Auditions for GCC Concert Singers. Interested singers can set up an audition prior to the first rehearsal as well. The group will perform Te Deum by Estonian composer Arvo Part. Dr. Peter Green says, “I think we will be the first group in California to perform this work.”

Concert date this semester is earlier than usual – Sunday, May 6 at 4:00 p.m. The dress rehearsal will be the Saturday prior – May 5 from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.

The new book by Denise Hamilton, author of the acclaimed Eve Diamond series (featured here on Sunroom Desk). Damage Control weaves an story of teenage friendship and adult betrayal.

Denise Hamilton lives in Glendale with her family, and has supported the Glendale library as an author and patron. She moderated the recent LA Noir library event.

Free, 3-hour parking at the Maryland parking garage w/validation from the circulation desk.

Honoring distinguished graduates of the Glendale Unified School District:

Ron Underwood
Peabody Award winning Motion Picture and Television Director
Hoover High School 1971

Dr. Varoujan Gorjian
Research Astronomer with Spitzer Science Center, JPL
Hoover High School 1987

Tom Holmoe
Athletic Director at Brigham Young University and former NFL player
Crescenta Valley High School 1978

Cocktails 6 p.m.
Dinner 7 p.m.
Formal Attire Optional

Sponsorship Opportunities: $5,000 – $1,500
Program book ad: $200
Tickets: $100
Diamond chance raffle: $50

Steve J. Ross, professor of History at USC and co-director of the LA Institute for the Humanities, says that Hollywood has a longer history of conservatism than liberalism, and that the Hollywood Right has had a greater impact on American political life.

His book, Hollywood Left and Right, received the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Film Scholars Award, the academic equivalent of an “Oscar” and has been nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.

Free, 3-hour parking at Maryland parking garage with validation from the circulation desk.

Guest speaker is Cindy Cleary, Director of Libraries, on “Glendale’s 21st Century Libraries.”

Reservations: send a $17 check, payable to The Women’s Civic League, to
Chick Beneviste
409 Meadows Drive
Glendale CA 91202

Women from 30+ Southern California Armenian churches have gathered together each year since 1969 at a designated host church for a service of prayer and reflection in conjunction with Women’s World Day of Prayer, an observance begun in the United States in 1927 by Church Women United.

What role do the media have in creating the conditions for atrocities such as occurred in Rwanda? Can the media be used to preserve democracy and safeguard the human rights of all citizens in a diverse society? How will the media, now global in scope, affect the fate of the planet itself? Veteran journalist Maria Armoudian explores these intriguing questions and more in her new book Kill the Messenger, and in her presentation at the Glendale Library.

Free, 3-hour parking at the Maryland parking garage with validation at the circulation desk.

Glendale Adventist Medical Center has teamed up with the Downtown Glendale Merchants Association to bring you the Glendale News-Press Downtown Dash. From the GAMC registration webpage: “A 5k run/walk through the heart of downtown Glendale, the Dash offers a fun, family atmosphere that takes participants down Brand Blvd, through the Americana and back up again.”

100% of the proceeds from this event support GAMC Stroke Services.

6.2 miles, 1,735 ft. of elevation gain. Climbs to one of the highest points in the Verdugo Mountains, then hed back down to the finish. Prizes for 1st place male and female finishers. Prizes and awards for 3 finishers.

T-shirts for all entrants.

Presented by Glendale’s Community Services & Parks Department to benefit Glendale Parks and Open Space Foundation. Northwest Glendale Homeowners’ Association is participating as a sponsor.

Stroll in and out of more than thirty of Glendale’s top restaurants, bistros and cafes. Live music in several locations on Brand. Bring friends and help Glendale Healthy Kids ensure children have access to healthcare and health education in the greater Glendale and Crescenta Valley areas.

Committee Chair Pam Ropfogel & team are working on this event and a number of new restaurants in and around Brand Blvd. will be participating this year!

Food? – Pasta, pizza, pastry, ice cream, espresso; Italian, Cuban, Japanese, Chinese, Middle Eastern, Deli, and good old American cuisine!
Music? – Theatre Americana will be bringing you songs of the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s at City Center, Chess Park (mid Brand) will have a tribute to Elvis by John Reade Fisher, and Chewy’s Classics will bring us Frank Sinatra, Bobby Darin, Andy Williams, Dean Martin and others.

Added attraction: a “Taste of Wine” benefiting GAR Services. Tickets for the wine are $5 a glass and can only be purchased when a “Taste of Glendale” ticket is purchased.

Tickets: $30 Adults, $15 Children 12 & under

Purchase before the event at: www.GlendaleHealthyKids.org, or Glendale Healthy Kids, 223 N. Jackson #107 Glendale.
Purchase the day of the event at The Alex Theatre or Massage Envy.