SCCM: Bilingual Circle Time
2021-09-09 10:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | 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.

Pasadena International Film Festival
2021-09-09 16:00 - 23:59, 2021-09-10 18:00 - 23:59, 2021-09-11 12:00 - 23:59, 2021-09-12 12:00 - 23:59, 2021-09-13 16:00 - 23:59, 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.

Vroman's: Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodriguez, in conversation with Yesika Salgado
2021-09-09 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/0rgucsrf

The founder of Latina Rebels and a “Latinx Activist You Should Know”(Teen Vogue) arms women of color with the tools and knowledge they need to find success on their own terms.
For generations, Brown girls have had to push against powerful forces of sexism, racism, and classism, often feeling alone in the struggle. By founding Latina Rebels, Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez has created a community to help women fight together. In For Brown Girls with Sharp Edges and Tender Hearts, she offers wisdom and a liberating path forward for all women of color. She crafts powerful ways to address the challenges Brown girls face, from imposter syndrome to colorism. She empowers women to decolonize their worldview, and defy “universal” white narratives, by telling their own stories. Her book guides women of color toward a sense of pride and sisterhood and offers essential tools to energize a movement. May it spark a fire within you. (Seal Press)

El Portal: 22nd Annual Tequila Tasting
2021-09-09 18:00 - 21:00 | El Portal Restaurant, 695 East Green Street , Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
JOIN US ON THE COURTYARD FOR A GRAND EVENING! Our Annual Tequila Tasting Live music,raffles, tequila girls, bocadillos (hors d’oeuvres) and

About this event

JOIN US ON THE COURTYARD FOR A GRAND EVENING!
Our Annual Tequila Tasting
Live music, raffles, tequila girls, bocadillos (hors d’oeuvres) and of course…mucho tequila!
Recommended El Portal:
Face Masks are recommended for all individuals, regardless of vaccination status, to help prevent the spread of COVID-19, Please stay home if you feel sick, even if your symptoms are mild.

SCCM: Wild California Explorers
2021-09-10 11:00, 2021-09-17 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: Saturday Sing-Along
2021-09-11 10:30, 2021-09-11 15:00, 2021-09-18 10:30, 2021-09-18 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 Gillian Sze & Michelle Lee
2021-09-11 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/b9fd0w3m

What is love? a child wonders. What does it feel like, smell like, taste like? How does it move? How long does it last?
And as she prepares a traditional Chinese meal for her family, the child’s mother replies: her love for him is rosy as wolfberries, warm like tea, sweeter than the red dates she puts in his soup. It shines through the water like its own brilliant sun. It goes round and round with no beginning and no end. Because a mother’s love for a child is always there, warm and soft, broad and tender.
In this tender story that pairs beautifully poetic words with brilliantly stunning art, a mother’s love comes alive on the page and wraps readers in its warm embrace. (Philomel Books)

SCCM: Story and Craft
2021-09-13 10:30, 2021-09-13 15:00, 2021-09-14 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: Jarrett Adams discusses Redeeming Justice
2021-09-13 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/p2phyt4b

He was seventeen when an all-white jury sentenced him to prison for a crime he didn’t commit. Now a pioneering lawyer, he recalls the journey that led to his exoneration–and inspired him to devote his life to fighting the many injustices in our legal system.
Seventeen years old and facing nearly thirty years behind bars, Jarrett Adams sought to figure out the why behind his fate. Sustained by his mother and aunts who brought him back from the edge of despair through letters of prayer and encouragement, Adams became obsessed with our legal system in all its damaged glory. After studying how his constitutional rights to effective counsel had been violated, he solicited the help of the Wisconsin Innocence Project, an organization that exonerates the wrongfully convicted, and won his release after nearly ten years in prison.
But the journey was far from over. Adams took the lessons he learned through his incarceration and worked his way through law school with the goal of helping those who, like himself, had faced our legal system at its worst. After earning his law degree, he worked with the New York Innocence Project, becoming the first exoneree ever hired by the nonprofit as a lawyer. In his first case with the Innocence Project, he argued before the same court that had convicted him a decade earlier–and won.
In this cinematic story of hope and full-circle redemption, Adams draws on his life and the cases of his clients to show the racist tactics used to convict young men of color, the unique challenges facing exonerees once released, and how the lack of equal representation in our courts is a failure not only of empathy but of our collective ability to uncover the truth. Redeeming Justice is an unforgettable firsthand account of the limits–and possibilities–of our country’s system of law. (Convergent Books)

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 Presbyterian: Music at Noon
2021-09-15 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 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!

Vroman's: Special Story Time with Jonathan Stutzman & Dan Santat presenting Bear is a Bear
2021-09-18 11:00 | CA
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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
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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)
