Playhouse Village Association

Mercadito Monarca: Paint-n-Sip
2021-08-25 18:30 - 20:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | The Monarca Collective, 696 E. Colorado Blvd STE 19, Pasadena, 91101, United States

SCCM: Bilingual Circle Time
2021-08-26 10:00, 2021-09-02 10:00, 2021-09-09 10:00 | Southern California Children’s Museum, 459 E. Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA, 91011, United States
THURSDAYS AT 10:00AM
Enjoy a fun interactive story time or sing a long in either Spanish or Vietnamese! This program is suitable for native speakers and those seeking exposure to a new language.

USC PAM: Access to Divine Immersion: A Meditative Journey for People with Disabilities with Mushim Patricia Ikeda
2021-08-26 16:00 | CA
A one-hour online, interactive mindfulness meditation experience for people with disabilities. Images, videos, and music from Divine Immersion: The Experiential Art of Nick Dong, which is at the USC Pacific Asia Museum from July 8 to October 3 for those who can attend in person. The museum is deepening its commitment to accessibility through this online experience and other workshops and classes.
Mushim Patricia Ikeda is an internationally known mindfulness meditation teacher and a core teacher at the East Bay Meditation Center in Oakland, California. www.mushimikeda.com

Please note that the zoom URL will be shared a week before the event.
ASL and Closed captioning will be provided for this program.

SCCM: Wild California Explorers
2021-08-27 11:00, 2021-09-03 11:00 | CA
Did you know that the Washingtonia filifera is the only species of palm trees indigenous to California? Learn more about our amazing state through games, scavenger hunts and craft projects!

SCCM: Wild California Explorers
2021-08-27 15:00 | Southern California Children’s Museum, 459 E. Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA, 91011, United States

Vroman's: Simon Van Booy with Roda Ahmed, discusses Night Came with Many Stars
2021-08-27 18:00 | CA
This is a virtual event and will take place on Crowdcast. Register for FREE ahead of time to save your spot and get an email reminder! Scroll down to purchase your copy of the book from Vroman’s.
EVENT LINK: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/g28ks90q
In Kentucky, back in 1933, Carol’s daddy lost his 13-year-old daughter in a game of cards. Award-winning author Simon Van Booy’s spellbinding novel spans decades as he tells the story of Carol and the people in her life. Incidents intersect and lives unexpectedly change course in this masterfully interwoven story of chance and choice that leads home again to a night blessed with light.
“What you give in this world,” an old man tells his grandson, “will be given back to you.” Those words illuminate the actions within this unforgettable novel and its connected characters. A young man survives two nearly fatal accidents. A Black family saves an orphaned white boy. A pregnant teenager is rescued by the side of the road. A teenager with developmental disabilities is given his first job. Each incident grows in meaning and power over many decades as we see connections sometimes felt but not always apparent to the people themselves. “Everything was moving,” observes Samuel (Carol’s grandson) in the Kentucky woods. “An invisible force that was everywhere, and made everything touch.”
Told by a master storyteller, Night Came with Many Stars is a rare novel that reveals how wondrous, mysterious, and magically connected life can be–the light Simon Van Booy creates illuminates our own lives. (David R. Godine Publisher)

SCCM: Saturday Sing-Along
2021-08-28 10:30, 2021-08-28 15:00, 2021-09-04 10:30, 2021-09-04 15:00 | Southern California Children’s Museum, 459 E. Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA, 91011, United States
SATURDAYS AT 10:30AM AND 3:00PM
Kiddos of all ages get to explore various musical instruments while singing their favorite songs! From shakers to drums, we are ready to make some noise!

Vroman's: Special Story Time with Kevin Cornell presenting New in Town
2021-08-28 11:00 | CA
This is a virtual event and will take place on Crowdcast. Register for FREE ahead of time to save your spot and get an email reminder! Scroll down to purchase your copy of the book from Vroman’s.
EVENT LINK: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/53xksqpn

One fine morning, the people of Puddletrunk wake up to find their bridge has collapsed. They are not surprised. After all, termites have destroyed the last 200 or so bridges. Luckily, the people of Puddletrunk have a bridge-building expert in their town: the fabulous Mortimer Gulch, who will gladly rebuild their bridge for a pretty penny. But when a newcomer to Puddletrunk does not want to pay for the repairs, Mortimer is displeased. To make matters worse, this unusual foreigner has some innovative ideas that threaten to upend Mortimer Gulch’s entire business . . .
Here is a whimsical yet timely picture book allegory about what new people with new ideas can bring to communities. (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)

