Entertainment & Arts
For the winners and runners-up of the Music Center Spotlight Awards, now in its eighth year of honoring talented Southern California high school-age performers, receiving checks and a career launch would probably be reward enough.
May 1, 1996
She didn’t sleep much the night before and her fingernails were bitten to the quick, but when it was all over, 16-year-old Zoe Abbott and her voice instructor were proud of the results.
Dec. 18, 1990
The Spotlight Awards link promising young musicians with mentors who often support them often beyond the call of duty.
April 20, 1999
Fourteen Southern California high school students stood poised last week to leap not only across a Los Angeles dance studio, but also perhaps into the world of professional dance.
March 18, 2001
Newlyweds Deny and Christine Staggs like kids. Lots of kids.
Nov. 15, 1991
“There’s no business like show business,” the 35 prancing youngsters belt out, their expressions providing vibrant testimony to their song.
Aug. 21, 1988
Music
In returning Steely Dan to the pop music world after a two-decade intermission, Walter Becker and Donald Fagen have transformed the group from a shrouded enigma into a fan-friendly, interactive entity--relatively speaking, anyway.
March 11, 2000
California
Foster children deal with some harsh realities.
Oct. 15, 1992
Providing day care for about 225 children of low-income families is the year-round task of Comprehensive Child Development--but for a few weeks each year, the Long Beach offices of the nonprofit agency become “Cajun Command Central,” in the words of executive director Tammie Kyle.
June 3, 1993
Retail: Musicians-turned-inventors find an eager market for jammin’ Ernie and Elmo dolls.
Oct. 17, 1999