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PW OPINION PW NEWS PW LIFE PW ARTS •CALENDAR• Fly Me to the Moon Commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing by communing with the stars at a special party, entering a special dome for an immersive Apollo 11 experience, watching “Apollo 11: First Steps” in IMAX, entering a portable planetarium, or treating your kids to a story time about moon babies. Travel the long and winding road to Mount Wilson Observatory, either for the regular Saturday and Sunday public tours (11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.) for $15, or buy $100 tickets to an exclusive nighttime party from 7:30 p.m. to midnight July 19. The Observatory will open an experimental Cosmic Sound series with Jeff Talman’s “Of Sound Before the Stars” inside the dome of the 100-inch telescope. Talman will introduce his compositions and talk about its creation; music derived from the cosmic microwave background (CMB), or the faint sound of cosmic background radiation that fills all space. In 2018, two of Talman’s musical installations premiered at Mount Wilson as part of a celebration of observatory creator George Ellery Hale’s sesquicentennial. Tickets for the Talman event and the public tours can be purchased online at MtWilson.edu. Public tour tickets can also be purchased at the Cosmic 18 PASADENA WEEKLY | <strong>07.18.19</strong> PLAY AMONG THE STARS AT SPECIAL EVENTS MARKING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF LUNAR LANDING BY JANA J. MONJI Cafe, located above the large parking lot at the entrance to the observatory. Participation in both requires climbing stairs and children under the age of 6 are not permitted. Also on at 1 p.m. Friday, Kidspace Children’s Museum’s Busy Bee Book event features Karen Jameson reading and signing her new picture book, “Moon Babies!” Admission to Kidspace (480 N. Arroyo Blvd., Pasadena) is $14. Visit kidspacemuseum.org or call (626) 449-9144 for more information. On Saturday, July 20, Jet Propulsion Laboratory will be transporting a portable planetarium to the California Science Center (700 Exposition Park Drive, Los Angeles) as part of the free one-day event “Looking Back, Leaping Forward.” A team from USC will have an artificial intelligence system featuring an Apollo 15 astronaut. Other activities include learning about meteorites, gravity and landing an Apollo lunar module. The center’s collection includes an Apollo-Soyuz command module, spacesuits from the Mercury and Apollo eras and a lunar sample. Beginning on July 15, tickets to see the special IMAX science center edition of Todd Douglas Miller’s “Apollo 11” documentary can be purchased for $6.75 to $8.95. For more information, visit CaliforniaScienceCenter.org or call (323) 724-3623. Closer to home, enter the 40,000 square-feet lunar dome at the Rose Bowl and be one of the first to experience “Apollo 11 — The Immersive Live Show.” Although the story about a fictional mission control engineer remembering his experience to explain its significance to his teenage granddaughter could be tightened up and scientists and science geeks might cringe at the reasoning given for space exploration, the 360-degree projections provide stunning visuals. Your seat quakes as the Saturn V rocket launches and the show features a slightly smaller version of the lunar landing module, which you can take selfies of after the show. The noon July 20 performance includes a conversation between LA Times columnist Patt Morrison and former NASA astronaut, engineer and educator Dr. Bonnie Dunbar. Also scheduled to speak is Frank Slazer, vice president of strategy and business development for space programs at Aerojet Rocketdyne, and George Torres, former vice president of communications at Boeing and author of “Space Shuttle: The Quest Continues” and “Space Shuttle: A Quantum Leap.” n For tickets or more information, visit Apollo11show.com or call (833) 527-6556. Thursday July 18 through Wednesday July 24 PLEASE NOTE: Deadline for Calendar submissions is noon Wednesday of the week before the issue publishes. Send to johns@pasadenaweekly.com THURSDAY The Blue Guitar Arroyo Seco Golf Course 1055 Lohman Lane, South Pasadena blueguitar.club The club presents Latin jazz, R&B and salsa with Louie Cruz Beltran at 7 p.m. Tickets