Playhouse Village Association

The Mixx: Cumbia Dance Fiesta
2022-07-21 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | The Mixx, 443 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
CUMBIANGELES returns to Pasadena with another FREE night of Cumbia Dancing and Open Mic Dance Fiesta with resident DJ Sloepoke and special guests at The Mixx.

The Mixx: Cool Summer Party
2022-07-22 20:00 | The Mixx, 443 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Dive into Summer with a Flashback 80s and Rock En Español Ladies Night with two of LA’s Coolest female DJs: DJ Malvada and Scarlett Casanova of the famed Hang The DJs Dance Party.

Vroman's: Maddie Frost presents Iguana Be a Dragon
2022-07-23 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! Visit www.vromansbookstore.com to purchase your copy of the book from Vroman’s.
CROWDCAST REGISTRATION LINK: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/maddie-frost-presents
Iguana Be a Dragon
When Iguana is invited to new neighbor Cheetah’s pool party, he’s worried that it will be filled with all kinds of interesting animals. And he’s not interesting at all! But what if he became something amazing, like . . . a fire-breathing dragon Iguana has a big plan — could it work, or will it all go up in flames?
Maddie Frost introduces a silly and relatable character who learns that his own unique qualities are actually pretty neat, and the coolest friends will celebrate him for who he is. (Bloomsbury Publishing PLC)

Vroman's: Woodland Critter Crafts
2022-07-23 14:00 | Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Create and draw your own woodland adventure to explore with children’s book illustrator, Sara Luna! She will be leading this craft with guided activity pages for us to draw on and color. Materials will be provided.

Vroman's Local Author's Day (Kids Edition)
2022-07-25 18:00 | CA
Vroman’s Local Author Day (Kids’ Edition) featuring Chris Wieland, Maria McCloud and Jon-Barrett Ingels
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! Visit www.vromansbookstore.com to purchase your copy of the book from Vroman’s.
CROWDCAST REGISTRATION LINK: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/vromans-local-author-day-2
Chris Wieland presents The Crabtree Monsters
Moving from Los Angeles to tiny Crabtree, Michigan, is the last thing thirteen-year-old Kat Dylan wants to do. Crabtree’s seen better days and isn’t what you call welcoming. Worse, the move means living with her gruff Grandpa Nick, the town’s police chief, and having to look after her little brother, Alec.
And that’s before Kat and Alec find themselves in the middle of a bank holdup by the Monster Gang—four robbers in monster masks. Before the heist is over, the kids lose their cash and Alec comes within a hair of losing his life. When it is all over, Grandpa Nick goes to jail, accused of being one of the robbers himself.
Suddenly, this boring little town isn’t so boring anymore. Kat’s determined to find out who the men are behind the masks, and she’s going to need help. But exposing the robbers could have big consequences. The deeper Kat goes, the more she learns life is about making choices, including some that are a matter of life and death.
Maria McCloud presents Kash’s Hats
Kash and his adventurous hats give him the power to dream. One day he’s an artist, the next a chef or cowboy. See how many ways Kash’s Hats can power your imagination.
Jon-Barrett Ingels presents Running of the Noses
There are a lot of books for kids about snot, but not so many that combine humor, instruction, and great storytelling the way Running of the Noses does.
Nicco feels terrible about his runny nose, but Piper is sure she can cheer him up! She tells him about how trees talk to mushrooms to stop getting sick, tells him wild tales about other out-of-control runny noses, and even shares a story about herself as a snot-sneezing dragon. But Nicco is still worried – will he have to go to the doctor? Will he have to get a SHOT?! Piper’s not sure, but she lends him Bird—with Bird to keep him company, Nicco can be brave. As it turns out, neither doctors nor runny noses are as bad as they seem.
Running of the Noses gently acknowledges and validates the anxiety many kids feel about being sick and visiting the doctor while still offering reassuring advice. Piper’s upbeat character and the dynamic, comic-book style illustrations are the perfect antidotes to feeling under the weather. Peppered throughout the story and offered in a Q&A at the end are facts to help readers understand what a runny nose is and how it protects their bodies.
Running of the Noses is funny, entertaining, and reassuring—and just in time for Spring allergies.

Vroman's: Sarah James discusses The Women with Two Shadows
2022-07-26 19:00 | Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Sarah James, in conversation with Julie Claiborne Johnson, discusses The Women with Two Shadows.
The Women with Two Shadows.
Lillian Kaufman hasn’t heard from her twin sister since Eleanor left for a mysterious job at an Army base somewhere in Tennessee. When she learns, on an unexpected phone call, that Eleanor is missing, Lillian takes a train from New York down to Oak Ridge to clear up the matter.
It turns out that the only way into Oak Ridge is to assume Eleanor’s identity, which Lillian plans to do swiftly and perfectly. But Eleanor has vanished without a trace–and she’s not the only one. And how do you find someone in a town so dangerous it doesn’t officially exist, when technically you don’t exist either?
Lillian is thrust into the epicenter of the gravest scientific undertaking of all time, with no idea who she can trust. And the more she pretends to be Eleanor, the more she loses her grip on herself. (Sourcebooks Landmark)

The Mixx: Noche de Rock en Espanol
2022-07-28 20:00 | The Mixx, 443 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Llego el tiempo para gozar y celebrar nuestra cultura y musica favorita. Un tributo en vivo al Rock En Español con Golden State Band en vivo en The Mixx.

