Vroman's Bookstore: A Group Poetry event featuring Senator Anthony Portantino, Linda Ravenswood, and Brian Sonia Wallace
2024-04-04 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Political instability, poverty, climate change, and the insatiable appetite for cheap labor all fuel clandestine movement across borders. As those borders harden, the demand for smugglers who aid migrants across them increases every year. Yet the real lives and work of smugglers–or coyotes, or guides, as they are often known by the migrants who hire their services–are only ever reported on from a distance, using tired tropes and stereotypes, often depicted as boogie men and violent warlords. In an effort to better understand this essential yet extralegal billion dollar global industry, internationally recognized anthropologist and expert Jason De León embedded with a group of smugglers moving migrants across Mexico over the course of seven years.
The result of this unique and extraordinary access is SOLDIERS AND KINGS: the first ever in-depth, character-driven look at human smuggling. It is a heart-wrenching and intimate narrative that revolves around the life and death of one coyote who falls in love and tries to leave smuggling behind. In a powerful, original voice, De León expertly chronicles the lives of low-level foot soldiers breaking into the smuggling game, and morally conflicted gang leaders who oversee rag-tag crews of guides and informants along the migrant trail. SOLDIERS AND KINGS is not only a ground-breaking up-close glimpse of a difficult-to-access world, it is a masterpiece of narrative nonfiction.

Ice House Comedy: Darrell Hammond, Jermaine Fowler, Nemr
2024-04-05 19:00 - 20:30 | Ice House Comedy Club, 24 N Mentor Ave, Pasadena, CA, 91106
Ice House Comedy presents Darrell Hammond, Jermaine Fowler, and Nemr! The show Starts at 7pm. 21+ with a 2-item minimum per seat.
LIVE IN THE LEGENDARY ROOM
Ice House Presents:
Darrell Hammond
Jermaine Fowler
Nemr
Shaan Joshi
Josh Nasar
Fizaa Dosani
Ariel Kashanchi
Greg Baldwin

Pasadena Heritage: Playhouse District Walking Tour
2024-04-06 10:00 | Pasadena Heritage, The Blinn House 160 N Oakland Ave, Pasadena, 91101, United States
Pasadena, settled by a group of farmers from Indiana in the 1870s, originally developed along the Arroyo Seco. The Pasadena Playhouse Historic District contains approximately 34 buildings, which represent the eastward growth of the City’s urban core during the 1920s and 1930s, after Pasadena’s economy had changed from agriculture to tourism. Development of this area was spurred by the construction of Pasadena’s grand and imposing Civic Center in the 1920s, prompting the construction of residential, religious and cultural facilities. This walking tour will feature a variety of architectural styles and several of the district’s most notable landmarks including its namesake, the Pasadena Playhouse!
Tours last approximately 1.5 hours with a walking distance of approximately 1 mile. For the comfort of all our guests, dogs are not permitted on Pasadena Heritage walking tours.
Our next traditional Pasadena Playhouse District Walking Tour will be on Saturday, October 5th. Can’t wait until October? Join us on Saturday, July 6th for a special Playhouse District Walking Tour focused on its Art Deco architecture!

