By Ted AYALA It was a slimmed down Pasadena Symphony that met the audience at the Ambassador Auditorium on Saturday night, March 31. Nicholas McGegan, respected conductor of Baroque music, turned his period performance touch onto the music of Mendelssohn, Mozart, and Beethoven. Though the Pasadena Symphony’s smooth strings was lost by its reduction down […]
Over 100 million people tuned in to see the “America’s Got Talent” TV show in 2009 when The Texas Tenors became the highest-ranking vocal group in the history of the show. For one special night on Friday, April 20 at 8 p.m. The Texas Tenors will visit La Cañada to perform a special benefit concert […]
By Ted AYALA The accolades received at the premiere of Philip Glass’ “Symphony No. 9” on Thursday, April 5 at Disney Hall, its enigmatic close with cellos and basses plummeting the depths after an eerily oscillating figure for strings and celesta, had a whiff of a storybook ending to it. Not that Glass’ career is […]
Questions About Today’s Real Estate? Ask Phyllis! The Ins and Outs of FHA Financing Dear Phyllis, My husband and I want to help our son and daughter-in-law purchase a home. We won’t be giving them a 20% down payment, but likely close to 10%. I spoke to our bank branch manager who suggested that they […]
As a community service to all the Baby Boomers coming into the Medicare system and for those seniors already on Medicare, Verdugo Hills Hospital (VHH) will be providing a free Medicare educational seminar, “Turning 65.” The seminar will be held on Wednesday, April 18 from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the hospital’s Council Room, […]
By Charly SHELTON This Saturday night and into Sunday is the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. Because so many Facebook and Twitter updates show that some kids today don’t know that Titanic was real, here is a little history of the actual event. The Titanic was the flagship of the White Star […]
By Charly SHELTON “Titanic” was the most successful movie of all time until “Avatar.” Both are James Cameron films. And now “Titanic” is back in 3D for the first time on the big screen in 15 years. “Titanic” follows the story of young lovers Jack (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Rose (Kate Winslet) when they meet and […]