By Jake BOWMAN “Sister Act” is a 1992 muscial comedy film starring Whoopi Goldberg. It is about a nightclub singer, Deloris Van Cartier, who witnesses a murder and is forced to hide out with a group of nuns. While hiding in the convent, Deloris takes charge of their choir group and helps them to create […]
On May 1 the Free Admission Glendale Noon Concerts will feature the Calico Winds, who will be performing compositions from Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copeland, Irvine Fine and Denes Agay. With style and grace, Calico Winds is taking wind music to the forefront of the chamber music world by artfully reinventing the conventional wind quintet. They […]
On April 24, 1916, a band of rebels took up arms at Dublin’s General Post Office to declare Irish independence from the British Empire. England was asking young men from around the empire to fight and die on foreign shores for the cause of freedom in World War I, and the patriots of the Easter […]
» Video Game Review By Jake BOWMAN “Down To Hell” is an answer to the question, “What if you combined video games and heavy metal music?” A 2D hack-and-slash/beat-em-up game, which developer Red Dev Studio affectionately calls a ‘slash-em-up,’ “Down To Hell” is a game I really want to like but, in its current state, […]
By Charly SHELTON Harry Potter is the boy who lived. But without the Dark Lord, young Potter would just be another kid. The story of the hero is nothing without a villain. And yet, in the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios Hollywood, the villains have been oddly absent. The main ride, “Harry […]
By Robin GOLDSWORTHY An estimated 900 people came to Honolulu Avenue in Montrose on Sunday afternoon to sample the friendliness of the town – and some craft beer. The occasion was the annual Montrose Craft Beer Fest, hosted by the Montrose-Verdugo City Chamber of Commerce. “We had great energy going into the event,” said chamber […]
By Charly SHELTON To all ye knights and squires, ye fey folk and sprites, ye merchants and travelers. Hail and well met! If ye seek a place where the vaguely-medieval/fantasy theme is rampant amongst all who pass hither, search thou no further than the Renaissance Faire. The Santa Fe Dam Recreation Center in Irwindale is […]
On April 11-12, Universal Studios is hosting a premium evening event that invites guests to be among the first to experience Dark Arts at Hogwarts Castle with exclusive, coveted after-hours access to Hogsmeade™ village, where fans can also explore the shops and experience the land’s signature rides. The event’s main attraction is an exclusive first-look […]
BY STEVE ZALL AND SID FISH April 2019 Here are some of the shows you can see in our local theaters this month: OPENING “The Root Beer Bandits – A Rootin’ Tootin’ Wild West Musicale” tells the story of Polly Peppercorn, the only female to ride for the Pony Express. […]
By Charly SHELTON Back in 1932, berry farmer Walter Knott was introduced to a new berry hybrid by his friend Rudolph Boysen. It was part red raspberry, part blackberry and part loganberry. The notoriously hard-to-grow berry plant was dying under Boysen’s care, so Knott took it back to his berry farm in Buena Park where […]