By Ted AYALA The concerts forming Los Angeles’ “Britten 100” – a celebration of the centenary of Benjamin Britten – will be winding to a close next month with Ruslan Biryukov, the charismatic cellist and founder of the Glendale Philharmonic. At the centerpiece of a program to be presented at the Los Angeles County Museum […]
By Ted AYALA Members of the La Cañada Flintridge Chamber of Commerce (LCFCC) were hoping to channel some of the thunder of the hammer-wielding Norse god Thor – all for a good cause. The chamber held a movie premiere night on Nov. 7 at the UA La Cañada 8 on Verdugo Boulevard organized around the […]
By Ted AYALA Confronted with the music of Beethoven leaves one with the temptation to paraphrase Herbert von Karajan’s remarks about the symphonies of Jean Sibelius being like erratic glacial blocks: It is there, it is colossal, it is of another age and nobody knows how it got there. Thorny, wild, endlessly inventive, strange, cryptic […]
By Ted AYALA The numbers for the city’s operating results for the last fiscal year and the first quarter of the 2013-14 looked bright, according to a report submitted to the Glendale City Council. Director of Finance Robert Elliot delivered the news to council on Tuesday night. “We have good news for a change,” he […]
By Ted AYALA Residents who awoke Monday morning to see the sight at Glendale’s Brand Park may have done a double take. One hundred mules were gathered there on the final leg of a journey that began last month, ending at the Brand Library. The parade of mules – known formally as “100 Mules Walking […]
By Ted AYALA Glendale City Council made brisk work of a packed agenda Tuesday night, its last meeting before a one-week recess next week. The first item on the docket was the awarding of a contract to Chrisp Company of Fremont, Calif. to implement the first phase of the city Bicycle Master Plan (BMP). The […]
By Ted AYALA State Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris’ office rejected a lawsuit brought by a pair of Glendale residents challenging Councilmember Frank Quintero’s eligibility for his position. The lawsuit filed by John Rando and Marian Rodas earlier this year contended that Quintero violated Article VI, Section 12 of the Glendale City Charter: “No former councilmember […]
By Ted AYALA Approval for a massive plan that could potentially have far-reaching effects on the local scenery and economy was discussed by Glendale City Council on Tuesday night. The Los Angeles River Ecosystem Restoration Integrated Report (LARERIR), which had been opened up for public comment on Sept. 13, seeks to restore and revitalize upwards […]
By Ted AYALA Whether or not Arnold Schoenberg actually uttered the well-known quote about there still being great music to be composed in the key of C major, there is no doubt that whoever said that was right. The concept of tonality—even after being dragged and battered through the ideological minefields of 20th century musical […]
By Ted AYALA The organization that formerly assumed management of the Twelve Oaks senior living facility in La Crescenta slapped its successor with a lawsuit last week. The National Charity League’s (NCL) Glendale chapter filed a suit on Oct. 15 against be.group for having “mismanaged and misused” Twelve Oaks revenues and assets. The NCL had […]