GREAT NEW PLAY AT NoHo ARTS CENTER

PEST CONTROL ----- THE MUSICAL

The NoHo Arts Center 11136 Magnolia Blvd. North Hollywood, CA 91601
818-508-7101

Previews begin: April 17
Show Runs: April 25 - June 8, 2008
Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8:00 PM Sunday at 3:00 PM

STARRING:
Darren Ritchie Beth Malone Joanna Glushak Dana Meller & Cleavant Derricks

Written by John Moores
Music by Vladamir Shainsky
Lyrics and Additional Music by Scott DeTurk and tea & tonik
Musical Direction by David Manning
DIRECTED & CHOREOGRAPHED BY JAMES J. MELLON

Tickets: $25 (Thursdays) $35 (Friday - Sunday) Student & Seniors always enjoy $5 Off!!

The multi award-winning Open At The Top Productions in association with Canum Entertainment presents "PEST CONTROL... The Musical." Inspired by the best selling novel by Bill Fitzhugh, Pest Control is the story of a New York City exterminator, Bob Dillon, who is misidentified by not only the underworld but also by the CIA as a notorious and elusive professional assassin! Pest Control will lead you on a wild chase, set to a rock musical score with a dash of early hip-hop!

PHYLLIS HANSEN LECTURE BIG SUCCESS

Orpha Klinker Photograph - "First Flight" - Collection of Phyllis Hansen - 2008
Phyllis Hansen Lecture - April 24, 2008 - Photo in Archives of The Museum of the San Fernando Valley

The photo above is one of the many priceless Orpha Klinker treasures shown during last evening's lecture by Phyllis Hansen. The lecture was sponsored by the San Fernando Valley Historical Society at the Andres Pico Adobe in Mission Hills.
CONGRATULATIONS PHYLLIS!

GUY WEDDINGTON McCREARY

Guy Weddington McCreary - Photo in the Archives of The Museum of the San Fernando Valley - 2008

Valley activist-businessman Guy Weddington McCreary stands at the site of proposed re-location of the "Mother House of North Hollywood". A direct descendent of the Weddington family who founded the city of Lankershim/Toluca, Guy's ancestors donated lands for the North Hollywood Fire Department and Federal Post Office. He also sold what is now North Hollywood Park to our city for the token sum of $10.
Saving the historic Weddington House for the San Fernando Valley has been Guy McCleary's focus for the last year. He and his wife Diane have created the Weddington Heritage Trust to make sure that the gramd old house is kept in the great condition it deserves as the "Mother House" of our Valley.
Guy and Diane are both members of the Board of the Friends of Campo de Cahuenga Historical Memorial Association, and are advisors to The Museum of the San Fernando Valley.

WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO TRADITIONS - THE ORNAMENT STORE?

Patriotic Tree - Janne and Jerry Fecht's Home - 2008
Traditions
For many years there was a great little grocery store on Topanga Canyon and Dumetz in Woodland Hills called Gary's. The Thomas Family who ran the store owned a little strip mall there. One of the shops became vacant and Gary encouraged his daughter to open a Christmas tree store. She did. There were a couple of years before the shop really caught on, and when it did Traditions Year-Round Holiday Store really took off.
Today Traditions does most of its business via the internet, but there are still plenty of loyal customers who stayed with the Thomas Family when it moved the operation to a big warehouse in Canoga Park.
My wife Janne and I have a little holiday tree that we decorate for various occasions. With all the hoop-la over the primaries, we thought it would be fun to have a Patriotic Tree. (Don't worry, you won't be getting political propaganda from us anytime soon.)

ORPHA KLINKER LECTURE BY PHYLLIS HANSEN TONIGHT

Rare Orpha Klinker Notebook - Collection of Phyllis Hansen

ORPHA KLINKER LECTURE
Thursday - April 24th.
Time: 7 PM (lecture begins at 7:30PM)
large crowd expected get there early for parking &
seating
Andres Pico Historic Abode
10940 Sepulveda Boulevard
Mission Hills, CA 91346
Very tricky access - go north on Sepulveda and turn
right onto Brand Avenue - it is One Way!
Go slowly and you will see immediately to the right
a Park Sign reading Andreas Pico Adobe - pull into
drive and park.
Presented by: The San Fernando Valley Historic Society
Telephone: (818) 365-7810