Boston Court Pasadena: Nolan Shaheed
2024-04-06 20:00 | Boston Court Pasadena, 70 N. Mentor Ave., Pasadena, CA, 91206, United States
Local Jazz legend Nolan Shaheed joins his brilliant trumpet stylings with his dedicated band of great musicians to share a program of hot Jazz on the Boston Court Pasadena stage for the first time.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Nolan Shaheed has achieved his world class standing in two varied genres. He holds a world record in running and has musical talent that has taken him all over the world playing trumpet to back-up remarkable performers notably Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross and Phil Collins. He has also performed and toured with: Eddie Harris, Teddy Edwards, Duke Ellington Orchestra, Lionel Hampton Orchestra, Jeannie & Jimmy Cheatham and Francisco Aquabea. Notwithstanding, Shaheed is in demand as a studio musician and has recently released the album, Lamentations From The Middle Passage.
Born in 1949, this California native knew he had athletic talent at an early age. Before entering competitive track as a high school sophomore, Shaheed enjoyed beating all-comers in around-the-block races. He was also involved in basketball, baseball and football during his formative years as a member of the Pasadena Boys Club. During the time that Shaheed excelled as a high school track star, he was also making a name for himself as an outstanding trumpeter. He was named to the All-City-Band and All-State-Band. Thankfully, his passion for the trumpet was recognized by his mother, who permitted him to relinquish the violin at age 12 and begin his remarkable dedication to the trumpet. He credits his musical shift to listening to recordings of Louie Armstrong, the great jazz trumpeter.
Shaheed had the speed to qualify for the Olympic trials as a runner but did not pursue this path. He recognized there was not the money in track that his musical talent would garnish. Therefore, running became an avocation and a supplement to his musical career. As he puts it, “Running made my trumpet playing better, which gave me an incentive to run.” While touring with phenomenal musicians, Shaheed honed his running skills and built the conviction to become an Ageless/Timeless Athlete. “When I was on the road, I always jogged ten miles. I did my best work writing music when on a nice long run,” Shaheed stated.

Tepito Coffee: Homie-2-Homie
2024-04-07 08:00 - 10:00 | Tepito Coffee, 695 E Colorado Blvd 695 East Colorado Boulevard Pasadena, CA 91101, Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Join Tepito this Sunday, April 7th, for another exciting Homie-2-Homie. Reignite connections, forge new friendships, and build community. Everyone’s welcome! Whether you’re a regular or a first-timer, come share stories, laughter, and warmth. Let’s make this morning unforgettable!

Tepito: Homie-2-Homie
2024-04-07 08:00 - 10:00 | Tepito Coffee, 695 E Colorado Blvd 695 East Colorado Boulevard Pasadena, CA 91101, Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Tepito Coffee presents Homie-2-Homie as an inclusive platform for the community to share, network, and come together. There are no judgments, cliques, or hate here.

Vroman's Bookstore: Yulin Kuang, in conversation with Candice Lim, discusses How to End a Love Story
2024-04-09 19:00 | Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Helen Zhang hasn’t seen Grant Shepard once in the thirteen years since the tragic accident that bound their lives together forever.
Now a bestselling author, Helen pours everything into her career. She’s even scored a coveted spot in the writers’ room of the TV adaptation of her popular young adult novels, and if she can hide her imposter syndrome and overcome her writer’s block, surely the rest of her life will fall into place too. LA is the fresh start she needs. After all, no one knows her there. Except…
Grant has done everything in his power to move on from the past, including building a life across the country. And while the panic attacks have never quite gone away, he’s well liked around town as a screenwriter. He knows he shouldn’t have taken the job on Helen’s show, but it will open doors to developing his own projects that he just can’t pass up.
Grant’s exactly as Helen remembers him–charming, funny, popular, and lovable in ways that she’s never been. And Helen’s exactly as Grant remembers too–brilliant, beautiful, closed off. But working together is messy, and electrifying, and Helen’s parents, who have never forgiven Grant, have no idea he’s in the picture at all.
When secrets come to light, they must reckon with the fact that theirs was never meant to be any kind of love story. And yet… the key to making peace with their past–and themselves–might just lie in holding on to each other in the present. (Avon Books)
Candice Lim is the co-host of ICYMI, Slate’s podcast about internet culture. She comes to Slate from NPR, where she was an assistant producer and occasional panelist on Pop Culture Happy Hour. She graduated from Boston University and hails from Orange County, California.

