Mystery

After reading the book, ?Mayflower Treasure Hunt,? R.D. White third-grader Camila Castaneda donned a fedora ? like detectives used to do ? and set out to solve the mystery of the stolen necklace. The 8-year-old had some help. She and her teammates in Patty Anderson?s third-grade class worked on their detective case file, which contained a work sheet that helped them solve the mystery. They looked for suspects, clues and other details they read from the book to piece together the mystery.

Entering the Glendale Centre Theatre feels like a cozy step back in time. Visitors are greeted by memorabilia from the theater's 65-year history, furnishings from the past and a casual familial warmth later underscored by Executive Producer Tim Dietlein's pre-show banter with the audience. The family ambience of this 430-seat theater-in-the-round, with its cheery red upholstered seats and warm wood paneling, isn't anything new. Dietlein's grandparents founded the theater in 1947 and Dietlein, who runs the operation with his wife Brenda, grew up in it. It isn't surprising, then, that comfortable, familiar entertainment is a specialty of the house.

ORANGE KELLIN TO BRING SOME CAJUN The Glendale Community Concert Assn. returns to the Glendale High School auditorium for the second time in two weeks, this time with a concert Sunday by Orange Kellin's New Orleans Blue Serenaders. It is the second of seven community concerts in the 2003-04 season, and season subscriptions are still available for $45. All community concerts are at 2:30 p.m. Sundays in the auditorium, 1440 E. Broadway. For more information, call 248-3133.

Authors Michael Mallory and Mel Gilden today will sign copies of their new anthology of stories about famous sleuth Sherlock Holmes at the Mystery and Imagination Bookshop. The authors will read from and sign copies of "My Sherlock Holmes: Untold Stories of the Great Detective" from 1 to 3 p.m. at the bookshop, 238 N. Brand Blvd. The event is free and open to the public. Thirteen authors contributed mystery stories for the anthology. Authors tell original tales of the detective recounted by characters other than Dr. Watson.

Irma Lemus, Enjoy! BURBANK -- It's a mystery that will leave the audience wondering who the killer is right up to the last minute. John Burroughs High School drama students will take to the stage this week for three performances of "Ten Little Indians," a play based on Agatha Christie's mystery novel "And Then There Were None." About 30 students have been working both on and off stage since February to get the production together, said William Whited, Burroughs drama teacher and the play's director.

Phil Witte is the copy editor of the News-Press and Burbank Leader. The end of summer marks not only the time when kids must make the dreary return to school, but also the wonderful time when movies based on explosions leave the theaters to be replaced by movies that require thinking. Francois Ozon's "Swimming Pool" is a heady choice to begin the serious movie season, as viewers will need all of their mental faculties to decipher this gem of a mystery.

Women honored at luncheon The YWCA of Glendale will present the 12th annual Legacy Luncheon from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. May 5 at The Castaway, 1250 N. Harvard Road, Burbank. The 2009 Heart & Excellence Award recipients being honored from the Glendale and Burbank areas are Ruth Charles, Janet Killian, Kathleen Powers, Sandy Schultz and Mercy Velazquez. They are being recognized for their contributions to the welfare of women, children and the community through their service, work and leadership in the prevention of domestic violence.

Frank Ramos has a mystery: a box of postcards from all around the world with one thing in common. “They were sent to the Potter family in Glendale,” he said. They were passed down to Ramos from his mother’s aunt, Naomi Benedetti, several years ago. “She lived all around the world; her father was a diplomat with the Vatican. Most of the postcards are dated from 1902 to 11 and were addressed to either Herbert or Ray Potter at a succession of addresses on Verdugo Road, including 212, 220, 242 and 244. Later, a few were sent to the Potters on Locust Street in Pasadena, then, still later, to Glendora.

Vigen Sogomonyan's rich style is fascinating and captivating in its simplicity. His world is a dimension where dreams can transform into reality, a world created by delicate mixture of bright colors and deep shadows as well as smooth sensuous curves and surfaces which are lush and inviting. His imaginary characters are presented in exotic and colorful costumes while captured during mysterious and intriguing interactions, sometimes with unusual but symbolic objects. The artist uses intense and vivid colors to exude the perpetual turmoil which exists inside the human core.