By Susan JAMES Viewer alert: If you fall anywhere on the spectrum from “heights are not my thing” to “I get nose bleeds in two-story buildings,” maybe you want to wait to see Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson in “Jumanji 2.” Because height is everything in writer-director Rawson Marshall Thurber’s “Skyscraper,” a movie about tall buildings […]
Superman: I’m here to fight for truth, and justice, and the American way. Lois Lane: [laughs] You’re gonna end up fighting every elected official in this country! It was 40 years ago that producers Alexander and Ilya Salkind teamed up with director Richard Donner to create what is largely regarded as the most influential superhero […]
By Charly SHELTON It’s summer, and that means new attractions at the local theme parks. For the first time, this summer CV Weekly has expanded the definition of “local” to include such far-off locales as San Diego, with the opening of Electric Eel at SeaWorld. Since San Diego is considered local then Legoland in Carlsbad […]
MUSIC IN THE PARK The City of La Cañada Music in the Park Summer Concert Series is held at Memorial Park during the summer on Sunday evenings from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. These free concerts continue through the end of August. Featured bands play a variety of music from rock and roll, blues, reggae, […]
With dirty, smelly streets a common complaint of those who work or live in LA and care of the homeless being a top community concern, volunteers from the Church of Scientology dedicated their Saturday morning to helping with both in a program that will see expansion to more local areas. In what has become a […]
The 15th Annual Cowboy Church at the Center for Spiritual Living-La Crescenta was a rip-roaring event that had everyone singing along with their favorite country-western tune. Many even shed a tear for the bygone days of cowboy lore. Karen Mitchell and the CC Wranglers played western songs for the congregation that ended with a barbecue […]
This Week at LCIF All are invited to Lutheran Church in the Foothills on Sunday, July 15 for education and worship. Education hour for all ages begins at 9 a.m. At 10 a.m., all will worship as a family. Pastor Scott Peterson will begin the new summer series on Ephesians Fields with a sermon titled […]
Three Good Reasons to Renew Your Membership If you’ve been mulling over whether or not to renew your Chamber membership, or whether to join in the first place, now is the perfect time to do it. Why? Here are three good reasons: The new Best Business Directory is coming out soon! This glossy, comprehensive, […]
“We shape our dwellings, and afterwards our dwellings shape us.” ~ Winston Churchill It is my belief that the saying goes for communities even more so. I’ve had the privilege of calling the beautiful Crescenta Valley foothills my community since 1985. Growing up I attended Rosemont Middle School and proceeded to graduate from Crescenta Valley […]