Baptism by Flame On Wednesday, May 17 from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Center for Spiritual Living-La Crescenta, Kristin Dwan, Reiki master, presents “Baptism by Flame – 10 Steps to Ignite Your Light Within.” Kristin will offer a BS bonfire for participants to clear blockages in order to receive all the beauty they deserve […]
The Crescenta Valley High baseball team improved to 7-0 in the Pacific League after a 3-1 victory over the Burbank Bulldogs at Stengel Field on Tuesday. The Falcons are now an impressive 18-1 overall. They still hold a one-game lead for first place in league over Arcadia and Burroughs, which are both 6-1. CV plays […]
Let’s go, St. Mo’! St. Monica Academy’s popular high school cheer was the inspiration for the St. Mo’Town Auction & Gala. On April 29, SMA friends, parents and benefactors will be “Dancing in the Streets” at the Pasadena Hilton to raise funds to support the school’s classic, Catholic education. Guests will “Shop! In the Name […]
By Charly SHELTON Going to Ireland is like stepping into a different time. Not in sophistication or technology, but in practices. People aren’t rushing around as much. When idle for a moment, nobody pulls out their phones. Conversation with strangers is encouraged – real conversation, not just exchanging pleasantries. Castles and ruins surrounded by sheep […]
FAMILY RESOURCE FAIR The MOMS club of the Foothills presents a free family resource fair on Saturday, April 22 from 10 a.m. to noon at the La Cañada Presbyterian Church. The special event will showcase local classes, groups and organizations that focus on families and children in the local community. All proceeds from this event […]
Water Conservation On Friday, April 7 Gov. Jerry Brown officially declared that our historic drought was over thanks to the immense amount of rainfall we received this winter. With our snowpack reservoir reaching 178% and the City of Los Angeles reaching 141% of historical averages as of this month. While these numbers bode well for […]
By Nestor CASTIGLIONE There are few moments in music that equal the poignancy of the final pages of Johann Sebastian Bach’s “Goldberg Variations.” It’s a journey that begins in the exquisitely poised “Aria,” treks across a panoply of 30 variations on that theme, and finally ends right back where it started, with a note-for-note reprise […]
By Nestor CASTIGLIONE European civilization by 1913 was a society of masks. The veneer of public gentility was crumbling irrevocably in the years since the turn of the century. The music of the era – the lingua franca of post-Wagnerian sumptuousness, which at its periphery was being nipped at by the new grammar of modernism […]
Friends of Boy Scouts Host Breakfast Coach Jim Harrick and Tyus Edney will be the special guests at the Verdugo Hills Council – Boy Scouts of America Friends of Scouting sports breakfast on Wednesday, May 3 at 7:30 a.m. ABC TV co-anchor David Ono will emcee. The breakfast will be held at the Glen Arden […]
Jumping the Gun In last week’s column I chastised our Assemblymember Laura Friedman and State Senator Anthony Portantino for their “aye” votes on SB 1, a transportation funding bill, and SB 54, which prohibits state and local law enforcement agencies, including school police and security departments, from using resources to investigate, interrogate, detain, detect or […]