The Community Center of La Cañada Flintridge kicked off the 39th Annual Memorial Weekend Fiesta Days celebration with 32 seasoned bridge players in teams of four each competing for first place. The bridge tournament is a cornerstone in the senior programming that takes place throughout the year at the community center. “It’s thrilling to be […]
Ask Phyllis! Selling short, how long before you can buy another home? Dear Phyllis, I got caught in the real estate downturn and purchased my home in 2005. I currently owe a lot more than its value. Is there a possibility that we could sell it via short sale and buy another less expensive home? […]
Rachel Sandman of La Cañada graduated from Rice University on May 12. Sandman received a Bachelor of Music degree. Khan Academy founder Salman Khan delivered the commencement address. Rice University President David Leebron congratulated the graduates with a handshake as they walked across the stage. This year, Rice awarded 1,665 degrees, including 881 undergraduate and […]
Independently owned Flintridge Bookstore and Coffeehouse is one of only 28 places in the United States with an Espresso Book Machine (EBM), a Time Magazine “invention of the year,” and the only location in southern California. The store helps readers connect with the books they want, and now, with the EBM, the staff can also […]
By Charly SHELTON “Borat” was funny. It was uncouth, shocking, offensive and funny. Then came “Brüno,” a movie in the same style and vein of Sasha Baron Cohen’s first film. But “Brüno” went further. He was more comfortable with awkwardness, with pushing people’s buttons, and with on screen nudity. Now we have “The Dictator.” A […]
By Agnes CONSTANTE When Copper, an 11-year-old golden retriever chow mix, takes the stage at the Glendale Center Theatre, all eyes are on him. Copper stars as Sandy in the Glendale Centre Theatre’s production of “Annie,” which runs until June 30. Rebecca Thomas, a junior at Crescenta Valley High School, and her father Robert star […]
By Michael WORKMAN This spring has brought many highly sought after games – and it’s is just getting started. Though summer is considered to be a quiet time in the gaming industry with few major titles being released, it still has a colossal event every year in the summer: the Electronic Entertainment Expo or E3. […]
Glendale Adventist Medical Center and the Crescenta-Cañada YMCA will present a morning of health education lectures and free blood pressure and spine checks today, Thursday, June 7 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. This “Live & Learn” event is free and open to the public and will be held at the YMCA, 1930 Foothill Blvd. […]
Hurry as there are only a few tickets left for the Bolsoi Ballet’s “Swan Lake” performance at the Music Center’s Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. The ninth season of Glorya Kaufman presents Dance at the Music Center will conclude with Bolshoi Ballet’s “Swan Lake” staged by Yuri Grigorovich after Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov and Alexander Gorsky, music […]
What shoe would YOU wear? Once Upon A Time bookstore is hosting Meet Marissa Meyer, author of “Cinder,” today, Thursday, June 7 at 7 p.m. Meyer’s wildly popular debut young adult fantasy, “Cinder” is a fairy tale like no other you’ve read. Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague […]