VIDEOS: Disneyland 60th Anniversary Celebration
Paint the Night- Electrical Parade Disneyland Forever fireworks- ‘Step In Time’ and ‘I See the Light’ Disneyland Forever fireworks- ‘Circle of Life’
‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ – Still Crazy After All These Years
By Susan JAMES Australian writer-director George Miller, best known over the last decade as the producer of “Happy Feet” and “Babe,” has left the feel-good animal kingdom to revisit the dystopian world of human animals he helped create nearly 40 years ago. Those years have not been good to Miller’s vision. His new take on […]
Le Salon de Musiques Surprises with Stravinsky and Rachmaninoff
By Ted AYALA A little old Russian lady and her husband happened to share the elevator with me after last Sunday’s Le Salon de Musiques program of cello and piano works by Stravinsky and Rachmaninoff. With the impression of cellist John Walz and pianist Steven Vanhauwaert still fresh in my ears, I was trying to […]
Disneyland Prepares for Diamond Anniversary
Disneyland’s 60th (diamond) anniversary celebration kicks off next Friday, May 22 with a 24-hour party to launch the start of the summer season. Rather than adding all new rides, Disneyland has elected to update the existing rides and give them awesome new effects. The Peter Pan ride will recieve that treatment, (pictured below right […]
Local Artist Kean’s Paintings Selected for National Weather Center Biennale
“I Stop for Drops” and “The Weight of Air,” oil paintings by Tujunga artist Katherine Kean, have been selected for inclusion in the National Weather Center Biennale, an international juried exhibition sponsored by the University of Oklahoma and the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, in collaboration with the Norman Arts Council. The exhibition will […]
Quality, Depth and Talent Found at GYO
By Ted AYALA Glendale counts a number of musical organizations that would be the envy of many a city in Southern California and even from those afar. The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, the Glendale Philharmonic, and the bi-monthly Glendale Noon Concerts series are just a few of the cultural oases that music lovers can partake […]
LACO at Alex
By Ted AYALA Local music lovers will be finding themselves this weekend choosing between whether to venture to Italy or Russia – or both. The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO) will return to the Alex Theatre in Glendale on Saturday, May 16 at 8 p.m. for a program of Mendelssohn and Mozart, with the world […]
Avengers Assemble… Again
By Charly SHELTON “And there came a day unlike any other, when earth’s mightiest heroes were united against a common threat! On that day the Avengers were born! To fight the foes no single hero could withstand!” On this day, the Avengers assembled to stop Loki, who intended to conquer Earth with an army of […]
Theatre Scene in LA- May
By Steve ZALL and Sid FISH As you start preparing for your Mother’s Day celebrations, why not make her happy by taking her to see one of these great shows: OPENING “Abigail/1702” answers the question ‘What ever happened to Abigail Williams?’ It’s 1702, a decade after The Crucible‘s infamous seductress danced with the devil in […]
Mark Robson Talks about Tinkling the Tiny Ivories
By Ted AYALA The name alone causes the casual listener to dismiss its possibilities: toy piano. In fact, for decades it was just that – a children’s toy that, at most, was sometimes employed in the “toy symphonies” often devised as household entertainments by 19th century composers. But it took composers like John Cage in […]