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SUMMARY:Vroman's Bookstore: Liz Climo discusses Life in the Present: A Joyful Collection of Comics About Living in the Moment
DESCRIPTION:Known for her charming animal illustrations that are “guaranteed to make you smile” internationally bestselling author and illustrator Liz Climo is back with a new collection of 100 comics that celebrate the joy of life’s littlest moments. \nEvery page of Life in the Present is brimming with Liz Climo’s patented blend of humor and warm-hearted wisdom\, and her adorable bears\, otters\, bunny rabbits\, and hamsters (among others) help us all to see the beauty in life’s least significant occasions. ​Whether they’re grabbing for a slice of pizza that’s just out of reach or trying to gather the energy to go out on a Friday night\, the delightful animal characters depicted in these comics—75 of which are brand new and never-before-seen—are guaranteed to brighten your day. \n 
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-bookstore-liz-climo-discusses-life-in-the-present-a-joyful-collection-of-comics-about-living-in-the-moment/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books,Community Event,Free,In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240810T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240810T110000
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SUMMARY:Vroman’s Special Storytime featuring Christopher Rivas discussing You’re A Good Swimmer by Christopher Rivas and illustrated by Ariel Boroff
DESCRIPTION:Dive into the journey of life with You’re A Good Swimmer\, a captivating picture book that answers the age-old question: Where do babies come from? \nReaders will quickly discover it’s not just about the birds and the bees; it’s a celebration of the astounding journey that each person takes toward their first breath. \nThis picture book will bring families together\, engaging readers across ages as it explores the miracle of life alongside the complexity of reproduction\, birth\, and biology. The story reminds us that the journey to our existence is nothing short of a miracle. \nWith timeless and inspiring artwork alongside straightforward and lively text\, You’re A Good Swimmer emphasizes that taking our very first breath is the grand prize of the greatest race of all. \nThis STEM book is suitable for children aged five and up\, and goes beyond the simple and well-represented “Mommy + Daddy = You” narrative. Instead\, it explores the miraculous nature of birth\, focusing on inclusive imagery and language without restricting these experiences to specific gender identities or narratives. \nYou’re A Good Swimmer invites readers to celebrate the wonder of life itself\, promoting a deeper understanding of our shared human experience and the beauty of diversity.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-special-storytime-featuring-christopher-rivas-discussing-youre-a-good-swimmer-by-christopher-rivas-and-illustrated-by-ariel-boroff/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books,Community Event,Free,In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240810T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240810T180000
DTSTAMP:20260426T115445
CREATED:20240718T175038Z
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SUMMARY:Vroman's Bookstore: Summer Music Series featuring Megan Shung & Friends Co-Sponsored by The Pasadena Conservatory of Music
DESCRIPTION:Join us outside on the Vroman’s Paseo from 5-6PM as we feature the music of Megan Shung & Friends\, a jazz and classical violin ensemble. \nThe Megan Shung Quartet will take you on an unforgettable musical journey. Inspired by folk\, jazz\, and their own compositions\, this dynamic ensemble defies genre conventions and inspires listeners with its unique and warm sound. The group is led by Megan Shung on violin\, with Marlon Martinez on bass\, Zach Reaves on cello\, Ryan Whyman on keyboard\, and Forrest Robinson on percussion.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-bookstore-summer-music-series-featuring-megan-shung-friends-co-sponsored-by-the-pasadena-conservatory-of-music/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Stage\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, Select a Country:
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Free,In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240811T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240811T140000
DTSTAMP:20260426T115445
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SUMMARY:Vroman's Bookstore: Alejandra Campoverdi\, in conversation with Al Madrigal\, discusses First Gen
DESCRIPTION:Co-sponsored by Tepito Coffee \nAlejandra Campoverdi has been a child on welfare\, a White House aide to President Obama\, a Harvard graduate\, a gang member’s girlfriend\, and a candidate for U.S. Congress. She’s ridden on Air Force One and in G-rides. Living a life of contradictory extremes often comes with the territory when you’re a “First and Only.” It also comes at a price. \nWith candor and heart\, Alejandra retraces her trajectory as a Mexican American woman raised by an immigrant single mother in Los Angeles. Foregoing the tidy bullet points of her resume and instead shining a light on the spaces between them\, what emerges is a powerful testimony that shatters the one-dimensional glossy narrative we are often sold of what it takes to achieve the American Dream. In this timely and revealing reflection\, Alejandra draws from her own experiences to name and frame the challenges First and Onlys often face\, illuminating a road to truth\, healing\, and change in the process. \nPart memoir\, part manifesto\, FIRST GEN is a story of generational inheritance\, aspiration\, and the true meaning of belonging—a gripping journey to “reclaim the parts of ourselves we sacrificed in order to survive.”\nTepito Coffee is committed to providing hope\, training\, and employment for formerly incarcerated individuals while also building bridges between México and the U.S.\, one origin\, one person\, one coffee at a time.\nOur story is rooted in Mexican culture giving back to our communities by building direct-to-farmer supply chains that seek to improve farmer livelihoods\, empower communities across the U.S. and México\, while providing the most memorable coffee experience imaginable.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-bookstore-alejandra-campoverdi-in-conversation-with-al-madrigal-discusses-first-gen/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books,Community Event,Free,In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240813T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240813T190000
