The Highs of 2011 By Charly SHELTON My name is Charly Shelton and I am the entertainment correspondent and techno-wizard for this paper. Welcome to my office. Every year, I personalize my workspace at the offices of the Crescenta Valley Weekly newspaper by printing out some of the best stories and displaying them on my […]
By Ted AYALA Leave it to the gentlemen of the Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles (GMCLA) to infuse that holiday spirit with some extra zest and flair. What could have proved to have been yet another ho-hum rendition of the same well loved, not to mention well worn, Christmas classics proved anything but. Their […]
By Charly SHELTON Since the 1930s, that intrepid adventurer Tintin has thrilled audiences around the globe through comic strips and animated films. But now for the first time, he greets America on the big screen. Tintin (Jamie Bell) is an English reporter living in France. He has foiled numerous plots against the world by unraveling […]
By Ted AYALA Just a little under a week since they last performed it, the Los Angeles Master Chorale (LAMC) regrouped on Sunday at the Disney Hall for their second trip down Hallelujah Lane, courtesy of Handel’s “Messiah.” Instead of the 2,000-plus singers that comprised of last week’s Disney Hall audience, you had the lucid […]
By Charly SHELTON Sherlock Holmes is back on the case with the sequel to 2009’s “Sherlock Holmes” reboot, once again starring Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law and directed by Guy Ritchie. Where the last movie showed Holmes’ skill to solve problems when facing the impossible with mind versus “magic,” this film has Holmes pitted […]
By Ted AYALA On Monday at Walt Disney Hall, the men and women comprising the Los Angeles Master Chorale (LAMC) took a break and sat out the performance scheduled that night. In their place were over 2,200 enthusiastic amateurs eager to participate in the LAMC’s 31st annual sing-along performance of Handel’s “Messiah.” Joining them was […]
The series of rehearsals for California Contemporary Ballet’s “The Snow Queen” Ballet (www.snowqueenballet.com) have been underway for over five hours and for Isabella Bunting of Glendale, her most challenging rehearsal of the day lays ahead of her. When director Erin Holt enters the rehearsal studio, Bunting dutifully ties her Pointe shoe ribbons and tests her […]
By Charly SHELTON Exactly one week after Christmas, we ring in the new year with celebration, drinking, love and streamers. And with films like “Love, Actually” for Christmas and “Valentines Day” for Feb. 14, it’s about time New Year’s Eve got a mention. Like similar films before it, “New Year’s Eve” follows several love stories […]
By Ted AYALA Saturday’s Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO) concert at the Alex Theatre was one that was appropriately entitled “Reflection.” Binding the program were the works of 19th, 20th, and 21st century composers reflecting on and finding inspiration in the music of the baroque and early classical eras. But the night was also one […]