By Charly SHELTON It’s been nearly two weeks of the statewide lockdown and, as evidenced by videos being posted on social media, many residents are fed up already with it and choosing to go out to parks and beaches against the orders of health officials. Some might say it’s selfish to chance the spread of […]
During the Covid-19 “Safer at Home” period, Glendale Noon Concerts will bring its programs via streaming, without an audience, on Facebook Live and YouTube. The April 1 program features violist composer Jonah Sirota and oboist Regina Brady, who will perform works by Benjamin Britten, J.S. Bach, and the premiere of a work for oboe and […]
» CORONAVIRUS AND ENTERTAINMENT By Charly SHELTON Amid an abundance of caution, most every entertainment enterprise requiring in-person interaction has been shut down. Theme parks are closed. Movie theaters are closed. Festivals are postponed or canceled. Let’s take a look at the realities and the impacts of what this means for the entertainment industry. […]
PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE By Charly SHELTON The shutdown sucks. No two ways about it. Being inside for the best weather of the year with nowhere to go and nowhere fun open if I could go. Being out of work while so many businesses are shut down is stressful, too. The virus is enough […]
In keeping with a long standing annual tradition, the Italian Catholic Federation branch at St. Bede the Venerable Church in La Cañada Flintridge has announced that this year’s St. Joseph Table event on Sunday, March 22 will feature a large table of donated baked good, focaccia, homemade tomato sauce, and a variety of especially prepared […]
By Charly SHELTON Coronavirus – COVID-19 – panic is sweeping the nation. Originating overseas, the precautionary shuttering of public places and events to limit the spread of the virus has now begun in earnest in America. Classes at some of the country’s largest colleges are planned online until further notice. James Bond’s new film will […]
On Wednesday, March 18 from 12:10-12:40 p.m. the Free Admission Glendale Noon Concerts will feature violinist Ken Aiso and pianist Valeria Morgovskaya performing Beethoven’s Violin Sonata No.10 in G Major, Op.96, in the Sanctuary of Glendale City Church. Internationally acclaimed violinist/violist Ken Aiso has performed worldwide as soloist, chamber and orchestral musician. Aiso graduated form […]
Here are some of the shows you can see in our local theaters this month: “Barefoot in the Park” Paul and Corie Bratter are newlyweds in every sense of the word. Fresh off a honeymoon at the Plaza Hotel, free-spirited Corie and her buttoned-down husband Paul find themselves struggling to adjust to married life in […]
By Charly SHELTON Antarctica was not always a frozen wasteland. Back in the Late Permian and Early Triassic, about 260 million years ago, it was more like Seattle, Washington in terms of climate – wet and full of giant forests, with temperatures in the 50s-to-60s degrees Fahrenheit. This was still slightly colder than the rest […]
The speaker at the next Little Landers historical and educational program is Craig Durst, The History Hunter. He will take the audience for a trip down Foothill Boulevard like none other. He will introduce notable points of interest not otherwise known and after this presentation, Foothill Boulevard will never seem the same again. This program […]