Hello You're Welcome: Coffee with a Cop
2023-12-06 08:00 - 10:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Hello You’re Welcome, 445 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Join Pasadena Police Department at Coffee with a Cop Day at Hello You’re Welcome and enjoy free coffee while supplies last.

Vroman's: Storytime with Mr. Steve
2023-12-06 11:00, 2023-12-13 11:00 | Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Join Mr. Steve and the gang at Vroman’s Bookstore at 11 am for story time!

PPC: Music at Noon
2023-12-06 12:10 - 12:40 | Pasadena Presbyterian Church Musical Events, 585 East Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena, California, 91101
Enjoy a free concert every Wednesday presented by Pasadena Presbyterian Church’s Music at Noon Program which features new artists every week. Music at Noon is a great way to get out into the community and spend time in the beautiful Playhouse Village. This week’s performance showcases Aaron Shows, organist.
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Holiday Tree Lighting Celebration
2023-12-06 17:00 - 18:00 | Playhouse Village Park, 701 Union St, Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
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. See a sneak preview of Pasadena Playhouse’s Holiday Spectacular with musical performances from Pasadena Conservatory of Music from both student and faculty groups. The evening also features craft activities for children, free hot chocolate from Tepito Coffee for everyone, and a snow flurry surprise!

Vroman's: Ron White Discusses 'On Great Fields'
2023-12-06 19:00 | Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Before 1862, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain had rarely left his home state of Maine, where he was a trained minister and mild-mannered professor at Bowdoin College. His colleagues were shocked when he volunteered for the Union army, but he was undeterred and later became known as one of the North’s greatest heroes: On the second day at Gettysburg, after running out of ammunition at Little Round Top, he ordered his men to wield their bayonets in a desperate charge down a rocky slope that routed the Confederate attackers. Despite being wounded at Petersburg–and told by two surgeons he would die–Chamberlain survived the war, going on to be elected governor of Maine four times and serve as president of Bowdoin College.
How did a stuttering young boy come to be fluent in nine languages and even teach speech and rhetoric? How did a trained minister find his way to the battlefield? Award-winning historian Ronald C. White delves into these contradictions in this cradle-to-grave biography of General Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, from his upbringing in rural Maine to his tenacious, empathetic military leadership and his influential postwar public service, exploring a question that still plagues so many veterans: How do you make a civilian life of meaning after having experienced the extreme highs and lows of war?
Chamberlain is familiar to millions from Michael Shaara’s now-classic novel of the Civil War, The Killer Angels, and Ken Burns’s timeless miniseries The Civil War, but in this book , White captures the complex and inspiring man behind the hero . Heavily illustrated and featuring nine detailed maps, this gripping, impeccably researched portrait illuminates one of the most admired but least known figures in our nation’s bloodiest conflict.

Landmark Theatre: Filmmaker Focus Yorgos Lanthimos: The Killing of A Sacred Deer
2023-12-06 19:00 - 19:30, 2023-12-13 19:00 | Landmark Theatre, 673 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Landmark theatres present Filmmaker’s Focus, a 4-film retrospective from Oscar-nominated filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos, leading up to the release of his new feature POOR THINGS! Titles screen on select Wednesdays from November 15 through December 13, and all seats are only $5!
Wed, November 15: DOGTOOTH (2009)
Wed, November 29: THE LOBSTER (2015)
Wed, December 6: THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER (2017)
Wed, December 13: THE FAVOURITE (2018)

SCCM: Hanukkah Story & Craft
2023-12-08 11:00 | Southern California Children’s Museum, 459 E. Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA, 91011, United States
Southern California Children’s Museum presents Story & Craft. Join SoCal for a read-aloud, and then bring the story to life through arts and crafts! Listen as SCCM reads “Is it Hanukkah Yet?” and then create a Dreidel Stained Glass Art. *Event is free with the price of admission

