The 2020 Pasadena Showcase season is officially underway. On Friday, Jan. 17, the Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts (PSHA) held its annual Empty House Party, marking the debut of the 56th Pasadena Showcase House of Design. Nearly 400 design enthusiasts and patrons of the arts were on hand to celebrate the occasion. The evening […]
By Susan JAMES It’s been 22 years since the guy who talks with animals graced our screens. Writer-director Stephen Gaghan and the Downeys, Robert and Susan, have decided the time is right for another revisit. Each time around we get a new take. In 1967, Rex Harrison did his Henry Higgins shtick with song and […]
The Glendale Centre Theatre presents “Charley’s Aunt” continuing through Feb. 1. “Charley’s Aunt” is a fun farce written by Brandon Thomas. Originally published in 1892, this show has been adapted many times over the years. “Charley’s Aunt” follows two Yale undergraduates, Jack Chesney and Charley Wykeham, who prove that they will do just about anything […]
For the fifth concert in its 10th anniversary season, Le Salon De Musiques – Masters Rediscovered presents “Winter Journey,” an evening of chamber music featuring a program for voice and piano by Austrian master Franz Schubert. The concert is on Sunday, Feb. 9 at 4 p.m. at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, fifth floor. Introduced by […]
The Elixir Piano Trio will open the 2020 Brand Associates Music Series on Jan. 11 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. The trio features violinist Samvel Chilingarian, cellist Fang Fang Xu and pianist Lucy Nargizyan. They will perform music of Haydn, Part, Dvorak and Kouneva. Admission is free. Sponsored by the Brand Associates. Brand Library […]
BY STEVE ZALL AND SID FISH January 2020 Here are some of the shows you can see in our local theaters this month: OPENING “Musket and the Rat” Musket Cherry is a young woman who lives in a gritty, rugged, ungentrified neighborhood in Chicago. Her mom is a deadbeat alcoholic. […]
Le Salon de Musiques is a chamber music series performed in an intimate space without a stage or separation between the audience and the artists. It allows the audience to feel the purity and essence of the music associated with the vibrations of each instrument and the connection to each artist. Celebrating its 10th season, […]
By Charly SHELTON The past year seemed to fly by. There was no shortage of fun and exciting stories in the Travel & Leisure section. Let’s take a look back at some of the best ofs, month-by-month throughout 2019. January Popcornopolis Tour Jan. 19 was National Popcorn Day. To celebrate, LA-based, family-owned popcorn company Popcornopolis […]
By Charly SHELTON New Year’s Eve is just around the corner and Crescenta Valley bars and restaurants are pulling out all the stops to usher in the next decade. Let’s take a look at what some of the popular spots will be up to. Avignone’s. Avignone’s in Montrose was purchased by new owners earlier this […]
By Susan JAMES After 42 years, nine films and multiple iterations for television, the “Star Wars” saga is fairly familiar to a great number of people. “The Rise of Skywalker,” which presumably brings the Skywalker saga full circle, is like a Christmas tree. You know it’s dead but there are so many shiny objects, colored […]