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THURSDAY 10.18.18
The Blue Guitar at Arroyo Seco Golf Course presents Mark Goldenberg, Adam Levy
and Frank Potenza at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 general admission, $15 for table seating,
available at blueguitar.club.
EVENTS
FOR THE WEEK OF
10.18–10.25
BY JOHN SOLLENBERGER
FRIDAY 10.19.18
SATURDAY 10.20.18
SUNDAY 10.21.18
A speakeasy-themed cocktail party, “Putting on the Ritz with the Girl Who Was Too
Beautiful for Hollywood,” presented by the Pasadena Museum of History and celebrating
the late actress Barbara La Marr (1896-1926) features live jazz by the John Reynolds Trio,
adult beverages and appetizers starting at 6 p.m. at the Shakespeare Club, 171 S. Grand Ave.,
Pasadena. Tickets are $25 general public, $20 for Museum members. Tickets must be purchased
in advance by calling (800) 838-3006 or visiting barbaralamarr.brownpapertickets.com.
The Reduced Shakespeare Company presents “The Complete Works of William
Shakespeare (abridged) (revised),” an irreverent romp through all 37 of the Bard’s plays
in 97 minutes, starting at 8 p.m. in Caltech’s Beckman Auditorium, 332 S. Wilson Ave.,
Pasadena. Tickets are $10 to $49. Call (626) 395-4652 or visit events.caltech.edu.
“Laugh 4 A Cause: Maz Jobrani and Friends” is a fundraiser for the Adventist Health Glendale Cancer Care
Guild, featuring Jobrani, K-von, Don Friesen and Lory Tatoulian starting at 6 p.m. at the Alex Theatre, 216
N. Brand Blvd., Glendale. Tickets are $25 to $100. Call (818) 243-2539 or visit alextheatre.org.
MONDAY 10.22.18
TUESDAY 10.23.18
WEDNESDAY 10.24.18
THURSDAY 10.25.18
The Sierra Madre Playhouse, 87 W. Sierra Madre Blvd., Sierra Madre, presents a free
staged reading of “The Whipping Man” by Matthew Lopez at 7 p.m. This is the story of
a wounded Jewish Confederate veteran returning home following the Civil War. His home is
in ruins, but two former slaves are still living there. During the Passover holiday they struggle
with their shared past and the irony of a Jewish slave owner returning home to new post-war
realities. Call (626) 355-4318 or visit sierramadreplayhouse.org.
The Civil War Round Table features historian Ronald C. White, author of biographies of
Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant, discussing “Ulysses S. Grant: A New Vision of
American Leadership,” an examination of Grant’s leadership abilities, resuscitating Grant’s
image during the war and his presidency, after the former general became the target of numerous
personal attacks. It starts at 7:15 p.m. at the Pasadena Public Library’s Central Branch,
285 E. Walnut St., Pasadena, free and open to the public. Visit pasadenacwrt.org.
Basia Terzetrzelewska performs her global fusion of jazz, pop, Brazilian, Latin and R&B at The Rose,
245 E. Green St., Pasadena. Doors open at 6 p.m. and Terzetrzelewska starts at 9 p.m. Tickets are $24 to $48.
Call (888) 645-5006 or visit wheremusicmeetsthesoul.com.
Jeff Dale & the South Woodlawners (jeffdaleblues.com) play rocking Chicago blues,
starting at 8 p.m. at The Mixx, 443 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena. No cover. Call (626) 500-0021
or visit themixxpasadena.com.
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