Some Palos Verdes locals may know Chuck Dickerson as a long-time music director at Rolling Hills United Methodist Church, but as I learned in our recent conversation, this multi-talented man is involved in many other projects.
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How do you measure great art? Is it by the quality of materials in the work? The message it tries to convey to the audience? Or the iridescent life the artist had to experience to develop the ability to capture inspiration onto canvas? On the Palos Verdes Peninsula there is another way to measure art — in miles.
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I am an early riser so, for me, there is nothing I like better that getting out for a walk first thing in the morning.
We are so fortunate here on the peninsula to enjoy both sunrises and sunsets.
This photo is 17th st in San Pedro basking in the glow.
Put on your sunglasses everyone!
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November and the lovely autumn season seem time for comely comedy with some stories about fun of love, temptation realized or not, films that feature “hooker with a heart of gold” aka, ladies of the night, or in more elegant terms courtesan, who might be working in what been called the “world’s oldest profession, and possesses virtues such as kindness, integrity, generosity.
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The world has produced a number of household-name ballerinas like Anna Pavola, Galina Ulanova and Alicia Markova and our own hometown girl, Misty Copeland, who at age 40 has surpassed all expectations in fame, talent and versatility.
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Guided Nature Walk at Alta Vicente Reserve with the Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy, Saturday, November 12th, 9am. Explore rare cactus wren and gnatcatcher restored habitat. Enjoy beautiful views of Catalina Island, blooms of lupine and golden poppy and learn about the military history of the area in honor of Veterans Day. Moderate to strenuous. Sign up at: pvplc.org/calendar
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My first sip of wine was at the Ahwahnee Hotel in Yosemite National Park. If memory serves, I had a Chardonnay that went with my delicious Chicken Piccata.
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The South Coast Botanic Garden covers 8 acres and contains over 2500 different species of plants. The garden is also home dozens of species of birds including the following:
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Joe Ackerman spent over 60 years photographing and getting autographs from over 5,000 stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood and beyond. Additionally, he took over 400 candid photos of the iconic stars and was able to come back and have them autograph the photos. Ackerman did all of this while running 3 successful businesses and raising a family of five children.
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October has an element of fantasy, enchantment, ghosts and superstition with All Hallows at the Eve end of the month. Many films to entertain on a haunted evening most are more funny than scary for your viewing consideration.
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Things do change in a heartbeat, don’t they? When I last interviewed Daniela Saxa-Kaneko she was serving as the interim executive director of the Palos Verdes Art Center. Not long after that the “interim” was dropped—and she was selected to head up the place, a venerable institution which has been serving the Peninsula for 90 years.
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Jill Sanders is a local fine art landscape photographer born and raised here in Palos Verdes, California. Her images stir a sense of stillness and peace upon the viewer as she blends her painterly effects of light and shadow mixed with long exposure techniques.
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If you live in San Pedro, as I do, you have probably discovered Averill Park with it’s pretty waterfall, meandering stream and ever fascinating ( to me anyway) duckpond. In spring you’ll see ducklings and all year round there are Mallards, Muscovy ducks,wood duck and visiting herons. The Muscovy ducks think they own the place and are often seen patrolling the perimeter of the pond.
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Imagine, after taking one single breath of air and suddenly you are submerged under water into a poorly lit, murky, eerie world where you are immediately no longer at the top of the food chain, and the animal at the top of the food chain could be stalking you at any moment. That is a world not many of us would aim to immerse ourselves in. Imagine that very animal that is at the top of the food chain laying just inches in front of your face.
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GIFTED:
Collecting the Art of California
at Gardena High School, 1919-1956
September 17 – November 12, 2022
Opening Reception: September 24, 6 – 9pm
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California’s mild climate, consistently sunny days and open spaces were quite an incentive for film studios to relocate from their New York locations to Southern California. Once in California, filmmakers frequently used Southern California and the western states as backdrops for their films about the adventures of America’s Western Expansion.
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As you power up your shrinking machine it begins to spark and rattle. A quick glance at the settings reads a shrink ratio of 1 to 160. You take aim at a local locomotive resting in the port of Los Angeles, hit the switch and blast the locomotive with all your machine’s might! It works as you exclaim with joy,
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One of the most important aspects of goat herding for cost effective fire prevention is the protection from superlative, good-natured dogs who live with the goats night and day
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