Vroman’s Bookstore: Attica Locke discusses Guide Me Home

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

In the final novel in the "timely and evocative" (NPR) Highway 59 trilogy, from Edgar Award-winning and New York Times-bestselling author Attica Locke, Darren Matthews is pulled out of an early retirement to investigate the disappearance of a Black college student from an all-white sorority and soon finds nothing is as it seems. Texas Ranger Darren Mathews […]

Free

Retro Replay: 1999 The Year That Changed Cinema: The Iron Giant (PG)

Landmark Theatre 673 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, Pasadena, CA, United States

Landmark Theatre Pasadena presents Retro Replay, a weekly series of modern and vintage film favorites screened every Tuesday night. This September enjoy: 1999 The Year That Changed Cinema—or see for the first time!

$5.00

Ice House Comedy: Giggle Gaggle Comedy

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

Ice House Comedy presents Giggle Gaggle Comedy. Live in the California Room. The show Starts at 7:30pm. 21+ with a 2-item minimum per seat.

$16.50

Beach Party in the Park

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

Get in on the fun at Beach Party in the Park! Pasadena Chamber of Commerce, Playhouse Village Association, and Playhouse Village Foundation present a FREE celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the Cheeseburger on September 18 from 6 pm to 8 pm at Playhouse Village Park. On National Cheeseburger Day, this event honors Pasadena’s unique claim as the birthplace of […]

Free

Vroman’s Bookstore: Kwei Quartey discusses The Whitewashed Tombs

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

Marcelo Tetteh, a twenty-seven-year-old LGBTQ activist, is butchered one night after being lured on Grindr to a deserted building site. With rampant homophobia in Ghana, Marcelo’s wealthy father doesn’t trust the Ghana Police Service to find the killer, so he goes to the Sowah Private Investigators Agency for help, partly because he still feels guilty […]

Free

Pasadena Playhouse: Cyrano De Bergerac

Pasadena Playhouse 39 S. El Molino Avenue, Pasadena, CA, United States

One of the greatest plays ever written is radically reborn in this critically acclaimed adaptation. Modern poetry and sizzling rhythm collide in a scorching love triangle when Cyrano discovers the love of his life has eyes for another man. Immerse yourself in the romantic adventure of this timeless and heartrending love story.

$40

Vroman’s Bookstore: Jessica Hoppe discusses First in the Family

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

An unflinching and intimate memoir of recovery by Jessica Hoppe, Latinx writer, advocate, and creator of NuevaYorka. A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2024: Today, LupitaReads, Electric Literature, Esquire In this deeply moving and lyrical memoir, Hoppe shares an intimate, courageous account of what it means to truly interrupt cycles of harm. For readers of The Recovering by Leslie […]

Free

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