong. 

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ucla women’s soccer team ✧ @/UCLAWSoccer : The UCLA Bruins women's soccer team is an intercollegiate varsity sports team of the University of California at Los Angeles. The team is a member of the Pac-12 Conference of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.

ucla football team ✧ @/UCLAFootball : The UCLA Bruins football program represents the University of California, Los Angeles, in college football as members of the Pac-12 Conference at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) level. The Bruins play their home games at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California.

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[usafphantom2]

B-2 stealth bomber will fly over the Rose Parade again after absence last year

Fernando Valduga By Fernando Valduga 12/31/2023 - 12:30 in Military

B-2 Spirit bomber flies over the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, on January 1º 2019. (Photo: Mark Holtzman)

USAF's B-2 Spirit stealth bomber is making its big return to the annual Rose Tournament parade after a brief hiatus in the celebration.

The Rose Parade, held in Pasadena, California, to celebrate the New Year, will resume the bomber's overflying tradition during the 2024 parade. The aircraft had to miss last year's event after an aircraft caught fire in flight.

A B-2 Spirit from Whiteman Air Base, Missouri, opens the 108º Rose Bowl game in Pasadena, California, on January 1º 2022. (Photo: Sgt. Coach Dylan Nuckolls/U.S. Air Force)

"We are excited to return to the 2024 Rose Bowl," Colonel Keith Butler, commander of the 509ª Bomber Wing at Whiteman Air Base, said in an official statement. "We have a long relationship with the city of Pasadena and we are honored to bring the B-2 back to demonstrate Team Whiteman's commitment to the American people. Our mission is to carry out nuclear operations and global attacks... anytime, anywhere, and this would not be possible without the support of the people we serve. This is our way of saying thank you."

The bomber lost the last Rose Parade because of an air operation it was carrying out in December 2022, when it suffered a malfunction in the middle of the flight and had to make an emergency landing. Filling the B-2 spot in the last parade were two B-1B Lancer bombers from Ellsworth Air Base, North Dakota.

A Northrop Grumman B-2 stealth bomber flies over Colorado Boulevard announcing the start of the 2022 Rose Parade.

Before that, the Rose Parade had a flyover of the B-2 stealth bomber every year since 2005.

The Rose Parade began in 1890, before the annual college football game Rose Bowl. The parade runs 8 and a half km and features several floats and martial bands.

The B-2 will kick off the long-awaited Rose Bowl playoff game between the University of Michigan Wolverines and the University of Alabama Crimson Tide - whose winner will advance to the national championship game on January 8. The game will air at 6 p.m. Brasilia time on New Year's Day on ESPN.

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[tokillamockingbird427]

More Alex, whoop:

He left together with his best friend shortly after said friend graduated and moved away for college. He asked Alex to come because he knew his situation at home. That's also the reason why Alex left Elias, there was barely enough space for Alex already, so little, still in school (is 14 still middle school or is it already high school? I don'tknow american schools well enough for that) Elias would've not worked. He stayed there only for a couple of months tho, still too close to home for him, cause Pasadena (did i put the friend into caltech? I might have). From there he started travelling (mostly tramping at first) through firstly just the western states, getting by, by working every odd job he could get. Never really settled anywhere, stayed the longest in an outskirt of Seattle, with about 1 1/2 years and then made his way east.

Not really any further now, still not sure where he eventually ends up for the most part, but i figured he ain't the big city guy, rather stays in smaller towns or the outskirts

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(Also what i always forgot, i asked about if i can use my stuff but never followed up with you, so here the "fic" compilation of my thoughts https://archiveofourown.org/works/53220619/chapters/134672155)

Elias also would not have worked (Going with his brother) because I bet their parents would have refused to let Elias (Legal minor at the time) to go with Alex. How understanding Elias is of that however.... is up to you. But I bet the answer is "Little" given it'd be nice for angst lmao. But maybe when he gets older he becomes more understanding.

Alex is a drifter! Very cool.

Hey, you think when Elias met Ajax and learned his legal name was Alex he had a moment? Like... "What's your name again?" "Everyone calls me Ajax, but my first name is Alex, Sir. Why?" *Sad little smile* "I just... know someone with that name." Also the first time Elias+Ajax meet would be during Sand Viper... hmmmm. Elias maybe feeling a bit comforted that his brother is there for him, in more a symbolic than a literal sense, but there in some kinda way at the least.

