Metropolitan Interpreters

The Pasadena Playhouse District is home to the Pacific Asia Museum. The building alone, a former residence modeled after the Beijing palace of a Chinese prince, justifies a visit to this attraction. See over 15,000 objects, including rare examples of art and cultural artifacts from Asia and the Pacific Islands, spanning over five thousand years.

Q’s Billiard Club is the neighborhood sports bar! This local hang-out offers a tasty menu and sports entertainment on more than 30 screens, cue time at 12 pool tables, DJs spinning hit music and mingling across three dance floors for hours of non-stop fun. Meet your friends for some good ole fashioned fun here.

Harvest farm fresh goodness at the Pasadena Certified Farmer’s Market. What better way to serve your favorite meals to family and friends than with seasonal produce purchased from your city’s finest local farmers. Certified organic vendors are waiting with bushels of delicious fruits, vegetables and home-made craft merchandise.

View one of the most remarkable private art collections in the world at the Norton Simon Museum. It took more than 30 years for the 20th century industrialist Norton Simon to amass the collection of 12,000 European paintings and sculpture ranging from the 14th to the 20th century.