By Steve ZALL and Sid FISH Summer days by the beach in the sand are tons of fun, but so are these great shows appearing in our local theaters! Opening “Citizen: An American Lyric” A provocative meditation on race fusing poetry, prose, movement, music and the video image. Shirley Jo Finney directs the […]
By Brandon HENSLEY Maddy Pumilia loves to write. It’s what led her to study journalism at Cal State Northridge, and it’s given her a career she loves as an assignment editor at a news station. Her job is also what led the 24-year-old to write her first published novel, “Bad News,” a suspense thriller that […]
Photos by Charly SHELTON The Gene Autry Museum of Western Heritage held a panel discussion on Civil War era photography, with a live demonstration of wet plate collodion photography, on Sunday. As part of a series of lectures and events at The Autry celebrating the exhibit “Empire and Liberty: Civil War and the West,” this […]
By Charly SHELTON On Saturday, the Arturo Sandoval Institute brought Cuba to Glendale, inviting guests to spend a warm night full of salsa, samba, roast pork, hand rolled cigars, mojitos and more dancing. “Hot Havana Night” was held at The Plaza at 801 in Glendale as a fundraiser for ASI, which encourages students to pursue […]
In case you missed it, take a look at what we offer in True Believer. This editorial by Charly Shelton is from the May 8 issue, just after the Ultimate Marvel Movie Marathon. Greetings, True Believers! It is I, your magnanimous leader, back once again to lay some knowledge on you from beyond the screen. […]
CV Weekly publisher Robin Goldsworthy attended Hot Havana Nights with ticket giveaway winner Connie Beck and her daughter Lisette Beck. Photo by Dan HOLM
Arturo Sandoval plays with students that the Arturo Sandoval Institute has benefitted at the ‘Hot Havana Nights’ event last Saturday.
By Susan JAMES To mark the upcoming Emmy Television Awards on Sept. 20, the Los Angeles Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising (FIDM) has just premiered its annual exhibition of the best in television costume design. The exhibition will run through Saturday, Sept. 26, and is free to the public. This season the awards for […]
By Charly SHELTON It was no small secret (pun intended) that director Edgar Wright wanted to do “Ant-Man.” He and his writing partner, Joe Cornish, reportedly had a script for several years, shopping it around to find a studio that wanted a standalone Ant-Man film. It was a comedy heist movie that, according to “Avengers” […]
By Charly SHELTON If the recent muggy weather of late isn’t enough to inspire visions of old Havana, then it’s time for a more literal approach. Hot Havana Night is coming to Glendale this Saturday, July 25. A fundraiser for the Arturo Sandoval Institute, this gala event will bring enough of Cuba to have you […]