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Patrons+ Appreciation Event

November 9, 2025 from 3 to 5pm

Join fellow Patrons, Heritage Heroes and Altadena Angels to query board members and hear about our upcoming programs. Enjoy ice cream sundaes (non-dairy too) with all your favorite toppings. Indulge in sweet and savory treats and toast Altadena’s incredible resilience with champagne!

Altadena Heritage’s Chair Hans Allhoff will say a few words during the gathering.

We’d love to see you there — it’s our chance to thank you for your generous support.

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Join us as we celebrate the Holiday Season & 90th Anniversary of the Altadena Historical Society. Michele Zack will be present to sign newly released commemorative editions of her book Altadena Between Wilderness and City.

Members, please RSVP before Dec 1st. Complimentary entry is available for current members of either Altadena Heritage or Altadena Historical Society.

Live swing dance music by the Art Deco Jazz Orchestra, fancy bites, wines, specialty cocktail, and soft drinks.

Tickets are no longer availble. We have reached our capacity. Thank you for your interest in this event.

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ALTADENA REVEALED • REFLECTIONS OF PEOPLE & PLACE

Owen Brown’s Body
A Film Screening and Conversation
Film Screening (20 min)

+ Q&A • Pablo Miralles & Michele Zack

Join us for a special screening of Owen Brown’s Body, by The Owen Brown Gravesite Committee + filmmaker and Altadenan Pablo D. Miralles.

Owen Brown-abolitionist and son of John Brown­escaped the South via the Underground Railroad and ultimately settled in Altadena, where he and his brother Jason homesteaded land on Brown Mountain. Owen is buried on the mountain.

The program continues with a Q&A session featuring filmmaker Pablo D. Miralles and historian Michele Zack, who will engage with the audience and delve deeper into this fascinating history.

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Altadena Revealed Lecture Series

Thank you for joining us for this installment of the Altadena Revealed lecture series:

Altadena Architecture:
A Legacy and an Elegy

Tim Gregory explored the buildings and architectural styles of Altadena we inherited pre-fire, some of what we lost last January, and how those diverse buildings, although no longer with us, can still inspire us as we rebuild.

Presented in partnership with Foothill Catalog Foundation, Altadena Heritage, Pasadena Heritage, Bungalow Heaven Landmark District, and the Altadena Historical Society.

Tim Gregory is a nationally certified archivist and a registered public historian.  Since 1992, he has completed over 3,000 property histories for leading real estate firms and for homeowners. He was the founding chairman of Altadena Heritage, in recognition for which he received the 1991 Altadena Citizen of the Year Award. Mr. Gregory also served on the board of Pasadena Heritage as the Chair of its Education Committee. In 2007, he received an award from the Pasadena/Foothills Association of Realtors for “contributing to marketing resources, providing an historical perspective, and inspiring preservation and restoration efforts.”

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Altadena Revealed Lecture Series

Outlaws of Altadena –
The Criminal Prosecutions of Our Colorful Contrarians

This lecture explores an essential layer of Altadena’s rich and historic human diversity: its troublemakers. What can they teach us about the meaning of this place, and to what degree are they worth remembering? Subjects include Zeke the Compost Sheik, Paul Little AKA Max Hardcore, and the proprietor of a local steakhouse known for having Richard Feynman as a regular.
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This lecture will explore an essential layer of Altadena’s rich and historic human diversity: its troublemakers. What can they teach us about the meaning of this place, and to what degree are they worth remembering? Subjects include Zeke the Compost Sheik, Paul Little AKA Max Hardcore, and the proprietor of a local steakhouse known for having Richard Feynman as a regular. Gather round! We’ll think, laugh, and maybe even squirm.

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Altadena Revealed Lecture Series – “Outlaws of Altadena: The Criminal Prosecutions of Our Colorful Contrarians”

Friday, June 27th @ Altadena Main Library
Doors open at 7:00 PM, Lecture from 7:30–8:30 PM

The Foothill Catalog Foundation is happy to present a monthly lecture series and social hour in collaboration with Pasadena Heritage, Altadena Heritage, Bungalow Heaven Landmark District, and the Altadena Historical Society, hosted by Altadena Libraries. Through this series, we aim to highlight the unique history and diversity of our community. There are many stories to tell, so you can look forward to hearing from experts and community members alike. Whether you are a local looking to learn something new about your neighborhood or a building professional interested in contributing to the rebuild efforts, this series is for you. Truly, it’s for all of us – to gather together and celebrate what makes this place special. We hope to see you there!

A $10 donation is requested with your registration. All event proceeds will support the mission of The Foothill Catalog Foundation. For those looking for a free admission option, please contact us at info@foothillcatalog.org and we will get you registered at no cost.

About our Speaker, Hans Allhoff

Hans is the Chair of Altadena Heritage and a resident of the Rubio Canyon area in northeast Altadena. He practices criminal defense and civil litigation with the law firm of Spertus, Landes & Josephs in downtown Los Angeles.

About Altadena Heritage

Altadena Heritage is a nonprofit volunteer-based advocacy organization dedicated to protecting, preserving, and raising awareness of our foothill community’s rich architectural, environmental, and cultural heritage.

About the Foothill Catalog Foundation

The Foothill Catalog Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to rebuilding and restoring communities affected by the Eaton Fire in Southern California’s foothill neighborhoods. Their primary initiative, The Foothill Catalog, offers a collection of pre-approved home designs that enable displaced residents to rebuild their homes efficiently and affordably while preserving the region’s unique architectural character.

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ALTADENA REVEALED
Reflections of People & Place
Altadena’s Trees

The third lecture in the Altadena Revealed series welcomed Stephanie Landregan, FASLA, a nationally recognized landscape architect and educator. Stephanie currently serves as the Director of the Landscape Architecture and Horticulture & Gardening Programs at UCLA Extension, where her work emphasizes community-based design and sustainable practices.

Drawing on her years of experience in the Wildlife Urban Interface as Chief Landscape Architect for the Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority, Stephanie spoke about the critical role of trees in fire recovery, climate resilience, and cultural memory. As a co-founder of Altadena Green, a grassroots fire response initiative, she brought a deep insight into the urgent need to protect and reimagine Altadena’s urban forest in the face of increasing wildfire threats.

This timely conversation spotlighted both the vulnerabilities and possibilities of Altadena’s landscape—past, present, and future.

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Altadena Between Wilderness and City

On Friday, March 28th at the recently reopened Altadena Main Library, local historian and author of Altadena: Between Wilderness and City, Michele Zack, kicked off the lecture series, Altadena Revealed. Michele, in her wonderful talk and photographs, shared insights into this area’s specific sense of place and identity. This was the first in a series of lectures designed to inform and advance the process of Altadena’s recovery and rebuild after the devastating Eaton fire of January 7-8, 2025.

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