Vroman's Bookstore: Vroman's Children's Department Presents Trinity's Watercolor Workshop
2026-04-09 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Vroman’s Children’s Department invites young artists to a watercolor workshop on Thursday, April 9 at 11am, led by Vroman’s resident artist, Trinity. Materials will be provided. Trinity has worked as an educator, bookseller, and book illustrator, and now works as a freelance art instructor. Her contact information and more of her work can be found here.
Instagram: @trinitypoints
Website: pointstrinity.weebly.com
Email: trinityLpoints@gmail.com

Vroman's Bookstore: TICKETED - Terry Crews signs Terry’s Many Hats
2026-04-09 18:00 | Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Terry is a talented kid with big dreams and a whole lot of hats. On the football field, he’s a star, and when he takes off his helmet, he puts on his other hats: in his beret he becomes an artist, in his chef’s hat he cooks, and in his sparkly top hat, he’s a magician!
Everyone’s always telling him he can only be one thing and do one thing. But Terry’s just the kid to prove that his dreams—and his hats—are limitless.
This is a ticketed program and will take place at Vroman’s Bookstore, located at 695 E. Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91101.
Your Eventbrite ticket will include a copy of Terry’s Many Hats, to be handed out at check-in on the night of the program.
This is a book signing only, with a photo opportunity. There will not be a seated conversation.
You will be asked to queue inside and outside of the store. If you need accommodation, please let us know..

Vroman's Bookstore: Jon Lindstrom discusses & signs Hollywood Payback: A Thriller
2026-04-10 19:00 | Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
A struggling Hollywood actor falls into a life of crime in this highly anticipated second novel from Hollywood Hustle author and four-time Emmy Award nominee Jon Lindstrom.
Twenty years ago, Jake Ferguson threw his life away. Once a promising Hollywood actor, he crashed and burned the usual way: with coke, booze, and pills. When that path reached its inevitable end, he made a desperate choice, and an innocent woman was killed. Before being convicted and shipped to Folsom Prison, Jake agreed to testify against his own partners-in-crime as the star witness for the prosecution.
Now Jake’s reentering society–coming home to an LA he no longer recognizes and to a life that has lost all meaning. Then he meets Carla, a waitress who understands him better than he expects, and he begins to believe deliverance may be possible after all. Until one night, a murder is committed right in front of him, and Jake knows he’s been set up.

Vroman's Bookstore: Nadine Takvorian discusses & signs Armaveni: A Graphic Novel of the Armenian Genocide
2026-04-11 15:00 | Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
A bold, autobiographical graphic novel chronicling one girl’s quest to uncover her family’s history during the Armenian genocide.
Nadine loves stories and her mother loves to tell them–all but one. Nadine would give anything to learn about her family’s history in Armenia and Turkey–where they came from and how they came to America–but it is just too painful for her parents. All Nadine knows is that they were caught up in the Armenian genocide.
Until one day the dam bursts. And through that flood of stories and memories, and a trip back to their people’s homelands, Nadine discovers a key to unlocking her own heritage and the courage to speak up when injustice rears its head again.
Told in interwoven historical, contemporary, and fantastical sequences, Armaveni is a gripping graphic novel debut and a much-needed historical document.

Pasadena Playhouse Gala
2026-04-11 17:30 | Pasadena Playhouse, 39 S. El Molino Avenue, Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
The Pasadena Playhouse Gala returns for another year of fundraising, drinks, and live theatre. To reserve a spot or make a donation, please contact Katelin Urgo at kurgo@pasadenaplayhouse.org or 626.704.1030.

Boston Court: Anthony Fung
2026-04-11 20:00 | Boston Court Pasadena, 70 N. Mentor Ave., Pasadena, CA, 91206, United States
Drummer, composer, and Hancock Institute alum Anthony Fung brings his boundary-pushing quartet to Boston Court Pasadena for an evening of dynamic, deeply expressive jazz. A rising voice on the international scene, Fung has performed alongside legends like Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, and Chris Potter, and has collaborated with artists such as Danilo Pérez and Cyrille Aimée. For this performance, he presents original music from his latest album FO(U)RTH — a bold and evocative exploration of identity, rhythm, and the modern jazz landscape.

