Proceeds from event will benefit Play to Learn pediatric medical center. By Michael BRUER On Wednesday, Feb. 12, the community is welcome and encouraged to enjoy a Valentine luncheon that features Armenian food and to participate in a silent auction at Glendale Adventist Medical Center. In addition, several members of the Women of Jewelia group […]
By Charly SHELTON Valentine’s Day is coming up. For some, that means sitting in their apartment alone, avoiding television stations that might play “The Notebook” while trying to view being single in a positive light. For others, it’s a chance to do something fun with your sweetie to show how much you care. And for […]
By Ted AYALA The music of composer Arturo Márquez has, over the 40 years spanning his career, earned the distinction conferred to his forebears – Silvestre Revueltas, Carlos Chávez, José Pablo Moncayo – of being the most often performed outside of his homeland of Mexico. Though saying “homeland” may be putting things too simply. Márquez […]
Leisure writer Ted Ayala offers his take on Super Bowl craziness. Renée Fleming sang at the Super Bowl yesterday and it didn’t take long for my Facebook and Twitter feeds to blow up accordingly. In the two weeks since the announcement that the “People’s Diva” was scheduled to sing during half-time – and with a […]
Review by Ted AYALA “Light and Dark” (original title: Mei-An) by Natsume Sōseki, translated from the Japanese with an introduction by John Nathan Columbia University Press, 420 pp., $35 There were moments while reading Natsume Sōseki’s Light and Dark—newly translated with an introduction by John Nathan—that I felt all too keenly the frustration Madam Yoshikawa […]
By Ted AYALA Local composer George N. Gianopoulos is already a busy man, but on Wednesday, Feb. 5 he will be busier still. At noon his “Hatzlacha Rabbah!!!” will form part of the program at the next installment of the Glendale Noon Concerts held at the First Baptist Church on Louise Street. Later that evening […]
By Ted AYALA Taking sorrow and pain, clothing it in acceptance, in affirmation of the triumph of life and truth – the music of Tigran Mansurian is something rare in today’s world jaded by commercialism and lucre; a world engrossed in itself, always hurrying to promote itself, always absorbed in its own ostentatiousness, always unable […]
By Michael WORKMAN Developed by Starbreeze Studios, “Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons” is a downloadable title that may look like a simple indie adventure game, but it is clear that it is much more than that. Brothers is unique because it was created by a film director rather than a game developer. This has […]
The legendary Arturo Sandoval brings his big band to the historic Alex Theatre in Glendale for a one night only performance to Save The Music 2. The performance will take place Feb. 15 at 8 p.m. at the Alex Theatre. Ticket prices range from $25 to $150 ($10 for students with ID) and are available at […]
By Ted AYALA Tigran Mansurian, though one of the great living composers of today, speaks with an unpretentious clarity that belies his stature. His voice, though a bit dry, is firm and youthfully emphatic. He gesticulates vigorously as he speaks, almost giving physical presence to the abstract ideas and concepts he is expressing. It is […]