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        What to Do this Weekend: Connecting and Reconnecting Pasade

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      This weekend is all about Connecting and Reconnecting Pasadena with Tech Week events and Designing the Ditch!

      (Click on highlighted event title for more info.)

      Friday

      Connect Week - 2014

      – 8:00 am – 10:00 am: Friday Coffee Meet-up: Creative Spaces & Places for Creative People

      A panel of thought leaders who will provide their unique perspectives on innovative thinking (@ AT&T Building in Old Town Pasadena).

      – 10:00 am – 4:00 pm: CSI at Pasadena Bioscience Collaborative

      An immersive educational experience for people of all ages that will expose participants to the world of science through a series of hands on live experiments (@ Pasadena Bioscience Collaborative).

      – 10:00 am – 11:00 am: Startup Law 101

      Meet and hear from a panel of seasoned legal experts about the kinds issues that can affect new business entities (@ AT&T Building in Old Town Pasadena).

      – 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm: Oak Crest Institute of Science Open House and Lab Tour

      Entrepreneurs, small science start-ups, university faculty and high school and college students are invited to attend tours and presentations inside their thriving working/teaching chemistry research laboratory (@ Oak Crest Institute of Science).

      – 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm: DB5: The Value of Talking to your Customer: Market Research-led Innovation

      db5 market research will share how the customer does know best if you ask the right questions (@ Pasadena Towers II).

      iPhone 6– 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm: Mobile First – Design and Develop your product for the Mobile Age

      Join The1stMovement as their team of designers and developers share their strategy, design and development practices on how to leverage the Mobile-first philosophy to create Digital solutions for their Fortune 500 clients (@ Pasadena Towers II).

      – 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm: The Future of Interaction Design

      Join a panel of industry Digital thought leaders, as they discuss the latest in design, technology and innovation trends, and what the future of Interactive Design might look like (@ Pasadena Towers II).

      – 4:00 pm – 9:00 pm: The History of Interactive Design – An Interactive Exhibition of the last 9 years in Digital

      An Interactive Exhibition of the last 9 years in Digital (@ Pasadena Towers II).

      – 5:00 pm – 7:30 pm: A Social Media & Digital Branding Bootcamp

      This is for the Innovator who is responsible for driving, transforming and leading his/her organization’s marketing initiatives (@ Ayzenberg).

      – 5:00 pm – 7:30 pm: Women in Tech

      Dia de los Muertos

      A panel of impressive women founders talking about their experiences in the startup world. (@ Caltech Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium).

      – 5:00 pm – 10:00 pm: 20th Annual Blue Milagro Art Exhibition and Dia de los Muertos Celebration

      The 20th Annual Blue Milagro Art Exhibition and Dia de los Muertos Celebration will be held Friday evening (@ the Pasadena Playhouse and Zona Rosa Caffe).

       

      Saturday

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      – 9:00 am – 12:00 pm: Connecting Pasadena: “Designing the Ditch”

      Connecting PasadenaCPP Workshops led by architect and urbanist Stefanos Polyzoides as well as transportation, economic and land use experts soliciting citizens’ ideas to improve Pasadena (@ Maranatha High School).

      – 9:30 am – 11:30 am: Technology and Public Benefit: Innovating for Good

      A panel presentation and discussion of how technology has made a difference for public benefit. (@ Pasadena City Hall).

      – 10:00 am – 12:00 pm: One Colorado’s Annual Pumpkin Decorating

      Fun for kids and the whole family (@ One Colorado Courtyard).

      – 10:30 am – 1:00 pm: The Huntington Ranch Open House

      Self-tour The Huntington’s urban agriculture site (@ The Huntington Library).

      – 11:30 am – 2:00 pm: Beyond Hackathons: What’s next for open data in Pasadena?

      Sunset on Pasadena City Hall (Photo by W.K.)

      This informal convening will give city officials, application developers, thought-leaders, residents and academics in greater Pasadena a chance to learn and share what’s in progress and to explore questions that need to be answered to move forward together. Lunch available (@ Pasadena City Hall).

      – 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm: One Colorado Music on Saturdays

      Andrew Allen, with 3 Top Ten Hits in Canada, singing romantic music (@ One Colorado).

       

      Sunday

      Old Pasadena Halloween

      – 9:00 am – 12:00 am: Growl-o-ween

      Bring your pooch dressed to impress. Costume prizes (@ The Dog Bakery).

      – 4:30 pm: Village Poets: Linda Dove

      Linda Dove Poet Laureate of Alta Dena and Open Reading ​(@ Bolton Hall Museum, Tujunga).

      – 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm: Expressions: Alice Pero

      Poetry and Open Mic (@ Days Inn, Glendale).

       

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