2009 Pasadena Art + Ideas Festival Line-Up Announced for October 23-November 9

5th Biennial Festival Showcases Works from Local Arts, Science, Cultural Groups
PASADENA, Calif.--(Business Wire)--
Pasadena Arts Council (PAC), managing partner of the innovative Art + Ideas
Festival, has announced the lineup of activities for the fifth biennial fall
festival entitled "Origins."The festival, which will be held at various venues
throughout the city from October 23 through November 9, 2009, is a multi-media
collaborative of cutting-edge Pasadena arts, science, and cultural
organizations.

"Pasadena is an incredibly rich nexus of arts, culture and science, so
collaborating on an idea-based festival comes naturally to the partner
institutions," said Terry LeMoncheck, PAC Executive Director.

This year's Festival includes a full array of theater, dance, music, visual art,
poetry, film, interactive workshops and children`s performances, as well as its
popular "Ideas" component, a series of discussions and debates hosted by PAC and
other partners.The various events are woven together by the Festival's theme,
"Origins," paying homage to Charles Darwin`s 200th birthday.

"Our theme is about much more than evolution in the strict sense - it`s about
exploring the idea of `the beginning,` because as humans we have this need to
understand how things started, where they come from," said LeMoncheck."Exploring
beginnings helps us take a peek into the future as well."

Highlights of the 2009 Festival include the world premiere of the Theatre @
Boston Court`s God Save Gertrude, a musical examining the origins of political
dissent; Family Stories: Sharing a Community`s Legacy at Pasadena Museum of
History, inspiring reflection on one`s own family`s origins; and NASA's Spitzer
Space Telescope Science Center/One Colorado`s exploration of the origins of the
universe including scientific demonstrations, "Ask an Astronomer," and
spectacular cosmic imagery.

Partner organizations presentinginclude: Armory Center for the Arts; Brehm
Center at Fuller Theological Seminary; Boston Court Performing Arts Center;
Gamble House; Huntington Library; Lineage Dance; One Colorado; Pasadena City
College; Pasadena Museum of California Art; Pasadena Museum of History; Pasadena
Public Library; Pasadena Symphony; Shumei Arts Council; Spitzer Science Center
at Caltech; Williamson Gallery at Art Center College of Design.

A large percentage of the Art & Ideas events will be FREE. Tickets for some
events will sold separately at the venue.Please visit the individual Festival
partner websites through our Festival Partners & Programs page for detailed
information.

For complete information and a comprehensive list of all events, visit
www.artideasfestival.org.

The Pasadena Arts Council is a non-governmental, not-for-profit organization
that provides resources, programs and services to artists, arts and cultural
organizations, audiences, young people and visitors to Pasadena. The agency
offers an independent voice for promoting a vibrant cultural community by
facilitating, empowering and advocating for the arts.

Counterintuity
Lisa Singelyn, 818-731-0935
lisa@counterintuity.com

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