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FREE (*tickets required) Friday night sing-alongs at Walt Disney Concert Hall

Patty Paul — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 22:02:10 +0100

If you are like me and like to sing along to your favorite tunes - the Friday night sing alongs are for you!! Just let your voice blend in with all the others in the audience and belt it out..

Friday Night Sing-Alongs
W.M. Keck Amphitheatre, Walt Disney Concert Hall
6:30pm to 7:30pm, repeats 8pm to 9pm
FREE admission*, donations welcomed.

July 23: Disco Hits
Its Disco "Sing-Along" Inferno with hundreds of other disco fanat...

"My Home Town" Photo Contest

Glendale Clean & Beautiful, Inc. — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 19:28:02 +0100

To all Photography Enthusiasts...

What do you like best about your City? Can you capture this on camera? On behalf of the Committee for a Clean & Beautiful Glendale, I would like to invite you to take a photo in the communities of Glendale, Montrose, or La Crescenta and enter in the 2010 "My Home Town" photo contest.
Submissions will be exhibited at the "Summer Night on the Plaza" event which will take place July 29th from 6 to 8:30 PM in Perkins Plaza, located behind141 North ...

Second Tuesday of each month - FREE admission to the Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum

Patty Paul — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 16:39:10 +0100

The first movie ever shot in Los Angeles was a Western. (I did not know that). This summer take your youngsters and oldsters FREE to the Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum, located in Griffith Park. The second Tuesday of each month is FREE ADMISSION day to the museum.

The museum isn't just about Hollywood cowboys. The Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum is devoted to the history of real Old West: cowboys, Indians, trappers, frontiersmen, Colt revolvers, buffalo stampedes, stag...

Admission to the Griffith Park Observatory building and grounds is FREE. Have some summer fun!!

Patty Paul — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 16:27:01 +0100

Looking for FREE fun things to do with your kids or out of town guests this summer (or anytime during the year)? Check out the Girffith Park Observatory.. it has re-opened and is even more spectacular now. I went recently and was overwhelmed by the amazing building process that has resulted in the glorious new structure... go see it and be thrilled!!

General Information

Griffith Observatory is an icon of Los Angeles, a national leader in public astronomy, a belov...

Support live Theatre!!

Patty Paul — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 16:07:34 +0100

Support Live Theatre!!! Buy individual tickets or subscribe to a theatre company for a season, but go out and see live theatre. Introduce your children, grandchildren, nieces and nephews, brothers and sisters to theatre. See comedies, dramas, classics, musicals but be present to give your support to LA's theatre - 1500 or 99 seat theatre. Just go. How lucky are we to be in the greater Los Angeles area with many many theatres available: children's theatre at Glendale Center Theatre; the ...

Save big with Laemmle Theatres... have you noticed an entertainment theme here??

Patty Paul — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 21:31:49 +0100

SAVE BIG WITH LAEMMLE THEATRES:

• Free Movies! - Sign up for the Sneak Preview Club!
• New Student Sunday Nights! - $7 tickets after 6pm and discounts on popcorn!
• Senior Wednesdays - $4.50 tickets for any film starting before 6pm! Seniors Only.
• Free Popcorn on Thursdays! - Premiere Card Members w/paid admission.
• Premiere Card: $2 Off Tickets Mon-Thur, $1 Off Tickets Fri-Sun, 20% Off Concessions...

AMC Summer Movie Camp - only $1 admission at 10 am each Tuesday

Patty Paul — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 20:59:28 +0100

Looking for a cool getaway for gobs of kids this summer? AMC Summer MovieCamp will be offered at 10 a.m. each Tuesday morning this summer at participating theatres, from June 15 through August 10. At only $1 admission, it’s an affordable option for summer fun for families and groups. All admission and concession proceeds will benefit two AMC charities. What a great way to entertain the kids!

YouTube Helps Museum Connect with Artists

Elissa Glickman — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 00:41:57 +0100

June 13, 2010

Guggenheim and YouTube Seek Budding Video Artists

By CAROL VOGEL

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/14/arts/design/14video.html?ref=arts&pagewanted=print

For artists, being included in a museum exhibition generally means first having to penetrate the well-guarded gates of a prestigious art gallery. But now the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and YouTube are aiming to short-circuit that exclusionary art-world system, at least briefly, in much t...

Does Size Matter in the Arts?

