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annual wreath auction starting at 5:30 p.m.,
featuring dinner, wreaths and holiday items.
Tickets are $175.
Soulful Sunday Brunch
The Rose
245 E. Green St., Pasadena
(888) 645-5006
roseconcerts.com
MONDAY
Pasadena Convention & Visitors Bureau
Visitor Hotline Kickoff
Pasadena Convention Center
300 E. Green St., Pasadena
(877) 793-9911
visitpasadena.com
The Tournament of Roses Royal Court will
make an appearance to help launch the
annual Visitor Hotline, which is active from
Monday through Dec. 31. The 101st Rose
Queen is Louise Deser Siskel. The event
starts at 10 a.m.
Vroman’s Bookstore
695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena
(626) 449-5320
vromansbookstore.com
Constantine Singer discusses and signs
“Strange Days” at 7 p.m.
TUESDAY
Camerata Pacifica
The Huntington Library, Art Collections and
Botanical Gardens
1151 Oxford Road, San Marino
(805) 844-8410
cameratapacifica.org
The chamber ensemble is joined by the
Calder String Quartet in a program of works
by Beethoven, Arensky and Mendelssohn
starting at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $58.
Cancer Support Community
76 E. Del Mar Blvd., Ste. 215, Pasadena
(626) 796-1083
cscpasadena.org
Dr. Arash Asher discusses ways for cancer
patients to reduce fatigue from 6:30 to 8
p.m. Free, but call for reservations.
Pasadena Education Network Parent
Program
Pasadena Public Library, Central Branch
285 E. Walnut St., Pasadena
penfamilies.org
The organization’s final parent program
of the year features a discussion of the
PUSD open enrollment program, whereby
families can attend a school other than their
assigned neighborhood school, starting at
7 p.m. Free.
Pasadena Senior Center
85 E. Holly St., Pasadena
(626) 795-4331
pasadenaseniorcenter.org
Guests can learn how to use social media,
such as Facebook and Skype, and keep in
touch with family and friends through email
in free sessions from 9 to 11 a.m. Tuesdays
and Thursdays, starting Tuesday. Attendees
can bring a laptop or use an on-site
computer. One-on-one, 30-minute sessions
with instructor Edison Samuel are available.
Call or sign up at the Welcome Desk. A free
writing club for Senior Center members
meets at 10 a.m. every Tuesday, beginning
Tuesday. Instructor Dr. Sam Eisenstein,
who formerly taught creative writing at Los
Angeles City College, leads the club.
Tuesday Musicale of Pasadena Concert
Pasadena Public Library, Central Branch
285 E. Walnut St., Pasadena
(626) 797-1994
tuesdaymusicaleofpasadena.blogspot.com
The free concert features a string quartet
by Schubert, a piano sonata by Schubert
performed and narrated by Louise Earhart,
arias sung by soprano Ingrid Helge accompanied
by flute, violin and piano. Roberta
Wilcox will perform variations on “A Carnival
of Venice.” It starts at 12:30 p.m.
Vroman’s Bookstore
695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena
(626) 449-5320
vromansbookstore.com
David Kipen discusses and signs “Dear Los
Angeles: The City in Diaries and Letters,
1542 to 2018” at 7 p.m.
WEDNESDAY
The Huntington Library, Art Collections
and Botanical Gardens
1151 Oxford Road, San Marino
(626) 405-2100
huntington.org
A Distinguished Fellow Lecture features
Martha A. Sandweiss, professor of history
at Princeton University, discussing “Reading
a Photograph: Stories from the 19th
Century West,” exploring how a single
photo of treaty negotiations from Fort Laramie
in 1868 reveals tangled stories about
race, violence and family life that would otherwise
be hidden from view. It starts at 7:30
p.m. Free; no reservations required.
Los Angeles County Arboretum and
Botanic Garden
301 N. Baldwin Ave., Arcadia
(626) 821-4623
arboretum.org
An old fashioned wreath-making workshop
explores the basics of wreath making, using
fresh greens from the Arboretum grounds
and cuttings from the LA Flower Mart, from
10 a.m. to noon. Cost is $45, or $35 for
members. All materials are provided, but
guests should bring their own clippers and
any special decorations they would like to
add.
Pasadena Public Library, Central Branch
285 E. Walnut St., Pasadena
(626) 744-4066
pasadenapubliclibrary.net
Free films screen at 1 p.m. Wednesdays.
Wednesday’s film is “Bush Christmas”
(1947).
The Rose
245 E. Green St., Pasadena
(888) 645-5006
roseconcerts.com
Make your own music with karaoke in the
Lobby Lounge at The Rose Wednesday
through Saturday night.
Vroman’s Bookstore
695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena
(626) 449-5320
vromansbookstore.com
Local Author Day features Susan Kay Wyatt,
author of “No Crown Required: Raising
a Confident, Courageous and Compassionate
Daughter,” and Tom King, author
of “Amelia Earhart Unrescued,” discussing
and signing their books at 7 p.m.