Vroman's Bookstore: Matt Strassler discusses Waves in an Impossible Sea
2024-04-10 19:00 | Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
In Waves in an Impossible Sea, physicist Matt Strassler tells a startling tale of elementary particles, human experience, and empty space. He begins with a simple mystery of motion. When we drive at highway speeds with the windows down, the wind beats against our faces. Yet our planet hurtles through the cosmos at 150 miles per second, and we feel nothing of it. How can our voyage be so tranquil when, as Einstein discovered, matter warps space, and space deflects matter?
The answer, Strassler reveals, is that empty space is a sea, albeit a paradoxically strange one. Much like water and air, it ripples in various ways, and we ourselves, made from its ripples, can move through space as effortlessly as waves crossing an ocean. Deftly weaving together daily experience and fundamental physics–the musical universe, the enigmatic quantum, cosmic fields, and the Higgs boson–Strassler shows us how all things, familiar and unfamiliar, emerge from what seems like nothing at all.

Ice House Comedy: ILiza Shlesinger, Kevin Nealon, The Sklars
2024-04-10 19:00 - 20:30 | Ice House Comedy Club, 24 N Mentor Ave, Pasadena, CA, 91106
Ice House Comedy presents ILiza Shlesinger, Kevin Nealon, and The Sklar Bros! Live in the Legendary Room! The show Starts at 7PM. 21+ with a 2-item minimum per seat.

Ice House Comedy: Howie Mandel, ILiza, Kevin Nealon
2024-04-10 19:30 - 21:00 | Ice House Comedy Club, 24 N Mentor Ave, Pasadena, CA, 91106
Ice House Comedy presents Howie Mandel, ILiza Shelesinger, and Kevin Nealon! Live in the California Room! The show Starts at 7:30pm. 21+ with a 2-item minimum per seat.

Vroman's Bookstore: Darcie Little Badger discusses Sheine Lende
2024-04-11 19:00 | Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Shane works with her mother and their ghost dogs, tracking down missing persons even when their families can’t afford to pay. Their own family was displaced from their traditional home years ago following a devastating flood – and the loss of Shane’s father and her grandparents. They don’t think they’ll ever get their home back.
Then Shane’s mother and a local boy go missing, after a strange interaction with a fairy ring. Shane, her brother, her friends, and her lone, surviving grandparent – who isn’t to be trusted – set off on the road to find them. But they may not be anywhere in this world – or this place in time.
Nevertheless, Shane is going to find them.
Darcie Little Badger’s Elatsoe launched her career and in the years since has become a beloved favorite. This prequel to Elatsoe, centered on Ellie’s grandmother, deepens and expands Darcie’s one-of-a-kind world and introduces us to another cast of characters that will wend their way around readers’ hearts.

Ice House Comedy: Jimmy O. Yang, George Perez, Jay Larson
2024-04-11 19:00 - 20:30 | Ice House Comedy Club, 24 N Mentor Ave, Pasadena, CA, 91106
Ice House Comedy presents Jimmy O. Yang, George Perez, Jay Larson. Live in the Legendary Room. The show Starts at 7pm. 21+ with a 2-item minimum per seat.

Ice House Comedy: Jimmy O. Yang, George Perez, Jackie Fabulous
2024-04-11 19:30 - 21:00 | Ice House Comedy Club, 24 N Mentor Ave, Pasadena, CA, 91106
Ice House Comedy presents Jimmy O. Yang, George Perez, and Jackie Fabulous! Live in the California Room. The show starts at 7:30pm. 21+ only with a 2-item minimum per seat.

Vroman's Bookstore: Simone Gorrindo discusses The Wives: A Memoir
2024-04-12 19:00 | Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
When her new husband joins an elite Army unit, Simone Gorrindo is uprooted from New York City and dropped into Columbus, Georgia–a town so foreign she might as well have landed on the moon. With her husband frequently deployed, Simone is left to find her place in this new world, alone–until she meets the wives.
Gorrindo gives us an intimate look into the inner lives of a remarkable group of women and a tender, unflinching portrait of a marriage. A love story, an unforgettable coming-of-age tale, and a bracing tour of the intractable divisions that plague our country today, The Wives offers a rare and powerful gift: a hopeful stitch in the fabric of a torn America.

Ice House Comedy: Eddie ifft
2024-04-12 19:00 - 20:30 | Ice House Comedy Club, 24 N Mentor Ave, Pasadena, CA, 91106
Ice House Comedy presents Eddie Ifft. Live in the Legendary Room. The show Starts at 7pm. 21+ with a 2-item minimum per seat.

