Entertainment & Arts
Stepping out in style and stepping back in time.
April 14, 1985
Books
For decades, Betty Ann Wagner of Burbank kept a compelling snippet of World War II history on her bookshelf.
July 24, 1988
Curt Wagner and Frank Brown don’t usually serve refreshments at their film programs at the Palos Verdes Art Center.
Feb. 2, 1990
Los Angeles hasn’t been much of a ‘Ring’ town, but the L.A. Phil production directed by Alberto Arvelo found a way to feel novel. Here’s how.
Jan. 27, 2024
California
Green, Rolando P., 88, of Burbank, retired electrical engineer for Lockheed Corp.
Oct. 28, 1997
Music
LAS VEGAS--When the first Grammy Awards were held in 1959, singer Keely Smith didn’t even know she had won.
Feb. 22, 2002
Frank A. Wagner has been appointed project manager for Carlsbad Airport Centre.
Feb. 27, 1987
An 47-year-old woman pleaded guilty Wednesday to involuntary manslaughter for helping her daughter attempt an abortion that led to the death of a newborn baby.
July 27, 1989
Two pen-pal letters written by Anne Frank and her sister have been purchased at auction for $165,000 by an anonymous donor and will be placed on permanent display at the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s human rights museum now under construction in West Los Angeles.
Oct. 27, 1988
Long Beach Opera took a risk by presenting “Le Vin Herbé” (The Love Potion), composer Frank Martin’s elegant Gallic take on the medieval legend of doomed lovers Tristan and Isolde, in a 1,500-seat Art Deco movie palace.
May 16, 2018