By Nestor CASTIGLIONE As reported in the May 25 issue of the CV Weekly, the battle over the 710 Freeway corridor, one of the region’s most enduring and controversial infrastructure projects, seems to finally be reaching its end. Last Thursday the board of directors of the Metropolitan Transportation Agency (Metro) voted unanimously against pursuing the […]
By Nestor CASTIGLIONE The works that sent forth the name of Stravinsky into the world as a composer were a trio of ballets that he composed near the beginning of his career before World War I. But it was in a location far removed from his early triumphs – separated by 6,000 miles, 60 years […]
By Néstor CASTIGLIONE The political fracas over the future of the 710 Freeway extension – to build or not to build – has been one that has pitted Sacramento against cities, and cities against cities, for the better part of the late 20th century and the entirety of the present one. But the situation may […]
By Néstor CASTIGLIONE The political fracas over the future of the 710 Freeway extension – to build or not to build – has been one that has pitted Sacramento against cities, and cities against cities, for the better part of the late 20th century and the entirety of the present one. But the situation may […]
‘Landscapes of Memory’ Opens DT Glendale Library By Nestor CASTIGLIONE The Downtown Glendale Library this Friday, May 19 will be cutting the ribbon on ReflectSpace. Designed as a wing of the library that would host rotating exhibits on atrocities and crimes against humanity that have occurred during modern history, the RelfectSpace was closed for […]
By Nestor CASTIGLIONE President Donald Trump’s administration earlier this year made it known that it had trained its sights on the National Endowment of the Arts (NEA) and the National Endowment of the Humanities (NEH), seeking to effectively eliminate them. Part of a whole package of controversial cuts – among them eliminating federal funding to […]
Attentive listeners had much to contemplate and enjoy at the Le Salon de Musiques concert on Sunday at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. The three composers represented on the program – Samuel Barber, Rebecca Clarke and Amy Beach – though disparate in life, shared an aesthetic realm. All three found the center of their careers’ gravity […]
By Néstor CASTIGLIONE In an era where the ostentatious and vulgar, where naked careerism and self-obsession dominate culture, the single-minded devotion to cultivating the beautiful can be a revolutionary act. “Pleasure is the only law,” the young Claude Debussy once retorted to his teacher. Taking inspiration from disparate sources – the rich chromaticism of Wagner, […]
By Nestor CASTIGLIONE Glendale City Council last month passed resolutions reaffirming the city’s commitment to protecting demographical minorities from harassment and abuse. Immigrant and LGBT communities, in particular, have expressed concern over perceptions that the administration of President Donald Trump will weaken existing protections. Since taking office, the White House has issued travel bans extending […]
By Néstor CASTIGLIONE “There’s no such thing as bad publicity,” goes the old adage. Though it’s safe to say that many Glendalians are likely none too fond of the notoriety of its traffic-swarmed streets – to say nothing of the resulting accidents they leave in their wake. The Metropolitan Transportation Agency (MTA) is offering residents […]