Playhouse Village Association

Wollhaus: Drop In Class
2023-06-08 14:00 - 15:30, 2023-06-15 14:00 - 15:30, 2023-06-21 11:30 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Wollhaus Artisan Yarn & Tools, 696 E. Colorado Blvd. Suite 2, Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Not sure how to start a new project? Made a mistake? Need assistance with a new skill? During Wollhaus’s Drop-in Class an experienced knitter will be available to help you. Choose this one hour class and reserve your spot – they keep the classes small. Come join Wollhaus as they love supporting you with your knitting and crochet needs.

Free Outdoor Fitness
2023-06-08 17:30 | Playhouse Village Park, 701 Union St, Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Get outside, get moving and have fun with our awesome Playhouse Village instructors! We’re bringing a FREE group exercise program every 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month at the new Playhouse Village Park, led by local fitness studios. We invite you to find the class that best suits your fitness goals and to come discover your new neighborhood park.
BASECAMP FITNESS
High intensity Interval Training- Full Body workout.
This all-in, high-energy group workout packs a supercharged calorie burn into just 35 minutes, alternating between heart-thumping cardio to strength moves, modified to your level. Following this workout get focused on 10 minutes of core exercises.

Ice House Comedy: No llores Roast Battle (Low Ticket Warning)
2023-06-09 21:30 | Ice House Comedy Club, 24 N Mentor Ave, Pasadena, CA, 91106
No llores Roast Battle featuring Reid Clark, Gaby Vargas, Effie Meadows, Dirty Dell, Elise Golgowski, Bee Gutierrez, Clarissa Gomez, Chad Austin, Lou Vahram, Barry Montoya II, J.R. Cruz, Francisco Ramos, Alfred Robles, Kevin Mac. Live in the California Room! 21+ only with a 2 item minimum per seat.

Ice House Comedy: Adopt an Attitude
2023-06-10 19:30 | Ice House Comedy Club, 24 N Mentor Ave, Pasadena, CA, 91106
Adopt an Attitude featuring Brian Mc Daniel, Laura House, Kevin Shea, Paul Ober, and Christine Fekete. Live in the California Room! Doors open an hour before the show! 21+ only with a 2-item minimum per seat.

Ice House Comedy: Eddie Ifft & Friends
2023-06-10 20:00 | Ice House Comedy Club, 24 N Mentor Ave, Pasadena, CA, 91106
Eddie Ifft & Friends featuring Katie Cazorla, Dan Levy, Asif Ali, and Trevor Wallace. Live in the Legendary Room! Doors Open One Hour Before Show. 21+ with a 2 item minimum per seat.

Ice House Comedy: Sean Porter and Friends
2023-06-10 21:30 | Ice House Comedy Club, 24 N Mentor Ave, Pasadena, CA, 91106
Ice House presents Sean Porter and Friends featuring Shang Forbes, Sarah Tiana, Asif Ali, Pink Foxx, Laura Kilmartin, and Jay Washington. Live in the California Room! Doors Open One Hour Before the Show. 21+ only with a 2-item minimum per seat.

Jazz in the Park: Susie Hansen Latin Jazz Trio
2023-06-11 17:00 - 19:00 | Playhouse Village Park, 701 Union St, Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Playhouse Village sizzles this summer with the return of Jazz in the Park concert series presented by Ice House Comedy Club. The free concerts will take place every Sunday in June and July from 5:00PM to 7:00PM on the Van Halen Stage at the new Playhouse Village Park. Pick up a picnic from your favorite local restaurant and bring a blanket to enjoy music under the stars.
June 11: Susie Hansen Latin Jazz Trio
Violinist Susie Hansen and her musicians perform an infectious blend of salsa and Latin jazz that has the audiences smiling and dancing. Popular from the start, the Susie Hansen Latin Band mixes together infectious Latin rhythms with jazz improvising, vocals in both Spanish and English, recognizable standards and strong soloing from players.

