The Wall That Heals, a three-quarter scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. will make its first stop on a nationwide tour in Morgan Park, 4100 Baldwin Park Blvd., Baldwin Park. All are welcome to visit through March 17. Park throughout Morgan Park, in nearby public lots on Laurens Avenue and Ramona Boulevard and in the parking structure at City Hall. Golf carts will be available. For more information, visit BaldwinPark.com/378/The-Wall-That-Heals.
A monument and treasure: Castle Green turns 125 and celebrates in elegant fashion with a gala from 6 to 11 p.m. Saturday, March 16, at 99 S. Raymond Ave., Pasadena. Alex Mendham and Orchestra performs with Janet Klein and her Parlor Boys. Tickets are $150. Proceeds will benefit the Friends of the Castle Green and its project to restore and repaint the castle’s domes. Admission includes access to the entire ground floor, two beverages, hors d’oeuvres and confestions. For more information, visit castlegreen.com.
Free health fair: Rep. Judy Chu presents a free health fair from 9 to 11 a.m. Friday, March 15, at the Pasadena Senior Center, 89 E. Holly St., Pasadena. Get health and hearing screenings, information on Medicare health plans, and meet representatives from nonprofits and groups such as Huntington Hospital, The Hear Center and Chinatown Service Center. For more information, visit pasadenaseniorcenter.org or call 626-795-4331.
‘Behind the Blue’: Celebrate women in law enforcement and hear inspiring stories from female law enforcement officers at 3 p.m. Saturday, March 16, at Hill Branch Library, 55 S. Hill Ave., Pasadena. Admission is free. For more information, email Tiffany Dueñas at [email protected] or Susana Porras at [email protected].
‘Grandma’s Hands’: It will be a lovely day when Marcia and Kori Withers, wife and daughter of the late singer and songwriter Bill Withers, visit Vroman’s Bookstore to read from and talk about their book “Grandma’s Hands.” Share in the love at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 16, at 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena. Admission is free.
“Grandma’s Hands” is a song featured on Withers’ 1971 album “Just As I Am,” and captures the impact his grandmother had on his life. Award-winning artist R. Gregory Christie illustrated the book based on Withers’ music and lyrics. For more information, call 626-449-5320 or visit vromans.com.
It’s a movement: Crown City Symphony presents a concert at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 17, at First Baptist Church of Pasadena, 75 N. Marengo Ave. Admission is free. Arman Keyvanian is music director with David Park on violin solo. The program will be Shubert’s Ballet Music and Entr’acte No. 2 from “Rosamunde” and Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto, Opus 35. For more information, call 626-797-1994.
This old house: La Casa Nueva is a 12,400 square-foot Spanish Colonial Revival mansion built in 1924 and completed in 1927. In between, the lives and fortunes of the Temple family that built it would change. Find out how through family letters written during that time that shed new light on how we see this monument, memorial, showpiece and home. Tours depart on the hours and are set from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 16 and Sunday, March 17, at the Workman and Temple Family Homestead Museum, 15415 E. Don Julian Road, City of Industry. Tour sizes are limited and space is available on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, visit homesteadmuseum.org or call 626-968-8492.
Blooming time: Walk through a record-breaking wistaria vine, visit local shops, check out a car show, craft market and food vendors at the Wistaria Festival from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, March 17, at downtown Sierra Madre. The property owner allows the city’s chamber of commerce to guide people through the acre-wide vine, declared the largest single blossoming plant in the world by the Guinness Book of World Records in 1990. Tickets to the tram include a shuttle tour of 30 historic locations throughout the city. Tickets are $5 for children, $10 for seniors and $15 for adults, plus $2.85 fee. Buy tickets online or at the corner of Montecito and North Baldwin Avenue on event day. Use the address 38 E. Montecito. Admission to the market and car show is free. For more information, visit sierramadrechamber.com or call 626-355-5111.
