Los Angeles based writer, Margie Anne Clark covers the entertainment world in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, the Santa Clarita Valley and surrounding entertainment venues in Southern California.
Learn About Drugs, Safety and School Trends at Resource Fair and Panel Discussion
Santa Clarita, Calif. – In a world where children are exposed to many dangers, being informed is the best tool a parent can acquire. Parents play an important role in teaching children resiliency, refusal techniques and how to find the path to a healthy lifestyle. Hear from the experts about tendencies that inhibit a child’s healthy growth, and influence them to deviate from making the right choices at the “Growing Together” parent resource symposium on Wednesday, May 8, 2019 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
The “Growing Together” parent resource symposium is a free event that is open to the public and will be held at City Hall (23920 Valencia Boulevard). The event is hosted by the City of Santa Clarita in partnership with the County of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital and school districts in the Santa Clarita Valley.
Attendees at the event, which is geared toward families with children in elementary school, will learn important information regarding Internet safety, drug trends and matters affecting their child’s interaction with others.
The evening will consist of a free resource fair for parents and their children in the Century Room (City Hall First Floor) from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., followed by presentations from a panel of experts featuring law enforcement, counseling professionals, educators and health advocates in the Council Chambers. Panelists invited to participate are:
· Detective William Velek – Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department
· Renee Marshall– College of the Canyons Chair of Early Childhood Education
· Dr. Darrin Privett – Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital Emergency Room Doctor
· Brenda Tumasone – San Fernando Valley Community Mental Health Center
The event will focus on providing information about trends in our community, tips for parents concerning Internet safety, advice from experts regarding the importance of communication to ensure a healthy development and behavior management. The panel will also respond to concerns and questions from attendees.
For more information about the “Growing Together” parent resource symposium, and efforts made to educate youth in Santa Clarita about living drug free, please visit DFYinSCV.com.
Santa Clarita, Calif. – The City of Santa Clarita’s annual Earth Arbor Day Festival, presented by SCV Water, is making its much-anticipated return to Central Park on Saturday, April 27. This FREE festival, which focuses on protecting the environment, is held in conjunction with worldwide Earth Day and is combined with the KHTS Santa Clarita Home and Garden Show, Arts and Crafts Fair and Emergency Expo. Earth Arbor Day festival hours will be from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 27, and the other events will continue on Sunday, April 28, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Central Park, located at 27150 Bouquet Canyon Road.
Visitors can experience a fair like atmosphere with fun activities for the whole family including a petting zoo, exciting pig races, free giveaways and much more! The festival will also feature a great selection of food trucks and volunteer opportunities in addition to the City giving away 1000 one-gallon trees and 80 yards of mulch to participants on Saturday.
Presenting sponsor SCV Water has been instrumental in the success of this event, and continues to help reinforce the importance of environmental awareness.
“Earth Arbor Day is one of our favorite partnerships, and such an obvious fit for SCV Water. We hope people will visit our booth, and learn what they can do to save water and money at their home or business,” said Kathie Martin, Public Information Officer for SCV Water.
CIWEA Names Santa Clarita an “Employer of the Year” for Internship Programs
Santa Clarita, Calif. – The City of Santa Clarita has been recognized by the California Internship & Work Experience Association (CIWEA) as a 2019 Employer of the Year, an award bestowed upon employers that model exemplary internship and work experience programs. The City received its award at the organization’s annual conference on March 29, 2019, in Napa, California.
The City of Santa Clarita strives to provide high-caliber undergraduate and graduate students with meaningful work-based learning opportunities that expand students’ understanding of public service, integrate and diversify the organization and support succession planning efforts. The City offers paid internship opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students, as well as unpaid Career Technical Education (CTE) internships to earn college credit for those enrolled in a postsecondary institution or vocational/technical school.
With highly-structured and meaningful work assignments, interns gain valuable professional experience and contribute to the City’s success in nearly every division, including the City Manager’s Office, Economic Development, Building and Safety, Arts and Events, Finance and Communications.
“City staff promote the idea of giving back by providing experiences that benefit the student, the college, the economy and the City as a whole,” said Gina M. Bogna, Dean of Career Services and Special Programs at College of the Canyons, in her nomination of the City for the award.
For more information about the City of Santa Clarita’s internship opportunities, please contact the City’s Human Resources Division at (661) 284-1418.
Universal City, CA, April 17, 2019 – Pandemonium disrupts several elaborate film productions underway on Universal Studios’ bustling movie studio backlot, sending cast and crew running for their lives.
