What To Do This Weekend: November 3-5

Adaptive Sports (Photo – cityofpasadena.net)

Kick off November with a weekend full of music, local markets, and numerous ways to get active.

By Katlyn Ong

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Friday, November 3, 2023

LAC+USC healthcare worker Martin Reyes (Photo – Screengrab, L.A. County video)

• 8:30 am – 10:00 am: Friday Coffee Meetup
  Learn about a human-centered design in healthcare (@ FoundrSpace, Pasadena).
• 1:00 pm: Movie Matinees at Pasadena Senior Center
  Enjoy a showing of Te Ata, based on a true story (@ 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).
• 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm: Kidspace Free First Fridays
  Kidspace Children’s Museum is opening up their doors for free on the first Friday of every month (@ Kidspace Children’s Museum, Pasadena).
• 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm: Monrovia Friday Night Street Fair
  Enjoy the charm of Old Town Monrovia (@ Myrtle Avenue, Monrovia).
• 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 4, 2023

Pickleball (File Photo – tscpl.org)

• 8:30 am – 12:30 pm: Pasadena Farmers’ Market – Saturday
  Shop for fresh, nutritious, locally-grown fruits and vegetables (@ Victory Park, Pasadena).
• 8:30 am – 12:00 pm: Pasadena’s Dist. 2 Pickleball Tournament & Community Block Party
  Enjoy lunch, children/family art and activities with library, police, and fire demonstrations, and Covid/flu vaccines throughout the day (@ Jefferson Elementary School, Pasadena).
• 9:00 am – 11:30 am: Pasadena Playhouse: Baby Rave
  A kid-friendly dance party where you and your littlest ones can groove to the thumping sounds and flashing lights of our very first Baby Rave (@ Pasadena Playhouse, Pasadena).
• 9:00 am – 4:00 pm: Pasadena’s 5th Annual Adaptive Sports Festival
  Attend a free sporting event open to the public that features a variety of adaptive recreational activities, including hand cycling, wheelchair rugby, basketball, pickle ball, tennis, boccia, boxing, and more. (@ Brookside Park, Pasadena).
• 10:00 am – 3:00 pm: Arlington Garden Charity Bazaar
  Arlington Garden in Pasadena is hosting a Charity Garden Bazaar where a portion of all sales will be donated to benefit the garden (@ Arlington Garden, Pasadena).
• 12:00 pm – 6:00 pm: 3rd Annual Smushball Tournament and Community Activation Fair
  Enjoy a fun day of Smushball, a bounce house, Boomsquad Family performers, a live DJ, live performers, meditation, great food and retail vendors, resource booths, intragenerational arts and crafts activities, board games, a marching band, drummers, MTR Kids Community, and more (@ Loma Alta Park, Altadena).
• 8:00 pm: Caltech Wind Orchestra Presents “Reflections on the Past” Concerts
  The Caltech Wind Orchestra presents “Reflections on the Past”, featuring music by John Mackey, Charles Gounod, Ron Nelson, and a premiere by Pasadena composer Link Harnsberger (@ Caltech – Ramo Auditorium, Pasadena).

Sunday, November 5, 2023

The Caltech Wind Orchestra (Photo – Caltech)

• 8:00 am – 3:00 pm: Pasadena City College Flea Market
  Over 400 vendors will be selling antiques and collectibles, with the products varying from high-end antiques to rummage sale-type items. (@ Pasadena City College, Pasadena).
• 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 – 1:00 pm: One Colorado: Sage X Sow-A-Heart Farm Stand
  Get CSA boxes filled with pesticide-free produce from Sow-a-Heart Farm and Ayala Farms (@ One Colorado Courtyard, Pasadena).
• 11:00 am – 1:00 pm: Exclusive Fényes Mansion Tours: Eva’s World
  Immerse yourself in the world of Museum benefactors Eva Scott Fényes (1849-1930), her husband Dr. Adalbert Fényes, and Eva’s descendants (@ Pasadena Museum of History, Pasadena).
• 11:00 am – 2:00 pm: South Pasadena District 5 Community Meeting
  This event, open to the South Pasadena community, aims to foster open communication, provide citywide updates, discuss Councilmember Braun’s initiatives during her first year in office, and encourage networking among neighbors and constituents (2040 Edgewood Dr., South Pasadena).
• 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm: Armory Center for the Arts Exhibition: Plein Air
  In this exhibition, the practice of plein air painting is considered in the context of land surveying and settling, public and private space, multidisciplinary onsite research, art history, and the embodied experience of being there (@ The Armory Center For the Arts, Pasadena).
• 3:00 pm: Caltech Wind Orchestra Presents “Reflections on the Past” Concerts
  The Caltech Wind Orchestra presents “Reflections on the Past”, featuring music by John Mackey, Charles Gounod, Ron Nelson, and a premiere by Pasadena composer Link Harnsberger (@ Caltech – Ramo Auditorium, Pasadena).