10.11.18

8
CHOICE
THURSDAY 10.11.18
Pasadena’s third annual Coming Out Day celebration commemorates the city’s efforts to celebrate and
foster an inclusive community and mark the 30th anniversary of National Coming Out Day with raffles,
music, resource tables, food trucks, photo booths, games and speakers, open to all ages, from 6:30 to 8
p.m. at the Pasadena Public Library’s Central Branch, 285 E. Walnut St., Pasadena. Free. Call (626)
744-4066 or visit pasadenapubliclibrary.net.
EVENTS
FOR THE WEEK OF
10.11–10.18
BY JOHN SOLLENBERGER
FRIDAY 10.12.18
SATURDAY 10.13.18
Nineteen cultural institutions offer a free evening of music, art and entertainment during Art Night from
6 to 10 p.m. Venues include Boston Court, Armory Center for the Arts, the Gamble House, Norton Simon
Museum, Parson’s Nose Theater, the Pasadena Public Library’s Central Branch, Art Center College of
Design and others. Free shuttles run between the various locations all night. Visit artnightpasadena.org
for a list of participating institutions.
Craftoberfest Los Angeles features the wares of more than 30 craft beer vendors, plus artisanal foods from 12:30 to 5:30 p.m.
at Brookside Golf Course, 1133 Rosemont Ave., Pasadena. Tickets are $30 general admission, $50 for VIP tickets. Call (626)
577-3100 or visit rosebowlstadium.com/events.
SUNDAY 10.14.18
MONDAY 10.15.18
A Restoration Concert features the New Hollywood String Quartet at 4 p.m. at the South
Pasadena Library Community Room, 1115 El Centro St., South Pasadena, performing works of
William Walton, Mendelssohn and Beethoven. Admission is $20 at the door. Call (626) 799-6333 or
visit southpasadenaca.gov.
In an LA Opera Talk, an LA Opera community educator leads a discussion of “Hansel and
Gretel” at 1 p.m. at the Pasadena Senior Center, 85 E. Holly St., Pasadena. Free. Call (626)
795-4331 or visit pasadenaseniorcenter.org.
TUESDAY 10.16.18
J.C. Hyke’s Songwriter Serenade features Emiko, Judy Nazemetz, Sal & Isela and Mike Stocksdale
at 7 p.m. at Matt Denny’s Ale House, 145 E. Huntington Drive, Arcadia. No cover. Visit jchyke.com.
WEDNESDAY 10.17.18
THURSDAY 10.18.18
The Pasadena Playhouse, 39 S. El Molino Ave., Pasadena presents “The Woman in Black,” based
on Susan Hill’s acclaimed ghost novella of the same name, the story of a man obsessed with the belief that his
family has been cursed by a ghostly woman in black, and he tells his story to exorcise the fear that grips him. It
opens at 8 p.m. Wednesday and continues through Nov. 11. Tickets are $25 and up. Call (626) 356-7529 or visit
pasadenaplayhouse.org.
Barry “Big B” Brenner (bigbbrenner.com) plays acoustic, country blues at 7 p.m. at
Griffin’s of Kinsale, 1007 Mission St., South Pasadena. No cover. Call (626) 799-0926 or
visit griffinsofkinsale.com.
42 PASADENA WEEKLY | 10.11.18