By Jake BOWMAN As a 30-year-old man I can still remember the days when playing video games was considered “nerdy” or “uncool.” Those of us who were passionate about games and the culture surrounding them often had to seek companionship online or in the dark corners of high school. Recently that has begun to change; […]
By Charly SHELTON After 22 films, 11 years, $20 billion at the box office and countless memories, the Avengers have finally Avenged. Starting with “Iron Man” way back in 2008, the idea of a cinematic universe was created and perfected through these films – some as good as “The Avengers” (2012) and some as meh […]
BY STEVE ZALL AND SID FISH May 2019 Here are some of the shows you can see in our local theaters this month: OPENING “VIOLENCE: The Misadventures of Spike Spangle, Farmer” tells the story of Spike Spangle, a down on his luck farmer who gets sucked into a whirlwind […]
By Jake BOWMAN “Sister Act” is a 1992 muscial comedy film starring Whoopi Goldberg. It is about a nightclub singer, Deloris Van Cartier, who witnesses a murder and is forced to hide out with a group of nuns. While hiding in the convent, Deloris takes charge of their choir group and helps them to create […]
On May 1 the Free Admission Glendale Noon Concerts will feature the Calico Winds, who will be performing compositions from Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copeland, Irvine Fine and Denes Agay. With style and grace, Calico Winds is taking wind music to the forefront of the chamber music world by artfully reinventing the conventional wind quintet. They […]
On April 24, 1916, a band of rebels took up arms at Dublin’s General Post Office to declare Irish independence from the British Empire. England was asking young men from around the empire to fight and die on foreign shores for the cause of freedom in World War I, and the patriots of the Easter […]
» Video Game Review By Jake BOWMAN “Down To Hell” is an answer to the question, “What if you combined video games and heavy metal music?” A 2D hack-and-slash/beat-em-up game, which developer Red Dev Studio affectionately calls a ‘slash-em-up,’ “Down To Hell” is a game I really want to like but, in its current state, […]
By Charly SHELTON Harry Potter is the boy who lived. But without the Dark Lord, young Potter would just be another kid. The story of the hero is nothing without a villain. And yet, in the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios Hollywood, the villains have been oddly absent. The main ride, “Harry […]
By Robin GOLDSWORTHY An estimated 900 people came to Honolulu Avenue in Montrose on Sunday afternoon to sample the friendliness of the town – and some craft beer. The occasion was the annual Montrose Craft Beer Fest, hosted by the Montrose-Verdugo City Chamber of Commerce. “We had great energy going into the event,” said chamber […]
By Charly SHELTON To all ye knights and squires, ye fey folk and sprites, ye merchants and travelers. Hail and well met! If ye seek a place where the vaguely-medieval/fantasy theme is rampant amongst all who pass hither, search thou no further than the Renaissance Faire. The Santa Fe Dam Recreation Center in Irwindale is […]