Name: Vroman’s Bookstore: How to Write a Book: A Conversation with Jade Chang & Ann Friedman
Start: 2025-10-08T19:00:00-07:00
End: 2025-10-08T20:00:00-07:00
Location: Vroman’s Bookstore

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September 2025
September 26 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm In-Person Event

Vroman’s Bookstore: Robert Oventile and Contributors read from, discuss & sign The Canyon

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

Through poems and photos, The Canyon meditates on Eaton Canyon, a unique ecosystem nestled adjacent Pasadena and Altadena, California. In January 2025, the Eaton Fire devastated the canyon, along with parts of Altadena and Pasadena. The Canyon reflects on the resilience of this environment, recalling how its wildlife, plants, and terrain rebounded after the 1993 […]

FREE
September 26 @ 9:30 pm - 11:00 pm In-Person Event

Ice House Comedy: The Shin Dig Show

Ice House Comedy Club 24 N Mentor Ave, Pasadena, CA

Ice House Comedy presents The Shin Dig Show. LIVE IN THE LEGENDARY ROOM! Ice House doors open at 6:30pm. Show Starts at 9:30pm. **21+ with a 2 item minimum per seat.**

$25
September 27 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm In-Person Event

Vroman’s Bookstore: Dr. Haleh Massey discusses & signs Say Something, Poupeh Babaee!: A Graphic Novel

Vroman's Bookstore

Poupeh needs to speak up for her parents at an embassy interview-the problem is that she's been rendered mute! Smile meets New Kid in this funny, heartwarming, poignant graphic novel about the toll immigrating to the United States takes on a kid's mental health. Poupeh Babaee is an Iranian girl sent to live with her […]

FREE
September 27 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm In-Person Event

Vroman’s on Screen – Stephen Rebello, in conversation with Alonso Duralde, discusses & signs Criss-Cross: The Making of Hitchcock’s Dazzling, Subversive Masterpiece Strangers on a Train

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

For the very first time the tense and drama-filled story of the making Alfred Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train is revealed as author Stephen Rebello takes readers deep into the shadows and light of one of the most subversive, corrosively funny, and beloved suspense thriller masterworks. As entertaining as it is to watch Strangers on […]

Free
September 27 @ 8:00 pm In-Person Event

Boston Court: Pianist Aron Kallay

Boston Court Pasadena 70 N. Mentor Ave., Pasadena, CA, United States

Boston Court Pasadena invites you to an evening of live music with pianist Aron Kallay. The Grammy®-nominated artist and Piano Spheres Core Artist will perform works that journey through the depths of love, the shadows of loss, the turbulence of conflict, and the joy of renewal. The program features music by Beethoven, Prokofiev, Liszt, Messiaen, […]

$25 – $63
September 27 @ 9:30 pm - 11:00 pm In-Person Event

Ice House Comedy: Sean Porter and friends

Ice House Comedy Club 24 N Mentor Ave, Pasadena, CA

Ice House Comedy presents Cyrus and Friends. LIVE IN THE CALIFORNIA ROOM! Ice House doors open at 6:30pm. Show Starts at 7:45pm. **21+ only with a 2 item minimum per seat in the showroom**

$25
September 29 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm In-Person Event

Vroman’s Bookstore: Joss Richard, in conversation with Elissa Sussman, discusses & signs It’s Different This Time

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

In this sweeping, second-chance romance, a twist of fate forces two former roommates back into their beloved New York City brownstone where they must confront the events that led to their estrangement--and the unresolved feelings lingering between them. Reeling from the cancellation of her hit TV show, June Wood has nothing left to lose when […]

FREE
September 30 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm In-Person Event

Vroman’s Bookstore: Scott Campbell reads from & signs Cabin Head and Tree Head (Cabin Head and Tree Head, Book #1)

Vroman's Bookstore

"Hahahahahahahaha" --Jon Klassen, Caldecott medalist and New York Times bestselling author-illustrator of THE SKULL "I laughed my head off!" --Ben Clanton, Eisner Award winner and New York Times bestselling author-illustrator of NARWHAL AND JELLY HELLO, READER HEADS! Jump headfirst into the wonderfully off-the-wall world of renowned creator Scott Campbell, in this goofy, good-natured graphic novel […]

Free
October 2025
October 4 @ 8:00 pm In-Person Event Pasadena Playhouse: Eureka Day

Pasadena Playhouse: Eureka Day

Pasadena Playhouse 39 S. El Molino Avenue, Pasadena, CA, United States

When a mumps outbreak hits a progressive private school in Berkeley, the well-meaning Board of Directors descends into full-blown chaos trying to create a perfectly inclusive vaccination policy. Spoiler: it does not go well… As passive-aggression turns into a hysterical meltdown, Eureka Day brilliantly taps into the current American moment. Don’t miss this razor-sharp, 2025 Tony Award-winning satire from Jonathan Spector that Time Out […]

$40 – $117
October 5 @ 2:00 pm In-Person Event Pasadena Playhouse: Eureka Day

Pasadena Playhouse: Eureka Day

Pasadena Playhouse 39 S. El Molino Avenue, Pasadena, CA, United States

When a mumps outbreak hits a progressive private school in Berkeley, the well-meaning Board of Directors descends into full-blown chaos trying to create a perfectly inclusive vaccination policy. Spoiler: it does not go well… As passive-aggression turns into a hysterical meltdown, Eureka Day brilliantly taps into the current American moment. Don’t miss this razor-sharp, 2025 Tony Award-winning satire from Jonathan Spector that Time Out […]

$40 – $117
October 5 @ 7:00 pm In-Person Event Pasadena Playhouse: Eureka Day

Pasadena Playhouse: Eureka Day

Pasadena Playhouse 39 S. El Molino Avenue, Pasadena, CA, United States

When a mumps outbreak hits a progressive private school in Berkeley, the well-meaning Board of Directors descends into full-blown chaos trying to create a perfectly inclusive vaccination policy. Spoiler: it does not go well… As passive-aggression turns into a hysterical meltdown, Eureka Day brilliantly taps into the current American moment. Don’t miss this razor-sharp, 2025 Tony Award-winning satire from Jonathan Spector that Time Out […]

$40 – $117
October 8 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm In-Person Event

Vroman’s Bookstore: How to Write a Book: A Conversation with Jade Chang & Ann Friedman

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

To celebrate the launch of Jade Chang's new novel, What a Time to Be Alive, Jade and frequent collaborator Ann Friedman discuss one of their favorite topics... How to Write a Book! Together, Jade Chang and Ann Friedman (Big Friendship) are The Midwives of Invention (www.midwivesofinvention.com). They lead popular idea development workshops and retreats, and on […]

Free

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