*Past Event
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Date:
Recurs every
Wed,
Thurs,
Fri,
Sun,
October 23, 2009
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November 9, 2009
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Time:
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
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Location:
Pasadena Museum of History
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Address:
470 W. Walnut St.
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Pasadena
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Cross Streets:
Walnut
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N. Orange Grove
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Driving Directions:
Get Driving Directions
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Kid Friendly:
Family Stories
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Accessibility:
Wheel Chair Access,
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Website:
www.artideasfestival.org/
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Description:
Family Stories: Sharing a Community’s Legacy spotlights the multi-generational stories of six longtime Pasadena families. Their true-to-life histories shed light on the experiences of the African-American, Armenian-American, Japanese-American, Chinese-American, Latino, and Euro-American communities that built this region.
“In every conceivable manner, the family is link to our past, bridge to our future,” Alex Haley. Family Stories: Sharing a Community’s Legacy focuses on the origins of the Pasadena community by exploring the lives and experiences of six different families that chose to put down roots here. The stories of the Duncan, Gertmenian, Kawai, Lowe, Mejia and Stevenson families help the Museum shed light on the experiences of our African-American, Armenian-American, Chinese-American, Euro-American, Japanese-American, and Latino communities, respectively. Through these intimate, personal stories we can begin to understand why and how such ethnically/geographically/culturally diverse people came to this region, discover the obstacles they had to overcome, the opportunities they were offered or denied, and the lives they built. It is the Museum’s hope that this exhibition will inspire everyone to reflect on how their own family’s lives and experiences are contributing to the ongoing creation of history and community.
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Submitted By:
Pasadena Arts Council
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