VHH OFFERS BEGINNINGS The Verdugo Hills Hospital BEGINNINGS Family Education Program offers babysitting classes designed for boys and girls between the ages of 11 and 15. The babysitting class is an interactive course that teaches participants valuable skills, including infant/child CPR, basic first aid, home/auto safety, accident prevention, telephone skills, safety tips, when to call […]
AFRICAN VIOLET SOCIETY ANNOUNCES MEETING The African Violet Society of Montrose will meet at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 26 at Descanso Gardens. The program presentation will be “Planting in Bottles,” given by June Thorpe. Visitors and Guests are always welcome. Descanso Gardens, 1418 Descanso Dr., La Cañada/Flintridge CV ARTS COUNCIL PAINT OUT 2011 Calling […]
GEOLOGY OF THE CRESCENTA VALLEY The Crescenta Valley was born from a marriage of natural disasters earthquakes and floods. For hundreds of thousands of years the mountains on either side of us – the Verdugos and the San Gabriels – have been pushed skyward by massive earthquakes. Nearly as fast as they rise they, fracture […]
MASSAGE ENVY, ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION JOIN FORCES Massage Envy has joined forces with the Arthritis Foundation to host Healing Hands for Arthritis, a one-day national event to build awareness and raise funds to fight arthritis. On World Arthritis Day, Oct.12, Massage Envy Spa Glendale will donate $10 from every one-hour massage and facial to the Arthritis […]
Quarterback Club Holding Meetings The Glendale YMCA Quarterback Club meets every Tuesday until Thanksgiving at the Glendale Elks Club at 11:30 a.m. There are guest speakers and coaches from local schools Glendale Community College, Glendale High, Hoover High, Crescenta Valley High, St. Francis High and Village Christian High Schools update the membership on their progress […]
SONS OF NORWAY TO HOST PLAY Ellen Snortland presents her one-woman play, “Now That She’s Gone” on Saturday, Sept. 24 at Sons of Norway Edvard Grieg Lodge meeting at Lutheran Church of the Foothills. Social with refreshment starts at 6:30 p.m. and the show begins at 7 p.m. All are invited for this free event, […]
ART, MUSIC, KIDS CREATE FAMILY FUN AT ARTWALK Recognized as one of the largest open-air fine art events in the foothills, the Montrose Art Walk returns on Saturday, Sept. 17 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Montrose Artwalk transforms the 2300 and 2400 blocks of Honolulu Avenue and features hundreds of art pieces from […]
MOONDAY EAST FEATURES ALLEN BRADEN Moonday East announces a reading at Flintridge Bookstore on Sunday, Aug. 21 at 2 p.m. by poets Bob Hart and Don Kingfisher Campbell. Hart is a member of the No Chance Ensemble and performs with this group around the metropolitan area. He is the author of Acrobat and Lightly in […]
FORD AMPHITHEATRE TO HOST AXIS MUNDI Media City Ballet presents the debut appearance at the Ford Amphitheatre of “AXIS MUNDI: A Global Multi-Cultural Celebration of Ballet Dance” on Friday, Aug. 12 at 8:30 p.m. Media City Ballet principal dancers Tatiana A’Vermond, Annia Hidalgo (formerly of the Ballet Nacional de Cuba), Enton Hoxha (formerly with the […]
SUMMER JAZZ AT DESCANSO Music on the Main, the summer jazz series at Descanso Gardens, continues Thursdays through Aug. 25 with a different jazz artist every week. Visitors are encouraged to bring blankets and picnics (normally not allowed in the Gardens) and settle back to savor the music. Woodwind specialist Bob Sheppard will headline a […]