Vroman's Bookstore: Morgan Stevenson Cooper reads from & signs I Can Make a Movie!
2025-11-22 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
From self-taught, award-winning director Morgan Stevenson Cooper comes a heartfelt picture book about a girl on a mission to make her first movie–and lift her grandpa’s spirits along the way.
Norah Rose loves movies–action, comedy, drama–you name it! She dreams of becoming a director, but Hollywood feels a long way from home. When her grandpa falls ill, Norah decides to make a movie just for him, because no one loves a good story more than Grandpa. Armed with her mom’s phone, a head full of ideas, and the wide-open backdrop of Kansas City, Norah sets out to write, cast, shoot, and edit her very first film. There’s a lot of work ahead, but Norah’s sure of one thing: her movie is going to shine.
With a spirited how-to approach and lively artwork by Geneva Bowers, Morgan Stevenson Cooper shows young readers how creativity, heart, and a little hustle can turn any dream into a reality.

Vino in the Village
2025-11-22 14:00 - 17:00 | CA
Swirl. Sip. Stroll.
Vino in the Village returns!
Vino in the Village invites you to enjoy a selection of wine tastings at participating local businesses while exploring Playhouse Village. Whether you’re a wine aficionado, a novice or somewhere in between, Vino in the Village is a great way to discover your neighborhood. Bring your friends, please your palate and make an evening of it!
Tickets are $30 each and include:

Commemorative glass
Wine tastings
Small bites
Special offers

Please note that a limited number of tickets are available, so grab your tickets today!

Lumee DIY: Pre-Thanksgiving Pop-Up
2025-11-23 11:00 - 13:00 | Lumee DIY, 696 E Colorado Blvd Ste 7, Pasadena, CA, United States
Lumee DIY is hosting its very first popup, made extra special as it arrives during the creator’s birthday week and the season of Thanksgiving.🦃 In the spirit of gratitude and community, 25% of all proceeds will be donated to the LA Food Bank to help provide meals for neighbors in need. To thank the community for their support, there will be blind box raffles for two lucky winners. Guests can also enjoy free Vietnamese coffee, available while supplies last.
📍 Lumee (Arcade Lane), Pasadena🗓️ November 23 | 11 AM–1 PM

Vroman's Bookstore: Local Author Day Introducing Pamela Nickel Williams and Donna R. Phillips
2025-11-23 14:00 | Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Pamela Nickel Williams presents Clearly Lies Are True
The memoir, Clearly Lies Are True, is a compelling and powerful firsthand narrative account of the childhood and sexual abuse of Pamela Nickel Williams. Written from her perspective as a young child and teenager, and told through vivid, detailed memories and experiences, Pamela’s story captures a unique period of time within the Church of Scientology.
Donna R. Phillips presents Among The Reeds & Other Stories Of The Supernatural
The veil between the living and the dead is gossamer-thin in this haunting collection of supernatural tales, where the familiar becomes strange and the strange, achingly human. From a lakeshore to a basement apartment, each story unveils a hidden world, pulsing just beneath the surface of our own.

Vroman's Bookstore: Andrew Bernstein discusses & signs Mamba & Mambacita Forever
2025-11-24 19:00 | Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
A beautiful and moving testament to the enduring life of Kobe Bryant and the Mamba Mentality.
When Kobe and Gianna Bryant died, tragically and unexpectedly, in 2020, the world mourned with a wholehearted ferocity. In perhaps the largest and most intense outpouring of public art the world has ever seen, murals went up on seemingly every available wall in Los Angeles and around the globe. The paintings were both professional and amateur, some public and some private, many of them colossal. All of them expressed love and respect for Kobe and Gianna Bryant as athletes, as a father and daughter, as heroes who will not be forgotten.
In Mamba & Mambacita Forever, Vanessa Bryant brings together the images and stories of more than a hundred murals honoring her husband and daughter. Taken together, what emerges is the story of a man who became even more than he himself could have imagined, an avatar of determination, discipline, and competitiveness. He was also a worldwide icon, one of the greatest athletes of our time, a man committed to his family and to fatherhood. Kobe was a figure of transformation and hope.
Mamba & Mambacita Forever ensures that the legacy of Kobe and Gianna Bryant will live on even after the most monumental murals themselves have all crumbled.

