If you’re skeptical about gathering with unvaccinated family members over the holidays, a clinical psychologist offers suggestions to help avoid uncomfortable confrontations. The Pasadena Model Railroad Museum in El Sereno features hand-made miniature mountains, lakes, train stations and towns. Its next open house is December 18-19, 2021. Kevin Goetz’s new book, “Audience-ology: How Moviegoers Shape the Films We Love,” explains how focus groups watch a rough cut of a new film and give their honest opinions so directors and studios can not just salvage their blunders, but possibly turn them into hits.