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SUMMARY:Vroman's Bookstore: Ellen Byron\, in conversation with Naomi Hirahara\, discusses A Very Woodsy Murder
DESCRIPTION:Down-on-her-luck sitcom writer Dee Stern is flipping the script. Twice divorced and wasting her talents on an obnoxious kids’ show\, the lifelong Angeleno embraces the urge to jump in her car and keep driving. It’s a road trip with no destination—until she pulls into a mid-century motel filled with cobwebs and retro charm. Nestled in the shadow of a national park\, it’s a time capsule of a place that\, like her\, could use some work. So\, in the most impulsive move of her life\, Dee teams up with a best friend\, Jeff Cornetta—who happens to be her first ex-husband—to transform the aging ranch into the Golden Motel-of-the-Mountains\, a hiker’s oasis on the edge of the wilderness . . . \nBut Dee and Jeff soon realize there couldn’t be two people more unprepared for the hospitality business. There’s also the panic-inducing reality of prowling bears and a general store as the only shopping spot for miles. Living and working in the middle of nowhere takes some getting used to—especially when a disrespectful guest ends up murdered! Now\, with the motel duo topping the suspect list\, Dee must steer clear of a meddling park ranger\, face her past in show biz\, and determine if the killer is a local or tourist. Because as she quickly finds out\, there are many things worse than a one-star review. \nEllen Byron is the Agatha and Lefty Award-winning\, USA Today bestselling author of the Golden Motel Mysteries\, the Vintage Cookbook series\, and the Cajun Country Mysteries\, as well as the Catering Hall Mysteries written under the name Maria DiRico. She is also an award-winning playwright and non-award-winning writer of TV hits like Wings\, Just Shoot Me\, and The Fairly OddParents\, but considers her most impressive achievement working as a cater-waiter for Martha Stewart. A native New Yorker\, Ellen is a graduate of Tulane University and lives in the Los Angeles area with her husband\, daughter\, and a rotating crew of rescue pups. Visit her at ellenbyron.com. \nNaomi Hirahara is an Edgar Award-winning author of multiple traditional mystery series and noir short stories. Her Mas Arai mysteries\, which have been published in Japanese\, Korean and French\, feature a Los Angeles gardener and Hiroshima survivor who solves crimes. Her first historical mystery\, Clark and Division\, which won a Mary Higgins Clark Award\, follows a Japanese American family’s move to Chicago in 1944 after being released from a California wartime detention center. A former journalist with The Rafu Shimpo newspaper\, Naomi has also written numerous non-fiction history books and curated exhibitions. She has also written a middle-grade novel\, 1001 Cranes. Her follow-up to Clark and Division\, Evergreen\, was released in August 2023 and was on the USA Today bestseller list for two weeks.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-bookstore-ellen-byron-in-conversation-with-naomi-hirahara-discusses-a-very-woodsy-murder/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books,Community Event,Free,In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240815T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240815T190000
DTSTAMP:20260426T115445
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SUMMARY:Vroman's Bookstore: Hala Khouri\, Tessa Hicks Peterson\, Nkem Ndefo\, and Valerie Thomas discuss Practicing Liberation
DESCRIPTION:Practicing Liberation reorients collective justice work toward a model that transforms the effects of injustice\, harm\, and oppressive systems into resilience\, joy\, and community care. Through frameworks like trauma-informed methodology\, transformative movement organizing\, engaged Buddhism\, and healing justice\, editors Hala Khouri and Tessa Hicks Peterson show readers how to: \n\n-Embody healing\, wellness\, and beloved community\n-Guard against replicating systems of harm\n-Disrupt racist\, classist\, anti-queer\, and anti-trans behavior and systems\n-Celebrate creativity and radical imagination in movement work\n-Center healing from intergenerational trauma\, white supremacy culture\, and extractive capitalism\n-Honor that self-care is a necessity—not a luxury—that strengthens our collectives\n\nFeaturing essays from editors Hala Khouri and Tessa Hicks Peterson and contributors like Kazu Haga\, Taj James\, Nkem Ndefo\, Jacoby Ballard\, Sará King\, Kerri Kelly\, and more\, Practicing Liberation can be used on its own or alongside The Practicing Liberation Workbook to help readers orient toward embodied leadership\, interconnected collectives\, and a bold vision for transformation—the vital tools we need for collective wellbeing\, healing\, and long-term social change.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-bookstore-hala-khouri-tessa-hicks-peterson-nkem-ndefo-and-valerie-thomas-discuss-practicing-liberation/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books,Community Event,Free,In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240816T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240816T190000
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SUMMARY:Vroman's Bookstore: IN-STORE TICKETED: Maria Bamford and Scott Marvel Cassidy sign Hogbook and Lazer Eyes
