New Topics at Free Library Events

DURING PASADENA PUBLIC LIBRARY'S Third Thursday Film Series at 7 p.m.,
settle in and watch award-winning independent and foreign films you won't see at the local multiplex. On Sept. 15 watch "Carol's Journey," a film by Spain's Imanol Uribe, which follows a 12-year-old Spanish American girl from New York as she returns to her mother's home village in spring 1938 at the height of the Spanish Civil War (Spanish with English subtitles). On Oct. 20, watch "The Rage in Placid Lake" by Australian filmmaker Tony McNamara. Placid Lake, played by Ben Lee, is an odd fish with brilliant ideas trying to fit into an elusive "normal life." Both films are also captioned for hearing-impaired viewers.

Turn from the silver screen to the drama of real life with a talk by Kimberly Battle-Walters on African American family issues Wednesday, Sept. 28, at 7 p.m. A social work professor at Azusa Pacific University, ordained minister, recent Fulbright Scholar and author of "Sheila Shop - African American Women Talk About Life, Love, Race and Hair," Battle-Walters will offer an entertaining look at male/female relationships, the "double bind" of being female and black and the role of religion in African American families.

Finally, dust off the old clay pot on your mantel and bring it to "Not Just a Pretty Vase: Story of American Pottery" Saturday, Oct. 22, at 2:30 p.m. Donald S. Hall will talk about the history of the medium including popular brands Rookwood, Roseville and Weller. Audience members can bring their family artifacts for possible identification
and inclusion in his talk. An avid collector since his elementary school years, Hall is a former director of the Strasenburgh Planetarium of the Rochester (N.Y.) Museum and Science Center, a frequent speaker, a prolific writer for art and antique journals and the past president of the American Art Pottery Association.

All programs are free and advance reservations are not required. For more information, including parking, call 744-4066 (option 6). Pasadena Central Library is at 285 E. Walnut St.

City Hall Project – Year Two

WITH GOALS OF AT LEAST 25 Pasadena residents hired to work on the City Hall project, 30 sponsored in union apprenticeship programs, at least $630,000 spent
on local subcontractor contracts and at least $370,000 devoted to purchases from Pasadena vendors, the general contractor is committed to ensuring plenty of direct and inclusive community involvement in the project.

The photographs show (above) a worker spraying water to keep concrete dust under control in a section of newl site y constructed moat while another worker operates a remote control for a pneumatic hammer that chips away at old foundation systems to make way for base isolation installation; and (below) workers digging another portion of the moat on Garfield Avenue just north of where the front stairs used to be.

The City Hall website has been updated with additional information! Visit www.cityofpasadena.net and click on City Hall Project/Souvenirs for jobs and
business opportunities, answers to frequently asked questions, interim office locations, photographs, souvenirs and more or call 744-7073.

Overnight Parking Permit Required

IN 1950 STREET PARKING WAS BANNED in Pasadena between 2 a.m. and 6 a.m. The law still stands today. Car-free streets leave room for early-morning street sweeping and help police quickly spot abandoned or suspicious vehicles.

If you don't have anywhere else to park, you can apply for an overnight on-street
parking permit at Municipal Services, 280 Ramona St. (one block south of Walnut between Marengo and Garfield) or by calling 744-4166. A copy of the current registration slip for each vehicle associated with your household is required and each vehicle must be registered at the address for which you are requesting an exemption. (Change of address forms are available at the DMV.) The annual fee is currently $43.

You can also ask for a short-term exemption for up to five nights for yourself or a guest. To make a request, call 744-6440.

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