Ice House Comedy: Maz Jobrani, Pablo Francisco, Moshe Kasher
2024-04-12 19:30 - 21:00 | Ice House Comedy Club, 24 N Mentor Ave, Pasadena, CA, 91106
Ice house comedy presents Ice House Comedy: Maz Jobrani, Pablo Francisco, and Moshe Kasher. Live in the California Room! The show starts at 7:30pm. 21+ only with a 2-item minimum per seat.

Ice House Comedy: Maz Jobrani, Pablo Francisco, Moshe Kasher
2024-04-12 21:30 | Ice House Comedy Club, 24 N Mentor Ave, Pasadena, CA, 91106
Ice House Comedy presents Maz Jobrani, Pablo Francisco, and Moshe Kasher. Live in the California Room! The show starts at 9:30PM. 21+ only with a 2-item minimum per seat.

Ice House Comedy: Rudy Moreno and Friends
2024-04-13 05:30 - 19:00 | Ice House Comedy Club, 24 N Mentor Ave, Pasadena, CA, 91106
Ice House Comedy presents Rudy Moreno and Friends! Live in the Legendary Room! The show Starts at 5:30pm. 21+ with a 2-item minimum per seat.

Vroman's Bookstore: TICKETED - George Lopez signs ChupaCarter and the Screaming Sombrero
2024-04-13 11:00 | Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
George Lopez does it again in his next laugh-out-loud ChupaCarter adventure! Jorge and his chupacabra chum Carter are hot on the trail of the legendary El Dorado gold . . . but so are some wicked treasure hunters who will stop at nothing to find it!
A cursed Aztec dagger. A five-hundred-year-old witch’s riddle. And a . . . screaming sombrero?
These ancient artifacts mysteriously hold the answer to the location of the priceless El Dorado treasure hidden in New Mexico—not far from where Jorge and Carter live. When their friend Ernie’s dad is accused of stealing the artifacts, it’s a race against time to clear his name. They find help from the unlikeliest—and loudest—source they’ve ever met: a sombrero that SCREAMS!
Together with brainy Liza, the oddball heroes discover the real culprits are a devilish ring of thieves after El Dorado’s treasure. The pals lay a cunning trap to make the thieves confess, but they realize too late that they’re the ones being trapped . . . and there’s no one left to save them!
This ticketed event is a book signing only and tickets include a copy of ChupaCarter and the Screaming Sombrero, to be picked up at check in the night of the event.
Event Guidelines
Signatures only, no personalizations.
George Lopez will be signing the book only, no memorabilia.
Photos from the line are ok. No posed photos or selfies.

USC PAM: Ikebana Workshop 3-PT Series
2024-04-13 12:00 - 14:00 | USC Pacific Asia Museum, 46 North Los Robles Avenue, Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Discover the art of Ikebana in our hands-on workshop series. You’ll practice the creation of elegant floral arrangements inspired by the principles of line, angle, volume, shape, space, and the union of nature and humans.
Join USC PAM 0n the second Saturday of April, May, and June to craft and take home fresh seasonal flower arrangements!
All materials included for each workshop ($120 value)
Classes include admission to the museum galleries and free parking.
Class series (3 classes): $360
Individual classes $130
Please email: ch45852@usc.edu if you are interested in taking a one-time individual class.
Class schedule:
Saturday, April 13th, 12:00-2:00 PM: One traditional Moribana Style
Saturday, May 11th, 12:00-2:00 PM:: Sen-Men-Massu (plane and mass)
Saturday, June 8th, 12:00-2:00 PM:: Tyoku sen – (parallel lines)

More about our Ikebana Master:
Valeria Brinkers is a master of the Ikebana Sangetsu Style and former President of Ikebana International Los Angeles. She is the owner/coordinator of the Ikebana Lessons shows and exhibitions.
In 2023, the Ikebana Lessons Group exhibited at the Sherman Library and Gardens in Corona Del Mar and at The Flower Fields in Carlsbad to more than 17,000 visitors.
The Ikebana Lessons arrangements are inspired by Mokichi Okada’s style and philosophy which gives guidance on how to make arrangements that retain their life forces and are an expression of nature.

