Vroman’s Bookstore: Mike De Socio, in conversation with Nick Wolny, discuss Morally Straight: How the Fight for LGBTQ Inclusion Changed the Boy Scouts—and America

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

In Morally Straight we meet James Dale, the poster child of Scouting who took his fight for inclusion to the Supreme Court; Steven Cozza, the 12-year-old scout in California who started a movement for inclusion called Scouting for All; Jennifer Tyrrell, the lesbian den mother whose expulsion from the Scouts reignited the gay membership controversy; Zach Wahls, […]

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Vroman’s Bookstore: Local Poetry Day featuring Brent Ameneyro, Lory Bedikian, Blas Falconer, and Cherene Sherrard, in Conversation With Doug Manuel

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

Brent Ameneyro is the author of the collection A Face Out of Clay (The Center for Literary Publishing, 2024) and the chapbook Puebla (Ghost City Press, 2023). His E-Lit has been selected for the 2022 Education and Electronic Literature Conference and Art Festival in Italy, as well as for film festivals in Denmark, Barcelona, Canada, and […]

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Vroman’s Bookstore: Mary Lea Carroll discusses Across the Street Around the Corner…A Road Home

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

Across the Street, Around the Corner: A Road Home  is an inspiring, wisdom-packed, funny collection of neighborhood life set during the pandemic, when everyone-everywhere-was forced to stay home. As a world traveler and now not able to go anywhere, the author thinks, Well, I can't travel the world? Why not travel the block-see who and […]

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Vroman’s Bookstore: Ava Dellaira, in conversation with Nicola Yoon, discusses Exposure

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

Best friends Juliette Marker and Annie Ricci shared an enviable childhood bond, both mesmerized by Juliette's famous mother, Margot, a renowned photographer who documented their idyllic southern California adolescence. After a series of unexpected events, Juliette leaves Annie and California for Chicago, where, as a white college freshman, she meets Noah King, a Black high […]

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Ice House Comedy: Breaking The Ice Open Mic Night

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

Ice House Comedy presents Breaking The Ice Open Mic Night. Live in the California Room! The event is FREE for anyone to attend. Ice House Doors Open at 6pm. Comic sign-ups ($5) begin at 6:15pm, 18+

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Event Series Fitness in the Park: Archetype Yoga

Fitness in the Park: Archetype Yoga

Playhouse Village Park 701 E Union St, Pasadena, CA, United States

Join us on the mat for a free Yoga Flow session with Archetype Yoga on the lawn of Playhouse Village Park. Studio owner Sara Blumenkranz offers a restorative yet playful yoga practice. Great for all levels of practice. Bring your own mat and a water bottle (limited mats are available for loan). This class is part […]

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Vroman’s Ed – Shamanic Sound Bath Workshop with Shaman Ada Trinh and Erica Medina

Atrium Building 709 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, United States

Shamanic Sound Bath with Ada Trinh & Erica Medina at Vroman’s Bookstore $60.00 per person Join us for an immersive Shamanic Sound Bath at Vroman’s Bookstore, led by Ada Trinh and Erica Medina. This special event offers a unique opportunity to experience the healing power of sound, even if you’re new to spiritual practices. In […]

$60

Vroman’s Bookstore: Aurélie Thiele, discusses The Paris Understudy

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

This powerful debut novel brings to life the hard choices Parisians made–or failed to make–under Nazi occupation, in the tradition of Pam Jenoff and Fiona Davis. 1938. Paris Opera legend Madeleine Moreau must keep newcomer Yvonne Chevallier, whose talent she fears, off the stage. As the long-standing star of the opera, she is nowhere near […]

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