SCCM: Story and Craft
2021-09-14 10:30, 2021-09-20 10:30, 2021-09-20 15:00, 2021-09-21 10:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | 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: Maria Amparo Escandón, in conversation with Alex Espinoza, discusses L.A. Weather
2021-09-14 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/gvh3ow34

L.A. is parched, dry as a bone, and all Oscar, the weather-obsessed patriarch of the Alvarado family, desperately wants is a little rain. He’s harboring a costly secret that distracts him from everything else. His wife, Keila, desperate for a life with a little more intimacy and a little less Weather Channel, feels she has no choice but to end their marriage. Their three daughters–Claudia, a television chef with a hard-hearted attitude; Olivia, a successful architect who suffers from gentrification guilt; and Patricia, a social media wizard who has an uncanny knack for connecting with audiences but not with her lovers–are blindsided and left questioning everything they know. Each will have to take a critical look at her own relationships and make some tough decisions along the way.
With quick-wit and humor, Maria Amparo Escandón follows the Alvarado family as they wrestle with impending evacuations, secrets, deception, and betrayal, and their toughest decision yet: whether to stick together or burn it all down. (Flatiron Books)

El Portal: 23nd Annual Tequila Tasting
2021-09-14 18:00 - 21:00 | El Portal Restaurant, 695 East Green Street , Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
This year promises to be a special one as El Portal celebrates 23 years of this fun and fantastic event. Gather in the El Portal courtyard for a grand evening: of Live music, raffles, bocadillos (appetizers), and of course…mucho tequila!

Pasadena International Film Festival
2021-09-14 18:00 - 23:59, 2021-09-15 18:00 - 23:59, 2021-09-16 14:00 - 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.

Pasadena Presbyterian: Music at Noon
2021-09-15 12:00, 2021-09-22 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.

The Mixx: Conga Tropicales Salsa Night
2021-09-16 20:00 | The Mixx, 443 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States

SCCM: Wild California Explorers
2021-09-17 11:00, 2021-09-24 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
2021-09-17 15:00, 2021-09-24 15:00 | Southern California Children’s Museum, 459 E. Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA, 91011, United States

Boston Court: Playwrights' Group: Lions
2021-09-18 10:00 | Boston Court Pasadena, 70 N. Mentor Ave., Pasadena, CA, 91206, United States
PLAYWRIGHTS’ GROUP: LIONS
SEPT 18, 10AM PT

by Jihan Crowther

At a possibly haunted party, Wallis, the world’s worst hostess, attempts to entertain her guests—one of whom is hellbent on commandeering her home before the night is over. When unexpected secrets surface, the party takes a startling turn. Soon everyone is forced to choose sides as the chaos inside begins to reflect the turmoil brewing outside.
The next new play from the Boston Court Playwrights’ Group is one you won’t want to miss!
P.S. All of our 2021 Playwrights’ Group readings will be presented via Zoom. We know that most of us are no strangers to the platform, but feel free to email Help Desk at helpdesk@bostoncourtpasadena.org if you have any questions!

SCCM: Saturday Sing-Along
2021-09-18 10:30, 2021-09-18 15:00, 2021-09-25 10:30 | 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 Jonathan Stutzman & Dan Santat presenting Bear is a Bear
2021-09-18 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/m19baems

A gorgeous, classic gift book about the enduring love between a little girl and her childhood friend, Bear, from popular author Jonathan Stutzman and Caldecott Medal-winning and #1 New York Times bestselling illustrator Dan Santat.
Bear is . . . a new friend, a fellow mischief-maker, a protector, and a dreamer.
Through all the many ups and downs of a little girl’s childhood, Bear is there to provide love and support. Until it is time to say goodbye . . . and hello again.
Bear Is a Bear is a tender and surprising tribute to the beloved companions of our childhoods. (Balzer & Bray/Harperteen)

Vroman's: T.C. Boyle discusses Talk to Me
2021-09-18 16:00 | 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/le96paf9
When animal behaviorist Guy Schermerhorn demonstrates on a TV game show that he has taught Sam, his juvenile chimp, to speak in sign language, Aimee Villard, an undergraduate at Guy’s university, is so taken with the performance that she applies to become his assistant. A romantic and intellectual attachment soon morphs into an interspecies love triangle that pushes hard at the boundaries of consciousness and the question of what we know and how we know it.
What if it were possible to speak to the members of another species–to converse with them, not just give commands or coach them but to really have an exchange of ideas and a meeting of minds? Did apes have God? Did they have souls? Did they know about death and redemption? About prayer? The economy, rockets, space? Did they miss the jungle? Did they even know what the jungle was? Did they dream? Make wishes? Hope for the future?
These are some the questions T.C. Boyle asks in his wide-ranging and hilarious new novel Talk to Me, exploring what it means to be human, to communicate with another, and to truly know another person–or animal… (Ecco Press)