DESCRIPTION:Fans of Maria Bamford’s acclaimed quasi-autobiographical Lady Dynamite! Netflix series already know of her romance with LA painter Scott Marvel Cassidy\, as well as her droll pug sidekicks Blueberry and Bert.Now the story has been recounted in the graphic novella Hogbook and Lazer Eyes\, written by Bamford/Cassidy\, drawn by Cassidy\, and all told by the rescue dogs they’ve adopted. \nFor those unfamiliar with the story\, newly single fortysomethings Maria Bamford and Scott Cassidy each signed up on the dating site O.K. Cupid\, under the respective usernames “Hogbook” and “Lazer Eyes.” They went on a date\, and then another\, and soon\, despite a history of Bipolar II disorder and unhealthy relationships for each of them\, they fall in love and are married in 2015. We view all of this through the prism of their pug housemates\, including Blueberry and Bert (who has an unnatural obsession with Michael Flatley of “Riverdance” fame)\, and the elderly bonded pair Betty and Arnold (who recount their star turn as interplanetary canine scientists in the second season of Lady Dynamite). \nCassidy’s fine art training translates with ease into graphic storytelling\, with a naturalistic illustrative style that is a pitch-perfect match Bamford’s comic timing\, making Hogbook and Lazer Eyes a beautifully illustrated love story\, told by some incredibly charming pugs.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-bookstore-in-store-ticketed-maria-bamford-and-scott-marvel-cassidy-sign-hogbook-and-lazer-eyes/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books,Community Event,Families,Free,In-Person,Kids,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240817T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240817T123000
DTSTAMP:20260426T115445
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SUMMARY:USC PAM: Workshop@PAM: Object Stories: A Writing Workshop with Narrated Objects inspired by Searching for Home: Stories of Displacement and Survival
DESCRIPTION:Explore the power of objects. Objects\, like people\, can tell you where they come from\, can evoke emotion\, and tell stories of love\, loss\, displacement\, struggle\, and so much more. \nJoin Andrea Richards from the creative collective Narrated Objects as she guides participants through writing and meditation exercises aimed at unlocking the storytelling potential within our cherished possessions. Participants are encouraged to bring an object of personal significance\, one that holds a special attachment. \nRefreshments provided. \nRsvp Required \nMore about the exhibition: \nIn Humaira Abid’s exquisitely haunting exhibition Searching for Home\, the artist’s sculpted wooden creations invoke the troubling specter of the global refugee crisis and its trails of ruined lives. Inspired by real accounts of displaced people- all personally researched and documented by Abid- the exhibition hints at untold tragedies surrounding the collateral victims of persecution\, political conflicts\, ethnic cleansing\, and natural disasters\, a disproportionate number of whom are women and girls. Through her chosen medium of wood\, Abid unleashes the innate properties of the material to suggest the ineffable weight and gravity of this continuing humanitarian crisis. \nThis program is free with the cost of admission (Admission to the museum is $15 and can be paid upon arrival at our Visitor Services Desk. More information about our admission rates can be found here)
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/usc-pam-workshoppam-object-stories-a-writing-workshop-with-narrated-objects-inspired-by-searching-for-home-stories-of-displacement-and-survival/
LOCATION:USC Pacific Asia Museum\, 46 North Los Robles Avenue\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Event,In-Person,USC Pacific Asia Museum,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240817T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240817T110000
DTSTAMP:20260426T115445
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SUMMARY:Vroman's Summer Reading Program - Hero's Return
DESCRIPTION:HERO’S RETURN \nJoin us in the event space at 11am for a battle with the FINAL BOSS: Mr. Steve\, in a video game and adventure-themed storytime. And be sure to stop by the Kid’s Info Desk with your QUEST LOG anytime from 11am-2pm to COLLECT YOUR LOOT: cold snacks\, $5 Vroman’s gift cards\, and more!
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-summer-reading-program-heros-return/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books,Community Event,Families,Free,In-Person,Kids,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240817T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240817T140000
DTSTAMP:20260426T115445
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SUMMARY:Vroman's Bookstore: Abigail Hing Wen\, in conversation with Marie Lu\, discusses Kisses\, Codes\, and Conspiracies
DESCRIPTION:Tan Lee finds himself embroiled in an unusual love triangle\, all while trying to defuse a heist\, unravel a conspiracy\, and navigate the most complicated babysitting assignment ever in this YA novel by New York Times and Indie bestselling author Abigail Hing Wen. \nAfter a magical kiss at Prom\, best friends Tan Lee and Winter Woo agree to cool it off\, a plan that goes awry when their parents jointly head off to Hawaii and leave Tan and Winter to babysit Tan’s sister Sana together. If that isn’t complicated enough\, Tan’s ex-girlfriend from Shanghai arrives on his doorstep with money stolen from her billionaire father and thugs on her heels. \nTan soon finds himself on the run through the San Francisco Bay Area\, trying to out-maneuver international hackers and protect his friends\, family\, and sister—and his own heart. \n  \nMarie Lu is the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of the Legend series\, The Young Elites trilogy\, the Warcross series\, the Skyhunter series\, Batman: Nightwalker\, and The Kingdom of Back. She graduated from the University of Southern California and jumped into the video game industry\, where she worked as an artist. A full-time writer\, she spends her spare hours reading\, drawing\, playing games\, and getting stuck in traffic. She lives in the traffic-jam capital\, Los Angeles\, with her illustrator/author husband\, Primo Gallanosa\, and their son.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-bookstore-abigail-hing-wen-in-conversation-with-marie-lu-discusses-kisses-codes-and-conspiracies/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books,Community Event,In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240818T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240818T140000
DTSTAMP:20260426T115445
CREATED:20240725T181326Z
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SUMMARY:Renew Performance Center: Love The Skin Your In!
