Boston Court: Letters From Home
2021-06-05, 2021-06-12 | CA
LETTERS FROM HOME
JUNE 5 & 12

A VIRTUAL WORK-IN-PROGRESS PRESENTATION
Letters from Home examines creator/performer Kalean Ung’s story as a bi-racial, second-generation American in light of new discoveries she makes about her family’s Cambodian refugee history. This kaleidoscopic play weaves myth, music, and Shakespeare’s iconic female characters into a journey of familial connection and self-discovery.
Letters From Home is a project of The New Wild, created in collaboration with director Marina McClure and composer Chinary Ung.
This piece is a work-in-progress, adapted for livestream. Boston Court is delighted to share this virtual workshop with our audience. We hope you’ll join us on the exciting journey of developing art!
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Letters from Home will have two livestream virtual performances on June 5 and June 12 at 4PM PT. This event will not be available for viewing after the live performances.

Vroman's: Special Story Time with Lucky Diaz & Micah Player presenting Paletero Man
2021-06-05 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | CA
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A vibrant picture book celebrating the strength of community and the tastes of summer from Latin Grammy-winning musician Lucky Diaz and celebrated artist Micah Player.
Ring! Ring! Ring! Can you hear his call? Paletas for one! Paletas for all!
What’s the best way to cool off on a hot summer day? Run quick and find Paletero José!
Follow along with our narrator as he passes through his busy neighborhood in search of the Paletero Man. But when he finally catches up with him, our narrator’s pockets are empty. Oh no! What happened to his dinero? It will take the help of the entire community to get the tasty treat now.
Full of musicality, generosity, kindness, and ice pops, this book is sure to satisfy fans of Thank You, Omu! and Carmela Full of Wishes.
Includes Spanish words and phrases throughout, an author’s note from Lucky Diaz, and a link to a live version of the Lucky Band’s popular song that inspired the book. (Harper Collins)

Vroman's: Jill & Dave Henry present The Greatest College Health Guide You Never Knew You Needed
2021-06-07 18:00 | CA
This event was originally scheduled for April 22nd.
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Every fall, around eight million young adults crash into college fired up for the best four years of their lives, ready to experience campus life, take classes about things they’re interested in, and meet people from all over the world. Most students, however, are better prepared to pick their major or talk to strangers than they are to take care of themselves in the college setting. College students today are more depressed, anxious, and stressed than previous waves of students; they’re also more sedentary, not really exercising, and living in a meal-plan limbo supplemented with ramen and coffee.
In this comprehensive field guild, high school coaches Jill and Dave Henry break down the facts and deliver doable, no-BS strategies for managing physical and mental health on campus. In addition to helpful, interactive graphics, the coaches share their relatable true stories–ranging from the ridiculous to the serious–to discuss the five biggest health obstacles students face in college. On top of research-backed tips, The Greatest College Health Guide You Never Knew You Needed also features raw and personal advice from current students on college campuses across the country.
While simply figuring out what to eat and how to exercise can be completely overwhelming, this guide goes beyond a basic crash course on how to be healthy. Jill and Dave cover everything from crucial time-management skills to the complex sensitivity of self-doubt, sexual assault, and depression with humor, humility, and heart. The Greatest College Health Guide You Never Knew You Needed is a complete road map for how to take care of your mind and body that will not only set students up to crush the next four years, but will also provide a foundation they can carry with them for the rest of their lives. (Skyhorse Publishing)
Jill and Dave Henry have been coaching, entertaining, and educating teens in Los Angeles for more than twenty years combined. With every graduating class, they’ve fielded their student-athletes’ concerns about the transition to college, particularly the dreaded freshman fifteen. Determined to help, the Henrys decided to leverage their professional backgrounds (Jill is an award-winning statistics teacher; Dave is an Emmy-nominated editor and television producer) and create a resource to help young adults enjoy college without sacrificing their health.

Vroman's: Michael Punke with Michael Hampton discusses Ridgeline
2021-06-08 18:00 | CA
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In 1866, with the country barely recovered from the Civil War, new war breaks out on the western frontier–a clash of cultures between a young, ambitious nation and the Native tribes who have lived on the land for centuries. Colonel Henry Carrington arrives in Wyoming’s Powder River Valley to lead the US Army in defending the opening of a new road for gold miners and settlers. Carrington intends to build a fort in the middle of critical hunting grounds, the home of the Lakota. Red Cloud, one of the Lakota’s most respected chiefs, and Crazy Horse, a young but visionary warrior, understand full well the implications of this invasion. For the Lakota, the stakes are their home, their culture, their lives.
As fall bleeds into winter, Crazy Horse leads a small war party that confronts Colonel Carrington’s soldiers with near constant attacks. Red Cloud, meanwhile, seeks to build the tribal alliances that he knows will be necessary to defeat the soldiers. Colonel Carrington seeks to hold together a US Army beset with internal discord. Carrington’s officers are skeptical of their commander’s strategy, none more so than Lieutenant George Washington Grummond, who longs to fight a foe he dismisses as inferior in all ways. The rank-and-file soldiers, meanwhile, are still divided by the residue of civil war, and tempted to desertion by the nearby goldfields.
Throughout this taut saga–based on real people and events–Michael Punke brings the same immersive, vivid storytelling and historical insight that made his breakthrough debut so memorable. As Ridgeline builds to its epic conclusion, it grapples with essential questions of conquest and justice that still echo today. (Henry Holt & Co.)
Michael Hampton is the Vice President for Development at Appian Way Films.

Vroman's: Andrew McCarthy with Michael Oates Palmer discusses Brat: An 80’s Story
2021-06-09 18:00 | CA
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Fans of Patti Smith’s Just Kids and Rob Lowe’s Stories: I Only Tell My Friends will love this beautifully written, entertaining, and emotionally honest memoir by an actor, director, and author who found his start as an 80s Brat pack member.
Most people know Andrew McCarthy from his movie roles in Pretty in Pink, St. Elmo’s Fire, Weekend at Bernie’s, and Less than Zero, and as a charter member of Hollywood’s Brat Pack. That iconic group of ingenues and heartthrobs included Rob Lowe, Molly Ringwald, Emilio Estevez, and Demi Moore, and has come to represent both a genre of film and an era of pop culture. In his memoir Brat: An ’80s Story, McCarthy focuses his gaze on that singular moment in time. The result is a revealing look at coming of age in a maelstrom, reckoning with conflicted ambition, innocence, addiction, and masculinity. New York City of the 1980s is brought to vivid life in these pages, from scoring loose joints in Washington Square Park to skipping school in favor of the dark revival houses of the Village where he fell in love with the movies that would change his life. Filled with personal revelations of innocence lost to heady days in Hollywood with John Hughes and an iconic cast of characters, Brat is a surprising and intimate story of an outsider caught up in a most unwitting success. (Grand Central Publishing)

This event ticket includes a signed hardcover copy of Brat: An 80’s Story, as well as online access to the event for your household. You will receive a link and password to attend the Crowdcast event on the afternoon of Tuesday, June 8th.

Please note: Ticket options include event access only (free ticket); in-store pick up; shipped domestically (allow up to 3 weeks for delivery); or shipped internationally (allow 4-5 weeks for delivery). Books will be mailed to you shortly after the event. For those who choose in-store pick up, you will be contacted by Vroman’s via email shortly after the event and alerted as to when your book will be ready for pick up.

Questions? Email us at email@vromansbookstore.com

USC PAM: Conversation@PAM: Collection Highlight- Pacific Art
2021-06-10 16:00 | CA
Celebrate the USC Pacific Asia Museum’s 50th anniversary by exploring its permanent collection in-depth with unique talks and lectures presented by the museum’s curator, docents, and scholars.
Join Dr. Nancy Lutkehaus, USC professor, as she examines the art of the Pacific Islands in our permanent collection. Her conversation will highlight masks and statues from Papua New Guinea as well as the magnificently decorated sailing canoes from the Trobriand Islands.
For questions or to request accommodations for this event please contact Cristina Hernandez-Guerrero at ch45852@usc.edu .
For additional information please visit https://pacificasiamuseum.usc.edu/
Please note that the zoom URL will be shared via email a week before the program.
More about the Speaker:
Nancy Lutkehaus is Professor of Anthropology in the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences and co-director of the USC Center for Visual Anthropology. Her research focuses on the cultures of the Pacific Islands with an emphasis on the people and arts of the Sepik region of Papua New Guinea. She is currently working on a book about the Michael C. Rockefeller Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the history of the display of the arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas. Her recent article about the artist Miguel Covarrubias appears in the Anales del Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas.

