Landmark theatre: Retro Replay: Sleepless in Seattle
2023-11-28 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Landmark Theatre, 673 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Retro Replay, Landmark Theatres Pasadena’s weekly series of modern and vintage film favorites, features films so satisfying we’re reviving them on the big screen to enjoy again—or to see for the first time! Each month’s thematic program offers a new film on Tuesdays.
November: A MONTH OF GIVING HANKS
11/7: THE ‘BURBS (1989) Tom Hanks & Carrie Fisher!
11/14: JOE VERSUS THE VOLCANO (1990) Tom Hanks & Meg Ryan!
11/21: A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN (1992) Tom Hanks & Geena Davis!
11/28: SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE (1993) Tom Hanks & Meg Ryan!

Music at Noon: Seraphour
2023-11-29 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 Seraphour.

Landmark Theatre: Filmmaker Focus Yorgos Lanthimos: The Lobster
2023-11-29 19:00 - 19:30 | 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)

Vroman's: Liên Shutt, in conversation with Lon Kurashige, discusses Home is Here
2023-11-30 19:00 | Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Home is Here builds on foundational Buddhist teachings–the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path–offering an intersectional frame to help you embody antiracist practices and tend to your own healing under racism and oppression.
Grounded in practice, memoir, and mindful self-help skill-building, Rev. Liên Shutt’s Engaged Four Noble Truths illuminate a path toward healing and liberation. She shares her own experiences with anti-Asian hate–as a teen riding her bike, meditating in whitewashed monasteries–and asks, what does it mean to attend to our suffering in body, heart, and mind when racism can cause such intense hurt and pain? What does it look like to heal?
While written mainly for Asian American Buddhists and other BIPOC practitioners, Home is Here moves us all from knowing and contemplation to a place of action and wholeness.
In the doing is the realization, and in practicing antiracism, we build a home for all beings. This is reflected in Rev. Shutt’s choice to frame each step of the Engaged Eightfold Path not as “right” but as “skillful”–to convey both the knowing and the practices essential to healing harm.
An engaged reframing of core Buddhist spiritual principles, Home is Here connects foundational practices to urgent causes–and invites readers on a path home to wholeness.

Ice House Comedy: Savannah's Comedy Cabana
2023-11-30 20:00 | Ice House Comedy Club, 24 N Mentor Ave, Pasadena, CA, 91106
Ice House Comedy presents Savannah’s Comedy Cabana. Live in the Legendary Room! 21+ with a 2-item minimum per seat.

Ice House Comedy: Ladies Love Comedy
2023-11-30 20:00 | Ice House Comedy Club, 24 N Mentor Ave, Pasadena, CA, 91106
Ice House Comedy presents Ladies Love Comedy. Live in the California Room! 21+ only with a 2-item minimum per seat.

Banter & Bliss: Candlemaking Class
2023-12-01 12:00 - 18:00 | CA
Learn how to make your candles in one of Banter & Bliss’ popular candlemaking workshops! In this workshop you’ll learn about different types of waxes, wicking, and techniques to make your own container candles.
Choose from and blend multiple fragrances to create your own custom scented 7 oz. coconut soy wax blend candle (40-45 hours burn time) plus add color to your wax and custom label your candle using one of their various label templates!
This candlemaking workshop is a group workshop. If you’re interested in a private candlemaking party, please refer to Banter & Bliss private party listing.

Sessions are available at 12pm, 2pm, 4pm, and 6pm.

Ice House Comedy: Brandi Denise Running A Hour
2023-12-01 20:00 | Ice House Comedy Club, 24 N Mentor Ave, Pasadena, CA, 91106
Ice House Comedy presents Brandi Dennis Running A Hour. Live in the California Room! 21+ only with a 2-item minimum per seat.

Ice House Comedy: Michael Blackson
2023-12-01 20:00 | Ice House Comedy Club, 24 N Mentor Ave, Pasadena, CA, 91106
Ice House Comedy presents Michael Blackson. Live in the Legendary Room! 21+ with a 2 item minimum per seat.