Elissa Glickman — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 00:29:30 +0100

Posted: June 14, 2010 08:35 AM

Michael Kaiser
President of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Does Size Matter in the Arts?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-kaiser/does-size-matter-in-the-a_b_610917.html?view=print

One of the frustrating responses I receive to my "Arts in Crisis" presentations is that my recipe for success only works for large organizations in big cities.

I could not disagree more. I believe that pla...

Glendale's Storefront Art Installation Program

Elissa Glickman — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 03:55:33 +0100

Opportunities for artists to showcase their work in downtown Glendale, is growing. The Glendale Redevelopment Agency has retained Praccis, Inc. to launch the Storefront Art Installation Program.

All interested artists are encouraged to Click Here for more information about signing up and receiving the Call for Artists.

For other inquiries or to learn more about this exciting new downtown program, please call:
Annette Vartanian at (818) 548-2005

The Presidio in San Francisco installs animal habitat art project

Elissa Glickman — Sun, 30 May 2010 03:48:37 +0100

latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-ca-presidiohabitats-20100530,0,6191589.story

The Presidio in San Francisco installs animal habitat art project

Artists create nests, domes, towers and other works aimed at accommodating local wildlife and luring back some critters to the national park.

By Jori Finkel

Los Angeles Times Staff Writer

May 30, 2010

Arts Managers Fleeing Industry - Stress is Too Much to Handle

Elissa Glickman — Mon, 24 May 2010 17:00:52 +0100

Everyone Else Outsources, So Why Can't The Arts?

Elissa Glickman — Mon, 24 May 2010 16:38:15 +0100

Everyone Else Outsources, So Why Can't The Arts?

by Elizabeth Blair

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=127039922&ft=1&f=1008

May 23, 2010

In Columbus, Ohio, a number of arts groups are doing what American businesses started doing a long time ago: outsourcing. The recess...

Glendale’s 6th Annual Open Studio Tour

Elissa Glickman — Wed, 12 May 2010 14:01:37 +0100

Artists are invited to participate in Glendale’s 6th Annual Open Studio Tour (OST) which will be held on Saturday, July 24. Glendale artists and art organizations will open up their studios to the public. This self-guided tour is FREE and offers a rare opportunity to see the works of many of the talented award-winning artists who live and work in City of Glendale. All OST participating artists will be eligible to exhibit in the Brand Library Art Gallery from July 17 to August 13....

10 Tips for Keeping Your Board Fired Up

Elissa Glickman — Sun, 09 May 2010 23:51:46 +0100

10 Tips for Keeping Your Board Fired Up and in Action for the Cause

May 2010

Someone said once, "We all get the boards we deserve." They meant that the more attention we pay to our board and its individual members, the more we'll get out of them.

We all want enthusiastic, action-oriented board members who pay attention and get things done. But high-performing boards don't just happen. It takes time, clear focus, and careful strategies to get them there.

Here are 1...

A Master of Watercolor: Lynda A. N. Reyes at the National Watercolor Society Exhibit

Lynda A. N. Reyes — Fri, 07 May 2010 16:39:53 +0100

A mesmerizing array of watercolor works, stretching the boundaries and varieties of expressiveness within this medium is currently on display by the members of the National Wa...

Jewel City Scene - Great ARS Festival Celebrating Armenian Culture

Diana Funaro — Tue, 04 May 2010 16:15:51 +0100

Jewel City Scene – Great ARS Festival Celebrating Armenian Culture

By Diana Funaro

With passion and dedication to their heritage, the Armenian Relief Society celebrated the arts, crafts, music, food and dance of their ancient culture this past weekend...

Museum of Contemporary Art Family Day on May 2 - FREE

Patty Paul — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 15:24:36 +0100

MOCA’s Annual Big Family Day on May 2
www.moca.org
Don’t miss Big Family Day, MOCA’s biggest family celebration of the year, featuring entertainment, art-making activities, and student docents from the museum’s Contemporary Art Start program discussing Collection: MOCA’s First Thirty Years. Everyone is welcome!

SUNDAY, MAY 2, 1–4pm
MOCA Grand Avenue
250 South Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90012

Spec...

Friend Glendale Arts on Facebook

Elissa Glickman — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 21:41:43 +0100

Become our friend on Facebook

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Jewel City Scene - Great Customer Service at Golden Touch

Diana Funaro — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 21:10:46 +0100

Jewel City Scene – Customer Service Rules at Golden Touch

By Diana Funaro

Customer Service rules at Golden Touch Beauty Salon and Supply on Foothill in North Glendale. Owner Annie Voskanion goes out of her way to make customers comfortable and enjoy themselves whet...