University Club: BBQ Americano
2022-07-29 17:00 - 21:00 | University Club of Pasadena, 175 N. Oakland Ave., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
BBQ Americano is back for one night only! Featuring a BBQ Americano buffet dinner and live music from The Main Street Grovers.
Reservations Only: Please call (626) 793-5157 or email frontdesk@universityclubpasadena.com.

Boston Court: NT LIVE - No Man's Land
2022-07-29 19:30 - 21:00 | Boston Court Pasadena, 70 N. Mentor Ave., Pasadena, CA, 91206, United States
This is an in-person screening! National Theatre Live brings the best of British theatre to Boston Court. With state-of-the-art filming techniques, tailored to every play, National Theatre Live 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.
About the Play
Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart lead the cast in this glorious revival of Harold Pinter’s comic classic.
One summer’s evening, two ageing writers, Hirst and Spooner, meet in a Hampstead pub and continue their drinking into the night at Hirst’s stately house nearby. As the pair become increasingly inebriated, and their stories increasingly unbelievable, the lively conversation soon turns into a revealing power game, further complicated by the return home of two sinister younger men.
Following a hit run on Broadway, No Man’s Land was captured from the West End in London in 2016.

Vroman's: Antoinette Portis presents A Seed Grows
2022-07-30 11:00 | Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
“A seed falls,
And settles into the ground,
And the Sun shines,
And the rain comes down,
And the seed grows…”
To understand how a seed becomes a sunflower, you have to peek beneath the soil and wait patiently as winding roots grow, a stalk inches out of the earth, and new seeds emerge among blooming petals.
With evocative and lively illustrations, A Seed Grows offers a close-up view of each step of this process and the ways in which flowers and seeds depend on other creatures, with a striking fold-out spread of a full-grown sunflower and additional material at the back of the book explaining the science of plant life cycles.
Antoinette Portis is the author of A New Green Day, a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year and NCTE Notable Book in Poetry, as well as the Sibert Honor winning Hey, Water! (Neal Porter Books)

Vroman's: Rooted in Reading: End of Summer Party (Vroman's Reading Program)
2022-08-06 14:00 | Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Come join Vroman’s for one last hurrah to their Nature Adventurers! You all have traveled far and wide this summer, so they can’t wait to celebrate with Storytime, a photo booth, crafts, sweet treats, and more! Vroman’s will begin handing out prizes for having completed your Nature Exploration after this event!

Vroman's: Rebecca Woolf discusses All of This: A Memoir of Death and Desire
2022-08-16 19:00 | Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Rebecca Woolf, in conversation with Diablo Cody, discusses All of This: A Memoir of Death and Desire.
After years of struggling in a tumultuous marriage, writer Rebecca Woolf was finally ready to leave her husband. Two weeks after telling him she wanted a divorce, he was diagnosed with stage four pancreatic cancer. Four months later, at the age of forty-four, he died.
In All of This, Woolf chronicles the months before her husband’s death–and her rebirth after he was gone. With rigorous honesty and incredible awareness, she reflects on the end of her marriage: how her husband’s illness finally gave her the space to make peace with his humanity and her own.
Stunning, compelling, and brilliantly nuanced, All of This is one woman’s story of embracing the complexities of grief without shame–as a mother, a widow, and a sexual being–and emerging on the other side of a relationship with gratitude and relief. (HarperOne)

Boston Court: NT LIVE - The Book of Dust
2022-08-19 19:30 - 21:30 | Boston Court Pasadena, 70 N. Mentor Ave., Pasadena, CA, 91206, United States
This is an in-person screening! National Theatre Live brings the best of British theatre to Boston Court. With state-of-the-art filming techniques, tailored to every play, National Theatre Live 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.
About the Play
Set twelve years before the epic His Dark Materials trilogy, this gripping adaptation revisits Philip Pullman’s fantastical world in which waters are rising and storms are brewing.
Two young people and their demons, with everything at stake, find themselves at the centre of a terrifying manhunt. In their care is a tiny child called Lyra Belacqua, and in that child lies the fate of the future. And as the waters rise around them, powerful adversaries conspire for mastery of Dust: salvation to some, the source of infinite corruption to others.
Eighteen years after his ground breaking production of His Dark Materials at the National Theatre, director Nicholas Hytner returns to Pullman’s parallel universe. Filmed live at London’s Bridge Theatre.

