» GUEST REVIEW By Lisa DUPUY It has taken a few years but restaurateurs have finally changed Americans’ eating habits. I used to be the person who wanted a well-balanced meal on a plate all to myself. But thanks to the tapas revolution I, and many others, prefer sharing small plates with dinner mates. […]
Programming – the selection of works to be played at a performance of classical music – can be crucial. In the right hands, it not only makes for an appealing spectrum of contrasting and complementing colors, but it also sets the listeners’ ears on a journey in which these works not only stand alone, but […]
By Steve ZALL And Sid FISH Spring has arrived, and soon the Easter Bunny will too, but don’t miss out on these fantastic new shows in our local theatres: “The Encounter” follows the true story of National Geographic photographer Loren McIntyre as he finds himself lost in a remote area of Brazil in […]
By Susan JAMES In a 2007 Ferrari F430 I was doing 170 mph down the runway with driver Eric’s casual hand on the wheel while above us crack aerobatics pilot Rob Harrison, aka “The Tumbling Bear,” was rolling around in the sky in his Zlin 142C airplane. It was the 4th annual LA County Air […]
Charly and Sabrina Shelton are on their whirlwind trip around Ireland and they took CVWeekly along with them. Here they are in front of Blarney Castle, the famed castle THAT houses the Blarney Stone. The current keep was conceived and built by the MacCarthys of Muskerry in 1446 on the site of a former wooden […]
By Nestor CASTIGLIONE “The future is female,” a slogan with roots in the 1970s, was one among many that captured the imaginations of many in peculiarly slogan-rich 2016. But we forget that the past, too, has been female – though that story sometimes has been forgotten, if not deliberately buried. Case in point: The music […]
By Charly SHELTON Years ago, back when the park had less to offer in the way of rides and entertainment, the Food and Wine Festival was a staple of Disney’s California Adventure park. In Sunshine Plaza, what is now Buena Vista Street and Carthay Circle Restaurant, the festival hosted a huge stage where celebrity chefs […]
By Nestor CASTIGLIONE People whose only knowledge of music is rooted in the expectations of pop culture may often find themselves scratching their heads as to why so many classical musicians perform the works of the greats time and again. One can attempt a “breakdown” as to how this works. But perhaps it’s best to […]
By Charly SHELTON The Leisure section of the Crescenta Valley Weekly is about to undergo a metamorphosis. Starting this week, it has been renamed as the Travel and Leisure section. What that means to the average reader is … more travel stories! This change is due, in part, to the popularity that our travel articles […]
By Brandon HENSLEY After touring select cities in North America this winter, Nintendo held the last leg of its Switch Preview Tour in LA on March 4 and March 5, offering players a chance to sit down (or stand) and demo some of the games currently on shelves, and most that are planned for 2017. […]