Posts by Stephanie Cartozian
‘Rose rustlers’ inspire Palos Verdes Peninsula garden
by Stephanie Cartozian The “rose rustlers” of the days of “Southern cemeteries” were the inspiration for a half acre sustainable, woodland garden tucked away in Palos Verdes Estates. “Rose rustlers” are rosarians who study, collect and cultivate rare, and oftentimes forgotten rose varieties by taking rose clippings from old Southern cemeteries and abandoned properties, and…
Read MoreSpotlight on Education: Toast on the Coast Palos Verdes schools rock
On the afternoon of September 30th, the highly anticipated and largest outdoor festival in Palos Verdes took off at the historic Roessler Point in Lower Malaga Cove. The sold-out event attracted hundreds of guests and proceeds went to benefit all 17 schools of the Palos Verdes Peninsula through the Peninsula Education Foundation. There was live…
Read MoreAround & About November 2023 Peninsula
+ Community Development Director to focus on housing and zoning Redondo Beach’s former Director of Community Development, Brandy Forbes, was named to the same position for Rancho Palos Verdes last month. In Redondo, Forbes was responsible for managing the South Bay Galleria redevelopment and securing state certification for Redondo’s general plan housing element. Prior to…
Read MoreSpotlight on art: A Curtain Call for “Are You Thinking What I’m Thinking?” Fullerton exhibition with Palos Verdes artists
It was on view at the Muckenthaler Cultural Center for two months, the art show based on “titles” found in fortune cookies. Prominent Peninsula and Beach Cities artists such as Stephen Mirich, Susan Whiting, Carol Hungerford, Ross Moore, and Nancy Sewell then applied their know-how and their imaginations, and the result was an exhibition both…
Read MoreArchitect Robert Nebolon: Keeping it in context
Architect Robert Nebolon’s award winning designs emerge from neighborhoods where they are located by Stephanie Cartozian Robert Nebolon grew up in Rancho Palos Verdes in a sprawling ranch style home that had two front doors because the house was so long. Its unconventional design, he said, is in part responsible for the unconventional approach he…
Read MoreAugust 2023 Around & About
Happenings Around the Peninsula Collage donates instruments to young musicians Collage’s instrument donation program recognizes an unfortunate truth, says Collage founder, Richard Foss: as much as graduation is a reason for celebration, when music students leave high school, they often lose the community they have been playing with, the place they have been playing, and…
Read MoreSpotlight on music – Max 80’s returns to Terranea
Max 80’s performed the greatest hits of the 80’s on July 1 to a sold-out crowd at Terranea’s Annual Summer Sound Series, at Nelsons. East Coast saxophone player Ben Donson joined Dave Carr, Dave Donson, Mike Rubin, Jeff White and Brian White. The Sound Series at Nelson’s runs through September 30. Max 80’s will return…
Read MoreAround & About July 2023 Happening Around the Peninsula
+ Sara Deen, DDS AAUW honoree Fran Brown, Co-Chair of the Palos Verdes Peninsula Branch of the American Association of University Women, welcomed 40 branch members and guests to the Annual Recognition Luncheon on June 10. Sara Deen, DDS, was recognized as the 2023 Status of Women Award Winner. The luncheon was held at The…
Read MoreAround & About June 2023 Peninsula
+ RPV MIDDLE SCHOOLER WINS 2023 SCIENTIST AWARD Out of 820 proposals that were contributed for the Genes of Space 2023 Junior Scientist and Constellation Awards, only ten were selected as winners. After much conversation and debate, of the five Junior Scientist Awards and five Constellation Awards given, Mika Nonaka, 13 years old, from RPV…
Read MoreHamptons memories – Jesse Bongiovi bring his ‘Hampton’ rosé to the Peninsula
by Stephanie Cartozian While growing up in the Hamptons, part of the “art de vivre” for Jesse Bongiovi, and his father, the iconic rock star Jon Bon Jovi, was afternoons sipping rosé. After attending Notre Dame University, where he played football, Bongiovi wanted to recreate what he refers to as the “Hampton Life.” That effort…
Read MoreSpotlight on Art – Contrasts: The Painter & The Wood Turner, Fallon and Terasaki
Photos by Stephanie Cartozian On March 26th, Bernard Fallon and Richard Terasaki hosted an opening reception at the Sandro Winkworth Wealth Management office in Malaga Cove Plaza. The two artists were on hand discussing their latest works with guests amongst a very fine exhibition and sale of art. Light appetizers and refreshments were served and…
Read MoreAround and About May 2023 Peninsula
PV High Robotics Team goes deep for the oceans The Palos Verdes High School Underwater Remotely-Operated Vehicle (ROV) robotics team has participated for the past 13 years in the Marine Advanced Technology Education (MATE) regional competition. It has also participated in the International World Championship eight times, and in six of those competitions finished in…
Read MoreArchitect Cartozian a backgammon Champion, humorous with a dry wit
Longtime Peninsula resident Richard Cartozian passed away peacefully on February 22 after a short illness, one week short of his 90th birthday. Cartozian was the son and grandson of pioneer oriental rug merchants, Dickran O Cartozian and Sons, who established one of the first businesses of its kind in downtown Seattle in the early 1900s.…
Read MoreAround & About: Happenings around the Peninsula April 2023
+Pageant of Our Lord by Deborah Paul Over 300,000 people have enjoyed the Pageant of Our Lord since its first presentation over the Easter holidays in 1986, at Rolling Hills Covenant Church. Each presentation has included at least 14 reenactments of classical religious art, and a 60-voice choir in a recounting of Christ’s life. Over…
Read MorePeninsula Around & About March 2023
+ Niemann rejoins Terranea Real Estate Terry Niemann is rejoining Terranea Real Estate, where she spent eight years helping to sell out Terranea’s developer owned villas and casitas. After Terranea sold out, Niemann joined the real estate team at The Residences at Rolling Hills Country Club, which has now sold out its 114 new homes.…
Read MoreAround & About February 2023 Peninsula
+ Volunteer Auxiliary Donates $182,707 to Torrance Memorial Participating in a check presentation last month to the Torrance Memorial Foundation were (left to right) Laura Schenasi, Keith Hobbs, Mark Lurie, MD, Betty Broughton, Helen Metzler. The funds were raised by the Volunteer Auxiliary, whose members also contributed nearly 100,000 volunteer hours to the Torrance…
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