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In 1984, the movie world was rocked by John Milius’ RED DAWN. Politically set in the Cold War era, WWIII had begun with Soviets invading the United States - and by Soviets, I mean from Cuba, the USSR and Nicaragua. In a small Colorado town, a group of teenagers calling themselves the Wolverines banded together to take a stand and save their homeland. Developing a cult following and beloved not only for the strength of character and confidence it gave to teens in a world gone mad, RED DAWN s...
The Culver City Education Foundation (CCEF) held its annual gathering acknowledging the generosity of major donors to the Foundation ($1,000 and above) on November 13 at the Akasha Restaurant. More than 85 business and community members attended the Breakfast, including City Manager John Nachbar, City Council members Vice Mayor Jeff Cooper, Jim Clarke and Mehgan Sahli-Wells and School Board members Laura Chardiet and Nancy Goldberg. Superintendent Dave LaRose defined a Benefactor as a “helper”, and thanked the attendees for the enormous impact...
Just in time for the holidays the Friends of the Culver City Youth Health Center is pleased to host an exhibit and sale of the work of Culver City resident, artist and author Francia Turner Fate. The event will be on Saturday from 2 pm to 4 at 5502 Sawtelle Blvd. Francia will donate 25% of sales to the Friends group to help support the services provided by the Health Center. For the past 10 years Francia has donated a selection of her fine art to the Health Center’s annual fundraiser. The children of Culver City have benefited from her c...
Westside Ballet of Santa Monica Announces Nutcracker Presentations Joy Womack, first American female to be accepted into the Bolshoi Ballet and former Westside student, returns to her native Southern California to perform as Sugar Plum Fairy, in loving memory of Yvonne Mounsey, legendary ballerina and Westside’s former director. Westside’s 2012 Nutcracker productions are dedicated to Yvonne Mounsey’s legacy. Now in its fourth decade of performances, Westside Ballet of Santa Monica announces the return of its annual holiday classic, The Nutcr...
Earlier this week, West Los Angeles College’s popular dance instructor Janet Roston took home a prestigious Ovation Award for her choreography in “The Color Purple,” produced by the Center Theater Group which runs the Kirk Douglas Theatre, Mark Taper Forum, and the Ahmanson Theatre. Roston dedicated her award to her mother who passed away days before. “I know she’s out there kvelling right now,” said Roston. The LA Times described the restaging of this Broadway musical as a “raucous, exultant staging…this exuberant ‘Color Purple’ creates a...
The Culver City Democratic Club will hold its Annual Holiday Celebration and Silent Auction on December 12 with Special Guest Betty Yee. The evening's event will be held at the club’s regular meeting venue, the Veterans Memorial Auditorium Rotunda Room, starting at 6:45 pm. The event will feature a mixer, refreshments and a silent auction, where attendees will be able to bid on some items, including movie passes, resort packages, artwork, services and more. All proceeds benefit the Culver City Democratic Club. The event is open to the p...
Center Theatre Group and The Second City are assembling an eclectic collection of stars from the worlds of stage, screen, radio, politics, music, food, fitness, spirituality and interplanetary transport who will drop in, one by one, for a special cameo performance in the world premiere of The Second City’s “A Christmas Carol: Twist Your Dickens!” at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City. The partial list of guest stars includes musicians Lance Bass and Henry Rollins; actors Rose Abdoo, Jason Alexander, Ed Begley, Jr., Barry Bostwick, Neil...
While President Obama eked out a popular margin win over his Republican opponent Mitt Romney with 50.6 percent of the vote, Culver City went decisively for the President, taking 77 percent of the vote here. While California sent Diane Feinstein back to the United States Senate with 62 percent of the vote, she was even more popular in Culver City, garnering over 78 percent locally. Culver City voted largely with the rest of the state on the propositions except in a few key areas. Proposition 34,...
St. Mary in Palms Episcopal Parish is hosting an information meeting for Hospice care on Sunday, November 25. Rose Lanam from Angeles Vista Hospice Care in Beverly Hills will be speaking on “Palliative Care and Hospice, Advanced Directives and funeral planning. The public is welcome to attend and there is no cost. St. Mary of Palms is located just north of Venice Blvd. at 3647 Watseka Avenue. For more information please call Fr. Vincent at (310) 558-4124 during normal business hours....
UCLA, 6-2 in the Pac-12) snapped a five-game losing streak to crosstown rival USC , 5-4 in the conference) with a 38-28 victory on Saturday at the Rose Bowl and earned a spot in the Pac-12 Conference championship game. After many years in the shadow of the Trojans, the Bruins finally get the limelight thanks to first-year head coach Jim Mora, freshman quarterback Brett Hundley and running back Jonathan Franklin. Hundley passed for 234 yards, threw for a touchdown, and rushed for two more...
The Centuars Fall to Lompoc For most of the past two and a half months, the Culver City High football team’s season has been something of a roller coaster ride. But just as the ride seemed to be getting really interesting, it came to an abrupt halt last Friday night. The Centaurs started the season by winning three of their first four games, then hit a lull that threatened to leave them out of the playoffs, then recovered to win their last two regular-season games and their first CIF-Southern Section playoff game to appear on the way to a...