Vromans: Enrico Gnaulati discusses Flourishing Love
2023-12-08 19:00 | Vroman’s Bookstore
Flourishing Love is a secular defense of marriage and long-term intimate partnership. It rejects a moral-religious code to govern love lives and instead puts its faith in the human potential for couples to be benevolent, loyal, and forgiving to preserve and enhance their romantic union. Dr Gnaulati draws on a variety of sources to present the joint emotional upkeep necessary to make an intimate relationship not just satisfactory, but vital, and to illustrate what these lasting bonds look like. The latest science, anecdotes from his own 30-year marriage as well as from his psychotherapy practice, the musings of ancient and contemporary philosophers, and real-life interviews from partners in long-term happy marriages and intimate unions are all used to reveal the secrets to a successful romantic partnership. The result is a how-to of engaging in attentive and sensitive communication; employing a fairness habit of mind around household chores, childrearing responsibilities, and finances; optimally moving through and beyond conflict; keeping an erotic spark alive; and ethically handling urges to stray outside the couple. A must-read for all those who crave meaning, happiness, and fulfilment in life and need their romantic partnerships to help, not hinder, in this endeavor.

PPC: 79th Annual Candlelight & Carols
2023-12-08 19:30 | Pasadena Presbyterian Church Musical Events, 585 East Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena, California, 91101
The 79th Annual Candlelight & Carols concert at Pasadena Presbyterian Church (PPC) is a free “Pasadena Holiday Tradition for the Whole Family” and a perfect kickoff for your Christmas season. Five singing choirs, a handbell choir and a professional orchestra offer sacred and secular music of the season, and everyone gets to sing Christmas carols with the orchestra and PPC’s noteworthy pipe organ.

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The Mixx: A Very Merry ChristMOZ Smiths and Morrisey Holiday Tribute
2023-12-08 20:00 | The Mixx, 443 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Join The Mixx for a Very Merry ChristMOZ Smiths and Morrisey Holiday Tribute Night. Dance and sing along into the Christmoz season and a unique live Morrissey music video live mixx on the largest LED Wall in town. Plus, enjoy drink & dinner specials!

Landmark Theatres: The Metropolitan Opera - Florencia en el Amazonas
2023-12-09 09:55 - 12:30 | Landmark Theatre, 673 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
See a film featuring the Metropolitan Opera at Landmark Pasadena!
Inspired by the magical realism of Gabriel García Márquez, Mexican composer Daniel Catán’s 1996 opera tells the enchanting story of a Brazilian opera diva who returns to her homeland to perform at the legendary opera house of Manaus—and to search for her lost lover, who has vanished into the jungle. The Met premiere stars soprano Ailyn Pérez as Florencia Grimaldi, with Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin on the podium to lead a spellbinding new production by Mary Zimmerman that brings the mysterious and magical realm of the Amazon to the Met stage. A distinguished ensemble of artists portray the diva’s fellow travelers on the river boat to Manaus, including soprano Gabriella Reyes as the journalist Rosalba, bass-baritone Greer Grimsley as the ship’s captain, baritone Mattia Olivieri as his enigmatic first mate, tenor Mario Chang as the captain’s nephew Arcadio, and mezzo-soprano Nancy Fabiola Herrera and baritone Michael Chioldi as the feuding couple Paula and Álvaro.

SCCM: Celebrate Hanukkah
2023-12-09 10:30 | Southern California Children’s Museum, 459 E. Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA, 91011, United States
Ever wonder why there are eight candles on the Hanukkah menorah, or what the letters on the sides of the dreidel mean, or what the heck is a soofgania?? Come to Southern California Children’s Museum and participate in the telling of the Hanukkah story and sing songs of hope and unity with Ben and Friends! Ben is an elementary school orchestra teacher with LAUSD, a multi-instrumentalist who has performed with Grammy-nominated musicians, composed scores for musicals, and studied the accordion on a Fulbright fellowship in Brazil. Ben is also a puppeteer and will do his best to convince one or two large puppet friends to make an appearance!

Vroman's: Annual Gingerbread House Decorating Party
2023-12-09 11:00 | Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Build and decorate a house that you can take home! $22.00 + tax – includes house pieces and decorations, though you can bring extra candy & décor.
This year you can choose between a traditional Gingerbread House and a Gingerbread Dog House. Let us know which one you prefer when you sign up. Once again, please note that you will be given the house pieces and frosting to put them together this year – they will not be preassembled.
Space is limited so make sure to call us at (626) 449-5320 to sign up. Please sign up by 12/7/23.

Vroman's Holiday Music: Coras
2023-12-09 13:00 | Vroman’s Stage, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, Select a Country:
Kick off the Holiday Music concert series at Vroman’s with performance by Coras in the outdoor Paseo.

