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Knowing director Sacha Gervasi and his prior works, knowing the history of Psycho, and even having known several of the real-life players in the Psycho and Hitchcockian dynamic (among them, Alma Reville, Lew Wasserman, Janet Leigh and Anthony Perkins), I had mixed feelings about HITCHCOCK even being made. With Hitchcock's penchant for perfection, could or would this telling of a single chapter of his storied life and career, live up to HIS standards? Well, the verdict is in - it does. Given my...
On Tuesday, December 4 the Culver City library will have a special story time with outstanding story teller Celia Carroll. She will provide a festive winter craft to follow the stories beginning at 7 pm in the Meeting Room. The library’s annual Snowless Snow Party will take place on December 8 from 2:30 pm to 4. You can make a sock snowman, eat a snow cone and take home ingredients for snowman soup. On Friday evening, January 11 there will be the annual Installation Dinner and Annual Meeting....
A “Meet and Greet” with author Brian Taves, film archivist with the Library of Congress since 1990, will be hosted by the Culver City Historical Society on Saturday, December 8 at 2 p.m. in the Archives and Resource Center. Taves’ book, Thomas Ince Hollywood’s Independent Pioneer, the first ever written about Ince’s life, describes how he revolutionized the motion picture industry through developing the role of the producer. Taves will show a DVD of a tour of the former Thomas Ince Studios (now the Culver Studios lot), will describe the writi...
November 26, 2012 City Clerk’s Office · Addition of CCTV 35 to AT&T U-verse - Staff has been working to prepare the City’s Audio/Visual Room pursuant to specifications provided by AT&T to allow U-verse to carry CCTV 35. Preparations are nearing completion and, subject to confirmation of AT&T’s installation schedule, staff expects CCTV to be added to the U-verse channel lineup shortly. Staff will continue to update the City Council as this project moves forward. · Finance Advisory Committee Application Period Now Open - The first newspap...
The Elks National Foundation gives $ 2,296,000 to high school seniors each year who are college bound. Five hundred scholarships are award at the National Level. These range from $1000 a year for four years to $ 15,000 each year for four years. Half of these are boys and half are girls. Applications are awarded on Scholarship, Leadership and Financial need. Each application is judged at the lodge level, then to the district level and on to State. Awards are given to all completed and qualified applications at the all levels. The detail and appl...
Tree Lighting Coming Up Culver City Holiday Tree Lighting, the annual downtown event presented by the Downtown BusinessAssociation and the City of Culver City in Town Plaza,will take place Thursday, Dec. 6 at 6 pm.. See Santa Claus as he makes a very special visit all the way from the North Pole. There will be hot cider, hot cocoa and festive treats plus performances by local choirs and appearances by the Mayor and city council members. Culver City makes this holiday celebration “green” and energy efficient, lighting a 22-foot artificial tre...
As the number of children diagnosed with autism, Asperger's Disorder, ADHD, and other special needs increases, centers that provide these children with the training they will need to develop essential life skills are more in demand than ever. Silverlining, a new designer resale boutique in Culver City and initiative of The Help Group, serves as an innovative vocational training center for students with special needs. “The goal is to help children learn the skills they will need to find competitive employment," said Susan Berman, Chief O...
Kentwood Players will hold auditions for the 1998 Tony Award-winning musical “RAGTIME” with book by Terrence McNally, lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, and music by Stephen Flaherty on Saturday, January 12, 2013 from 11 am to 4pm and on Sunday, January 13 from 6 pm to-9. Callbacks will be on Monday, January 14 from 7 pm to 10 at the Westchester Playhouse, located at 8301 Hindry Avenue, Westchester. Production dates are March 15 to April 20, 2013 for a six-week run on Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm with Sunday matinees at 2pm. The production is directed by...
The Culver City Sister City Committee invites the public to attend a series of events in December and January celebrating its 50th anniversary. Fifty years ago the City Council of Culver City formed the Culver City Sister City Committee (CCSCC), joining the national Sister City movement begun by President Dwight Eisenhower, recognizing citizen diplomacy as key to the development and maintenance of peace in our ever complicated world. CCSCC 50th Anniversary activities begin at 5 p.m. on Monday, December 10 with the public unveiling of the...
