Playhouse Village Association

Ice House Comedy: Schaub and Friends
2023-07-28 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Ice House Comedy Club, 24 N Mentor Ave, Pasadena, CA, 91106
Ice House Comedy presents Schaub and Friends. Live in the Legendary Room! 21+ with a 2-item minimum per seat.

Ice House Comedy: Uncensored Comedy with Chaunte Wayans
2023-07-28 22:00 | Ice House Comedy Club, 24 N Mentor Ave, Pasadena, CA, 91106
Ice House Comedy presents Uncensored Comedy with Chaunte Wayans. Live in the Legendary Room! 21+ with a 2-item minimum per seat.

Archetype Yoga: Donation Yoga Class
2023-07-29 12:00 - 13:00 | Archetypa Yoga, 638 e colorado ave, pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Archetype Yoga will be hosting a community class taught by a rotating roster of quality Instructors. Get your body moving and support a good cause! Your donation will go toward support of the Los Angeles LGBT Center or the Playhouse Village Foundation. Donations are accepted upon arrival via Venmo @archetypeyoga. We offer complimentary mats and props, so bring a friend or loved one and meet us on the mat!
Your instructor will guide you through a challenging yet playful yoga practice that fluently weaves together different styles of yoga and breath work. Do not miss the chance to bring joy and serenity to your day with a soul-nourishing class.
Pre-registration is required, a liability waiver must be signed upon arrival and a donation of $5 or more must be made.

Ice House Comedy: Fudge Factor
2023-07-29 19:30 | Ice House Comedy Club, 24 N Mentor Ave, Pasadena, CA, 91106
Ice House Comedy presents Fudge Factor! An improvised standup comedy game show where the audience submits topics for the comedians to riff on. Every member of the audience gets to be a part of the action by writing down suggestions. Then they get to sit back and watch, while the comedians fudge their way through their sets. Live in the California Room! 21+ only with a 2-item minimum per seat.

Ice House Comedy: Max Amini,Lou Lou Gonzalez,Brett Riley
2023-07-29 20:00 | Ice House Comedy Club, 24 N Mentor Ave, Pasadena, CA, 91106
Ice House Comedy presents Max Amini, Lou Lou Gonzalez, and Brett Riley. Live in the Legendary Room! 21+ with a 2-item minimum per seat.

The Mixx Pasadena: Moz Night
2023-07-29 21:00 | The Mixx, 443 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
The Mixx Pasadena presents Moz Night. A live tribute to Morrissey, The Smiths, and Nowhere Fast! Dance and Sing Along to all your favorite Flashback Hits with special guests DJs Jack Tames and Ané Uno.

Ice House Comedy: Sean Porter and Friends
2023-07-29 21:30 | Ice House Comedy Club, 24 N Mentor Ave, Pasadena, CA, 91106
Ice House Comedy presents Sean Porter and Friends. Live in the California Room! 21+ only with a 2-item minimum per seat.

Ice House Comedy: An Evening of Comedy and Jazz
2023-07-29 22:00 | Ice House Comedy Club, 24 N Mentor Ave, Pasadena, CA, 91106
Ice House Comedy presents “An Evening of Jazz and Comedy,” with Chaun Tucker and Friends. Live in the Legendary Room! 21+ with a 2-item minimum per seat.

Jazz in the Park: Javier Vergara Quartet
2023-07-30 17:00 - 19:00 | Playhouse Village Park, 701 Union St, Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Playhouse Village sizzles this summer with the return of Jazz in the Park concert series presented by Ice House Comedy Club. The free concerts will take place every Sunday in June and July from 5:00PM to 7:00PM on the Van Halen Stage at the new Playhouse Village Park. Pick up a picnic from your favorite local restaurant and bring a blanket to enjoy music under the stars.
July 30: Javier Vergara Quartet
Javier Vergara is a saxophonist and flutist based in Los Angeles. Born in Mexico City into a musical family, Javier was drawn to jazz at an early age. As a teenager, he moved to Southern California and has been a fixture on the Los Angeles jazz scene ever since. As a working musician, Javier has traveled internationally from Turkey to Taiwan and crisscrossed the U.S. with tours, concerts and festivals.
See the full Jazz. the Park schedule of performances at playhousevillage.org/jazz

Archetype Yoga: Full Moon Intention Setting
2023-07-30 19:30 - 21:00 | Archetypa Yoga, 638 e colorado ave, pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Every month is a chance to sync up with the Lunar Energy of the Full Moon to set intentions, reflect, and connect with past and future goals. Join Archetype Yoga for a unique evening of intention setting that includes a sound bath, tarot reading, and tea. Reserve your spot online at Archetype.yoga