Ice House Comedy: Kiki Yeung's Night Out
2024-04-13 20:00 - 21:30 | Ice House Comedy Club, 24 N Mentor Ave, Pasadena, CA, 91106
Ice House Comedy presents Kiki Yeung’s Night Out. Live in the California Room! The show starts at 8pm. 21+ only with a 2-item minimum per seat.

Pasadena Playhouse: Late Nite House Party with Kate Berlant
2024-04-13 20:30 | Bar Chelou, 37 S El Molino Ave, Pasadena, CA, 91101
You’re invited to Late Nite at the HOUSE PARTY hosted by Kate Berlant and Bar Chelou–a new after-hours experience to celebrate Pasadena Playhouse! Your Late Nite ticket is all-inclusive and tax deductible excluding $40 in goods and services per ticket. But don’t worry babes, the “goods and services” are giving Gatsby. Bar Chelou is supplying cocktails, mocktails, wine, food and dessert. Plus we’ll have an all-night coffee bar so you can keep the party going as long as you please.

Ice House Comedy: The Shindig Show w/ Shang and Momo Rodriguez
2024-04-13 21:30 - 23:00 | CA
Ice House Comedy presents The Shindig Show with Shang and Momo Rodriguez. Live in the Legendary Room! The Show Starts at 9:30PM. 21+ with a 2-item minimum per seat.
Join the Party with Jimmy Shin and the top comedians in the country! The ShinDig Show is one of the top comedy shows in Los Angeles bringing you the biggest headliners as seen on Comedy Central, Netflix, HBO, The Late Show, Def Jam, and Showtime. Don’t miss this Ultimate Comedy Party…This show always has the hottest rising talent and the biggest Stars of comedy! This week we have the Hilarious Shang and Momo Rodriguez headlining!

Ice House Comedy: Drew Lynch, Joey Bragg, Zahra Ali
2024-04-13 22:00 - 23:30 | Ice House Comedy Club, 24 N Mentor Ave, Pasadena, CA, 91106
Ice House Comedy presents Drew Lynch, Joey Bragg, and Zahra Ali! Live in the California Room! The show starts at 10pm. 21+ only with a 2-item minimum per seat.

USC PAM: Free 2nd Sunday - Teen Takeover!
2024-04-14 11:00 - 15:00 | USC Pacific Asia Museum, 46 North Los Robles Avenue, Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Join USC PAM for a fun afternoon of activities designed by the USC PAM Teen Ambassadors! Enjoy artmaking, henna tattoos, live music, and more. Snap a photo at our custom photo booth and go on a gallery scavenger hunt. FREE boba milk tea while supplies last!

This event is FREE and open to all ages and includes admission to the galleries.

Schedule of Activities:
11:00 am – 4:00 pm – Identity Zine
11:00 am – 4:00 pm – Origami
11:00 am – 4:00 pm – Button making
11:00 am – 1:00 pm – Henna Design
11:00 am – 2:00 pm – Altadena Library Mobile
12:00 pm – Storytime
1:00 pm – Performance by Jung Im Lee Dance Academy
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm – Photo booth by Las Fotos Project
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm – Fan painting
3:00 pm – Music by Forsythia