JURASSIC WORLD’s Iconic Tyrannosaurus rex and Mosasaurus Invade Universal Studios Hollywood in Dynamic New Ad Campaign, It Just Got Real, as Anticipation Builds for the New Mega Attraction, “Jurassic World—The Ride,” Opening This Summer
As panic and chaos ensue, the source is revealed: JURASSIC WORLD’s unstoppable Tyrannosaurus rex tramples her way across sets and sound stages to ignite Universal Studios Hollywood’s new marketing campaign, It Just Got Real, in support of the theme park’s eagerly awaited mega attraction, “Jurassic World—The Ride,” opening this summer.
“Jurassic World—The Ride” will debut an original storyline that takes place within the theme park as depicted in Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment’s film, JURASSIC WORLD, on the day the Indominus rex escapes.
The exciting thrill ride will soar to new heights with the addition of several iconic dinosaurs from the movie, including the colossal Indominus rex and the magnificent aquatic Mosasaurus that will mesmerize onlookers in her natural habitat from behind a three million gallon glass encased Aquarium Observatory tank.
“Jurassic World—The Ride” comes to life under the direction of the award-winning and inspired minds at Universal Creative, the Academy Award®-winning special-effects visionaries at Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), a division of Lucasfilm, Ltd., Universal Pictures and acclaimed filmmakers Steven Spielberg, Colin Trevorrow and Frank Marshall.
The aesthetics of “Jurassic World—The Ride” will be dramatically enhanced welcoming guests to a reimagined space reflective of the JURASSIC WORLD films. In addition, there will be a fresh new entry statement, stonework landscaping and a contemporary redesign of the iconic JURASSIC WORLD gates, illuminated with billowing flames.
Engaging and interactive queue-line videos featuring facts and information about the dinosaurs within the ride will set the tone for the expedition ahead, as guests learn more about these imposing prehistoric creatures that first roamed the earth more than 65 million years ago.
Once aboard specially designed rafts, guests will navigate the lush environs of dense vegetation, traversing new areas besieged with towering dinosaurs meandering at just an arm’s length away from visitors. Encounters with such docile creatures as the Stegosaurus and Parasaurolophus will quickly turn awry as predatory Velociraptors and Dilophosaurus begin to wreak havoc, turning guests from spectators to prey. When the Tyrannosaurus rex begins to battle one of the attraction’s new ferocious dinosaurs, the rafts will spill down a treacherous 84-foot waterfall as the sole means of escape.
Located adjacent to the ride will be a new elaborately themed “Raptor Encounter” where Blue, the most belovedVelociraptor from the JURASSIC WORLD franchise, will engage guests in daring face-to-face encounters.
In addition, a new interactive “Dino Play” area will incorporate educational components within an inspired space where children of all ages can explore and excavate giant dinosaur fossils.
With so much to see and do at Universal Studios Hollywood, the new California Neighbor Pass invites guests to experience 175 days of fun for $149 when purchased online. Visit www.UniversalStudiosHollywood.com for more details.Blackout dates and restrictions apply.
Universal Studios Hollywood is The Entertainment Capital of L.A. and includes a full-day, movie-based theme park and Studio Tour. As a leading global entertainment destination, Universal Studios Hollywood delivers highly themed immersive lands that translate to real-life interpretations of iconic movie and television shows. Attractions include “The Wizarding World of Harry Potter™” which features a bustling Hogsmeade village and such critically-acclaimed rides as “Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey” and “Flight of the Hippogriff™”, and the highly-anticipated Summer opening of “Jurassic World—The Ride.” Other immersive lands include “Despicable Me Minion Mayhem” and “Super Silly Fun Land” as well as “Springfield,” hometown of America’s favorite TV family, located adjacent to the award-winning “The Simpsons Ride™” and DreamWorks Theatre featuring “Kung Fu Panda Adventure.” The world-renowned Studio Tour is Universal Studios Hollywood’s signature attraction, inviting guests behind-the-scenes of the world’s biggest and busiest movie and television production studio where they can also experience such thrill rides as “Fast & Furious—Supercharged” and “King Kong 360 3D.” The adjacent Universal CityWalk entertainment, shopping and dining complex also includes the all-new multi-million dollar, redesigned Universal CityWalk Cinema, featuring deluxe recliner seating in screening room quality theatres, and the “5 Towers” state-of-the-art outdoor concert stage.
