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🌱 Patch AM: How Kathak dance transformed a Sunday at Sierra Madre Playhouse
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Good morning to you Sierra Madre! Catch up on our news and events right here. Keep reading to stay in the know. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How Kathak dance transformed a Sunday at Sierra Madre Playhouse
Also on today's calendar: Pacific Jazz Orchestra Announces 2026-27 Season and 4 more events.
Today's riddle: What do you call cows dancing in the dark 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Saturday: Sunshine, with a high of 85 and low of 66 degrees.
- Sunday: Partly sunny and pleasant, temps: high: 83, low: 64.
- Monday: Areas of low clouds, then sun, with a high of 81 and low of 64 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• A Review: The Lineage of Kathak Dance (ladancechronicle.com) — Sierra Madre Playhouse recently hosted an intimate Kathak dance performance and lecture by artist Rukhmani Mehta, blending live music, storytelling, and audience education. The reviewer describes how Mehta and her collaborators used rhythm, gesture, and epic tales like the Mahabharata to introduce local audiences to this classical North Indian art form and invites readers to explore the Playhouse's broader season online. 
📸 Around Sierra Madre
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Sierra Madre
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★ Featured events ★
- General Meeting →
SMRFA Float Barn, 587 East Sierra Madre Blvd, Sierra Madre
1:00 pm
Sunday September 20
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Other local events
- Pacific Jazz Orchestra Announces 2026-27 Season →
Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts, 18111 Nordhoff St, Los Angeles
5:00 pm - Broadway Star Sutton Foster Joins Pacific Jazz Orchestra at The Soraya →
Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts, 18111 Nordhoff St, Los Angeles
8:00 pm - Pakaraguian Kulintang Performs Music & Dance of Southern Philippines →
Sierra Madre Playhouse, 87 W Sierra Madre Blvd, Sierra Madre
11:00 am - Taste of Mater Dolorosa →
700 N Sunnyside Ave, Sierra Madre
2:30 pm - Brightwork newmusic Presents World Premiere & Socially Inspired Works →
Sierra Madre Playhouse, 87 W Sierra Madre Blvd, Sierra Madre
8:00 pm - Outside Mullingar, Play by Oscar-Winner John Patrick Shanley, Runs at Sierra Madre Playhouse →
Sierra Madre Playhouse, 87 W Sierra Madre Blvd, Sierra Madre
8:00 pm
Saturday September 19
Saturday September 26
Friday October 2
📣 Sierra Madre Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Little Artists
Live Oak Library - Meeting Room
11:00 am - Taste of Arcadia →
Arcadia CA
2:00 pm - Mariachi Heritage Society presents ¡México Canta!
San Gabriel Mission Playhouse, 320 S Mission Dr, San Gabriel
3:00 pm - Taste of Spain: Tapas Cooking Experience →
150 E. Colorado Blvd, Monrovia - Mental Health Presentation - Thriving at Every Age @ Rio Hondo RM
Rio Hondo Elementary School, 11425 Wildflower Rd, Arcadia
8:30 am
Saturday September 19
Sunday September 20
Monday September 21
Tuesday September 22
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Thank you 👏👏👏 to these businesses for making Sierra Madre PatchAM possible:
- The Gooden School — (626) 355-2410
- Every move matters car donation program — (626) 367-0705
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- ⚠️ Magnitude 3.09 earthquake reported
Sep 17 at 1:32 PM PDT: 3.09 magnitude earthquake occurred near Compton, CA. More than 514 neighbors felt it. (Nextdoor )
- Kroger posted a job opening for Online Grocery Pick-Up Clerk in Arcadia. Apply here.
- Public Storage posted a job opening for Customer Service - Self Storage Manager in Arcadia. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Sierra Madre here.
🗞 Nearby News
Arcadia
- Person Killed in Arcadia Pedestrian Crash on Foothill (210) Freeway near 5th Avenue (pacificattorneygroup.com)
- Things to do in the San Gabriel Valley area, Sept. 18-26 (sgvtribune.com)
- DroneArt Show: Space Chase at Santa Anita Park (feverup.com)
Monrovia
- Interview with Keely Milliken, CEO of Monrovia's Centre Stage (monrovianow.com)
Ok Sierra Madre! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!
-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Night Moo-s (Thank you John S. for sending it in!)
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