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LOCAL ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Jazz & Blues Concert Series Lineup Announced
Monday, Jun 13, 2016

Calendars at the ready: the Valencia Jazz & Blues concert series lineup has officially been announced and is bringing jazz and blues artists every Friday evening until August 5. This year’s series, set to begin Friday, June 17, will run for 8 weeks through August 5. Hours for the concerts will...

March 27: Symphonic Jazz Concert at PAC
Monday, Mar 16, 2015

The College of the Canyons music department will present a selection of symphonic music — but with a touch of jazz — at its annual ‘Symphonic Jazz’ concert on Friday, March 27, at the Santa Clarita Performing Arts Center. The event will include a showcase of the college’s award-winning Studio...

March 21: Springtime GO Jazz Concert at West Ranch
Friday, Feb 13, 2015

Golden Oak Adult School’s well-known group, GO JAZZ, will be performing its last show for this school year at West Ranch High School on Saturday, March 21, at 7:30 p.m. The band has continued to add new songs from such well know artists as Count Basie, Paul Anka, Stevie Wonder, Chick Corea, The...

Feb. 15: Boogie Woogie Bugle Ball at Canyon High
Tuesday, Feb 11, 2014

Grab your vintage dress, polish your spats and boogie down to Canyon High School on Saturday night for a Boogie Woogie Bugle Ball, hosted by the Canyon High School band.

Oct. 23: Jazz Legend Wadada Leo Smith to Preview New Work at CalArts
Wednesday, Oct 9, 2013

CalArts faculty member Wadada Leo Smith is one of the most boldly original figures in American jazz and creative contemporary music, and one of the great trumpet players of our time. For a special concert, announcing his retirement from the Performer Composer and Jazz Programs of The Herb Alpert School...

July 19: Local Jazz Combo SpareTime to Play Rivendale
Thursday, Jul 18, 2013

SpareTime SpareTime is the first of the concerts planned for the LA SummerFest at Rivendale, this Friday, July 19, at 7:30 p.m. SpareTime, a jazz group based in Santa Clarita, with music that’s a blend of smooth jazz in a combination of styles – fusion, pop, straight-ahead, Latin, rock, mostly instrumental,...

CalArts Jazz Ensemble to Headline April 13 (Video)
Sunday, Mar 24, 2013

California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) is pleased to announce the latest event of the 2013 Wild Beast Concert Series hosted by The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts. Headlining the April 13 event is the CalArts Large Ensemble, a high-powered 20-piece jazz band conducted by Lauren Baba and Andrew...

March 15: Golden Oak Jazz Concert at West Ranch High
Thursday, Mar 14, 2013

The Hart School District is pleased to announce that the Golden Oak Adult School jazz band will be performing a concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 15, at West Ranch High School Performing Arts Theater. The group is made up of local professional-level adult musicians. Bob Babko, recently retired and former...

March 22: Music of Dirk Fischer Featured in COC Jazz Concert
Tuesday, Mar 12, 2013

Dirk Fischer on SCVTV’s “House Blend” music show in 2011 The College of the Canyons music department will present the concert event JAZZ IT! featuring the premiere of two pieces arranged by longtime College of the Canyons jazz professor Dirk , who died in February. The JAZZ IT! spring...

Free Jazz, World Music Concerts at CalArts in April (Video)
Thursday, Jan 24, 2013

The Wild Beast at CalArts | Photos by Scott Groller California Institute of the Arts is pleased to announce the spring 2013 events of The Wild Beast Concert Series hosted by the Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts. In April, two free concerts will feature world-class guest performers, faculty, alumni...

