By Ted AYALA Members of the La Cañada Flintridge Chamber of Commerce (LCFCC) were hoping to channel some of the thunder of the hammer-wielding Norse god Thor – all for a good cause. The chamber held a movie premiere night on Nov. 7 at the UA La Cañada 8 on Verdugo Boulevard organized around the […]
By Charly SHELTON It may be beginning to look a lot like Christmas. But despite the plastic snowmen on every lawn and mall Santas in full swing, the 95-degree weather forbids it from feeling even a little bit like Christmas. Perhaps more like Independence Day. Regardless, Disney has put up Christmas decorations and brought out […]
By Ted AYALA Confronted with the music of Beethoven leaves one with the temptation to paraphrase Herbert von Karajan’s remarks about the symphonies of Jean Sibelius being like erratic glacial blocks: It is there, it is colossal, it is of another age and nobody knows how it got there. Thorny, wild, endlessly inventive, strange, cryptic […]
By Charly SHELTON You know what’s nice? Getting away. Vacations are nice, too, but sometimes you just need to get away. The difference is that vacations usually include an agenda. Folks are scrambling around with things to do, they spend little time in the hotel room that they paid for, they go walking about all […]
By Michael BRUER On a crisp autumn morning last week, amidst the hustle and bustle of the residents and business owners of Montrose, a line of people wrapped around the block on Honolulu Avenue, eagerly awaiting the man of the hour. Just as the sun pierced through the nearby trees, the excited crowd spotted the […]
Casa 0101 Theater in Boyle Heights presents a new production of the Tony Award-winning and Pulitzer Prize-nominated musical, “In The Heights.” Set over the course of three days, the story involves an ensemble cast of characters in the Dominican-American neighborhood of Washington Heights in New York City. The production is helmed by director Rigo Tejeda […]
By Michael WORKMAN If you spent the majority of your time in history class catching up on sleep, you’re in luck! Paradox Development Studio has rolled out a game that deals with four centuries of human history. Well, truth be told, it’s up to the player how history unfolds in the game, so it’s not […]
The Glendale Youth Orchestra conducted by Brad Keimach opens its 25th season with a flourish on Sunday, Nov. 17 at 7 p.m. at the historic Alex Theatre in Glendale. In addition to symphonies by Mozart and Beethoven, Hillary Lin Santoso (senior, San Marino High School) will perform the first movement of a Rachmaninoff piano concerto. […]