Run With Us: In Collaboration with Saucony 5k or 10k Evening Run
2023-07-31 18:00 | Run With Us, 235 N. Lake Ave., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Run With Us in collaboration with Saucony & All Day Running Co. is bringing their athletes, creators, and brand loyalists together in celebration of their recent partnership and new sneaker launch! Run With Us would invite the local community to a group 5K or 10K Monday Evening run on 7/31 starting at Run With Us. Meet new friends, get some miles in, take Saucony’s newest shoe, the Triumph 21 on a demo run, grab a snack, and a free All Day Running Co. team hat. Bring any friends along with you!

Landmark Theater: Retro Replay: The Man Who Knew Too Much
2023-08-01 19:00 | Landmark Theatre, 673 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Retro Replay, Landmark Theatres Pasadena’s weekly series of modern and vintage film favorites, features films so satisfying they’re reviving them on the big screen to enjoy again—or to see for the first time! Each month’s thematic program offers a new film on Tuesdays! To kick it off the series Pasadena Landmark Theatre will be screening Alfred Hitchcock Movies for the month of August! This week’s film screening will be THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH (1956) starring James Stewart & Doris Day!

Pasadena Presbyterian: Music at Noon: Megan Shung (violinist) Ryan Whyman (pianist)
2023-08-02 12:10 - 12:30 | Pasadena Presbyterian Church, 585 East Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena , CA, 91101, United States
Enjoy music with your lunch Wednesdays from 12:10 – 12:40PM in the Sanctuary at PPC. If you love classical virtuosos or contemporary maestros, each week promises a captivating performance that will leave you mesmerized. Best of all, admission is free and accessible to all music lovers. For the schedule of upcoming performers, visit ppc.net.

Monopole Wine by RX: Meet the Wine Maker Nancy Ulloa
2023-08-02 18:30 - 20:30 | Monopole Wine By RX, 21 S. El Molino Ave, Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Monopole Wine by RX invites you to Meet the Wine Maker with special guest Nancy Ulloa. Experience the mystical wines of Ulloa Cellars. Exceptional white wines from Paso Robles are loaded with complexity, layers, and a little bit of magic. Join Monopole for a Wine Makers guided tasting with critically acclaimed Owner and Wine Maker Nancy Ulloa. Enjoy an evening of wine pairings with delicious bites.

Vroman's: Naomi Hirahara discuss Evergreen
2023-08-02 19:00 | Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
A Japanese American nurse’s aide navigates the dangers of post-WWII and post-Manzanar life as she attempts to find justice for a broken family in this follow-up to the Mary Higgins Clark Award-winning Clark and Division.
It’s been two years since Aki Ito and her family were released from Manzanar detention center and resettled in Chicago with other Japanese Americans. Now the Itos have finally been allowed to return home to California–but nothing is as they left it. The entire Japanese American community is starting from scratch, with thousands of people living in dismal refugee camps while they struggle to find new houses and jobs in overcrowded Los Angeles.
Aki is working as a nurse’s aide at the Japanese Hospital in Boyle Heights when an elderly Issei man is admitted with suspicious injuries. When she seeks out his son, she is shocked to recognize her husband’s best friend, Babe Watanabe. Could Babe be guilty of elder abuse?
Only a few days later, Little Tokyo is rocked by a murder at the low-income hotel where the Watanabes have been staying. When the cops start sniffing around Aki’s home, she begins to worry that the violence tearing through her community might threaten her family. What secrets have the Watanabes been hiding, and can Aki protect her husband from getting tangled up in a murder investigation? (Soho Crime)

Vroman's: Spencer Quinn discuss Mrs. Plansky's revenge
2023-08-03 19:00 | Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Mrs. Loretta Plansky, a recent widow in her seventies, is settling into retirement in Florida while dealing with her 98-year-old father and fielding requests for money from her beloved children and grandchildren. Thankfully, her new hip hasn’t changed her killer tennis game one bit.
One night Mrs. Plansky is startled awake by a phone call from a voice claiming to be her grandson Will, who desperately needs ten thousand dollars to get out of a jam. Of course, Loretta obliges–after all, what are grandmothers for, even grandmothers who still haven’t gotten a simple “thank you” for a gift sent weeks ago. Not that she’s counting.
By morning, Mrs. Plansky has lost everything. Law enforcement announces that Loretta’s life savings have vanished, and that it’s hopeless to find the scammers behind the heist. First humiliated, then furious, Loretta Plansky refuses to be just another victim.
In a courageous bid for justice, Mrs. Plansky follows her only clue on a whirlwind adventure to a small village in Romania to get her money and her dignity back–and perhaps find a new lease on life, too.

