LEISURE CLUB HOSTING DEITLEIN The Glendale Center Theater, the longest, continually operating theater in the country is now celebrating its 64th anniversary. Tim Dietlein, owner/executive producer of the Glendale Center Theater (his grandparents established the theater) will be making a presentation about the history and operation of that theater at the November meeting of the […]
By Susan JAMES If you’re looking for an upbeat way to spend a rainy afternoon, Clint Eastwood’s meandering meditation on the afterlife isn’t it. Punctuated by a handful of wrenchingly acted scenes, the script by Peter Morgan buries these in a slow paced porridge of existential proportions. Matt Damon plays George Lonegan, a man tormented […]
The Montrose-Verdugo City Chamber of Commerce is hosting its fall Art Walk 2010 on Saturday, Nov. 13. This event is open to fine artists who are interested in demonstrating and selling their work. This will be the last of the four Art Walks scheduled by the Chamber this year. The event will be held from […]
Members of the Kiwanis Club of La Cañada (Noon) got together for their weekly meeting for a fun-filled lunch to display their creative Halloween costumes. Shown at right in the competition for best and most creative costumes are members for the club who dressed for the occasion. Members of the Kiwanis AM club attended this […]
On Oct. 10 Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center hosted the 23rd Annual Evening of Wine and Roses. More than 700 people attended the Tuscany-themed gala, raising nearly $298,000 to benefit the Chest Pain Center at Glendale Memorial Hospital.
Wes Seastrom, chairman of the board Development Committee for YMCA of the Foothills, introduced three new members to the board of directors on Thursday, Oct. 28 at the monthly meeting held at the Verdugo Hills Family YMCA. Austin Park is a father of two children (Elaine, 18, and William, 16) and married 20 years to […]
By Seth AMITIN If its previous week’s loss to Pasadena was tough, the Crescenta Valley High football team’s second consecutive 21-14 loss, this time to Burroughs, was tougher. Sporting a 14-0 lead early on, the Falcons gave up 21 unanswered points to the league-leading Indians to lose again, falling to fifth place in the Pacific […]
CITY COUNCIL HEARD AND RESPONDS In a recent edition of the CV Weekly, I read with interest Scott Ziegler’s letter to the editor titled “Flirting With Disaster In Montrose” [Viewpoints, Oct. 21] and thought that his observations and comments deserved a response. The issue of speeding in the Montrose Shopping Park is not new. Vehicles […]
Bullying is in the news a lot these days. It’s the subject of national news exposés, of town hall meetings, of school board initiatives and considerable public debate as it should be. We live in a culture that is increasingly crass, crude and overtly aggressive and many good people wonder how we got to this […]
As much as I am passionate about our community’s past, I am more passionate about its future. For those of us that live in the unincorporated county section of La Crescenta, the key to our future is in the hands of the Crescenta Valley Town Council, an elected group of volunteers that is our only […]