California
The nonprofit Friends of School Music will ask the Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District on Monday to reinstate instrumental music classes during the school day at the district’s eight elementary schools.
June 18, 1989
Entertainment & Arts
Cesaria Evora always performed without shoes as she sang traditional music of the West African island nation of Cape Verde. It was a complex, soulful sound with an infectious beat.
Dec. 18, 2011
Cesaria Evora dies at 70; Grammy-winning singer known as the ‘Barefoot Diva’
Music
Cesaria Evora, the whiskey-voiced diva from the island nation of Cape Verde, steps into the spotlight at Disney Hall on Nov. 18 in the Fall World Music season’s headline event.
Sept. 14, 2003
A music support group on the Palos Verdes Peninsula has launched a new effort to raise funds for instrumental music classes on the Peninsula school district’s eight elementary campuses.
Dec. 11, 1986
A stroll through the lobby of The Palos Verdes Players theater is a journey through the history of the South Bay’s oldest community theater group.
June 21, 1991
The intricate melodies of the Baroque period will fill St.
Nov. 14, 1993
Today in Rancho Palos Verdes a select group of 200 artists from California and other southwestern states will present their works for exhibition and for sale at the 30th annual Art for Fun(d)s Sake.
Oct. 18, 1992
Once a week, the dinner dishes stay in the sink. The files from the office remain on the desk.
Dec. 1, 1985
World & Nation
A visit to her ancestral homeland forces an American reporter to reexamine who she is and to confront the chasm that divides her family.
Dec. 18, 2000