Tuesday Table Talk On Tuesday, Sept. 4, Bethel Church offers a screening of the film, “Places in the Heart” preceded by a potluck supper. The potluck starts at 6:30 p.m.; the video starts at 7:15 p.m. followed by dessert and discussion at about 9:15 p.m. In this film, a young widow living in Depression-era […]
FREE HEALTH TELESEMINAR OFFERED The Movement for Health Advancement is offering a free teleseminar today, Aug. 30 at 6 p.m. “How to start your day out to win in life” is about how to start your morning right so that you have more energy, focus and stamina for your entire day. To register for the […]
By Charly SHELTON During the first month that CV Weekly was in business back in 2009, I went to the fair. I had never been before and I gorged myself on fried food. I paid out of pocket for my deep fried Twinkie, my Krispy Kreme chicken sandwich and whatnot. But then something happened. Something […]
By Ted AYALA It was a fitting close to a year that has been one of the California Philharmonic’s most eventful – even controversial: the ecstatic, all-consuming affirmation of life that is the finale to Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, the “Ode to Joy.” The past year saw the orchestra abruptly leaving its former home at […]
By Ted AYALA Southwest Chamber Music’s retrospective of the music of France came to an end on Sunday at the Huntington Library in Pasadena with a program that highlighted charm and the sense of frivole in French music. There was plenty of the latter in Darius Milhaud’s “Le boeuf sur le toit,” a breezy love […]
By Lillian BOODAGHIANS The Glendale Historic Preservation Commission’s recent approval of the Rossmoyne Historic District marked a milestone in the city’s preservation efforts. Rossmoyne is now the largest designated historic district in Glendale, consisting of a total of 504 properties: 503 single family homes and one public park. The official nomination of the area by […]
From Tuesday, Aug. 7 through Friday, Aug. 10, four Scouts and four adults from La Crescenta’s Troop 319 embarked on a backpacking trip to summit Mt. Whitney, the highest mountain in the contiguous United States at a height of 14,505 feet. On Aug. 10, they made their goal and reached the summit. Pictured from left […]
Laser Pay Check Co. has been selected for the 2012 Best of La Crescenta Awards in the Payroll Preparation services La Crescenta Award Program committee. Laser Pay Check Co. is located at 3853 Foothill Blvd. in La Crescenta. Rima Bedevian is the owner.
The La Crescenta Woman’s Club Evening Section recently donated $400 to Saddles for Soldiers, a therapeutic program for returning veterans with PTSD or substance abuse problems. The program utilizes equine therapy along with conventional therapy. The program is based at Shadow Hills Riding Club in Shadow Hills. Along with the veterans program, the club administers […]
International Art Day 2012 was the kick-off for the Art Day games on Aug. 10. Art Day was started in 1998 by writer/painter Becky Mate and was proclaimed by Glendale mayors for the past six years. Award-winning designer Eugenia May-Montt, originally from Central America, suggested Olympic-like events to help celebrate the day dedicated to […]