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to Love The Skin Your In! event at Renew Performance Center. Get ready to embrace and celebrate your unique beauty with a day filled with self-care\, positivity\, and empowerment. Join us for a fun and inspiring time where you can learn new skincare tips\, enjoy pampering treatments like lymphatic Drainage\, Massage\, and Red Light Therapy\, and connect with like-minded individuals. Let’s come together to appreciate and love the skin we’re in. See you there! Special Guest Jmeeks will be doing 30-minute sessions of his Signature Facial for $80\, You don’t want to miss it!44Tipper_1 \n 
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/renew-performance-center-love-the-skin-your-in/
LOCATION:Renew Performance Center\, 600 E Colorado Blvd Suite 110\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101
CATEGORIES:Community Event,In-Person,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240818T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240818T140000
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SUMMARY:Vroman's Bookstore: Gina Chen\, Shelly Page\, Justine Pucella Winans\, and Alex Brown\, discuss The House Where Death Lives: An Anthology
DESCRIPTION:A dance to the death. A girl who’s just as monstrous as H.H. Holmes. A hallway that’s constantly changing―and hungry. All of these stories exist in the same place―within the frame of a particular house that isn’t bound by the laws of time and space. \nFollowing in the footsteps of dark/horror-filled YA anthologies like His Hideous Heart and Slasher Girls and Monster Boys\, and Netflix’s groundbreaking adaptation of The Haunting of Hill House\, this YA speculative fiction anthology explores how the permanence of a home can become a space of transition and change for both the inhabitants and the creatures who haunt them. \nEach story in the anthology will focus on a different room in the house and feature unique takes on monsters from a wide array of cultural traditions. Whether it’s a demonic Trickster\, a water-loving Rusalka\, or a horrifying\, baby-imitating Tiyanak\, there’s bound to be something sinister lurking in the shadows.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-bookstore-gina-chen-shelly-page-justine-pucella-winans-and-alex-brown-discuss-the-house-where-death-lives-an-anthology/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books,Community Event,In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240821T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240821T190000
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SUMMARY:Vroman's Bookstore: Albert M. Camarillo discusses Compton in My Soul: A Life in Pursuit of Racial Equality
DESCRIPTION:When Al Camarillo grew up in Compton\, California\, racial segregation was the rule. His relatives were among the first Mexican immigrants to settle there–in the only neighborhood where Mexicans were allowed to live. The city’s majority was then White\, and Compton would shift to a predominantly Black community over Al’s youth. Compton in My Soul weaves Al’s personal story with histories of this now-infamous place and illuminates a changing US society–the progress and backslides over half a century for racial equality and educational opportunity. \nEntering UCLA in the mid-1960s\, Camarillo was among the first students of color\, one of only forty-four Mexican Americans on a campus of thousands. He became the first Mexican American in the country to earn a PhD in Chicano/Mexican American history and established himself as a preeminent US historian with a prestigious appointment at Stanford University. In this candid and warm-hearted memoir\, Camarillo offers his career as a vehicle for tracing the evolution of ethnic studies\, reflecting on intergenerational struggles to achieve racial equality from the perspective at once of a participant and a historian. \nCamarillo’s story is a quintessential American chronicle and speaks to the best and worst of who we are as a people and as a nation. He unmasks fundamental contradictions in American life–racial injustice and interracial cooperation\, inequality and equal opportunity\, racial strife and racial harmony. Even as legacies of inequality still haunt American society\, Camarillo writes with a message of hope for a better\, more inclusive America–and the aspiration that his life’s journey can inspire others as they start down their own path.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-bookstore-albert-m-camarillo-discusses-compton-in-my-soul-a-life-in-pursuit-of-racial-equality/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books,Community Event,In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240824T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240824T110000
DTSTAMP:20260426T115445
CREATED:20240718T210922Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240718T210922Z
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SUMMARY:Vroman's Bookstore: Antoinette Portis discusses Not-a-Box City
DESCRIPTION:Don’t miss the long-awaited companion to Not a Box\, winner of a Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Award. This picture book with its visual humor and simple dialogue is great for fans of Mo Willems and Crockett Johnson. \nBunny wants to build a cardboard city. \nBunny stacks one cardboard box on top of another and another. \nBunny doesn’t want any help. Bunny doesn’t need any help\, either. \nBut what’s a cardboard city without friends? \nWritten and illustrated with the same delightful simplicity that made Not a Box such a hit\, the playtime possibilities of a stack of boxes and friendship will inspire and excite any child who has ever journeyed into the world of make-believe.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-bookstore-antoinette-portis-discusses-not-a-box-city/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books,Community Event,In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240830T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240830T190000
DTSTAMP:20260426T115445
