The pandemic will cast a long shadow over Father’s Day today — with two of Pasadena’s signature Father’s Day weekend events either canceled or postponed (the Police Department’s traditional car show and the Chalk Festival, which just announced it will return on October 16 and 17). The city is reawakening quickly, however. Here’s our burgeoning list of doings for you to choose from this Father’s day:
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EVENTS ON SUNDAY, JUNE 20, 2021
Sunday, June 20, 2021
Time: 8:00 a.m.
Red Hen Press: The Kenyon Review: The Writers Workshop Online with Rebecca McClanahan click for more information »
The Kenyon Review is hosting their Writers Workshop this summer! Red Hen author Rebecca McClanahan will be instructing on the nonfiction portion July 11-17. Read the above link for information! Red Hen Press’ summer 2021 workshops take on a new dimension this year. Entirely online, they are designe…
Event Location: Online (Virtual)
Cost: Varies
Sunday, June 20, 2021
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Summer in the Garden click for more information »
Summer in the garden is full of life! Animals are all around; building houses, growing, changing, flying. As you wander around through the garden, discover displays inspired by the ways these animals live and make their homes. There are signs of animals life all around, we just need to take a closer…
Event Location: Descanso Gardens
Cost: $5.00 – $15.00
Sunday, June 20, 2021
Time: 10:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m., 4:00 p.m.
Storrier Stearns Japanese Garden Open Sunday click for more information »
Even though the Storrier Stearns Japanese Garden is a perfect backdrop for cultural events, festivals and celebrations, Japanese gardens are designed primarily for quiet contemplation and introspection. Storrier Stearn’s Japanese Garden’s peaceful Sundays when there are no events planned offer vis…
Event Location: Storrier Stearns Japanese Garden
Cost: $10.00 – $12.00
Sunday, June 20, 2021
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Explore Pasadena click for more information »
Pasadena has its roots as an agricultural citrus-growing community, and is now famous worldwide as the home of some of the best-known New Year’s Day celebrations. Beyond the festivals, flowers, and tree-lined streets, prepare to learn more about the Crown City at the base of the foothills, fascinat…
Event Location: Front steps of Pasadena City Hall (Starting point)
Cost: $10.00 – $25.00
Sunday, June 20, 2021
Time: 2:00 p.m.
Alice in Wonderland – Video Stream click for more information »
A Noise Within (ANW) presents Eva Le Gallienne and Florida Friebus’ Alice in Wonderland. Adapted from Lewis Carroll and directed by Stephanie Shroyer. Crash through the looking glass with Alice on her zany adventure to an upside-down magical dreamland where imagination defies reality and madness ma…
Event Location: Online (Virtual)
Cost: $25.00
Sunday, June 20, 2021
Time: 4:00 p.m.
Mansions & Music: Musical Interludes | Bel Canto click for more information »
Bel Canto – A Novel by Ann Patchett, 2001… “…when she came to the highest notes it seemed that all they had been given in their lives and all they had lost came together and made a weight that was almost impossible to bear.” Somewhere in South America, at the home of the country’s vice president, a lavish birthday party is being held in honor of a powerful businessman. With opera’s most revered soprano mesmerizing the international guests, it is a perfect evening – until a band of terrorists takes the en…
Event Location: Online (Virtual)
Cost: Free
Sunday, June 20, 2021
Time: 4:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Summer Evening Strolls click for more information »
Enjoy a stroll in the gardens at twilight. The Huntington’s gardens will be open 4:30-8 p.m. Friday through Sunday evenings June through August (plus Memorial Day and Labor Day) to Members and the public with advance reservations or pre-purchased tickets. Sunday evenings are for Members at the Uppe…
Event Location: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Cost: $5.00 – $20.00
Sunday, June 20, 2021
Time: 6:00 p.m.
2021 Virtual UnGala: Voices Across Los Angeles click for more information »
Los Angeles Children’s Chorus (LACC) will present its first-ever Virtual UnGala: Voices Across Los Angeles to celebrate and honor its Music Faculty, and raise vital support for our Music Education Programs and Need-Based Scholarship Fund. It’s been quite the year, to say the least. But throughout…
Event Location: Online (Virtual)
Cost: $50.00 – $1,500.00
Sunday, June 20, 2021
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Screening: “Love, Simon” click for more information »
The LGBTQ+ Ministry invites the All Saints community to join a series of Sunday movie nights using Amazon Prime Watch Party, with optional Zoom discussions afterwards. Find links and instructions on the “LGBTQ at All Saints Pasadena” Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/lgbtqascpas. On Sunda…
Event Location: Online (Virtual)
Cost: Free
Sunday, June 20, 2021
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Los Angeles Children’s Chorus Spring Concert “Aurora per tenebras” click for more information »
Los Angeles Children’s Chorus (LACC) invites you to join them for its annual Spring Concert – returning in an online format. The concert, titled Aurora per tenebras (Dawn from darkness), will feature performances of joy from Concert Choir, Chamber Singers, Young Men’s Ensemble, Chorale, Intermedi…
Event Location: Online (Virtual)
Cost: Free