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<strong>1955</strong> - Actor and nightclub owner Ace Cain incorporates the Rocky Springs Country Club in Sand Canyon [<a href="https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/lw2454.htm" target="_blank">story</a>]<br> <a href="https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/lw2454.htm" target="_blank"> <img src="https://scvhistory.com/gif/lw2454b.jpg" alt="Ace Cain" style="margin-top:6px;width:110px;border:0;"> </a>
What do you do when you’ve been called the “Hysterical Society” for a half-century? You grab the ball and run with it.
March 7: SCV Historical Society Celebrates 50 Years with ‘Not Your Typical Gala’
The Santa Clarita Valley/Sylmar/Antelope Valley Chapter of Project Linus will host a Make-A-Blanket Day on Saturday, March 28, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at the COC East Gym.
March 28: Project Linus Make-A-Blanket Day at COC
The American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Santa Clarita Valley invites cancer survivors and caregivers to the 2026 Survivor and Caregiver Celebration Dinner.
March 14: ACS SCV Relay for Life Cancer Survivor, Caregiver Dinner
The annual Santa Clarita Valley Historical Society tour of the site of the March 12, 1928 failure of the St. Francis Dam in San Francisquito Canyon is scheduled for Saturday, May 16.
May 16: Tickets Now Available for St. Francis Dam Disaster Site Tour
The Master's University baseball team lost the final game of the four-game series to the Oregon Tech Owls 10-2 Saturday, Feb. 14 in Lou Herwaldt Stadium.
Mustang Nine Drop Series Finale to Owls
The Master's University beach volleyball team had a tough second game against last season's national runner-up, falling to the Corban (OR) Warriors 4-1 Saturday, Feb. 14 on the TMU Beach Volleyball Courts in Santa Clarita. The Sandy 'Stangs were able to knock off the Warriors 3-2 the day before to open the season.
No. 4 Sandy ‘Stangs fall to No. 2 Warriors
The February general meeting of the Santa Clarita Artists Association has been moved to the fourth week of the month due to scheduling options available at the new location within the Newhall Library. The meeting and live demonstration will be on Monday, Feb. 23 at 6 p.m. in the Old Town Newhall Library Community Room.
Feb. 23: SCAA General Meeting, Live Demonstration
<strong>1949</strong> - Short-lived oil drilling operation on Newhall's Arcadia Street ends [<a href="https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/ap2126.htm" target="_blank">story</a>]<br> <a href="https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/ap2126.htm" target="_blank"> <img src="https://www.scvhistory.com/gif/ap2126t.jpg" style="margin-top:6px;width:110px;border:0;" alt="Arcadia Street rig"> </a>
The "Strings of Light: A Candlelight Benefit Concert" will be held Saturday, April 11, 6-9 p.m. in the Bella Vida Ballroom at the Santa Clarita Valley Senior Center.
April 11: ‘Strings of Light: A Candlelight Benefit Concert’ at Bella Vida
Facing significant fiscal challenges due to a more than $50 million dollar cut in federal, state and local funding, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is consolidating and ending clinic services at seven locations on Feb. 27.
Public Health Ending Clinic Services at Seven Locations Due to Funding Cuts
California State University, Northridge’s Spring 2026 Cinematheque is collaborating with CSUN’s Department of Africana Studies to celebrate Black History Month with a special panel conversation, “Black Cinema: The 50th Anniversary of Alex Haley’s Roots.”
Feb. 18: CSUN Cinematheque to Celebrate ‘Black Cinema, The 50th Anniversary of Alex Haley’s Roots’
Santa Clarita Symphony Orchestra presents its "Dreams & Destinies Concert," 4 p.m., Sunday, March 8 at the Canyon High School Performing Arts Center.
March 8: SCSO ‘Dreams & Destinies Concert’ at Canyon High Performing Arts Center
The regular meeting of the William S. Hart Union High School District’s Governing Board of Trustees will be held Wednesday, Feb. 18, with a closed session at 6 p.m. followed by an open session at 7 p.m.
Feb. 18: Hart Governing Board Regular Meeting
The Master's University men's basketball team fell to the Arizona Christian Firestorm on Saturday, Feb. 14 in The MacArthur Center 80-71, with Tiago Soares scoring 15 points on Senior Day.
TMU Basketball Drops Close Game to ACU
Detectives from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department are asking for the public’s help locating At-Risk Missing Person Mary Hellen Paigen.
LASD Seeks Public’s Help Locating Missing Canyon Country Woman
Senior Alli VanKooten had 20 points and a career-high 19 rebounds in her final regular season game in The MacArthur Center as TMU women's basketball topped ACU 77-48 on Saturday, Feb. 14.
Mustangs Squash Firestorm on Senior Day
After years of watching the skies and tracking reservoir levels, Californians are finally seeing a welcome change: the state is no longer in a drought.
Ken Striplin | Making Every Drop Count with the Rain Barrel Purchase Program
The baseball Cougars clubbed six home runs to produce a season-high run total as College of the Canyons defeated Allan Hancock College 16-7 at Mike Gillespie Field on Tuesday, Feb. 10.
Cougars Club Six Home Runs, Defeat Allan Hancock 16-7
No. 18 College of the Canyons softball bounced back in the second game of its home doubleheader on Tuesday, Feb. 10, defeating Santa Barbara City College 4-3 to salvage a split.
No. 18 Canyons Comes Back to Split vs. Santa Barbara City
<strong>2000</strong> - Rancho Camulos designated a National Historic Landmark [<a href="https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/lw2119a.htm" target="_blank">story</a>]<br> <a href="https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/lw2119a.htm" target="_blank"> <img src="https://scvhistory.com/gif/lw2119at.jpg" alt="Rancho Camulos" style="margin-top:6px;width:110px;border:0;"> </a>
The Master's University swimming teams competed at the PCSC Championships this week at East L.A. Swim Stadium.
TMU Swim Wins Several Individual Titles at PCSC Championships
An update on a murder that occured on Saturday, Feb. 14, in Castaic, has been issued by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Homicide Bureau.
UPDATE: LASD Homicide Assists SCV Sheriff’s Station With Castaic Murder
The last Foothill League boys soccer team remaining in the playoffs went down last Friday, but the two girls teams winning in Round 1 continued winning in Round 2, so soccer lives on in the SCV. If they will just tell us where those teams will be playing in the Quarter Finals, we can get out there and make some noise.
Soccer Playoffs Update: Two Foothill League Girls Teams Advance
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