By the time he was strategizing a contentious, ultimately successful takeover of the financially faltering Pasadena Art Museum in 1974, his collection numbered some 12,000 works. Today ...

Here is a sampling of upcoming things to do in the San Gabriel Valley area.

The Norton Simon’s Frank Gehry–helmed makeover in the late 1990s raised the museum’s profile (even beyond its starring role in the annual Rose Parade). The renovation also helped it expand ...

Butterfly Season at Kidspace Children's Museum is an annual effervescent event ... There are vibrant art displays to admire — artist Christopher Lutter's Monarch butterflies are fashioned ...