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SCCM: Obon Week: Wednesday, (Storytime featuring Suki’s Kimono and then learn how to make yukata puppets)

Southern California Children's Museum 459 E. Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA, United States

Playhouse Village invites you to join in the inaugural Obon Week, celebrating the traditional Japanese holiday of honoring loved ones. From August 12 – 17, visitors can enjoy activities such as making miniature Torii, exploring a koi fish sensory bin, creating yukata puppets, and crafting floating lanterns. Special guests include performers from Makoto Taiko, author […]

Free With Admission

Vroman’s Bookstore: Daniel A. Olivas, in conversation with Stephanie Yu, discusses My Chicano Heart

Vroman's Bookstore 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, United States

My Chicano Heart is a collection of author Daniel A. Olivas’s favorite previously published tales about love, along with five new stories, that explore the complex, mysterious, and occasionally absurd machinations of people who simply want to be appreciated and treasured. Readers will encounter characters who scheme, search, and flail in settings that are sometimes fantastical […]

Free
Event Series SoCal Children’s Museum: Bilingual Circle Time

SCCM: Bilingual Circle Time

Southern California Children's Museum 459 E. Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA, United States

Enjoy a fun day at Southern California Children's Museum with an interactive Spanish-English story time or sing-along! This program is for native speakers and those seeking exposure to a new language. Free for the public every Thursday afternoon. *Event is free with the price of admission

Free with Admission

Vroman’s Bookstore: Hala Khouri, Tessa Hicks Peterson, Nkem Ndefo, and Valerie Thomas discuss Practicing Liberation

Vroman's Bookstore 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, United States

Practicing Liberation reorients collective justice work toward a model that transforms the effects of injustice, harm, and oppressive systems into resilience, joy, and community care. Through frameworks like trauma-informed methodology, transformative movement organizing, engaged Buddhism, and healing justice, editors Hala Khouri and Tessa Hicks Peterson show readers how to: -Embody healing, wellness, and beloved community -Guard […]

Free
Event Series SoCal Children’s Museum: Wild California Explorers Fridays

SCCM: Wild California Explorers Fridays

Southern California Children's Museum 459 E. Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA, United States

Did you know that the Washingtonia filifera is the only species of palm tree indigenous to California? Learn more about our amazing state through games, scavenger hunts, and craft projects every Friday at the Southern California Children's Museum! *Event is free with the price of admission

Free with Admission

Vroman’s Bookstore: IN-STORE TICKETED: Maria Bamford and Scott Marvel Cassidy sign Hogbook and Lazer Eyes

Vroman's Bookstore 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, United States

Fans of Maria Bamford’s acclaimed quasi-autobiographical Lady Dynamite! Netflix series already know of her romance with LA painter Scott Marvel Cassidy, as well as her droll pug sidekicks Blueberry and Bert.Now the story has been recounted in the graphic novella Hogbook and Lazer Eyes, written by Bamford/Cassidy, drawn by Cassidy, and all told by the […]

Free
Event Series Archetype Yoga: Sound Bath Experience

Archetype Yoga: Sound Bath Experience

Archetypa Yoga 638 e colorado ave, pasadena, CA, United States

Join Archetype Yoga for a transformative Sound Bath Experience! This special event invites you to disconnect and embrace the power of deep listening. During a Sound Bath, similar to meditation, your body gradually transitions from a busy mind to a serene theta state. This soothing experience utilizes sound as a therapeutic medium to express and […]

$30

USC PAM: Workshop@PAM: Object Stories: A Writing Workshop with Narrated Objects inspired by Searching for Home: Stories of Displacement and Survival

USC Pacific Asia Museum 46 North Los Robles Avenue, Pasadena, CA, United States

Explore the power of objects. Objects, like people, can tell you where they come from, can evoke emotion, and tell stories of love, loss, displacement, struggle, and so much more. Join Andrea Richards from the creative collective Narrated Objects as she guides participants through writing and meditation exercises aimed at unlocking the storytelling potential within […]

Free
Event Series SoCal Children Museum: Saturday Sing-Along

SCCM: Saturday Sing-Along

Southern California Children's Museum 459 E. Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA, United States

Southern California Children's Museum presents Saturday Sing Along! 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! *Free with the price of Admission

Free with Admission

Vroman’s Summer Reading Program – Hero’s Return

Vroman's Bookstore 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, United States

HERO’S RETURN Join us in the event space at 11am for a battle with the FINAL BOSS: Mr. Steve, in a video game and adventure-themed storytime. And be sure to stop by the Kid’s Info Desk with your QUEST LOG anytime from 11am-2pm to COLLECT YOUR LOOT: cold snacks, $5 Vroman’s gift cards, and more!

Free

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