Archetype Yoga: Gratitude Flow
2025-11-26 12:00 - 12:45 | Archetypa Yoga, 638 e colorado ave, pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Archetype Yoga invites the community to unwind and reset at its Pre-Thanksgiving Gratitude Flow. This special class offers a grounding pause before the holiday rush, creating space to breathe, move with intention, and reflect on the people and moments that matter most.
To celebrate the season of gratitude, guests will enjoy 15% off the boutique and all class packs through the Pre-Thanksgiving weekend. It’s the perfect time to stock up on essentials or gift movement to someone you love.
Archetype Yoga’s new A Journey in Motion Gift Cards are now available both in-studio and online. With every purchase of $100 or more, guests receive one free class—a little extra movement to keep for themselves or share with someone they’re grateful for.
Step into the holiday with presence, ease, and a heart full of thanks at Archetype Yoga’s Gratitude Flow

The Mixx Pasadena: Black Celebration
2025-11-28 20:00 | The Mixx, 443 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
The Mixx Pasadena presents The Ultimate Black Friday Deal with no cover for its 4th Annual Black Celebration. This Black Friday, guests can experience a live tribute to Depeche Mode by Sweetest Perfection, featuring Brian Soto, along with drink and dinner specials throughout the night. DJ Jack Tames keeps the energy high with Depeche Mode, Synth Pop, and New Wave favorites, plus live music video mixes on the largest LED wall in town.

Vroman's Bookstore: Shop Local with Richard Scarry: A Special Story Time Reading in Celebration of Small Business Saturday
2025-11-29 11:00 | Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
“All the Busytown workers have worked hard to help their families and friends. I think it is about time to have a party to celebrate. Don’t you?” — Richard Scarry, What People Do All Day
Join the Vroman’s Children’s Department on November 29th at 11am for a special Small Business Saturday celebration, inspired by Richard Scarry and the Busytown books! There will be music with Ms. Marie and stories with Mr. Steve, along with activities, giveaways, and more!

Vroman’s Type-In Returns! A Holiday Celebration of Typewriters & Typewriting!
2025-11-29 13:00 - 16:00 | Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
An afternoon of celebrating manual typewriters awaits. A Type-in is a community-based, family-friendly gathering where typewriter enthusiasts share their love for the analog art of putting ink to paper with mechanical marvels of the late 19th and 20th centuries. Visitors can enjoy demonstrations and experience the satisfying click and clack, no plug-ins needed.

Vroman's Bookstore: An Artisan’s Holiday Market on the Vroman’s Paseo (Weather Permitting)
2025-11-30 11:00 - 16:00 | Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Join Vroman’s Bookstore for a special holiday market outside on the Vroman’s Paseo. We have a confirmed list of local crafters and artisans all set to join us for this day in celebration of Artists Sunday, supporting local artists nationwide.

Vroman's Bookstore: Holiday Music @ Vroman’s with Café Luar!
2025-11-30 13:00 | Vroman’s Stage, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, Select a Country:
Vroman’s Bookstore is celebrating the holidays with the Pasadena Conservatory of Music (PCM). Café Luar, a folk music trio, will perform as part of this partnership with the Pasadena Conservatory of Music.

Vroman's Bookstore: Falon Ballard discusses & signs Something Wicked
2025-12-02 18:00 | Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
The country of Avon is in deep turmoil…
The Uprising has overthrown Avon’s monarchial rulers, and a decree has been issued. Candidates for the first presidential election will be selected by the completion of a special task: to kill the former monarch of their home province.
Callum, the son of the recently dethroned king, is determined to be in the running. But coming to terms with patricide will require the help of Lady Caterine, a Gifted courtesan at La Puissance, Avon’s premiere sex club.
Lady Caterine has always had the magical ability to manipulate the emotions of anyone who experiences an orgasm in her presence. If Callum can only open up to Cate, he will be able to commit the newly fated murder without suffering the guilt and take his place as the rightful candidate from his province. But Callum has a deep-seated mistrust of the Gifted. And the last thing he expects is to be confronted with an undeniable connection with Cate that neither of them understands or wants.
With the fate of the country at stake, Callum and Cate search for ways to bare themselves to each other, and discover a darker force building within La Puissance, one that might ruin the future of Avon forever. To stop Avon from falling to ashes, they must sacrifice everything they have . . . even if it requires betraying each other.

