Dining, Arts & Entertainment

The week of April 9th is Pride Week in the City of Santa Clarita.  If you have bulky items you want to dispose of or hazardous household waste, Saturday, April 14th is the day to do it because it will be free. 

Zonta-Soroptimist annual joint meeting was hosted by Soroptimist members at the Hyatt Hotel in January.  Hosting this yearly meeting alternates between the two organizations.  The program provided a brief history about Soroptimist and the projects and programs the international organization supports. 

Few things captivate audiences young and old like a striking cowboy beneath a golden sunset or the simple beauty of the untouched American landscape.  Since the debut of the Western genre in the early 20th century, audiences worldwide have tuned in to the classic American tale of good overcoming evil. 

Get ready for a day of golf and fun when the 34th Annual Frontier Toyota/Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital “Drive Safe” Golf Classic tournament, awards dinner and auction tees off on May 19, at the prestigious Valencia Country Club.  The community is invited to attend.  The event will provide business and community members a wide array of sponsorship opportunities ranging from $50 for a quarter-page ad in the tournament program to $6,500 for a major sponsorship.

A few things have changed, including the name.  Tommie’s Castaic Cafe has been a Castaic staple since 1982.  Then, it was owned and operated by the McGonigal family, and it quickly became a place customers could rely on for good home cooking at a reasonable price. 

As you can see in the diagram, which is based on an online survey from restaurateurs, the most important factor is the quality of the food.
Right after that comes cleanliness.

A limited number of tickets are now available for the SCV Wine Classic, the popular and long-running wine-tasting event benefiting the SCV Youth Orchestra.  The 19th annual event will be held at California Institute of the Arts from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday, June 2.

If you love the music of some of the biggest shows in Broadway history like Les Miserables, Cats, Jesus Christ Superstar and Jekyll and Hyde, check out a one-night only performance at the College of the Canyons of the music from the blockbusters sung by the stars of the shows themselves.  The show, titled Neil Berg’s 100 Years of Broadway, promises to be a musical theatre lover’s prize.

Leticia Hansen wants you to feel at home when you dine at her Canyon County restaurant.  That’s why she has seen to every detail of the decorating at Don Cuco’s Mexican Hacienda. 

“Alvin Ailey liked for dancers to dance from the inside out and bring their whole being to the performance,” said Sylvia Waters, Artistic Director of the Ailey II dancers, a troop who performed recently at the College of the Canyons.  Waters, while speaking to The Magazine of Santa Clarita knows first-hand about what it takes to live the life of an Ailey dancer.  She toured the world with the dance troop as a principal dancer in the late 60s and early 70s. 

The Odyssey Restaurant is a vision of the valley, featuring fine dining with a breathtaking view from any area in the dining room.  Everything gleams from the oak paneling, brass fixtures to the crystalline windows and a panoramic view of the San Fernando Valley.

You’re gonna rock, you’re gonna roll.  You’re gonna have a rockin’ good time at the Canyon Theatre Guild’s production of Bye Bye Birdie.  It’s fun for everyone when Conrad Birdie (played by George M. Chavez II) get’s ready to shake things up in Sweet Apple, Ohio. 

The characters in the movie The Wizard of Oz fell asleep in a field of poppy flowers.  There is no way you’ll be falling asleep with all the activities planned for the 2-day Lancaster festival honoring the poppy, California’s state flower.

Free Psychic Medium Workshop, Citywide Youth Art Exhibit & Exchange, and more!

Bye Bye Birdie, one of the most captivating musicals of our time, is the story of a popular rock and roll singer (Conrad Birdie, played by George M. Chavez) who is about to go into the army.  His pleasant, mild mannered agent, Albert Peterson (Jeff Lucas) and Albert’s secretary, Rose (Erin Rivlin-Sakata) concocts one final national publicity plan before Conrad leaves the country.  The plan is for Conrad to give one last kiss to a typical American teen-age girl.  The lucky girl is Kim MacAfee (Brooke VanGrinsven) from Sweet Apple, Ohio.

For the past 37 years, the residents of the Santa Clarita Valley have been entertained by hundreds of quality live theatre productions by the Canyon Theatre Guild.  With 10 full-scale productions each year, the artist endeavors and planning efforts of the Canyon Theatre Guild’s board are always in high gear. To continue their expansion, a new building will be constructed in which they can build sets and rehearse, allowing them to shorten any dark time between shows.

Plan to laugh and cry and hum along to the tunes with the two upcoming College of the Canyons live shows this Spring.  Rehearsals are in high gear for the musical, Company, a Tony-award winning musical that follows five married, once-married or soon-to-be married couples along with their bachelor friend, Robert.  His lesson learned is the importance of having company.  Set in New York, Company addresses the highs and lows of marriage, commitment, friendship and loneliness through a series of vignettes and songs.

Starched white tablecloths, ornate antique looking goblets filled with pomegranate wine and the serenade of Persian music and gentle singing are but a few of the really fine attributes of The Persia Restaurant in Saugus. Start your meal with the hummus (a blend of chick peas, garlic, lemon and olive oil) and lavosh bread. The chef holds the rights to the hummus recipe and it truly is the finest around, seriously.