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Friday Friday Night Flickers - The Santa Clarita Valley Historical Society is proud to present a series of short silent comedies featuring Buster Keaton, Fatty Arbuckle and the Keystone Cops on Friday, June 6, at 7:30 p.m. The films will be shown in the historic Saugus Train Station in Heritage Junction, Newhall, and will feature live accompaniment by 95-year-old Bob Mitchell, the last of the silent era pianists. Three will be free popcorn. The Saugus ...
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Ongoing 'The Full Monty' - The Repertory East Playhouse will continue its Main Stage Series with the hit Broadway Musical "The Full Monty." The musical runs through June 14. Show times are Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. Tickets are $18/$16. Advance reservations are highly recommended. For tickets, purchase on-line at www.repeastplayhouse.org or call (661) 288-0000. The REP is located at 24266 Main St. in Newhall. My Fair Lady - ...
'Love is in the air'
"Love is in the Air," an all-afternoon art and music event featuring 30 outstanding local artists and musicians, will be held at the Hyatt Valencia ballroom from 1 p.m. - 5 p.m. on Saturday, May 31.
Master Chorale Sunday
This Sunday, June 1, the Santa Clarita Master Chorale will treat you to a program of blockbusters, opening with a classic that'll take you from zero to 70 in four beats of a timpani - Carl Orff's "O Fortuna"
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Ongoing 'The Full Monty' - The Repertory East Playhouse will continue its Main Stage Series with the hit Broadway Musical "The Full Monty." The musical runs through June 14. Show times are Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. Tickets are $18/$16. Advance reservations are highly recommended. For tickets, purchase on-line at www.repeastplayhouse.org or call (661) 288-0000. The REP is located at 24266 Main St. in Newhall. 'My Fair Lady' - ...
Fair exchange
Today people live in an informational society. One can get information about almost everything - just click the button on your laptop and that is all. This is called "The Global Village," researched by Herbert Marshall McLuhan. I am sure that people in Dublin, Rome, Kyiv and Moscow, in the north, east, west and south, know about the United States of America, about the educational potential of the country. That is why a lot of exchange programs exist in other parts of the world.
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Ongoing 'The Full Monty' - The Repertory East Playhouse will continue its Main Stage Series with the hit Broadway Musical "The Full Monty." The musical runs through June 14. Show times are Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. Tickets are $18/$16. For tickets, purchase on-line at www.repeastplayhouse.org or call (661) 288-0000. 'My Fair Lady' - The Canyon Theatre Guild presents "My Fair Lady," through June 28, every Friday and Saturday ...
Get your passport ready for Relay For Life
They arrive with walking shoes and sunscreen, coolers and tents. Most come in specially designed T-shirts, each displaying their own personal reason for supporting the event.
Why read? For the fun of it
"Nevermore," quoth Edgar Allan Poe's raven. How eerily he repeated that word to the poet's every question. And whenever I read the second to the last stanza of that poem, when the raven whispers his final negative to Poe, I imagine a tone of irony from that beak and a glimmer of amusement in that eye.
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Monday Zonta Golf Tournament - Golf reservations and sponsorship opportunities are now available for the third annual Zonta Golf Tournament scheduled for Monday, May 19 at Robinson Ranch Golf Course. The tournament can accommodate up to 160 golfers. Sponsorships range from $5,000-title sponsor, to $2,000-eagle sponsors, $1,000-birdie sponsors and a $150-par sponsor. Individual golfers can register for $175 each, which includes golf cart, lunch on the course, a buffet awards ceremony at the end of ...
Modern Indian-Hindu weddings include ancient rituals
Athletes are not the only people who participate in marathons. Earlier last month, I endured a "marathon" of my own. No, I did not run 26.2 miles to cross a finish line and have my photo taken.
12 junior high 'Tech Trekkers' selected
"It was the best experience of my life!" exclaimed last year's American Association of University Women's (AAUW) Tech Trek alumna. All fears were allayed for this year's 7th grade honorees as Tech Trek Science Camp 2007 alumni shared experiences at a congratulatory tea on April 29 at the home of AAUW member Sheree McKeon. With photo albums open to pages of dowel creations and DNA extractions, Tech Trek alumni could barely contain themselves in reminiscing ...