Cost: FREE

University Club: Thursday Nights at the Patio
2021-06-10 17:00 - 20:00, 2021-06-17 17:00 - 20:00, 2021-06-24 17:00 - 20:00 | University Club of Pasadena, 175 N. Oakland Ave., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States

Vroman's: Daisy Hernández in conversation with Alex Espinoza discusses The Kissing Bug
2021-06-10 18:00 | CA
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Growing up in a New Jersey factory town in the 1980s, Daisy Hernández believed that her aunt had become deathly ill from eating an apple. No one in her family, in either the United States or Colombia, spoke of infectious diseases. Even into her thirties, she only knew that her aunt had died of Chagas, a rare and devastating illness that affects the heart and digestive system. But as Hernández dug deeper, she discovered that Chagas–or the kissing bug disease–is more prevalent in the United States than the Zika virus.
After her aunt’s death, Hernández began searching for answers. Crisscrossing the country, she interviewed patients, doctors, epidemiologists, and even veterinarians with the Department of Defense. She learned that in the United States more than three hundred thousand people in the Latinx community have Chagas, and that outside of Latin America, this is the only country with the native insects–the “kissing bugs”–that carry the Chagas parasite.
Through unsparing, gripping, and humane portraits, Hernández chronicles a story vast in scope and urgent in its implications, exposing how poverty, racism, and public policies have conspired to keep this disease hidden. A riveting and nuanced investigation into racial politics and for-profit healthcare in the United States, The Kissing Bug reveals the intimate history of a marginalized disease and connects us to the lives at the center of it all. (Tin House Books)

University Club: BBQ Americano
2021-06-11 17:00 - 21:00, 2021-06-18 17:00 - 21:00, 2021-06-25 17:00 - 21:00 | University Club of Pasadena, 175 N. Oakland Ave., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States

Vroman's: An Evening with Alice Waters with Eric Schlosser discussing We Are What We Eat!
2021-06-11 19:00 | CA
Join Vroman’s Bookstore, in partnership with the Elliott Bay Book Company and Third Place Books for an evening with Alice Waters!
From chef and food activist Alice Waters, an impassioned plea for a radical reconsideration of the way each and every one of us cooks and eats.
In We Are What We Eat, Alice Waters urges us to take up the mantle of slow food culture, the philosophy at the core of her life’s work. When Waters first opened Chez Panisse in 1971, she did so with the intention of feeding people good food during a time of political turmoil. Customers responded to the locally sourced organic ingredients, to the dishes made by hand, and to the welcoming hospitality that infused the small space–human qualities that were disappearing from a country increasingly seduced by takeout, frozen dinners, and prepackaged ingredients. Waters came to see that the phenomenon of fast food culture, which prioritized cheapness, availability, and speed, was not only ruining our health, but also dehumanizing the ways we live and relate to one another.
Over years of working with regional farmers, Waters and her partners learned how geography and seasonal fluctuations affect the ingredients on the menu, as well as about the dangers of pesticides, the plight of fieldworkers, and the social, economic, and environmental threats posed by industrial farming and food distribution. So many of the serious problems we face in the world today–from illness, to social unrest, to economic disparity, and environmental degradation–are all, at their core, connected to food. Fortunately, there is an antidote. Waters argues that by eating in a “slow food way,” each of us–like the community around her restaurant–can be empowered to prioritize and nurture a different kind of culture, one that champions values such as biodiversity, seasonality, stewardship, and pleasure in work.
This is a declaration of action against fast food values, and a working theory about what we can do to change the course. As Waters makes clear, every decision we make about what we put in our mouths affects not only our bodies but also the world at large–our families, our communities, and our environment. We have the power to choose what we eat, and we have the potential for individual and global transformation–simply by shifting our relationship to food. All it takes is a taste.
Alice Waters is the executive chef, founder, and owner of Chez Panisse Restaurant and Café in Berkeley, California. The vice president of Slow Food International, she founded the Edible Schoolyard and has received the French Legion of Honor, the WSJ Magazine Humanitarian Innovator Award, and three James Beard Awards.
Eric Schlosser is an investigative journalist and the author of Fast Food Nation, Reefer Madness, and, most recently, Command and Control, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. He has written for Rolling Stone, The Atlantic, and The New Yorker, among others, and has received a number of journalism honors, including a National Magazine Award. Schlosser previously worked as a playwright for an independent film company. Two of his plays, Americans (2003) and We the People (2007), have been produced in renowned London theaters.
Event tickets include a hardcover copy of WE ARE WHAT WE EAT!.
Ticket options include in-store pick up, shipped domestically (allow up to 3 weeks for delivery), or shipped internationally (allow 4-5 weeks for delivery). Books will be mailed to you shortly after the event, via USPS Media Mail. For those who choose in-store pick up, you will be contacted by Vroman’s via email shortly after the event and alerted as to when your book will be ready for pick up.
PLEASE NOTE: This is not a Vroman’s Live event, we have partnered with Elliott Bay Book Company and Third Place Books for this virtual event to be held via Zoom Webinar.

