On Wednesday, Nov. 1 from 12:10 p.m. to 12:40 p.m., the free admission Glendale Noon Concerts will feature the Calico Winds performing works by American composers Daniel Gregory Mason, Lowell Mason and William Mason at the Sanctuary of Glendale City Church. For more information, email glendalesda@gmail.com or call (818) 244- 7241. With style and grace, […]
Josefina López, the award-winning playwright, screenwriter and founding artistic director of CASA 0101 Theater, will host question and answer sessions after the Sunday, Nov. 5 and Nov. 12 performances of her new critically acclaimed play, “An Enemy of the Pueblo,” a modern adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s “An Enemy of the People.” The Q&As will be […]
By Charly SHELTON Halloween is about pumpkins, ghosts, black cats and, most of all, witches. The holiday, like so many others, sprung out of a Celtic/Wiccan celebration. Samhain (pronounced SOW-win) is a festival of the harvest, the end of the Celtic year, and a time when the veil between the world of the living and […]
By Charly SHELTON Ireland welcomes visitors in any fashion. For those looking for quick and easy, there are upstairs rooms in pubs all along the island that are comfortable and simple. For those looking for a more opulent stay, there are five-star hotels like Lough Erne Resort that provide every comfort and then some. Most […]
By Nestor CASTIGLIONE The Santa Cecilia Orchestra is one of those ensembles that have simply got the knack for appealing to all kinds of listeners, delighting both classical neophyte and cognoscenti alike. Its program on Saturday night, held at the Shay Hall located in their Eagle Rock complex, was a fine case in point. Members […]
By Charly SHELTON On Friday, filmmakers from around the world will come together for the Glendale International Film Festival. The annual event, now in its fourth year, will once again celebrate “all creatures great and small in the animal kingdom, especially cats, dogs, and horses.” While the festival doesn’t require all films entered to be […]
By Nestor CASTIGLIONE Conductor Sonia Marie de León de Vega is excited. Not only because the Santa Cecilia Orchestra, the ensemble which she founded and leads, begins its new season in only a matter of days but also because the orchestra will be marking a milestone this Saturday night: It’ll be celebrating its silver anniversary. […]
By Charly SHELTON Halloween is nearly upon us and, to celebrate the spirit of the season, the local theme parks go all out to bring scary fun to boys and ghouls searching for a good fright. So far, we’ve seen all that Knott’s Scary Farm, Universal Studios Halloween Horror Nights and Queen Mary’s Dark Harbor […]
By Nestor CASTIGLIONE The leaves are turning, the air is crisp, and the days draw shorter. Fall has arrived and with it arrives a new season for music in Los Angeles. A new year for Le Salon de Musiques begins this Sunday, Oct. 15 at 4 p.m. at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Downtown Los […]
By Charly SHELTON Space – the final frontier. Just because humans in the futuristic society of the “Star Trek” universe have headed into the stars doesn’t mean they have escaped grappling with the same issues we Earthbound humans deal with every day. Issues that include what is right, how to behave in certain circumstances and […]