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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