Playhouse Village Association

Vroman's: Kristen Jokinen discusses Joy Ride
2023-06-16 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | 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)
Purchase your book in-store or at vromansbookstore.com.

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

Wollhaus: Drop In Class
2023-06-21 11:30 - 13:00, 2023-06-22 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.

Wollhaus: Social Stitching
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: 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

SCCM: Bilingual Circle Time
2023-06-22 10:00 | Southern California Children’s Museum, 459 E. Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA, 91011, United States
Enjoy a fun day at Southern California Children’s Museum with an interactive Spanish-English story time or sing-along! This program is for native speakers and those seeking exposure to a new language. Free for the public every Thursday afternoon. *Event is free with the price of admission

Free Outdoor Fitness
2023-06-22 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. Open for all ages!

USC PAM: Conversation@PAM - Savor
2023-06-22 18:30 | USC Pacific Asia Museum, 46 North Los Robles Avenue, Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Join USC PAM for a book talk exploring Savor, a memoir of the beloved late Pakistani American chef and television personality Fatima Ali.
Fatima’s star was rising rapidly when she discovered a swelling that she had near her shoulder that turned out to be a tumor, she was only 28 years old at the time. She was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer and fought hard to survive. In her final act of defiance, Fatima wrote this book to share her story with the world, a family’s story that sweeps from Pakistan to Manhattan to Los Angeles, and beyond.
Chef Fatima’s mother Farezeh, and brother Mohammad will reflect on this inspiring story and share a special insight into her journey to savor every moment!
The evening will include light refreshments.
Free with cost of admission to USC Pacific Asia Museum.
The program is in partnership with the Pakistan Arts Council of USC Pacific Asia Museum

Vroman's: Amy Spalding and Courtney Kae discuss For Her Consideration and In the Event of Love
2023-06-22 19:00 | Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
For Her Consideration: Since a crushing breakup three years ago, Nina Rice has written romance, friends, her dreams of scriptwriting for TV, and even LA proper out of her life. Instead, she’s safely out in the suburbs in her aunt’s condo working her talent agency job from home, managing celebrity email accounts, and certain that’s plenty of writing–and plot–for her life. But a surprise meeting called by Ari Fox, a young actress on everyone’s radar, stirs up all kinds of feelings Nina thought she’d deleted for good . . .
Ari is sexy, out and proud, and a serious control freak, according to Nina’s boss. She has her own ideas about how Nina should handle her emails–and about getting to know her ghostwriter. When she tells Nina she should be writing again, Nina suddenly finds it less scary to revisit her abandoned life than seriously consider that Ari is flirting with her. Between reconnecting with her old crew and working on a new script, a relationship with a movie star seems like something she’ll definitely mess up–but what could be more worth the risk?
Amy Spalding’s For Her Consideration is full of heat and heart as Nina learns that her story just might include the kind of love that lasts. (Kensington Publishing Corporation)

In the Event of Love: With her career as a Los Angeles event planner imploding after a tabloid blowup, Morgan Ross isn’t headed home for the holidays so much as in strategic retreat. Breathtaking mountain vistas, quirky townsfolk, and charming small businesses aside, her hometown of Fern Falls is built of one heartbreak on top of another . . .
Take her one-time best friend turned crush, Rachel Reed. The memory of their perfect, doomed first kiss is still fresh as new-fallen snow. Way fresher than the freezing mud Morgan ends up sprawled in on her very first day back, only to be hauled out via Rachel’s sexy new lumberjane muscles acquired from running her family tree farm.
When Morgan discovers that the Reeds’ struggling tree farm is the only thing standing between Fern Falls and corporate greed destroying the whole town’s livelihood, she decides she can put heartbreak aside to save the farm by planning her best fundraiser yet. She has all the inspiration for a spectacular event: delicious vanilla lattes, acoustic guitars under majestic pines, a cozy barn surrounded by brilliant stars. But she and Rachel will ABSOLUTELY NOT have a heartwarming holiday happy ending. That would be as unprofessional as it is unlikely. Right? (Kensington Publishing Corporation)

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

The Mixx: Depeche Mode Tribute
2023-06-22 20:00 | The Mixx, 443 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Join The Mixx for a special Depeche Mode Tribute Night with a live performance. by ULTRA MODE, a Depeche Mode Tribute.