Vroman's Bookstore: Leonard Maltin & Jessie Maltin discuss & sign Family Movie Night Menus: Recipes & Films for Unforgettable Times Together (Turner Classic Movies)
2026-04-12 14:00 | Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Father-daughter film critics and podcast hosts Leonard Maltin and Jessie Maltin team with Turner Classic Movies for the essential guide to 25 family-friendly classic films, paired with delicious and simple recipes to make movie-watching a next-level experience for all ages.
Family Movie Night Menus is the ultimate guide to family-friendly classic movie viewing. In this volume, bestselling author and critic Leonard Maltin teams with his daughter and Maltin on Movies podcast host Jessie Maltin to help introduce classics in the same way he did with his own family: by sharing the best of the best that’s fit for the enjoyment of a range of ages from pre-school on up. And just like in the Maltin household, enhancing the experience with easy dishes—from snacks to entrees and desserts—inspired by the films to make together only adds to the experience.
Each entry includes a film profile filled with behind-the-scenes stories about the production, stars, and filmmakers; moments to watch (or watch out) for; recommended further viewing; and a recipe inspired by the film to make together before the credits roll and enjoy while watching. The movies span one silent entry (The Kid), through classic horror (Bride of Frankenstein), to legendary stories (The Wizard of Oz), musicals (The Sound of Music), can’t-miss adventures (Star Wars), and modern must-sees (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone).
Other featured titles include: Meet Me in St. Louis (1944), A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945), Singin’ in the Rain (1952), To Kill a Mockingbird(1963), Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory(1973), E.T. the Extra Terrestrial (1982), Princess Bride (1987), Addams Family (1991), The Secret Garden (1993), Enchanted (2007), and more!

Vroman's Bookstore: Kelly Yang, in conversation with Lisa Ling, discusses & signs The Take
2026-04-14 19:00 | Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
A provocative, fast-paced novel about two creative women—a young writer fighting to be heard and an older producer clinging to relevancy—and the age reversal treatment that intertwines both of their lives…from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the beloved Front Desk series
Would you sell your youth for $3 million?
Maggie Wang, a broke young Asian American writer, needs a lifeline. Ingrid Parker, a veteran white Hollywood producer with her career on the edge, offers an irresistible deal: $3 million for ten experimental medical sessions to reverse her aging, using Maggie as a transfusion partner, and mentorship.
For Ingrid, it’s a chance to reboot her fading career. For Maggie, it’s access and freedom—money to support her parents and the connections to finally get her novel published.
What starts as a professional transaction exchanging blood quickly becomes a complex psychological dance. As Maggie gains unprecedented access to Ingrid’s hard-earned wisdom, Ingrid sees in Maggie a weapon against an industry that’s been trying to sideline her.
As their relationship intensifies, the rules around aging begin to shift. So does the balance of power between the two women, leaving both questioning who holds the upper hand and what they’re willing to sacrifice to succeed.
Sharp, timely, and utterly compelling, The Take is perfect for readers of Yellowface and Such a Fun Age—a searing portrait of two women fighting to rewrite their story.

This ticketed event is FREE and will take place at Vroman’s Bookstore, located at 695 E. Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91101.
There is a ticket option that includes a book. A purchase of The Take from Vroman’s is greatly appreciated and makes events like this one possible. For this ticket option, refunds are available until one day before the program.
A public book signing will follow the conversation.
Refunds are available until one day before the program.

Vroman's Bookstore: Storytime with Mr. Steve, Miss Marie and the British Swim School!
2026-04-15 11:00 - 12:00 | Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Vroman’s Bookstore invites families to a splashtastic storytime all about water safety. This fun-filled outdoor event, taking place on April 15 at 11 AM, is perfect for little ones and caregivers eager to learn how to stay safe in and around water.
Mr. Steve and Ms. Marie will lead the storytime with engaging reads that share important lessons about being water wise. Following the program, British Swim School will be on-site to provide water safety information and answer questions.
Families are encouraged to bring their imagination (and maybe their life vests) for a whale of a time filled with stories, learning, and safe swimming tips.