New Signs Help Trail Users Easily Convey Their Location During Emergencies
Santa Clarita, Calif. – Trail users in Santa Clarita will now be easier to find during emergencies – even in the City’s vast open space hiking areas – thanks to a new Emergency Locating System recently launched by the City of Santa Clarita. As part of the system, a total of 658 markers have been posted every 1/8 mile on all City trails, including bike paths and hiking trails.
A new Emergency Locating System recently launched by the City of Santa Clarita, as part of the system, a total of 658 markers have been posted every 1/8 mile on all City trails, including bike paths and hiking trails.
The trail markers provide a quick and easy way to convey a location during an emergency situation. Each marker displays a specific number which designates its location. These numbers correspond to a GIS map that first responders can use to locate the emergency. When a hiker or cyclist provides an emergency operator with the designated number, the operator will be able to pinpoint the location and know where to dispatch emergency personnel.
The City is constantly looking for ways to ensure the safety of its residents, and this new Emergency Locating System will cut down response times during emergency situations. After over a year and a half of planning and design, the system is now in place and ready to be used by residents and visitors who are out enjoying the City’s trails.
Universal City, Calif. – Voodoo Doughnut CityWalk is celebrating Easter with some adorable doughnuts inspired by an Easter egg hunt. These delightful treats are available through April 21!
New Easter Doughnuts at Voodoo Doughnut at Universal CityWalk
Easter Basket Doughnut – Plain cake doughnut topped with vanilla frosting and green coconut flake “grass”, with 3 chocolate eggs nestled in the center
Easter Egg Doughnut – Egg-shaped yeast doughnut filled with chocolate Bavarian cream and decorated in beautiful pastel colors
Click Here for a First Look at What the Horrific Holidayz will Hold
Universal City, CA, April 15, 2019 – From New Year’s Eve to Valentine’s Day, from Easter to the Fourth of July and from Thanksgiving to Christmas, Universal Studios Hollywood adds a demented twist to life’s biggest moments in the all-originalHalloween Horror Nights maze, “Holidayz in Hell.”
“Holidayz in Hell” maze to debut at Universal Studios Hollywood’s Halloween Horror Nights 2019. “Halloween Horror Nights” begins Friday, September 13.
Inspired by the popular scare zone of the same name, the “Holidayz in Hell” maze will feature an original score byElectronic Music Artist and Producer Figure and offer guests new reasons to dread the holidays. A tortured Tunnel of Love, inhabited by a crazed Cupid on a quest for hearts to break or take will make this Valentine’s Day anything but romantic; an unhinged Uncle Sam will create a sinister July 4thkillerbration; treacherous turkeys will gobble, gobble an unsuspecting family; and a sick Santa will adorn Christmas Trees with human body parts, with many other milestone killer holidays.
“Halloween Horror Nights” at Universal Studios Hollywood begins Friday, September 13.
Ah, the Holidayz from Hell have arrived.
Those who survive the Holidayz need not let down their guard just yet as a creepy Christmas-themed scare zone with additional frights awaits to fill beating hearts with holiday fear.
In addition to the music of Figure, who previously created a series of original sounds for Halloween Horror Nights, guests can expect to hear a new rendition of their favorite holiday tunes, remixed to accompany this hellish new maze.
“Halloween Horror Nights” at Universal Studios Hollywood begins Friday, September 13, and brings together the sickest minds in horror to immerse guests in a living, breathing, three-dimensional world of terror. Featuring an all-new slate of unrivaled film production quality mazes and frightful scare zones uniquely themed to today’s most definitive horror properties, “Halloween Horror Nights” will taunt, terrorize and torment guests with spine-chilling haunted attractions as part of Southern California’s most extreme Halloween experience.
Updates on “Halloween Horror Nights” at Universal Studios Hollywood are available online at Hollywood.HalloweenHorrorNights.com and on Facebook at: “Halloween Horror Nights – Hollywood,” Instagram at @HorrorNights and Twitter at @HorrorNights as Creative Director John Murdy reveals a running chronicle of exclusive information. Watch videos on Halloween Horror Nights YouTube and join the conversation using #UniversalHHN
Universal Studios Hollywood is The Entertainment Capital of L.A. and includes a full-day, movie-based theme park and Studio Tour. As a leading global entertainment destination, Universal Studios Hollywood delivers highly themed immersive lands that translate to real-life interpretations of iconic movie and television shows. Attractions include “The Wizarding World of Harry Potter™” which features a bustling Hogsmeade village and such critically-acclaimed rides as “Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey” and “Flight of the Hippogriff™”, and the highly-anticipated Summer opening of “Jurassic World—The Ride.” Other immersive lands include “Despicable Me Minion Mayhem” and “Super Silly Fun Land” as well as “Springfield,” hometown of America’s favorite TV family, located adjacent to the award-winning “The Simpsons Ride™” and DreamWorks Theatre featuring “Kung Fu Panda Adventure.” The world-renowned Studio Tour is Universal Studios Hollywood’s signature attraction, inviting guests behind-the-scenes of the world’s biggest and busiest movie and television production studio where they can also experience such thrill rides as “Fast & Furious—Supercharged” and “King Kong 360 3D.” The adjacent Universal CityWalk entertainment, shopping and dining complex also includes the all-new multi-million dollar, redesigned Universal CityWalk Cinema, featuring deluxe recliner seating in screening room quality theatres, and the “5 Towers” state-of-the-art outdoor concert stage.