SCCM: Wild California Explorers Fridays
2023-06-23 11:00 - 15:00 | Southern California Children’s Museum, 459 E. Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA, 91011, United States
Did you know that the Washingtonia filifera is the only species of palm tree indigenous to California? Learn more about our amazing state through games, scavenger hunts, and craft projects every Friday at the Southern California Children’s Museum! *Event is free with the price of admission

Vroman's: Elizabeth Olsen and Robbie Arnett present Hattie Harmony: Opening Night
2023-06-23 18:00 | Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
**SOLD OUT**
In this sequel to the #1 New York Times bestselling Hattie Harmony: Worry Detective by Elizabeth Olsen and Robbie Arnett, Hattie shares new tools for managing anxiety, just in time for opening night of the school play.
It’s opening night of the school play and there are plenty of nerves to go around! There are lines to be memorized, costumes to sew, and sets to paint. It’s a good thing Hattie Harmony is ready to help her friends soothe their worries with everything in her trusted tool belt. Will Hattie be able to settle the pre-show jitters before the curtain call?
In this dazzling sequel to the #1 New York Times bestselling Hattie Harmony: Worry Detective, critically acclaimed actress Elizabeth Olsen and esteemed musician and writer Robbie Arnett have crafted another relatable tale to introduce the youngest reader to the importance of self-care. (Viking Books for Young Readers)
This is a ticketed event. Tickets include seating for two (one parent and one child) and one signed hardcover copy of Hattie Harmony: Opening Night

The Mixx: Free Beatles Tribute Happy Hours
2023-06-23 18:00 - 20:00 | The Mixx, 443 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Join The Mixx for a live tribute to The Beatles with a matinee show during Happy Hour.
E﻿njoy delicious discounted drink and food specials.

The Mixx: Summer Kick Off Fiesta
2023-06-23 20:00 | The Mixx, 443 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
The Mixx kicks off Summer 2023 with a hot Latin Night featuring the best mambo, cumbia, Latin jazz, salsa and bachata Dance Party with DJ Kontrol and live music performances by Flamenco Souls.

Ice House Comedy: On The Clock w/ Chad Austin
2023-06-23 21:30 | Ice House Comedy Club, 24 N Mentor Ave, Pasadena, CA, 91106
Ice House Comedy presents Jeff Leach, Grant Cotter, Monarey Martinez, Logan Quiroz, Max Kestenbaum, and Bear Badeaux. Live in the California Room! 21+ only with a 2 item minimum per seat.

Wollhaus: Learn to Knit
2023-06-24 09:30 - 11:00 | Wollhaus Artisan Yarn & Tools, 696 E. Colorado Blvd. Suite 2, Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Always wanted to learn to crochet? Need a Refresher? In this class you will learn the basic crochet stitches and begin a pair of fingerless mitts. No previous experience required.
Cost $30

Archetype Yoga: Pride Donation Class
2023-06-24 10:00 - 11:15 | Archetypa Yoga, 638 e colorado ave, pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Come and express your pride by participating in a vibrant yoga session with Archetype Yoga. Join instructor Bobby, a certified Katonah Yoga teacher, for a joyful and inclusive class. We encourage everyone to attend, regardless of their background. Mats and props will be provided, so all you need to do is bring your enthusiasm. Don’t forget to wear bright and colorful attire to add to the festivities. Let’s have a great time while supporting the Los Angeles LGBT Center through donations!

SCCM: Saturday Sing-Along
2023-06-24 10:30 - 14:00 | Southern California Children’s Museum, 459 E. Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA, 91011, United States
Southern California Children’s Museum presents Saturday Sing Along! 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! *Free with the price of Admission

Banter & Bliss: Candlemaking Class
2023-06-24 12:00 - 18:00 | Banter & Bliss, 450 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Learn how to make your candles in one of Banter & Bliss’ popular candlemaking workshops! In this workshop you’ll learn about different types of waxes, wicking, and techniques to make your own container candles.
Choose from and blend multiple fragrances to create your own custom scented 7 oz. coconut soy wax blend candle (40-45 hours burn time) plus add color to your wax and custom label your candle using one of their various label templates!
This candlemaking workshop is a group workshop. If you’re interested in a private candlemaking party, please refer to Banter & Bliss private party listing.
Cost $60

Sessions are available at 12pm, 2pm, 4pm, and 6pm

Vroman's: Callie C. Miller discusses The Hunt for the Hollower
2023-06-24 13:00 | Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
The great wizard Merlyn prophesized that his seventh descendant would do wonderful, miraculous things–baffling everyone when his great-great-many-times-great grandchild turns out to be twins. Soon enough, however, it becomes clear which sibling is the Septimum Genus: Percy is a natural with magic. Merlynda (to put it simply) is not.
But Merlynda doesn’t mind. Percy has always been by her side to cheer her up (and clean up) after her magical bungles–until the twins attempt a forbidden spell to help her control her magic, and Percy vanishes through a portal and straight into the clutches of the magic-stealing, mythical Hollower.
Aided by her best friend (who longs to be a knight), a wandering musician (who is fleeing from his past), and her brand-new, fierce familiar (who yearns for a taste of funnel cake), Merlynda sets off on a quest to rescue her brother. But to defeat this ancient evil, she must discover and embrace her true powers–or else lose her brother for good. (Aladdin Paperbacks)
Purchase your book in-store or at vromansbookstore.com.
