Photos by Dan HOLM By Mary O’KEEFE he film industry lost three innovators and icons this week, a comedian and actor who first came on screen as an alien that captured our hearts, an actress who defined sultry and taught us all “how to whistle” and the man who blew up the Death Star […]
By Charly SHELTON On Sunday, the Hollywood Arts Council held its annual event, the Children’s Festival of the Arts. This yearly festival is held at Paramount Pictures in Hollywood as a free event to get children interested and involved in the arts. Exhibitors from L.A. Zoo, L.A. Metro, Kind Snacks and more came out to […]
It’s Time to Start Cracking Crab! Being from the Chesapeake Bay area I was practically born with a mallet in hand and blue crab in mouth. Back east we would spread our table with newspaper, the Baltimore Sun mind you, and have at it. Now we have a similar, but all together different, version of […]
Run when you can. Walk if you have to. Crawl if you must. Just never give up. ~ Dean Karnazes The Crescenta Valley Chamber of Commerce invites you to the annual Running the Foothills 5K Run-Walk and Kids Fun Run. Like the Nike slogan says, “Just Do It.” Join hundreds of other runners for this […]
Oktoberfest 2014 The 37th Annual Oktoberfest is around the corner and the countdown has begun! Please join us from noon on Saturday, Oct. 4 to help us kick off the Oktoberfest celebration! We expanded the event last year and it was a great success. The event will once again extend from Montrose Pet Hospital at […]
Jess Penner, a local artist from Sunland, celebrated the release of her brand-new CD “Building Heaven” (available on iTunes) at Crescenta Valley Church’s annual Summer Nights concert in La Crescenta on Sunday night. A full house of over 200 fans was treated to an opening set of summer favorites like Pharell Williams’ “Happy” and other […]
On Sunday, Aug. 17 at noon, Glendale Mayor Zareh Sinanyan will join Rabbi Rick Schechter, Cantor Steve Hummel, and other community leaders at Temple Sinai of Glendale as the shofar is blown during the “Check in at Sinai” celebration signaling the start of Jewish New Year preparations. The shofar, a wind instrument dating back to […]
Forgiveness on Agenda August forgiveness classes, facilitated by Rev. Beverly Craig and Gary Bates, RScP, will be offered at Center for Spiritual Living-La Crescenta. Classes include Aug. 20 – Forgiving Others and Aug. 27 – Forgiving World Events. “Radical Forgiveness” by Colin Tipping is the textbook for the classes. Love donation will be collected. Center […]
By Robin GOLDSWORTHY t was a lucky night on Friday night – not just for the fortunate bingo players who matched the numbers called out to win cash prizes, but also for the American Legion and VFW that sponsored the third annual Community Bingo Night. “We had to keep bringing out more and more tables […]
‘CITIZEN TANOUYE’ SCREENING AT GLENDALE LIBRARY The documentary film “Citizen Tanouye” will be screened tonight, Aug. 14 at 7 p.m. at the Glendale Central Library in the auditorium. The presentation is free and open to the public. “Citizen Tanouye” follows the life-changing journey of eight Torrance High School students who set […]