Can Your Kid Score $250 in a Local Art Contest?

Students from kindergarten through 12th grade are invited to create art that represents or interprets the theme 'Water is Life.' The contest winner will receive a $250 grand prize.

Budding artists and talented foothill kids are invited to use crayons, markers, pencils, paints pastels, paper or fabric to create a poster promoting stewardship of our water resources.  Foothill Municipal Water District and the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California are sponsoring the "Water is Life" student art contest for children in kindergarten through 12th grade. Kids from La Crescenta, La Cañada Flintridge and Altadena are eligible to enter the contest before the deadline on May 25.  This is the district’s first time participating in the “Water Is Life” student art contest, which is co-sponsored by Metropolitan Water District, said Daniel Drugan, Education Director at Foothill Municipal Water District.  "We believe that …

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Photos: Honoring Lives Lost During Armenian Genocide

The City of Glendale's Armenian Genocide Commemoration at the Alex Theatre remembered the lives lost and celebrated the Armenian culture 97 years after the Ottoman Empire killed nearly 1.5 million Armenians.

Hundreds of community members and local dignitaries gathered at the Alex Theatre to remember and honor victims of the Armenian Genocide from 1915 to 1923.  Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank), Glendale City Councilman Ara Najarian and Rafi Manoukian were some of the speakers during the memorial event Tuesday.  Armenians continue demanding recognition of the genocide, which many historians say was the first genocide of the 20th Century, according to Huffington Post.  President Barack Obama referred to the killings nearly a century ago as "one of the worst atrocities of the 20th century," Huffington Post reported.  He has, however, stopped short of saying the word genocide.  Obama had vowed as a presidential candidate to recognize the genocide once…

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Shakespeare Ensemble to Perform at Descanso

The Los Angeles theatrical group, the California Shakespeare Ensemble, focuses on the words and the characters, not costumes and 'artificial inflection.'

A new Shakespeare ensemble will debut at Descanso Gardens on April 21 with a performance of Twelfth Night. Three working actors had an idea one evening over dinner: what if they got the best Shakespearean actors they knew, then stripped their favorite plays down to only the words and the people? No fairy costumes. No artificial inflection. Just a dogged determination to tell the story at hand. By the end of dinner, the California Shakespeare Ensemble was born. The ensemble is based on the idea of a supergroup; it is a side project for currently working actors, and an incubator for up-and-coming actors. Some in the ensemble are the stars of hit TV shows (Ken Baumann on The Secret Life of the American Teenager, David Blue from Stargate: …

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Nicole Charky

7:01 am on Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Ozzie, have you been to one of these performances before? I've never been! Sounds like a lot of fun.   more ›

'Hitchcock' With Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren, Scarlett Johansson Films in Montrose

Montrose can expect to see cast and crew from the film 'Hitchcock' featuring Anthony Hopkins as Alfred Hitchcock, Helen Mirren as wife Alma Reville, James D'Arcy as Anthony Perkins and Scarlett Johansson as Janet Leigh.

Actors Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren or Scarlett Johansson could be wandering through the Montrose Shopping Park Friday as Fox Searchlight begins production for Hitchcock at Faye's Intimate Apparel on the northeast corner of Honolulu Avenue and Ocean View Boulevard. The Montrose Shopping Park Association made the public announcement on Facebook, inviting locals to stop by the live film set and Montrose Shopping Park Friday.  Jessica Biel and Toni Collette are also apparently cast in the film, according to Collider.com.  The film is a love story between Hitchcock and his partner, Alma Reville, Collider reports. It's set during the making of Hitchcock’s classic Psycho.  Check back with Patch for a full report and photos from the film shoot. 

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Annual Art Contest to Feature Online Voting

Winners of this year's Congressional Arts Competition will have their work displayed in the U.S. Capitol for one year.

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) announced this week that he will host the annual Congressional Arts Competition Forum & Exhibit for the 29th District, featuring high school student artwork from the region, on April 15. A number of La Cañada and La Crescenta students are participating, said Patrick Boland, Schiff's communications director. The Congressional Art Competition is an annual contest, with submissions from across the country. The winner from each Congressional District has their work displayed in the U.S. Capitol for one year. In addition, Schiff is opening up the competition with a “People’s Choice” award, which will be decided through an online vote.  “Every year, I receive amazing art from high school students across the 29th …

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Foothill Locals Seek Funds for T-Shirt Business (Video)

The trio of entrepreneurs mixed art and business to create [SIC] Apparel in a garage in La Cañada.

To three La Cañada High School graduates, fresh out of college, T-shirts are a vehicle for exhibiting art, and paying respect to the artist. And now, the trio's business, [SIC] Apparel, is soliciting start-up capital to the tune of $18,000. Amount raised as of Thursday morning: $5,284, according to [SIC] Apparel's Kickstarter campaign page. Kickstarter is a funding platform for creative projects.  [SIC] Apparel is the brainchild of Francis Pollara, Anya Rosen and Walter Mansilla, who graduated from La Cañada High in 2007. The entrepreneurs work out of the garage of Rosen's childhood home, where they've set up a radial screen printing press that can produce from 100 to 300 shirts an hour. Who Does What? Rosen earned a degree in fine art …

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L.A. County Arts Program Offers Paid Internships for College Students

Internship positions close as soon as they are filled during the April 3 to May 16 recruitment period.

[The following news release was provided by the Los Angeles County Arts Commission.] Summer job opportunities for 74 college students are now available through the L.A. County Arts Internship Program. Descriptions of and contacts for the internship positions are posted on the Arts Commission’s Web site. Go to www.lacountyarts.org, click on “Internships,” then “Opportunities for Students.” Interested students should act as soon as positions are posted as there is stiff competition for a limited number of internships. Students apply directly to the organization offering the internship, not the Arts Commission. The organizations make final candidate selections quickly as internships begin on June 1.  Graduating seniors who complete their …

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Do You Support Glendale Arts? (Video)

Local leaders, artists and business owners are featured in Glendale Arts campaign video collection on YouTube.

Glendale Arts has launched several YouTube campaign videos to promote the Alex Theatre and maintaining it, including one message from Elissa Glickman, Interim CEO of Glendale Arts - a non-profit organization that manages the theater.  Several local leaders and business owners are featured, including City Manager Scott Ochoa; Betty Porto, owner of Porto's Bakery; Glendale Police Lt. Bruce Fox; and Glendale Police Fire Chief Harold Scoggins.  Here are some other musicians and locals who spoke about Glendale Arts: Miles Mosley, Upright Brass Player Jim Wilke, Glendale Arts Board Chair Maria Sahakian, Marketing & Events Manager of the Alex Theatre Eileen Givens, former Glendale Mayor Ardashes 'Ardy' Kassakhian, Glendale City Clerk Bob Birchard…

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Alex Theatre May Close its Curtains on Renovations

The Alex Theatre was supported by Glendale's Redevelopment Agency, which was eliminated by the state, and now its future ownership is unknown. The landmark's entertainment history spans from a 1920s vaudeville house to a performing arts center.

Glendale's Alex Theatre may have to put aside renovations pending a possible sale following the elimination of redevelopment agencies in California, according to the Glendale News-Press.  If the city can't take ownership, the landmark theater could go up for sale - which would make it at threat to close, The News-Press reports.  "In their most recent quarterly report, Glendale Arts, which operates the theater, said they’re holding off on the major upgrades until they know whether earlier moves to try and transfer ownership of the venue from the now-defunct Redevelopment Agency to the city are deemed legal," according to the News-Press. The Alex Theatre opens its curtains to foothill and greater Los Angeles residents for performances from …

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Kristen S

8:06 am on Tuesday, March 27, 2012

20 years ago...I was part of a show to save the Alex Theatre. It was called Alexander, Then and Now. I think they should do another show and use the local talent from the area to put it on. It would raise money as well as awareness. When I did the show, it was so important that even Bob Hope showed up to show his support. If we did something like that again, we could raise money for Glendale Arts…   more ›