Pasadena Heritage: Myron Hunt Film Screening
2023-06-13 17:00 - 19:00 | Pasadena Heritage, The Blinn House 160 N Oakland Ave, Pasadena, 91101, United States
Join Pasadena Heritage and Friends Of Residential Treasures: Los Angeles on Tuesday, June 13th for a special early screening of the final installment of the documentary series Five Homes by Myron Hunt. A wine and refreshments reception will precede the program and a conversation with filmmaker and FORT Fellowship recipient Curtis McElhinney will take place after the film.
Tickets $25 – 30

Vroman's: Szilvia Molnar discusses The Nursery
2023-06-13 19:00 | Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
There is the before and the after. Withering in the maternal prison of her apartment, a new mother finds herself spiraling into a state of complete disaffection. As a translator, she is usually happy to spend her days as the invisible interpreter. But now home alone with her newborn, she is ill at ease with this state of perpetual giving, carrying, feeding. The instinct to keep her baby safe conflicts with the intrusive thoughts of causing the baby harm, and she struggles to reclaim her identity just as it seems to dissolve from underneath her.
Feeling isolated from her supportive but ineffectual husband, she strikes up a tentative friendship with her ailing upstairs neighbour, Peter, who hushes the baby with his oxygen tank in tow. But they are both running out of time; something is soon to crack. Joyful early days of her pregnancy mingle with the anxious arrival of the baby, and culminate in a painful confrontation – mostly, between our narrator and herself. Striking and emotive, The Nursery documents the slow process of staggering back towards the simple pleasures of life and reentering the world after post-partum depression. (Pantheon Books)

Purchase your book in-store or at vromansbookstore.com.

Wollhaus: Social Stitching
2023-06-14 16:00 - 19:00, 2023-06-21 16:00 - 19:00 | Wollhaus Artisan Yarn & Tools, 696 E. Colorado Blvd. Suite 2, Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Join Wollhaus Artisan Yarn for social stitching on select Wednesday evenings.

Vroman's: Christina Lynch discusses Sally Brady’s Italian Adventure
2023-06-14 19:00 | Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
What if you found yourself in the middle of a war armed only with lipstick and a sense of humor? Abandoned as a child in Los Angeles in 1931, dust bowl refugee Sally Brady convinces a Hollywood movie star to adopt her, and grows up to be an effervescent gossip columnist secretly satirizing Europe’s upper crust. By 1940 saucy Sally is conquering Fascist-era Rome with cheek and charm.
A good deed leaves Sally stranded in wartime Italy, brandishing a biting wit, a fake passport, and an elastic sense of right and wrong. To save her friends and find her way home through a land of besieged castles and villas, Sally must combat tragedy with comedy, tie up pompous bureaucrats in their own red tape, force the cruel to be kind, and unravel the mystery, weight, and meaning of family.
Heir to Odysseus’s wiles and Candide’s optimism, Sally Brady is a heroine for the 21st century. (St. Martin’s Press)

Purchase this book in-store or at vromansbookstore.com.

Tepito Coffee: Poetry
2023-06-15 19:00 - 21:00 | Tepito Coffee, 695 E Colorado Blvd 695 East Colorado Boulevard Pasadena, CA 91101, Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
. Join Eastside Poetry for an open mi night of comedy, poetry, music, and more! Featured guests include Luis Garcia, Karina Lopez, & Jimmy Valdez. There are an additional 12 slots available to perform, sign up here: https://forms.gle/6HHcVqKR7SieJV5u5

Ice House Comedy: Hive Comedy w/ Bee Gutierrez
2023-06-15 20:00 | Ice House Comedy Club, 24 N Mentor Ave, Pasadena, CA, 91106
Ice Comedy presents Bee Gutierrez featuring guest Steph Tolev, Morgan Jay, Shapel Lacy, and Gabby Lam. Live in the Legendary Room! Doors Open one-hour before the show. 21+ with a 2-item minimum per seat.

Ice House Comedy: Leah Rudick
2023-06-15 21:30 | Ice House Comedy Club, 24 N Mentor Ave, Pasadena, CA, 91106
Leah Rudick is an actor, writer & comedian based in Los Angeles. Her viral comedy and character videos have amassed her nearly one million followers and counting on TikTok & Instagram. Her first standup special, “Everything is Fine!” can be seen on the Seed & Spark streaming platform. Her standup was also featured on Comedy Dynamics’ “Coming to the Stage,” (Amazon, Pluto TV).
She is the co-creator/co-star of the critically acclaimed web series Made To Order which was featured on New York Observer, Indie Wire and named one of “6 Brilliant Web Series” in Marie Claire.
She began performing comedy in NYC with her sketch duo Skinny Bitch Jesus Meeting (UCB, Caroline’s, the PIT). Festivals include: Edinburgh Fringe, New York Sketchfest, Fringe Festival NYC, Los Angeles Comedy Festival, Charleston Comedy Festival, East to Edinburgh at 59E59, Capital Fringe Festival in DC, Women in Comedy Festival, FRIGID New York and Out of Bounds. Her duo has been critics picks in Time Out New York, Washington Post, and Charleston City Paper. They were listed as one of the twenty-five funny people that should have their own television show by Complex Magazine.
TV credits include HBO’s hit High Maintenance and IFC’s Commuters. Some favorite film credits include Chemical Cut (Slamdance Film Fest), Jammed (Runaway Bandit Productions), and Prayer To a Vengeful God (Insurgent Pictures). She is a founding member of Lifted Yoke Productions, and their indie feature, Sweet Parents, took home top prizes at Brooklyn International Film Festival, Montreal World Film Festival and The Lower East Side Film Festival. It is currently available to stream on all major platforms.