Vroman's Bookstore" Amy Coombe discusses & signs Stay for a Spell
2026-04-15 19:00 | Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
A cursed princess must discover what her heart truly longs for in this charmingly cozy romantic fantasy for everyone who’s ever lost – or found – themselves in a bookshop.
Princess Tanadelle of the Widdenmar is disillusioned with life as a princess. She longs for real conversation, the chance to build a life of her own making, and uninterrupted reading time.
During a routine royal visit to the town of Little Pepperidge, Tandy’s dream comes true when she finds herself cursed to remain in a run-down bookshop until she unlocks her heart’s desire. Certain that someone will figure out how to break the curse eventually, and delighted by the prospect of an entire bookstore of her own, Tandy settles into life among the stacks. She finds it easy to exchange balls and endless state dinners for teetering piles of books and an irritatingly handsome pirate who seems bent on stealing her stock.
She even starts to believe she’s stumbled into her very own happily ever after.
There’s just one, minor problem: as Tandy’s royal duties go unfulfilled, her frantic parents start sending princes to woo her, each one of them certain their kiss will break the curse. After all, what more could a princess want but a prince?

Pasadena Heritage: Pasadena Through a New Lens: A Photographic Exploration of Place and Perspective
2026-04-16 18:00 - 20:00 | Pasadena Heritage, The Blinn House 160 N Oakland Ave, Pasadena, 91101, United States
Pasadena Heritage presents an evening with local photographer Jim Staub, exploring Pasadena and its surrounding communities through a fresh and considered lens. Known for his careful use of light and composition, Staub’s work reexamines both familiar landmarks and quieter, often overlooked spaces, revealing new dimensions within the everyday landscape.
The program features a selection of recent photographs, offering insight into how perspective, timing, and framing shape the way place is seen and understood. Staub shares his approach and influences, with guests invited to engage in conversation about his methodology, vision, and interpretation.
Held at the historic Blinn House, the evening offers an opportunity to experience contemporary photography within a richly layered architectural setting. Refreshments will be provided.
Whether attending with an interest in photography or a curiosity about Pasadena itself, the program invites a closer look at the city and the many ways it can be seen.

Vroman's Bookstore: Lisa Lee, in conversation with Muriel Leung, discusses & signs American Han
2026-04-16 19:00 | Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
“A pulsating signal from the liminal zone where the American dream meets the American nightmare.” –Viet Thanh Nguyen, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sympathizer
Jane and her brother Kevin Kim embody the model minority myth until both depart from the path: Jane drops out of law school without telling her parents, and her brother Kevin gives up his promising tennis career and cuts himself off from the family. Their parents feel equally lost in a country that claims to support them and yet in which they can find no place. When Kevin goes missing, no one recognizes his absence as the warning sign it is, until it erupts in a moment that indicts them all.
Both deeply serious and absurdly funny, AMERICAN HAN is a story about striving and assimilation, difficult love, and family fidelity. A searing and probing portrait that challenges assumptions about the immigrant experience, Lisa Lee’s debut introduces a powerful new voice on the literary landscape.
“A fantastic sleight-of-hand. Lee makes us look one way while all sorts of stuff comes into focus around us. This is a novel about a singular and eccentric family but yields understanding about so much more. A beautiful, important novel that will leave a mark.” — Percival Everett, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of James

Boston Court: NT Live: All My Sons
2026-04-16 19:00 | Boston Court Pasadena, 70 N. Mentor Ave., Pasadena, CA, 91206, United States
Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad) and Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Hard Truths) feature in a five-star, triumphantly acclaimed new production of Arthur Miller’s classic play, from visionary director Ivo Van Hove (A View from the Bridge).
One family, the heart of the American dream. When wartime delivers profits for Joe, it comes at a price when his partner is charged with criminal manufacturing deals, and his eldest son goes missing in action. Will peacetime bring peace of mind, or will he be confronted by the consequence of his actions?
Filmed live from the West End, Paapa Essiedu (I May Destroy You), Tom Glynn-Carney (House of the Dragon), and Hayley Squires (I, Daniel Blake) also feature in this disturbingly prescient play.

