It’s been a long sixteen months for Pasadena and Altadena. Saturday is for showing up. After a year of rebuilding, the kind of day where the whole neighborhood lands in the same park is the kind worth clearing your calendar for. Enter Kidspace Children’s Museum, throwing open its doors for the Neighborhood Block Party — all day, all ages, free.
Mayor Victor Gordo and Altadena Town Council chair Nic Arnzen kick things off at 10. Then the lineup: a Mexican ballet folklórico, Altadena’s own BLOW Brass Band, the Iron Orchid, Scottish Pipes and Drums, and the Thurgood Marshall High Dance Team. Stilt walkers and chalk art for the small humans. Water play for the smaller ones. Pasadena Humane brings adoptable dogs — bonus points to anyone leaving with a new family member. Food trucks, coffee, and ice cream round it out, because nobody’s going home hungry.
Bring a neighbor. Bring two. That’s the whole point.
Brookside Park at Kidspace, 480 N. Arroyo Blvd., Pasadena. Saturday, May 31, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Free. kidspacemuseum.org