Pasadena Walking Tours: Haunted Pasadena
2023-06-16 18:30 - 20:30 | Pasadena Walking Tours: Haunted Pasadena, 36 S. El Molino Avenue, Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Embark on an intriguing journey with Pasadena Walking Tours and delve into the sordid side of the City of Roses. Explore the captivating corners, including castles, courtyards, mortuaries, theaters, darkened alleyways, and shuttered shopping malls. Encounter the haunting phantoms that lurk within its alleys, underground tunnels, corridors, and hidden rooms.
(Parental guidance is advised due to the nature of the stories told during the tour)
What to expect?

Starting Time: 6:30 PM
Starting Point: Performer Statue outside of the Stand
Starting Address: 36 S. El Molino Avenue Pasadena CA 91101
Distance: 1.5 miles
Duration: 2 hours
Ending Location: Castle Green (99 S. Raymond Avenue 91105

All tours require advanced ticket purchases. Please use the “Purchase Tickets” option below when making your booking. Service fees are applied at the time of checkout.
(If you would like this hosted as a private live walking tour or virtual experience, please Pasadena Walking Tours here: Contact Us for availability and quote.)

Vroman's: Kristen Jokinen discusses Joy Ride
2023-06-16 19:00 | Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Explorers Kristen and Ville Jokinen met and fell in love while scuba diving in Vietnam. Ville then left his native Finland to join Kristen in Oregon and together they embarked on a life-changing two-year cycling adventure covering 18,000 miles from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, to Ushuaia, Argentina. Despite never having cycled further than around the block, they persevered unrelenting, punishing rain and wind, altitude sickness, dog attacks, bike accidents, and countless flat tires to cycle between the ends of the earth. Kristen and Ville believe that kindness connects us to our shared humanity. They held babies, attended quinceañeras, drank pulque, played soccer, and visited schools. People in Mexico, Central America, and South America invited them into their hearts and homes, allowed them to camp in their fields and farms, and acted as personal tour guides. Kristen and Ville are love on wheels, and who doesn’t need a little more love in their lives?
Purchase this book in-store or at vromansbookstore.com.

Ice House Comedy: Fresh off Work
2023-06-16 19:30 | Ice House Comedy Club, 24 N Mentor Ave, Pasadena, CA, 91106
Ice House Comedy presents “Fresh off Work,” live in the California Room! Doors Open One Hour Before Show. 21+ only with a 2 item minimum per seat.

Ice House Comedy: Father's Day Weekend Show
2023-06-16 21:30 | Ice House Comedy Club, 24 N Mentor Ave, Pasadena, CA, 91106
Ice House Comedy presents: Father’s Day Weekend show. Featuring: Steve Furey, Brian McDaniel, Bee Gutierrez, Vargus Mason, and Kristi McHugh. Hosted by Sean Porter
Live in the California Room! Doors Open One Hour Before Show. 21+ only with a 2 item minimum per seat.

Wollhaus: Learn to Knit
2023-06-17 09:30 - 11:00 | Wollhaus Artisan Yarn & Tools, 696 E. Colorado Blvd. Suite 2, Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Always wanted to learn to knit? Need a Refresher? In this class you will make fingerless mitts. No previous experience required.
Cost $30

Vroman's: Storytime Safari with Mr. Steve
2023-06-17 11:00 | Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Storytime Safari with Mr. Steve with storytime, crafts, and games!

Visiting a BOOK A TRIP event at Vroman’s is so easy that it will seem like a vacation! (You should plan to attend at least one event before BOOK A TRIP ends.)
Mr. Steve will lead the safari through approximately ten picture books! A wide variety of stories will be read, selected for kids between the ages of 2 and 5. (There can also be some wiggle room at both ends of that age range.)
The crafts and games that follow will be a surprise for everyone!

For more information, please visit: www.vromansbookstore.com/vromans-summer-reading-program-2023.

FUMC: Chalk and Walk
2023-06-18 11:00 - 12:00 | First United Methodist Church, 500 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Chalk and Walk, hosted by First United Methodist Church, will take place on the Colorado patio on Sunday, June 18. This event encourages participants to create their own expressions of love and inclusiveness on the sidewalk. Chalk and extension sticks will be provided for those who prefer to stand while drawing.

