A Frustrating Game Over: ‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ is a Sugar Rush Lacking Substance By Jackson TOYON Illumination Entertainment, the animation studio behind the “Minions,” in 2023 was fresh off its successful first collaboration with gaming industry monolith Nintendo. While it received mixed sentiment from critics, “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” was an undisputed […]
April 2026 By Steve ZALL and Sid FISH We are still having some unusually hot weather so this is the perfect time to cool off while enjoying one of these fantastic productions playing currently in our local theaters! COVID protocols continue to be dictated by each individual venue, so bring a face mask […]
The free admission Glendale Noon Concerts (GNC) series has returned to the sanctuary of Glendale City Church, 610 E. California Ave. in Glendale. On April 15 from 12:10 p.m. to 12:40 p.m., the GNC will feature violinist Johana Krejci and pianist Valeria Morgovskaya performing works by Tartini, Dvorak, Massenet and Elgar. Johana Krejci was born […]
Underwater Bottleneck by Elizabeth Criss and Sari Scheer is on display at the Adams Square Mini Park Gas Station from Monday, April 13 to Friday, June 26. Underwater Bottleneck reimagines the Gas Station as a deep-sea tableau. Schools of fish, crafted from discarded plastics and repurposed wine bottles, float gracefully overhead as jellyfish drift above […]
Full of Grace: ‘Project Hail Mary’ is a Beautiful, Hopeful Adaptation By Jackson TOYON When you think of sci-fi films, you usually think of a scarier and darker-toned movie, like an alien invasion, an extraterrestrial pandemic or a monster attack that characters must survive. What isn’t too common to see is optimistic sci-fi – […]
Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts (PSHA) has opened ticket sales to the public to visit Baldwin Oaks Estate through its only fundraiser, the Pasadena Showcase House of Design, one of the nation’s most celebrated home and garden tours. The historic Baldwin Oaks Estate, a 1907 shingle-style landmark, has never before opened to the public. […]
Glendale Arts presents “The Holdings,” a solo exhibition featuring new and recent paintings and sculptures from Los Angeles-based artist Lucas Novak, on view at ace/121 Gallery from March 28 through April 25. In “The Holdings,” Novak explores the tension between permanence and transience, positioning the fragile duration of biological life against forces that unfold over […]
By Charly SHELTON Knott’s Boysenberry Festival has long been the park’s most defining event – a food festival built around the berry that put Knott’s on the map. And now it’s back for another year of putting boysenberry into everything you can think of. In recent years, the festival has leaned hard into experimentation, sometimes […]
The free admission Glendale Noon Concerts series performs live at the sanctuary of Glendale City Church, 610 E. California Ave. in Glendale. On Wednesday April 1 from 12:10-12:40 p.m. a flute recital will be performed by Ellen Burr, flute and Lorenzo Sánchez, piano. They will perform selections from Erwin Schulhoff’s (Austro-Czech, 1894-1942) “Sonata for Flute […]
In a world shadowed by conflict and loss, music has long served as one of humanity’s most powerful calls for peace. The La Cañada Presbyterian Church Chancel Choir and LCPC Orchestra invite the community to a profound and moving afternoon concert on Sunday, March 29 at 2 p.m., exploring the urgent theme of World Peace […]