Violinist YuEun Kim and pianist Sung Chang are busy and exciting international artists who are also well known to Southern California chamber music audiences. They will be performing the music of Bartok, Schubert, Franck and Arvo Pärt at from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Feb. 22 Brand Associates Music Series. Admission is free […]
On Wednesday, Feb. 19 from 12:10 p.m. to 12:40 p.m., the Free Admission Glendale Noon Concerts will feature pianist Brendan White and violinist Jacqueline Suzuki performing works by Franz Liszt and J.S. Bach in the Sanctuary of Glendale City Church. On the roster are Franz Liszt’s Grand duo concertant sur la Romance de M. Lafont […]
By Charly SHELTON Valentine’s Day is Friday, which is also part of a long weekend. Why not celebrate with a quick road trip? Nothing huge, just a quick shot up the coast or out into the desert for the weekend. CV Weekly has covered some great weekend trips in our Travel & Leisure section over […]
By Charly SHELTON From 1950 to 2000, the Peanuts comic strip ran serialized in newspapers across the world. It spawned more than a dozen movies, TV shows and, most memorably, holiday specials that are still played annually. The Peanuts characters are featured in Cedar Fair parks across the country with kiddie lands, character meet-and-greets, rides […]
BY STEVE ZALL AND SID FISH February 2020 “The Father” stars Alfred Molina in a tour-de-force role in perhaps one of the most awarded plays of recent times on two continents. André was once a tap dancer. He lives with his daughter, Anne, and her husband, Antoine. Or was André an engineer, whose […]
By Charly SHELTON Lunar New Year was celebrated on Saturday, welcoming the Year of the Rat. For those who missed the actual New Year festivities, there are still plenty of opportunities to celebrate at the local theme parks. Each year Universal Studios Hollywood puts on a big festival for the Lunar New Year, and it […]
By Susan JAMES For those fans of revenge porn where cartoon crafting allows guilt-free enjoyment of taking out the bad guy(s), “The Rhythm Section” is for you. Based on a thriller by Mark Burnell and directed by Reed Morano, the film tells the story of a young British woman named Stephanie Patrick who is on […]
By Charly SHELTON January is health month, and it also coincides with the setting and rapid abandoning of New Year’s resolutions. At least half of all Americans who set New Year’s resolutions have health-related commitments, according to YouGov, an international research data and analytics group. And, according to Nielsen Analytics, only 64% of resolutions make […]
By Charly SHELTON The huge crowds that were expected to swarm Disneyland when Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge opened were apparently delayed a bit because the usually mundane crowds have given way to a horde of Star Wars fans ready for the Resistance to Rise. Last Friday, the second and final attraction in the new Star […]
Americans are notoriously sleep-deprived, which can have unpleasant and even dangerous effects. And while a nap can alleviate fatigue, increase alertness and improve mood, for years napping was considered to be a pastime more appropriate for little children and the sick than healthy adults. But the tides are changing. National Sleep Foundation encourages napping, citing […]