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SUMMARY:Vroman's: John John Densmore\, in conversation with Fred Armisen\, discussing The Doors Unhinged
DESCRIPTION:In THE DOORS: UNHINGED\, NEW YORK TIMES BEST-SELLING AUTHOR and legendary Doors drummer John Densmore offers a powerful exploration of the “greed gene”–that part of the human psyche that propels us toward the accumulation of more and more wealth\, even at the expense of our principles\, friendships\, and the well-being of society. This is the gripping account of the legal battle to control The Doors’ artistic destiny. In it\, Densmore looks at the conflict between his bandmates and him as they fought over the right to use The Doors’ name\, revealing the ways in which this struggle mirrored and reflected a much larger societal issue: that no amount of money seems to be enough for even the wealthiest people. \nIn recent years\, artists ranging from Bob Dylan to Stevie Nicks have sold their songs or recording rights for astronomical amounts of money–Bruce Springsteen did so to the tune of a reported $500+ million. Conversely\, Patti Smith wrote in Just Kids: “We feared that the music which had given us sustenance was in danger of spiritual starvation. We feared it losing its sense of purpose\, we feared it falling into fattened hands.” \nThe Doors continue to attract new generations of fans\, with more than one hundred million albums sold worldwide and counting\, and nearly twenty million followers to the band’s social media accounts. As such\, Densmore occupies a rarified space in popular culture. He’s beloved by artists across the decades for his fierce\, uncompromising dedication to art. His writing consistently earns accolades and has appeared in a range of publications such as the Los Angeles Times and Rolling Stone. As his friend and American novelist Tom Robbins recently advised him\, “If you keep writing like this\, I’ll have to get a drum set.” (Akashic Books) \nThis ticketed event will take place at All Saints Church located at 132 N Euclid Ave\, Pasadena. \nTickets include one signed copy of The Doors Unhinged which will be handed out at check-in. Books will be pre-signed so a book signing will NOT follow the conversation. 
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-john-john-densmore-in-conversation-with-fred-armisen-discussing-the-doors-unhinged/
LOCATION:All Saints Church\, 132 North Euclid Avenue\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books,Community Event,In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Reggie Watts discussing Great Falls\, MT
DESCRIPTION:Comedian and musician Reggie Watts shares his story of growing up in Montana as a biracial oddball struggling to navigate life\, girls\, drugs\, and his own identity in America’s heartland–and having a blast doing it. \nReggie Watts is weird. But you knew that. Anyone who’s seen his multifaceted\, entirely improvised comedy and music shows knows that. Reggie Watts is also from the town of Great Falls\, MT. \nThese two facts are not unrelated. \nWatts grew up in Montana in the ’80s\, half French\, half American\, half white\, half Black\, speaking a bunch of different languages and slipping between the orchestra geeks and the football jocks until he finally found a squad of fellow misfits with an affinity for trouble. It was a wide-open time and place that invited freedom and exploration–as well as car theft and the not infrequent use of recreational cough syrup. And it helped him become the uniquely strange creative voice he is today. \nIn Great Falls\, MT\, Watts takes us through his story\, hitting on the culture shock he experienced after moving from Europe to the heart of America\, where he was called racial slurs by neighbors but wasn’t Black enough for his father’s extended family. Where he fought with his authoritarian dad\, built a new family of antiestablishment\, post-punk oddballs–and ultimately knew he had to leave. But after Watts’s career exploded in Seattle and New York\, ultimately scoring him a nightly place next to James Corden on The Late Late Show\, he found himself drawn back to his hometown after the deaths of his parents. This is his love letter to the town that made him. But like love itself\, it’s messy and complicated and dirty and beautiful–and as weird and wonderful as Watts himself. (Tiny Reparations Books) \nTickets include one seat/entry and one signed copy of Great Falls\, MT which will be handed out at check-in. Books will be pre-signed so a book signing will NOT follow the conversation. 