Landmark Theatres: Retro Replay: Gremlins (1984)
2025-12-02 19:00 | Landmark Theatre, 673 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
In the fantastical black comedy Gremlins, a father (Hoyt Axton) buys a pet “Mogwai” as a Christmas present for his son (Zach Galligan). The boy is told to keep the cute and furry pet away from water, out of the light, and never to feed it after midnight. Inadvertently, the creature is dampened and almost instantly spawns other creatures who transform into destructive, evil little monsters—which continue to multiply as they turn a small town upside-down. Also starring Phoebe Cates, Corey Feldman, Judge Reinhold and Dick Miller. Written by Chris Columbus (The Goonies) and directed by Joe Dante (The Howling, Innerspace, Small Soldiers, Explorers).

Tickets to this movie are only $5 for paid Loyalty members! (Limited time offer. Exclusions may apply.)

Music at Noon: The Riner Scivally Trio, jazz ensemble
2025-12-03 12:10 - 12:45 | Pasadena Presbyterian Church Musical Events, 585 East Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena, California, 91101
Pasadena Presbyterian Church presents Music at Noon with The Scivally Trio, jazz.

Holiday Tree Lighting Celebration!
2025-12-04 17:00 - 18:00 | Playhouse Village Park, 701 Union St, Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Playhouse Village Holiday Tree Lighting
Thursday, December 4
5 pm to 6 pm
Playhouse Village Park
701 E. Union St.
FREE & ALL AGES
Experience Pasadena twinkle as we illuminate our tree to celebrate the holiday season in Playhouse Village! With live music and performances, and maybe even some snowfall, this is the perfect way to enjoy the sights and sounds of the holidays at Playhouse Village Park. The evening also features craft activities for children, free hot chocolate, and a snow flurry surprise!

Vroman's Bookstore: Suzanne Weerts discusses & signs Champagne Girl in a Budweiser Family: A Memoir in Stories
2025-12-04 19:00 | Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
“Suzanne Weerts’ Champagne Girl in a Budweiser Family gives us a delightful and vivid time machine to bygone days of youthful folly and wide-eyed hope, while reminding us why girls in the seventies were just as eager to leave that time behind.” -Cara Lopez Lee author of Candlelight Bridge, a 2025 Pick in Fiction in Southwest Books of the Year
“Whether unintentionally poisoning the neighborhood kids as a child, getting asked to dance last at the Spring Ball, or being attacked by a flock of birds while basking in the afterglow of breaking her chastity vow, Suzanne Weerts approaches life with a refreshing dose of charm, grace, and self-deprecating humor. If you’re looking for something to bring a smile to your face, give you a good laugh and warm your heart, you’ve found it.”
-Carlos Kotkin, author of Please God Let it Be Herpes and host of The Moth StorySLAMs
“Equal parts hilarious and heartfelt, Suzanne Weerts’s stories of growing up in the 70’s south whisk you back to a simpler, golden-hued, Aquanet-scented time. Her writing is charming and evocative, and so honest and self-aware- I loved every Tab-infused page.”
-Johanna Stein, author of How Not to Calm a Child On a Plane
In a Southern town in the 1970s, the rules for girls are simple: look pretty, behave politely, and marry well. But for this rebel-in-the-making, life beyond suburban America beckons. Before she can escape, however, she’ll have to navigate extreme diets, feathered hair, and a mother who insists on hanging her bras on the clothesline in full view of the boys next door. Will she ever find a life that fits and a beverage that suits her champagne dreams?