Simi Valley, Calif., – Pompeii: The Exhibition, at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum, features over 150 authentic artifacts on loan from the renowned Naples National Archaeological Museum in Italy. The exhibit will close on April 21, 2019. The exhibit opened in October and there is still time to see the exhibit which features original, 2,000-year-old objects that were preserved in the ash.
These artifacts include wall-sized frescos, marble and bronze sculptures, jewelry, ancient Roman coins, and full body casts of the volcano’s victims. Around mid-morning on August 24, 79 A.D., Mount Vesuvius erupted. Molten rock and pumice was expelled from Mt. Vesuvius at a rate of 1.5 million tons per second. Rocks and volcanic ash filled the atmosphere, turning day into night. Within 24 hours, the Roman city of Pompeii lay destroyed – and perfectly preserved – under 15 feet of ash and volcanic debris. It is estimated that about 16,000 people died in the eruption.
Pompeii: The Exhibition, at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum, features over 150 authentic artifacts on loan from the renowned Naples National Archaeological Museum in Italy. The exhibit will close on April 21, 2019. The exhibit opened in October and there is still time to see the exhibit which features original, 2,000-year-old objects that were preserved in the ash.
In 1748 when explorers examined the site, they found that the volcanic ash had acted as a preservative, and many of the buildings and even the skeletons and remnants of city life were still intact. This city frozen in time provided historians with a glimpse into what life was like in ancient Rome.
These artifacts, set in scenic depictions of their original surroundings, tell the tale of the bustling city of Pompeii, hidden from view and forgotten for centuries until its rediscovery over 250 years ago. The catastrophic power of volcanoes is also illustrated through an immersive CGI experience of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. The impact and devastation is evidenced by full body casts (plaster casts made from the hollows left in the ash that hardened around the now disintegrated bodies of the victims, found upon excavation), eerily preserved in their final moments.“5 stars for the Pompeii special exhibit – It was a fascinating peek into the lives of the people before Mt. Vesuvius erupted and the aftermath of the explosion.” – Karen W; Yelp Reviewer
EXHIBITION HIGHLIGHTS
The exhibition’s media-rich, immersive experience transports visitors back in time to 79 A.D. where they will embark on a journey through the ancient city, culminating with the fateful morning of the eruption. They will learn how Pompeii was a bustling commercial port and strategic military and trading center, while its neighbor Herculaneum, also buried by Vesuvius, was an exclusive Mediterranean resort. Artifacts bring this world to life as visitors discover how its people lived, loved, worked and worshipped.
Included among the more than 150 authentic artifacts are: mosaics and frescoes, gladiator armor, weapons, a ship’s anchor, ceramics, plates, furniture, jewelry, medical instruments and tools.
A simulated 4-D Eruption Theater experience allows visitors to experience the devastating impact Mount Vesuvius had on Pompeii, culminating in the reveal of full body casts of twisted human forms, asphyxiated by extreme heat and noxious gases.
“This exhibit was the next best thing to a trip abroad. Fascinating artifacts with strong explanations as to the background of the items. Video to enhance the exhibits was professionally produced and educational. There was a 4-D movie experience that was phenomenal.” – Joanne F; TripAdvisor Reviewer
Additionally, archaeological details present a unique record of Pompeii’s daily life including roads, buildings, and municipal services.
This not-to-be-missed exhibition is thrilling for adults and appropriate for the whole family.