CREATED:20240718T211216Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240718T211216Z
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SUMMARY:Vroman's Bookstore: Craig Rosebraugh discusses Burning Rage of a Dying Planet: The FBI vs. the Earth Liberation Front
DESCRIPTION:A harrowing\, captivating firsthand history of the rise of the radical environmental movement the Earth Liberation Front (ELF). Since 1997\, the ELF has inflicted over $100 million in damages on entities they believe to be causing environmental destruction\, mostly through brazen arson attacks on timber companies\, ski resorts\, and car dealerships. \nFormer ELF spokesperson Craig Rosebraugh charts the history and ideology of the ELF and explores its tactics\, successes\, and limitations. Rosebraugh examines the question of whether or not violence is justifiable\, along with the short- and long-term political benefits and drawbacks of using violence. He also offers a primer on the tactics of state repression and strategies the US government uses to destroy activist movements. \nWhatever your view of direct action or violence\, Burning Rage of a Dying Planet is an illuminating read for anyone seeking to understand radical environmental movements and the government’s response to them.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-bookstore-craig-rosebraugh-discusses-burning-rage-of-a-dying-planet-the-fbi-vs-the-earth-liberation-front/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books,Community Event,In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240831T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240831T170000
DTSTAMP:20260426T115445
CREATED:20240718T211615Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240718T211615Z
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SUMMARY:Vroman's Bookstore: Summer Music Series featuring PCM Jazz Faculty + Friends Co-Sponsored by The Pasadena Conservatory of Music
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-bookstore-summer-music-series-featuring-pcm-jazz-faculty-friends-co-sponsored-by-the-pasadena-conservatory-of-music/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Stage\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, Select a Country:
CATEGORIES:Books,Community Event,In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240901T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240901T120000
DTSTAMP:20260426T115445
CREATED:20240826T231419Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240826T231419Z
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SUMMARY:Vroman's Bookstore: Local Author Day - Young Reader’s Edition
DESCRIPTION:“AhMa Loves You! is a heartwarming bilingual chapter book highlighting the special relationship between a grandma and grandchild and the cross-cultural differences in ways to show love. There’s no other book like it on the market! Highly recommended!”\n-Katrina Liu\, Author of I Love Boba!
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-bookstore-local-author-day-young-readers-edition/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books,Community Event,Free,In-Person,Kids,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240901T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240901T160000
DTSTAMP:20260426T115445
CREATED:20240826T231730Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240826T231730Z
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SUMMARY:Vroman's Bookstore: Local Author Day featuring m.a. Arana\, Tom Jenkins\, and Dennis C. Powell
DESCRIPTION:In Wing Stroke by m. a. Arana\, we immerse ourselves in the gripping tale of revenge and change. This is more than a story of reclaiming a kingdom; it’s a desperate battle for recognition in a world that has yet to acknowledge its existence. \nThe Next Run: A UC Berkeley Student’s Rise to Major 60s Pot Smuggler by Tom Jenkins \nThe true story of a 60s Berkeley student who starts smuggling pot hidden in cars\, graduates to planes\, resorts to wading sacks through the Rio Grande\, and ultimately finds himself heading the Colombian end of an operation using a twin-engine cargo plane to drop bales to waiting speedboats off the coast of Florida. At the same time\, his Mexican contacts are sending him six-ton shipments transported in semis past a bribed customs officer. \nStanding Over Home by Dennis C. Powell \nStanding Over Home is written to help broken sons-young men who lacked the love and direction of a father figure-discover respect and learn missed lessons about love and protection that were never passed down to them during their formative years. Through the eyes of author Dennis Powell\, division champion Dodger pitcher\, Standing Over Home communicates metaphorically this picture of the importance of a father’s role to stand as protector and priest over his home and family.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-bookstore-local-author-day-featuring-m-a-arana-tom-jenkins-and-dennis-c-powell/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books,Community Event,In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240903T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240903T190000
DTSTAMP:20260426T115445
CREATED:20240826T232038Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240826T232255Z
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SUMMARY:Vroman's Bookstore: Eve Driver discusses What We Can’t Burn
DESCRIPTION:Eve was a fossil fuel divestment activist from Massachusetts who came to believe capitalism was at the root of the climate crisis. Tom was a clean energy entrepreneur from a rural village in Kenya who believed the activist approach was suspended from the real-world experiences of those facing the worst of the crisis’ effects. They met as juniors at Harvard\, launching a journey in which their conflicting perspectives almost tore their unlikely friendship apart. \nRaw\, funny\, and lyrical\, What We Can’t Burn is a memoir in two voices about coming of age in a world confused and divided about how to save itself. Set in both Kenya and the United States\, this timely story is a singular testament to the power of dialogue\, humor\, and friendship to help us find our place among the many currents of change-making that cut across the world today.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-bookstore-eve-driver-discusses-what-we-cant-burn/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books,Community Event,In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240906T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240906T190000
