Local woman has her art down to the letter
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When she took her first calligraphy class in La Canada Flintridge
24 years ago, Burbank resident Sylvia Kowal hoped it would improve
her handwriting.
“It has not!” she emphasized, but she has continued to take
classes and workshops at Cal State Los Angeles, UCLA and Cerritos
Community College.
“Calligraphy is strictly a hobby with me,” she said. “I enjoy
lettering and sharing it with friends. I like to letter on
unconventional items, my garden umbrella and large flower pots.”
Her banner, called “Human Relations,” done in Textura letters in
acrylic inks on canvas, is on display along with many other artists
in the “Outside the Lines” calligraphy show at Brand Library and Art
Galleries in Brand Park. It is the 13th biennial exhibit of the
Society for Calligraphy Southern California, and it continues through
Sept. 14.
Kowal graduated from John Burroughs High School and Cal State
Northridge and did graduate work and received her teaching
credential from UC Berkeley. She taught home economics, art,
calligraphy and the yearbook class at Toll Middle School in Glendale.
She has also taught calligraphy at Glendale Community College one
session and several semesters at the Burbank Adult School.
She will give a demonstration on “Easy Pop-Up Techniques” from 2
to 3:30 p.m. Sept. 7.
Brand Park is at 1601 W. Mountain St. in Glendale. Gallery hours
are 1 to 9 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday, 1 to 6 p.m. Wednesday and 1 to
5 p.m. Friday and Saturday. For more information, call 548-2051.
ON STAGE
‘ME AND MY GIRL’ OPENS THIS WEEKEND
“Me And My Girl,” a musical by Rose, Furber and Gay, is in its
opening weekend at Glendale Centre Theatre. Show times are at 3 and 8
p.m. today.
The show combines memorable music with comic writing. Nonstop
tomfoolery unfolds as a Cockney cut-up attempts to prove himself
worthy of his inheritance.
Tickets range from $14 to $16 and student and senior rates are
available. For reservations, call 244-8481 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Monday through Saturday. The musical continues through Oct. 12. The
theater is at 324 N. Orange St. in Glendale.
‘THE WEIR’ FINISHES RUN AT BUA THEATRE
Theatre Banshee’s “The Weir,” by Conor McPherson, finishes its run
Sunday at The Gene Bua Acting for Life Theatre in Burbank.
On an eerie night in a wee pub in west Ireland, the local men
gather to ease their loneliness, chatting over pints. Their world is
shaken with the arrival of an outsider from Dublin, a young woman.
While they try to make their visitor feel at home, swapping true
tales of ghosts and fairies, they discover their supernatural
encounters echo the pain, fear and heartfelt loss they share.
Show times are 8 tonight and 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $15 and
$12 for students, seniors and groups. The theater is at 3435 W.
Magnolia Blvd. in Burbank. For more information, call 628-0688.
‘PINOCCHIO’ STARS IN MUSICAL AT GLENDALE CENTRE THEATRE
A new musical version of the classic children’s fairy tale,
“Pinocchio,” continues today at Glendale Centre Theatre.
Show time is 11 a.m. Saturdays through Nov. 16.
For tickets, $8.50 to $10.50, call 244-8481 from 10 a.m. to 7
p.m. Monday through Saturday.
The theater is at 324 N. Orange St. in Glendale.
‘CINDERELLA!’ IN FINAL WEEKEND
“Cinderella!,” a new musical for families written and directed by
Dimitri Toscas, ends its run Sunday at The Falcon Theatre in Burbank.
Adapted from composer Gioacchino Antonio Rossini’s classic opera
“La Cenerentola,” the Falcon production brings to life the classic
tale through music, song and audience participation.
The cast features Roberta Wahl, who portrayed Mrs. Potts in the
first national tour of “Beauty and the Beast,” Eric Meyersfield, who
recently starred as The Boy in the off-Broadway production “The
Fantastiks” and Peter Allen Vogt now appearing on “First of May” seen
on the HBO Family Channel.
Show times are 1 and 3 p.m. today and 1 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are
$10.
The theater is at 4252 Riverside Drive in Burbank. For
reservations or more information, call 955-8101.
COLONY’S ‘CHARLIE BROWN’ CONTINUING THROUGH SEPT. 8
The Colony Theatre Company is offering the Los Angeles premiere of
the revised Broadway version of “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown.”
Book, music and lyrics are by Clark Gesner with a revised book and
new songs by Andrew Lippa. It is directed by Ovation and Garland
Award-winner Todd Nielsen.
Performances are at 8 p.m. Fridays, 3 and 8 p.m. Saturdays and 2
and 7 p.m. Sundays through Sept. 8 at the Burbank Center Stage, 555
N. Third St. in Burbank.
Tickets range from $25 to $31. For reservations or more
information, call 558-7000.
JUST FOR LAUGHS
CHECK OUT THE BURBANK COMEDY CLUB
The laughter continues at The Burbank Comedy Club inside the Last
Call Sports Bar in Burbank.
Latin comics who have appeared on Que Loco entertain beginning at
9 p.m. every Friday night. The $10 charge also admits guests to
Sensation Village for the Latin Dance Night.
On Saturday, different comics take the microphone. Tonight, Mike
Marino from “The Tonight Show” and “Becker” takes the stage. John De
Crosta from “Politically Incorrect” stops by on Sept. 7 and Mark
Eddie The Rock and Roll Comedian appears Sept. 14. Admission is $10.
A dinner show special is offered at $19.99.
For reservations or more information, call 771-7767. The Last Call
is at 245 E. Olive Ave. in Burbank.
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