Although this exhibition is appropriate for people of all ages – and includes great history lessons for children – it’s important to remember that ancient Roman cities held a very different view of sexuality during that period, so a few of the sculptures feature era-specific depictions of men and women without clothing. There is also one area of the exhibition with more mature content (there is a parental advisory notice outside the entrance to this gallery) and the gallery can be skipped if you prefer. Our exhibit features a very realistic 4-D experience that simulates a volcanic eruption–complete with flashing lights, sounds, visuals and vibrations that may frighten some youngsters.
Simi Valley Calif. – As the United States and the United Kingdom share a special relationship, so did President Ronald Reagan and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. At the crux of their relationship was a deep commitment to shared principles, mutual support, and a genuine personal friendship. This story will be told in the brand-new exhibition: Reagan and Thatcher: The Friendship that Changed the World, opening at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum on April 13, 2019.
Reagan and Thatcher: The Friendship that Changed the World, opening at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum on April 13, 2019.
“I’d planned on spending only a few minutes with Margaret Thatcher but we ended up talking for almost two hours. I liked her immediately – she was warm, feminine, gracious, and intelligent – and it was evident from our first words that we were soulmates when it came to reducing government and expanding economic freedom.” – Ronald Reagan
“Fate decided that Ronnie should be in charge of the great United States when I was in charge politically in Britain…We had almost identical beliefs. From very different backgrounds, very different circumstances, we had come to this passionate belief that the world is not created by governments, it is created by the creativity of man.” – Margaret Thatcher
Reagan and Thatcher: The Friendship that Changed the World brings together objects and artifacts never before shown together in an exhibition, including an audio recording of a phone conversation between President Reagan and Baroness Thatcher on Grenada, correspondence, photos and videos, a decommissioned Cold War missile, the dress Mrs. Reagan wore for the State Dinner in honor of Margaret Thatcher in 1981, the raincoat Prime Minister Thatcher was famously photographed in while riding in a Challenger 1 Tank in West Germany, and over 50 additional objects.
“The bond that President Reagan and Prime Minister Thatcher forged beginning in 1975 truly changed the world,” said John Heubusch, executive director of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute. “It’s only fitting that an exhibition dedicated to their friendship – a friendship that truly did change the world – be told at the Reagan Library.”
“When I acquired this collection of artifacts of Lady Thatcher in 2017, it was always my hope that one day they would go on exhibit to tell her remarkable story involving world leaders like President Reagan,” said Sir Peter Wood. “I’m honored to have been able to be a part of this one-of-a-kind exhibition.”
“There is something endlessly fascinating about this unlikely duo, the London housewife and the Hollywood film star, who set off to do battle against enemies without and within, defying odds and expectations to win some famous victories and shift history their way,” said Chris Collins from the Margaret Thatcher Foundation. “This exhibition brings it all together, from Cruise missiles to ballgowns, and much in between. We are delighted to have been able to help.”
Their mutual respect is evidenced in President Reagan’s own diary, where Lady Thatcher is mentioned over 60 times. In these entries, Prime Minister Thatcher is described by President Reagan as, “a tower of strength and a solid friend of the U.S.” and was appreciated for her efforts to, “get allies to be more forceful in their actions.” Margaret Thatcher, in turn, admired President Reagan and asserted that he “won the Cold War without firing a shot.” Together, they not only supported each other, but provided leadership and vision to the rest of the world.
Reagan and Thatcher is made possible in part through the contributions of Sir Peter Wood and the Margaret Thatcher Foundation.
Contest to be Held at the Santa Clarita Earth Arbor Day Festival on April 27, 2019.
Santa Clarita, Calif. – The popular cArt aRT Contest will be returning to the City of Santa Clarita’s FREE Earth Arbor Day Festival on Saturday, April 27, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The cArt aRT Contest is an art competition where participants use recycled materials and craft supplies to transform ordinary trash carts into remarkable pieces of art. Individuals interested in participating must fill out an application form and reserve their trash cart by April 17.
Creativity will be the driving force behind these unique pieces of art. Carts can be decorated using any recyclable materials including toilet paper rolls, plastic cups and water bottles to name a few. From stunning to beautiful, or just flat outrageous, participants have used this opportunity to showcase their artistic ability while raising environmental awareness.
Interested participants must fill out an application form available online at GreenSantaClarita.com/EarthArborDayand reserve their trash cart with Laura Jardine at (661)255-4376 or ljardine@santa-clarita.com by April 17. Entries must be brought to the Environmental Services booth at Central Park on April 27, from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. Entries will be judged the same day and winners will be notified the following week with cash prizes!
Please visit GreenSantaClarita.com/EarthArborDay for a complete list of rules and guidelines in addition to more information about the Earth Arbor Day Festival.
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