Ice House Comedy: Jesus Sepulveda and friends
2023-08-03 20:00 | Ice House Comedy Club, 24 N Mentor Ave, Pasadena, CA, 91106
Ice House Comedy presents Jesus Sepulveda and Friends! Live in the California Room! 21+ only with a 2-item minimum per seat.

The Mixx: Verano Rock en Español en VIVO
2023-08-03 20:00 | The Mixx, 443 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
The Mixx Pasadena presents Verano Rock En Espanol en Vivo!

Vroman's: Adam Rex, in conversation with Racquel Marie, discusses 'A little Like Waking'
2023-08-04 18:00 | Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Zelda is stuck in a dream. A very strange dream, where people can fly, bears sneeze money, and her childhood cat, Patches, is somehow alive – despite being run over years ago. Things only get stranger when Zelda meets Langston, a sweet if overly timid guy who feels more real to her than anyone she’s ever met.
As Zelda and Langston explore the far reaches of the dreamscape together, they find themselves growing closer and closer. But what they uncover along the way pushes them towards a truth neither of them wants to face. Will it turn out that he’s the guy of her dreams, or is she the girl of his?
Full of mind-bending artwork, Adam Rex’s A Little Like Waking is a tender, insightful read that defies time, space, and expectation that’s perfect for fans of Every Day and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.(Roaring Brook Press)

Racquel Marie grew up in Southern California, where her passion for storytelling of all kinds was encouraged by her friends and big family. She received a BA in English with an emphasis in creative writing and a minor in gender and sexuality studies from the University of California, Irvine. She is the author of Ophelia After All, You Don’t Have a Shot, and many unfinished first drafts.

The Mixx: Live Rock En Espanol
2023-08-04 20:00 | The Mixx, 443 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
The Mixx Pasadena presents a special live tribute to all the best Rock En Español hits featuring local rockers LUCIAS GARDEN, live on stage. 2-for-1 drinks until 9 PM.

Vroman's: Let Comics Tell Your Tale, create a mini zine with Mr. Steve
2023-08-05 11:00 | Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Comics can be like a series of postcards and scrapbook photos that tell a story!
Using no-frills, low tech tools (i.e. pencils, paper, and maybe few pens), Vroman’s own Mr. Steve will lead you on a trip back in time to the 90s zine scene, where you’ll create a 4-page mini-comic!
When Mr. Steve isn’t reading stories at Storytime, or selling books for Vroman’s Bookstore, he’s writing and editing comics for indie publisher Antarctic Press.
Please make a reservation: rsvp@vromansbookstore.com

Vroman's: Summer Music Series featuring The Megan Shung Quintet
2023-08-05 18:00 - 19:00 | Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
The Megan Shung Quintet: An electrifying jazz chamber ensemble breaking genre boundaries with a blend of violin, cello, bass, keyboard, and drums. Drawing inspiration from folk, jazz, and original compositions, their unique sound captivates audiences with its vibrant fusion. Prepare for a musical experience that transcends expectations.
The Pasadena Conservatory of Music (PCM) is a nonprofit community music school that provides opportunities to learn, perform, and enjoy music to students of all ages and backgrounds. PCM is pleased to partner with Vroman’s Bookstore in offering this Summer Music Series, featuring faculty from PCM’s Jazz and World Music departments.

Smash House Burger: Live Music
2023-08-05 18:00 - 22:00 | Smash House Burger, 46 N Lake Ave, pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Smash House Burger will be hosting free Live Music Shows at their N Lake Location. Featuring special guests Micah Preite, Lil Doll Finn, and Paegie! Seating is limited so be sure to show up early to reserve your spot!

The Mixx: Devotional Depeche Mode Live Tribute Show
2023-08-05 20:30 | The Mixx, 443 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
America’s #1 Depeche Mode Tribute Show returns to The Mixx Pasadena for a unique 43rd Anniversary tribute to the life and glory of Depeche Mode.
Experience the vibrance of the Devotional Live Experience alongside 43 years of music videos on the largest High Definition LED Wall in town with DJs Jack Tames and AnUno

Ice House Comedy: Auguste Derose-Jones & Jokers
2023-08-05 21:30 | Ice House Comedy Club, 24 N Mentor Ave, Pasadena, CA, 91106
Ice House Comedy presents Auguste Derose-Jones & Jokers. Live in the California Room! 21+ only with a 2-item minimum per seat.