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SUMMARY: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
DESCRIPTION: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\, the son of lesbian moms who led the final push for policy change; and an array of other previously unknown Scouters who played smaller—but no less crucial—roles in the fight for full inclusion. \nAbout Mike De Socio: Mike De Socio is an award-winning independent journalist who writes about social justice and solutions. He grew up in New Jersey\, where he became an Eagle Scout\, and later earned a degree in journalism from Boston University. His work has been published in theWashington Post\, Bloomberg\,the Guardian\, Fortune\, Xtra\, YES!Magazine\, and more. He now lives with his partner in upstate New York. \nAbout Nick Wolny: Nick Wolny is a professional editor\, journalist\, and business consultant based in Los Angeles. \n 
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-bookstore-mike-de-socio-in-conversation-with-nick-wolny-discuss-morally-straight-how-the-fight-for-lgbtq-inclusion-changed-the-boy-scouts-and-america/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books,Community Event,Free,In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240907T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240907T110000
DTSTAMP:20260426T115445
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SUMMARY:Vroman's Bookstore: A Special Musical Storytime featuring the Pasadena Conservatory of Music
DESCRIPTION:The Pasadena Conservatory of Music will be putting on a special musical storytime with featured book: My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss. Caregivers and children aged 3-9 will enjoy story\, craft activities\, creative movement and a mini-concert.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-bookstore-a-special-musical-storytime-featuring-the-pasadena-conservatory-of-music-4/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books,Community Event,Free,In-Person,Kids,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240907T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240907T140000
DTSTAMP:20260426T115445
CREATED:20240826T233659Z
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SUMMARY:Vroman's Bookstore: Local Poetry Day featuring Brent Ameneyro\, Lory Bedikian\, Blas Falconer\, and Cherene Sherrard\, in Conversation With Doug Manuel
DESCRIPTION: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 Los Angeles. He was the 2022-2023 Letras Latinas Poetry Coalition Fellow at the University of Notre Dame. He currently serves as the poetry editor at The Los Angeles Review. \nLory Bedikian’s second book Jagadakeer: Apology to the Body won the 2023 Prairie Schooner/Raz-Shumaker Book Prize in Poetry forthcoming September 2024 from the University of Nebraska Press and her first collection The Book of Lamenting won the Philip Levine Prize for Poetry. Several of Bedikian’s poems received the First Prize Award in the Pablo Neruda Prize for Poetry as part of the 2022 Nimrod Literary Awards.  Her work is published in Tin House\, Gulf Coast\, The Los Angeles Review\, BOULEVARD\, The Adroit Journal\, Orion\, wildness\, and was featured on Pádraig Ó Tuama’s Poetry Unbound podcast. Her poem “The Mechanic\,” is included in the anthology Border Lines: Poems of Migration\, KNOPF\, 2020.  Bedikian’s manuscript-in-progress received a 2021 grant from the Money for Women/Barbara Deming Memorial Fund. New work appears in Massachusetts Review’s “Revisiting WOMAN: An Issue\, 50 Years Later.” Bedikian earned an MFA from the University of Oregon. She teaches poetry workshops in Los Angeles and elsewhere. \nBlas Falconer is the author of four books\, including Rara Avis (Four Way Books 2024)\, as well as the coeditor of two anthologies\, Mentor and Muse: Essays from Poets to Poets and The Other Latin@: Writing Against a Singular Identity. The recipient of a poetry fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts and a Maureen Egen Writers Exchange Award from Poets & Writers\, he teaches in San Diego State University’s MFA program and is the editor in chief at Poetry International Online. \nCherene Sherrard is a poet\, scholar\, and essayist. She is the author of two poetry collections\, Vixen\, and Grimoire\, and an award-winning chapbook\, Mistress\, Reclining. Recent creative nonfiction and poetry have appeared in the New York Times Magazine\, Hidden Compass\, Ecotone\, Terrain.org\, Blackbird\, Water~Stone Review\, and elsewhere. She is a professor of English at Pomona College \nDouglas Manuel was born in Anderson\, Indiana and now resides in Whittier\, California. He received a BA in Creative Writing from Arizona State University\, an MFA in poetry from Butler University\, and a PhD in English Literature and Creative Writing from the University of Southern California. He is the author of two collections of poetry\, Testify (2017) and Trouble Funk (2023). His poems and essays can be found in numerous literary journals\, magazines\, and websites\, most recently Zyzzyva\, Pleiades\, and the New Orleans Review. He has traveled to Egypt and Eritrea with The University of Iowa’s International Writing Program to teach poetry. A recipient of the Dana Gioia Poetry Award and a fellowship from the Borchard Foundation Center on Literary Arts\, he is an assistant professor of English at Whittier College and teaches at Spalding University’s low-res MFA program.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-bookstore-local-poetry-day-featuring-brent-ameneyro-lory-bedikian-blas-falconer-and-cherene-sherrard-in-conversation-with-doug-manuel/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books,Community Event,In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240909T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240909T190000
