(Photo – Suave the Band)
Pasadena’s lineup of movies and music this week includes something for everyone, ranging from jazz to R&B to a box office hit.
By Katlyn Ong
Movies
A Man Named Pearl
August 1, 2025
1:00 pm
Location
Pasadena Senior Center
85 East Holly Street
Pasadena, CA 91103
A heartwarming documentary of a sharecropper’s son who is a self-taught topiary artist. For the full article, click here.
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Dog Man
August 1, 2025
8:30 pm
Location
Grant Park
232 S Michigan Ave.
Pasadena, CA 91106
When a police officer and police dog get injured, a life-saving surgery fuses the two of them together creating Dog Man. For the full article, click here.
Vroman’s Summer Music Series (Photo – Kayleigh Scott)
Music
Music at Noon Concerts
July 30, 2025
12:10 pm – 12:40 pm
Location
Pasadena Presbyterian Church
585 E. Colorado Blvd.
Pasadena, CA 91101
Mallory Haney is an emerging and promising musician in the field of organ performance. Mallory has presented a wide range of concerts internationally. Additionally, Mallory is also the organist at La Cañada Congregational Church, the first Church to be founded in the area and declared to be an Open and Affirming Church. For the full article, click here.
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PCM Jazz Faculty & Friends
August 2, 2025
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Location
Vroman’s Bookstore
695 E. Colorado Blvd.
Pasadena, CA 91101
PCM Jazz Faculty & Friends take the stage with Nicole McCabe (saxophones), Aaron Janik (trumpet), Jonathan Richards (bass), Sam Hirsh (keys), and the incomparable Roy McCurdy on drums. A jazz icon, McCurdy is best known for his decades-long work with Cannonball Adderley, as well as recordings with Sonny Rollins, Nancy Wilson, Ella Fitzgerald, and countless others. For the full article, click here.
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Suavé the Band – R&B Classics
August 2, 2025
5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Location
Memorial Park
85 E Holly St.
Pasadena, CA 91103
Suavé the Band was formed in 1998 by Rene Burguan. Since it’s inception, this 8 piece power house band has thrilled audiences throughout Southern California with its energetic music and high spirit onstage antics. Suavé’s success stems from their ability to authentically perform many different styles of music. This includes Jazz, Rock, Swing, R&B, and Latin music including Cumbia, Merengue, Salsa, ChaCha, and others. For the full article, click here.
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