Jazz in the Park: Kira and the Major 3
2023-06-18 17:00 - 19:00 | Playhouse Village Park, 701 Union St, Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Playhouse Village sizzles this summer with the return of Jazz in the Park concert series presented by Ice House Comedy Club. The free concerts will take place every Sunday in June and July from 5:00PM to 7:00PM on the Van Halen Stage at the new Playhouse Village Park. Pick up a picnic from your favorite local restaurant and bring a blanket to enjoy music under the stars.
June 18: Kira and the Major 3
Kira Morrison first started playing jazz with her classmates at Los Angeles College of Music in Pasadena, CA. After Kira decided to form a jazz group, Kira & The Major 3 was born! Kira & The Major 3 are an LA-based jazz quartet with a repertoire of over 40 standards from American jazz, Brazilian jazz, and Afro-Cuban music.
See the full Jazz. the Park schedule of performances at playhousevillage.org/jazz

Bang & Olufsen: Interior Design Mixer
2023-06-20 18:30 | Bang Olufsen, 650 East Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, California, 91101, United States
Come enjoy an evening with ASID and learn how you can work with our Gold Sponsor, Bang Olufsen Pasadena! Join us for a fun interior design mixer where we will discuss the craftsmanship and technology that makes B&O so special. Also, don’t miss out on the opportunity to win exciting door prizes. Attendees will be entered in a raffle to win a Beosound A1 (valued at $200).
Contact the Bang Olufsen Pasadena staff at: 626-468-0424 to reserve your spot RSVP. #exclusive

Vroman's: Elio Morillo discusses The Boy Who Reached for the Stars
2023-06-20 19:00 | Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
The engineer known as the “space mechanic” speaks to both our future and past in this breathless memoir of his journey from Ecuador to NASA and beyond.
Elio Morillo’s life is abruptly spun out of orbit when economic collapse and personal circumstances compel his mother to flee Ecuador for the United States in search of a better future for her son. His itinerant childhood sets into motion a migration that will ultimately carry Elio to the farthest expanse of human endeavor: space.
Overcoming a history of systemic adversity and inequality in public education, Elio forged ahead on a journey as indebted to his galactic dreams as to a loving mother whose sacrifices safeguarded the ground beneath his feet. Today, Elio is helping drive human expansion into the solar system and promote the future of human innovation–from AI and robotics to space infrastructure and equitable access.
The Boy Who Reached for the Stars is both a cosmic and intimate memoir spun from a constellation of memories, reflections, and intrepid curiosity, as thoroughly luminous as the stars above. (HarperOne)
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SCCM: Story & Craft Wednesdays
2023-06-21 10:30 - 14:00 | Southern California Children’s Museum, 459 E. Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA, 91011, United States
Southern California Children’s Museum presents Story & Craft Wednesday. Join SoCal for a read-aloud, and then bring the story to life through arts and crafts! This weekly program exposes kids to various authors, illustrators, cultures, and diverse characters through stories, play, crafts, and songs! *Event is free with the price of admission

Vroman's: S. A. Cosby discusses All the Sinners Bleed
2023-06-21 19:00 | Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
After years of working as an FBI agent, Titus Crown returns home to Charon County, land of moonshine and cornbread, fist fights and honeysuckle. Seeing his hometown struggling with a bigoted police force inspires him to run for sheriff. He wins, and becomes the first Black sheriff in the history of the county.
Then a year to the day after his election, a young Black man is fatally shot by Titus’s deputies.
Titus pledges to follow the truth wherever it leads. But no one expected he would unearth a serial killer who has been hiding in plain sight, haunting the dirt lanes and woodland clearings of Charon.
Now, Titus must pull off the impossible: stay true to his instincts, prevent outright panic, and investigate a shocking crime in a small town where everyone knows everyone yet secrets flourish. All while also breaking up backroads bar fights and being forced to protect racist Confederate pride marchers.
For a Black man wearing a police uniform in the American South, that’s no easy feat. But Charon is Titus’s home and his heart, and he won’t let the darkness overtake it. Even as it threatens to consume him… (Flatiron Books)

Purchase your book in-store or at vromansbookstore.com.

The Mixx: Comedy Improv
2023-06-21 19:00 - 22:00 | The Mixx, 443 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Pasadena Humpday Comedy Improv with the very funny Patrick Tunny and weekly guest comedians. It’s also Happy Hour so enjoy food and drink specials