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-reggie-watts-discussing-great-falls-mt/
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:20231104T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231104T130000
DTSTAMP:20260505T091454
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Neal Shusterman discusses Courage to Dream: Tales of Hope in the Holocaust
DESCRIPTION:National Book Award winner Neal Shusterman and acclaimed illustrator Andrés Vera Martínez present a graphic novel exploring the Holocaust through surreal visions and a textured canvas of heroism and hope. \nCourage to Dream plunges readers into the Holocaust — one of the greatest atrocities in human history — delving into the core of what it means to face the extinction of everything and everyone you hold dear. \nThis gripping\, multifaceted tapestry is woven from Jewish folklore and cultural history. Five interlocking narratives explore one common story – the tradition of resistance and uplift. Neal Shusterman and Andrés Vera Martínez are internationally renowned creators who have collaborated on a masterwork that encourages the compassionate\, bold reaching for a dream.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-neal-shusterman-discusses-courage-to-dream-tales-of-hope-in-the-holocaust/
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:20231108T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231108T190000
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Jedidiah Jenkins discussing Mother\, Nature
DESCRIPTION:When his mother\, Barbara\, turns seventy\, Jedidiah Jenkins is reminded of a sobering truth: Our parents won’t live forever. For years\, he and Barbara have talked about taking a trip together\, just the two of them. They disagree about politics\, about God\, about the project of society–disagreements that hurt. But they love thrift stores\, they love eating at diners\, they love true crime\, and they love each other. Jedidiah wants to step into Barbara’s world and get to know her in a way that occasional visits haven’t allowed. \nThey land on an idea: to retrace the thousands of miles Barbara trekked with Jedidiah’s father\, travel writer Peter Jenkins\, as part of the Walk Across America book trilogy that became a sensation in the 1970s. Beginning in New Orleans\, they set off for the Oregon coast\, listening to podcasts about outlaws and cult leaders–the only media they can agree on–while reliving the journey that changed Barbara’s life. Jedidiah discovers who Barbara was as a thirty-year-old writer walking across America and who she is now\, as a parent who loves her son yet holds on to a version of faith that sees his sexuality as a sin. \nAlong the way\, he peels back the layers of questions millions are asking today: How do we stay in a relationship when it hurts? When do boundaries turn into separation? When do we stand up for ourselves\, and when do we let it go? \nTender\, smart\, and profound\, Mother\, Nature is a story of a remarkable mother-son bond and a moving meditation on the complexities of love. (Convergent Books) \nTickets include one seat/entry and one copy of Mother\, Nature which will be handed out at check-in. A book signing will follow the presentation.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-jedidiah-jenkins-discussing-mother-nature/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books,In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231109T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231109T190000
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Sarah James\, in conversation with Kemper Donovan\, discusses Last Night at the Hollywood Canteen
DESCRIPTION:Perhaps the best place in 1943 Hollywood to see the stars is the Hollywood Canteen\, a club for servicemen staffed exclusively by those in show business. Murder mystery playwright Annie Laurence\, new in town after a devastating breakup\, definitely hopes to rub elbows with the right stars. Maybe then she can get her movie made. \nBut Hollywood proves to be more than tinsel and glamour. When despised film critic Fiona Farris is found dead in the Canteen kitchen\, Annie realizes any one of the Canteen’s luminous volunteers could be guilty of the crime. To catch the killer\, Annie falls in with Fiona’s friends\, a bitter and cynical group–each as uniquely unhappy in their life and career as Annie is in hers–that call themselves the Ambassador’s Club. \nSolving a murder in real life\, it turns out\, is a lot harder than writing one for the stage. And by involving herself in the secrets and lies of the Ambassador’s Club\, Annie just might have put a target on her own back.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-sarah-james-in-conversation-with-kemper-donovan-discusses-last-night-at-the-hollywood-canteen/
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:20231110T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231110T190000
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Scott Eyman discusses Charlie Chaplin vs. America: When Art\, Sex\, and Politics Collided
