Evanne Friedmann of La Cañada Flintridge and Tournament of Roses’ Rose Queen in 2010 will be featured on the big screen in the acclaimed coming-of-age high school thriller “As Night Comes.” The film debuts on Friday, Nov. 14 in a week-long Los Angeles theatrical release at Laemmle’s Music Hall in Beverly Hills. “As Night Comes” follows […]
By Charly SHELTON A new restaurant has popped up in Downtown L.A. and in Burbank – Asian Box. In much the same way that Subway, Blaze Pizza and Chipotle offer a make- your-own sandwich, pizza and burrito experience (respectively), Asian Box is a make-your-own box lunch restaurant with quick and friendly counter service or in […]
By Isiah REYES Crescenta Valley High School students are completing their final rehearsals for the annual CV’s “Got Talent” at the school’s MacDonald Auditorium. There will be a total of 12 dances and seven acts performing. The dance styles will range from jazz to ballet to hip hop while the talents will include singers who […]
By Ted AYALA Few composers experienced the transformation, indeed the kind of second musical youth, that Leoš Janáček experienced. The fire that ignited this fuse was the largely unrequited love he felt for Kamila Stösslová, a married woman 38 years his junior. “My soul and feeling is warmed and comes to a boil only through […]
By Charly SHELTON When first seeing the trailer for Christopher Nolan’s new film “Interstellar,” one might think it is “Gravity” folded into “Inception.” It looks like a very complicated space movie dealing with interstellar travel. But after seeing it, the viewer realizes it is neither “Inception” nor “Gravity.” It is an entity unto itself to […]
By Ted AYALA The 20th century’s greatest innovation in the field of opera is without a doubt the way that this centuries-old art form was infused with flexibility. With the breezy and brief operas of Milhaud & Hindemith, among others composed in the 1920s, the imposing grandiosity then best represented by Wagner was swept away […]
Stan Lee’s Comikaze was held last weekend at the L.A. Convention Center. A comic book and pop culture convention held over the weekend of Halloween, the obvious draw was for cosplayers – fans who create very elaborate costumes to dress up in. Amateurs and professionals alike were called to the con to show off their […]
By Jason KUROSU Craig Johnson, the author behind the highly successful Longmire series, made an appearance in La Crescenta on Oct. 28 at St. Luke’s of the Mountains. Dedicated fans of the Longmire books and the TV show gathered at St. Luke’s to hear from Johnson and ask their burning questions about his inspiration for […]