Ice House: Charla Lauriston (Live Taping)
2022-10-08 22:03 | CA
When: Wednesday, Apr 3, 2019 8:30 PM (Doors open at 7:30 PM)
Ticket Price: $17.50
Door Time: 7:30 PM
Show Type: Stand Up
Showroom: Stage 2
Restrictions: 21 & over
Two drink minimum
Special Event

Charla Lauriston is a stand-up comedian and television writer hailing from New
York by way of Boston by way of Haiti. Charla has written for Unbreakable
Kimmy Schmidt, Comedy Central’s ‘Why? W/ Hannibal Buress’, TBS’ People of
Earth, and FOX’s Ghosted. She appeared on ‘The Meltdown with Jonah and
Kumail’ on Comedy Central and has been featured at the New York, Brooklyn,
Cape Fear, She-Devil, and Chicago Women’s Funny Festivals. Charla was Joke
of the Week in TimeOut New York and has written pieces for Elle Magazine and
The Root. Her web series, Clench & Release, garnered critical acclaim that
described her as “self-assured and gleefully sarcastic” (WNYC) and “one of the
most exciting and original voices in comedy” (Splitsider). The series was
also featured in Glamour, Indie Wire, Paste Magazine, Bustle, and Comedy
Hype. Charla was listed as one of 8 Black Women Ready for SNL by Essence
Magazine and is a 2018 Sundance New Voices Fellow.

FUMC: Soul Force Sacred Music Festival
2022-10-08 22:03 | CA
Soul Force hits Pasadena with an explosion of performers from around the world celebrating
the relevance and power of nonviolent action today. The Soul Force Sacred Music Festival,
an interfaith celebration of ritual world music, spiritual jazz and dynamic speakers will fill two
stages and an outdoor patio at the historic Methodist church on Colorado Blvd, Pasadena.
This citywide collaboration spans from Friday eve through a special Sunday morning service.
Visit the Soul Force website for lineup and ticket information.

The Battery and Books: Soap Ear: Issue 6 Release Party
2022-10-08 22:03 | CA
Soap Ear: Issue 6 Release Party
Soap Ear will be celebrating the release of their latest collection of essays about experimental music in Los Angeles.
Performers:
Sepand Shahab
Sarah Pitan

T. Boyle's: Bingo Night
2022-10-08 22:03 | CA
Head on over to T. Boyle’s for Sunday Night Bing Nights!
Call (626) 578-0957 for more information.

Dia de los Muertos Festival
2022-10-16 12:00 - 18:00 | The Monarca Collective, 696 E. Colorado Blvd STE 19, Pasadena, 91101, United States
The Playhouse Village Association and Mercadito Monarca Cultural Arts Shop present Día de los Muertos Festival in Playhouse Village, a FREE full day event celebrating the ancient tradition of Día de Los Muertos (Day of the Dead).
Día de Los Muertos Festival brings locals and visitors together to celebrate life and the lives of loved ones who have passed at this create a vibrant, entertaining, cultural ex-perience in Playhouse Village. Día de los Muertos Festival brings back its unique mix of community altars, music, artisan vendors and art workshops in a free, family-friendly event. Mercadito Monarca transforms Arcade Lane into a beautiful Mexican Zócalo that comes alive with performances of dance and music featuring Danza Azteca Yankuititl showcasing Aztec dances and traditional costumes. The showcase contin-ues with Ballet Folklorico group Danza Artes de Mexico performing an array of folk dances from across various regions of Mexico. Guests of all ages can join in the cele-bration with face painting, arts & crafts activities, story time, and shopping amongst ar-tisan craft vendors.

Lyd & Mo: Throwback Thursday
2022-10-20 20:00 | Lyd & Mo Photography, 27 N. Mentor Ave., Pasadena, CA, 91106, United States
An Evening of Singer Songwriters! Throwback Thursday Artists Over 50 featuring original songwriters Chad Watson & Pam Loe, Mark Islam, and Raspin Stuwart.

Bark at the Park: Howl-o-Ween
2022-10-22 10:00 - 13:00 | Playhouse Village Park, 701 Union St, Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Have a howling good time and bring your four-legged canine in their Howl-o-ween costume to a Pet Pawrade walk in the Playhouse Village! Then join us for a Bark at the Park Pawty at the new Playhouse Village Park with costume contests with prizes, puptails and pup cups for dogs, pet caricatures, treat stations, photo-ops, dog run areas, and more fun activities for dogs and humans!
Pre-register for the costume contest at playhousevillage.org/bark or sign up at the information table at the event!

