By Mary O’KEEFE The Crescenta Valley Drug and Alcohol Prevention Coalition held a holiday party on Monday to thank the organization’s supporters and share their accomplishments and plans for the future. Among the festivities was piano entertainment provided by Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Dept. Capt. Dave Silversparre of the CV Station. The grassroots organization was […]
Soroptimist International of Glendale (SIG) presented checks totaling $20,000 to 13 organizations serving women and girls at its annual luncheon on Thursday, Dec.15 at the Glendale Hilton Hotel. SIG raises funds throughout the year, but mostly at its annual Bras for a Cause event (scheduled for April 28, 2012) in the spring. Proceeds are donated […]
Members of the Sunland Woman’s Club donated toys and other goodies to the Foothill station of the LAPD for distribution over the Christmas holidays. Shown (from left) are Emelda Blowers, Cookie Dapp and Rosalee Stokes. On behalf of the Lions Club, Dapp presented Stokes with a check for $200 in gratitude for the many […]
To celebrate the holidays, the Ortho Guild of La Cañada and La Crescenta attended the annual Christmas music concert at the Nethercutt Collection in Slymar. The collection of cars and music boxes that are room size and amazed the members attending the event. The outside the building next to Merle Norman Cosmetics (the Nethercutt family […]
By Ted AYALA Leave it to the gentlemen of the Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles (GMCLA) to infuse that holiday spirit with some extra zest and flair. What could have proved to have been yet another ho-hum rendition of the same well loved, not to mention well worn, Christmas classics proved anything but. Their […]
By Charly SHELTON Since the 1930s, that intrepid adventurer Tintin has thrilled audiences around the globe through comic strips and animated films. But now for the first time, he greets America on the big screen. Tintin (Jamie Bell) is an English reporter living in France. He has foiled numerous plots against the world by unraveling […]
By Ted AYALA Just a little under a week since they last performed it, the Los Angeles Master Chorale (LAMC) regrouped on Sunday at the Disney Hall for their second trip down Hallelujah Lane, courtesy of Handel’s “Messiah.” Instead of the 2,000-plus singers that comprised of last week’s Disney Hall audience, you had the lucid […]
NOON CONCERTS OPEN TO PUBLIC Glendale Noon Concerts is a free admission concert series taking place every first and third Wednesday from 12:10-12:40 p.m. in the restored chapel and sanctuary of the First Baptist Church of Glendale (downtown at Louise & Wilson, no religious affiliation). The next concert is on Jan. 4 when violinist Jacqueline […]
Father Gregg Dongklore, a priest of the Diocese of Waa in Ghana, West Africa who spent five years in La Cañada Flintridge at St Bede the Venerable Roman Catholic Church while studying for his doctorate at Claremont College, is shown above surrounded by several members of the Italian Catholic Federation at St. Bede. While at […]
A special morning of prayer led by Sister Rosemarie Tulacz, SND, of Notre Dame Creations in Thousand Oaks will take place at St. Bede the Venerable Roman Catholic Church on Monday, Jan. 9 from 8:45 a.m. to noon in the John XXIII Room. Sister Rosemarie is an accomplished photographer and specializes in a ministry of […]