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Rifftrax 5 year Best Of Reel Some films featured in this clip are RATED PG-13
Looking Ahead to the Movies of 2012 – Part 1
By Charly SHELTON The year 2011 is over, and now there is a whole new batch of movies to look forward to. Throughout the year, the Crescenta Valley Weekly will be giving you, our readers, a heads up on what movies to look for in the coming months. Here is part one: January through March. […]
Emo and the Wolf and the Glendale First Baptist
By Ted AYALA Sergey Prokofieff and friends will be making an evening trip through your neck of the woods in Glendale this Sunday. The Glendale Philharmonic GPO will be celebrating the beginning of its 2012 season in a concert featuring Prokofieff’s masterpiece for children of all ages, Peter and the Wolf. Leading the orchestra will […]
Sayat Nova Dance Company of Boston “Journey Through Time” Comes to Glendale
The Sayat Nova Dance Company of Boston’s 25th Anniversary Production, “Journey Through Time,” premiered in November in Waltham, Mass. to a sold out Armenian and non-Armenian audience of over 1,100. The show burst into life with fire and drama portraying the pagan days of the Armenian people. This was followed by an homage paid to […]
Upcoming Movies Part 1
»»»YIR – Music
A Look Back In Music … From My Recliner By Ted AYALA The calendar on my planner is telling me that it’s that time again. Yes, that’s right. As the sands in the hourglass that is 2011 quickly dwindle away, this is the moment where I pomade my hair, don my purple velvet smoking jacket, […]
»»»YIR – Entertainment
The Highs of 2011 By Charly SHELTON My name is Charly Shelton and I am the entertainment correspondent and techno-wizard for this paper. Welcome to my office. Every year, I personalize my workspace at the offices of the Crescenta Valley Weekly newspaper by printing out some of the best stories and displaying them on my […]
Gay Men’s Chorus get “Naughty and Nice” at the Alex Theatre
By Ted AYALA Leave it to the gentlemen of the Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles (GMCLA) to infuse that holiday spirit with some extra zest and flair. What could have proved to have been yet another ho-hum rendition of the same well loved, not to mention well worn, Christmas classics proved anything but. Their […]
The Adventures of Tintin
By Charly SHELTON Since the 1930s, that intrepid adventurer Tintin has thrilled audiences around the globe through comic strips and animated films. But now for the first time, he greets America on the big screen. Tintin (Jamie Bell) is an English reporter living in France. He has foiled numerous plots against the world by unraveling […]
Master Chorale Does a Second Take on Handel’s Messiah
By Ted AYALA Just a little under a week since they last performed it, the Los Angeles Master Chorale (LAMC) regrouped on Sunday at the Disney Hall for their second trip down Hallelujah Lane, courtesy of Handel’s “Messiah.” Instead of the 2,000-plus singers that comprised of last week’s Disney Hall audience, you had the lucid […]