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After Greuel’s Duel with Greuel, We Say WhewBy Ari L. Noonan @ 4:00 PM May 22, 2013Found in: Op-Ed Delicious riddance. Obnoxious, ethically challenged Wendy (Vote for Me Because I Am a Girl) Greuel, like a wheezing container of Drano, has slid through the pipes, gurgling down the drain – please, please for keeps. Her comprehensive whipping last night by Eric Garcetti in the mayor’s race was as deserved as any punishment meted out in recent years in Los Angeles politics.read |
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What Young People Can Learn from Studying FacesBy Letters to the Editor @ 3:00 PM May 22, 2013Found in: Letters By Keith Johnson. Hello, Everyone: I am often asked, why do you and your wife work so hard for a youth football and cheer program? Why do you and your wife put in so much of your own resources?read |
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Rabbi in Desperate Need of HelpBy Letters to the Editor @ 3:00 PM May 22, 2013Found in: Letters By Danny and Jina Tabarzia. Dear Friends: Allow me to take a few minutes of your time. Rabbi Noam Capri, the second grade rebbe (teacher) at Emek Hebrew Academy in the Valley, is in need of a heart transplant.read |
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Balanced Budget Too Much To Ask?By George Laase @ 12:00 PM May 22, 2013Found in: Op-Ed The School Board, in accepting the three negotiated Collective Bargaining Agreements, has agreed to increase the School District employees’ salary schedules by 2 percent this year and for each of the next two years. In so doing, Board members have added almost $8.1M to the District’s budget over the next three fiscal years.read |
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A Farewell Hard to SwallowBy Ari L. Noonan @ 11:00 AM May 22, 2013Found in: Editor's Essays Observing the fascinating parade of politicians that passes through our town, you begin to feel like one of those old-fashioned, chair-sitting maiden ladies who used to operate department store elevators in the ‘40s and ‘50s. What floor, please? Customers enter, mumble, and they depart without a recognizable trace. Occasionally, a gentleman the stature of Carmen Trutanich steps onto your elevator. A man whose time to go has arrived before he planned to exit, as happens in democracies.read |
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Speaking of Crenshaw Line, Garcetti Loses Black Vote in a WhopperBy Damien Goodmon @ 8:00 AM May 22, 2013Found in: Op-Ed Despite winning the mayor’s race last night by a comfortable margin, Eric Garcetti lost the black vote 71 percent to 29 percent with Crenshaw Line decisions affecting the black community coming up in the first days of his administration.read |
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Baaaaaa! Meet the Ultimate Black Sheep in the Pearlman FamilyBy John Walsh @ 8:00 AM May 22, 2013Found in: Op-Ed This is an open invitation to media worldwide to interview Los Angeles Community College Distrct Board of Trustees winner Ms. Nancy Pearlman about her unique relationship with her infamous nephew Adam Pearlman Gadahn. Mr. Gadahn is tied to the co-plotting of...read |
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Garcetti’s Gentler Tactics Earn a 4-Year Sentence as the MayorBy Ari L. Noonan @ 8:00 AM May 22, 2013Found in: News Proving that touting your own record plays more favorably with voters than constantly launching acerbic bombs against your opponent, three-term Los Angeles City Councilman Eric Garcetti last night fairly swamped City Controller Wendy Greuel in the runoff for mayor...For a pleasant departure, all of yesterday’s high-profile races were decisive.read |
THE LOWDOWN
AVPA Chamber Singers at Disney Hall
From Dr. Tony Spano, co-Executive Director of Culver City High School’s Academy of Visual and Performing Arts:
As we begin to wrap up the school year, there are still a few more spectacular performances left to catch.
Our fifth annual celebration of AVPA at the the Kirk Douglas Theatre, Java Gala, promises to wow the audience with memorable performances on Saturday, June 8.
Meanwhile, the AVPA music department has been preparing for a whirlwind closing. On Thursday, May 30, and Friday, May 31, we will present two completely different music concerts for the first time, at the Robert Frost Auditorium.
We will open Thursday with the solo and small ensemble Collage Concert.
Students in the Flute Ensemble, Percussion Ensemble and Jazz Combo will perform, along with musicians who have been working on a chamber music project this year. Soloists will be featured, a rare chance for student musicians to perform solo music on the main stage of the Frost.
On Friday, the large ensembles will perform in a traditional concert format. The Concert Band, String Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble, and Chamber Singers will feature a wide-range of music. The String Ensemble, directed by Dr. Tania Fleischer, recently performed on the AVPA Spring Dance Concert Humans Are Weird.
The music program has had one of its busiest spring semesters. On April 26, the Chamber Singers, with assistant director Aaron Sim, joined 900 fellow high school choir students to perform at Walt Disney Concert Hall with the L. A. Master Chorale High School Choir Festival.
The Jazz Combo has performed several gigs throughout the year, including two recent ones: at the Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook for the AVPA Soundscapes event, and at Sony Pictures Studios for the Culver City Education Foundation’s “Tribute to the Stars” event.
See avpa.org
COMMUNITY UPDATE
We thank Kathy Eads of dee-Lightful Productions for this notice:
For four performances next week, Thursday, May 30, through Saturday, June 1, dee-Lightful Productions, featuring students 7 to 17 years old, will stage Schoolhouse Rock Live! Jr. at the Vets Auditorium, 4117 Overland Ave.
The programs are at 6:30 on Thursday and Friday, and at 1 and 6:30 on Saturday.