Vroman's Bookstore: TICKETED - Vroman’s presents Valerie Bertinelli discussing Indulge
2024-04-15 19:00 | All Saints Church, 132 North Euclid Avenue, Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Beloved actress and New York Times bestselling author Valerie Bertinelli returns with her most indulgent cookbook yet; a collection of 100 recipes to nourish the body and the soul.
in·dulge: to allow oneself to enjoy the pleasure of.
When Valerie Bertinelli turned 60, she said “Enough already!” and ended her battle with the scale for good. She stopped counting calories. She stopped thinking of certain foods as good or bad. She quit saying no and began saying yes, finally learning how to enjoy the pure pleasure of being alive – starting in the kitchen.
In short, she learned how to indulge.
With this gorgeous cookbook, Valerie shares her secrets for indulging so you can start living your best, most fulfilling life too. Whether it’s splurging on fresh produce at the farmer’s market, cooking an extravagant steak dinner for one, or serving an ice cream sundae bar at a dinner party, this book is a reminder that indulging can take many shapes and forms.
You’ll discover the delicious recipes she cooks for her friends and family, including favorites like Garlic Confit BLT, Oven “Fried” Okra, Sausage and Olive Cheese Bites, Spaghetti al Limone, Salmon Burgers With Quick-Pickled Vegetables, Filet Mignon with Béarnaise Sauce and Chocolate Peanut Butter Dates, and more.
Written in Valerie’s warmhearted and intimate style—including heartfelt essays about how to savor moments big and small—this cookbook is a permission slip to enjoy food, and more importantly, enjoy life.
This ticketed event will take place at All Saints Church located at 132 N Euclid Ave, Pasadena.
Tickets include one hardcover copy of Indulge which will be handed out at check-in. A book signing will follow the talk.

Vroman's Bookstore:
2024-04-16 19:00 | All Saints Church, 132 North Euclid Avenue, Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
From the bestselling author of Dusk, Night, Dawn and Help, Thanks, Wow, a joyful celebration of love.
“Love is our only hope,” Anne Lamott writes in this perceptive new book. “It is not always the easiest choice, but it is always the right one, the noble path, the way home to safety, no matter how bleak the future looks.”
In Somehow: Thoughts on Love, Lamott explores the transformative power that love has in our lives: how it surprises us, forces us to confront uncomfortable truths, reminds us of our humanity, and guides us forward. “Love just won’t be pinned down,” she says. “It is in our very atmosphere” and lies at the heart of who we are. We are, Lamott says, creatures of love.
In each chapter of Somehow, Lamott refracts all the colors of the spectrum. She explores the unexpected love for a partner later in life. The bruised (and bruising) love for a child who disappoints, even frightens. The sustaining love among a group of sinners, for a community in transition, in the wider world. The lessons she underscores are that love enlightens as it educates, comforts as it energizes, sustains as it surprises.
Somehow is Anne Lamott’s twentieth book, and in it she draws from her own life and experience to delineate the intimate and elemental ways that love buttresses us in the face of despair as it galvanizes us to believe that tomorrow will be better than today. Full of the compassion and humanity that have made Lamott beloved by millions of readers, Somehow is classic Anne Lamott: funny, warm, and wise. (Riverhead Books)
This ticketed event will take place in the Sanctuary at All Saints Church located at 132 N Euclid Ave, Pasadena.
Tickets include one copy of Somehow which will be handed out at check-in.
A book signing will follow the discussion.

Brehm Films: Victory and Jeevo Music in the Space Between: A Live Performance and Conversation with Victory Boyd X Jeevo
2024-04-16 19:30 | Brehm Center, 135 N. Oakland Ave., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Brehm Films presents Victory and Jeevo Music in the Space Between: A Live Performance and Conversation with Victory Boyd X Jeevo

Anayas Restaurant: Winedown Wednesdays
2024-04-17 19:00 - 21:00 | Anayas Restaurant, 630 E Colorado, Pasadena, California, 91101
Enjoy Winedown Wednesdays at Anayas Restaurant & Bar! Live music with Rodrigo! Make your reservations online or call in. They have specialty wines that you can pair with a delicious meal

The Mixx Pasadena: Comedy Improv
2024-04-17 19:00 - 23:00 | The Mixx, 443 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Join The Mixx for an evening of laughter and good vibes! Prepare to have your funny bone tickled by some of the funniest comedians in town. This in-person event guarantees an unforgettable night of comedy and entertainment hosted by the very funny Paddy for comedy + weekly guest comedians.
