Electric Moons Lecture and Signing with Author India Mandelkern
*POSTPONED*
Saturday, June 13, 2026, 6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
Doors Open for Tour: 6:30 p.m. | Lecture Begins: 7:00 p.m.
Tickets: $0 Members | $8 Non-Members
Join us for an electrifying evening with a first-floor tour of the Gamble House followed by a lecture on the past, present, and future of street lighting in the Greater Los Angeles area with historian India Mandelkern, author of Electric Moons: A Social History of Street Lighting in Los Angeles. She will be joined by photographer Tom Bertolotti, who will discuss his strategies for photographing city scenes in the book. Electric Moons will be available for purchase and signing by India and Tom after the lecture. The ticket price for this event can be applied to your book purchase.
India Mandelkern is a historian and writer based in Altadena, California. She has authored two books––Electric Moons: A Social History of Street Lighting in Los Angeles (2023) and Wilshire Subway: The Making of the D Line Subway Extension (2026). She occasionally moonlights as a sommelier and holds a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley.
Tom Bertolotti is an Italian photographer, in Los Angeles since 2018. His work focuses on headshots, editorials, and a neo-noir rediscovery of Southern California. Tom’s photographs illustrate the book Electric Moons: A Social History of Street Lighting in Los Angeles (2023). He used to be an academic and his doctoral thesis concentrated on the philosophy of gossip.
Musical Storytime with Pasadena Conservatory of Music
Saturday, June 20– Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt by Kate Messner
11:00 am
Free drop-in event. No reservations required.
Event will be canceled in instances of rain or heat over 100° f.
Bring a blanket, snacks and join us under the big oak on the Gamble House lawn with Pasadena Conservatory of Music (PCM). Led by PCM Young Musicians’ Department Chair Rachael Denny, Musical Storytime offers a unique learning experience where children’s books become vehicles for musical play. Books will focus on seasons, nature, and creativity, all themes that tie in with the Gamble House.
Sessions will take place on the third Saturday of the month from May – September at 11am
Musical Storytime is made possible through a generous grant from the Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts. These grants are funded by its annual benefit event, the Pasadena Showcase House of Design, open April 19 to May 17. For information and to purchase tickets, visit https://pasadenashowcase.org/
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Shop from our "Staff Picks" lists or use the search bar at the top of the page to find your latest read.
The Gamble House Bookstore is a drop-off site for Pasadena For All, a local grassroots mutual aid and advocacy organization who come together every Saturday to distribute items to our unhoused neighbors.
Items currently in high demand:
Men's shoes, tents, tarps, sleeping bags, NEW socks, NEW underwear, Men's clothing sizes L, XL, XXL & up, NEW toiletries, Backpacks, First aid supplies
Please refrain from donating stained or torn clothing. Please launder items prior to donation.
