What To Do This Weekend: December 8-10

Christmas Tree Lane in Altadena (Photo – CTLAltadena‎)

Enjoy a fun weekend full of spectacular light displays, music, and local markets.

By Katlyn Ong

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Friday, December 8, 2023

Pasadena Senior Center (Photo – PSC)

• 1:00 pm: Movie Matinees at Pasadena Senior Center
  Enjoy a showing of Big, starring Tom Hanks and Elizabeth Perkins (@ 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).
• 5:30 pm – 10:00 pm: Lightscape 2023 at the Los Angeles County Arboretum
  The reimagined Lightscape merges nature and art in the mesmerizing Fire Garden, awesome Arch of Light, eye-catching Feast of Light, exotic Dancing Palms, and other spectacular installations (@ Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden, Arcadia).
• 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).

Saturday, December 9, 2023

Sunshine Preserve (Photo – arroyosfoothills.org)

• 9:00 am – 11:00 am: Arroyos & Foothills Conservancy Habitat Restoration Events
  Help maintain trails with the Friends of Rubio Canyon by removing invasive species and planting native ones at the Rosemont and Sunshine Preserves (@ Sunshine Preserve, Glendale).
• 8:30 am – 12:30 pm: Pasadena Farmers’ Market – Saturday
  Shop for fresh, nutritious, locally-grown fruits and vegetables (@ Victory Park, Pasadena).
• 9:00 am – 12:00 pm : Community Legal Clinic at Robinson Community Center
  Public Counsel and the City of Pasadena’s Parks, Recreation and Community Services Department present Community Legal Clinic and Homelessness Prevention Legal Clinic providing free legal services to low-income individuals and families (@ Jackie Robinson Community Center, Pasadena).
• 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm: The Da Camera Society 50th Anniversary Holiday Concert with the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
  The Choir will present a seasonal program, O Magnum Mysterium, featuring sacred works by Praetorius, Morales, Byrd, Poulenc, and Britten as well as a selection of traditional Christmas songs (@ Art of Living Foundation, Los Angeles).
• 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm: SPARC Gallery Holiday Art Show and Sale
  This annual Holiday Art Show features art from Shauneen Bell, Mark Billy, Michael Campagna, Elaine Carhartt, Gillian Gough, Kathleen Klein-Wakefield, Eric Joe, Jeanie Joe, Cynthia Thiel, Val Trimarchi, and Irene Zaragoza (@ SPARC Gallery, South Pasadena).
• 3:00 – 9:00 pm: Altadena Christmas Tree Lane
  The lighting ceremony will be at 6:00 pm and this season’s lights will stay on from 5:30 pm to midnight until January 7, 2024 (@ Christmas Tree Lane, Altadena).

Sunday, December 10, 2023

MT LOWE CHAMBER PLAYERS rehearsal (Photo – mtlowechamberplayers.com)

• 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: Rose Bowl Flea Market
  Experience over 2,500 vendors full of antiques, vintage clothing, local art, and specialty products (@ Rose Bowl Stadium, Pasadena).
• 10:00 am – 5:00 pm: Kidspace Winter Frolic
  Families will enjoy a flurry of hands-on wintertime activities and all-new special performances at one of Southern California’s favorite family holiday celebrations (@ Kidspace Children’s Museum, Pasadena).
• 11:00 am – 5:00 pm: USC Pacific Asia Museum Free Admission
  USC Pacific Asia Museum is free every second Sunday of the month (@ USC Pacific Asia Musuem, Pasadena).
• 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm: Arts and Crafts DIY Day
  Join the fun at PMH as we welcome the community for an afternoon of creative Do-It-Yourself activities suitable for children and adults alike (@ Pasadena Museum of History, Pasadena).
• 3:00 pm: Mt. Lowe Chamber Players First Concert of the 2023-2024 Season
  Experience the music of Beethoven and Brahms in the first concert of the Mt. Lowe Chamber Players’ first concert of the 2023-2024 season featuring Michele Zukovsky (clarinet), Tina Soule (cello), and Antoinette Perry (piano) (@ Altadena Community Church, Altadena).
• 5:30 pm – 11:45 pm: Altadena Christmas Tree Lane
  This season’s lights will stay on from 5:30 pm to midnight until January 7, 2024 (@ Christmas Tree Lane, Altadena).
• 5:30 pm – 10:00 pm: Enchanted Forest of Light
  Experience Descanso Gardens’ iconic winter light show (@ Descanso Gardens, La Cañada Flintridge).