Sunday, May 21, 2023
Sunday, May 21, 2023
Time: 9:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
2023 Pasadena Showcase House of Design click for more information »
Welcome to Stewart House, a 1933 grand colonial estate with spectacular acreage in a storied neighborhood of Pasadena. Designed by Marston & Maybury, one of Pasadena’s most celebrated architectural partnerships, Stewart House takes us back to the days of gracious architecture and quintessential Sh…
Event Location: Pasadena
Cost: $35.00 – $50.00
Sunday, May 21, 2023
Time: 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Artazan – A Contemporary Handcraft Market click for more information »
A beautifully curated, springtime market comes to the Pasadena Convention Center, May 20-21. Artazan features over 200 exhibits, artist demonstrations, fine foods and live music. The market is inspired by the Arts & Crafts movement, and is a grand celebration of today’s artists and artisans, bring…
Event Location: Pasadena Convention Center
Cost: $8.00 – $10.00
Sunday, May 21, 2023
Time: 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Pop-Up Adoption Event at PetSmart Monrovia click for more information »
The Wiggle Waggle Waggin’ is out and about bringing adoptable pets to your community. Visit the Waggin’ and adopt your new best friend! …
Event Location: PetSmart Monrovia
Cost: Call for details
Sunday, May 21, 2023
Time: 11:00 a.m.
Vroman’s Local Author Day – Kids Edition featuring Janet Webb presenting Hawaiian Walking click for more information »
A young Hawaiian boy devastated by the death of his beloved grandfather sets off walking alone. He experiences a flood of memories walking by areas where he shared time with his grandfather. He eventually discovers a sacred place which causes a spiritual healing. Hawaiian language is sprinkled thro…
Event Location: Vroman’s Bookstore
Cost: Free
Sunday, May 21, 2023
Time: 12:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Los Angeles Dysautonomia Network’s Inaugural Fundraiser click for more information »
Please join Los Angeles Dysautonomia Network (LADN)’s Inaugural Fundraiser outdoors at a private home garden in Pasadena. At the event, Pasadena’s Pie ‘n Burger is donating 100% of the sales from their food truck. There will also be a silent auction, with items listed online beginning May 1st. T…
Event Location: Private Home in Pasadena
Cost: Free
Sunday, May 21, 2023
Time: 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Friends of Altadena Library Book Sale click for more information »
Join Friends of the Altadena Library Book Sale! The Friends will be selling fiction, children’s and media. The Book Store, which will also be open by then, will have all categories of course and prices there are nearly as good as the sales! The book sale will be held outside. In the parking lot at…
Event Location: Main Library Parking Lot
Cost: Varies
Sunday, May 21, 2023
Time: 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Museums of the Arroyo Day (MOTA) Day click for more information »
Museums of the Arroyo Day – MOTA Day includes Free admission and activities at five museums located along the celebrated Arroyo Seco. In addition to PMH, visit the Gamble House, Heritage Square Museum, Los Angeles Police Museum, and Lummis Home & Garden. At PMH, view Community Stitches: Quilt Design…
Event Location: Participating Museums in the Greater Pasadena Area
Cost: Free
Sunday, May 21, 2023
Time: 2:00 p.m.
A Little Night Music click for more information »
In honor of its 50th Anniversary, the Playhouse is proud to present this unsung sensation in its full, original, and soaring orchestration. Boasting one of the most singular and sumptuous scores in Broadway history, Sondheim’s enchanting, hilarious romantic farce is a bona fide classic of American…
Event Location: The Pasadena Playhouse
Cost: $44.00 – $105.00
Sunday, May 21, 2023
Time: 2:00 p.m.
The Book of Will click for more information »
History, humor, and hijinks abound in this love letter to theater and friendship. After Shakespeare’s death, his friends, who also happen to be his fellow members of the King’s Men, are struck with the epiphany that it is up to them to preserve and print Will’s famous plays which otherwise exi…
Event Location: A Noise Within
Cost: $25.00 – $87.00
Sunday, May 21, 2023
Time: 2:00 p.m.
The Dance and the Railroad click for more information »
A Noise Within’s “Noise Now” community engagement series partners with Artists at Play to present a workshop production of The Dance and the Railroad, a haunting and powerfully affecting work by David Henry Hwang. Set in 1867, two Chinese artists and their fellow railroad workers stage a strike t…
Event Location: A Noise Within
Cost: $20.00 – $50.00/Pay what you choose
Sunday, May 21, 2023
Time: 2:00 p.m.
Sustainability Sundays at SCCM click for more information »
Let’s get creative! Part sensory play, part art class and part environmental studies, participants will learn about the environment and how they can help take care of the planet while exploring items from SCCM’s garden or building amazing creations out of recycled materials! *Sign up required…
Event Location: Southern California Children’s Museum
Cost: Free with admission
Sunday, May 21, 2023
Time: 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Nathan Wang Presents “Shanghai’s World Emporium” click for more information »
Chinese American composer Nathan Wang, the 2022-23 Cheng Family Foundation Visiting Artist in the Chinese Garden, will present “Shanghai’s World Emporium,” an original musical developed over his yearlong residency. The new musical exploring immigration stories features original music by Nathan Wa…
Event Location: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Cost: $10.00
Sunday, May 21, 2023
Time: 3:00 p.m.
