By Charly SHELTON It’s been 10 years since we founded this paper. A lot has changed in those 10 years. For one, we started the paper on a dining room table with four people – Robin Goldsworthy, editor, Mary O’Keefe, news reporter, Luci Corona, layout designer, and me, entertainment reporter, photographer, videographer, tech wizard, webmaster […]
Looking Back By Charly SHELTON Over the last 10 years, the Leisure section has grown and changed. Listening to feedback from our readers on what stories were wanted, we expanded deeper into restaurant and dining reviews, festivals and one-off events and, most importantly, travel. Travel has become such a large part of this section over […]
Here are some of the shows running in our local theaters this month: “The Chinese Lady” Afong Moy is 14 years old when she’s brought to the United States from Canton in 1834. Allegedly the first Chinese woman to set foot on U.S. soil, she has been bought and put on display for the American […]
The Glendale International Film Festival (GIFF) will host the 6th International Film Festival in a span of eight days with a schedule of over 60 films and documentaries to showcase the works of many local, national and international filmmakers. The festival will screen films from Armenia, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, United Kingdom and USA. Velvet […]
By Charly SHELTON I have been to Disneyland more times than I can count. From infancy all the way until now, at nearly 30, I’ve made it a point to hit the park once or twice a year just for fun, in addition to the stories I cover of new rides opening and festivals like […]
La Cañada Flintridge Orthopaedic Guild (LCFOG) will host its annual Book and Author Luncheon on Oct. 23 at the La Cañada Flintridge Country Club. The local Guild is one of five that supports the Orthopaedic Institute for Children (OIC) where no child is turned away or refused treatment because they are underinsured or have no […]
Edmond Clinton III discusses and signs “Clifton’s and Clifford Clinton: A Cafeteria and a Crusader” at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 5 at La Cañada Congregational Church, 1200 Foothill Blvd, La Cañada Flintridge. Clifford Clinton owned Clifton’s – all of them – and everything he did was about doing unto others; nobody going hungry on […]
By Charly SHELTON Finally, after weeks of waiting and anticipation and previews and concept art … it’s finally time for Halloween haunts at the theme parks. First up is the big one – Universal Studios Hollywood’s Halloween Horror Nights. This is the name of the game when it comes to haunt production value. Universal boasts […]
The Foothill Performing Arts Center – FPAC – presents the premiere of its No-Ho Arts District performance of “The Theory Of Relativity” on weekends from Friday, Sept. 21 through Sunday, Oct. 21 at the Gray Studios Theater. On the heels of its recent Valley Theatre Award-winning 20th season, the FPAC presents a joyous, moving, musical […]
Pacific Ballet Dance Theatre (PBDT), led by Natasha Middleton, artistic director and choreographer, will kick off its 17th season with a Southern California tour of the full-length ballet “Carmen,” based on Georges Bizet’s opera and Prosper Mérimée’s original story with special string and percussion musical arrangements conceived by Rodion Shehedrin. The production stars Elen Harutyunyan […]