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Is Your Heart Healthy? JUNE 16
For anyone who has or is at risk for high cholesterol, high blood pressure or heart disease, learn how to improve heart health by making a few simple lifestyle changes. Presented by Kaiser Permanente.
Pasadena Senior Center via Zoom, free, registration required, 10 a.m., 626-7954331, pasadenaseniorcenter.org
Cultural Thursday: And the Rest is History! JUNE 16
Miss Etta Mae Mumphries (aka writer/ actor/comedian Karen Bankhead) has met and influenced exceptional people throughout her life, including Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Josephine Baker, Billie Holiday and Sammy Davis Jr. Enjoy this journey through history with musical accompaniment by actor/singer Pam Trotter.
Join Pasadena Village and author Patty Civalleri for “Becoming Trader Joe” book talk, signing and tasting. The presentation will offer insights about Trader Joe, while guests enjoy snacks, a selection of wines and nonalcoholic drinks from the chain of stores that started in Pasadena. Civalleri wrote “Becoming Trader Joe: How I Did Business My Way and Still Beat the Big Guys” with Trader Joe’s founder Joe Coulombe.
Health Fair and Produce Distribution JUNE 17
Services will include blood pressure and glucose testing, hearing tests, updates in Medicare health plans and resources. Preassembled bags of fresh, nutritious vegetables will be distributed on the patio while supplies last, courtesy of Order of Malta Mobile Ministries. One bag per person. Registration is not required; proof of COVID-19 vaccination will be required.
Movie Matinees: “West Side Story” JUNE 17
Starring Ansel Elgort and Rachel Zegler, “West Side Story” explores forbidden love and the rivalry between two teenage street gangs in New York City.
Pasadena Senior Center, 85 E. Holly Street, Pasadena, 1 p.m., free, each member who registers may bring one nonmember guest, 626-795-4331, pasadenaseniorcenter.org
Go Fact Yourself JUNE 18
J. Keith van Straaten and Helen Hong, along with special guest Larry Whitmore, return for the first in-person Go Fact Yourself recording in two years. Join celebrities as they talk about topics of love, passion, and trivia questions beyond the usual mold.
Crawford Family Forum, 474 S. Raymond Avenue, Pasadena, free admission from 7 to 8:30 p.m., laist.com/events/
Juneteenth Celebration of Freedom and Father’s Day Extravaganza JUNE 18
Celebrate social justice and transformation through the arts at the Metropolitan Baptist Church. There is a great variety of events, ranging from arts and crafts, raffles, live performances, food vendors, yoga and motivational speakers.
Metropolitan Baptist Church, 2283 Fair Oaks Avenue, Altadena, free admission, 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., peace@mytriberise.com
Pasadena Chalk Festival JUNE 18 TO JUNE 19
More than 600 chalk artists from around the world will get together for this festival, giving the public the opportunity to see a vast collection of both local and foreign culture.
The Paseo, 280 E. Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena, free admission, pasadenachalkfestival.org
JUNE 21 Robin Benway Discusses “A Year to the Day”
Listen to Robin Benway and Abdi Nazemian discuss “A Year to the Day,” a book about life and loss. When Leo’s sister Nina is killed in a drunken driving accident, it leaves a hole in her heart that’s impossible to fill. One year later exactly, she tries to piece together the night in her head, and learn how to move on from her sister’s death.
JUNE 22 Kelly Lytle Hernández discusses “Bad Mexicans: Race, Empire, and Revolution in the Borderlands”
Kelly Lytle Hernández discusses the story of the Magonistas, a group of migrant rebels who sparked the 1910 Mexican revolution. Listen to the tale of war, dictatorship, and uprising as they spark a change in their society that will birth a new generation of Mexican American history.
Cultural Thursday: Divas Do Duets! JUNE 23
Forty years after first meeting each other in high school, Diana Tash and Karen Benjamin have come back together at the Pasadena Senior Center to share their love of Broadway and the classics with the people of Pasadena. Pasadena Senior Center, 85 E. Holly Street, free, 626-795-4331, 2 p.m., pasadenaseniorcenter.org,
Pasadena Summer Youth Chamber Orchestra JUNE 26
Listen to classical songs composed by the old greats, like Mozart and Max Bruch played by the youth of Pasadena.