DESCRIPTION:Bestselling Hollywood biographer and film historian Scott Eyman tells the story of Charlie Chaplin’s fall from grace. In the aftermath of World War Two\, Chaplin was criticized for being politically liberal and internationalist in outlook. He had never become a US citizen\, something that would be held against him as xenophobia set in when the postwar Red Scare took hold. \nPolitics aside\, Chaplin had another problem: his sexual interest in young women. He had been married three times and had had numerous affairs. In the 1940s\, he was the subject of a paternity suit\, which he lost\, despite blood tests that proved he was not the father. His sexuality became a convenient way for those who opposed his politics to condemn him. Refused permission to return to the US from a trip abroad\, he settled in Switzerland\, and made his last two films in London \nIn Charlie Chaplin vs. America\, bestselling author Scott Eyman explores the life and times of the movie genius who brought us such masterpieces as City Lights and Modern Times. This is a perceptive\, insightful portrait of Chaplin and of an America consumed by political turmoil.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-scott-eyman-discusses-charlie-chaplin-vs-america-when-art-sex-and-politics-collided/
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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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Special Storytime featuring Sasha Mayer presents Squash\, the Cat
DESCRIPTION:Squash\, who looks a lot like the vegetable\, is an early-breakfast\, lots-of-naps kind of cat. Maggie is a wake-up-late\, wild-playdate kind of girl. Despite their differences\, they are the best of friends. That is until one day Squash confuses Maggie’s new toy for a dangerous beast and makes a terrible mistake. An unbelievably BIG MISTAKE. Now Squash is a can’t-face-Maggie kind of cat\, and Maggie is a wishes-she-had-her-toy kind of girl. But the thing about best friends is\, one way or another\, they always a way back to each other.\nIn this story of accountability and forgiveness\, these cute characters help kids learn the important lesson of owning up to your actions and being able to accept an apology. Best friends fight and teaching young readers how to deal with it when it happens\, is an invaluable social emotional learning skill. Squash and Maggie show kids how easy it can be.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-special-storytime-featuring-sasha-mayer-presents-squash-the-cat/
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:20231113T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231113T190000
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Lee Goldberg\, in conversation with Tod Goldberg\, discusses Calico
DESCRIPTION:There’s a saying in Barstow\, California\, a decaying city in the scorching Mojave desert . . . The Interstate here only goes in one direction: Away. \nBut it’s the only place where ex-LAPD detective Beth McDade\, after a staggering fall from grace\, could get another badge . . . and a shot at redemption.\nOver a century ago\, and just a few miles further into the bleak landscape\, a desperate stranger ended up in Calico\, a struggling mining town\, also hoping for a second chance. \nHis fate\, all those years ago\, and hers today are linked when Beth investigates an old skeleton dug up in a shallow\, sandy grave . . . and also tries to identity a vagrant run-over by a distracted motorhome driver during a lightning storm. \nEvery disturbing clue she finds\, every shocking discovery she makes\, force Beth to confront her own troubled past . . . and a past that’s not her own . . until it all smashes together in a revelation that could change the world.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-lee-goldberg-in-conversation-with-tod-goldberg-discusses-calico/
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:20231114T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231114T180000
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Comedian Maria Bamford Signing for "Sure I'll Join Your Cult"
DESCRIPTION:Maria Bamford is a comedian’s comedian (an outsider among outsiders) and has forever fought to find a place to belong. From struggling with an eating disorder as a child of the 1980s to navigating a career in the arts (and medical debt and psychiatric institutionalization)\, she has tried just about every method possible to not only be a part of the world but to want to be a part of it. \nIn Bamford’s signature voice\, Sure\, I’ll Join Your Cult\, brings us on a quest to participate in something. With sincerity and transparency\, she recounts every anonymous fellowship she has joined (including but not limited to: Debtors Anonymous\, Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous\, and Overeaters Anonymous)\, every hypomanic episode (from worrying about selling out under capitalism to enforcing union rules on her Netflix TV show set to protect her health)\, and every easy 1-to-3-step recipe for fudge in between.\nSingular and inimitable\, Bamford’s memoir explores what it means to keep going and to be a member of society (or any group she’s invited to) despite not being very good at it. In turn\, she hopes to transform isolating experiences into comedy that will make you feel less alone (without turning into a cult following). \nThis ticketed event is a signing only and tickets include a copy of Sure\, I’ll Join Your Cult\, to be picked up and check in the night of the event. 
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-comedian-maria-bamford-signing-for-sure-ill-join-your-cult/
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:20231116T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231116T190000
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Shibani Mahtani & Timothy McLaughlin\, in conversation with Ben Rhodes\, discuss Among the Braves
DESCRIPTION:Hong Kong was an experiment in governance. Handed back to China in 1997 after 156 years of British rule\, it was meant to be a carve-out between hostile systems: a bridge between communism and capitalism\, authoritarianism and liberal democracy. “One country\, two systems” kept its media free\, its courts independent and its protests boisterous\, designed also to convince Taiwan of a peaceful solution to Beijing’s desire for reunification. \nYet this formulation excluded Hong Kong’s own people\, their future negotiated by political titans in faraway capitals. In 2019\, an ill-conceived law spear-headed by a sycophantic leader pushed millions to take to the streets in one of the most enduring protest movements the world has ever seen. Xi Jinping responded with a draconian national security law that sought not only to end the demonstrations but quash the “problem” of Hong Kongers’ identity and desire for freedom. \nReverend Chu\, who believed Hong Kong had to carry the spirit of students at Tiananmen Square\, saw his silver-haired comrades who birthed the city’s modern pro-democracy movement handcuffed and taken from their homes. Tommy\, an art student radicalized into throwing Molotov cocktails\, watched “braves” like him brutalized by police before his own arrest prompted him to flee. Finn epitomized the decentralized nature of the movement and its internet-fueled victories\, but online anonymity couldn’t stop his life from unravelling. Gwyneth could predict her eventual fate when she chose to give up her career as a journalist to stand for election as an opposition candidate\, and did it anyway. \nIn Among the Braves\, Shibani Mahtani and Timothy McLaughlin tell the story of Hong Kong’s past\, and what the sacrifices of its people mean for global democracy’s shaky foundation.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-shibani-mahtani-timothy-mclaughlin-in-conversation-with-ben-rhodes-discuss-among-the-braves/
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:20231118T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231118T110000
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Storytime featuring Jennifer Gray Olson presents Party Pooper
DESCRIPTION:Every party has a pooper. You may not have wanted one. You certainly did not invite one. But\, inevitably\, every party will have one. So what should you do? \nMaybe you can interest the pooper in a game? Hopefully the pooper doesn’t lay down in defeat in the middle of your Twister mat… oh\, there he goes. Directly on the blue dot you needed. \nPerhaps you can entice the pooper with a delicious\, scrumptious cake? Unless the pooper sticks his booger-y fingers directly into the layer you were most excited to eat… sigh. \nOh\, I know what to do! Let’s. Party. HARDER. \nUntil… things get taken too far. Then it might be time to take a step back and do the hardest thing of all: apologize. \nIn Party Pooper\, Jennifer Gray Olson tackles complex SEL themes with expertise\, grace\, and laugh-out-loud humor. It’s a thoughtful\, yet entertaining examination that has equal empathy for the party goers and\, of course\, the party pooper.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-storytime-featuring-jennifer-gray-olson-presents-party-pooper/
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:20231120T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231120T190000
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Jessica Keith discusses Saying Inshallah with Chutzpah: A Gefilte Fish Out of Water Story
DESCRIPTION:Jessica Keith never believed she could walk down an aisle. With crippling anxiety fueled by unpredictable panic attacks\, she said\, “I can’t” so many times she never thought she’d say “I do.” \nAfter finally setting a wedding date\, to Tyrone\, her beau of eight years\, Jessica made the impulsive decision to move away\, accepting an offer to work for the Consulate of Kuwait in Los Angeles. The culture was unfamiliar territory–with a lot to unpack–she felt lost in translation. \nAdrift in life and at work\, nothing seemed to go right. When the rabbi refused to perform an interfaith ceremony\, and her grandmother warned\, “You can’t marry a Black man\,” rather than speak up\, Jessica found it easier to bite her tongue. But when she hears on the job\, “Jews need not apply\,” it shatters her faith in herself. \nWhile illuminating the depths of anxiety and love\, Jessica must find the resilience it takes to persevere.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-jessica-keith-discusses-saying-inshallah-with-chutzpah-a-gefilte-fish-out-of-water-story/
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:20231121T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231121T190000
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Alice Simpson\, in conversation with Kathryn Kay\, discusses The Winthrop Agreement