Tea Saturday
The Friends of Hart Park and Museum will host Mary Ellen's Tea party at 12:30 p.m. this Saturday at Hart Hall on the grounds of the William S. Hart Park and Museum, 24151 Newhall Ave. (formerly San Fernando Road) in Newhall.
Struthers opens Salon Series
Sally Struthers will headline The Theatre Project SCV's first Salon this Sunday at All Corked Up, 26340 Diamond Place in Santa Clarita, from 4 p.m. - 7 p.m. Struthers is a two-time Emmy Award & Golden Globe Winner. You know her as Gloria Stivic in "All in the Family," as Louise Miller in "Still Standing" and "Babete Dell" in "Gilmore Girls," on Broadway in "Grease," and other productions too numerous to mention. Struthers will be ...
Wine for hope and a cure
In observance of National Women's Healthcare Month Vino 100 has partnered with Hope Wine during May to raise awareness of women's health issues and engage people in the fight against breast cancer by offering an award-winning coastal California Chardonnay that benefits two great causes: Susan G. Komen for the Cure and the Sheila R. Veloz Breast Imaging Center. Hope Wine donates 50 percent of its profits toward the fight against breast cancer, AIDS and autism. ...
Articles by Section - SCV Life
An ounce of prevention saves lives
SueAnn O'Connor of Valencia has had a lot of dogs in her life, but never one quite like Lulu.
Finding the artist within
Packed with wall-to-wall photos and paintings, Tom Rogers says his house "is a museum."
Master Chorale serves up a ‘feast’
The Chorale wishes you "Bon Apetit!" at this concert featuring a menu of songs about food. Let's begin the feast with "The Seasonings" by P.D.Q. Bach, the forgotten child of the maestro discovered by Professor Peter Schickele: "By the Leeks of Babylon, E-i, e-i-o!"
Gentlemen for a Cause
ack by very popular demand, Soroptomist International of Santa Clarita Valley will host the Second annual "Gentlemen for A Cause" fundraiser on June 8 at the Westridge Clubhouse in Valencia.
Christmas in July
Having just returned from a little visit out of town I have to say that I actually enjoyed my time in the air on Virgin America airlines.
SCV Scene: Happy Mother’s Day to SCV moms
Happy Mother's Day to all the hard-working mothers in the Santa Clarita Valley. I hope you have received breakfast in bed, or a nice Mother's Day Brunch at the very least! One of the truest statements I've ever heard is "No one ever loves you as much as your mother." It's something to remember, always.
The Men of Harmony want you
The Santa Clarita Men of Harmony Chorus will be searching for a few good men to join its ranks when it hosts auditions at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Valencia Library in the Civic Center.
Miss SCV Pageant contestants sought
The Miss Santa Clarita Valley Scholarship Pageant will celebrate its 34th year with a pageant to be held at the Santa Clarita Performing Arts Center on Saturday, June 15.
Kudos to Hopp and Sturgeon
It should be a cooler day today to enjoy the annual Taste of the Town at Mann Biomedical Park in Valencia.
2013 SCV Man and Woman of the Year
Bill Lively did the honors again as he "sang in" the winners at the annual SCV Woman and Man of the Year banquet held Friday evening at the Hyatt Regency Valencia.
Hopp and Sturgeon are SCV's Woman and Man of Year
Bill Lively did the honors again as he "sang in" the winners at the annual SCV Woman and Man of the Year banquet held Friday evening at the Hyatt Regency Valencia.
The SCV's best home cook
The best home cook in the Santa Clarita Valley found her passion for recipe contests in 2009 after winning a trip to the Aspen Food and Wine Festival.
Merry Graham is the SCV's best home cook
The best home cook in the Santa Clarita Valley found her passion for recipe contests in 2009 after winning a trip to the Aspen Food and Wine Festival.
Nature on view at Placerita
By James Harris