are $20. Cancer Support Community 76 E. Del Mar Blvd., Ste. 215, Pasadena (626) 796-1083, cscpasadena.org A series of programs on complimentary and natural remedies for cancer patients and survivors runs from 5:30 to 6:45 p.m. Thursday and Aug. 15 and Sept. 19. Free, but call for reservations. Descanso Gardens 1418 Descanso Drive, La Cañada Flintridge (818) 949-4200, descansogardens.org Descanso’s annual Music on the Main live jazz series features Molly Miller with jazz and pop originals and indie pop from 6 to 7:30 p.m., included in Descanso admission of $9 general admission, $6 for students and seniors, $4 for children 5 to 12, free for those 4 and younger. Pasadena Senior Center 85 E. Holly St., Pasadena (626) 795-4331, pasadenaseniorcenter.org A discussion of hoarding disorder by Mary DeVan starts at 10 a.m. San Gabriel Valley Orchid Hobbyists Meeting Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden 301 N. Baldwin Ave., Arcadia sgvoh.org The meeting features Fred Clarke discussing “Becoming an 80 Percentile Grower” at 7 p.m., free and open to the public. Vroman’s Bookstore 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena (626) 449-5320, vromansbookstore.com Andrea Dunlop, in conversation with Julia Whelan, discusses and signs “We Came Here to Forget” at 7 p.m. FRIDAY Flintridge Bookstore & Coffeehouse 1010 Foothill Blvd., La Cañada Flintridge (818) 790-0717, flintridgebooks.com Bruce Craven, author of “Win or Die: Leadership Secrets from ‘Game of Thrones,” at 6 p.m. Lake Avenue Church 393 N. Lake Ave., Pasadena (626) 844-4721, lakeave.org A concert of music for two pianos features Jamie Rankin and Duane Funderburk and the Lake Avenue Orchestra, conducted by John Sutton. Guest soprano Jane Thorngren is joined by Pastor Greg Waybright in a variety of vocal duets, including sacred music, music from Broadway and works by Bach, Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Brahms and Mozart. It runs from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Free. Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden 301 N. Baldwin Ave., Arcadia (626) 821-3222, arboretum.org Arboretum Summer Nights features live music Friday and July 26, Aug. 9 and 18. Friday’s show features Streetlight Cadence performing alternative folk pop. Admission is included in Arboretum admission of $8 general public, $4 for kids 5 to 12, free for members and those younger than 5. Norton Simon Museum 411 W. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena (626) 449-6840, nortonsimon.org The exhibition “Air Land Sea,” a lithographic suite by William Crutchfield, offers a rare look at the work created by Crutchfield and printed at the Tamarind Lithographic Workshop in 1970. It features trains, ships and airplanes all portrayed as overbuilt, fantastical and models of modernity. It goes on view Friday and continues through Nov. 4. The film “Chocolat” (1988) is the story of an affluent white woman who returns to her childhood home in Cameroon after living in France and reconnects with the African servant she bonded with in the former French colony in the 1950s. It starts at 5:50 p.m., included in Norton Simon admission of $15 for adults, $12 for seniors, free for students, those 18 and under and members. Old Pasadena Summer Cinema One Colorado 41 Hugus Alley, Pasadena oldpasadena.org/summercinema Friday’s free film is “Enchanted” (2007) at 8:30 p.m. Pasadena Senior Center 85 E. Holly St., Pasadena (626) 795-4331, pasadenaseniorcenter.org A free health fair offers glucose, blood pressure and hearing screenings, counseling and health and community resources from 9 to 11 a.m. Call (626) 685-6732 for information. Free films screen at 1 p.m. on select Fridays. This Friday’s film is “Chicago” (2002). Vroman’s Bookstore 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena (626) 449-5320, vromansbookstore.com Guillaume Serina discusses and signs “An Impossible Dream: Reagan, Gorbachev and a World without the Bomb” at 7 p.m. SATURDAY Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden 301 N. Baldwin Ave., Arcadia (626) 821-3222, arboretum.org An event celebrating plumeria, the flowers used in Hawaiian leis, offers information about them in guided tours of the Arboretum’s grove, a sale featuring hundreds of the plants and workshops on the basics of growing and caring for them from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Admission is included in Arboretum admission of $9 for adults, $6 for students and seniors, $4 for children 5 to 12, free for those younger than 5. Norton Simon Museum 411 W. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena (626) 449-6840, nortonsimon.org A guided tour visits works of Southeast Asian art from 1 to 2 p.m. A concert, “Ragas and Rhythmic Patterns: An Exploration,” features the husband and wife duo of Kamaljeet Ahluwalia on santoor and Jas Ahluwalia on tabla from 6 to 7 p.m. Both events are included in Norton Simon admission of $15 for adults, $12 for seniors, free for students, those 18 and under and members. Old Pasadena Summer Cinema Central Park 141 S. Raymond Ave., Pasadena oldpasadena.org/summercinema The free series presents “Singles” (1992) 8:30 p.m. Old Pasadena Summer Cinema One Colorado 41 Hugus Alley, Pasadena oldpasadena.org/summercinema The free series presents “Coco” (2017) at 8:30 p.m. Pasadena Public Library, La Pintoresca Branch 1355 N. Raymond Ave., Pasadena (626) 744-7268 pasadenapubliclibrary.net Guests are invited to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo moon landing by looking through a solar telescope and other astronomy activities from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Pasadena Public Library, Linda Vista Branch 1281 Bryant St., Pasadena (626) 744-7278 pasadenapubliclibrary.net Pasadena historian Young Phong discusses the history of the Linda Vista area at 11 a.m. Pasadena Senior Center 85 E. Holly St., Pasadena (626) 795-4331
PW OPINION PW NEWS PW LIFE PW ARTS •CALENDAR• pasadenaseniorcenter.org Transition Pasadena’s Repair Café visits the center, repairing appliances, electronics, clothing, toys and a host of other items, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The event also includes a seed and seedling swap, a gardening adviser, a market offering numerous free items and live music. Email contact@repair-cafe-pasadena. org for information. Rotary Club of Altadena Summer Concert Series Farnsworth Park 568 E. Mount Curve Ave., Altadena (626) 798-6335, altadenarotary.com The summer series features Floyd and the Flyboys playing soul, R&B and roots rock at 7 p.m. Free. Sri Lanka Day Expo Centennial Square 100 N. Garfield Ave., Pasadena srilankafoundation.org The annual event lights up Centennial Square with 5,000 handmade Sri Lankan lanterns. Festivities include traditional dance and music performances, authentic food and the Parade of Lanka along Colorado Boulevard, which includes fire dance, whip crackers, stick dance and other entertainment. The day ends with traditional songs performed by various Sri Lankan bands. The event begins at 10 a.m. The parade starts at 6:30 p.m. Free. The Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino (626) 405-2100, huntington.org A concert featuring the traditional Chinese stringed instrument the guqin is performed by Jiazhen Zhao of the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing at 2:30 p.m. Cost is $10 in advance. Visit huntington.org/calendar for tickets. Wicked Lit Staged Readings Pasadena Public Library, Central Branch 285 E. Walnut St., Pasadena unboundproductions.org Wicked Lit performs staged readings of works adapted from classic literature at 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Selections include the traditional tale “Jack O’ the Lantern,” adapted by Susannah Myrvold, “Hell Screen” by Ryunosuke Akutagawa, “The Bell,” adapted by Angie Hobin from Mark Twain’s “The Thumbprint and What Became of It,” and Johann Ludwig Tieck’s “Wake Not the Dead,” adapted by Paul Millet. Free, but RSVP on the website. SUNDAY Foothill Unity Center Health & Wellness Fair 790 W. Chestnut Ave., Monrovia foothillunitycenter.org Nonprofit organization Foothill Unity Center hosts the fair, featuring healthy food demonstrations, consultations with doctors and specialists, medical screenings, vision tests, EKGs and other services, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Free. Pasadena Playhouse District Summer Jazz Series Vroman’s Bookstore 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena playhousedistrict.org The Playhouse District presents free jazz concerts from 5 to 7 p.m. Sundays in Vroman’s