What To Do This Weekend: August 25 – August 27

Vintage Cars at a Car Show, 2014 – (Photo – Staff).

Fill your weekend with endless fun including a boxing show, car show, and silent film festival.

By Katlyn Ong

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Friday, August 25, 2023

A screen grab of Centennial Square Boxing Show (File Photo – Pasadena Media)

• 10:00 am – 11:00 am: Sierra Madre: Senior Hawaiian & Polynesian Dance Class
  Join instructor Barbara Dempsey as she leads you in the art of Hula (@ Memorial Park, Sierra Madre).
• 1:00 pm: Movie Matinees at Pasadena Senior Center
  Enjoy a showing of Sin La Habana (@ Pasadena Senior Center, Pasadena).
• 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm: Altadena Neighborhood Farmers Market
  Find freshly prepared foods and hand crafted goods from over 30 vendors while delighting in live music and a community garden open house (@ Altadena Farmers Market in Loma Alta Park, Altadena).
• 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm: Monrovia Friday Night Street Fair
  Enjoy the charm of Old Town Monrovia (@ Myrtle Avenue, Monrovia).
• 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm: Centennial Square Boxing Show
  This event will feature Southern California’s top amateur competitors as they prepare for this Olympic qualifying year (@ Pasadena City Hall, Pasadena).
• 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm: DBSA San Gabriel Valley Support Alliance
  San Gabriel Valley Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (@ DBSA San Gabriel Valley, Pasadena).
• 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm: Caltech Tai Chi Club – Fridays
  Learn and practice Hao-style tai chi chuan (@ Caltech – Hameetman Center, Pasadena).
• 8:00 pm: Free Outdoor Movies at Playhouse Village Park
  Watch The Greatest Showman, inspired by the imagination of P. T. Barnum (@ Playhouse Village Park, Pasadena).

Saturday, August 26, 2023

KCRW Summer Nights at One Colorado (File Photo – Robin-Laananen).

• All Day: The Camera Is Ours Silent Film Festival
  A silent film festival featuring films produced before and after American women gained the right to vote (@ Sierra Madre Playhouse, Sierra Madre).
• 8:30 am – 12:30 pm: Pasadena Farmers’ Market – Saturday
  Shop for fresh, nutritious, locally-grown fruits and vegetables (@ Victory Park, Pasadena).
• 3:00 pm: Pasadena Public Library’s Octavia Butler Book Club
  Read and discuss Parable of the Talents written by Octavia Butler (@ The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino).
• 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm: One Colorado End of Summer Festival
  End summer with a bang with carnival games, delicious food, an adult beer garden, caricature drawings, and live music (@ One Colorado Courtyard, Pasadena).
• 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm: Vroman’s Summer Music Series
  Listen to The Ukelele Orchestra of the Western Hemisphere (@ Vroman’s Bookstore, Pasadena).
• 7:00 pm: Altadena Concerts in the Park
  Experience a live performance by The Gerry Rothschild Band (@ Farnsworth Park, Altadena).
• 7:30 pm: POPS Summer Concert Series: Music of Queen
  Enjoy a spectacular tribute to Queen’s greatest hits (@ Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden, Arcadia).

Sunday, August 27, 2023

Sierra Madre Playhouse (Photo – Gina Long).

• All Day: The Camera Is Ours Silent Film Festival
  A silent film festival featuring films produced before and after American women gained the right to vote (@ Sierra Madre Playhouse, Sierra Madre).
• 8:30 am – 1:15 pm: Alhambra Certified Farmers Market
  Find a wide assortment of affordably priced fruits, vegetables, honey, herbs, bread, and more (2nd St. between Main and Commonwealth, Alhambra).
• 9:00 am – 3:00 pm: San Marino Motor Classic
  Experience one of the most notable car shows in the San Gabriel Valley (@ Lacy Park, San Marino).