Pops Season in Bloom

THE SIX-CONCERT Rusnak Summer Concert series, featuring the Pasadena Pops at the Los Angeles County Arboretum, begins June 24 with “Divas through the Decades.” Principal Pops conductor Michael Feinstein leads the orchestra, jazz songstresses Nicole Henry and Catherine Russell and Motown singer Freda Payne in a celebration of black women who shaped the American Songbook, notably Ella

Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Natalie Cole and Tina Turner. “The Kings of Soul” get their turn July 15. Feinstein picks up the mic July 29 for a salute to Broadway featuring music by Stephen Sondheim, Cole Porter and more. The season continues through Sept. 9. Grounds open for picnicking and dining at 5:30 p.m. and performances begin at 7:30 p.m. 301 N. Baldwin Ave., Arcadia, 626.793.7172, pasadenasymphony-pops.org