OUR TOWN.Byline: Ana Young Glendale Community College Glendale Community College can refer to one of two colleges in the United States.
"You Have to Know Where You Are Before You Know Where You Are Going" is an educational lecture by the American Diabetes Association The American Diabetes Association, or the ADA, is an American health organization providing diabetes research, information and advocacy. Founded in 1940, the American Diabetes Association conducts programs in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, reaching hundreds of , San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. , presented at 7 p.m. today at Encino Community Center, 4935 Balboa Blvd., Encino. For more information, call Sue Prosin at (818) 989-3395. "Choosing Quality Child Care" is a free parent workshop offered by the Buonara Child Development Center, held from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Friday at the Encino Community Center, 4935 Balboa Blvd., Encino. For details and to sign up, call (818) 885-6200. The Traditional Music and Dance Conservancy will present the Kent Menard Cajun/Zydeco Band as guest performers at its next dance, at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the War Memorial Hall, 435 Fair Oaks Ave., South Pasadena. Beginning dancers are invited to a dance demonstration in the basics of Cajun and Zydeco zydeco (zī`dĭkō'), American musical form originating among the African-American Creoles of Louisiana. Drawing on elements of traditional Cajun music as well as jazz, country and western, and blues, it is characterized by French lyrics, dancing. The dances welcome all generations, and no partner is necessary. Admission: $10 general. Children 17 and under are admitted free when accompanied by a parent. For more information, call (818) 793-4333. Singer Judy Collins will offer her soprano interpretation of tunes by the Beatles, Stephen Sondheim, Randy Newman, Leonard Cohen cohen or kohen (Hebrew: “priest”) Jewish priest descended from Zadok (a descendant of Aaron), priest at the First Temple of Jerusalem. The biblical priesthood was hereditary and male. and Joni Mitchell, plus music from the spiritual and folk traditions and her own compositions, for one night only at 8 p.m. Friday at the Alex Theatre, 216 N. Brand Blvd., Glendale. Tickets: $27.50 and $32.50. Call (800) 414-2539. The Pasadena Community Orchestra will feature pianist Wendy Caldwell in a concert of music including Orchestra clarinetist Gilbert Bottcher's Fanfare Overture and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 1 in G Minor, "Winter Daydreams," at 8:15 p.m. Friday at the First Church of the Nazarene Church of the Nazarene (năz'ərēn`), U.S. Protestant denomination established in 1908 through the union of the Church of the Nazarene, based in California; the Association of Pentecostal Churches, a New England group; and the Holiness , 3700 E. Sierra Madre Blvd., Pasadena. Admission and parking are free. There is access for the disabled. For information, call (818) 445-6708. "Dick Whittington: A Traditional Olde English Pantomime" is a boisterous entertainment made up of musical numbers, jokes and audience participation, loosely based on a popular children's story, playing at 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 2 and 3; 1 and 8 p.m. Saturday, at the Mayflower Mayflower, ship Mayflower, ship that in 1620 brought the Pilgrims from England to New England. She set out from Southampton in company with the Speedwell, Club Inc., 11110 Victory Blvd., North Hollywood. Tickets: $10 general, $5 children under 16 at matinee only. For reservations, call (818) 760-9367. |
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