A dual memoir: Christina Vo discusses the memoir she and her father Nghia Vo wrote at 7 p.m. Friday, May 3, at Vroman’s 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena. Actor and narrator Quyen Ngo moderates. Admission is free. “My Vietnam, Your Vietnam” explores themes of identity, heritage, the ordeals of war. For more information, call 626-449-5320 or visit vromans.com. Nurses walk, run, rock: The Bonnie Fang Foundation’s “Nurses Rock” 5K/10K Walk-Run will be held on Saturday, May 4, at the Frank G. Bonelli Park in San Dimas (120 E. Via Verde Dr., San Dimas). This third annual event raises scholarship money for nursing students in California and Nevada. For more information, call 949-230-1791, or visit helphopehonor.org. Go round and round: Toddler and preschool theater lovers are welcome aboard “Wheels on the Bus,” an interactive musical for littles and their grownups, opening May 4 through June 9 at Porticos Art Space, 2033 E. Washington Blvd., Pasadena. Tickets are $17. For more information, visit pasadenaplayhouse.org. Carnival time: Enjoy the best of spring at Carnival in the Park from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 4, at Sierra Vista Park, 701 E. Sierra Madre Blvd., Sierra Madre. Admission is free. There will be games, prizes, face painting, confetti eggs, pony rides, petting zoo, train rides, water play, a bake sale, snow cones, craft fair, plant sale and more. Proceeds benefit Sierra Madre Community Nursery School. For more information, visit smcns.org. Fiesta time: After a four-year siesta, the Pasadena Senior Center’s Cinco de Mayo celebration returns from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 4, at 85 E. Holly St. Tickets are $15 for members and $20 for nonmembers. Performers include Ballet Folklorico Sol De Fuego. Reservations are required and can be made online at PasadenaSeniorCenter.org. For more information, call 626-795-4331. On the bright side: The second Love LIFE celebration is set from 2 to 6 p.m. Saturday, May 4, at Second Baptist Church, 925 S. Shamrock Ave., Monrovia Admission is free. Families are invited to party with live performances, a deejay, nine-hole mini golf, rock climbing, arts and crafts, selfie spots, dominoes and spades tournament and food trucks. Mz. Suga Sweets will provide desserts. Register online and get more information at setforlifenews.org. Take flight: Butterfly season is soaring at Kidspace Museum, running through May 19 at 480 N. Arroyo Blvd., Pasadena. General admission is $15.50 for adults and children older than 1. Check out the Butterfly Kaleidoscope art installation made up of entirely upcycled waste-stream materials, dress up like a butterfly and even adopt a caterpillar. For more information, visit kidspacemuseum.org or call 626-788-8795. Take this literally: LitFest in the Dena is happening the weekend of May 4 and 5 at Mountain View Mausoleum, 2300 N. Marengo Ave., Altadena. “Books that Made the Neighborhood” features more than 150 authors and performers in workshops and readings. Admission is free. For more information, visit LitFestinthedena.org. Step up: Heather Lipson Bell and guest artists from MUSE/IQUE’s concert season “Make Some Noise: Music and Stories of American Defiance and Hope” presents an education workshop at 3 p.m. Monday, May 6, at Pasadena Senior Center, 85 E. Holly St. MUSE/IQUE is a member-supported nonprofit performing arts group. Its mission is to build empathy and expand imaginations through live events and partnerships with other nonprofits. For more information, visit pasadenaseniorcenter.org or call 626-795-4331. For the ladies: The College Women’s Club of Pasadena will celebrate and recognize scholarship recipients at a lunch at noon May 7, at The Blinn House. The event is open to members of the 103-year-old women’s club as well as invited guests. For more information, visit cwcpasadena.org. Music among the roses: The Huntington’s Rose Garden will be the setting for a rotating set of classical performances from the Pasadena Conservatory of Music at 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino. Free with general admission. Musicians will play the violin, cello and guitar from 1 to 3 p.m. Mondays through May 27. The library, art museum and botanical gardens are open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily and closed on Tuesdays. For more information, visit huntington.org/plan-your-visit or call 626-405-2100. ‘Rach’ out: The Pasadena Chorale presents “The Golden Shore: Rachmaninoff and the Music of Displacement” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 11, at the First United Methodist Church, 500 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena. Admission is free but reservations are required. The concert will also feature new music by composers Caroline Mallonee and Marques L.A. Garrett as well as new pieces from Pasadena Chorale’s own Jeffrey Bernstein and Vera Ivanova or the Moscow Conservatory. For more information, visit PasadenaChorale.org. Comedy tonight: Whittier Community Theatre presents the final show of its centennial season, “Moon Over Buffalo” by Ken Ludwig playing May 31 through June 15, at the theatre, 7630 Washington Ave., Whittier. The comedy is about an off-off-off Broadway acting company dealing with family predicaments as they struggle to perform in the new TV age. Tickets are $20 for adults and $15 for seniors and students. The theater group also has a Facebook and Instagram page and a YouTube channel where you can hear radio play remakes. For more information, call 562-696-0600 or visit whittiercommunitytheatre.org.
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