Students Take Up the (JPL) Challenge

By Charly SHELTON On Dec. 7, high school teams from around the area met at the Jet Propulsion Lab in La Cañada with a single purpose – to make a robot that flings toilet paper better than even a group of angry high schoolers. The JPL Invention Challenge has become a tradition for many students […]

Advent Celebration at LCPC

LCPC’s Parent Education Program kicked off the holiday season with its highly anticipated Advent Celebration and Christmas pageant on Dec. 5 in the LCPC sanctuary. Pageant Director Sloan Walsh narrated the three/fours and family classes through an old fashioned Christmas pageant and the singing of “Happy Birthday” to Baby Jesus. Later, the two’s classes, led […]

LCHS Kiwanis Builders Club Members Involved in Community Service

For the past three years, Kiwanis Builders Club at La Cañada High School has been growing, reaching its capacity of 35 eighth graders with a waiting list of students who wish to join. Membership is currently limited due to space constrictions at the school. Recently, officers of the LCHS Kiwanis Builders Club joined the adult […]

Russian Jazz Ballet Comes to the Alex

By Mary O’KEEFE When someone mentions Russian dance, most would think of classical ballet. But on Dec. 28 and Dec. 30, audiences at the Alex Theatre will see a different side to that stereotype – a side inspired by American jazz music. About 25 years ago, Russia was a different place. The Iron Curtain was […]

A Look Back at the Holiday Movies of 2012

By Charly SHELTON The holidays have come and that means good food, good family time and good movies in theaters. Although many of our readers will have already seen these films, for those of you who held off to wait for that Christmas gift card to use at the theatre, here is a short list […]

Seeley Studios Revisits the ’20s with Historical Society

By Christopher CAPLAN For the members of the Glendale Historical Society, stepping into the studio space on the corner of Brand Boulevard and San Fernando Road for the society’s annual holiday party on Dec. 16 mirrored the experience of entering a roaring ’20s style speakeasy. The cluster of history aficionados was well dressed for the […]

Southern California Remembers Composer Elliott Carter

By Ted AYALA The milestones and events that have dotted the calendar this year have been innumerable and, in many cases, unforgettable. But the passing of one of the United States’ most respected – certainly the most senior still active – was for many musicians an unexpected blow. Composer Elliott Carter died from natural causes […]

Kappen-DePue

Terry and Terry Kappen even brought their CV Weekly to their son Travis Kappen’s wedding! Travis Kappen and J.J. DePue were married Sept. 15, 2012 at Lions Park in Carpinteria. Both Travis and J.J. were graduates of CV High School and reside in Montrose.

Walsh-Euson

The Karl Strauss Brewery and Gardens in San Diego was the setting for the marriage of Rebecca Caitlin Walsh and David Richard Euson on Sept. 29. Beckie is the daughter of Donna and Cecil Dunagan of San Diego and Jon and Lisa Walsh of Michigan. David is the son of Richard and Ann Euson of […]

Sending Christmas Cheer, Hawaiian Style

By Brandon HENSLEY Performers from Aloha Allure came to say “Mele Kalikimaka” to the Twelve Oaks Senior Lodge last week, but it was one of the center’s own members that stole the show. Barbara Dempsey, owner of Aloha Allure that teaches Polynesian and Hawaiian dance fitness, came with a group of six to treat Twelve […]