FUMC: Los Angeles Children's Chorus Winter Concert
2023-12-09 19:00 | First United Methodist Church, 500 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
On Saturday, December 9, Apprentice Choir, Concert Choir, Chorale, and Young Men’s Ensemble will take the stage at First United Methodist Church for the first of our Winter Concerts, titled A Few of Our Favorite Things.

The Mixx: Supérr Star Posada Reventon
2023-12-09 20:00 | The Mixx, 443 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Supérr Star Posada Reventon – featuring former Super Estrella DJs playing all your favorite Latin Pop, Rock, Cumbia, Top 40, Dance Remixes + Live Music Video Mixx on the largest LED Wall in town with former Super Estrella DJ Santi. Hosted by former Super Estrella DJ El Diablito from the famed Radio Toxio Radio. Plus, enjoy drink & dinner specials!
FREE before 10PM with RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/superr-star-posada-reventon-featuring-former-super-estrella-djs-tickets-763610869667?aff=oddtdtcreator

Vroman's: Kids Holiday Craft Fun
2023-12-10 11:00 | Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Vroman’s presents an event with special holiday craft activities for kids. 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.

Vroman's Holiday Music: Dulcet Singers & Resound Ringers
2023-12-10 14:30 | Vroman’s Stage, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, Select a Country:
Enjoy a series of free Holiday Music concerts outdoors in the Vroman’s Paseo.
The Dulcet Singers have been rehearsing and performing in the greater Los Angeles area for over 10 years. A small acapella group, their repertoire includes an eclectic mix of early music, jazz, gospel, and holiday favorites. Resound Ringers is a full size handbell choir at Pasadena’s First United Methodist Church. In addition to regular worship performance, they enjoy performing all kinds of repertoire at community events whenever possible.

PPC: Los Angeles Children's Chorus Winter Concert
2023-12-10 19:00 | Pasadena Presbyterian Church, 585 East Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena , CA, 91101, United States
On Sunday, December 10, Intermediate Choir, Concert Choir, and Chamber Singers will take the stage at Pasadena Presbyterian Church for the second of our annual Winter Concerts, titled A Few of Our Favorite Things.

Vroman's: Andrew Shtulman discusses Learning to Imagine
2023-12-11 19:00 | Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Imagination is thought to be the province of childhood–the stuff of free play and unrestrained ideas. Then comes the dull routine of adulthood, stifling creativity. In fact, the opposite is true. Andrew Shtulman shows that imagination is not inherited at birth, nor does it diminish with age. It grows as we do, through education and reflection.

Chanukah Menorah Parade & Celebration
2023-12-12 18:00 - 19:00 | Playhouse Village Park, 701 Union St, Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Chabad of Pasadena and Playhouse Village invite you to a joyous Chanukah Celebration on Tuesday, December 12, as we illuminate the night with a spectacular menorah car parade, public menorah lighting, and festive activities for the whole family! The excitement kicks off at 5 pm with a dazzling car parade, starting at Chabad of Pasadena and winding its way through the charming streets of Pasadena. As the parade concludes at 6pm, gather at Playhouse Village Park for a magical celebration featuring a grand menorah lighting, Chanukah arts and crafts for kids, and the delicious aroma of hot latkes and donuts filling the air. This free event promises to be a festive evening, spreading the warmth and light of Chanukah throughout the community. Don’t miss out on this enchanting celebration of the Festival of Lights!
The car parade begins at 5PM at Chabad of Pasadena at 1090 E Walnut St and ends with a celebration at 6PM at Playhouse Village Park located at 701 E Union St.

Vroman's: Merrill Joan Gerber presents Revelation at the Food Bank
2023-12-12 19:00 | Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
These powerful essays share critical moments of a writer’s life: scenes from sixty years of passionate married love; suicides faced and suicide contemplated; trauma at the DMV; a night lost searching for a harpsichord in the mountains of Florence, Italy; the tale of a beloved cousin whose plane is shot down by Japanese Zeros; and a precious friendship between two women writers derailed by the poisons of religion and politics. In the titular essay (included in Best American Essays 2023) a food bank, assuaging the pandemic’s terrors with gifts of food and prayers, becomes a portal for intimate confidences entrusted to us by a voice of unspoiled authenticity and perennial vigor.

