Here are events scheduled Saturday, Sept. 22, to Friday, Sept. 28.
All events are free, so take a look -- and don't you dare say there's nothing to do in Pasadena!
Things to Come (1936, NR) starring Raymond Massey and Ralph Richardson will be shown Saturday, Sept. 22, at 2 p.m. in the Donald R. Wright Auditorium at Central Library. A decades-long second world war leaves plague and anarchy, then a rational state rebuilds civilization and attempts space travel. The film is based on a 1933 essay by H.G. Wells that was ahead of its time. After the screening, Warren James of Hour 25 will discuss the film with the audience.
Red Hen Press presents Jazz and Abstract Truth: An Afternoon of Jazz and Poetry Saturday, Sept. 22, at 4 p.m. featuring readings by poets William Archila and Douglas Manuel plus jazz performed by Dr. Ray Briggs, the Pasadena Conservatory of Music's jazz studies department chair. Food and refreshments will be served.
In conjunction with her current solo exhibition Marta Chaffee: The Places We've Lived, the artist will discuss her works Sunday, Sept. 23, from 2 to 4 p.m. at Armory Center for the Arts. RSVPs are appreciated. The exhibition will continue through December.
Andrew & Polly will perform for young children Tuesday, Sept. 25, from 10 a.m. to noon in the Garfield Promenade on the street level at Paseo Colorado.
Baritone Ralph Cato, accompanied by pianist Frank Fetta, will perform Wednesday, Sept. 26, from 12:10 to 12:40 p.m. for the popular Music at Noon recital series at Pasadena Presbyterian Church.
Leonard Bernstein: Larger Than Life (2016, NR) and Leonard Bernstein's Young People's Concerts: The Latin American Spirit episode (1963 NR) will be shown Wednesday, Sept. 26, at 1 p.m. in the Donald R. Wright Auditorium at Central Library. The first documentary shows why Leonard Bernstein was one of the most influential classical musicians, composers, conductors and educators of the 20th century; the second documentary, one in a series of episodes of the Emmy Award-winning series, features Latin American music.
Bring your young child(ren) to the courtyard at One Colorado for a singalong with Michal Karmi, AKA Peanut, Thursday, Sept. 27, from 4:30 to 5 p.m. RSVPs are encouraged.
One City, One Story is Pasadena's popular annual community reading celebration that focuses on one book and features dozens of related community events in March. On Thursday, Sept. 27, at 5:30 p.m., the selection for 2019 will be announced with a big unveiling in the fountain courtyard at Central Library. The finalists were The Ballad of Huck and Miguel, In the Distance, News of the World, There There and The Underground Railroad. Come see which one we'll all read next!
Clazzical Notes presents Women of Influence in Song and Dance, an homage to the female icons of jazz, blues, folk and dance during the 1960s, Friday, Sept. 28, at 7 p.m. at the Pasadena Museum of History.
The Wizard of Oz (1939, PG) starring Judy Garland and Bert Lahr will be shown Friday, Sept. 28, at 7 p.m. in the courtyard at One Colorado. Kansas farm girl Dorothy Gale and her little dog Toto are carried by a tornado to the magical land of Oz where she journeys with the cowardly lion, tinman and scarecrow through emerald forests, yellow brick roads and creepy castles, all the while just wanting to return home. RSVPs are recommended.
Photo credits: London Film Productions, Texas Public Radio, Folsom Lake Symphony, New York Philharmonic, Michal Kalmi, Pasadena Public Library, kevingoesrawr, Live for Live Music, Twyla Tharp, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
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