By Shana LiVIGNI “For years, I’ve been joking with Emily, my teenager, about some of her music. The lyrics of some songs are just atrocious and the music is derivative and repetitive with little melody,” La Crescenta resident Claudette Moody said. “Now don’t get me wrong. I like good rock ‘n roll, soul music and […]
By Susan James Fantasies are like soufflés. They require a light touch to reach perfection. Spike Jonze’s new film, “Where The Wild Things Are” takes the magical, minimal children’s classic by Maurice Sendak and turns it into a self-obsessed study of a group of melancholy misfits in critter costumes. Tapping their child within, Jonze and […]
Backstage Tour of the Historic Alex Theatre A backstage tour of the Alex Theatre takes place at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 24. The theatre is a remnant of the grand movie palaces that were a highlight of the golden age of Hollywood. It has been lovingly restored and serves the city today as its […]
More than 200 members of the Foothills communities attended the Thursday Club’s “Think Pink – Come Together for the Cure” tea on Oct. 15 at the Thursday Clubhouse in La Cañada. It was the first time in the Thursday Club’s nearly 100-year history that the community was invited to be guests at the first Program […]
SRLA had its first event of the school year recently, a 5K at Dockwweiler beach. All of the Rosemont students finished well, according to coordinator and teacher James Mackey. Shown here are (from left, back row) Odette Hairapetian, James Mackey, Jessica Jackson, Madison Dilbeck, Lauren Duarte, Jean Louise Crotty and Danielle Bradshaw. Front row, from […]
Photo by Flintridge Sacred Heart Flintridge Sacred Heart junior varsity team celebrated its third place win at the recent Valencia Junior Varsity Volleyball Classic tournament. Team members shown are (front row from left) Kelsey Gorman, Drew Washington, Claire Mudie, Coach Anson Bustamante and Jessica Martin. Back row from left are Camille Bettance, Katrina Luna-Morris, Colleen […]
A select group of American Youth Soccer Organization (AYSO) players were honored with the AYSO Good Sportsmanship Award. A representative from each team was chosen by their coach and sent to an early morning ceremony/photo opportunity on Sunday. The players were a bit sleepy but demonstrated why they were the recipients of the […]
By Mark SHELTON In yet another strong showing of the CVHS girls varsity cross country team, the second meet of the Pacific League high schools was held at Crescenta Valley Park on Thursday, Oct. 15. Coming off of better then expected performances at the Staub/Barnes and Clovis invitational meets during the last two weeks, Crescenta Valley High […]
By Brian PARK CV Weekly intern Coming off a huge Glendale win, the Crescenta Valley Falcons stomped the Hoover Tornadoes 41-12 in Friday’s blowout win. The Falcons had a great show of offense, but the team looked sloppy in its win, losing a kickoff and two punts. The Falcons did not expect an onside kick […]
Crescenta Valley High School’s Falcon marching band is just about halfway through its marching/competition season and has already received a first place trophy. The West/El Camino Field Tournament, where CV took first place in its division on Oct. 3, is one of dozens of competitions throughout the fall marching season at which bands (along with […]