ENTERTAINMENT
By Lisa Dupuy | December 11, 2010
Going to Sakana Japanese Sushi Bar & Grill is a little like walking into a fairy tale. You step through the big wooden doors of an ogre's house, walk over the bridge of the three billy goats Gruff, and end up in a room filled with red chandeliers amid a chorus of welcomes. The similarites don't stop there. A happy attitude pervades the place that is true to its published motto, "fabulous, friendly service from the heart. " The 2-month-old Sakana has taken the place of the short-lived Love Sushi.
NEWS
May 11, 2002
Brenna O'Neal, Weekend Brenna O'Neal, 11, of Burbank is a sixth-grader at Salem Lutheran School in Glendale. She recently saw "Snow White" at The Falcon Theatre in Burbank with her father, play reviewer Dink O'Neal. I entered the Falcon Theatre to find the walls lit with green to look like a forest. A narrator, John C. Brown, dressed in Old-English clothing sang and played his guitar while setting up the story of "Snow White." The set included the Queen's revolving throne, her magic mirror and a giant storybook that opened to show the dwarf's cottage.
LOCAL
By Mary O'Keefe | July 28, 2005
Imagine a summer adventure that takes some to a fairy tale world while others explore colorful art world where butterflies fly through raindrops and rivers run deep blue. Since late June Crescenta Valley students have been on this educational adventure, otherwise known as summer school. In this last week of the Summer Enrichment Program 2005 at Fremont Elementary students are performing plays in drama and making works of art out of paint and torn paper in art class. "The students are performing "Once Upon 100 years, Now," said drama teacher Elizabeth Neskovska.
NEWS
November 15, 2000
Mary Mardirosian, Enjoy! BURBANK -- There seems to be nothing more appealing than spending a Sunday afternoon at the theater. A wonderful play for the whole family to see is "Rumpelstiltskin," continuing weekends until Dec. 3 at the Falcon Theatre. Not only does it have charming and enthusiastic actors, but the theater itself also is a delight. It is absolutely the perfect size, ensuring that every seat is a good one. Comfort is an important factor, especially for a play aimed at a younger audience.
NEWS
April 16, 2003
Mary Burkin "The King Stag" is an amazingly apt fairy tale for our time, considering it was written in the 18th century. Back in the days of commedia dell'arte, when author Carlo Gozzi was alive, children's fables were genuinely scary. The villain or villainess was capable of every cruelty -- poisoning, dismemberment, torture -- leaving the hero or heroine defenseless, save for the guaranteed but improbable intervention of a completely unexpected event.
ENTERTAINMENT
May 23, 2007
If you're a fan of the "Shrek" movies, the latest installment may be a departure from what you're expecting. Before going, I asked my 10-year-old why he wanted to see "Shrek the Third" and his answer was "funniness." Isn't that what everyone has come to expect from these films? We went with every intention to laugh at a constant stream of gags and one-liners. In fact, we were armed with a pencil and paper to make a mark every time we laughed out loud. His tally was eight, mine was four.
ENTERTAINMENT
By Charly Shelton | November 30, 2007
After so many digital animated movies, it is good to finally see the return of the traditional animated feature again, if only for part of a film. "Enchanted," distributed by Disney Pictures, opened to the #1 box office slot with almost $50 million over the five-day Thanksgiving weekend. Amy Adams stars as Giselle, an animated soon-to-be princess who is on her way to marry Prince Edward (James Marsden) when Edward’s evil stepmother, the Queen (Susan Sarandon)
ENTERTAINMENT
By Susan James | July 21, 2006
A red doorknob. A red flower. A red shirt on a fleeing thief. Shades of red for danger, death and disaster. That's the color palette of director M. Night Shyamalan. Ever since the release of 'The Sixth Sense' in 1999, Shyamalan's name on a film as producer, writer and director has guaranteed tales of terror and fables of fear, always served with a twist. His heroes are grim men up against forces they can barely imagine. Bruce Willis wanders lost in a ghost story in which he is unwittingly the star.
ENTERTAINMENT
By Mary Burkin | August 12, 2009
The Glendale Centre Theatre?s latest children?s show, ?Snow White,? isn?t at all the frightening tale of vanity, jealously and murder first created by the Brothers Grimm. As befitting its target audience ? children who leave home dressed as princesses and superheroes before noon Saturdays ? GCT?s ?Snow White? is a story about the redeeming power of love, even for the cruelest of the cruel. It?s a kinder, gentler, sillier fairy tale, delightfully told by a cast made up of the very young, and the very-young-at-heart with a lot of professional training and experience.
ENTERTAINMENT
April 8, 2009
Send DATEBOOK items to Glendale News-Press, 221 N. Brand Blvd., 2nd Floor, Glendale, CA 91203 or fax to (818) 241-1975. Submissions must be received two weeks before publication. ? TODAY Descanso Gardens will host an art exhibition from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Carriage House Gallery next to the Boddy House, 1418 Descanso Drive, La Cañada Flintridge. Artists Dory Grade, Gilly Shaeffer and Theresa Arrison will be featured. Admission is $8, seniors and students is $6 and children are $3. For more information, call (818)