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06/28/2017
PMCA 1234: FREE FOURTH WEDNESDAY WEE-READ
490 E. Union St. Pasadena, CA 91101 6265683665 - Free - Do a Double Take Everyday objects? Look again! We see so many shapes every day, but what happens when we put these shapes together? After taking a peek at the sculptures in the Interstitial exhibitio ....
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07/07/2017
PMCA 1234: FIRST FREE FRIDAY
490 E. Union St. Pasadena, CA 91101 6265683665 - Free - Enjoy free admission all day during Free First Friday! Presented as part of our PMCA 1234 monthly programming. NO RSVP REQUIRED. ....
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07/08/2017
EAT|SEE|HEAR OUTDOOR MOVIE: SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN
100 N Garfield Ave., Pasadena, CA 91101 (310) 395-5050 - $8-$21 - The July 8th Event Brings Musical Guest “Lone Kodiak” and Food Trucks to Centennial Square at Pasadena City Hall WHAT: Eat|See|Hear, LA’s traveling outdoor event series, returns for another summer ....
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07/08/2017
SLANT: A PERFORMANCE ABOUT FALLING, FAILING AND RISK
1402 Prime Court 6268644318 - $20 - A performance about coming out at the tender age of twenty-five after several years of working in Christian ministry, Slant asks what can be seen from the slant of falling, of failing and of “riskin ....
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07/08/2017
PMCA 1234: SECOND SATURDAY SPOTLIGHT TALK
490 E. Union St. Pasadena, CA 91101 6265683665 - Free with Admission - Spotlight Talks take place the second Saturday of every month at 2:00pm. A PMCA docent leads an engaging and insightful 20–minute discussion about a work of art currently on view in our Main Gallery ....
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07/08/2017
800-YEAR-OLD SPANISH BOYCHOIR ESCOLANIA DE MONTSERRAT MAKES LA DEBUT
585 East Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, 91101 626-793-4231 - Free - Spain’s premier boychoir, Escolania de Montserrat, founded in the Catalonia region in the 13th century and considered one of Europe’s oldest continuously operating boychoirs and music schools, make ....
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07/08/2017
DUOFEST OPENING NIGHT: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST OR THE ENORMOUS WOUND
70 N Mentor Ave, Pasadena, 91106 (626) 683-6883 - General Admission: $30 Senior: $25 Student: $20 - In collaboration with: Heidi Duckler Dance Theatre
Dancer Teresa Barcelo is featured in the world premiere of a new work based on the Portuguese story "A bela e a fera ou A ferida grande demais" abou ....
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07/09/2017
DUOFEST NIGHT 2: PIANO SPHERES RAY-KALLAY PIANO DUO
70 N Mentor Ave, Pasadena, 91106 (626) 683-6883 - General Admission: $30 Senior: $25 Student: $20 - Vicki Ray & Aron Kallay, Pianists
The noted Ray-Kallay Duo is dedicated to expanding the sonic possibilities of the multiple keyboard concert. They return to Boston Court this summer in a program pai ....
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07/12/2017
DUOFEST NIGHT 5: COMPOSER/PERFORMER SPEED DATING (FREE WORKSHOP)
70 N Mentor Ave, Pasadena, 91106 (626) 683-6883 - Free - Boston Court and Synchromy have created a "speed dating" opportunity for composers and performers to meet, learn more about each other's work, and discuss future potential collaborations. Hosted by B ....
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07/13/2017
DUO FEST NIGHT 6: L.A. TAROT
70 N Mentor Ave, Pasadena, 91106 (626) 683-6883 - General Admission: $30 Senior: $25 Student: $20 - Panic Duo: Pasha Tseitlin, violin & Nic Gerpe, piano
Aronson || Valitutto: Justine Aronson, soprano & Richard Valitutto, piano
The evening features excerpts from Veronika Krausas’ Hopscotch Tarot (t ....
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07/14/2017
DUOFEST NIGHT 7: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST OR THE ENORMOUS WOUND [ENCORE PERFORMANCE]
70 N Mentor Ave, Pasadena, 91106 (626) 683-6883 - General Admission: $30 Senior: $25 Student: $20 - In collaboration with: Heidi Duckler Dance Theatre
Dancer Teresa Barcelo is featured in the world premiere of a new work based on the Portuguese story "A bela e a fera ou A ferida grande demais" abou ....
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07/15/2017
DUOFEST NIGHT 8: LUDWIG VAN
70 N Mentor Ave, Pasadena, 91106 (626) 683-6883 - General Admission: $30 Senior: $25 Student: $20 - All festival artists return to the Main Stage to join together for the DuoFest finale of Mauricio Kagel's Ludwig van, a rarely-performed homage to Beethoven. Never performed the same way twice, this ....
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07/17/2017
NEW PLAY READING FESTIVAL
70 N Mentor Ave 6266836883 - Free - New Play Reading Festival Preview
Join Artistic Directors Jessica Kubzansky & Michael Michetti, and Literary Manager Emilie Beck, for an informal, interactive conversation about the plays featured in ....
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07/18/2017
LOS ANGELES LARGEST MIXER AND BUSINESS EXPO 2017
300 E. Green Street, Pasadena, CA 91101 323-230-5656 - $20.00 - L.A.’s largest and longest running business-to-business networking event returns for the 19th annual L.A.’s Largest Mixer. Join local chambers of commerce and business organizations and discover ne ....
