Looking for Something to Do? Free Events Oct. 8 to 14

Here are events scheduled Saturday, Oct, 8, to Friday, Oct. 14.

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

Learn tips for beautifying your property with drought-tolerant landscaping Saturday, Oct. 8, at 11 a.m. at Linda Vista Branch Library. Presented by the Arroyo Seco Foundation.

Observe classical guitar legend Pepe Romero leading a master class Sunday, Oct. 9, at 2 p.m. at the Pasadena Conservatory of Music. 

Claude Bolling's Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio plus other works will be performed Sunday, Oct. 9, at 2:30 p.m. in the Donald R. Wright Auditorium at Central Library. Sponsored by Tuesday Musicale of Pasadena.

Teens 13 to 18 are invited to an afternoon of epic battles and a lot of fun with a Super Smash Brothers for Wii U throwdown Monday, Oct. 10, from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. at Hastings Branch Library. 

"Body Heat" (1981, R) starring William Hurt and Kathleen Turner will be shown Wednesday, Oct. 12, at 1 p.m. in the Donald R. Wright Auditorium at Central Library. In the midst of a Flordia heat wave, a woman convinces her lover, a small-town lawyer, to murder her wealthy husband.

Bring your young child(ren) to the courtyard at One Colorado for a Mommy & Me morning with a singalong featuring Michal Karmi, AKA Peanut, Thursday, Oct. 13, from 10 to 11 a.m. 

A series of kids' craft afternoons continues Thursday, Oct. 13, from 4 to 5 p.m. in the courtyard at One Colorado where children will create a traditional craft that originated with the Huichol nation of Western Mexico. The workshop will be led by Purple Twig.

"Moulin Rouge" (2001, PG-13) starring Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman will be shown Friday, Oct. 14, at 1 p.m. in the Scott Pavilion at the Pasadena Senior Center. A poet falls in love with a beautiful courtesan who is coveted by a jealous duke.

SAVE THE DATE!

The Latino Heritage Parade is Saturday, Oct. 15.
The annual open house at Carnegie Observatories is Sunday, Oct. 16.
ArtNight Pasadena is Friday, Oct. 21.

Photo credits: Kelly Lorden, Pasadena Conservatory of Music, Sheet Music Download, Nintendo America, Ladd Company, Michall Karmi, One Colorado, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation.