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On the Town: Hospital guild keeps the Razzle Dazzle going
Sixty-five years ago this month, President Truman delivered the first televised White House address, England’s then-Princess Elizabeth was preparing for her wedding to Prince Phillip, and the New York Yankees defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers in the...
Tags: Jackie Robinson, Brooklyn (New York City), White House, Harry S. Truman, Barack Obama
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San Fernando Valley roundup: Knitting still has many fans, Driver goes through Salvation Army and Pierce College Halloween Festival
Good morning, readers! Today is Sunday, October 21. Knitting still has a place in 2012. A group in Studio City still enjoys making things by hand. La Knitterie Parisienne even offers classes to those who don't know how to turn a ball of yarn into a...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, The Salvation Army, Google+, Education, Halloween
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On the Town: PTA and Booster Club partner for fall fun
With fall officially in full swing, members of the Parent Teachers Assn. and Booster Club of Burbank's Theodore Roosevelt Elementary School welcomed the season with their annual Fall Festival Picnic fundraiser last week. Transforming the grounds of the...
Tags: Music Theater, Tim Conway, Arts and Culture, Music, Rey Sanchez
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San Fernando Valley roundup: Pierce weather station gets an upgrade, Caruso bows out of Mayor's race
Good morning, readers. Today is Friday, October 12. A renovated weather station was unveiled on a cloudy day in the San Fernando Valley. Pierce College's station will help scientists predict climate change, reports the L.A. Times. It looks like...
Tags: Academy Awards, Malaysia, Rick Caruso, Google+
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DVD review: 'Samurai Trilogy' is a cut above predecessor
In 1954, Japan's Toho studio made three films that achieved enduring international success. The first was Akira Kurosawa's “Seven Samurai,” which shows up within the top 10 of nearly every international critics' poll. The second was “...
Tags: Academy Awards, DVDs, Akira Kurosawa, Japan, Toshiro Mifune
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Dance review: 'Dance in the USA' has hits and misses
The Pacific Ballet Dance Theatre's presentation of “Dance in the USA” at the John Anson Ford Theatre on Aug. 17 was sometimes whimsical, other times inspiring and, a few times, a bit lackluster. However, overall, the Burbank dance company'...Tags: Irving Berlin, Art Garfunkel, Michael Jackson, Duke Ellington, Paul Simon
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Salsa swings as the main course
To the casual observer, Burbank may not look like a hotbed of salsa and swing dancing. But anyone looking a little more closely this summer would have discovered crowds filling the sidewalks of downtown Burbank every Thursday night, stepping out to the...
Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Dining and Drinking, Arts and Culture, Culture, Concerts
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On the Town: Fundraiser honors local educator
Just a decade short of being a centenarian, like its host city, the Kiwanis Club of Burbank staged its 15th annual gala fundraiser at Lakeside Golf Club this past week. Chaired by Marsha Jackson, this event, established in 1998, which honors dedicated...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Habitat for Humanity International, Human Interest, Education, Cancer
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Theaters from Burbank to South Pasadena
Shakespeare, Molière, musical romps, contemporary classics, comedies of all Jordi Galcerán's descriptions, cutting-edge new work — theater in Southern California is varied, plentiful and far-flung, from the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego and...
Tags: Irving Berlin, Music Theater, Jackie Robinson, Los Angeles Kings, Awards and Prizes
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The theater that Colonized Burbank
Barbara Beckley, pencil thin and fiercely emphatic, sits in an armchair in the living room-style lobby of the Colony Theatre in Burbank. Sounds from the stage indicate that rehearsals are underway for the second show of the Colony's 38th season: the...
Tags: Music Theater, David Rose, Arts and Culture, Noise (movie), Ray Bradbury
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On the Town: Dancing up a storm at the Ford
While some had no choice but to stand due to a sell-out, standing-room-only house, even those with seats at the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre took to their feet in a standing ovation following the Pacific Ballet Dance Theatre’s “Dance in the...
Tags: Irving Berlin, Tommy Dorsey, Ella Fitzgerald, Bill Haley, New York City
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Warner Bros. moves 'Great Gatsby' from 2012 to summer 2013
Long buzzed about as an Academy Award contender, Baz Luhrmann's "The Great Gatsby" won't be competing for any Oscars this season, as Warner Bros. is moving the F. Scott Fitzgerald adaptation's release date from Christmas 2012 to summer 2013. It's the...
Tags: Academy Awards, Christmas, Baz Luhrmann, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., F. Scott Fitzgerald
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