Dine out for a cause: Give yourself permission to not cook and eat at Hawg Heaven BBQ & Gastropub for lunch or dinner Wednesday, March 20, in support of Pasadena Senior Center. Print out the Dine Out and Benefit PSC flyer from pasadenasenior.org and give it to your server. While you’re there, catch the Wednesday night live jazz show, “Wednesdays with Winehouse” with Liela Avila.
Let’s hear it for the Tap Chicks: Pam Kay’s Tap Chicks take the stage at 2 p.m. Thursday, March 21, at the Pasadena Senior Center, 85 E. Holly St., Pasadena. Frannie McCartney leads the tribute to the late Pam Kay and will include dancing, comedy and lots of talented tapping. The Tap Chicks have performed at the Los Angeles County Fair, Sierra Madre Playhouse and more. The show is free for members and $5 for nonmembers. To register, visit pasadenaseniorcenter.org and click on “Activities & Events.” For more information, call 626-795-4331.
Hop to it: Get into the Easter spirit at The Bunny Museum, celebrating its 26th year with an ongoing special exhibit, GOOBA or Gallery of Original Bunny Art. Explore the world’s only museum about bunnies and see more than 45,000 items that made it to the Guinness World Records. Open noon to 6 p.m. Monday to Saturday; noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $12; $10 for ages 65 and older and military; $8 children 13 and younger; and free for ages 4 and younger, as well as members. The Bunny Museum is at 2605 Lake Ave., Altadena. For more information, visit thebunnymuseum.com or call 626-798-8848.
Scavenger hunt: March Around Town scavenger hunt is presented by the Pasadena Public Library through March 30. Pick up your clues during open hours at Santa Catalina Branch, 999 E. Washington Blvd., Pasadena. For more information, call 626-744-7311 or email [email protected].
Penguin Power: Dodgers third baseman Ron Cey discusses “Penguin Power: Dodger Blue, Hollywood Lights, and a One-in-a-Million Big League Journey” at 7 p.m. Friday, March 22, at Vroman’s, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena. Admission is free. Cey will be signing books only. No memorabilia. For more information, call 626-449-5320 or visit vromans.com.
Acoustic love: Join Light Bringer Project for an evening of music at 7 p.m. Friday, March 22, under the stained glass ceiling of Radiance Hall in the historic Mountain View Mausoleum, 2300 N. Marengo Ave., Altadena. Tickets are $25 per person. Parking is free and there will be a complimentary wine and cheese bar. The David Pritchard Acoustic Guitar ensemble performs, featuring David Pritchard, Kevin Tiernan and Ioannis Markoulakis. For more information, visit lightbringerproject.com or call 626-590-1134.
Define American: Kimberly Senior directs “One of the Good Ones,” a comedy by Gloria Calderón Kellett through April 7, at the Pasadena Playhouse, 39 S. El Molino Ave., Pasadena. Tickets start at $35. For more information, call 626-356-7529 or visit pasadenaplayhouse.org.
Ongoing events
A shared heritage: An exhibition of 43 works by Sargent Claude Johnson is on display at The Huntington through May 20. Johnson was a California artist considered the West Coast’s key connection to the Harlem Renaissance. This is the first exhibit devoted to the artist’s work in more than 25 years. The Huntington is at 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino. For more information, visit huntington.org or call 626-405-2100.
Rose to the occasion: Buy Pasadena-branded totes, stickers, water bottles and T-shirts from the city’s official online merchandise store. Shop the first offerings from “Threads of Pasadena” from CLSC, founded by the grandson of Matthew “Mack” Robinson and great-nephew of Jackie Robinson. The store is at visitpasadena.myshopify.com. Items are also available at the Pasadena Visitor Center, 300 E. Green St. For more information, visitpasadena.com.
Turn the page: The newest bookstore in town isn’t new. The Friends of the Pasadena Public Library Bookstore invites all readers to choose from used books, DVDs, CDs, LPs and lots of children’s books. Store hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday and Saturday, closed Friday and Sunday. The bookstore is at the Jefferson Elementary School campus, 1500 E. Villa Ave., between Hill and Allen avenues, in Pasadena. Donations are welcome. For more information, email Adrienne at [email protected].