The Mixx: The Mercury Wheel
2021-09-19 19:00 | The Mixx, 443 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States

Vroman's: Stuart Neville discusses The House of Ashes
2021-09-20 13:00 | 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/m19baems

Sara Keane’s husband, Damien, has uprooted them from England and moved them to his native Northern Ireland for a “fresh start” in the wake of her nervous breakdown. Sara, who knows no one in Northern Ireland, is jobless, carless, friendless–all but a prisoner in her own house. When a blood-soaked old woman beats on the door, insisting the house is hers before being bundled back to her care facility, Sara begins to understand the house has a terrible history her husband never intended for her to discover. As the two women form a bond over their shared traumas, Sara finds the strength to stand up to her abuser, and Mary–silent for six decades–is finally ready to tell her story . . .
Through the counterpoint voices–one modern Englishwoman, one Northern Irish farmgirl speaking from half a century earlier–Stuart Neville offers a chilling and gorgeous portrait of violence and resilience in this truly haunting narrative. (Soho Crime)

Mercadito Monarca: Paint n Sip Night
2021-09-22 18:30 - 20:30 | El Portal Restaurant, 695 East Green Street , Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Noche de Pintura y Cultura!
Join us for Hummingbird Paint n Sip Night Wednesday, September 22 from 6:30pm-8:30pm at our neighbor El Portal Mexican Restaurant’s outdoor patio.
Local artist, Mextica, will guide us through creating our very own unique take home masterpiece that captures the Natural beauty and essence of the hummingbird. Hope you can join us, seats are limited.
What’s included:

Canvas and all paint materials
One margarita or beverage of equal price or less
Exclusive after hours shopping time at Mercadito Monarca
Free parking on site (696 E. Green St. Pasadena, CA 91101)
A fun and memorable time!

IMPORTANT NOTICE – In response to the concerns over the Delat Variant, we have reduced our class size and will do our best to accomodate one party per table. However, if there are less than 4 people in your party, you may be seated with other participants. We ask that you wear your face mask when not eating.
What to bring:

Your friends, compadres, prim@s, parents y mas!
Personal Apron (if you don’t have one, aprons are available to be borrowed or for purchase at Mercadito Monarca)
Your smile and good vibes!!

–Food and drinks will be available for purchase from El Portal during the workshop, however, we encourage you to come early and have a full sit down dinner before class begins. Please let them know you are there with Mercadito Monarca.

**TICKETS ARE NON-REFUNDABLE** Please do call or text us at 626-708-0429 if you have any questions.

SCCM: Bilingual Circle Time
2021-09-23 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: “There Is Another World”: Creative Writing Workshop
2021-09-23 16:00 | CA
“There Is Another World”: Creative Writing in Response to Divine Immersion: The Experiential Art of Nick Dong with Mushim Patricia Ikeda

“There is another world, and it is in this one.” -French poet Paul Éluard.
This is a fun creative writing class, open to all, including Deaf and Blind participants.
Join us for brief, guided journaling exercises in response to meditative video clips and music from the USC Pacific Asia Museum’s exhibition Divine Immersion: The Experiential Art of Nick Dong. No previous writing experience is required.
Mushim Patricia Ikeda is a published author of poetry, essays, and creative nonfiction. She is also a well-known mindfulness meditation teacher and a core teacher at East Bay Meditation Center in Oakland, California. www.mushimikeda.com
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 a week before the event.
More about Mushim Patricia Ikeda :
Mushim Patricia Ikeda is a core teacher of mindfulness meditation and Buddhism at East Bay Meditation Center in Oakland, California. She is also a writer of poetry, essays, and creative nonfiction published in various arts and Buddhist anthologies and journals. East Bay Meditation Center is based in a commitment to diversity, equity, social justice, and radical inclusivity for people of all abilities.

