Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Pasadena Playhouse "Conversations With..." Speaker Series Hosts SERGIO MIELNICZENKO


Saturday, September 19, 2009
6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Carrie Hamilton Theatre

PhotobucketSergio Mielniczenko is the popular writer and producer of the Brazilian Hour Radio Program and host of Global Village Fridays (KPFK, 90.7). In his precise and placid, Portuguese-accented English, Sergio presents the best of samba, bossa nova, música popular Brasileira, Brazilian jazz. He coaxes his listening audience around unexpected corners -- and through regions and rituals and artists who fall off well-trammeled paths of bossa nova or jazz samba. As these things go, he is more than a bit of a ubiquitous dignitary, floating from festivals to tucked-away clubs to living room jam sessions. (BrazilianHour.org)

The Brazilian Hour takes listeners on a musical tour of its namesake land, with music ranging from jazz to samba, Brazilian pop, choro, and much more. Produced as a public service of The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil, the program began in 1978 to promote Brazilian music and culture in the United States. In 1981 the Brazilian Hour started a national distribution via satellite to all public radio stations in the United States. Currently The Brazilian Hour is produced in Portuguese, Spanish, English and French. Streams live at KXLU Saturdays and Sundays 9-10:00am (SPT) on 90.7 KFSR.

Tickets
To reserve a seat to CONVERSATIONS WITH… email bnewport@pasadenaplayhouse.org. Tickets to The Night Is A Child can be purchased at the Pasadena Playhouse box office (39 S. El Molino Avenue), by phone 626-356-PLAY, or online www.pasadenaplayhouse.org. Mention code HHCW to receive a 20% discount on select seats to the show.

Friday, September 04, 2009

Labor Day Weekend BBQ at the Playhouse

Pictures from the BBQ Samba party are here! Keep checking the blog and our Facebook Fan Page for info on future "Real-Live Theatre for Less than a Movie" nights!

4:00 PM Sunday, Sept 6

Wear your flip flops, kick back and enjoy Brazilian BBQ before or after a performance of The Night is a Child.

2:00 PM Matinee performance
4:00 PM BBQ, live music and fun on the patio
7:00 PM Evening performance

Sponsored by Pasadena Star-News. Brazilian music provided by California College of Music. Entertainment provided by Arthur Murray Dance Studio.