(Ooooo, nice. Thank you, I'll try to get around to reading this lol.)

[sonyachristian]

Recognizing alternative forms of learning

[kemetic-dreams]

Author Octavia E. Butler Author (1947–2006)

Known for blending science fiction with African-American spiritualism. Her novels include Patternmaster, Kindred, Dawn and Parable of the Sower.

Writer Octavia Estelle Butler was born in Pasadena, California, on June 22, 1947, later breaking new ground as a woman and an African American in the realm of science fiction. Butler thrived in a genre typically dominated by white males. She lost her father at a young age and was raised by her mother. To support the family, her mother worked as a maid.

As a child, Octavia E. Butler was known for her shyness and her impressive height. She was dyslexic, but she didn't let this challenge deter her from developing a love of books. Butler started creating her own stories early on, and she decided to make writing her life's work around the age of 10. She later earned an associate degree from Pasadena City College. Butler also studied her craft with Harlan Ellison at the Clarion Fiction Writers Workshop.

To make ends meet, Butler took all sorts of jobs while maintaining a strict writing schedule. She was known to work for several hours very early in the morning each day. In 1976, Butler published her first novel, Patternmaster. This book would ultimately become part of an ongoing storyline about a group of people with telepathic powers called Patternists. The other related titles are Mind of My Mind (1977), Wild Seed (1980) and Clay's Ark (1984). (Butler's publishing house would later group the works as the Patternist series, presenting them in a different reading order from when they were chronologically published.)

In 1979, Butler had a career breakthrough with Kindred. The novel tells the story of an African-American woman who travels back in time to save a white slave owner—her own ancestor. In part, Butler drew some inspiration from her mother's work. "I didn't like seeing her go through back doors," she once said, according to The New York Times. "If my mother hadn't put up with all those humiliations, I wouldn't have eaten very well or lived very comfortably. So I wanted to write a novel that would make others feel the history: the pain and fear that black people have had to live through in order to endure."

For some writers, science fiction serves as means to delve into fantasy. But for Butler, it largely served as a vehicle to address issues facing humanity. It was this passionate interest in the human experience that imbued her work with a certain depth and complexity. In the mid-1980s, Butler began to receive critical recognition for her work. She won the 1984 Best Short Story Hugo Award for "Speech Sounds." That same year, the novelette "Bloodchild" won a Nebula Award and later a Hugo as well.

In the late 1980s, Butler published her Xenogenesis trilogy—Dawn (1987), Adulthood Rites (1988) and Imago (1989). This series of books explores issues of genetics and race. To insure their mutual survival, humans reproduce with aliens known as the Oankali. Butler received much praise for this trilogy. She went on to write the two-installment Parable series—Parable of the Sower (1993) and Parable of the Talents (1998).

In 1995, Butler received a "genius" grant from the MacArthur Foundation—becoming the first science-fiction writer to do so—which allowed her to buy a house for her mother and herself.

[lboogie1906]

Arthur Chester Duncan (September 25, 1925 – January 4, 2023) was a tap dancer, called an “Entertainer’s Entertainer,” known for his stint as a performer on The Lawrence Welk Show (1964-82). He was the first African American regular on a variety television program. He performed all over the world, and notably at Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall.

Born in Pasadena, one of thirteen children, he entered show business at age thirteen, when he was a member of a dance quartet that performed at McKinley Junior High School. He entered Pasadena City College to study pharmacy but left to pursue a career in show business.

The weight of this, as well as the weight of being the only Black man on the show, led to him pre-recording his tap dancing, saying he “didn’t take chances.” This confined him and his dance moves, not allowing him to experiment, which is a key element of tap dancing.

The 1989 film Tap featured him in a cameo appearance with other famous tap dancers. He made more TV guest appearances on Diagnosis Murder, Columbo, and The Phil Donahue Show.

In 2004 he was honored at the annual “Tap Extravaganza” in New York City.

In 2006, he was honored for his contributions to tap dance at the 15th Annual St. Louis Tap Festival.

In 2017, he appeared on the series premiere episode of the reality talent series Little Big Shots: Forever Young, where he performed a dance and reunited with actress Betty White.

In 2018, he made an appearance on The Talk as part of a surprise for co-host Sheryl Underwood, who performed a tap dance routine with Savion Glover as part of the show’s New Year’s Evolution.

He served in the army as an army private. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence