People Making News

The following students are named to Emerson College’s dean’s list for the spring 2023 semester. The requirement to make dean’s list is a grade point average of 3.7 or higher for that semester. Isabel Moon of La Cañada, who is majoring in theatre and performance and is a member of the Class of 2023; Liquan […]

The Village Poets Welcomes Ambika Talwar and Susan Suntree

The Village Poets of Sunland-Tujunga invites poets and friends of poetry to its monthly reading held in person on Sunday, Oct. 22 at 4:30 p.m. at Bolton Hall Museum, 10110 Commerce Ave. in Tujunga. The October reading features Ambika Talwar and Susan Suntree.   Talwar is an India-born author, wellness consultant, artist and educator whose […]

La Cañada Thursday Club Ushers in New Club Year with a Barbecue Dinner

La Cañada Thursday Club Ushers in New Club Year with a Barbecue Dinner

  Tables, covered with red-checkered tablecloths studded with flickering tea light candles, was the ambiance at the Thursday Club’s Welcome Back Barbecue attended by 122 members and guests. The event, held in the club’s courtyard at 4440 Woodleigh Lane in La Cañada Flintridge, was hosted by the club’s board of directors led by Joani Bartoli-Porto, […]

Documents of America <<< Sponsored By Glendale Moose Lodge 641

The Preamble “We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.” Using […]

Public Invited as History Comes Alive at Catalina Verdugo Adobe

The Don Jose Verdugo Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution invites the community to a dedication and historic re-enactment at the Catalina Verdugo Adobe at 2211 Bonita Drive in Glendale on Sunday, Oct. 22. The community is encouraged to attend this first-ever opening of the Catalina Verdugo Adobe property, owned by the City of Glendale, to the […]

Hometown Boy Scores Big at Glendale International Film Festival

Hometown Boy Scores Big at Glendale International Film Festival

By Ruth SOWBY It was standing room only for the screening of Brett Calkins’ 18-minute student film “Black Whole” at the Glendale Laemmle Theatre, shown as part of the Glendale International Film Festival (GIFF). The film explored parenthood, with the fear and awe that goes with it, and is based on the experiences of Calkins and […]

California & The Politics of Disability, 1850-1970

The Lanterman House will sponsor an author talk and book signing by Dr. Eileen Wallis on Sunday, Oct. 15 at 2:30 p.m. at the Lanterman House Visitor Center, 4420 Encinas Drive in La Cañada. Dr. Wallis, professor of history at Cal Poly Pomona, will discuss her recent book “California and the Politics of Disability, 1850-1970,” […]

ALFie Players to Perform Disney’s ‘Frozen’

The stage at Lanterman Auditorium will be transformed into a winter wonderland filled with adventure and plenty of humor as a cast of 30 actors sing and dance their way through the magical land of Arendelle. ALFie Players, local students in grades 3-6, will present a special KIDS adaptation of Disney’s “Frozen” on Friday, Oct. […]

Just When You Thought It Was Over, Here’s Chris

Just When You Thought It Was Over, Here’s Chris

  La Cañada Flintridge Orthopaedic Guild (LCFOG) is ready to welcome Chris Erskine to the podium and delighted that he has a new book to share at the LCFOG Book and Author Luncheon on Oct. 24. This will be his third appearance at the LCFOG Book and Author Luncheon. This year, Erskine will present his […]