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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2016 - DECEMBER 21, 2016 - VOLUME 5, NO. 50
2016 Equestfest Presented By Wells Fargo Has Been Canceled The Pasadena Tournament of Roses has been monitoring recent instances of the Equine Herpes virus cases detected in Los Angeles County at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center. This rare neurological form of the virus could potentially affect the safety and wellbeing of the equine participants at the 2016 Equestfest event. The Tournament of Roses and Wells Fargo, the sponsor of Equestfest, hold the health and safety of the equines in high importance. This respect and concern for safety has necessitated cancellation of this year’s Equestfest program. The Tournament of Roses is committed to ensuring the safety of all Rose Parade participants, including all Equestfest equestrian unit participants and their animals. We are working with appropriate governmental officials and the Associations veterinary consultant to insure the well-being of the animals participating in the 2017 Rose Parade. Additional safeguards and protocols will be adopted in this regard by both the Tournament and all equestrian entries schedule to participate in the Rose Parade. Additional safeguards and protocols will be adopted to ensure a safe environment. It is anticipated that all equestrian entries scheduled to participate in SEE PAGE 2
The Tournament of Roses is committed to ensuring the safety of all Rose Parade participants,
Experience First Holiday TrainFest and Toy Drive Go Metro to Union Station Santa will trade in his sleigh for vintage rail cars and a 874,346 pound steam locomotive decked out for the holidays at the first-ever Holiday TrainFest and Toy Drive at Los Angeles Union
Station on Saturday Dec. 17, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. The free, family-friendly event will take place on Track 14 at Union Station, 800 N. Alameda St., Los Angeles. Staff will be on hand
to collect donations of new, unwrapped toys in support of Toys for Tots, and also to accept new socks to assist the Los Angeles Homeless SEE PAGE 15
- Photo by Terry Miller
Bringing the Community Together Through Art Community Altar Project kicks off artist-in-residency program at RAM The Riverside Art Museum (RAM) is proud to launch an artist-in-residency program with Riversidebased artist Cynthia Huerta to facilitate the “Community Altar Project”. The purpose of the museum’s artist-inresidency program is to cre-
ate exhibition-related engagement activities both at the museum and off-site in the community that inspire creativity and dialogue within our diverse community. This project is inspired by an altar currently
housed in the collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. This revered altar was used in the mass when Cesar Chavez broke his 25-day fast in 1968. The original altar was created SEE PAGE 3