The Eaton fire tore a music community apart. South Pasadena’s Sid the Cat Auditorium may help revive it

The Eaton fire tore a music community apart. South Pasadena’s Sid the Cat Auditorium may help revive it

When Kyle Wilkerson was gutting the interior of the new Sid the Cat Auditorium in South Pasadena, he found reminders of the woman who first made it beautiful a hundred years ago. β€œLucile Lloyd was a prominent [Works Progress Administration] muralist; she did work all among the schools in this area,” said concert promoter Wilkerson….

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Review: ‘The Runarounds,’ set to the soundtrack of a real band, is teen wish fulfillment

Review: ‘The Runarounds,’ set to the soundtrack of a real band, is teen wish fulfillment

Hey, hey, they’re the Runarounds, the latest Pinocchio band to straddle the line between fiction and fact. Meet Charlie (William Lipton), guitar! He’s a romantic! Neil (Axel Ellis), also guitar! Not just a pothead! (He reads Ferlinghetti.) Topher (Jeremy Yun), lead guitar! The quiet one! Wyatt (Jesse Golliher), bass! The even quieter one! And Bez…

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