Vroman’s Bookstore: Nora Lange, in conversation with J. Ryan Stradal and Graham Moore, discuss Us Fools

Vroman's Bookstore 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, United States

A tragicomic, intimate American story of two precocious sisters coming of age during the Midwestern farm crisis of the 1980s. Joanne and Bernadette Fareown are raised on their family farm in rural Illinois, keenly affected by their parents’ volatile relationship and mounting financial debt, haunted by the cursed history of the women in their family. […]

Free

Vroman’s Bookstore: Bob Weis discusses Dream Chasing

Vroman's Bookstore 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, United States

Dream Chasing is a recounting by author Bob Weis of four decades of creating and seeing to completion challenging projects, leading teams from the top secret, high-tech corridors of Walt Disney Imagineering (WDI) to the highest levels of The Walt Disney Company. Our author recounts working on and overseeing projects that took him from Anaheim, […]

Free

Vroman’s Bookstore: Esinam Bediako, in conversation with Jayne Allen, discuss Blood on the Brain

Vroman's Bookstore 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, United States

An impulsive, madcap and newly concussed young woman comes of age as she navigates her Ghanaian American identity, her relationships, and the muddled landscape of history, memory, imagination, and delusion. Twenty-four-year-old Akosua is easily knocked off her feet. When she falls and hits her head, she’s too preoccupied with her latest dramas to fully absorb […]

Free
Event Series SCCM: Play For All Abilities Day

SCCM: Play For All Abilities Days

Southern California Children's Museum 459 E. Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA, United States

Play is for All!  In honor of Disability Pride Month, SCCM is opening after-hours for Play for All Abilities sessions on July 20 and July 27 & the last Thursday of every month beyond from 12:30 PM to 3:30 PM. Play for All Abilities is meant to welcome and create space for children and families with developmental differences. These play […]

Free with Admission

Vroman’s Bookstore: Chris Nichols and Adriene Biondo discuss Bowlarama: The Architecture of Mid-century Bowling

Vroman's Bookstore 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, United States

Bowlarama: The Architecture of Mid-Century Bowling takes aim at the obsession that swept the post-war nation: bowling! More than just a sport or a hobby, bowling became the ultimate modern lifestyle for Americans savoring the boom years that followed World War II. Bowling alleys were modern palaces; companies constantly aimed to outdo each other, whether […]

Free

Ice House Comedy: Iliza Shlesinger

Ice House Comedy Club 24 N Mentor Ave, Pasadena, CA

Ice House Comedy presents Iliza Shlesinger. Live from the Legendary Room. Show Starts at 7:30pm. 21+ with a 2-item minimum per seat.

$41.50

Boston Court Pasadena: Aperture Duo

Boston Court Pasadena 70 N. Mentor Ave., Pasadena, CA, United States

Los Angeles-based Aperture Duo curates fearless programs that explore new sounds, voices, and techniques through the lens of violin and viola chamber music. Founded in 2015 by violinist Adrianne Pope and violist Linnea Powell, and lauded for their out-of-the-box creations, Aperture Duo returns to Boston Court to celebrate their 10th anniversary season with a program […]

$25

Vroman’s Bookstore: Elizabeth Acevedo, in conversation with Yesika Salgado, discuss Family Lore

Vroman's Bookstore 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, United States

From National Book Award-winning author Elizabeth Acevedo comes the story of one Dominican American family told through the voices of its women Flor has a gift: she can predict, to the day, when someone will die. So when she decides she wants a living wake—a party to bring her family and community together to celebrate […]

Free

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