After the successful Summer Nights concert, Crescenta Valley Church presents Lift – A Thanksgiving Benefit Concert For Needy Families on Sunday, Nov. 11 at 6 p.m. Everyone is welcome in La Crescenta, Montrose, Glendale and the surrounding areas to join in a night of helping the needy while having fun and enjoying great music by […]
By Charly SHELTON “Hello, Clarice.” The haunting line echoes through the darkened theatre. Dr. Lecter, the psychiatrist who eats his patients, eyes the young FBI agent curiously. But rather than quietly ruminating, he breaks into song. And that’s just the beginning. The horribly irreverent and politically incorrect musical “Silence – The Musical” is an unauthorized […]
» VIDEO GAMES By Michael WORKMAN Ubisoft Assassin’s Creed series is known for two main traits. First is the brutally satisfying third person combat. Second is its beautiful historic backdrop. These attributes are found in “Assassin’s Creed III” as developers seek to wow gamers this fall with a brand new, revamped combat system and a […]
Does your omelet make you sad? Do your scrambled eggs make you weep? Are there more tears than hollandaise on your poached egg? Then try the new brand of eggs in town from the Happy Egg Co. Happy eggs come from happy chickens, and happy chickens are those that aren’t trapped in a cage like […]
By Ted AYALA If the mood of the Los Angeles Master Chorale (LAMC) at its Disney Hall season premiere on Sunday was electric, it had ample reason to be. Opening its 49th season, not to mention its 12th under the charismatic leadership of Grant Gershon, the ensemble has further polished the legacy of its former […]
By Ted AYALA Thursday at the Alex Theatre was the beginning of the Glendale Pops’ new season. In a climate where artistic institutions are floundering amidst a stagnant economy and dwindling sources of funding, the Glendale Pops has managed to hold its own against the tide. Pops artistic director Matt Catingub mused on the Pops’ […]
By Ted AYALA There is something about composers Jason Barabba, Jenni Brandon, John Frantzen, Daniel Gall, Eric Guinivan and Vera Ivanova that make drawing parallels with another group of six composers who forged a uniquely modern idiom difficult to resist: Les six. True, they have no waggish literary figure at their helm ready to serve […]
By Ted AYALA It was just over a year ago when the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO) and its music director, Jeffrey Kahane, left an indelible and deeply touching impression on their audience at the start of their 15th season together. Encored at the end of the program was the Adagio assai from Ravel’s “Piano […]
By Charly SHELTON There are many theme parks around the area that celebrate Halloween in different ways. Knotts has its 40th annual Halloween Haunt, Six Flags has its excuse for a Halloween spook house event – Fright Fest – and Universal hosts its amazing Halloween Horror Nights. All run for the rest of the month. […]