Vroman's Bookstore: Tom Toro presents & signs And to Think We Started as a Book Club…
2025-12-05 19:00 | Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
What can Leonardo DiCaprio, Bernie Sanders, Greta Thunberg, and Elon Musk all agree on? That Tom Toro’s cartoons belong in their social media feeds. Now, with this debut collection by one of The New Yorker’s contemporary stars, everybody can enjoy the timeless witticism and thigh-slapping wisecracks of Toro’s cartoons without needing to go online.
In Tom Toro’s hilarious world, the Grim Reaper binges television while Superman shops for health insurance. The collection features original chapter art that sets the perfect tone for these brilliant cartoons and what they reveal about the absurdity of modern life, all drawn in the author’s wry and winsome style
Showcasing hundreds of Toro’s greatest hits from his fifteen-year career at the New Yorker, as well as previously unpublished cartoons that we shouldn’t shy from calling “undiscovered masterpieces,” this book is sure to delight readers—if not outright corrupt them.

Vroman’s Special Holiday Event - Santa Comes to Vroman’s
2025-12-06 11:00 - 13:00 | Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Come get your photo taken with Santa and let him know what you want for Christmas this year! Photos are FREE courtesy of Vroman’s Bookstore. And while you’re here, don’t forget to finish up your holiday shopping!

Vroman's Bookstore : Kids Holiday Crafting Fun!
2025-12-06 11:00 - 13:00 | Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
After guests take their photo with Santa at Vroman’s Bookstore, they are invited upstairs to the event space for a special holiday craft activity. All supplies will be provided.
To ensure there are enough materials for everyone, Vroman’s Bookstore asks participants to RSVP by emailing rsvp@vromansbookstore.com with the number of attendees.

Vroman's Bookstore: Pasadena Conservatory of Music presents Musical Storytime: Snowmen at Night by Caralyn Buehner
2025-12-06 13:30 | Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
The Pasadena Conservatory of Music will be putting on a special musical storytime with featured book: Snowmen at Night by Caralyn Buehner. Caregivers and children aged 3-9 will enjoy story, craft activities, creative movement and a mini-concert!

Vroman's Bookstore: Elena Brower discusses & signs Hold Nothing: An Invitation to Let Go and Come Home to Yourself
2025-12-06 18:00 | Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
A distinctive, artful, contemplative guide for self-discovery and self-inquiry, with wisdom, encouragement, and thought exercises by the best-selling author of Practice You. Includes 45 practices and full-color pieces of artwork by the author.
What if the most important work of your life isn’t something you chase—but something you uncover, slowly, in stillness? What if your presence is the greatest offering you can make to the world? This book is an invitation to come home to yourself—gently, honestly, and with great love.
As an evolution of, and a departure from, her best-selling journals, Practice You and Being You, Brower draws on her memories and life experiences, her practice of yoga and Nonviolent Communication, and more recently, her study of Zen, to offer us a road map for living with presence and reverence.
Each chapter offers teachings, contemplations, and prompts on a single theme, such as:

establishing presence in your daily life
bearing witness to small moments of reverence
embracing the art of not knowing
invoking the wisdom of emptiness and stillness
and more

She also includes 45 pieces of her full-color artwork to inspire deeper insight and creativity as readers explore each theme. This is not a manual for self-improvement; it is a field guide for self-remembrance, for cultivating tenderness toward your own heart, and for showing up to life completely, with purpose and heartfulness.

Vroman's Bookstore: Annual Gingerbread House Decorating Party
2025-12-07 12:00 - 17:00 | Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Back by popular demand! Please, join us for the return of our Annual Gingerbread House Decorating Party. Decorate a house that you can take home!
This event usually sells out, so we will be hosting two time slots at 12pm and at 4pm.
Space is very limited. No more than 4 people per gingerbread house.
This is a ticketed event with two time slot options.
Ticket 1: 12pm – 1pm
Ticket 2: 4pm – 5pm
Tickets include one house and decorations, though you can bring extra candy & décor.

Vroman's Bookstore: Holiday Music @ Vroman’s!
2025-12-07 13:00 - 14:00 | Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Vroman’s Bookstore invites the community to celebrate the holidays with a special performance from the Pasadena Conservatory of Music (PCM). This Jazz Trio, featuring saxophone, keys, and bass, is presented in partnership with the Pasadena Conservatory of Music.