Wine & Song Americana Singer/Songwriter
Music Series
Arroyo Seco Golf Course
1055 Lohman Lane, South Pasadena
blueguitar.club
Brad Colerick’s weekly singer-songwriter
series presents Fox and Bones and Maurice
Tani at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10 general
admission, $15 for table seating, available
on the website. n
ONGOING
McGinty’s Gallery at the End of the World, 869 E. Mariposa St., Altadena, presents the exhibition “The Night Before,” featuring works by
30 local artists that range from realistic to abstract, monotone to multiple colors. It opened Nov. 2, continuing through Jan. 4. Call (626)
710-6422 or visit facebook.com/mcgintys-gallery-at-the-end-of-the-world.
The Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, presents the exhibition “Rituals of Labor
and Engagement: Carolina Caycedo and Mario Ybarra, Jr.,” in partnership with the Vincent Price Art Museum, focusing on the theme of
identity, on view Nov. 10 and continuing through Feb. 25 in the Virginia Steele Scott Galleries of American Art. Call (626) 405-2100 or visit
huntington.org.
Antaeus Theatre Company, at the Kiki &
David Gindler Performing Arts Center, 110
E. Broadway, Glendale, presents Lillian Hellman’s
“Little Foxes.” This is an epic drama
about a Southern family in crisis in 1900, a
time and place in which women had limited
options and men appeared to hold all the
power. Here, an ambitious woman pulls out
all the stops, including blackmail, to wrest
the family business away from her scheming
brothers. Cameron Watson directs. It
opened Oct. 25 and continues at 8 p.m.
Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, 2 p.m.
Sundays and 8 p.m. Mondays through Dec.
10. Tickets are $35. Call (818) 506-1983 or
visit antaeus.org.
Brand Library & Art Center, 1601 W. Mountain
St., Glendale, and Thinkspace Projects
present “Nexus II,” a group exhibition featuring
a curated selection of international artists
from the New Contemporary Art Movement.
It opened Nov. 3 and continues through Jan.
11. Visit glendaleca.gov.
Descanso Gardens, 1418 Descanso Drive,
La Cañada Flintridge, presents its familyfriendly
light show experience, Enchanted
Forest of Light, featuring a gentle, one-mile
hike through Descanso’s most beloved
areas, with a variety of large-scale displays
by professional lighting artists, many of
which are interactive. Celestial Shadows
spins polyhedral installations exploring
geometry through light, shadow and perception.
Lightwave Lake is installed at Descanso
Lake, and the popular Aqueous features a
flowing and glowing, interactive landscape
of meandering pathways. It opened Nov. 18
and continues from 5:30 to 10 p.m. daily
(except Dec. 24 and 25) through Jan. 6.
Tickets are $28 to $30 for general admission
for adults, seniors and children 2 to 18, free
for children younger than 2, and $23 to $25
for members, depending on the date and
time selected. Call (818) 949-4200 or visit
descansogardens.org.
Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic
Garden, 301 N. Baldwin Ave., Arcadia, presents
the Moonlight Forest, featuring magnificent
lantern art depicting exotic animals,
shimmering flowers, whimsical pandas,
dragons and other themes created by artists
from China’s Sichuan province, celebrating
the ancient tradition of lantern-making. It
opened Oct. 26 and continues from 5:30 to
10 p.m. nightly, except Mondays and Tuesdays,
through Jan. 6. Admission is $28 for
adults, $25 for seniors and $23 for children
ages 3 to 17. Call (626) 566-3708 or visit
arboretum.org.
Pasadena Playhouse, 39 S. El Molino
Ave., Pasadena, presents “Bob Baker’s
Nutcracker,” the beloved fairy tale performed
by the Bob Baker Marionettes, which opened
Nov. 24 and continues through Dec. 31.
Tickets are $20, free for children younger
than 2. Call (626) 356-7529 or visit pasadenaplayhouse.org.
Sierra Madre Playhouse, 87 W. Sierra
Madre Blvd., Sierra Madre, presents a stage
adaptation of “A Christmas Story,” based on
the screenplay by Jean Shepherd, the hilarious
story of Shepherd’s fictional family, the
Parkers, whose patriarch wins a very special
prize in a contest, and other misadventures
during a Christmas season in the mid-20th
century. It opened Nov. 23 and continues
with 2:30 p.m. matinees on select Saturdays,
8 p.m. Saturdays, 2:30 p.m. Sundays and
special performances at 7 p.m. Dec. 19 and
20, closing at 2:30 p.m. Dec. 30.Tickets are
$45 general admission, $40 for seniors, $25
for youth up to age 21. Call (626) 355-4318
or visit sierramadreplayhouse.org.
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