2021 CALENDAR
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Architectural Legacy Tours Thursday, December 16 through Thursday, January 6 Tickets: $18 – $21 This holiday season Pasadena Heritage pays tribute to a few of our many legacies that make Pasadena special. We invite you and your holiday guests to participate in three virtual Zoom programs featuring often-overlooked people and places of diversity that helped build our community. Also, we are back for our first in-person, docent-guided walking tour since the start of the pandemic! Join us for a tour of one of our finest neighborhoods. The three Zoom programs are sold as a package and the walking tour is a separate ticketed event. |
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Preservation Pasadena: Craftsman to Modern Program Recordings Tickets will be on sale through December 25, 2021 and recordings will be made available for viewing to ticket purchasers until December 31, 2021. Individual Tickets: $15 Members $18 Nonmembers; Full Package Tickets: $140 Members $180 Nonmembers Last year Pasadena Heritage’s Craftsman Weekend was reimagined with a broader frame and a new name! The city of Pasadena is home to some of the most notable examples of architect-designed properties from Craftsman style to Modern and everything in between. Explore architectural style and design over five decades and learn the connections and differences that illustrate how architecture changed through time. Recordings are now available to watch at your convenience for this year’s fall education event, Preservation Pasadena: Craftsman to Modern. Visit our event page for a full schedule of programs. |
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The Dr. Robert Winter Memorial Lecture “England’s Pull: The Anglophilia of Charles Sumner Greene” with special guest speaker Edward “Ted” Bosley Sunday, December 12, 2021 | 2:00 – 3:00 PM Tickets: FREE Registration | $20 Suggested Donation per household This event will not be recorded. Dr. Robert Winter was a gift to us and to the cause of historic preservation nationwide – his teaching, writing, critical eye and witty commentary still influence what we do and how we look at historic places. He led the way in creating Pasadena’s preservation ordinance and commission and supported us, educated us and urged us to be a strong voice for the architectural legacy that surrounds us. Renowned Greene & Greene scholar, author and expert Edward “Ted” Bosley will be our special guest speaker. Ted Bosley is Executive Director Emeritus of The Gamble House, and during a career spanning more than 30 years he has published and lectured widely on architects Greene & Greene and the American Arts & Crafts movement. This virtual program is offered free of charge, and we hope you will join us — registration is required so please click here. |
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Blinn House Virtual Hard Hat Tour and Special Announcement Sunday, October 10, 2021 | 5:00 PM Tickets: FREE (registration required) Although our in-person celebration Opening New Doors: A Blinn House Celebration has been postponed until early 2022, we could not wait to update you on the ongoing restoration projects taking place at the Blinn House! Please join us on October 10th for a virtual hard hat tour of the Blinn House, a brief update on the home’s restoration, and a very special announcement. Please RSVP by Saturday, October 9th. A link to access the Zoom event will be emailed to attendees the morning of the event. |
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Old Pasadena Virtual Tour Saturday, October 2, 2021 | 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM Tickets: $12 – $15 This year’s Old Pasadena Tours have taken place every other month, and each tour has focus on a different theme. The final tour of the year will take place on Saturday, October 2nd at 10:00 AM and the theme will be “Often Over-looked Architectural Details of Old Pasadena” hosted by historic architect William Ellinger III and Board Member John Dean. This tour will be given over Zoom. Old Pasadena continues to be a shopping and dining destination but without Pasadena Heritage, this National Register Historic District would have been destroyed! Now it is one of the finest examples of downtown revitalizations in the country. These tours will be given over Zoom with trained docents who will lead you on a visual walk through the historic district revealing many hidden and unusual architectural details of Pasadena’s original downtown. |
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Sites, Scenes and Stories: Intersections of Architecture and the Pasadena Latino Community in the 20th Century Saturday, September 25, 2021 | 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM Tickets: FREE Registration | $15 Suggested Donation In recognition of Hispanic Heritage Month, Pasadena Heritage welcomes Roberta H. Martínez as our special guest speaker on Saturday, September 25, at 10:00 AM. The event will take place on Zoom and will be free to everyone. Ms. Martínez will share rare archival images of schools, businesses, churches and a pivotal Greene and Greene project that hold significant cultural and historical heritage for our city and Los Angeles County. Roberta H. Martínez was born and raised in East Los Angeles received her BA in Music and MA in Music History from University of California, Riverside. She is an actor, independent scholar, and writer. She is a Reader at the Huntington library and has presented her research in Los Angeles and Orange Counties, as well as the Huntington itself. She has been interviewed by CSPAN as an expert on the history of the Latino Community in Pasadena and has curated physical and virtual exhibits. Ms. Martínez has served as Executive Director of Latino Heritage Association and was a founder of the Latino Heritage parade and Jamaica. Her book, “Latinos in Pasadena”, was published in 2009. |
