Pet of the Week: Kiya

Kiya is a 4-year-old female Maltese.

Meet Kiya, a 4-year-old female Maltese. Kiya was rescued from a home that had too many dogs that were being kept in small, uncleaned cages. She and two friends Elton, a Poodle, Control #1154764, and Gabe, a Chihuahua mix, Control #1154761, are the only ones left at the shelter out of the 33 that were rescued. She was very badly matted when she arrived, officials said. All are looking for new Forever Homes. Kiya is sweet and friendly little girl and can curl up on your lap and keep you company, Shelter officials said. Please come by and visit with her at Kennel #34. When making inquiries on me please reference my Control Number I1154769. About this column: The Inland Valley Humane Society (http://www.ivhsspca.org/) operates a shelter for …

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Spring Show Brings Laughs and Tears

Walnut High School Drama and Suzanne Middle School Drama hold year-end production.

“How do you measure a year?” This was the theme explored by drama students on Thursday night at the Walnut High School Performing Arts Center. Walnut High School Drama and Suzanne Middle School Drama held their spring show with scenes, one-acts, and improvisation. A few years ago, Joanne F. Karr, Walnut High School drama’s supervising director, and Helen Papadopoulos, Suzanne Middle School’s supervising director, decided to team up for the year-end production. “We decided to involve Suzanne Middle School kids to help them transition to the drama department here,” said Karr. Both comedic and dramatic moments were highlighted on the stage. “My favorite was ‘Dying Light’ – it was so sweet how she talked about falling in love, talked about her…

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Cooking Contest Looks for Competitors

How does an all-expense paid trip to Hollywood sound?

Dole is grilling up a chance for Diamond Bar and Walnut residents to win an all-expense paid trip to Hollywood where they can compete in the 2012 DOLE California Cook-Off. Cook-off participants will compete for a $10,000 prize. To enter for a chance at the trip, residents should visit www.facebook.com/dole. The deadline is May 25. Finalists will get four days and nights in Hollywood, where they’ll prepare a Dole dish in a head-to-head competition with other finalists at The Grove in front of a live audience and a panel of prestigious judges led by renowned celebrity chef, Ben Ford.

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So Where Did Mother's Day Begin?

The Egyptians, the Greeks and the Roman all celebrated mom.

Cal Poly's "Curse of the Starving Class" Cast Includes Lamb

The Sam Shephard play opens tonight and runs through May 20.

The Cal Poly Pomona theatre department presents Sam Shepard's "Curse of the Starving Class," a dark comedy that deals with the breakdown of the American Dream. The show will open tonight and run through May 20. "Curse of the Starving Class" portrays a family living in California during the decline of the family farm and the disappearance of unspoiled land. The play will feature, for the first time, one of Cal Poly Pomona's own lambs. The lamb is on stage for much of the performance and occasionally acts as a non-verbal participant that characters direct monologues toward. Working with a live animal on-stage proved a challenge, but getting it from the university made the process much easier. "We're very fortunate to be able to get the lamb …

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Elementary Students and High School Mentors Make Sweet Music

About 150 fifth graders participate in the Walnut High School Blue Thunder's Band Buddies program.

Walnut High School’s Blue Thunder Marching Band is making beautiful music with local elementary students. About 150 fifth grade students participating in the Band Buddies program have been practicing for a combined concert on the Walnut High stage. The young musicians from Collegewood, C.J. Morris, Vejar, Westhoff, and Walnut Elementary Schools rehearsed with their high school mentors in preparation for Wednesday night's Spring Concert in the Performing Arts Center. “We want them to get a taste of high school band so that they continue to be excited about band in middle school and beyond,” said Band Director Corey Wicks. During rehearsals 50 Blue Thunder buddies sat side-by-side with the young musicians. “They have had a wonderful …

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Summer Arts Academy Now Enrolling Students

The Summer Theater program will include a production of "Annie Jr."

Students who crave the arts – who wish to sing, dance, paint and perform drama – can enroll now in two summer arts programs. The Summer Arts Academy is June 11-29, for children entering first through sixth grades with Monday-Friday classes from 8:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Students will experience daily hands-on art projects, singing and dancing and will present an arts showcase of their work at Gallery Night on June 28 at 5 p.m. The cost for three weeks of instruction, all art supplies and a Summer Arts t-shirt is only $180 per child. Students who want to experience putting on a musical production can take part in the Summer Theater program, with this year’s production of “Annie Jr.,” offered June 11-July 6 for children entering grades 5 …

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“Nerd Girls” Debuts on Suzanne Stage

Suzanne will be the first school to stage the play, which was written by Alan Sitomer, a 2007 California Teacher of the Year.

Suzanne Middle School Drama Department will present a new play "Nerd Girls," the final production of the year, on April 20 and 21 at 7 p.m. This Saturday, all the actors will be introduced during a special red carpet event after a preview performance for family, friends, the author, and his family. '"Nerd Girls" was written by Alan Sitomer, one of my fellow California Teachers of the Year from 2007,” said math and drama teacher Helen Papadopoulos. Sitomer wrote the book for Disney and then turned it into a play for Suzanne.  “We are the first school ever to be able to put on the play and after that, he will be selling the rights to it to other schools who want to put it on.  It’s so exciting,” she said.   Ryan Lopez, a seventh grader, said…

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Mt. SAC Students Face Reality in New TV Production Class

The class is the only one of its kind in the state.

The pace, production, and popularity of today’s crop of television reality shows may seem a bit unreal to some. But to Mt. San Antonio College Professor Dan Smith, it’s all part of the industry that is growing by leaps and bounds and is the reason for the debut of Mt. SAC’s new Reality Show Production class, the only one of its kind in the state and maybe the nation. “As far as I can tell, there is no other educational institution in state—perhaps the nation—that offers a reality show production course like this,” said Smith, who has been teaching television production at Mt. SAC for 14 years. While there are other colleges that offer reality show survey courses, the Mt. SAC class is the only one that offers students hands-on production …

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Joel Salazar

9:42 am on Thursday, April 12, 2012

I think this is a great idea. I left my first Job at Fox Sports to go work on a Reality TV show. On my last day, a producer wished me luck because he said they wouldn't be around forever. The shooting style has crossed-over into scripted shows in the form of Docu-Drama shooting, like The Office on NBC and Modern Family on ABC. These are sitcoms that cut to Interviews.   more ›