Bio
He has been called one of the most original stand-up comics in the country, and his performances leave audiences laughing in tears. Michael Blackson, aka, ‘The African King of Comedy’, has been entertaining audiences all across the country and around the globe for more than a decade. Inspired by the stand-up comedy of Eddie Murphy, Blackson began to develop his comedic talent in 1992 in the unkind comedy clubs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Blackson’s comedic appeal grew from his involvement with BET’s ComicView series, HBO’s Def Comedy Jam, Showtime at Harlem, and Live in Hollywood. However, it was in a Los Angeles comedy club where Blackson got his big break. Blackson was performing at the Comedy Store where actor/director Ice Cube was in attendance to see comedian Mike Epps perform. But after experiencing Blackson’s performance, Ice Cube invited the young comic for a reading the rest is smash hit history! Blackson’s outstanding and unforgettable performance in the smash hit comedy, Next Friday, drew praise and a fan following like no other.

After his scene-stealing performance in Next Friday, fans wanted more, and in 2005, Blackson would not disappoint. He released his top-selling sketch comedy CD entitled, Modasucka, Welcome to America. With Blackson, the work never stops. Along with special guest appearances on some of the hottest music videos, Blackson stole the stage on P. Diddy’s Bad Boys of Comedy on HBO and starred in a commercial for the Chappelle Show on Comedy Central. There’s no mistaking Blackson for any other comedian when he takes the stage. And what about those Dashikis? When he takes the stage, clad in the finest Dashikis the Motherland has to offer, “The African King of Comedy? is born! Along with his film and television endeavors, Blackson continues to entertain his fans as the headliner for live shows at comedy clubs, universities, and special events, bringing his one-of-a-kind, must-see stand-up performance to audiences all across the country and around the world.

The Mixx: Holiday Posada
2023-12-01 20:00 | The Mixx, 443 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Join The Mixx for the 1st Posada of the year with Live Rock En Español, Cumbia & 80s Tribute Show by MODULO playing all your favorite flashback hits. Dance and Sing along to all our favorite and guilty pleasures with a live Music Video Mixx on the largest LED Wall in town by DJ Jack Tames. Plus, there are Drink and Dinner Specials!

Vroman's: Pictures with Santa
2023-12-02 11:00 - 13:00 | Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Get your picture taken with Santa! Your photo is FREE courtesy of Vroman’s Bookstore! Please note that sitting on Santa’s lap for photos will not be allowed. Standing next to or kneeling next to or in front of Santa is.

USC PAM: Autumn Blooms Celebration
2023-12-02 11:00 - 15:30 | USC Pacific Asia Museum, 46 North Los Robles Avenue, Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Savor the rich colors and textures of autumn at USC PAM’s fall-themed Ikebana exhibition! Autumn Blooms: A Fall Ikebana Celebration is a seasonal showcase celebrating the artistry of Japanese floral arrangement and will host a variety of activities for the whole family. Activities include Ikebana demonstrations, displays, and interactive drop-in workshops for children.
This program is made possible by the groups: Ikebana Lessons, Ikebana Inspired by Arrangements of Master Mokichi Okada and MOA – Mokichi Okada Association
Program schedule:
11:00 AM – 3:30 PM: Ikebana exhibition viewing
1:00-2:00 PM: Ikebana demonstration
12:00 PM – 3:30 PM : Family-friendly Ikebana workshop
Tickets are $15 for adults and include admission to the museum. This event is free for Children Ages 17 and Under.

Ice House Comedy: Slammin Comedy
2023-12-02 20:00 | Ice House Comedy Club, 24 N Mentor Ave, Pasadena, CA, 91106
Ice House Comedy presents Slammin Comedy. Live in the California Room! 21+ only with a 2-item minimum per seat.

The Mixx: Interpol & Yeah Yeah Yeahs Tribute Show
2023-12-02 20:00 | The Mixx, 443 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Join The Mixx for Two Indie rock tributes in one night! Live tribute to Interpol by Public Pervert & Live tribute to Yeah Yeah Yeahs by Date with the Night. Dance and sing along to all your favorite Indie Rock Hits with DJs Ané Uno and Jack Tames, Live Music Video Mixx on the largest LED Wall in town. Plus, there are Drink and Dinner Specials!