To market: The new Altadena Neighborhood Farmers Market is open from 4 to 8 p.m. Fridays, at Loma Alta Park, 3330 N. Lincoln Ave., Altadena. Admission is free. The nonprofit Raw Inspiration offers the market as a way for children to learn the value of organic gardening and healthy eating. For more information, email [email protected] or visit rawinspiration.org.
Farm fresh everything: The Farmer’s Market @ Mt. SAC is open from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays, at Parking Lot B, 1100 N. Grand Ave., Walnut. Sample French pastries from Le Honore’ French Bakery, in-season fruits and vegetables, an Asian vegetables stand, arts and crafts along with ready-to-eat dishes such as dumplings. Lots of vendors offer handmade items and plants too. For more information, call 909-869-0701, email [email protected], visit regionalchambersgv.com or find “MtSacFarmersMarket” on Facebook.
Market news: Duarte Farmer’s Market is open from 4 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays, at the southeast corner of the Santa Teresita Assisted Living parking lot, 819 Buena Vista St., Duarte. Say hello to the Carmelite Sisters, shop for dinner, pick up sweet treats and discover new vendors. For more information, visit duartechamber.com/duarte-farmers-market.
Helping hands: Low-Cost Community Counseling Center serves the Whittier, Santa Fe Springs, Pico Rivera, Norwalk and surrounding areas. It offers low-cost counseling for individuals, couples and families as well as parenting, women’s support and substance abuse groups. For more information, call 562-903-7777, email [email protected] or visit low-costcounseling.org.
Book a castle visit: Rubel Castle is an elaborate folk-art medieval castle in the foothills of Glendora, with five-story tall towers solidly built out of junk and river rocks by the late Michael Rubel and his friends. The castle offers eight scheduled tours each month. Tours are two hours long. Admission is $20 for adults and $10 for guests ages 8-18. Rubel Castle is at 844 N. Live Oak Ave., Glendora. For more information, visit rubeltours.org or call (626) 963-0419.
It’s all lapidary: The Pasadena Lapidary Society meets from 7 to 8:45 p.m. on the third Tuesday of the month, except December, in the Fellowship Hall of Santa Anita Church, 226 W. Colorado Blvd., Arcadia. All were welcome. For more information, visit pasadenalapidary.org, or check out their social media on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
Wednesday night market: Whittier Uptown Association presents Wednesday Night Markets from 4:30 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesdays, on historic Greenleaf Avenue, from Wardman to Bailey streets. Stroll past local vendors, food and art. For more information, visit whittieruptown.org or call (562) 696-2662.
Play ball: Pasadena Senior Center sponsors Crown Valley senior co-ed softball teams. Players meet for practice and scrimmage games from 8 to 10 a.m. Mondays at Farnsworth Park in Altadena and Thursdays at Arcadia County Park. Players over 50 are welcome. For more information, call Marge Mayotte-Hirn at (626) 377-5631; email [email protected] or visit intercitysoftball.org.
Local history: Monrovia Historical Museum is open from 1 to 4 p.m. Thursdays and Sundays, at 742 E. Lemon Ave. Come and discover Monrovia’s amazing history. Admission is free. Docent-led tours are available. For more information, call (626) 357-9537 or visit monroviahistoricalmuseum.org.
New horizons: The Arcadia Travelers Club, designed for seniors 50 and older interested in travel and fellowship, is a nonprofit that offers day outings and extended day trips. It is open to anyone for a $10 annual fee. The group meets monthly at the Arcadia Community Center, 365 Campus Drive, Arcadia. For more information, visit arcadiatravelers.org or call (626) 821-4377.
It’s in the cards: West Covina Cribbage Club welcomes new members to its weekly meetings at 6 p.m. Mondays, at Denny’s, 1150 S. Seventh Ave., Hacienda Heights. For more information, call Elaine at (626) 330-3170.
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