A best friend for felines
Debra Corwin tells everyone she knows to go to Africa. Driven by her love for animals, she has gone to the continent four times, visiting Tanzania, Kenya, Zimbabwe, and Rwanda to see gorillas, jaguars, rhinoceri, and elephants in the wild.
Letter to the Editor 8/28/14
Mail call Dear ER: Your post office story is so true (Postal problems,” ER August 21, 2014). About five or six weeks ago, we did not received mail for three days. I asked some of my neighbors if their mail was delivered? “No” was the answer. So I went to the main post office and […]
South Bay Arts Calender 8/28/14-9/01/14
thursday 28th MUSIC Eric Lindell plays Saint Rocke: Northern California boy turned Louisiana bluesman Eric Lindell heads back to Hermosa Beach on Thursday after a couple of years away. The guitarist, singer and songwriter blends the influences of his West Coast musical adolescence with the soul of New Orleans sounds to create rock that he […]
Turning up the lights
James W. Gruessing, Jr., the artistic director of Palos Verdes Performing Arts, though most of us still think of as simply “the Norris,” comes across as self-assured and commanding. And so, when asked about his initial interest in theater, his answer is surprising. “I was always a very shy kid,” he says. “I never wanted […]
Palos Verdes Art Center 5K to raise funds for center and Alzheimer’s
The Palos Verdes Art Center will present the 5K for Alzheimer’s Fun Run and Walk on Saturday, September 6 at 8 a.m. The 3.1 mile course will start and finish at the Art Center. The run will coincide with an exhibit at the center titled, “Floating Man: The sketchbook Drawings of David Rinehart,” which opened […]
From ‘57 to number 57
The Portuguese Bend National Horse Show was given little chance of success when it was founded 57 years ago. This month, from September 5 to September 7, the prestigious competition and family fair will celebrate its 57th year. The horse show has become one of the peninsula’s iconic events, earning national recognition and attracting top […]
Between the Serene and the Ominous-Natalie Arnoldi’s paintings featured in Arts Manhattan inaugural show
Arts Manhattan is no more. But don’t place a wreath on the coffin just yet because the group has, with modifications, metamorphosized into Art Avenue Foundation according to Homeira Goldstein. As past president of the former and now president of the latter, Goldstein knows better than anyone else how the art organization she’s led has […]
South Bay Community Calender 8/28/14-9/03/14
Thursday 28th IRISH TUNES Free concert on the Redondo Pier. Dublin Public, irish. Bring a chair or blanket. 100 Fisherman’s Wharf, Redondo Beach. Starts at 6 – 8 p.m. MEDITATION WALK The Labyrinth Experience Meditation Walk, Redondo Beach Center for Spiritual Living. The walking meditation gives an opportunity to quiet thoughts, reduce stress and have […]
Stage name
The Norris Center for the Performing Arts is experiencing a growth spurt at age 32, with fresh community outreach efforts, bold additions to its state-of-the-art theater and pavilion, and a name change to Palos Verdes Performing Arts. The impetus for much of the center’s change came from a marketing survey headed by Jeff Pieper of […]
A Dark Place, Well Lit-Candace Gawne on her artistic journey
No bones about this, Candace Gawne – painter and neon artist – has been one of my favorite people for several years. A show of her neon work at El Camino College, a while back now, still remains fresh and vigorous in my memory. Gawne is one of two featured artists (the other is Ellen […]
Road Rallye navigator
If you appreciate classic cars, the sight of them on the road makes your pulse beat a little faster. This is the environment they were built for, withthe engines roaring or put-putting and showing their striking silhouettes among modern, cookie-cutter vehicles. Peninsula residents enjoy a hefty dose of that experience one Saturday a year, when […]
A model ending
Shortly after retiring in 2000 as president of toy maker giant Mattel, where he spent 22 years, Ned Mansour became the caretaker of Mattel executive Joe McKay. Mansour’s friend had been diagnosed with colon cancer. For six months, Mansour drove McKay to medical appointments at UCLA and ran errands for him. McKay was divorced and […]