Caltech Orchestra “Forces of Destiny” Concerts click for more information »
The Caltech Orchestra, directed by Dr. Glenn D. Price, will close the season with a dramatic program cut straight from the heart of the Romantic era. Selections include Verdi’s Overture, “La Forza del Destino” and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6, “Pathétique”. Alexia Kim, one of the three studen…
Event Location: Caltech’s Ramo Auditorium
Cost: Free
Sunday, May 21, 2023
Time: 3:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Opening: Sam Francis “Distilled” click for more information »
You are cordially invited to attend the reception of Sam Francis “Distilled”. Sam Francis – Distilled exclusively focuses upon a hugely important aspect of Francis’ rarely seen monochromatic graphic works. It compliments the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s present Sam Francis exhibition wh…
Event Location: Jack Rutberg Fine Arts
Cost: Free
Sunday, May 21, 2023
Time: 3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Mt. Lowe Chamber Players – Reed Quintets click for more information »
Join a free concert as the Mt. Lowe Chamber Players perform very hip, rhythmic, and energetic quintets for reed instruments. George Gershwin “Preludes,” Marc Melitis “Splinter,” Ton der Doest “Circusmuziek,” and John Steinmetz “Sorrow and Celebration.” The musicians: Helen Goode (clarinet)…
Event Location: Altadena Library
Cost: Free
Sunday, May 21, 2023
Time: 3:00 p.m.
Mt. Lowe Chamber Present “Reed Quintets” click for more information »
Mt. Lowe Chamber Players presents “Reed Quintets” at Altadena Main Library. Very hip, rhythmic and energetic quintets for reed instruments. Helen Goode (clarinet), Jim Foschia (bass clarinet), Phil O’Connor (alto sax), Catherine Del Russo (oboe), Phoebe Ray (bassoon). George Gershwin “Preludes,…
Event Location: Altadena Main Library
Cost: Free
Sunday, May 21, 2023
Time: 4:00 p.m.
Vroman’s Local Author Day featuring Clarence Irvin, Anthony J. Mohr, and Melina Maria Morry click for more information »
Clarence Irvin presents The Fourth Canton: Adventures of The Rhett Family and Co. – Unity and being aware of each other’s differences can strengthen communities. This family saga, literary fiction, novel The Fourth Canton Adventures of the Rhett Family and Co., reveals sapiens – people of differe…
Event Location: Vroman’s Bookstore
Cost: Free
Sunday, May 21, 2023
Time: 4:00 p.m.
Melodia Mariposa Presents Organ Concert featuring Mark Robson click for more information »
The Melodia Mariposa String Ensemble will perform with world-renowned pianist/organist Mark Robson at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Altadena. The performers will present Haydn’s “Concerto For Organ and Violin in F major Hob XVlll:6,” Guilmant’s “Finale alla Schumann op.83,” Respighi’s…
Event Location: St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
Cost: $40.00
Sunday, May 21, 2023
Time: 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Pasadena Society of Artists’ Roundtable “Rediscovered Treasures” click for more information »
Join Pasadena Society of Artists’ Roundtable in conjunction with “Rediscovered Treasures” photography by artist Liz Crimzon at Callisto Tea House, Pasadena. Featuring Artists from the Pasadena Society of Artists. “As children, we are born with a deep connection to the natu…
Event Location: Callisto Tea House
Cost: Free
Sunday, May 21, 2023
Time: 7:00 p.m.
A Little Night Music click for more information »
In honor of its 50th Anniversary, the Playhouse is proud to present this unsung sensation in its full, original, and soaring orchestration. Boasting one of the most singular and sumptuous scores in Broadway history, Sondheim’s enchanting, hilarious romantic farce is a bona fide classic of American…
Event Location: The Pasadena Playhouse
Cost: $44.00 – $105.00
Sunday, May 21, 2023
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Nathan Wang Presents “Shanghai’s World Emporium” click for more information »
Chinese American composer Nathan Wang, the 2022-23 Cheng Family Foundation Visiting Artist in the Chinese Garden, will present “Shanghai’s World Emporium,” an original musical developed over his yearlong residency. The new musical exploring immigration stories features original music by Nathan Wa…
Event Location: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Cost: $10.00
Sunday, May 21, 2023
Time: 8:00 p.m.
Nancy Evans Dance Theatre Presents “Works 2023: Thresholds” click for more information »
Nancy Evans Dance Theatre (NEDT), Pasadena’s modern dance theatre company presents its annual concert, “Works 2023: Thresholds” at ARC (A Room to Create) in Pasadena. With WORKS 2023 NEDT will celebrate crossing a variety of thresholds to create connections between visual, literary, and moving a…
Event Location: A Room to Create (ARC)
Cost: $20.00 – $23.00