Vroman's Bookstore: Elline Lipkin reads from & signs Girl in a Forest
2025-12-08 19:00 | Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Elline Lipkin’s Girl in a Forest explores the roles and tropes of women at different life stages, filtered through the lens of the Brothers Grimm tale of Hansel and Gretel. These poems lay a trail of breadcrumbs through permutations of grief as a mother realizes her mortality, a girl awakens to possibility, and an elder reckons with loss. Lipkin invites the reader to step into the enchanted, “the grip of night, / a swarm of marble /feelings set / inside a storm” and to question, reinscribe, and reverse the tensions of womanhood in both the fairy tale and contemporary life.

Boston Court: Flutist Sarah Shin
2025-12-08 20:00 | Boston Court Pasadena, 70 N. Mentor Ave., Pasadena, CA, 91206, United States
Vibrant and eclectic flutist Sarah Shin, who played with Lizzo at the Met Gala, shares her artistry in a voyage through the centuries of solo flute music.

Landmark Theatres: National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
2025-12-09 19:00 | Landmark Theatre, 673 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Landmark Theatres invites guests to experience these Holiday Essentials with family and friends the way they were meant to be seen — on the Big Screen at Landmark Theatres. Be social and have fun! Titles screen on the dates and showtimes shown below, and all seats are only $5 for Paid Loyalty Members!

Vroman's Bookstore: Nadia Davids discusses & signs Cape Fever
2025-12-09 19:00 - 20:00 | Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
From award-winning South African author Nadia Davids comes a gothic psychological thriller set in the 1920s, where a young maid finds herself entangled with the spirits of a decaying manor and the secrets of its enigmatic owner.
I come highly recommended to Mrs. Hattingh through sentences I tell her I cannot read.
The year is 1920, in a small, unnamed city in a colonial empire. Soraya Matas believes she has found the ideal job as a personal maid to the eccentric Mrs. Hattingh, whose beautiful, decaying home is not far from The Muslim Quarter, where Soraya lives with her parents. As Soraya settles into her new role, she discovers that the house is alive with spirits.
While Mrs. Hattingh eagerly awaits her son’s visit from London, she offers to help Soraya stay in touch with her fiancé, Nour by writing him letters on her behalf. So begins a strange weekly meeting where Soraya dictates and Mrs. Hattingh writes–a ritual that binds the two women to one another and eventually threatens the sanity of both.
Cape Fever is a masterful blend of gothic themes, folk tales, and psychological suspense, reminiscent of works by Silvia Moreno-Garcia and Daphne du Maurier, and Soraya Matas is an unforgettable narrator, whose story of love and grief is also a chilling exploration of class and the long reach of history.

Pasadena Presbyterian: Music at Noon: David Lee Ruest, violin, and Taro Wayama, guitar
2025-12-10 12:10 - 12:45 | Pasadena Presbyterian Church Musical Events, 585 East Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena, California, 91101
Pasadena Presbyterian church presents Music at Noon, David Lee Ruest, violin, and Taro Wayama, guitar!

Vroman's Bookstore: Fiction Reading
2025-12-10 19:00 - 20:00 | Atrium Building, 709 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
The Vroman’s Fiction Reading Group explores contemporary fiction -– long and short -– from a diverse selection of writers. Enjoy lively discussions at our one-hour meetings. Our Fiction Reading Group is free and inclusive – there are no requirements nor criteria to join. We announce upcoming titles 3-6 months in advance and choose titles that are available in paperback. Drop by our next meeting!
This month’s pick is Real Americans by Rachel Khong.

Holiday Music @ Vroman’s with the Pasadena Conservatory of Music!
2025-12-13 13:00 | Vroman’s Stage, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, Select a Country:
Jazz faculty from the Pasadena Conservatory of Music perform a variety of holiday classics. This program is presented in partnership with our friends at the Pasadena Conservatory of Music.
Musicians: Danny Janklow (saxophone), Sam Hirsh (piano), Ahmet Türkmenoğlu (bass)