The Mixx: Soda Stereo Experience
2021-08-28 20:00 | The Mixx, 443 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States

SCCM: Story and Craft
2021-08-30 10:30, 2021-08-30 15:00, 2021-08-31 10:30, 2021-09-06 10:30, 2021-09-06 15:00, 2021-09-07 10:30 | Southern California Children’s Museum, 459 E. Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA, 91011, United States
Join Southern California Children’s Museum for a read-aloud, and then bring the story to life through arts and crafts! From a Trailblazer who made their mark in history or an influential illustrator who brings stories to life, you will not want to miss out on this one!

Vroman's: Local Author Day featuring David W. Reed, Lin Nelson Benedek, and Louise Wannier
2021-08-30 18:00 | CA
This is a virtual event and will take place on Crowdcast. Register for FREE ahead of time to save your spot and get an email reminder! Scroll down to purchase your copy of the book from Vroman’s.
EVENT LINK: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/njp3kh5b
David W. Reed presents Uphill and Into the Wind
It’s 1973. Our nation is torn apart by the Vietnam War, and the massacre of unarmed students at Kent State. The Vice President has resigned for bribery and tax evasion. The President is being investigated for engaging in criminal activity.
At twenty-three, David Reed has become embittered by political strife and corruption. Disenchanted with his future, he wants out. Along with new friends Rusty and Susie, David leaves everything he knows to cross the United States with little more than his bicycle and camera.
The trio gets more than they bargain for, with menacing animals, extreme weather, and astonishing encounters. Uphill and Into the Wind recounts an odyssey that spans 5420 miles on bicycles. It chronicles the sudden and surprising glories of nature, the raw beauty of the land, and the majesty of the mountains. But that is just the start. Through it all, the three are changed forever, in ways they did not expect, by their long journey into the unknown.
Lin Nelson Benedek presents Singing Lessons
Lin Benedek crafts a poetic score, both grand and intimate, in her latest collection, Singing Lessons. I’m awed by her meticulous eye for detail, and what a testament to her powers of recall and observation that she’s able to weave an opulent tapestry of examined gesture, dialogue, and mise en sc ne with brief philosophical turns that ground her handiwork in a richly, dark terrain. This book is sumptuous repast for ear and imagination as Benedek pulls us in close to her contemplated world of things and sings us through. – Michelle Bitting, Broken Kingdom
Louise Wannier presents Tree Spirits
“What do you see when you look up at this tree?” TREE SPIRITS is a book written in rhyme which encourages children to develop their imagination, creativity and emotional intelligence. “How do you imagine they/he/she is feeling today?” For parents and grandparents and friends and family it is a fun book to read with the children in their lives. It includes an interactive drawing section. (ages 3-8)

The Mixx: All Stars Blues Jam & Open Mic Night
2021-08-31 19:00 - 23:00 | The Mixx, 443 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States

Pasadena Presbyterian: Music at Noon
2021-09-01 12:00 | Pasadena Presbyterian Church, 585 East Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena , CA, 91101, United States
Friends of Music is delighted to announce that Music at Noon, our weekly half-hour concert is going online! Beginning Wednesday, November 25, your favorite Music at Noon artists will be heard and seen on YouTube and Facebook.
To see who is playing, visit ppcmusic.org.

The Mixx: No Doubt/Sublime Tribute Show
2021-09-03 21:00 | The Mixx, 443 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States

The Mixx: Rockabilly Wild Jamboree
2021-09-05 20:00 | The Mixx, 443 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States

Vroman's: Susan H. Kamei, in conversation with Teresa Watanabe, discusses When Can We Go Back to America?
2021-09-07 18:00 | CA
This is a virtual event and will take place on Crowdcast. Register for FREE ahead of time to save your spot and get an email reminder! Scroll down to purchase your copy of the book from Vroman’s.
EVENT LINK: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/an51m2pv

