What To Do This Weekend: November 17-19

Natalie Flores, 2023 Queen of the Doo Dah Parade (Photo – Doo Dah Parade)

Enjoy a weekend full of music, art on display, and the Rose Parade’s twisted sister.

By Katlyn Ong

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Friday, November 17, 2023

Lightscape 2023 Arboretum (Photo – Arboretum)

• 1:00 pm: Movie Matinees at Pasadena Senior Center
  Enjoy a showing of Planes, Trains and Automobiles, starring Steve Martin and John Candy (@ 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, November 18, 2023

• 8:30 am – 12:30 pm: Pasadena Farmers’ Market – Saturday
  Shop for fresh, nutritious, locally-grown fruits and vegetables (@ Victory Park, Pasadena).
• 10:00 am – 5:00 pm: Jackalope Holiday Market
  Shoppers can expect to find trendsetting indie goods including original fashion and jewelry design, paper goods, innovative home decor and housewares, art, photography, and food (@ Pasadena Central Park, Pasadena).
• 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm: Pasadena Symphony presents Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
  Patrick Harlin, Natasha Paremski, and Ward Stare bring their talents to the Pasadena Symphony season (@ Ambassador Auditorium, Pasadena).
• 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm: Southern CA Haiku Study Group (on Zoom)
  Haiku poetry workshop and newcomers are always welcome (@ Virtual Event).
• 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm: Third@First Concerts
  Enjoy the air of a Parisian musical salon in Pasadena (@ First United Methodist Church of Pasadena, Pasadena).

Sunday, November 19, 2023

Winter Frolic (Photo – Kidspace)

• 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).
• 10:00 am – 5:00 pm: Jackalope Holiday Market
  Shoppers can expect to find trendsetting indie goods including original fashion and jewelry design, paper goods, innovative home decor and housewares, art, photography, and food (@ Pasadena Central Park, 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).
• 10:00 am – 4:00 pm: Storrier Stearns Japanese Garden 5th Annual Art Fair
  The garden will be transformed into a natural open-air gallery, featuring paintings, ceramics, sculptures, collages, and prints by 10 local artists (@ Storrier Stearns Japanese Garden, Pasadena).
• 11:00 am – 1:00 pm: Pasadena Doo Dah Parade
  This year’s Doo Dah will showcase upwards of 100 parade entries of every description, including art cars, mutant vehicles, rockers, punk bands, performance artists, showstoppers, zany dancing troupes, political pundits, satirists, mad-inventor floats, and disruptors of all kinds (@ Old Pasadena, Pasadena).
• 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm: ArtCenter Entertainment Expo
  The Entertainment Design’s open house will showcase the incredible work created by students in all three of our tracks: Game Design, Animation, and Concept Design (@ ArtCenter College of Design (Hillside Campus), Pasadena).
• 4:00 pm: Restoration Concert: The New Hollywood String Quartet
  Cellist Brian Schuldt and Violist Meredith Crawford will join the New Hollywood String Quartet (@ South Pasadena Public Library Community Room, South Pasadena).
• 5:30 pm – 10:00 pm: Enchanted Forest of Light
  Experience Descanso Gardens’ iconic winter light show (@ Descanso Gardens, La Cañada Flintridge).