ArtNight Pasadena on Friday is a four-hour cultural extravaganza that offers free admission to 20 exciting, world-class arts and cultural venues, showcasing a wide array of dance, music, visual arts, and other art activities and performances cross the city.
To help you plan your trips and make sure you don’t miss out on anything you’d really like to be part of, let’s break it down by neighborhood.
Whether you’re in the East, Central, North, or Northwest areas of the city, there’s so much creativity and talent for everyone to enjoy. Here are a few of the highlights is a neighborhood list provided by the City:
- East:
- Join Boston Court Pasadena for an exciting multimedia evening featuring improvised electronic music by CINIMA and live painting by Surge Witrön.
- Enjoy student performances, art activities and succulent planting at artWORKS Youth Center.
- Central:
- Enjoy a video projection and multimedia collages reflecting the artist’s explorations of AI, Black Culture, Ballroom culture, sign language, poetry and more at the Art Center, Mullin Gallery.
- Enjoy dance, live singing and music at the Lineage Performing Arts Center’s black box theater.
- North:
- Explore the beauty and diversity of the historic Arroyo Seco in the juried fine art exhibition The Diverse Environments of the Arroyo Seco: Paintings from the California Art Club.
- Northwest:
- Visit the Jackie Robinson Community Center for a celebration of the arts in the Northwest community. Enjoy the soulful sounds of JazzZone, watch an interactive painting come to life and participate in art workshops.
- WILD is a collaborative art experience highlighting the connection between sustainability, climate advocacy and endangered species. Created outdoor environments by community artists and Room 13 creative studios.
Admission to all venues is free and free shuttle buses are provided by the City of Pasadena to and from all locations. Free shuttle buses will run from 6 to 10 p.m. with stops at each venue.
Pasadena City Hall is the primary transportation hub where you can also enjoy Halloween-themed musical theater by Theatre Americana, plant a tiny garden at a spooky succulent workshop or purchase a snack from the food truck before catching a free shuttle ride.
Several venues also will feature co-located food trucks offering for-sale meals and treats. Each venue has a Braille version of the ArtNight brochure and many venues will have food trucks on site.
For more information about all ArtNight programming, visit www.ArtNightPasadena.org or call Rochelle Branch, Cultural Affairs Division Manager at the Planning & Community Development Department, (626) 744-7062.
