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Butterfly Season at Kidspace Children’s Museum TO MAY 31
Start a new spring tradition with the family by adopting painted lady caterpillars from Kidspace Children’s Museum. Take care of the caterpillars for a few weeks to watch them metamorphosize into butterflies.
Kidspace Children’s Museum, 480 N. Arroyo Boulevard, Pasadena, tickets start at $14.95, various times, kidspacemuseum.org
The Pasadena Symphony: “Beethoven Symphony No. 5” APRIL 30
The concert features conductor Keitaro Harada, pianist Valentina Lisitsa and musician James Thatcher, among others.
Ambassador Auditorium, 131 S. St. John Avenue, Pasadena, tickets start at $35, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., pops.org
The Ronald McDonald House Charities: Walk for Kids APRIL 30
Walk for Kids is an annual fundraiser to support families receiving comfort, care and support from Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southern California. This fun, family-friendly event calls on volunteers, companies, and donors within their local community to keep families close.
Rose Bowl Stadium, 1001 Rose Bowl Drive, Pasadena, free, ticket reservations required via eventbrite.com, time TBA, rosebowlstadium.com
Altadena Guild of Huntington Hospital: Home and Garden tour MAY 1
The 69th annual home and garden tour happens on Mendocino Lane in Altadena, featuring four homes and gardens, vendors, street music, café, car show and community booths. The proceeds go to Huntington Hospital and Huntington Medical Research Center.
Mendocino Lane, Altadena, $40 online, various times, altadenaguild.org
Paul Yalnezian MAY 1
Global warming, racism, abortion, multiple forms of discrimination, religious extremism, anti-Semitism, homelessness and other issues are rooted in the misunderstanding of the meaning, purpose and mechanism of life, according to Yalnezian. The author will spend two hours talking about two of his upcoming books that “radically change the way we think and conduct ourselves in life.”
Pasadena Antique Warehouse, 1609 E. Washington Boulevard, Pasadena, free, 6 to 8 p.m., 818-451-6796, paul@righthome.com
Live Tribute to Mana MAY 5
This special Cinco de Mayo fiesta features $5 shots, the live tribute to Mana and cerveza specials.
The Mixx, 443 E. Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena, 8 p.m., $10, themixxclub.com
Cinco de Mayo at the Rose Bowl MAY 1
This free, family-friendly event honors Alice Mijares Recendez’s mother, Jesucita Mijares, who founded Mijares Restaurant in Pasadena in 1920. Alice Mijares Recendez, Jesucita’s daughter, and Mayor Victor Gordo will be the inaugural Cinco de Mayo co-grand marshals. Families can enjoy traditional music featuring live performances from mariachi to La Sonora Dinamita and Folklorico dancers; watch a soccer tournament and enjoy an active children’s play area.
Rose Bowl Flea Market MAY 8
For over 50 years the Rose Bowl Flea Market has been the most well-attended and vendor-profitable flea market in the country. The market is known all over the world because of its quality of vendors, and great shoppers of all ages.