Boston Court: Colburn Concerts: Trio Aeris
2026-04-16 20:00 | Boston Court Pasadena, 70 N. Mentor Ave., Pasadena, CA, 91206, United States
Up-and-coming Colburn School artists Martha Chan, Andrea Caputo, and Chi-Jo Lee come together for a stunning evening of flute, clarinet, and piano. Featuring Debussy’s Première rhapsodie, Weber’s Grand duo in Concertant, Shostakovich’s Four Waltzes, and more!

PROGRAM
EMMANUEL Sonata for Flute, Clarinet and Piano (1907)
CHAMINADE Flute Concertino, Op. 107 (1902)
DEBUSSY Première rhapsodie (1909)
GIANOPOULOS Water Music for Flute, Clarinet and Piano (2023-26)
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HERBERT L’Encore for Flute, Clarinet and Piano (1910)
MOZART Rondo in D Major, K.382 (1782)
WEBER Grand duo Concertant, Op.48 (1815-16)
SHOSTAKOVICH Four Waltzes (1955)

Vroman's at The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books @ USC Campus April 18-19, 2026
2026-04-18 10:00 | Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Vroman’s will be at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books at USC campus this year!
Visit us April 18-19, 2026 at the following booths:
Vroman’s Main Booth: 117 | Vroman’s Young Readers: 990 | Book Soup: 088

Pasadena Heritage: The Museum of Me: Learning to Talk About Ourselves for Posterity
2026-04-18 15:00 - 18:00 | Pasadena Heritage, The Blinn House 160 N Oakland Ave, Pasadena, 91101, United States
Joshua Goode is a Professor of History who has also managed a museum studies program and has worked internationally with museums to contemplate how they tell their stories and to whom. He will lead an exercise in all of us becoming the Curator and Director of the Museum of Me, putting on a show about us.
Museums generally rely on objects to convey stories, ideas, knowledge, a sense of culture and belonging, and meaning. Museums can tell collective stories of a people, a nation, a small group, a family, a time, and a place. Museums are also meant to hold collections and tell their stories in perpetuity, to stand the test of time. But they also have to think about the audience. What do they know? How might they react? Who is walking in the front door? Who isn’t visiting? So, in this hands-on activity driven evening, we are going to wear a lot of museum hats to talk about ourselves. We are going to be curators, thinking about how we present ourselves through objects. We are going to be museum directors who want to make sure their audiences are served by the exhibition. And, we will be collections managers who want to know what objects are going to be used and make sure they don’t break!

Third@First: Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles
2026-04-18 16:00 - 17:00 | First United Methodist Church, 500 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
One of LA’s favorite choral groups returns to Third@First.

Boston Court: Delirium Musicum: MusiKaravan
2026-04-18 20:00 | Boston Court Pasadena, 70 N. Mentor Ave., Pasadena, CA, 91206, United States
This intimate musical adventure brings the intrepid quest of Etienne Gara and YuEun Kim’s six-month road trip through snowstorms, tsunamis, and unexpected human interactions to vivid life. The ensemble transforms the delirious energy of Delirium Musicum into more personal musical moments. Performing gorgeously eclectic music for all ages, Etienne Gara (violin), YuEun Kim (violin), and Stella Cho (cello) play pieces from French chansons to Monti’s Czardas, Brahms’ Hungarian Dances to Brazilian and Korean pop tunes, from Vivaldi to Charlie Chaplin.

FUMC: Earth Day
2026-04-19 11:30 - 13:30 | First United Methodist Church, 500 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Pasadena, CA, April 19 at 11:30 a.m. on the Colorado Patio of FUMC Pasadena (500 E. Colorado Blvd.) First United Methodist Church invites the community to join us on Sunday, April 19, as we celebrate Earth Day! This year’s theme, “The Canopy of Creation,” celebrates the many diverse ways we can be good stewards of the planet. This fun event includes information on sustainability practices, children’s activities, plant–based bites, and exhibitors, including My Zero Waste Store, Sierra Club, LA County Youth Climate Commission, Pasadena 100, Altadena Green, and more! They will also have our popular Blessing of the Animals. Bring your well–behaved pet to receive a blessing and a certificate. Photos can also be blessed for pets who can’t join in person. The event will be on our Colorado Patio after worship.
There is free parking in our parking lot on 499 E. Green Street.

Boston Court: NT Live: Mrs. Warren’s Profession
2026-04-19 14:00 | Boston Court Pasadena, 70 N. Mentor Ave., Pasadena, CA, 91206, United States
Five-time Olivier Award winner Imelda Staunton (The Crown) joins forces with her real-life daughter Bessie Carter (Bridgerton) for the very first time, playing mother and daughter in Bernard Shaw’s incendiary moral classic. Vivie Warren is a woman ahead of her time. Her mother, however, is a product of that old patriarchal order. Exploiting it has earned Mrs. Warren a fortune – but at what cost?
Filmed live from the West End, this new production reunites Staunton with director Dominic Cooke (Follies, Good), exploring the clash between morality and independence, traditions and progress.
The run time is approximately 2 hours.

Vroman's Bookstore: Paul Fischer, in conversation with Drew McWeeny, discusses & signs The Last Kings of Hollywood
2026-04-20 19:00 | Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
The untold, intimate story of how three young visionaries–Francis Ford Coppola, George Lucas, and Steven Spielberg–revolutionized American cinema, creating the most iconic films in history while risking everything, redefining friendship, and shaping Hollywood as we know it.
In the summer of 1967, as the old Hollywood studio system was dying, an intense, uncompromising young film school graduate named George Lucas walked onto the Warner Bros backlot for his first day working as an assistant to another up-and-coming, largely-unknown filmmaker, a boisterous father of two called Francis Ford Coppola. At the exact same time, across town on the Universal Studios lot, a film-obsessed twenty-year-old from a peripatetic Jewish family, Steven Spielberg, longed to break free from his apprenticeship for the struggling studio and become a film director in his own right.
Within a year, the three men would become friends. Spielberg, prioritizing security, got his seven-year contract directing television. Lucas and Coppola, hungry for independence, left Hollywood for San Francisco to found an alternative studio, American Zoetrope, and make films without answering to corporate capitalism.
Based on extensive research and hundreds of original interviews with the inner circle of these Hollywood icons, The Last Kings of Hollywood tells the thrilling, dramatic inside story of how, over the next fifteen years, the three filmmakers rivalled and supported each other, fell out and reconciled, and struggled to reinvent popular American cinema. Along the way, Coppola directed The Godfather, then the highest-grossing film of all-time, until Spielberg surpassed it with Jaws — whose record Lucas broke with Star Wars, which Spielberg surpassed again with E.T. By the early 1980s, they were the richest, best-known filmmakers in the world, each with an empire of their own. The Last Kings of Hollywood is an unprecedented chronicle of their rise, their dreams and demons, their triumphs and their failures — intimate, extraordinary, and supremely entertaining.

Vroman's Bookstore: Fiction Reading Group
2026-04-22 19:00 | Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
The Vroman’s Fiction Reading Group explores contemporary fiction -long and short -from a diverse selection of writers. Enjoy lively discussions at our one-hour meetings. Our Fiction Reading Group is free and inclusive – there are no requirements or criteria to join. We announce upcoming titles 3-6 months in advance and choose titles that are available in paperback. Drop by our next meeting!
April’s pick is The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride.

Wollhaus: LA Yarn Crawl
2026-04-23 10:00 - 18:00 | Wollhaus Artisan Yarn & Tools, 696 E. Colorado Blvd. Suite 2, Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
The LA Yarn Crawl is making its way through Playhouse Village, with Wollhaus Pasadena as its third stop on the passport. 🎉 Yarn shops across Los Angeles County are joining the celebration, and it’s not to be missed. Fiber lovers are invited to gather their crew and get ready for the ultimate yarn crawl adventure. Hop from shop to shop, discover new yarns, collect exclusive buttons and tote bags, enjoy free patterns, and enter to win prizes that are sure to delight. 🧶✨

Pasadena Heritage: The Living Spirit of the Arts & Crafts Movement
2026-04-23 17:30 - 18:30 | Blinn House, 160 N. Oakland Ave., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Pasadena Heritage presents an exploration of the Arts & Crafts movement through the work of Julie Leidel, a Roycroft Master Artisan and founder of The Bungalow Craft. This talk considers the movement not only as a historical moment, but as a living philosophy still unfolding today. Beginning with the legacy of Roycroft and Elbert Hubbard—tracing its ideals, influence, and enduring spirit—Leidel reflects on her own path as a Roycroft Artisan within this lineage.
The presentation also delves into a quieter dimension of the Arts & Crafts movement: the often-unspoken thread of symbolism and inner resonance found in historical works. Through her own body of work, Leidel illustrates how these principles continue to evolve, offering a contemporary harmony within the Arts & Crafts tradition and inviting audiences to experience art not just as something seen, but something felt and remembered.