DESCRIPTION:When Rivkah Milmanovitch arrives at Ellis Island\, her husband is not waiting for her as promised. Alone and pregnant\, she makes her way to the Lower East Side tenement of an old friend. Lottie Aarons\, whose husband went out for a newspaper and never returned\, takes Rivkah in and they work side-by-side in dispiriting sweatshops. Rivkah gives birth to a daughter\, Mimi\, determined that her child will have a better life in America. \nFrederick Winthrop\, slum landlord\, lives in one of Fifth Avenue’s sumptuous mansions–and preys on young girls. When he serendipitously meets fifteen-year-old Mimi\, who dreams of silks\, satins and velvets\, imagines costumes and ball gowns\, she is easily seduced\, and her life takes an unexpected turn. To avoid scandal\, the Winthrop family offers Mimi a rare opportunity. While Lottie\, now a bookkeeper in the employ of the Winthrops\, wisely advises her\, Mimi knows exactly what she wants. But as she rises to international fame\, she must struggle with the secrets of her past and protect those she loves. \nPart history\, part romance\, with a twist of gothic\, The Winthrop Agreement is a spellbinding tale of a determined heroine who will entrance Bridgerton and all historical fiction fans.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-alice-simpson-in-conversation-with-kathryn-kay-discusses-the-winthrop-agreement/
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:Vroman's: Illeana Douglas discusses Connecticut in the Movies: From Dream Houses to Dark Suburbia
DESCRIPTION:Illeana Douglas has long been known for shining new light on forgotten films. Now the celebrated actress and film historian turns her focus to a heretofore unrecognized brand: the Connecticut movie. Told from the passionate perspective of an author who grew up here\, Illeana takes the reader on a cinematic road trip through Hollywood history and Connecticut geography\, bringing the breezy\, intimate\, knowledgeable writing style acclaimed by reviewers of her first book\, I Blame Dennis Hopper (2015). Illeana defines how the perception of on-screen Connecticut\, originally created in Hollywood\, has shifted more than that of any other New England state over the decades. Films from Hollywood’s Golden Age\, such as Theodora Goes Wild\, Bringing Up Baby\, and Christmas in Connecticut\, presented Connecticut as an antidote to the metropolis–a place where you could find your true self. The slogan “Come to Peaceful Connecticut” not only led to Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House\, but to an exodus of urban moviegoers seeking their dream houses. Gentleman’s Agreement\, which highlighted social inequity\, challenged Connecticut’s well-cultivated image\, as did the dark suburban malaise of The Swimmer and The Ice Storm. From Sherlock Holmes to Mystic Pizza to Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull\, from horror in The Stepford Wives to historical in Amistad\, the Constitution State has been at the heart of nearly two hundred feature films featuring a variety of genres. Illeana’s insights provide some surprising conclusions about just what it means to be a “Connecticut movie.” Filled with behind-the-scenes stories as well as her own personal snapshots of the places where these films were made\, Connecticut in the Movies is not only a keepsake for denizens of the state\, but a valuable resource for film buffs everywhere.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-illeana-douglas-discusses-connecticut-in-the-movies-from-dream-houses-to-dark-suburbia/
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:Vroman's: Special Storytime featuring Sonoko Sakai presents Mai and the Missing Melon
DESCRIPTION:This charming story invites the reader on a journey through rural 1960s Japan following a little girl named Mai on the Enoden train\, past the oceanside populated with fishers\, and to the classic shrine-like home of her grandmother\, or obachama. \nLoosely based on an event in Sonoko’s childhood\, Mai wishes to share the gift of a sweet muskmelon with her grandmother but loses it on the train along the way. Obachama shares the Japanese folktale of The Stone Buddhas as an example of the power of good intentions to cheer Mai up. \nAfter the story\, Mai hears from the train station master that the melon has been found\, and she and her obachama are able to enjoy the sweet muskmelon together.\nThis sweet story explores the cherished relationship between a young girl and her grandmother-two great friends despite the age gap-while the expressive art takes the reader through the Japanese countryside\, past the sea\, bamboo forests\, and temples\, drawn from the author’s own childhood memories.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-special-storytime-featuring-sonoko-sakai-presents-mai-and-the-missing-melon/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books,Community Event,Free,Kids,Vroman's Bookstore
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Local Author Day featuring Genevieve Huffman and Scott Lord
