Come enjoy Shakespeare under the stars tonight. Shakespeare by the Sea will be coming to perform Romeo & Juliet. Bring dinner, a blanket, and watch this wonderful play with your neighbors.
Chevy Chase Library Open House
The Chevy Chase library has been remodeled and is having an open house on Saturday, July 14th from 3:30 to 4:30pm.
Shakespeare Returning to Glenoaks Park
Shakespeare by the Sea is returning to Glenoaks Park this summer on Thursday, August 2 for a 7pm performance of Romeo and Juliet.
The company was notified earlier this year that funding for this program had been completely cut. Not to be daunted, SBTS organizers made the decision to return to Glenoaks Park and attempt to seek funding elsewhere to underwrite its $6500 per performance costs. Four organizations have stepped forward with $250 each: Glenoaks Canyon Homeowners Association, Glendale Arts, Apollo Insurance and the Glendale Gateway Kiwanis. Along with a smattering of individual donations, the company is still seeking an additional $4500 to underwrite its performance this season. Without additional support from Glendale residents and business owners, the company may have to reevaluate Glendale as a viable performance location.
If you’d like to help SBTS continue performing in Glendale – donate to the organization today – as an individual or through your company or business. If everyone who attended the performance made a $10 donation, SBTS would make their budget for Glendale and would return in 2013.
Donation opportunities are on their website:
Individuals: http://www.shakespearebythesea.org/bigfish.html
Businesses: http://www.shakespearebythesea.org/seasonsponsor.html
Shakespeare by the Sea has been performing in Glendale for the past 6 years and would like to continue to perform for the residents of Glendale, but without additional support, Glendale sits precariously on the edge of losing this valuable community event.
Feel free to contact Lisa Coffi, Producing Artistic Director lisa@shakespearebythesa.org if you have any questions or would like to offer support.
Glendale Hosts Transport Ability Expo on Saturday
The City of Glendale is sponsoring a TRANSPORT ABILITY EXPO at
Larry Zarian Transportation Center 400 W. Cerritos Ave, in Glendale
There will be information on how to use public transportation for older adults, persons with mobility impairments, and those who have never ridden a bus. This free event will be held SATURDAY, JUNE 23, 9 AM - 12 PM.
THERE WILL BE GIVEAWAYS AND FREE FOOD.
CONTACT 888 -743- 5977 or glendalebeeline.com
2nd Annual National Night Out
Come enjoy a summer's evening and hang out with your neighbors at the 2nd annual National Night Out.
Tuesday, August 7th
6pm - 8pm
Glenoaks Canyon Park
Hope to see you there!
Sign Up for Summer Art Classes in the Canyons
The City of Glendale is holding summer art and recreation classes at the Chevy Chase Library and at Glenoaks Park.
The last day to register is this Friday, June 15th, by 10am.
Some of the class offerings include:
FOR YOUNGER KIDS:
Gymnastics, ages 5-9, Tuesdays 4-4:45 p.m.
Elementary Tap Dance, ages 4-7, Tuesdays, 5-5:45 p.m.
Ballet, ages 3-5, Tuesdays, 6-6:45 p.m.
FOR OLDER KIDS:
Basic Drawing, ages 6-12 (6 weeks), Thursdays, 5-6 p.m.
Fine Arts Camp, ages 5-12, August 13-17, half days and/or full days available
FOR FAMILIES TOGETHER:
Parent & Child Art, working together, ages 2-5, Mondays 4-5 p.m.
Family Music Night, birth to 5 years, Thursdays 6:45-7:15
For a complete list, plus adult art and zumba fitness classes at Chevy Chase Library, and classes at Glenoaks Park check out this downloadable schedule of CCL-GM Classes Only - SUMMER 2012 or look at the Glendale Summer Leisure Guide for a comprehensive list of all activities in Glendale this summer. Classes June 18-Aug. 25, (or some classes are fewer weeks)
Canyon Sees More Auto Break-Ins
On June 10-11 in the overnight hours, we had multiple vehicles broken into via smashed windows and some unlocked doors. This spree took place on Eat Glenoaks, Hollister, and Scholl. In many cases, victims reported losing the usual items: GPS, iPods, sunglasses. In others, the garage remote was taken. Please remove ALL ITEMS of value including your remotes every night and lock the doors. When possible, installing a motion light near the parking area may help. The individuals will keep coming back when they need more loot for their dope habit, so any night owls would be useful in keeping an extra eye out for any movement on the street.
New Glendale Crime Trends Bulletin
The Glendale Police Department has begun putting out a regular bulletin outlining some of the crime trends going on in our city. Glendale Police Chief Ron DePampa (rdepompa@ci.glendale.ca.us) attributes the increased crime in the city to the release of "realigned" felons into the community. These felons are considered by the state to be lowrisk offenders: non-violent, non-serious, and non-high risk sex offenders. But, the reality is that these felons are also career criminals: five felony convictions already, 56% have mental health issues, 56% have substance abuse issues and re-offenders with a 70% recidivism rate. It is estimated that the state will be releasing 55,000 of these felons by the end of 2012. To read more about this problem and how it affects our city and neighborhood, read the full bulletin here:
http://www.ci.glendale.ca.us/police/pdfs/crimetrends/crimetrendscrimetrends_1qtr2012.pdf
If you would like to subscribe to the Crime Trends Bulletin, a sign up form (name and email address) can be found here:
http://www.ci.glendale.ca.us/police/crimetrends/signup.asp
Be safe and vigilant out there and report anything suspicious you see in the canyon.
The Bow Wow Pow Wow is Next Saturday
Dog ParadeJune 2, 2012 1-4pm Glenoaks Park
Yup, it's that time of the year again when all the canyon K-9s can come out and show their stuff (and bring their humans too).
The Dog Parade will be held this Saturday, June 2nd from 1-4pm. As in past years we will have a costume contest, a contest to see who's dog can do the best tricks, and the ever popular obstacle course. We will also be parading all of the neighborhood pups around the park for a fun-filled afternoon.
See you there.
Emergency Guide Posted
We have posted a comprehensive, 130 page Emergency Guide written by Isabelle Meyer on the site. This guide has everything you will need to get prepared for an emergency and help you be confident in what to do when an emergency happens.
You can find the guide on this site's Disaster Preparedness page.
We have also provided a link to download the guide here:
This guide covers everything from preparing for an emergency, to what you need to do after an emergency strikes. This is something that everyone should check out.
Please note that as this document is quite large, it may take some time to download.