It’s Graduation Season – Congratulations to the Class of 2021! Celebrate your hard working student with a dinner, gift, or gift card from their favorite South Pas spot. Here’s a little Grad Gift inspiration: Find more local treasures on the Guide to South Pasadena
Saturday, May 15th (Hours Vary) Join us on the 3rd Saturday of the month for an Al Fresco day of shopping and dining in support of our South Pasadena small businesses! Enjoy strolling the streets of South Pasadena – find something fabulous at one of the shops and stop for a bite at your favorite eatery. Some stores will have goods and services on the sidewalk, others will have their doors open to welcome customers in. Restaurants will be serving food ‘al fresco’ and to go. Some may have limited capacity indoor seating as well. Hours may vary – check with your favorite store or eatery! Eats & Drinks Shopping & Activities Head to our Guide to South Pasadena to map out other places you’d like to hit! As always, masks and social distancing are required. Al Fresco South Pasadena is held on the 3rd Saturday of every month. Follow us on Instagram & Facebook for regular updates! #StrollSouthPas #EatShopEnjoySouthPas #AlFrescoSouthPasadena
Celebrate Mom South Pas style this week! Pick out something perfect or buy Mom a gift card to her favorite spot. Many restaurants and shops are open this weekend for day-of activities. Shops will have their doors open for appointments and walk in customers. Restaurants will be serving food ‘al fresco’ and to go. Some may have limited capacity indoor seating as well. Call ahead at your favorite spots for reservations/appointments! Hours may vary – check with your favorite store or eatery! Find the perfect gift (or gift card) for Mom: For the Mom who’s Hungry: Head to our Guide to South Pasadena to find other places to shop and eat! As always, masks and social distancing are required. Follow us on Instagram & Facebook for regular updates! #StrollSouthPas #EatShopEnjoySouthPas
Summer is right around the corner! Camp registration is open for many local organizations: Mathnasium Summer Camp 4-week blocks from June 7th-July 30th! The Camp will run from 9 AM to 12 PM, Monday-Friday. It will include a Movie hour, Fun STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics) activities, and our regular Mathnasium 60-minute sessions! We are limited to a maximum of 14 students for the summer camp and are offering an Early Bird Special of $300 off if you register by May 31st! Please feel free to call or email the center for more information! Nathan Lee | Mathnasium of South Pasadena | (626) 532-7587 southpasadena@mathnasium.com All Star Baseball School This year the Camp dates will be July 12 – 16, July 26 – 30 and August 9 – 13. The hours will be from 9:00 am – 3:00 pm at All-Star Baseball School. We also provide childcare from 3:00 to 6:00 pm, if needed. Read more on their website. SPEF In-Person Camps Are Coming Back! Due to the change in LA County requirements and guidelines, SPEF is now able to offer some in-person options for summer. Students can develop coding concepts at the Next Generation Coding Camp, explore their artistic side at SPEF’s Art Camp, or learn some new dance moves in Dance Camp. From Sports to Technology, or from Art to Science, SPEF Camps provide students in our community with a foundation of fundamental skills and knowledge. View camps and register here. Upstage Theatre Schools: Online & In-Person Camps Upstage Summer Camp offers in person and online summer camp options from June through July. Head to their website to register now! Young Stars Theatre With updated protocols, we are able to do camp day in person! Performances will be able to accomodate a limited live audience, and multi-camera live streaming tickets may be available to some shows! Full camp day is 10am to 2pm, Monday thru Friday. The 4 hour camp day includes a lunch break and snack break. Head to their website for more.
Saturday, April 17th (Hours Vary) Join us on the 3rd Saturday of the month for an Al Fresco day of shopping and dining in support of our South Pasadena small businesses! Enjoy strolling the streets of South Pasadena – find something fabulous at one of the shops and stop for a bite at your favorite eatery. Some stores will have goods and services on the sidewalk, others will have their doors open to welcome customers in. Restaurants will be serving food ‘al fresco’ and to go. Some may have limited capacity indoor seating as well. Hours may vary – check with your favorite store or eatery! Drinks Eats Shopping & Activities Head to our Guide to South Pasadena to map out other places you’d like to hit! As always, masks and social distancing are required. Al Fresco South Pasadena is held on the 3rd Saturday of every month. Follow us on Instagram & Facebook for regular updates! #StrollSouthPas #EatShopEnjoySouthPas #AlFrescoSouthPasadena
Keep our shops on the block: Personal care & retail recovery grant $10,000 grants to personal care and retail businesses.470 grants will be deployed.Apply today!Application open until Sunday 4/11 at 11:59PM. More info: www.lacovidfund.org
Eat, Shop & Enjoy South Pasadena for the Easter weekend: Shop for gifts, goodies and basket stuffers right here in town. Many restaurants & eateries will have specials (which book up fast – call ahead for reservations!) A taste of what you can find around town: TWOHEYS is offering inhouse dining as well as a pre-ordered family meal (take-out only). Visit Twoheys.com for details and ordering information The South Pasadena Farmers’ Market is open rain or shine with summer hours! Buy all your Easter goodies this Thursday from 4:00pm – 8:00pm
With the support of the City of South Pasadena, the Chamber is thrilled to announce our ‘Eat, Shop, Enjoy South Pasadena’ campaign in collaboration with nexusplex (publisher of SouthPasadenan news)! We’re implementing a number of exciting, new projects to help businesses thrive and to encourage the surrounding community to Eat, Shop & Enjoy all that South Pasadena has to offer. How can your business get involved? Join in our monthly ‘Al Fresco South Pasadena’ events, held on the 3rd Saturday of each month. Reminders and marketing materials go out to businesses monthly. Read more about Al Fresco SP here. Email us if you’d like to participate in the next event. Fill out the questionnaire below to be included in our online Guide to South Pasadena. Chamber members of any business type are welcome to be included. Connect with us on social media as we increase our outreach there. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. We want to share your posts! Utilize the City sponsored free advertising program developed and coordinated by nexusplex. Head to their website for more information on the program. Keep an eye out for our resource library – coming to our website! Access free and low cost business assistance AND watch educational videos from local professionals about all sorts of technical topics. From e-commerce to social media, there will be something useful for all different experience levels. An opportunity for free one-on-one consultations will be available with each of the local professionals. Place an ‘Eat, Shop, Enjoy South Pasadena’ poster in your window. Posters available now, email us or give us a call at (626) 441-2339 if you’d like one for your window. Look for our over the street banners on Mission and Fair Oaks encouraging passersby to Eat, Shop & Enjoy South Pasadena – with a link to the Chamber website where they can access information about just how and where to do that. Fill out this questionnaire to be included in our online Guide to South Pasadena:
Watch our Facebook Live video of the Amma Ribbon Cutting: Thank you to everyone in the community who helped welcome Amma Boutique to South Pasadena! They are now open to the public for shopping! Social distancing and other protocols will be adhered to, and face coverings are mandatory. To learn more about this exciting new addition to Mission Street, please visit their website: Amma-Boutique.com Amma Boutique1118 Mission St.South Pasadena, CA
Watch the Republic of Lucha Ribbon Cutting here (Volume up! We apologize for the sound quality)