DESCRIPTION:Genevieve Huffman presents Time and Soul \nIn a universe governed by a continuous cycle of reincarnation\, death and time are no match for sorcerers Eva and Tir or their committed\, queer love. But while Eva takes a hard-earned rest between lives\, a villainous Edward plots revenge and sets out to destroy the universe. Moments before complete annihilation\, Eva awakens and travels back in time to erase Edward’s destruction. Returning to present day\, Eva searches for Tir and devises a plan to prevent Edward from enacting his plan a second time. Once back with Tir\, Eva faces off with the darkness consuming the universe. But her feelings of insecurity surrounding who she is threaten to upend their relationship. While fighting for a safe future together\, they explore the history of their singular love. Could their unique powers grow with their love for each other? And is it enough to defeat the evil forces at work? Traversing time and space\, they seek to uncover Edward’s true identity. And when the dust from their adventure settles\, they face off against Edward\, armed with their collective powers of time and soul. Journey to a mythical world of dragons and magic and discover a love story that transcends gender and embodies an authentic representation of queer relationships. \nScott Lord presents Come November \nNovember 1947: Jeanne and John\, two newspaper journalists\, fall in young love as they travel from Chicago to New York to witness the momentous vote of the United Nations to partition Palestine and create the State of Israel. When they discover an assassination plot meant to swing the outcome\, they must put their personal lives on hold and race the clock to stop it\, uncovering elaborate details of international politics along the way. \nFifty years later\, having gone their separate ways\, the two reconnect in Italy. Set against a stunning pastoral backdrop\, Jeanne and John relive those turbulent days together and explore whether their love has stood the test of time.\nInternational thriller meets operatic Italian romance in this intricate tale of love\, politics\, and misunderstandings. Come November is a celebration of history\, family bonds\, redemption\, and second-chance love sure to please fans of thrillers and romance alike.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-local-author-day-featuring-genevieve-huffman-and-scott-lord/
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:Vroman's: David Kipen discusses Dear California: The Golden State in Diaries and Letters
DESCRIPTION:Dispatches from a land of extremes\, by writers and movie stars\, natives and visitors\, activists and pioneers\, and more. \nCalifornia has always been\, literally\, a place to write home about. Renowned figures and iconoclasts; politicians\, actors\, and artists; the world-famous and the not-so-much–all have contributed their voices to the patchwork of the state. With this book\, cultural historian and California scholar David Kipen reveals this long-storied place through its diaries and letters\, and gives readers a highly anticipated follow up to his book Dear Los Angeles. \nRunning from January 1 through December 31\, leaping across decades and centuries\, Dear California reflects on the state’s shifting landscapes and the notion of place. Entries talk across the centuries\, from indigenous stories told before the Spanish arrived on the Pacific coast through to present-day tweets\, blogs\, and other ephemera. The collected voices show how far we’ve wandered–and how far we still have to go in chasing the elusive California dream. \nThis is a book for readers who love California–and for anyone who simply treasures flavorful writing. Weaving together the personal\, the insightful\, the impressionistic\, the lewd\, and the hysterically funny\, Dear California presents collected writings essential to understanding the diversity\, antagonisms\, and abiding promise of the Golden State.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-david-kipen-discusses-dear-california-the-golden-state-in-diaries-and-letters/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books,Community Event,Food,In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231130T190000
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Liên Shutt\, in conversation with Lon Kurashige\, discusses Home is Here
DESCRIPTION:Home is Here builds on foundational Buddhist teachings–the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path–offering an intersectional frame to help you embody antiracist practices and tend to your own healing under racism and oppression. \nGrounded in practice\, memoir\, and mindful self-help skill-building\, Rev. Liên Shutt’s Engaged Four Noble Truths illuminate a path toward healing and liberation. She shares her own experiences with anti-Asian hate–as a teen riding her bike\, meditating in whitewashed monasteries–and asks\, what does it mean to attend to our suffering in body\, heart\, and mind when racism can cause such intense hurt and pain? What does it look like to heal? \nWhile written mainly for Asian American Buddhists and other BIPOC practitioners\, Home is Here moves us all from knowing and contemplation to a place of action and wholeness. \nIn the doing is the realization\, and in practicing antiracism\, we build a home for all beings. This is reflected in Rev. Shutt’s choice to frame each step of the Engaged Eightfold Path not as “right” but as “skillful”–to convey both the knowing and the practices essential to healing harm.\nAn engaged reframing of core Buddhist spiritual principles\, Home is Here connects foundational practices to urgent causes–and invites readers on a path home to wholeness.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-lien-shutt-in-conversation-with-lon-kurashige-discusses-home-is-here/
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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