PV@Home
We’ve curated a list of activities and workouts from our Playhouse Village businesses and organizations for you to enjoy at home. Join us in supporting our small and local businesses while staying active and entertained.
Cook Like the Pros with Virtual Demonstrations
Level up your culinary skills with fun virtual demonstrations by Village culinary institutes and restaurants. The Institute of Culinary Education has hundreds of chef-driven recipes for home cooks of all levels, including ingredient exploration and video demonstrations. For a new culinary challenge while you stay home, try your hand at these professional techniques. Check out their free YouTube series here. Join the Ramirez family and El Portal Restaurant staff as they share their recipes and teach you how to make some of their popular dishes with the El Portal Cooking Show on their Facebook.
Engage with USC Pacific Asia Museum
While the galleries and garden are currently closed, the USC Pacific Asia Museum continues to share their curation through PAM@Home. Updated daily, discover art discussions, at-home activities, and resources about activism within our community online via Facebook and Instagram.
Dive into the Space with Planetary Society
“Planetary Radio”, presented weekly by the Planetary Society brings you the human adventure across our solar system and beyond with fun conversations with scientists, engineers, leaders, advocates, and astronauts. Tune in by visiting planetarysociety.com.
Create with Art and Coloring Activities
Stretch your artistic side with coloring and drawing activities from Village and Pasadena organizations. Learn about the Pasadena Playhouse and color characters from the Pasadena Playhouse’s recent season with their PlayAtHome Kit. Add your own color styles to some of Pasadena’s iconic art paintings, sculpture, and murals with The Pasadena Convention and Visitor’s Bureau’s coloring book. Hop on to weekly drawing challenges, or sign up for online classes with Drawn2Art Pasadena. Follow Southern California Children’s Museum on Instagram for weekly crafts based on imaginative children’s books.
Move with Workouts at Home
Our Village workout studios and gyms are here to help you stay active during this time. Look out for live streams and weekly workout sets with Basecamp Fitness. Sign-up for virtual training with Anytime Fitness and F45 Pasadena. Sign-up for virtual Pilates-based workout classes with Studio Metamorphosis, and Zoe – A Pilates Studio. Workout with your pets with fun Woof From Home events by Healthy Spot.
Center One’s Self at Home
Gain helpful tips and wellness exercises with Space B.A.R. Wellness Center every Wednesday at 10:00AM. Brain and Body Yoga Pasadena are offering daily online classes throughout the week.
Twirl with Tutu School Pasadena
Kiddos can enjoy fun musical theatre Mondays and ballet story-time Thursdays with free Live sessions on Tutu School’s Instagram. Additionally, Tutu School Pasadena continues to offer their ballet lessons virtually through their streaming service. Learn more by visiting tutuschoolpasadena.com.
Enjoy the Pasadena Symphony and Pops Virtually
Though they can’t wait to gather again to perform for you live, the Pasadena Symphony and Pops are digging deep into their vaults for highlights of their past concerts and sharing weekly conversations their conductors and friends. Visit pasadenasymphony-pops.org to access content and for more information.
Read-a-long With Story Time
Your kiddo’s favorite storytellers are sharing new tales to adventure with virtually! Every Tuesday, Southern California Children’s Museum present a read-along videos with museum staff and authors for kiddos to enjoy. Missing your Wednesdays or Saturdays with Mr. Steve at Vroman’s Bookstore? Find your reading spot in your home, and tune into Virtual Storytime with Mr. Steve. Stay tuned to Vroman’s Facebook for future Virtual Storytime videos.
We will keep this blog post updated when more activities are announced. For a list of city-wide activities, visit Pasadena Convention & Visitors Bureau’s Virtual Connect library.