Ice House Comedy: Fudge Factor
2023-12-02 22:00 | Ice House Comedy Club, 24 N Mentor Ave, Pasadena, CA, 91106
Ice House Comedy presents Fudge Factor. Live in the California Room! 21+ only with a 2-item minimum per seat.
Fudge Factor is an improvised standup comedy game show where the audience submits topics for the comedians to riff on. Every member of the audience gets to be a part of the action by writing down suggestions. Then they get to sit back and watch, while the comedians fudge their way through their sets.

Vroman's: A Happening Hanukkah Party
2023-12-03 11:00 | Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
To celebrate The Holiday of Lights, Vroman’s will be reading Alan Silberberg’s hilarious book Meet the Latkes. There will be craft projects to help bring the festival home and lively music to mark the season with song. This program is suitable for adults and children of all ages. The first night of Hanukkah this year is Thursday, December 7.

Landmark Theatre: Monty Python and Holy Grail Quote-Along
2023-12-03 12:30 | CA
Landmark Theatres in partnership with The Monty Python group are celebrating the 48 ½ anniversary of this comedic classic set in Medieval times. With an all-new quote-along created just for this anniversary, audiences will experience an interactive and uproarious cinematic experience the way only the Monty Python crew can provide. Get ready to journey into a world of Medieval madness, coconut-clacking horses, and unforgettable one-liners that will have audiences shouting “Bring out your dead!” — and loving every minute of it. (Sorry, no passes are accepted for this special event.)

Vroman's: Joel Stern presenting “In the Holly Jolly North Pole” Holiday Papercraft Workshop
2023-12-05 16:00 | Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Vroman’s Bookstore presents an enchanting afternoon with Joel Stern, the author of “In the Holly Jolly North Pole.” Experience the magical world of the North Pole, and meet its delightful characters. Then stick around for an exciting craft session and book signing.
Craft Session: Bring the characters to life! Vroman’s Bookstore will provide character sheets, card stock, scissors, glue, crayons, and colored pencils. Let your creativity shine!
Book Signing: Don’t miss this opportunity to have a copy of “In the Holly Jolly North Pole” signed by author Joel Stern!
Mark your calendars, gather your friends, and create some magic!
Please make a reservation: rsvp@vromansbookstore.com

Vroman's: Brooke Wentz, in conversation with Anthony Davis, discusses Transfigured New York: Interviews with Experimental Artists and Musicians, 1980-1990
2023-12-05 19:00 | Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Transfigured New York presents conversations with iconic, genre-bending artists who shaped the sounds of experimental movements like no-wave, avant-jazz, and electronic music. As an undergrad in the 1980s, Brooke Wentz hosted the show Transfigured Night on Columbia University’s WKCR-FM, discussing art and ideas with avant-garde music luminaries. She unearths these candid interviews before only first broadcast from cassettes and reel-to-reel tapes, letting readers today feel the excitement and creative energy of the 1980s New York underground scene. Musicians and artists, now icons of their craft, tell their stories and share their thoughts about the creative process, capturing the ambition and energy that animated their work. Legends in the making like Bill Frisell, Philip Glass, and Laurie Anderson convey what it was like to be a struggling artist in 1980s New York when the city was alive with possibilities. Others who were well known at the time, including John Cage, La Monte Young, and Ravi Shankar, advocated for their distinctive ideas about art and opened up about their creative lives. Featuring an astonishing range of interviews with Subotnick, Joan Tower, Steve Reich, Glenn Branca, Joan La Barbara, Living Colour, Arthur Russell, John Lurie, Eric Bogosian, Bill T. Jones, and many more Transfigured New York provides new insight into the city’s cultural landscape in this era. It is a one-of-a-kind account of one of the most exhilarating and inventive periods for art and culture in New York City’s history.

Hello You're Welcome: Coffee with a Cop
2023-12-06 08:00 - 10:00 | 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 | 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 | Landmark Theatre, 673 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States

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.