In this dramatic and page-turning narrative history of Japanese Americans before, during, and after their World War II incarceration, Susan H. Kamei weaves the voices of over 130 individuals who lived through this tragic episode, most of them as young adults.
It’s difficult to believe it happened here, in the Land of the Free: After the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941, the United States government forcibly removed more than 120,000 persons of Japanese ancestry from the Pacific Coast and imprisoned them in desolate detention camps until the end of World War II just because of their race.
In what Secretary Norman Y. Mineta describes as a “landmark book,” he and others who lived through this harrowing experience tell the story of their incarceration and the long-term impact of this dark period in American history. For the first time, why and how these tragic events took place are interwoven with more than 130 individual voices of those who were unconstitutionally incarcerated, many of them children and young adults.
Now more than ever, their words will resonate with readers who are confronting questions about racial identity, immigration, and citizenship, and what it means to be an American. (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)

Pasadena Presbyterian: Music at Noon
2021-09-08 12:00 | Pasadena Presbyterian Church, 585 East Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena , CA, 91101, United States
Friends of Music is delighted to announce that Music at Noon, their weekly half-hour concert is going online! To see who is playing, visit ppcmusic.org.

Vroman's: Stress Less, Achieve More with Mindfulness with Elizabeth Prather
2021-09-08 18:00 | CA
Cost: $30 per person
To register for this class: https://www.vromansbookstore.com/elizabeth-prather-reservation
With the challenges in our world, you may be finding it difficult to stay calm and focused, much less finding joy in your day. Yet, even in uncertain times, you mind does not have to be consumed with stress, negative thinking, and overwhelm.
In this hour-long virtual session, you’ll learn mental strategies, mindful tips, and a mindfulness meditation practice that will help you respond more calmly and effectively to outer stressors while cultivating joy and peace of mind. Mindfulness helps us manage our emotions so that our relationships improve – both at work and at home.
The session includes:
· Understanding mindfulness and how it reduces stress
· How mindfulness helps increase focus and manage our emotions
· Instructions on a mindfulness meditation practice that can be practiced in only a few minutes a day
· Mindful tips to use immediately in daily life for more joy, balance, and fulfillment.
A growing body of research shows that mindfulness practice can transform our lives as individuals, impacting us both personally and professionally.
The benefits of mindfulness practice include increases in focus and concentration, improved communication, increased resilience, better sleep, and life satisfaction as well as reduced feelings of stress, anxiety, and depression.
We look forward to seeing you there!
This class will take place over Zoom with Elizabeth Prather. Zoom links will be sent to those who sign up, 48 hours before the class.
If for any reason you cannot attend a class you have signed up for, we require 24 hour notice of your cancelation in order to receive a refund. Refunds will NOT be issued on the same day of class or after the class has already occurred.
Elizabeth Prather is a Mindfulness Mentor and Consultant who brings together ancient wisdom, neuroscience, and positive psychology to help people thrive and grow in their work and personal lives. After twenty years of corporate leadership experience, including as Vice President in a healthcare management company, Elizabeth found herself burned out. She discovered meditation and began immersing herself in meditation training and retreats. Now, she helps people find more calm, focus, joy, and fulfillment in their lives through transformational mindful strategies and tools. In addition, she offers mindfulness programs in organizations to help improve performance and well-being.
You can find out more about Elizabeth through her website, www.theprathergroup.com and on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabethprather/.
This class will take place over Zoom with Elizabeth Prather. Zoom links will be sent to those who sign up, 48 hours before the class.
If for any reason you cannot attend a class you have signed up for, we require 24 hour notice of your cancelation in order to receive a refund. Refunds will NOT be issued on the same day of class or after the class has already occurred.
To register for this class: https://www.vromansbookstore.com/elizabeth-prather-reservation

Pasadena International Film Festival
2021-09-09 16:00 - 23:59 | Laemmle Playhouse 7, 673 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
The Pasadena International Film Festival takes place throughout downtown Pasadena. Films will screen at the Laemmle Playhouse 7, panels and presentations will take place next door at Vroman’s Bookstore, and Lineage Performing Arts Center will serve as a nightly filmmakers lounge. The festival brings together filmmakers, artists, businesses, and the public for nine days filled with entertainment and education. Panels and workshops provide the general public with knowledge and culture, screenings provide entertainment, and business is generated as people mix and mingle after each screening, stopping into shops and stores, restaurants and lounges.
Tickets and Passes

All Access Pass — $180
Screener and Lounge Pass — $120
Day Pass — $35
Great Gatsby Gala and Award Ceremony Pass — $50
Individual Tickets — These tickets will be available through the Laemmle Website 2-3 weeks before the festival.
