Ice House Comedy: Cat Ce & Friends
2023-04-28 21:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Ice House Comedy Club, 24 N Mentor Ave, Pasadena, CA, 91106
Cat Ce & Friends featuring Samantha Hale, Jodie Miller, Blake Bartee, Klein Boyz, Brandon Johnson, Jessica Winther and Brian McDaniel.
Doors open one hour before show.

Boston Court: Gloria Cheng
2023-04-29 20:00 | Boston Court Pasadena, 70 N. Mentor Ave., Pasadena, CA, 91206, United States
Boston Court’s continues their 20th Anniversary season with an evening of new music! The Grammy and Emmy Award-winning pianist Gloria Cheng performs works by Thomas Adès, Zhou Long, Phyllis Chen, four-hands works by David Lang (joined by David Kaplan), and John Adams’s monumental minimalist masterpiece, the rarely performed “Phrygian Gates.”

Ice House Comedy: The Unknown Comic
2023-04-29 20:00 | Ice House Comedy Club, 24 N Mentor Ave, Pasadena, CA, 91106
The Unknown Comic for one night only at the Legendary Room at the Ice House Comedy Club. It’s Saturday Night Fever 70’s disco night with DJ Special K spinning all your groovy faves!

Pasadena Playhouse: Sondheim Unscripted
2023-05-05 20:00 | Pasadena Playhouse, 39 S. El Molino Avenue, Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Impro Theatre’s Sondheim UnScripted is a completely improvised “musical revue” in the style of one of Broadway’s most acclaimed artists, Stephen Sondheim. The on stage cast and improvising piano virtuoso work together as an ensemble to create songs with the intricate rhymes, soaring counter melodies, and complex themes that are all hallmarks of Sondheim’s work, creating a wholly original, thrilling musical revue so closely resembling Sondheim’s work, you’d swear you knew the songs even though they’re completely made-up on the spot for every performance.
Performance is at Carrie Hamilton Theatre at Pasadena Playhouse.

Pasadena Playhouse: Talking Sondheim
2023-05-06 12:00 | CA
A virtual class series for anyone interested in learning more about Stephen Sondheim, his works, and how he flipped the script on the American musical theater. Taught by Sondheim expert and scholar Gail Leondar-Wright, students of all ages will be immersed in the masterful theater creator’s brilliant rhymes, diving deep into legendary songs like “Finishing the Hat” (Sunday in the Park with George), “Send in the Clowns” and “The Miller’s Son” (A Little Night Music). Whether you’re a musical theater lover who “just doesn’t get Sondheim” or a certified fanatic who knows every word to every song, this class is for you.
Session #4: A Little Night Music
MAY 6, 2023
12:00 PM
Let’s take a closer look at Sondheim’s only bonafide hit, “Send in the Clowns” as an example of prosody (how music and lyrics fit together). In addition, the class will explore how a song sung by a minor character, “The Miller’s Son,” might articulate the theme of the show.

Free Outdoor Fitness
2023-05-11 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.
ANYTIME FITNESS
Strength & Conditioning Body Weight Bootcamp
Use your own bodyweight for exercises to create resistance and improve strength, flexibility, and endurance, as well as coordination.

Boston Court: NT Live - The Crucible
2023-05-12 20:00 | Boston Court Pasadena, 70 N. Mentor Ave., Pasadena, CA, 91206, United States
Please note this is a screening of a theatrical performance that will be shown at Boston Court Pasadena.
A witch hunt is beginning in Arthur Miller’s captivating parable of power with Erin Doherty (The Crown) and Brendan Cowell (Yerma).
Raised to be seen but not heard, a group of young women in Salem suddenly find their words have an almighty power. As a climate of fear, vendetta and accusation spreads through the community, no one is safe from trial.
Lyndsey Turner (Hamlet) directs this contemporary new staging, designed by Tony Award-winner Es Devlin (The Lehman Trilogy). Captured live from the Olivier stage at the National Theatre.
$20 tickets on sale now! Become a Boston Court Member to get 50# off!

FUMC: Third@First Concert
2023-05-20 16:00 - 17:00 | First United Methodist Church, 500 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
The ninth season of the Third@First concert series offers something for everyone: from Schubert to Schumann, from distinguished women composers to outstanding young musicians. Join us for excellent music performed in First United Methodist Church’s historic sanctuary in the Pasadena Playhouse district.
Joy of Chamber Music – LA Phil Musicians and Junko Ueno Garrett “Women Composers”
To commemorate Clara Schumann’s passing (September 13, 1819 – May 20, 1896), this program is dedicated to women composers. Regarded as one of the most distinguished pianists of the Romantic era, Clara exerted her influence over the course of a 61-year concert career. Amy Beach (1867 – 1944) was the first successful American female composer of large-scale art music. She was one of the first American composers to succeed without the benefit of European training.

Free Outdoor Fitness
2023-05-25 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.
ARCHETYPE YOGA
Archetype Slow Flow
A 60-minute yoga extravaganza taught by studio owner Sara Blumenkranz who offers a restorative yet playful yoga practice. Great for all levels of practice. Please bring your own mat.

Wollhaus: Drop In Class
2023-06-01 14:00 - 15:30, 2023-06-08 14:00 - 15:30, 2023-06-15 14:00 - 15:30 | 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.

Jazz in the Park: Elliott Caine
2023-06-04 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 4: Elliott Caine Quartet
Inspired by ’60’s “Blue Note” style jazz, as well as by the music of Tito Puente and Mongo Santamaria, The Elliott Caine Quintet plays original compositions, as well as the works of Lee Morgan, Hank Mobley, Donald Byrd, and more. Latin Beat Magazine describes Elliott Caine as “one of the West Coast’s finest trumpeters.” His original compositions have been heard on programs including The Oprah Winfrey Show and Late Night with David Letterman.

See the full schedule of Jazz in the Park performances at playhousevillage.org/jazz.

Wollhaus: Social Stitching
2023-06-07 16:00 - 19:00, 2023-06-14 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.

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.

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.
