Maria Muriello, sales partner with the La Crescenta office of Dilbeck Real Estate Real Living, was recently named a 2013 Los Angeles Five Star Home Professional. Five Star Professional partnered with “Los Angeles” magazine to identify real estate professionals in the Los Angeles area who deliver outstanding service and client satisfaction. From a pool of […]
Glendale Adventist Medical Center will host its annual Cancer Survivor’s Luncheon and Flame of Hope award ceremony on Monday, June 24 from 11:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The event will celebrate cancer survivors and their caregivers. Keynote speaker is Debbie Gibson. At 16 years old, Gibson became the youngest artist to write, produce and perform […]
By Susan JAMES Arguably one of the best series reboots in movie history, J. J. Abrams’ second installment of the new Star Trek prequel saga, “Star Trek: Into Darkness,” is a worthy addition to its predecessor. Cleverly written and fast-paced, with excellent CGI riffs on actual space photography, Captain Kirk and his intrepid crew make […]
By Ted AYALA Dmitri Shostakovich’s 1959 “Cello Concerto No. 1” is a compact, grim little piece in four movements that tends to veer off into the darker end of the emotional spectrum for nearly the whole of its 25-minute duration. Not that the composer would have told you or anybody else that. Shostakovich was infamously […]
By Ted AYALA Pacific Serenades brings its 27th season to a close on Sunday, June 3 with a program of chamber music for winds by Mozart, Poulenc, Saint-Saëns, and local composer Stephen Cohn. Southern California is enjoying an embarrassment of riches when it comes to chamber music. Pacific Serenades holds its own place of distinction […]
CASINO NIGHT BENEFITS LCFCC Tickets are now on sale for the La Cañada Flintridge Community Center Casino Night benefit that will be held on Friday, May 24 as the kick-off event for La Canada’s Fiesta Days. Online registration is available at www.CommunityCenterCasinoNight.eventbrite.org. The evening begins at 6:30 p.m. Early bird tickets cost $25. Party-goers will […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Unity was the theme of the Second Annual Crescenta Valley Prayer Breakfast, held on Tuesday morning at the Church of Jesus Christ Latter-day Saints in La Crescenta. The event represented not only different churches, but also different faiths including Christian, Jewish and Islamic. Master of ceremonies Arick Gevorkian spoke of the diversity […]
Tuesday Table Talk On Tuesday, June 4, Bethel Church will show the film “African Cats.” This Disney-nature documentary is set on the plains of the African savanna where tight-knit animal families of lions and cheetahs reveal themselves to be a lot like the rest of us. The video will be preceded by a potluck […]
Montrose Summer Fun! Night blooming jasmine and geraniums abound as we head into summer in the Montrose Shopping Park. We have lots of festivities planned and invite you to visit often and meet your neighbors. Here are some good reasons to mark your calendars. For those on Facebook, you will want to keep up with […]
C’ing Your Way To Success “To win in the marketplace you must first win in the workplace.” – Doug Conant, CEO of Campbell’s soup Is your workplace a winner? Are your employees working to the best of their abilities and in the best interest of your business? The five ‘C’s: clarity, connection, compliment, concern, and […]