What To Do This Weekend: March 14-16

The Great American Swing Band (Photo – greatamericanswingband.com)

Art, music, magic – this weekend has got it all.

By Katlyn Ong

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Friday, March 14, 2025

ArtNight, Nov. 14, 2022 (Photo – Jayme Filippini)

• 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
  Back in Action – Fifteen years after vanishing from the CIA to start a family, elite spies Matt and Emily jump back into the world of espionage when their cover is blown (@ Pasadena Senior Center, Pasadena).
• 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm: Magic with Mentalist Mark Gibson
  Prepare to be amazed as mentalist and master magician Mark Gibson showcases his extraordinary abilities of telepathy, precognition, and mysticism (@ Gold Bug, Pasadena).
• 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm: Monrovia Friday Night Street Fair
  Enjoy the charm of Old Town Monrovia (@ Myrtle Avenue, Monrovia).
• 6:00 pm: 2025 Golden Gloves Boxing Tournament
  his tournament serves as a platform to promote amateur boxing and for amateur boxers to showcase their skills (@ Victory Park Recreation Center, Pasadena).
• 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm: ArtNight Pasadena Spring 2025
  Enjoy an evening of art, music, and entertainment as Pasadena’s most prominent arts and cultural institutions provide special programming and free admission (For participating partner organizations, click here).
• 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm: Caltech Tai Chi Club – Fridays
  Learn and practice Hao-style tai chi chuan (@ Caltech – Hameetman Center, 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).

Saturday, March 15, 2025

Sehba Sarwar and Lester Graves Lennon (Photos – Altadena Library)

• 11:00 am – 1:00 pm: Altadena Poets Laureate Present Burning Issues
  Featured writers include: Tanzila “Taz” Ahmed, Olga García Echeverría, Lisa Cheby, Anita Rangel, Jamie Asaye FitzGerald, Alicia Vogl Saenz, Adhalia Rivera, Hendrick Knapp, Lester Graves Lennon, and Sehba Sarwar (@ Altadena Main Library, Altadena).
• 4:00 pm: 2025 Golden Gloves Boxing Tournament
  his tournament serves as a platform to promote amateur boxing and for amateur boxers to showcase their skills (@ Victory Park Recreation Center, Pasadena).
• 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm: Third@First Concerts
  Come enjoy a program of Irish music and celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with the Irish band “Sligo Rags” (@ First United Methodist Church of Pasadena, Pasadena).

Sunday, March 16, 2025

Lego Day

• 11:00 am: 2025 Golden Gloves Boxing Tournament
  his tournament serves as a platform to promote amateur boxing and for amateur boxers to showcase their skills (@ Victory Park Recreation Center, Pasadena).
• 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm: LEGO® Free Play at South Pasadena Library
  Use your imagination to create with LEGO® blocks at LEGO® Free Play (@ South Pasadena Public Library Community Room, South Pasadena).
• 2:00 pm: Pasadena Senior Center St. Patrick’s Day Dance & Concert
  All community members are invited to attend this event featuring the Great American Swing Band (@ Pasadena Senior Center, Pasadena).
• 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm: Respite Recitals at The Gamble House
  Enjoy pop music performed live by Sunday the Band (@ Gamble House, Pasadena).