On April 11-12, Universal Studios is hosting a premium evening event that invites guests to be among the first to experience Dark Arts at Hogwarts Castle with exclusive, coveted after-hours access to Hogsmeade™ village, where fans can also explore the shops and experience the land’s signature rides. The event’s main attraction is an exclusive first-look […]
BY STEVE ZALL AND SID FISH April 2019 Here are some of the shows you can see in our local theaters this month: OPENING “The Root Beer Bandits – A Rootin’ Tootin’ Wild West Musicale” tells the story of Polly Peppercorn, the only female to ride for the Pony Express. […]
By Charly SHELTON Back in 1932, berry farmer Walter Knott was introduced to a new berry hybrid by his friend Rudolph Boysen. It was part red raspberry, part blackberry and part loganberry. The notoriously hard-to-grow berry plant was dying under Boysen’s care, so Knott took it back to his berry farm in Buena Park where […]
By Charly SHELTON Antarctica was not always a frozen wasteland. Back in the Late Permian and Early Triassic, about 260 million years ago, it was more like Seattle, Washington in terms of climate – wet and full of giant forests, with temperatures in the 50s-to-60s degrees Fahrenheit. This was still slightly colder than the rest […]
The speaker at the next Little Landers historical and educational program is Craig Durst, The History Hunter. He will take the audience for a trip down Foothill Boulevard like none other. He will introduce notable points of interest not otherwise known and after this presentation, Foothill Boulevard will never seem the same again. This program […]
By Charly SHELTON Whether you reach for a Guinness or a dyed-green beer, there are enough St. Patrick’s Day celebrations around LA to suit anyone’s needs. From Long Beach to LA proper, there were events at pubs and restaurants to celebrate the Irish people, their diaspora in America and abroad, and the Irish culture that […]
By Grace BENNETT, intern Although the success stories of Crescenta Valley High School (CVHS) graduates are extensive, the feats accomplished by 2018 graduate Carter Thomas are impressive even by comparison. Director Thomas is debuting his first original play adaptation “Alice in Wonderland The Musical” at Glendale Centre Theatre (GCT) Children’s Theatre on March 23. The […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Before, there were cute videos of cats playing the piano. Even before we all heard the first rendition of “Smelly Cat” on “Friends,” there was T.S. Elliot, the ultimate lover of all things cats. T.S. Elliot’s “Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats” was first published in 1939. It is a series of […]
By Susan JAMES Have you ever searched for that perfect word? You know, the one that will send Twitter into viral paroxysms or Facebook into spasms of Googling? If you have then have I got a website for you! For over a decade popping into my e-mailbox every morning is a word of the day, […]
By Susan JAMES As little as two years ago conventional wisdom in Hollywood believed that casting a woman as the lead in a superhero tentpole movie or going with an all-black cast would mean the kiss of death at the box office. Then came Gal Gadot in “Wonder Woman” (grossing over $800 million worldwide) and […]