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        Movies and Music This Weekend

        • Katlyn Ong
          • August 17, 2023
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      Altadena Summer Concerts, July 2018 (Photo – ©ColoradoBlvd.net)

      This weekend’s selection of movies and music includes an old classic and several benefit concerts.

      By Katlyn Ong

      Movies

      A Man Called Otto
      August 18, 2023
      1:00 pm
      Location
      Pasadena Senior Center
      85 E Holly St.
      Pasadena, CA 91103

      When a young family moves in near an old grump who has given up on life following the loss of his wife, they develop a friendship that will turn his world around.

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      Raiders of the Lost Ark
      August 19, 2023
      7:30 pm – 10:30 pm
      Location
      The Langham Huntington
      1401 S Oak Knoll Ave.
      Pasadena, CA 91106

      Archaeologist Indiana Jones tries to beat a band of Nazis to a unique religious relic which the Nazis plan on using for world domination. For the full article, click here.

      Concerts

      A flyer for a fundraiser picturing a baby with a pacifier

      Jazz to the Max Fundraiser

      Multicultural Music
      August 18, 2023
      6:00 pm
      Location
      Lacy Park
      1485 Virginia Rd.
      San Marino, CA 91108

      Enjoy a live performance of Multicultural Music. For the full article, click here.

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      Jazz to the Max Fundraiser
      August 19, 2023
      11:00 am – 7:00 pm
      Location
      Address disclosed at ticket purchase checkout, Pasadena

      Enjoy a day-long jazz festival to benefit L.A. Vibraphonist, Composer, Arranger, and Educator, Nick Mancini’s son Max who suffers from Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome. For the full article, click here.

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      Las Chikas
      August 19, 2023
      7:00 pm
      Location
      Farnsworth Park
      568 E. Mount Curve Ave.
      Altadena, CA 91001

      Experience a live performance by Las Chikas. For the full article, click here.

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      Greenline Housing Foundation’s Benefit Concert: Music for the Movement
      August 20, 2023
      4:00 pm – 8:00 pm
      Location
      All Saints Church
      132 N Euclid Ave.
      Pasadena, CA 91101

      Greenline Housing Foundation will host a benefit concert for racial housing justice.

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          Katlyn Ong, our Events Coordinator, is a Third Year student majoring in Pre-Dentistry. In her free time she enjoys swimming, baking, and watching TV.

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