Archive for June, 2023
Magician returns to El Portal Theatre July 15
Hancock Park resident magician and mentalist Bernie Shine will be returning for his fourth show at the El Portal Theatre in North Hollywood on Sat., July 15 at 7:30 p.m. Shine has been a prolific entertainer ever since his first appearance in the wizarding world in the 1970s when he started performing regularly in the Close-Up Room […]
Tails told and purr-fect pictures of pets from our fair land
Trixie is the newest member of Sarah Tilley’s busy household on Lucerne Boulevard and Second Street. “She was quite skinny and scared when we got her, but she’s quickly settled in and is a source of great joy for our family… My two kids have fallen in love.” Besides chasing squirrels and birds, “Her favorite […]
Big turnout for launch of ‘Zev’s Los Angeles’
The official book launch for Zev Yaroslavsky’s long-awaited memoir, “Zev’s Los Angeles,” gathered a crowd of locals and distinguished friends of Zev from across Southern California. The event took place at Chevalier’s Books on Larchmont Boulevard on May 30. The full house included the author’s son (and Los Angeles Superior Court Judge) David Yaroslavsky, attending […]
‘Chateaux in the sky’ part 2: Gramercy, St. Andrews and Manhattan
‘The Places’ take center stage It must have been quite a shocking sight in the late 1920s as a swell of development erupted in “The Places” along Gramercy, St. Andrews and Manhattan between Third Street and Olympic Boulevard. Like a giant monopoly board, multistory apartment buildings sprouted up amidst a flat landscape of vacant lots, […]
Green corn tamales: now is the time to enjoy peak season
Tamales, little packages of corn masa stuffed with savory fillings and steamed in dried corn husks, are a common menu option in Mexican restaurants throughout the southland. Far less common are sweet corn tamales, where freshly shucked and ground kernels are mixed with cream and butter and sweetened with sugar, then encased with cheddar cheese […]
A busy month of June: Brookside, parks, gardens and more
About 40 friends and neighbors dragged blankets, pillows, picnic fixings and even their pets to Brookside’s annual Family Movie Night in the Park, June 11, sponsored by the Brookside Homeowners Association. This year’s feature, Disney’s “Encanto,” was chosen through online polling among several offerings. Perched on a grassy corner of Memorial Library Park, families cooked […]
