Jim & Susie Malcolm performing (Photo – YouTube)
Take the time this weekend to enjoy musical performances, one-of-a-kind conventions, and festivals near you.
By Katlyn Ong
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Friday, January 26, 2024
Alison Arngrim in “Confessions of A Prairie B*tch” (Photo – Berrie Tsang)
- 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
Enjoy a showing of Wish Dragon with the voice talents of Jimmy Wong and Constance Wu (@ 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). - 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). - 8:00 pm: Confessions of a Prairie B*tch
Alison Arngrim’s riotous one-woman show recounting her role as the bratty pre-teen Nellie Oleson from the hit television show “Little House on the Prairie” (@ Sierra Madre Playhouse, Sierra Madre).
Saturday, January 27, 2024
Monterey Park Lunar New Year Festival (Photo – montereypark.ca.gov)
- 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 – 9:00 pm: Monterey Park Lunar New Year Festival
Monterey Park’s Lunar New Year festival features vendors offering unique gifts and specialty items, food booths with various types of delectable treats, amusement rides, and lots of live entertainment (@ Downtown Monterey Park, Monterey Park). - 10:00 am – 6:00 pm: Peace Chain Project
The community is invited to participate by stopping by the library to create their own chain link containing a personal message or peace symbol (@ Villa Parke Community Center, Pasadena). - 11:00 am – 4:00 pm: 1042 Flea – Nothing Over 25
Check out a collection of over 45 vendors who sell art, jewelry, vintage, plants, totes, and more for under $25 (@ Old Town Flea Market, Pasadena). - 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm: AAPI Community Celebration – Where I Belong
Intended to be a joyful three-dimensional experience of the book, Where I Belong: Healing Trauma and Embracing Asian American Identity, guests will be encouraged to contemplate what it means to belong through community art experiences, tasty food & drink, an art gallery, and a curated line-up of musicians, panelists, and special guests (@ Livery Studio, Pasadena). - 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm: Artists Talks at PAM – Ken Lum and Jennifer Ling-Datchuk
Join exhibited artists Ken Lum and Jennifer Ling Datchuk from Another Beautiful Country as they discuss their work in an intimate gallery conversation (@ USC Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena). - 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm: British Invasion
Alhambra Performing Arts Center presents the British Invasion featuring popular tribute band, Sgt. Pepper with an additional tribute to The Rolling Stones (@ Sage Granada Park United Methodist Church, Alhambra). - 7:30 pm: Sofar Sounds – Old Town Pasadena Secret Concert
Our one-of-a-kind concerts are popping up in all sorts of amazing venues (@ Address will be revealed 36 hours before event). - 8:00 pm: Confessions of a Prairie B*tch
Alison Arngrim’s riotous one-woman show recounting her role as the bratty pre-teen Nellie Oleson from the hit television show “Little House on the Prairie” (@ Sierra Madre Playhouse, Sierra Madre). - 8:00 pm: Jim and Susie Malcolm at Caltech
The Malcolms fervently sing lyrics by Burns, Scotland’s national poet. You’ll also hear their own compositions and other songs old and new (@ Caltech – Keith Spalding Building, Pasadena).
Sunday, January 28, 2024
Elliott Caine 5tet (Photo – Elliott Caine)
- 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: Pasadena Comic Con
There will be panels, toys, celebrity guests, and featured artists (@ Pasadena Convention Center, Pasadena). - 10:00 am – 9:00 pm: Monterey Park Lunar New Year Festival
Monterey Park’s Lunar New Year festival features vendors offering unique gifts and specialty items, food booths with various types of delectable treats, amusement rides, and lots of live entertainment (@ Downtown Monterey Park, Monterey Park). - 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm: “Terry Chatkupt: A Year” Exhibition at The Armory
Armory Center for the Arts presents Terry Chatkupt: A Year, an exhibition that uses the vast, wild terrain of the San Gabriel Mountains as a backdrop and inspiration for exploring the physical and psychological spaces where the natural and domestic collide (@ Armory Center For the Arts, Pasadena). - 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm: The Parson’s Nose Women’s Project – “Women!”
Readers include O Henry, Oscar Wilde, Andre DeLorde, Abbott, Costello, Mary Chalon, Marisa Chandler, Jill Rogosheske, Laurine Price, and Heather Taylor (@ Parson’s Nose Abbey, Pasadena). - 4:00 pm: Restoration Concert Featuring Susan Greenberg, Michele Zukovsky, and Pierre Tang
The program will feature music by Bizet, Shostakovich, Ginastera, Debussy, Albert, Chihara, Brahms, and Joplin (@ South Pasadena Public Library Community Room, South Pasadena). - 8:00 pm: Confessions of a Prairie B*tch
Alison Arngrim’s riotous one-woman show recounting her role as the bratty pre-teen Nellie Oleson from the hit television show “Little House on the Prairie” (@ Sierra Madre Playhouse, Sierra Madre). - 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm: Elliott Caine Quintet at The York
No cover charge (@ The York, Los Angeles).
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