Vroman's: Andrew Leland, in conversation with Rachel Khong, discusses the Country of the Blind
2023-08-07 19:00 | Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
We meet Andrew Leland as he’s suspended in the liminal state of the soon-to-be blind: he’s midway through his life with retinitis pigmentosa, a condition that ushers those who live with it from sightedness to blindness over years, even decades. He grew up with full vision, but starting in his teenage years, his sight began to degrade from the outside in, such that he now sees the world as if through a narrow tube. Soon–but without knowing exactly when–he will likely have no vision left.
Full of apprehension but also dogged curiosity, Leland embarks on a sweeping exploration of the state of being that awaits him: not only the physical experience of blindness but also its language, politics, and customs. He negotiates his changing relationships with his wife and son, and with his own sense of self, as he moves from his mainstream, “typical” life to one with a disability. Part memoir, part historical and cultural investigation, The Country of the Blind represents Leland’s determination not to merely survive this transition but to grow from it–to seek out and revel in that which makes blindness enlightening.
Thought-provoking and brimming with warmth and humor, The Country of the Blind is a deeply personal and intellectually exhilarating tour of a way of being that most of us have never paused to consider–and from which we have much to learn. (Penguin Press)

Vroman's: Special Storytime featuring Donn Swaby Reading from It'll Be Irie
2023-08-09 11:00 | Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Raymond can’t wait to move to America. He is determined to be the most American American ever! But when he gets to his new school his Jamaican roots show through and he must figure out how to be the most Raymond Raymond ever.

Pasadena Presbyterian: Music at Noon: Adam Floyd, (clarinet) Heejung Ju (pianist)
2023-08-09 12:10 - 12:30 | Pasadena Presbyterian Church, 585 East Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena , CA, 91101, United States

Vroman's: Doug McIntyre and Penny Peyser present Frank's Shadow and Sonnets from Suburbia: More Candles than Cake
2023-08-09 19:00
Frank’s Shadow: Newlywed Danny McKenna’s honeymoon ends abruptly when he learns his father has died, uncannily, on the same day as his hero, Frank Sinatra. Returning home to his knotty Irish American family, Danny is confronted with a painful truth–while he knows everything about the famous singer, his own father is a mystery. Tasked with giving a eulogy for a man he hardly knows, Danny sets out to uncover his dad’s past–an immigrant’s tale of mid-twentieth-century America and the harsh realities of WWII lived in stark contrast to Frank Sinatra’s famously extravagant life.
Along the way, Danny’s own demons nearly destroy him as he struggles to accept his father’s deepest secret–a journey that takes him into the heart of darkness before he learns to live in the light.
​Fame, family, and forgiveness are among the many themes in Doug McIntyre’s debut novel, a story full of vibrant scenery, gripping characters, humor, and profound moments of self-realization. Frank’s Shadow is a deeply (sometimes darkly) human story wrapped in the trappings of a delightfully gritty love letter to New York City’s less glamorous neighborhoods. (Greenleaf Book Group Press)
Sonnets From Suburbia: If Shakespeare Were a lady… A cross between humorous poetry and memoir, Sonnets from Suburbia features Lady Penelope (aka actress Penny Peyser) serving up a funny take on modern day life in Shakespearean sonnet form.
From the foibles of friendship to sexual relationships gone awry, to aging bodies that misbehave, to the woes of social media and confounding familial tussles, she has the uncanny ability to make us smile out loud and chuckle with recognition. This is definitely one of those books for when you need a good laugh.
The clever, compassionate sonnets inside this book make a perfect gift for birthdays, anniversaries, and Valentine’s Day and are sure to delight women over 40 (all female readers actually) and the men who love them.
Think Shakespeare at the mall.
For fans of Judith Viorst, Amy Sedaris and Dorothy Parker. Sonnets from Suburbia is long-time actress Penny Peyser’s first foray into poetry and sonnets, and she couldn’t be more thrilled about this new venture.

Vroman's 1894 Bar: Jazz Night
2023-08-10 17:00 - 19:00 | Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Vroman’s 1894 Bar will host Jazz Night this upcoming Thursday, August 10th, starting at 5 pm. Be sure to get there early as seating is limited. Enjoy a glass of wine, a good book, and complimentary live music.