Cost: FREE

Vroman's: Richard Powers Bewilderment
2021-09-23 18:00 | CA
In conjunction with Point Reyes Books and Diesel, a Bookstore, we present Richard Powers, who will discuss Bewilderment his highly anticipated follow-up to his Pulitzer Prize winning The Overstory.
This event will be streamed on the Point Reyes Books Crowdcast channel.
Register here: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/bewilderment/register

Longlisted for the 2021 Booker Prize
Bewilderment is a heartrending new novel from the Pulitzer Prize–winning and #1 New York Times best-selling author of The Overstory.
Named one of the Most Anticipated Books of 2021 by New York Magazine, Chicago Tribune, BookPage, Literary Hub, The Millions, New Statesman, and Times of London
The astrobiologist Theo Byrne searches for life throughout the cosmos while single-handedly raising his unusual nine-year-old, Robin, following the death of his wife. Robin is a warm, kind boy who spends hours painting elaborate pictures of endangered animals. He’s also about to be expelled from third grade for smashing his friend in the face. As his son grows more troubled, Theo hopes to keep him off psychoactive drugs. He learns of an experimental neurofeedback treatment to bolster Robin’s emotional control, one that involves training the boy on the recorded patterns of his mother’s brain…
With its soaring descriptions of the natural world, its tantalizing vision of life beyond, and its account of a father and son’s ferocious love, Bewilderment marks Richard Powers’s most intimate and moving novel. At its heart lies the question: How can we tell our children the truth about this beautiful, imperiled planet?
Richard Powers has published thirteen novels. He is a MacArthur Fellow and received the National Book Award. His most recent book, The Overstory, won the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction. He lives in the Great Smoky Mountains.
PLEASE NOTE: This is not a Vroman’s Live event. We have partnered with Point Reyes Books and Diesel, a Bookstore for this virtual event to be held via Crowdcast hosted by Point Reyes Books.

Boston Court Pasadena: NT LIVE: Cyrano De Bergerac
2021-09-24 - 2021-09-26 | Boston Court Pasadena, 70 N. Mentor Ave., Pasadena, CA, 91206, United States
NT LIVE: CYRANO DE BERGERAC
SEPT 24-26

By Edmond Rostand, in a new version by Martin Crimp
Directed by Jamie Lloyd
James McAvoy (X-Men, Atonement) returns to the stage in an inventive new adaptation of Cyrano de Bergerac, filmed live on the London’s West End.
Fierce with a pen and notorious in combat, Cyrano almost has it all – if only he could win the heart of his true love Roxane. There’s just one big problem: he has a nose as huge as his heart. Will a society engulfed by narcissism get the better of Cyrano – or can his mastery of language set Roxane’s world alight?
Edmond Rostand’s masterwork is adapted by Martin Crimp and directed by Jamie Lloyd (Betrayal). This classic play will be brought to life with linguistic ingenuity to celebrate Cyrano’s powerful and resonant resistance against overwhelming odds.
Run time: 3 hours, including one intermission
SINGLE TICKETS ON SALE AUGUST 23.

THE BEST OF BRITISH THEATRE.
ON A CINEMA SCREEN NEAR YOU.
National Theatre Live brings the best of British theatre to cinema screens all over the UK and beyond, from Tokyo to San Francisco.
With state-of-the-art filming techniques, tailored to every play, we bring you each performance as it happens, in all its glory. From close-ups that capture every flicker of emotion, to sweeping wide shots of the stage.
Whether you come along to the live broadcast, or catch one of many replays, you’ll have the best seats in the house.
And you’ll be part of something much bigger. There’ll be thousands of others all around the world watching along with you. Sharing every gasp, every laugh, every dramatic moment.

Vroman's: Marisa Kanter, in conversation with Becky Albertalli
2021-09-24 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/y0x0ihqv

Lifelong rivals Natalie and Reid have never been on the same team. So when their school’s art budget faces cutbacks, of course Natalie finds herself up against her nemesis once more. She’s fighting to direct the school’s first ever student-written play, but for her small production to get funding, the school’s award-winning band will have to lose it. Reid’s band. And he’s got no intention of letting the show go on.
But when their rivalry turns into an all-out prank war that goes too far, Natalie and Reid have to face the music, resulting in the worst compromise: writing and directing a musical. Together. At least if they deliver a sold-out show, the school board will reconsider next year’s band and theater budget. Everyone could win.
Except Natalie and Reid.
Because after spending their entire lives in competition, they have absolutely no idea how to be co-anything. And they certainly don’t know how to deal with the feelings that are inexplicably, weirdly, definitely developing between them… (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)