Vroman's: IN THE HEIGHTS Virtual Book Launch
2021-06-15 17:00 | CA
Before Hamilton became a global phenomenon, before Lin-Manuel Miranda became a household name, a little show called In the Heights shook up Broadway with its hip-hop and salsa soundtrack and big, bilingual heart. In the new book In the Heights: Finding Home, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Quiara Alegría Hudes, and Jeremy McCarter tell the story of the show’s humble beginnings, from rehearsals in a bookstore basement to the Broadway smash (and soon-to-be feature film!) that created an unbreakable community and a new kind of family for everyone involved.
Join Miranda, Hudes, and McCarter for a very special In the Heights Virtual Book Launch on Tuesday, June 15 from 5:00 to 6:00pm PT on Zoom. Sure to be an unforgettable conversation on creativity, community, and finding home, this is your chance to hear directly from the creative team behind the timeless story of how one neighborhood—Washington Heights—can speak to the world.
Your ticket includes admission to this exclusive event, a hardcover copy of In the Heights: Finding Home ($40 retail price), as well as sales tax, shipping, and handling.
We have included an in-store pick up option for convenience.
For this event, books may be shipped only to the United States, Puerto Rico and other U.S. territories, and Canada.

Please contact Vroman’s Bookstore (email@vromansbookstore.com) with any questions. We can’t wait to see you there!

Vroman's: John McMahon with Karen Dionne discusses A Good Kill
2021-06-15 18:00 | CA
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An electrifying mystery featuring a troubled small-town police detective faced with three interwoven crimes that reveal sinister secrets about his community–and the deaths of his family, by the Edgar Award-and Thriller Award- short-listed author whose novels have been described by the New York Times Book Review as pretty much perfect.
In the years since the mysterious deaths of his wife and child, P.T. Marsh, a police detective in the small Georgia town of Mason Falls, has faced demons–both professional and personal. But when he is called to the scene of a school shooting, the professional and personal become intertwined, and he suspects that whoever is behind the crime may be connected to his own family tragedy.
As Marsh and his partner Remy investigate the shooting, they discover that it is far from straightforward, and their search for answers leads them to a conspiracy at the highest levels of local government–including within the police force. The stakes in the case become increasingly high, culminating in a showdown that has Marsh questioning everything he knows, and wondering if some secrets are better left undiscovered. (G.P. Putnam’s Sons)
Karen Dionne is the USA Today and #1 internationally bestselling author of the award-winning psychological suspense novel The Marsh King’s Daughter and The Wicked Sister, published by G.P. Putnam’s Sons in the U.S. and in 25 other countries. She enjoys nature photography and lives with her husband in Detroit’s northern suburbs.

Vroman's: Jonathan Evison with Tod Goldberg discusses Legends of the North Cascades
2021-06-17 18:00 | CA
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Dave Cartwright used to be good at a lot of things: good with his hands, good at solving problems, good at staying calm in a crisis. But on the heels of his third tour in Iraq, the fabric of Dave’s life has begun to unravel. Gripped by PTSD, he finds himself losing his home, his wife, his direction. Most days, his love for his seven-year-old daughter, Bella, is the only thing keeping him going. When tragedy strikes, Dave makes a dramatic decision: the two of them will flee their damaged lives, heading off the grid to live in the wilderness of the Pacific Northwest.
As they carve out a home in a cave in that harsh, breathtaking landscape, echoes of its past begin to reach them. Bella retreats into herself, absorbed by visions of a mother and son who lived in the cave thousands of years earlier, at the end of the last ice age. Back in town, Dave and Bella themselves are rapidly becoming the stuff of legend–to all but those who would force them to return home.
As winter sweeps toward the North Cascades, past and present intertwine into a timeless odyssey. Poignant and profound, Legends of the North Cascades brings Jonathan Evison’s trademark vibrant, honest voice to bear on an expansive story that is at once a meditation on the perils of isolation and an exploration of the ways that connection can save us. (Algonquin Books)

Vroman's: Special Story Time with Ame Dyckman & Eda Kaban presenting The New Kid Has Fleas
2021-06-19 11:00 | CA
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From bestselling author Ame Dyckman and illustrator Eda Kaban, The New Kid Has Fleas is a hilarious picture book about a new kid in school who appears to have been raised by wolves.
There’s a new kid in class, and they’re . . . different.
They dress different. Talk different. Eat different.
And the word on the playground is: they have fleas.
But, one of their classmates wonders, what if we got to know the new kid? Visited their home (wolves’ den)? Met their parents (wolves)? Shared a snack (squirrels)?
Maybe then the new kid wouldn’t be so bad after all.
School’s in session for a howlingly fun “lesson” in preconceptions, differences, rumors, karma, and not just being the new kid, but befriending them. (Roaring Brook Press)

University Club: Sunday Champagne Brunch
2021-06-20 10:00 - 13:00 | CA
Sunday Champagne Brunch
Sunday, June 20, 2021 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Celebrate Father’s Day with Brunch at the Club! More details coming soon.