courtyard. Sunday’s concert features bebop jazz with Tony Inzalaco. Pasadena Scottish Pipes and Drums PCC Westerbeck Recital Hall 1570 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena pasadenascots.com/events The 2018 World Pipe Band Championship-winning Scottish pipe and drum band performs favorite Scottish tunes from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $25 general admission, $10 for children 5 to 12, free for children younger than 3. Visit brownpapertickets.com/ event/4262632 for tickets. Soulful Sunday Brunch The Rose 245 E. Green St., Pasadena (888) 645-5006 wheremusicmeetsthesoul.com Enjoy a live Motown-style band, gospel choir and mouthwatering brunch from $29 to $58. The $18.50 general admission does not include brunch. Brunch starts at 10 a.m. and music starts at 11 a.m. Vroman’s Bookstore 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena (626) 449-5320, vromansbookstore.com Local Author Day features Jeffrey Kwitny, author of “Desolation Lake,” Tom King, author of “Amelia Earhart Unrescued,” and Richard Tarlow, author of “Murder and the Marine” discussing and signing their books at 4 p.m. MONDAY Altadena Historical Society Altadena Community Center 730 E. Altadena Drive, Altadena (626) 797-8016, altadenahistoricalsociety.org Historian Paul Ayers presents a program on “Owen Brown: Altadena’s First Celebrity,” recounting the histories of Owen and his brother Jason, sons of abolitionist John Brown, who participated in the raid on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia in 1859. The two found their way to Pasadena after many years in hiding, and received a rock-star welcome here. The program starts at 7 p.m. Free. Pasadena Senior Center Concert Series 85 E. Holly St., Pasadena (626) 795-4331, pasadenaseniorcenter.org The center’s summer concert series opens with the Pasadena Summer Youth Chamber Orchestra performing classical favorites at 6 p.m. Free. Vroman’s Bookstore 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena (626) 449-5320, vromansbookstore.com Clare Di Liscia discusses and signs “Neliem” at 7 p.m. TUESDAY Descanso Gardens 1418 Descanso Drive, La Cañada Flintridge (818) 949-4200, descansogardens.org Descanso’s annual World Rhythms world music series closes with Dance India, featuring dance from the temples of India and from Bollywood cinema, from 6 to 7 p.m., included in Descanso admission of $9 general admission, $6 for students and seniors, $4 for children 5 to 12, free for those 4 and younger. WEDNESDAY First Methodist Church of Pasadena 500 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena (626) 796-0157, fumcpasadena.org The church presents “Newsies, The Musical,” opening at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday and continuing at 7:30 p.m. through July 27. It’s based on the 1992 film about a New York City newsboy strike in 1899. Admission is free. An optional dinner is available at 6 p.m. each night for $13 per person. Advance reservations are required for dinner. Noor 300 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena noorevents.om/open-house Guests are invited to visit Noor’s open house to tour its event spaces and meet the sales and event management team from 6 to 9 p.m. Complimentary hors d’oeuvres and beverages are included. Free, but visit the website to RSVP. One Colorado 41 Hugus Alley, Pasadena (626) 564-1066, onecolorado.com Sushi Roku hosts July Wine Wednesdays. Wednesday features a sake seminar and tasting at 6:30 p.m. Cost is $15. Guests receive a ticket redeemable at the restaurant for $15 off a bottle of sake for their dinner. Live music is by Jessica Childress. The music is free. 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 “Touching Home” (2008). The Rose 245 E. Green St., Pasadena (888) 645-5006 wheremusicmeetsthesoul.com Make your own music with karaoke in the Lobby Lounge at The Rose Wednesday through Saturday night. Wine & Song Americana Singer/Songwriter Music Series Arroyo Seco Golf Course 1055 Lohman Lane, South Pasadena blueguitar.club Brad Colerick’s weekly music series features Carlos Calvo, Maureen Toth and special guest Young-Chaylee at 7 p.m. Tickets are $12 general admission, $17 for table seating. n <strong>07.18.19</strong> | PASADENA WEEKLY 19
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