Vroman's Bookstore: Rhae Lynn Barnes & David M. Henkin discuss & sign, Darkology: Blackface and the American Way of Entertainment & Out of the Ballpark: How to Think about Baseball
2026-04-23 19:00 | Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Never before has the disturbing story of blackface and its piercing reflection of American society been so comprehensively told. With Darkology, Princeton historian Rhae Lynn Barnes meticulously unravels the complex, subterranean, and all-too-often expunged history of “Darkology”–the insidious study, commodification, and dehumanization of Black life, through which performers caricatured the enslaved and formerly enslaved for their supposed subservience and happy demeanor.

Given the extraordinary research reflected in Darkology, it’s not surprising that Barnes spent twenty years tracking down “fading photographs, old movies, bureaucratic detritus, moldy scripts, and living witnesses, assembling an impressive archive that allowed her to demonstrate the astonishingly broad reach of blackface minstrelsy” (Laurel Thatcher Ulrich). Painstakingly piecing together these scattered shards of evidence, Barnes reveals the shocking extent to which blackface took center stage in every era of American history.

This was not a fringe activity. By 1830, as political resistance to slavery grew, blackface exploded from a niche performance into a venomous national export. Within a decade, hardly a theater in the country didn’t put on minstrel shows. Following the Civil War, this grotesque entertainment soared, seeping from professional theaters into everyday amateur shows, print, and advertisements. It was everywhere: Elks Clubs, religious institutions, battlefields, universities, and schools. It wasn’t just in the Jim Crow era; it defined it. The very name “Jim Crow” derives from minstrelsy’s founding character.

Darkology dismantles the myth that blackface was a fleeting, post-Civil War phenomenon. Even in eras known for liberal progressivism, it flourished. Barnes unearths the startling fact that four-term president Franklin D. Roosevelt was a devotee who died hours before a blackface show he had commissioned at Warm Springs. It permeated U.S. military bases and was even used in World War II Japanese American concentration camps and German POW camps as a bizarre tool of “Americanization.”

After WWII, the tide began to turn as Black veterans and mothers in places like suburban California protested the practice in schools. Still, blackface performances proved resilient, surfacing as late as 1969 at the University of Vermont. Even as the Civil Rights movement fought for equality, blackface remained present in American politics and white supremacist organizing through the Nixon and Ford administrations, its legacy still percolating in variable forms today.

Vroman's Bookstore: Dave Baker & Nicole Goux discuss & sign Punk'n Heads
2026-04-24 19:00 | Vroman’s Bookstore
This band plays together, lives together…and unfortunately, two of them are sleeping together. Whatever, I’m sure it’s fine. Now put on your punk’n mask and let’s rock!
Hannah Lipsky isn’t sure what’s happening. She dreamed of becoming a fine art painter, but after breaking up with her girlfriend, she suddenly dropped out of art school, moved into a flophouse, and gotten roped into singing in a campy horror-punk band. With costumes. To make things even more complicated, she might be hooking up with her housemate/bandmate/high school crush, Jerry. Wherever this is leading, it’s going to be messy.
Critically acclaimed, Eisner-nominated creators Nicole Goux ( Forest Hills Bootleg Society, Pet Peeves) and Dave Baker ( Everyone Is Tulip, Mary Tyler MooreHawk) join forces for a raucous and revealing new graphic novel about making music, making mistakes, facing your past, and choosing your future.
About the Creators
Dave Baker is a writer and illustrator living in Los Angeles. His previous works include Forest Hills Bootleg Society (Simon & Schuster), Everyone Is Tulip (Dark Horse), and Mary Tyler MooreHawk (Top Shelf), among many others. He’s also written for Cartoon Network’s Ben 10 and the live-action feature film Alien Warfare. When he’s not working, he’s at home practicing his Bela Lugosi impersonation.
Nicole Goux (she/her) is an Eisner Award-nominated illustrator and cartoonist from Los Angeles. She’s the artist of DC’s Shadow of the Batgirl and co-creator of Fuck Off Squad at Silver Sprocket Bicycle Club, Forest Hills Bootleg Society at Simon and Schuster: Atheneaum. She has been published by DC, Dark Horse, IDW, Oni, and Avery Hill. Her most recent comic, This Place Kills Me in collaboration with Mariko Tamaki, is published by Abrams Fanfare.

