Glendale Community College Hosts December Events

Glendale Community College is hosting several events in December that are open to the public. On Friday, Dec. 2, is a screening of “Race to Nowhere,” a documentary directed by Vicki Abeles and Jessica Congdon about the emphasis on testing in education and the resulting pressures on kids and parents. Screening will be followed by […]

Christmas Movies We Love

By Charly SHELTON As the holiday season approaches, we are ready to break out our Christmas movies. But since there are so many to choose from, who knows which ones are the best? “A Christmas Carol” has been done so many ways since its first film version in 1908 that there are almost endless possibilities […]

Eclectic Mix of Bon-Bons and Contemporary Music at Positive Motions Concert

By Ted AYALA Though chilly weather and a strong downpour met the audience at the First Baptist Church of Glendale on Sunday night, the music making inside was anything but cold. Hot and intense playing were the hallmarks of the concert with cellist Ruslan Biryukov leading the way. Biryukov, executive director of the Glendale Philharmonic […]

High Flying Found in ‘Bring It On’

A review by Mary O’KEEFE There is one word to describe “Bring it On – The Musical” and that is energy. Opening last week at the Ahmanson Theatre and continuing through Dec. 10, the 2000 film starring Kirsten Dunst inspired the production. From the time the lights are brought up through curtain call, this cast […]

‘Igor in L.A.’: Pacific Standard Time Presents Stravinsky

By Ted AYALA If there was a composer better adapted to turn your proverbial lemons into lemonade than Igor Stravinsky, I’ve yet to hear it. Though a household name and an icon in musical circles of the mid-20th Century, the composer of the “Firebird,” “Rite of Spring” and “Oedipus Rex” struggled to find his footing […]

CV Arts Council Hosts Paint Out

By Cristeen MARTINEZ Scouting the Crescenta Valley, local artists discovered views that challenged them. They interpreted the dramatic light as it played across the local hills in paintings submitted to the second annual Crescenta Valley Arts Council Paint Out. The result was an exhibit of work displayed at St. Luke’s of the Mountains Episcopal Church […]

The award- winning artists from this year’s Paint Out:

1st Place: La Crescenta Afternoon, Bill Henderson 2nd Place: Autumn’s Voice, Phil Mendez 3rd Place: Brigg’s Canyon Dam, Jacques Dupuy Theme Award – best representation of life in the Crescenta Valley: Montrose Market, Colleen Kennelly Honorable Mention: Dawn at Wilderness Park, Trish Kertes Honorable Mention: Fall Full Moon, Allison Lieskovsky Youth Award: La Crescenta: Then […]

A Very Harold and Kumar 3D Christmas

By Charly SHELTON Way back in 2004, a couple of bumbling but lovable stoners got the munchies.  They headed over to White Castle for some burgers and hilarity ensued.  Then in 2008, they were back for more comic high-jinx and had to escape from Guantanamo Bay.  Now in 2011, we can spend the Christmas season […]

Mendelssohn, Bruch, and Brahms Inaugurate SCO Season

By Ted AYALA A hearty stew of German Romantic music opened the Santa Cecilia Orchestra’s (SCO) season on Saturday. With rain, and later hail, audibly pelting Occidental College’s Thorne Hall throughout the concert, a generous portion of Teutonic gravy was most welcome that chilly night. The program, which consisted of music by Felix Mendelssohn, Max […]

Glendale Community College News

Open Auditions for Spring Musical Open auditions for the Glendale Community College Theatre Arts Department production of the musical “Godspell” will be held Nov. 16 and 17 in the Auditorium at 7 p.m. Call-backs will be on Friday, Nov. 18 at 7 p.m. Those planning to audition should prepare a one-minute contemporary monologue, a pop […]