By Mary O’KEEFE This Sunday a local violinist will take the stage at the Alex Theatre for her first solo with the Glendale Youth Orchestra. The performance is the orchestra’s season finale of their 22nd season. Sarah Worden is a Crescenta Valley High School freshman. She has been playing violin for seven and a half […]
Contributed by WAW Eight-year-old Maddy Berger won first place in the 2nd Annual WAW California Starz Talent Contest held Saturday, May 7 in La Cañada Flintridge. Singers participated from La Cañada, Pasadena and Glendale schools. Pictured above with judges Peter Santana, of the Madeline Group, Lyn Eriks, of Howard Talent West and Laura Pallas of […]
CVHS Presents Music Dept. Finale The CVHS Instrumental Music Department presents its final concert of the year on Friday, May 20 in MacDonald Auditorium at 4400 Ramsdell Ave. The theme for this year’s pops is “Magical Mystical Music.” Audiences will be treated to music from movies such as “Lord of the Rings” and “Harry Potter” […]
The eighth grade students of Chamlian Armenian School in La Crescenta recently traveled to Yerevan, Armenia to commemorate the 1915 Armenian Genocide at the historical Genocide Memorial Monument in Dzidzernagapert, a city just outside of Yerevan. The Armenian Monument in Dzidzernagapert was constructed in 1965 to commemorate the 1.5 million Armenians who were victims of […]
By Mary O’KEEFE On Sunday an example of why baseball is known as America’s pastime was presented at the Babe Herman Field in Glendale. Coach Joe Fitzpatrick and his team, the Dodgers, took to the field to play their third game of the season. It would be difficult to find any player more excited than […]
By Leonard COUTIN The CIF prelims for track and field were held Saturday at Trabuco Hills High School in Irvine. For the audience and participants it proved to be a record-scoring day. Division 1 is known as one of the toughest and strongest competing divisions in CIF. Though the Falcons performed gallantly in the prelims, […]
By Jason Kurosu The CV Falcons’ varsity baseball team attempted to regain the Pacific League championship Friday night from the one team that has managed to thwart them not only this season, but during the last two title runs: the Arcadia Apaches. However, it was just not to be. After giving up a three-run home […]
CVLL to Host Day of Fun On Saturday, May 21 kids and parents are invited to take the day off from CV Little League competition for a carnival – CVLL style – with games put on by CVLL majors teams and the annual CVLL skills competitions. Following will be the annual blue and gold softball […]
By Misty DUPLESSIS Patchwork Penguin owner Crissa DuCharme doesn’t shy away when she hears of someone in need. She’s active in several charitable organizations including Project Linus that, according to its website, “provides love, a sense of security, warmth and comfort to children who are seriously ill, traumatized, or otherwise in need through the gifts […]
By Misty DUPLESSIS Glendale resident Frans Vischer has been bringing smiles to folks for years through his work as an animator. After completing college in the 1980s Vischer’s first job was for Disney. And though his path took him away from the animation giant for some years, he recently returned to the Burbank studio. A […]