SCCM: Hanukkah Story & Craft
2023-12-13 10:30 | Southern California Children’s Museum, 459 E. Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA, 91011, United States
Southern California Children’s Museum presents Story & Craft Wednesday. Join SoCal for a read-aloud, and then bring the story to life through arts and crafts! Listen as SCCM reads “Meet the Latkes” and then create a Menorah Pointilism Painting. *Event is free with the price of admission

PPC: Music at Noon
2023-12-13 12:10 - 12:40 | Pasadena Presbyterian Church Musical Events, 585 East Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena, California, 91101
Enjoy a free concert every Wednesday presented by Pasadena Presbyterian Church’s Music at Noon Program which features new artists every week. Music at Noon is a great way to get out into the community and spend time in the beautiful Playhouse Village. This week’s performance showcases The Sam Hill Duo, guitarist Sam Hill and flutist Laura Osborn.
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The Mixx: Holiday Comedy Show
2023-12-13 20:00 - 22:00 | The Mixx, 443 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Pasadena Humpday Comedy Improv Happy Hours start at 7PM to 10:00PM with the very funny Patrick Tunny and weekly guest comedians. Plus, enjoy drink & dinner specials!

Vroman's: Matt Coyle and Tim Maleeny discuss Odyssey’s End and Hanging the Devil
2023-12-14 19:00 | Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Odyssey’s End: San Diego private investigator Rick Cahill’s past comes back to haunt him when he’s at his most vulnerable. His wife, Leah, has fled with their daughter, Krista, to her parents’ home in Santa Barbara. She fears Rick’s violent outbursts brought on by his potentially fatal brain disorder, CTE–and she doesn’t trust that he’ll ever be able to tame his manic desire to bring his own brand of justice to an unjust world.
Rick desperately wants to reunite his family and help provide for Krista’s future–one he fears he won’t be alive to see. A jumpstart toward that future appears in the form of Peter Stone, Rick’s longtime enemy. Stone offers Rick $50,000 to find a woman he claims can save his life with a kidney transplant. Rick can’t pass up the chance to buttress Krista’s future.
When what seems like a simple missing person case spirals out of control into cryptocurrency machinations, dead bodies, and an outgunned faceoff, Rick is forced to battle evil from his past. Can he stay alive long enough to see his family one last time? (Oceanview Publishing)
Hanging the Devil: It was supposed to be a simple job: steal the paintings, leave the forgeries…
When a helicopter crashes through the skylight of the Asian Art Museum, an audacious heist turns into a tragedy. The only witness to the crash is eleven-year-old Grace, who watches in horror as her uncle is killed and a priceless statue stolen by two men and a–ghost? At least that’s how the eerie, smoke-like figure with parchment skin and floating hair appears to Grace. Scared almost to death, she flees into the night and seeks refuge in the back alleys of San Francisco’s Chinatown.
Grace is found by Sally Mei, self-appointed guardian of Chinatown. While Sally trains Grace in basic survival skills, her erstwhile partner Cape Weathers, private detective and public nuisance, searches for the mysterious crew behind the robbery before they strike the museum a second time. As the clock winds down, Cape enlists aid from some unlikely allies to lay a trap for a ghost who has no intention of being caught–nor of leaving any witnesses alive to tell the tale.

Pasadena Playhouse: Holiday Spectacular
2023-12-14 20:00 | Pasadena Playhouse, 39 S. El Molino Avenue, Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
You better watch out, you better not cry, because something magical is coming to the Playhouse this holiday season. Tony nominee Sam Pinkleton, one of the creative minds behind 2021’s Head Over Heels, returns to the Playhouse to sleigh audiences with a brand-new holiday show that’s sure to leave you feeling merry and bright. So get ready to jingle all the way and join us for a holly jolly spectacular you’ll never forget.

The Mixx: Rock N Roll Holiday
2023-12-14 20:00 | The Mixx, 443 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Join The Mixx for a special ROCK ROCK ROCK N ROLL HOLIDAY with a live tribute to the Ramones by the Rockaways + Live Burlesque featuring Marz Ataxx + Special surprise guest performers. Enjoy the classic Rock N Roll High School videos on the largest LED Wall in town. Plus 2×1 Drinks All Night Long!
