By Charly SHELTON It’s time to play the music, it’s time to light the lights, it’s time to meet the Muppets in the newest Muppet movie, simply titled “The Muppets.” Written by and starring Jason Segel of “How I Met Your Mother” and “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” as well as Amy Adams of “Enchanted,” this film […]
By Ted AYALA In 1934, the young Dmitri Shostakovich, 27 years old at the time, was at the apex of his youthful career. His opera “Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk District” premiered to sold-out performances in Moscow and Leningrad in 1934, and by 1936 had been performed over 200 times. It was also performed abroad to […]
Glendale Community College is hosting several events in December that are open to the public. On Friday, Dec. 2, is a screening of “Race to Nowhere,” a documentary directed by Vicki Abeles and Jessica Congdon about the emphasis on testing in education and the resulting pressures on kids and parents. Screening will be followed by […]
Jim and Fae Lumsden just had to take the CV Weekly along with them on a cruise to Hawaii and French Polynesia. Here is the Weekly in Bora Bora, one of many exotic ports, several of which were so small the ship could not enter and guests had to be tendered ashore. One special stop […]
VHAA HOSTING VAN WINKLE The Verdugo Hill Art Assn. is hosting Christopher Van Winkle at the next VHAA meeting. Van Winkle is a California artist with roots in Canada. He is an award-winning artist in both the National Watercolor Society and Watercolor West. Van Winkle has served as president of NWS for three years and […]
QUESTION: My husband and I have been married for three years and for two years have tried to start a family. Even though medical tests indicate there is nothing that would prevent us from having a child, nothing has happened. We’re both in our mid-30s and time is running out as far as child-bearing years […]
St. Luke’s Anglican Church Prepares for Christmas Projects St. Luke’s Anglican Church is preparing for a number of upcoming Christmas ministry projects to benefit children, give thanks to military soldiers and support young mothers-to-be, among other annual Christmas projects. A favorite tradition at St. Luke’s is St. Nicholas Day on Dec. 4. Children bring a […]
By Jason KUROSU Paul Dutton, whose window washing business will be celebrating its 30th anniversary this December, remembers his humble beginnings, going door-to-door washing windows to help his friend Stephano buy a plane ticket back home to Italy. “We started with a bucket, a gas station squeegee and a bottle of ammonia,” recalled Dutton. Eventually, […]
Christmas In Montrose, Merry Indeed! This is my 12th Christmas season in Montrose and I have never experienced such excitement and thrill as I did on White Friday. I was working at Mountain Rose Gifts that day when someone said, “The snow trucks are here! You must go look!” I grabbed my camera and walked […]
Christmas Parade and Three Drunken Goats Live from Montrose, it’s the 35th annual Christmas parade! Did I say “Live?” Yes, I did! For the first time ever, the Montrose Christmas Parade will be streaming live internationally on the web at www.montrosechristmasparade.com. You don’t want to miss this! It will also air on Glendale TV6 at […]