Small Business Saturday Nov. 25 Shop Local – Shop Montrose for the Holidays First observed in the United States on Nov. 27, 2010, Small Business Saturday is a counterpart to Black Friday and Cyber Monday, which feature big box retail and e-commerce stores respectively. By contrast, Small Business Saturday encourages holiday shoppers to patronize […]
By Julie BUTCHER The evening of Wednesday, Nov. 8 was crisp outside for Southern California, preternaturally dark due to the recent time change, but inside the Tujunga Speed Wash, it was nothing but warm. Volunteers and clergy from St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Glendale and St. George’s Episcopal Church in La Cañada Flintridge welcomed families […]
Christmas Concert La Cañada Congregational Church presents a Christmas concert on Sunday, Dec. 17 at 4 p.m. There will be a selection of choral carols and Pinkham’s “Christmas Cantata” for mixed chorus, brass quartet and organ. Soloists include soprano Vera Lugo, mezzo-soprano Christina Thomas, tenor Russell Smith and baritone Paul Keilbach. Joseph Klice is organist […]
By Charly SHELTON I’ve stayed in one and two-star motel rooms off the highway. I’ve stayed in three-star upscale motels and moderate hotels. I’ve stayed in four-star hotels most frequently, the lavish but not opulent hotels that make you feel like you’re really on vacation. I’ve stayed in five-star hotels that go above and beyond […]
By Nestor CASTIGLIONE Earlier this year, violinist Movses Pogossian released a magisterial reading of Johann Sebastian Bach’s complete solo sonatas and partitas for solo violin. On Tuesday night, he will usher in the next phase of his Bach project and the public is invited to listen. At UCLA’s Schoenberg Hall on Nov. 21 at 8 […]
By Nestor CASTIGLIONE For those who have driven down the streets of Pasadena, then chances are they have seen David Lockington smiling cheerfully from above. The conductor’s beaming visage has become ubiquitous along that city’s major streets, hanging from countless banners that line Colorado Boulevard and Fair Oaks Avenue. As he confided earlier this week, […]
FALL SHOP NIGHT AND GALA TICKETS The La Cañada Junior Women’s Club is hosting its annual Fall Shop Night tonight, Thursday, Nov. 16 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the 1300-1500 blocks of Foothill Boulevard. Plenty of holiday décor! The club is also holding its annual gala fundraiser on Feb. 24 from 6 […]
By Robin GOLDSWORTHY Hundreds of folks “poured” onto Honolulu Avenue on Nov. 4 for the 1st Annual Holiday Wine Walk. The event, sponsored by the Montrose Shopping Park, co-sponsored by the La Crescenta Woman’s Club, provided ticketholders with wine glasses, tote bags, $10 in Montrose scrip and 15 tickets to sample wines from over 25 […]
More than 110 bowlers and supporters from the greater Glendale community and surrounding area gathered at Pickwick Bowl in Burbank on Sunday afternoon, Nov. 5, to bowl their best at The Campbell Center’s 26th Annual Bowl-A-Thon. With cheers, applause, laughter, great strikes, and some very impressive scores, bowlers lit up the bowling alley with their […]
The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit health care ratings organization, released new Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades. The Safety Grade assigns letter grades of A, B, C, D and F to hospitals nationwide based on their performance in preventing medical errors, infections and other harms. Adventist Health Glendale was one of 832 awarded an “A” for […]