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Old Pasadena Virtual Tour Saturday, August 7, 2021 | 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM Tickets: $12 – $15 In August, the Old Pasadena tour tour will highlight transportation. Old Pasadena continues to be a shopping and dining destination but without Pasadena Heritage, this National Register Historic District would have been destroyed! Now it is one of the finest examples of downtown revitalizations in the country. These tours will be given over Zoom with trained docents who will lead you on a visual walk through the historic district revealing many hidden and unusual architectural details, old alleyways, and historic signs of Pasadena’s original downtown. |
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Quarantine Crawl: Virtual Happy Hour Saturday, July 24 | 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Ticket holders experienced the history of some famous and infamous Pasadena watering holes and haunts on our Historic Happy Hour. They enjoyed a guided beer tasting, sampled some of Pasadena’s best brews, and tested their Pasadena knowledge with special trivia! This month was hosted at Cervecería Del Pueblo, one of Pasadena’s newest breweries! Ticket cost included a flight of beers, snacks, and a commemorative tasting glass. |
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Spring Home Tours Individual Tickets (includes one day of tours with two homes): Nonmember $18 | Member $15 Series Package (includes tickets for all three days of tours with six homes): Nonmember $50 | Member $40 Click here for more information OR Purchase tickets here! Pasadena Heritage presented a new version of our annual Spring Home Tour. Instead of a one-day event, tours of six architectural works of art were offered as a series. Recordings of two different home tours premiered on the last Sundays of April, May and June. Recordings were available through July 4. |
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Recording of Japanese American Stories from Pasadena Available until July 4th This presentation is FREE but a $15 donation per household is suggested. Your donations will help support Pasadena Heritage’s education and advocacy efforts! In honor of Asian American and Pacific Islander Month, Pasadena Heritage welcomed Susie Ling and Bryan Takeda. Susie is Professor of History and Asian American Studies at Pasadena City College. Bryan was raised in Pasadena and the founder of Kansha Pasadena (meaning gratitude in Japanese language). Kansha strives to honor, preserve, and share the unique history and culture of Japanese Americans in the Greater Pasadena area by researching and documenting family histories, personal stories, cultural sites and historic buildings. |
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Old Pasadena Virtual Tour Saturday, June 5, 2021 | 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM Tickets: $12 – $15 In June, the Old Pasadena tour tour will include visits to several alleyways. The historic alleyways are nearly unchanged since their Victorian-era beginnings. One of the visits will be to Mercantile Place, the back end of several well-known establishments that fronted Colorado Boulevard, including Hertel’s Dry goods, J.W. Woods druggist, Hotaling & Co. men’s clothing, and the original A. C. Vroman’s bookstore. It also included a grocer, a confectioner, a baker, a jeweler, and The Pasadena and Valley Union newspaper, the only paper in town in the late 1880s-1890s. Old Pasadena continues to be a shopping and dining destination but without Pasadena Heritage, this National Register Historic District would have been destroyed! Now it is one of the finest examples of downtown revitalizations in the country. These tours will be given over Zoom with trained docents who will lead you on a visual walk through the historic district revealing many hidden and unusual architectural details, old alleyways, and historic signs of Pasadena’s original downtown. |
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Quarantine Crawl: Virtual Happy Hour Saturday, May 22 | 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m Tickets : $10 Member & Non-Member Join Pasadena Heritage docents this month for a live wine tasting featuring a special natural wine from Pasadena’s local winery, Vin de California! Sample a delicious wine, immerse yourself in local history, and test your Pasadena knowledge all from the comfort of home! We are thrilled to be joined by Kate and Adam Vourvoulis, Co-Owners of the Good Luck Wine Shop and VDC Winery for this special Virtual Happy Hour. And what would a Virtual Happy Hour be without some trivia? In honor of Pasadena’s rich wine history, we’re serving up trivia that will focus on East Pasadena and California’s heritage varieties! Instructions and Virtual Happy Hour materials will be available for download after purchase. Please note, ticket price does not include wine, which must be purchased separately from the winery. For more information, or to register for this event, please click here. |
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Old Pasadena Virtual Tour Saturday, April 10, 2021 | 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM Tickets: $12 – $15 Old Pasadena continues to be a shopping and dining destination but without Pasadena Heritage, this National Register Historic District would have been destroyed! Now it is one of the finest examples of downtown revitalizations in the country. These tours will be given over Zoom with trained docents to lead you on a visual walk through the historic district revealing many hidden and unusual architectural details, old alleyways, and historic signs. This month’s tour will include a visit to Mills Place, Pasadena’s original China Town. Learn the history of some early Chinese-owned businesses and how a fire destroyed them. You will hear the history of how anti-Chinese sentiment plagued the city in the 1880s, and drove Chinese residents out of our original downtown. |