Skatefest Benefits Culver Education Foundation Spreading holiday cheer in conjunction with the Culver City Education Foundation, The Holiday Ice Rink in Culver City is hosting two special fundraising skating sessions where 100 percent of proceeds will benefit the non-profit organization dedicated to supporting and enhancing quality educational programs for every student in the Culver City Unified School District. On Thursday, November 29 and Wednesday, December 5 skating sessions at 7 pm are the designated fundraising times. Students, teachers...
AVPA Art Student Wins First Place in Art Competition Kate Johannesen, 12th Grade, from The Academy of Visual and Performing Arts at Culver City High, has been awarded First Place for her painting titled, “Leo Carrillo State Beach” by The LegiSchool Project’s 2012 Visual Arts: California State Park Art Contest. The competition is sponsored by The California State University, Sacramento’s Center for California Studies. Students from across the state were asked to create an original artwork inspired by California state parks and express why the...
for November 20 through 26 Commercial Burglary: On November 20 at 11:20 am officers responded to the 11800 block of Washington Boulevard regarding a burglary investigation. The officers met with the victim who told them the following; he rented the storage unit back in May and left the unit locked and secured. When he arrived on November 20 he discovered the padlock and latch had been broken, he then checked the interior and noticed his property missing. Street Robbery: On November 20 at 2:25 pm officers responded to the 6000 block of Hannum...
Proposition 30 Money Provides Help Maybe it was because a number of high school students were present to cover the Tuesday night Culver City School Board meeting for their civics requirement, but Mike Reynolds’ presentation on the 2012-2013 budget and how newly passed Prop 30 will affect it was remarkably easy to understand. Reynolds, who became the Culver City School District’s Assistant Superintendent for Business Services last month, outlined the history of the District’s budget in terms that...
Downtown Plaza – Tree Lighting Ceremony Friday December 7 : 5 pm to 9. Carlson Park Residential Streets in the area bounded by: -Culver Blvd as the North border -Jefferson Blvd as the South border -Overland Ave as the West border -Van Buren Pl as the East border Saturday December 8: 5 pm to 9. Veterans Park area Residential Streets in the area bounded by: -Culver Blvd as the North border -La Ballona Creek as the South border -Overland Ave as the East border -Sepulveda Blvd as the East border Sunday December 9 : 5 pm to 9 Culver Crest Residentia...
It’s a new season and a new era for the Culver City High boy’s basketball program. Jon Chapman, the Centaurs’ head coach the last seven years, has given up the position to concentrate on being the school’s assistant principal. Adam Eskridge, Chapman’s assistant, moves up to head coach. Culver began its season in a 79-65 loss to Brentwood Monday in the Mira Costa Pacific Shores Tournament. Culver fell far behind early in the game, relied on its pressing defense to get closer, but couldn’t...
Former Centaur Basketball Stars Move On The two stars of last season’s Culver City High boy’s basketball team have moved on to college teams. Guard Keilan Horton is off to a fast start, averaging 20 points per game for Santa Monica College even though he isn’t in the starting lineup. “That doesn’t surprise me,” said Jon Chapman, his coach at Culver last season. Forward Aamahd Walker is at UC Santa Barbara, but hasn’t received a lot of playing time in the Guachos’ early games, which isn’t unu...
A vote of confidence for a coach doesn’t often carry much weight. There are many examples of coaches being told they were safe only to be dismissed a short time later The latest example is Mike Brown, the Lakers’ coach who recently received a vote of confidence from owner Jim Buss. Two days later Brown was fired. Now we have USC athletic director Pat Haden giving Trojan football coach Lane Kiffin a vote of confidence. Haden says Kiffin will again coach USC next season. This vote of con...
IN WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC QUALIFIER Former Wildcats Kesley Kondo (left) and Gabriel Asakura (right) pitched for victorious Brazil in the World Baseball Classic Qualifier in November 2012. Former West Los Angeles College baseball players Kesley Kondo and Gabriel Asakura starred for Brazil in the World Baseball Classic Qualifier from November 15 - 19, 2012 in Panama City, Panama. The World Baseball Classic is the top international baseball tournament in the world. Brazil won the Qualifier and will play the next round in March 2013. Kondo and...
ALL-PACIFIC CONFERENCE TEAM WLAC President Nabil Abu-Ghazaleh congratulates the Wildcats defensive lineman Kaylin Ayers on being named to the All-Pacific Conference Team – First Team Defense. Ayers finished the season with 61 tackles and a league-leading eight sacks. Five of his teammates were name to the second team – see below....