DTSTAMP:20260426T115445
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SUMMARY:Vroman's Bookstore: Mary Lea Carroll discusses Across the Street Around the Corner…A Road Home
DESCRIPTION: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 what’s right under my own nose? Having been in her neighborhood 35 years\, and alarmed by how isolating the lockdown was\, Carroll began a pandemic practice of reaching out to neighbors she’d known for years but may have lost track of: saying hello\, checking on them and setting up walks and talks.  Her aim was to rediscover the elusive element that turned their not-so-great neighborhood into a cherished\, even prized place to live. The conversations that ensued with her current neighbors -funny\, touching\, nostalgic-brought memories of her own childhood back to life\, in a neighborhood a mere mile or two from where she lives today but more than 60 years apart in time:  Memories of the neighbors who helped form her\, of growing up in the 1960s amid nine brothers and sisters with an eccentric former movie-star grandmother and a street packed with kids. \nAcross the Street\, Around the Corner: A Road Home melds together these neighborhoods\, combining stories both hilarious and uplifting with simple observations and inspirations. The book opens our eyes on how to live a little bit better in the neighborhood life happens to place you. In these divisive times\, this slim\, giftable book is a comfort and a balm and every bit as warm\, engaging\, inspiring\, and funny as the author’s first two enduringly popular books\, Saint Everywhere and Somehow Saints.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-bookstore-mary-lea-carroll-discusses-across-the-street-around-the-cornera-road-home/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books,Community Event,Free,In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240911T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240911T190000
DTSTAMP:20260426T115445
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SUMMARY:Vroman's Bookstore: Ava Dellaira\, in conversation with Nicola Yoon\, discusses Exposure
DESCRIPTION: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. \nAfter 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 school senior. These two lonely souls enter each other’s orbit\, forge a connection\, and\, after a chance meeting\, spend one eventful evening together. \nYears later\, Noah has done the impossible and made it in Hollywood. His first film is about to be released. He and his beloved wife Jesse\, a successful writer herself\, have just had a baby when Annie makes a startling discovery about Juliette that will threaten to blow up the life Noah has struggled to build. Details of that fateful Chicago night more than a decade earlier come to light\, causing all who love Juliette and Noah to confront the discomfort of conflicting truths. \nSpanning decades and told from multiple perspectives\, this powerful\, provocative debut delves into the complex lives and relationships of those affected by one life-changing moment\, sharply exploring how race\, artistic ambition\, friendship\, and grief expose different versions of the same story. \nAbout Ava Dellaira: Ava Dellaira was born in Los Angeles. She received her undergraduate degree at the University of Chicago\, and then received her MFA in poetry from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop after which she moved to Los Angeles assisting Stephen Chbosky\, the author of The Perks of Being a Wallflower\, as an associate producer on his film adaptation of the book. Author of Love Letters to the Dead\, Ava adapted it into a screenplay for Temple Hill (the company that produced Twilight and The Fault In Our Stars). She has since written In Search of Us and the upcoming adult novel Exposure.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-bookstore-ava-dellaira-in-conversation-with-nicola-yoon-discusses-exposure/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books,Community Event,Free,In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240912T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240912T170000
DTSTAMP:20260426T115445
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SUMMARY:Ice House Comedy: Breaking The Ice Open Mic Night
DESCRIPTION: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+
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/ice-house-comedy-breaking-the-ice-open-mic-night/
LOCATION:Ice House Comedy Club\, 24 N Mentor Ave\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91106
CATEGORIES:Comedy,Community Event,Dining,Food,Ice House,In-Person
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240912T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240912T180000
DTSTAMP:20260426T115445
CREATED:20240826T235415Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240826T235415Z
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SUMMARY:Vroman's Ed - Shamanic Sound Bath Workshop with Shaman Ada Trinh and Erica Medina
DESCRIPTION:Shamanic Sound Bath with Ada Trinh & Erica Medina at Vroman’s Bookstore\n$60.00 per person \nJoin 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 this session\, Ada and Erica will guide you through a transformative journey using the resonant tones of gongs and crystal sound bowls. These sounds serve as a powerful medicine for the soul\, helping to clear your mind\, release stress from your body\, and restore your natural balance. Whether you’re seeking deep relaxation\, a moment of peace\, or a spiritual connection\, this sound bath will provide a calming space to reconnect with yourself. No prior experience is necessary—just bring an open heart and a willingness to relax. Come as you are and leave feeling rejuvenated\, centered\, and more in tune with your inner self. Don’t miss this chance to unwind and nourish your spirit. Secure your spot today and discover the soothing and transformative effects of sound. \nPlease bring a yoga mat\, water and a journal.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-ed-shamanic-sound-bath-workshop-with-shaman-ada-trinh-and-erica-medina/
