GCC GRADUATES FIREFIGHTING STUDENTS Glendale Community College’s...

GCC GRADUATES FIREFIGHTING STUDENTS

Glendale Community College’s Arroyo Seco Fire Academy will see its

sixth graduating class of 36 students off at 1 p.m. Sunday in a

ceremony at The Alex Theatre. Glendale Asst. Fire Chief Don Biggs

will be the keynote speaker. GCC offers the Basic Firefighter Academy

as an extended program on weekends to allow working students to

attend. For more information, call 551-5152.

POLISH ART COMES TO FOREST LAWN MUSEUM

The opening reception for “The Art of a People: Polish

Expressions” will start at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Forest Lawn

Glendale Museum, 1712 S. Glendale Ave.

The exhibit will consist of canvas paintings and multimedia

presentations of the art of Polish-born artists Danuta Rothschild,

Jerzy Skolimowski and Jan Styka. Styka is deceased, but Rothschild

and Skolimowski will be at the reception.

The free exhibit will run through Nov. 16.

For more information, call (800) 204-3131.

DESCANSO ART EXHIBIT FINISHES THURSDAY

A monthlong exhibit of five female artists will be on display

through Thursday at Descanso Gardens, 1418 Descanso Drive in La

Canada Flintridge.

Admission is $6, $4 for seniors and students, $1.50 for children 5

to 12 and free for members and children 4 and younger.

Shirley Flynn’s oil paintings depict communities from New England

and Southern California. Marsha Grieco will show a collection of

watercolor paintings. Angela Cartwright’s “Picture Poetry” is a

collection of black-and- white photography painted with oils. Miriam

is exhibiting fired porcelain and ceramics. Lilia Venier is

exhibiting ceramics.

The Boddy House Gallery at Descanso Gardens is open from 10 a.m.

to 4 p.m. daily. For more information, call 949-4200.