By Susan JAMES While the male superhero world of Marvel debates the pros and cons of a solo Natasha Romanoff (aka the Black Widow) film and the universe of Harry Potter replaces the brilliant and irritating Hermione with the passive and colorless Porpentina, the “Star Wars” franchise, home to Princess Leia, Queen Amidala and the […]
By Charly SHELTON The holidays are full of laughter and cheer, giving and gathering, eggnog and gingerbread. And each year, local theme parks pull out all the stops to bring holiday cheer to those who visit them. This week, we head over to the theme park closest to the Crescenta Valley – Universal Studios Hollywood. […]
By Nestor CASTIGLIONE As Christmas looms ever nearer, performances of sacred and secular music inspired by the holiday proliferate accordingly. Two of the region’s finest chamber music organizations – Dilijan Chamber Series and Salastina Music Society – will be devoting programs this weekend to performances of the former. Across three days and in just as […]
By Vincent PAGE Imagine meeting someone online during a busy workday. Due to the distance between you two, you are unable to meet and take your relationship to the next level. Eventually you two fall for each other despite never meeting each other. Sounds odd, doesn’t it? Now put that situation in the 1990s amid […]
By Nestor CASTIGLIONE Performances of Handel’s “Messiah” have engraved in listeners’ minds two things: Christmas and huge masses of singers and instrumentalists. “I want a bloody row,” roared Sir Thomas Beecham at the Philadelphia Orchestra’s management when they suggested trimming the number of musicians for a scheduled performance of Mozart symphonies in the late 1950s […]
By Steve ZALL and Sid FISH With Christmas nearly here, everyone is getting busy with holiday season events – but don’t forget to include a night at the theatre, taking in a holiday production such as: OPENING “Bob’s Holiday Office Party” Every year, insurance agent Bob Finhead’s whacked out friends and clients stop by his […]
By Nestor CASTIGLIONE There is a wide streak of melancholy in the artistic works of the Czech nation, which comes as no surprise given how its citizens were beaten and subjugated by their more powerful neighbors across the centuries. It was the Habsburg Empire that first overran its borders, followed much later by Nazi Germany, […]
By Charly SHELTON The holidays are full of laughter and cheer, giving and gathering, eggnog and gingerbread. And each year, local theme parks pull out all the stops to bring holiday cheer to those who visit them. This week, we take a look at the granddaddy of them all – Disneyland Resort. For its […]
By Charly SHELTON The holidays are full of laughter and cheer, giving and gathering, eggnog and gingerbread. And each year, local theme parks pull out all the stops to bring holiday cheer to those who visit them. Included among the theme parks like Disneyland and Universal Studios Hollywood is the Queen Mary in Long Beach. […]
La Rue Sounds Band, a heart & soul “feel good” band and Montrose Oktoberfest favorite, is performing its annual all ages (no cover) rock ‘n’ roll family Christmas show. The show will feature special guests and will be held on Saturday, Dec. 10 at 8 p.m. at the Crow’s Nest Sports Grille in Tujunga. Founded […]