By Susan JAMES Caught by its brightly-colored wrappings – movie posters, stills, previews – Emma Thompson’s new Christmas extravaganza seems as if it’s focused on channeling the seasonal flavor of her last highly successful Christmas film foray – “Love Actually” from 2003. The nation, however, remains divided on that particular movie. There are those who […]
Here are some of the shows running in our local theaters this month: “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night” 15-year-old Christopher has an extraordinary brain: He is exceptional at mathematics but ill-equipped to interpret everyday life. Now it is seven minutes after midnight and Christopher stands beside his neighbor’s dead dog, Wellington, […]
By Julie BUTCHER Last Saturday afternoon, Glendale’s mayor, Ara Najarian, with other councilmembers, nearly a dozen corporate executives and managers, and 30 or so of the newly-hired servers, bartenders and other “team members,” officially opened the Studio Movie Grill, an upscale movie center at 128 Artsakh Ave., anchoring the city’s Arts & Entertainment District. “On […]
Los Angeles artist Francisco Cohen’s installation Hollywood Hustle will be celebrated with a public opening reception in the Adams Square Mini Park on Sunday, Nov. 3 from 2:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. The reception is sponsored and hosted by the Adams Hill Neighborhood Association. The exhibition, on view through Nov. 15, is mounted in the […]
On Wednesday, Nov. 6 from 12:10 p.m. to 12:40 p.m., the Free Admission Glendale Noon Concerts will feature Dr. Dimitry Olevsky performing the Partita in D minor for solo violin by J.S. Bach at the Sanctuary of Glendale City Church. Violinist Olevsky holds a doctorate of musical arts from UC Santa Barbara under the tutelage […]
The Alex Film Society will screen two spine-chilling features for Halloween. “The Old Dark House,” featuring Boris Karloff, Melvyn Douglas, Gloria Stuart and Charles Laughton, and “The Raven,” starring Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi, will be shown on Sunday, Oct. 27 at 7 p.m. at the Alex Theatre. Guest host is Turner Classic Movies (TCM)’s […]
Sheila Kuehl, Louie Perez, Harry Gamboa Jr. and Barbara Carrasco will be honored at Tia Chucha’s Centro Cultural & Bookstore’s Fundraising Gala on Saturday, Oct. 26 from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. at La Plaza de Cultura y Artes. The evening will begin with a cocktail hour reception including an open bar and silent auction […]
By Grace BENNETT Tonight will be the last in a four-night run of Crescenta Valley High School (CVHS) performing its rendition of “Antigone,” directed by Amy Matalas, and “Oedipus Rex,” directed by Brent Beerman. The plays, originally written by ancient Greek playwright Sophocles date back to about 400 B.C. and are performed traditionally as a […]
By Susan JAMES Angelina Jolie was born to be a movie star. She grabs the attention of an audience in any scene in which she appears. But even the Jolie charisma can’t create gold from lead and in this leaden pastiche of children’s fairytale paired with somber meditation on otherness the writers have left the […]
By Charly SHELTON Each year, the local theme parks go all out for the spookiest time of the year. It used to be a few nights around Halloween, with some festive decorations – a little fake blood and some pumpkins – and put on a Halloween stage show or haunted house. Then it grew to […]