By Ted AYALA The future of arts and culture funding in Glendale was discussed by City Council on Tuesday. In recent years, Glendale’s reputation as an arts hub has been steadily growing. The city is home to several musical ensembles, entertainment studios and soon will be host to the Neon Museum formerly of West Hollywood. […]
By Ted AYALA Valentine’s Day is approaching and with it are myriad ways for musicians the world over to reflect upon love and sing its praises – literally. “If music be the food of love, play on,” the Bard of Avon famously wrote. Local musicians will be doing just that, presenting a dizzying array of […]
By Ted AYALA The “Latin American boom” was a time of unprecedented growth and exploration in the literature of Hispanophone America; a time when writers like Julio Cortázar, Manuel Puig, Carlos Fuentes and Mario Vargas Llosa, among others, enriched their literary soil with an infusion of the modernism of the U.S. and Europe. It was […]
By Ted AYALA The days of that scourge of the sewer drain, that trusty companion of dog owners everywhere, the plastic shopping bag, are numbered in Glendale. In a final vote taken Tuesday night, Glendale City Council voted in favor of banning the plastic shopping bag in the city. By January 2014, retailers across the […]
By Ted AYALA The future of gun shows at the Glendale Civic Auditorium is looking shakier after the Glendale City Council voted on Tuesday to direct city staff to explore a possible ban on such gun shows on city property. The ban, which would effectively end the long-running Glendale Gun Show that has been held […]
By Ted AYALA Following the examples of neighboring cities such as Los Angeles and Pasadena, Glendale City Council unanimously agreed Tuesday to set the foundation for a ban on plastic grocery bags. The ordinance will return to the agenda next week for final approval. “The impetus for their measure,” said director of Public Works Steve […]
By Ted AYALA The war of attrition that has characterized the battle between CalTrans and residents of Glendale, La Cañada, Pasadena, South Pasadena, and northeast Los Angeles over the proposed 710 extension entered a new phase this week. CalTrans announced that ownership of 17 of the homes in its possession across Pasadena, South Pasadena, and […]
By Ted AYALA The milestones and events that have dotted the calendar this year have been innumerable and, in many cases, unforgettable. But the passing of one of the United States’ most respected – certainly the most senior still active – was for many musicians an unexpected blow. Composer Elliott Carter died from natural causes […]
By Ted AYALA The axles of time inexorably grind away, with the old year – it does not seem very long ago that 2012 was the “new year” – now having only a few scattered grains of sand in a spent hourglass, its surface painted with the residue of memories accumulated over the months that […]
By Ted AYALA Chris McReynolds’ voice belies the problems that have beset his entrepreneurial pursuits: clear, with a cheerful lilt. Despite the hopefully momentary impediments to the fulfillment of his dream, there is in his voice a feeling of optimism unbowed, of a deep resource of inner resilience. “We don’t have a major beef with […]