University Club: Lobster Night
2021-06-23 18:00 | CA
Lobster Night
Wednesday, June 23, 2021 6:00 PM
More Details Coming Soon!

Vroman's: Yehudi Mercado with Raina Telgemeier discusses Chunky
2021-06-24 18:00 | CA
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In this full-color middle grade graphic memoir for fans of Raina Telgemeier and Jerry Craft, Yehudi Mercado draws inspiration from his childhood struggle with his weight while finding friendship with his imaginary mascot, Chunky, as he navigates growing up in a working class Mexican-Jewish family.
Hudi needs to lose weight, according to his doctors. Concerned about the serious medical issue Hudi had when he was younger, his parents push him to try out for sports. Hudi would rather do anything else, but then he meets Chunky, his imaginary friend and mascot. Together, they decide to give baseball a shot.
As the only Mexican and Jewish kid in his neighborhood, Hudi has found the cheerleader he never had. Baseball doesn’t go well (unless getting hit by the ball counts), but the two friends have a great time drawing and making jokes. While Hudi’s parents keep trying to find the right sport for Hudi, Chunky encourages him to pursue his true love–comedy.
But when Hudi’s dad loses his job, it gets harder for Hudi to chart his own course, even with Chunky’s guidance. Can Chunky help Hudi stay true to himself or will this friendship strike out? (Katherine Tegen Books)

626 Day
2021-06-26 | CA
Part of what makes Pasadena so unique is its people and the diverse backgrounds they all bring to the area. On Saturday, June 26, 2021, the City of Pasadena and Visit Pasadena invites you to explore the town and celebrate Pasadena 626 Day! Restaurants, museums, and retailers across the city and in Playhouse Village will be helping to showcase all there is to offer, and are providing special promotions, offers, giveaways, and more just for this special day. (The following discounts and promotions are for one day only unless stated otherwise.)
See who’s participating with 626 specials you can find in Playhouse Village at our blog. Check out more deals and places to visit here.

SCCM: Saturday Sing-Along
2021-06-26 10:30, 2021-06-26 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 Liz Climo & Jory John presenting Summer Camp Critter Jitters
2021-06-26 11:00 | CA
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The beloved critters are nervous about going off to camp in this hilarious and reassuring companion book to New York Times bestselling author Jory John and critically acclaimed illustrator Liz Climo’s First Day Critter Jitters.
Some familiar faces and some new ones meet up at summer camp . . . and they all feel nervous! There’s a duck afraid everyone will find out he can’t swim, a bear afraid of noises in the woods, and a sloth who worries he’ll have to catch his own lunch. But can they get over their nerves to have some fun and make new friends? (Dial Books)

SCCM: Story and Craft
2021-06-28 10:30, 2021-06-28 15:00, 2021-06-29 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: Nobuko Miyamoto discusses Not Yo’ Butterfly
2021-06-28 18:00 | CA
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A mold-breaking memoir of Asian American identity, political activism, community, and purpose.
Not Yo’ Butterfly is the intimate and unflinching life story of Nobuko Miyamoto–artist, activist, and mother. Beginning with the harrowing early years of her life as a Japanese American child navigating a fearful west coast during World War II, Miyamoto leads readers into the landscapes that defined the experiences of twentieth-century America and also foregrounds the struggles of people of color who reclaimed their histories, identities, and power through activism and art.
Miyamoto vividly describes her early life in the racialized atmosphere of Hollywood musicals and then her turn toward activism as an Asian American troubadour with the release of A Grain of Sand–considered to be the first Asian American folk album. Her narrative intersects with the stories of Yuri Kochiyama and Grace Lee Boggs, influential in both Asian and Black liberation movements. She tells how her experience of motherhood with an Afro-Asian son, as well as a marriage that intertwined Black and Japanese families and communities, placed her at the nexus of the 1992 Rodney King riots–and how she used art to create interracial solidarity and conciliation.
Through it all, Miyamoto has embraced her identity as an Asian American woman to create an antiracist body of work and a blueprint for empathy and praxis through community art. Her sometimes barbed, often provocative, and always steadfast story is now told. (University of California Press)