Halloween in Playhouse Village
2022-10-31 16:00 - 18:00 | CA
Celebrate Halloween with activities, games and lots of candy in the Playhouse District. Get creative at a craft stop and trick-or-treat at participating Playhouse District businesses. Look for the orange balloons!
Make sure to follow @playhousevillage on Instagram for a future announcement of the full list of activities and participating businesses!

Lyd & Mo: Forevermore
2022-10-31 19:30 | Lyd & Mo Photography, 27 N. Mentor Ave., Pasadena, CA, 91106, United States
Join Lyd & Mo Photography Studio for a sneak peek at the new play Forevermore: Tea with Edgar Allen Poe, featuring new music by Miss Kelley.
$15 donation.

Pasadena Playhouse: Talking Sondheim
2023-02-11 12:00 | CA
A virtual class series for anyone interested in learning more about Stephen Sondheim, his works, and how he flipped the script on the American musical theater. Taught by Sondheim expert and scholar Gail Leondar-Wright, students of all ages will be immersed in the masterful theater creator’s brilliant rhymes, diving deep into legendary songs like “Finishing the Hat” (Sunday in the Park with George), “Send in the Clowns” and “The Miller’s Son” (A Little Night Music). Whether you’re a musical theater lover who “just doesn’t get Sondheim” or a certified fanatic who knows every word to every song, this class is for you.
Session #1: Introduction
FEBRUARY 11, 2023
12:00 PM
An introduction to the works of Stephen Sondheim, reflections on his impact on contemporary musical theater, and a look at one aspect of his work that most people recognize and appreciate: his brilliant rhymes.

Pasadena Playhouse: Sunday in the Park with George
2023-02-14 20:00, 2023-02-26 19:00 | Pasadena Playhouse, 39 S. El Molino Avenue, Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Experience Sunday at the Park with George at Pasadena Playhouse! On a Sunday afternoon on La Grande Jatte, French artist George Seurat is hoping to find the inspiration to create a masterpiece. As the piece comes together, the people come alive; his mother, his friends, his critics, the woman he loves. Stroke by stroke, dot by Dot, will George create something lasting, something new? Recipient of the 1985 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Sunday in the Park with George is a shimmering musical celebration of “the art of making art.”

USC PAM: Lunar New Year
2023-02-18 11:00 - 17:00 | USC Pacific Asia Museum, 46 North Los Robles Avenue, Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Join USC PAM in moving forward together as we celebrate the Year of the Rabbit (Year of the Cat in Vietnam) at our rescheduled annual Lunar New Year Festival! USC PAM welcomes you back to unite and uplift our community through lively performances, artmaking activities, food, and more!
General admission includes entrance to museum galleries, and art making activities. Event is free but registration is required.

Pasadena Playhouse: Larry Owens’ Sondheimia
2023-02-27 20:00 | Pasadena Playhouse, 39 S. El Molino Avenue, Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Sondheimia: it’s a state of mind. In this curated concert, multi-award-winning musical theatre actor Larry Owens explores time, love, and ambition through the music and lyrics of Stephen Sondheim. Presented by Jeremy O. Harris.

Vroman's Live: Moses Ose Utomi discussing Daughters of Oduma
2023-03-02 18:00 | CA
This is an online event via Crowdcast.
Eat. Dance. Fight.
This is the life of the girls who compete in the Isle’s elite, all-female fighting sport of Bowing. But it isn’t really Dirt’s life anymore. At sixteen, she is old and has retired from competition. Instead, she spends her days coaching the younger sisters of the Mud Fam and dreading her fast-approaching birthday, when she’ll have to leave her sisters to fulfill whatever destiny the Gods choose for her.
Dirt’s young sisters are coming along nicely, and the Mud Fam is sure to win the upcoming South God Bow tournament, which is crucial: the tiny Fam needs the new recruits that come with victory. Then an attack from a powerful rival leaves the Mud without their top Bower, and Dirt is the only one who can compete in the tournament. But Dirt is old, out of shape, and afraid. She has never wanted to be a leader. Victory seems impossible–yet defeat would mean the end of her beloved Fam. And no way is Dirt going to let that happen. (Atheneum Books for Young Readers)

Ice House Comedy: Jesus Trejo
2023-03-02 20:00 | Ice House Comedy Club, 24 N Mentor Ave, Pasadena, CA, 91106
Jesus Trejo is live in the Legendary Room!
Doors Open One Hour Before Show. Show Starts at 8pm.
21+ only with a 2 drink minimum per seat.
Lineups are subject to change.

Ice House Comedy: Joe Bartnick, Kennedy & More
2023-03-02 22:00 | Ice House Comedy Club, 24 N Mentor Ave, Pasadena, CA, 91106
Ice House Presents Joe Bartnick, Kennedy & more live in the Legendary Room!
Doors Open One Hour Before Show. Show Starts at 10pm.
21+ only with a 2 drink minimum per seat.