USC PAM: Yoga@PAM
2026-04-25 10:00 - 12:00 | USC Pacific Asia Museum, 46 North Los Robles Avenue, Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
USC Pacific Asia Museum invites the community to experience Yoga in the USC PAM Courtyard, a one-hour, community-based session designed for all bodies and levels. Led by Amber Kiwan and inspired by Mythical Creatures: The Stories We Carry, the class brings imaginative mythical creature and animal poses to life through movement, breath, and flow.
Tickets include museum admission and free parking.
Amber Kiwan began practicing yoga in 2010, initially seeking a fun workout but discovering a lifelong, healing practice. She has been teaching since 2020, offering classes that are sweaty, grounding, and flowing—encouraging students to challenge themselves while cultivating deeper self-awareness. After living and teaching in New York City and Austin, Amber returned home to Los Angeles, where she currently resides and continues to guide students toward clarity, strength, and inner peace.

Ahiah: Wellness Faire
2026-04-25 10:00 - 17:00 | Ahiah Center For Spiritual Living Pasadena, 150 N El Molino Ave, Pasadena, CA, 91101
Ahiah Center invites the community to enjoy a day of health and wellness faire on April 25. Enjoy a day of rejuvenation and practical wellness practices. All are welcome.

Boston Court: Helix Collective’s Dooby Dooby Moo
2026-04-25 11:00 | Boston Court Pasadena, 70 N. Mentor Ave., Pasadena, CA, 91206, United States
Helix Collective’s delightful live musical story time event for ages 3-7 features Dooby Dooby Moo (the third book in the Click Clack Moo series by Doreen Cronin with illustrations by Betsy Lewin). The book is set to original music by Helix Collective resident composer, Phil Popham, and narrated by Broadway and T.V. actress Rena Strober.
Dooby Dooby Moo continues the story of Farmer Brown’s animals from Click, Clack, Moo, who enter a talent show in an attempt to win a trampoline. Duck leads the rehearsals including the cows’ “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star,” the sheeps’ “Home on the Range,” the pigs’ interpretive dance, and Duck’s own version of Duck in the Wild.
Come meet musicians, explore instruments, and hear Dooby, Dooby, Moo come to life!

Vroman's Bookstore: Luke Goebel, in conversation with Caroline Kepnes, discusses & signs Kill Dick
2026-04-25 15:00 | Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF FOURTEEN STORIES, NONE OF THEM ARE YOURS, CO-WRITER OF the films CAUSEWAY and EILEEN
RECIPIENT OF PRESTIGIOUS RONALD SUKENICK INNOVATIVE FICTION PRIZE AND JOAN SCOTT MEMORIAL FICTION AWARD
“Kill Dick” is a love letter to LA’s darkness and light.”–USA Today
A fever dream, Kill Dick is a literary thriller that plunges into the chaos of Los Angeles, where addiction, privilege, and corruption combust.
At nineteen, Susie Vogelman should be coasting: she’s an NYU dropout with no responsibilities, endless prescription pills, and a Brentwood estate to waste away in. But Los Angeles has other plans. A string of brutal murders targeting addicts spreads through the city, and Susie’s ivory tower begins to crumble. The headlines point too close to home: her father’s ties to an opioid empire, a sinister secret society, and her own complicity in the systems holding it all together.
Then there’s Peter Holiday, a disgraced professor running a rehab scam so audacious it’s almost admirable. When their lives collide, Susie and Peter are dragged into a web of privilege, corruption, and violence, where every escape leads deeper into the rot.
Dark, satirical, and razor-sharp, Kill Dick is a modern literary thriller that unflinchingly dissects wealth, exploitation, and the perilous line between survival and self-destruction.
