Looking for Something to Do? Free Pasadena Events October 19 to 25

Here are events scheduled Saturday, Oct. 19, to Friday, Oct. 25.

All events are free, so take a look -- and don't you dare say there's nothing to do in Pasadena!

The Latino Heritage Parade Saturday, Oct. 19, will begin at 10 a.m. at Los Robles Avenue and Prescott Street and end at Villa-Parke where a festival will continue from noon to 4 p.m. with art exhibits, artisans, educational and historical displays, entertainment, cultural food, community booths and much more. 

Susie Glaze will perform new and traditional folk songs Saturday, Oct. 19, at 11 a.m. in the Donald R. Wright Auditorium at Central Library. This event is sponsored by the Topanga Banjo Fiddle Contest.

"Seconds" (1966, R) starring Rock Hudson and Frank Campanella will be shown Saturday, Oct. 19, at 2 p.m. at Allendale Branch Library. A banker agrees to a procedure that will fake his death and provide him with a fresh start, complete with a new face and lifestyle, but it comes with its own price, and his second thoughts may be too late. The film's cult status has grown over the years, and Hudson's performance is now widely considered one of the finest of his career. The screening will be followed by a discussion; light refreshments will be served. See the trailer here. 

The bold women of Shrew: Improvised Shakespeare will weave vibrant, hilarious and completely improvised tales full of heart and mischief in the style of the bard Saturday, Oct. 19, at 3 p.m. at Lamanda Park Branch Library. All ages are welcome.

Third@First presents "Magnificent Mozart," a concert of the composer's Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat and his Requiem with soloists, choruses and orchestra Saturday, Oct. 19, from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. at First United Methodist Church.

The family-friendly Pumpkin Festival at Brookside Park directly in front of Kidspace Children's Museum is Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 19 and 20, from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Festival admission is free to enjoy musical and dance performances, a costume parade, take-home seasonal craft activities and photos at the pumpkin patch; tickets will be sold for several other attractions such as pony rides, carnival games and food.

On Monday, Oct. 21, at 1 p.m. in the Scott Pavilion at the Pasadena Senior Center, an LA Opera community educator will share insights into the upcoming production of Adam Guettel's "The Light in the Piazza" starring Renee Fleming, Dove Cameron and Brian Stokes Mitchell. The story is set in the 1950s and revolves around a wealthy Southern woman and her developmentally disabled adult daughter who spend a summer in Italy where the daughter falls in love with a young Italian man, forcing her mother to reconsider the young woman's future as well as her own deep-seated hopes and regrets. You do not have to be a member of the Pasadena Senior Center to attend, but you do have to be 50 or older.

Teens are invited to make clocks from recycled books Monday, Oct. 21, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. in Studio on 4th (fourth floor) at Central Library. All materials will be provided.

Children are invited by the Southern California Children's Museum to create Halloween-themed crafts Tuesday, Oct. 22, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in the courtyard at One Colorado. While the event is free, RSVPs are requested.

Jacqueline Petitto and Susan Kim-Pedroza will perform piano for four hands Wednesday, Oct. 23, from 12:10 to 12:40 p.m. for the popular Music at Noon recital series at Pasadena Presbyterian Church.

"Eight Men Out" (1998, PG) starring John Cusack and D.B. Sweeney will be shown Wednesday, Oct. 23, at 1 p.m. in the Donald R. Wright Auditorium at Central Library. When a gambling syndicate gets wind of Chicago White Sox players' discontent with their low pay, it offers a select group of the baseball stars more money to play badly in the 1919 World Series than they would have earned if they had won. The film is based on true events, which led to the infamous "Black Sox" scandal.

Boo! Flights of Fantasy Story Theatre presents "Spiders and Monsters and Ghosts, Oh My!" a concoction of folk tales, fables and rhymes, Wednesday, Oct. 23, at 3:30 p.m. at Santa Catalina Branch Library. All ages are welcome.

Berman Board is an ongoing exhibition at Armory Center for the Arts through Jan. 12 that considers the future of 11 objects that originated from regions and cultures across Africa, Asia, Oceania and North America. On Wednesday, Oct. 23, from 7 to 9 p.m., artist Fiona Connor will lead visitors through the exhibition, then guide them to look, study and draw objects under consideration by the Berman Board. Participants will have the option of contributing their drawings to a growing archive that is part of the exhibition.

The Hollow Trees will perform folk, country, blues and jazz for children and families Thursday, Oct. 24, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in the courtyard at One Colorado. While the event is free, RSVPs are requested.

"As Good as It Gets" (1997, PG-13) starring Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunt will be shown Friday, Oct. 25, at 1 p.m. in the Scott Pavilion at the Pasadena Senior Center. An obsessive-compulsive, homophobic romance novelist is compelled by circumstances to get to know his gay neighbor next door and the waitress who puts up with his abuse every morning at a nearby restaurant. You do not have to be a member of the Pasadena Senior Center to attend, but you do have to be 50 or older.

SAVE THE DATE!

The family-friendly Fall Festival at Victory Park Saturday, Oct. 26, from 2 to 6 p.m. will feature live entertainment, carnival games, face painting, arts and crafts, tiny tot area, costume contest, scareventure hunt, fitness zone, free raffles and more. Tickets will be sold onsite for pony rides, train rides and big slide, and food will be available for purchase.

Photo credits: Latino Heritage, Susie Glaze New Folk Ensemble, Joel Productions, Shrew: Improvised Shakespeare, Halidon Music, LA Opera, PRWeb, Ela Area Public Library, Flights of Fantasy Story Theatre, Armory Center for the Arts, The Hollow Trees, TriStar Pictures.