LOCATION:Atrium Building\, 709 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books,Community Event,In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240912T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240912T190000
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SUMMARY:Vroman's Bookstore: Aurélie Thiele\, discusses The Paris Understudy
DESCRIPTION: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. \n1938. 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 ready to give up her spotlight. The perfect solution: enlist Yvonne as her understudy so she can never be upstaged. When Madeleine is invited to headline at Germany’s pre-eminent opera festival\, she is sure this will cement her legacy. But war is looming\, and when she learns that Adolf Hitler himself will be in attendance\, she knows she’s made a grave error. As Madeleine makes a hurried escape back to France\, Yvonne finds herself unexpectedly thrown into the limelight on the German stage. \nWhen a newspaper photograph shows Hitler seemingly enraptured by Yvonne\, Yvonne’s life is upended. While she is trying frantically to repair her reputation at home\, Yvonne’s son is captured and held as a prisoner of war. Desperate to free her son\, she makes an impossible choice: turn to the enemy. \nAs the Nazis invade Paris\, both women must decide what they are willing to do in pursuit of their art. They form an unlikely alliance\, using their fame to protect themselves and the people they love from the maelstrom of history. \nPainting an enrapturing portrait of resilient wartime women\, The Paris Understudy is a love letter to the arts and a stark depiction of the choices we make to survive\, for fans of Kate Quinn and Kristen Harmel.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-bookstore-aurelie-thiele-discusses-the-paris-understudy/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books,Community Event,Free,In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240913T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240913T190000
DTSTAMP:20260426T115445
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SUMMARY:Vroman's Bookstore: Désirée Zamorano\, in conversation with Naomi Hirahara\, discusses Dispossessed
DESCRIPTION:Manuel Galvan is separated from his parents and sister during the mass expatriation of Mexicans and Mexican Americans in the 1930s. He grows from a small\, lost and confused boy into a wandering and angry teenager pushed out of high school and into the dockyards. Later as a loyal\, passionate husband he is a man searching for a life of value and dignity despite his losses. Set against the backdrop of (Mexican) American history in Los Angeles\, forced deportations\, the demolition of Chavez Ravine\, sterilization of Latinas\, student protests and rising political consciousness\, this story spans his life\, from 6 to 60\, and his search for his missing family\, the missing pieces of his life. \nAbout Désirée Zamorano: Born and raised in Los Angeles Désirée Zamorano is the author of the highly acclaimed literary novel\, The Amado Women. Her novel Human Cargo was Latinidad’s mystery pick of the year. She is a Pushcart prize nominee and award-winning short story writer. Her work is often an exploration of issues of invisibility\, injustice\, or inequity. A selection of her writing can be found in Catapult\, Cultural Weekly\, The Kenyon Review Online\, and Akashic’ s South Central Noir. She teaches linguistic and cultural diversity at Cal State Long Beach. \nAbout Naomi Hirahara: Naomi Hirahara is the Edgar® Award-winning author of the Officer Ellie Rush Mysteries\, including Grave on Grand Avenue and Murder on Bamboo Lane (which received the T. Jefferson Parker Mystery Award). Born and raised in Pasadena\, Naomi received her bachelor’s degree in international relations from Stanford University and studied at the Inter-University Center for Advanced Japanese Language Studies in Tokyo. She worked as a reporter and editor of The Rafu Shimpo in downtown Los Angeles. She is also the author of the Mas Arai Mysteries (including Summer of the Big Bachi\, Gasa-Gasa Girl\, and Snakeskin Shamisen) and the middle-grade novel 1001 Cranes\, and has written\, edited\, and published several nonfiction books\, largely about the Japanese American experience.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-bookstore-desiree-zamorano-in-conversation-with-naomi-hirahara-discusses-dispossessed/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books,Community Event,Free,In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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SUMMARY:Ice House Comedy: Barbies! W/ Esther Povitsky & Doug Benson
DESCRIPTION:Ice House Comedy presents Barbies! W/ Esther Povitsky & Doug Benson! Live in the California Room! The show starts at 8:00pm. 21+ with a 2-item minimum per seat.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/ice-house-comedy-barbies-w-esther-povitsky-doug-benson/
LOCATION:Ice House Comedy Club\, 24 N Mentor Ave\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91106
CATEGORIES:Comedy,Community Event,Dining,Food,Ice House,In-Person
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SUMMARY:Ice House Comedy: Jiaoying Summers
DESCRIPTION:Ice house Comedy presents Jiaoying Summers. LIVE IN THE LEGENDARY ROOM! The show Starts at 9:30pm.  21+ with a 2-item minimum per seat.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/ice-house-comedy-jiaoying-summers-6/
LOCATION:Ice House Comedy Club\, 24 N Mentor Ave\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91106
CATEGORIES:Comedy,Community Event,Dining,Food,Free,Ice House,In-Person
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