By Ted AYALA What was the neoclassical impulse in classical music other than a kind of wish to return to some idyllic, childhood-like time? Southwest Chamber Music explored that idea in a very well assembled program last weekend that explored this return to musical purity and innocence with each of the […]
By Ted AYALA The Metropolitan Transportation Agency (MTA) held a brief online meeting on Friday morning to discuss the options remaining for resolving the impasse over the extension of the 710 Freeway. The meeting was the kick-off to a new round of community meetings that will be held over the coming weeks across the region […]
By Ted AYALA Members of the Crescenta Valley High School cycling team were met with applause on Tuesday afternoon when the Glendale City Council presented the team with a commendation for its highly successful season. The team, which was founded only five years ago, won its first statewide championship in northern California in May when […]
By Ted AYALA The California Philharmonic provided some much needed relief on Saturday night from the oppressive heat and humidity that enveloped Southern California. A bit of Beethoven, The Beach Boys, and The Beatles, not to mention the open-air stage at Santa Anita, helped cool off the crowds. The orchestra turned up the heat in […]
By Ted AYALA Local residents looking to beat the summer heat and find great music making need look no further than the Huntington Gardens in San Marino beginning this month. Southwest Chamber Music, the Grammy Award-winning chamber music ensemble that has earned a worldwide reputation for its excellence and its collaborations with some of today’s […]
By Ted AYALA At some point after 1930, the straight line of musical modernism began to stress and splinter. By the 1970s it shattered altogether. Modernism has never stopped, of course. But what it meant to be a “modernist” or to be a “contemporary composer” went through a profound shift. The path leading to a […]
By Ted AYALA Anger by some residents over the Glendale City Council’s decision earlier this year to terminate the city’s contract with the long running Glendale Gun Show has yet to abate. Supporters of the gun show are hoping to use the city charter to remove one of the strongest opponents of the show. The […]
By Ted AYALA On Tuesday, the Glendale City Council approved a $170.7 million general fund budget after two months spent inspecting the city’s finances. The budget will be effective beginning July 1. The passage of the budget represented a step forward for the city. Beleaguered since 2008 by a listless economy that required the city […]
By Ted AYALA Funding for the Central Library’s renovation project may be heading into rocky waters and how the Glendale City Council will navigate that course remains uncertain. At Tuesday afternoon’s meeting of the city council and Successor Agency, increases in the project’s costs received close scrutiny. The problem for the city began in 2010 […]
By Ted AYALA Less than a dozen people were on hand to hear representatives from Glendale Water & Power (GWP) discuss a proposed electric rate increase at the Sparr Heights Community Center on June 6. The meeting was part of a series of community outreach meetings being held by GWP to inform the public about […]