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07/18/2017
COSTUME RUNWAY SHOW
3352 E Foothill Blvd. Pasadena, CA 91107 6263563100 - $75 for just the show or $150 for the whole night - Producing Artistic Directors Geoff Elliott and Julia Rodriguez-Elliott invite you to join our artists for a spirited romp through A Noise Within’s 25-year costume history. From designing Shakespeare ....
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07/20/2017
PMCA 1234: FREE THIRD THURSDAY EVENING (& THEN SOME!)
490 E. Union St. Pasadena, CA 91101 6265683665 - Free - Enjoy free admission, extended hours, and a free program: In Dialogue: Interstitial Artists • 6:45–7:45pm Curator John David O’Brien and select Interstitial artists come together for a conversatio ....
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07/22/2017
CHILDREN’S WORKSHOP: PRINTMAKING
490 E. Union St. Pasadena, CA 91101 6265683665 - Free with Admission - Inspired by the prints in Gustave Baumann in California, carve an eraser stamp, then use it to create a printed ink design. This workshop begins with a family-friendly spotlight tour of Gustave Bauma ....
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07/22/2017
NEW PLAY READING FESTIVAL
70 N Mentor Ave, Pasadena, 91106 6266836883 - Free - 11am
Hitler's Tasters
By Michelle Kholos Brooks
Directed by Michael Michetti
Three times a day, every day, a group of young women have the opportunity to die for their country. They are Adolph Hitler ....
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07/24/2017
NEW PLAY READING FESTIVAL
70 N Mentor Ave, Pasadena, 91106 6266836883 - Free - Writing the Unusual: Representing the Known World in Unfamiliar Ways
A Panel Discussion
Dogs talking to strangers. Teenagers taking phone selfies in the 1940s. The world of theater does not always lo ....
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07/26/2017
PMCA 1234: FREE FOURTH WEDNESDAY WEE-READ
490 E. Union St. Pasadena, CA 91101 6265683665 - Free - Living in the Land Get a lay of the land! First, take a look at all the different landscapes in Joseph Kleitsch’s paintings and Gustave Baumann’s prints. After listening to stories about traveling ....
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07/01/2017 to 07/29/2017
OLD PASADENA SUMMER CINEMA SERIES
275 S Raymond Avenue 626.356.9725 - Free - Old Pasadena Summer Cinema returns for another year as a month-long, FREE movie series featuring screenings in predominantly outdoor locations. Audiences can find many titles and genres screened in u ....
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07/01/2017 to 07/29/2017
OLD PASADENA SUMMER CINEMA SERIES
275 S Raymond Avenue 626.356.9725 - Free - Old Pasadena Summer Cinema returns for another year as a month-long, FREE movie series featuring screenings in predominantly outdoor locations. Audiences can find many titles and genres screened in u ....
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07/29/2017
PATTERNED TOTE WORKSHOP
490 E. Union St.Pasadena, CA 91101 6265683665 - $49; $39 for PMCA members - In this workshop with Erin Dollar, founder of Los Angeles-based Cotton & Flax, create unique block prints to stamp onto a cotton tote bag. Dollar provides instructions on carving and how to use color ....
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07/29/2017
NEW PLAY READING FESTIVAL
70 N Mentor Ave, Pasadena, 91106 6266836883 - Free - 11:30am
Cricket Woman
By Tiffany Antone
Directed by Emilie Beck
Aura Bloom can’t sleep. She’s consumed with grief over our ever-warming planet and in despair over recent social/political events. So ....
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07/09/2017 to 07/30/2017
THE GAMBLE HOUSE OFFERS SPECIAL FAMILY TOURS THIS SUMMER
4 Westmoreland Place, Pasadena, 91103 626-793-3334 - Free - $15 - ‘Family’ Tours
July 9, 16, 23, 30 at 11:00 a.m. – 60 minutes
Children 16 and under – FREE (advance reservations strongly recommended, space is limited) For a limited time only, the Gamble House w ....
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07/29/2017 to 07/30/2017
POLITICON
300 E GREEN ST, PASADENA, CA 91101 - Starting at $50.00, $25.00 for students - This July, Politicon will be toasting to a third term as the quintessential non-partisan event of the year. We’re upping the ante with some of the biggest names in politics and the wittiest voices i ....
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07/30/2017
PET TECH CPR & FIRST AID TRAINING
320 S. Lake Ave. Pasadena 91101 3237440210 - $75/person includes all materials - Love & protect your pets - comprehensive, hands-on workshop According to the American Animal Hospital Association – 92% of dogs and cats will experience an emergency in their lifetime 60% of animal ....
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08/04/2017
SHAKESPEARE BY THE SEA - MACBETH
1000 Park Ave, South Pasadena, 91030 310-217-7596 - Free - “By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes.” Shakespeare’s timeless tale of the heroic Scottish general Macbeth is one of two offerings for Shakespeare by the Sea’s 20th anniv ....
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08/04/2017
PMCA 1234: FIRST FREE FRIDAY
490 E. Union St. Pasadena, CA 91101 6265683665 - Free - Enjoy free admission all day during Free First Friday! Presented as part of our PMCA 1234 monthly programming. NO RSVP REQUIRED. ....
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