Vroman’s Bookstore: Storytime with Mr. Steve and Miss Marie!
Vroman's Bookstore 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, United StatesJoin Mr. Steve and the gang at 11am for story time!
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Vroman’s Bookstore: Ezra Edmond discusses My Friend Levar
Vroman's Bookstore 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, United StatesEzra’s friend LeVar always has a book to share. From playing in the snow, to decorating eggs, to eating pancakes with Paul Bunyan–Ezra and LeVar explore all different kinds of stories. Through imaginative play they discover new worlds, learn to be curious, and revel in reading. One day young Ezra meets LeVar Burton in real […]
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Vroman’s Bookstore: STORYTIME: Introducing Chicka Chicka Ho Ho Ho with Miss Marie and Mr. Steve
Vroman's Bookstore 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, United StatesThe O.G. alphabet rap gets a festive, Ho-Ho-Holiday makeover! In this Yuletide adventure, letters decorate (and topple) a Christmas tree! Shapes add to the chaos! Does this holiday remix pack the same “Boom Boom” punch as the ABC and 123 classics by Bill Martin Jr? Find out by joining Storytime also includes songs with Miss […]
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Vroman’s Bookstore: Juhea Kim, in conversation with Katya Apekina, discusses City of Night Birds
Vroman's Bookstore 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, United StatesA once-famous ballerina faces a final choice—to return to the world of Russian dance that nearly broke her, or to walk away forever—in this incandescent novel of redemption and love On a White Night in 2019, prima ballerina Natalia Leonova returns to St. Petersburg two years after a devastating accident that stalled her career. Once […]
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Vroman’s Bookstore: Yxta Maya Murray discusses A History of Hazardous Objects
Vroman's Bookstore 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, United StatesLaura de León is a radar astronomer who studies Potentially Hazardous Objects (PHOs) such as threatening asteroids and comets at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena, California. In Los Angeles in 2020, several crises are coalescing. The first strain of SARS-CoV-2 triggers the lockdowns, the city roils with protests of Derek Chauvin’s murder of George […]
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Vroman’s Bookstore: Jordan Harper, in conversation with Travis Woods, discusses The Last King of California
Vroman's Bookstore 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, United StatesSometimes to find yourself, you have to go back to where you came from. You just might not like what you find. After failing in his new life, Luke decides to go home, back to the one place where he’d once felt he belonged. But that was a long time ago and now he has […]
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Vroman’s Bookstore: Santa comes to Vroman’s
Vroman's Bookstore 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, United StatesCome 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!
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Vroman’s Bookstore: Kids Holiday Crafting Fun!
Vroman's Bookstore 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, United StatesAfter you take your photo with Santa, join us upstairs in the event space for a special holiday craft activity! We provide the supplies! To ensure that we have enough to go around, please email us at rsvp@vromansbookstore.com to RSVP for this event, with the number of participants.
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Pasadena Presbyterian Church: 80th Annual Candlelight & Carols
Pasadena Presbyterian Church Musical Events 585 East Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena, CaliforniaOnce again all of Pasadena Presbyterian Church’s resident choirs collaborate on this annual “Pasadena Holiday Tradition for the Whole Family,” offering fresh performances of familiar Christmas music, as well as newly-composed pieces. Serving as a thrilling kickoff to the Christmas season for many, this year’s program features sacred and secular music composed or arranged by […]
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Boston Court: The Lao Tizer Quartet
Boston Court Pasadena 70 N. Mentor Ave., Pasadena, CA, United StatesLao Tizer surrounds himself with “musicians of stupendous talent, using improvisational passages that sweep the listener into luscious soundscapes. The Lao Tizer Quartet is a soulful outfit that delivers “smooth jazz rich in melodicism, with a deep groove that sparkles with intersecting ideas, beautifully played.” – Telluride Jazz Festival
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FUMC Pasadena: Los Angeles Children’s Chorus Winter Concert
First United Methodist Church 500 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, United StatesGrammy Award-winning Los Angeles Children’s Chorus rings in the holidays with its annual winter concert “Celebrating Joy,” with back-to-back performances in Playhouse Village. On Saturday, December 7, the Apprentice Choir, Concert Choir, Chamber Singers, and Chorale will perform at First United Methodist Church, delivering an inspiring evening of festive music. The celebration continues on Sunday, December 8, at Pasadena […]
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Vroman’s Bookstore: Martha Blanding, in conversation with Tim O’Day, discusses Groundbreaking Magic: A Black Woman’s Journey Through The Happiest Place on Earth
Vroman's Bookstore 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, United StatesAn empowering and moving story of a young woman from South Central Los Angeles (Watts and Compton) who took a chance, defied the odds and became the first-ever Black American to achieve a half-century-long career with The Walt Disney Company. Disneyland was groundbreaking when it opened in 1955 and continues to possess a legacy of […]
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