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Laemmle Newhall prepares to open doors Friday

April 7, 2021 10:22 pm

Cassie Gratton knows how to open a Laemmle theater. The general manager of the Newhall Laemmle, which will open its doors with a ribbon-cutting this Friday, also helped to open Laemmle’s Glendale and Claremont locations.  “I feel pretty privileged that they asked me to open this theater,” said Gratton, a 20-year Laemmle employee who worked her way up the ranks of the family-owned theater group.  When The Signal met Gratton on Wednesday for an early look

Local documentary filmmaker debuts in Cannes and Los Angeles

March 5, 2020 5:58 pm

Laura Carlson is a professional writer by day and a documentary filmmaker on the side. Her first film “Beyond Barriers” was screened at the Cannes Short Film Festival in 2019 and made its U.S. premiere in February at the Golden State Film Festival at the TLC Chinese Theater.

Newhall Library holds “musical instrument petting zoo” for kids and teens

February 25, 2020 5:12 pm

Gone are the days when you would be shushed for making noise in the library. As librarian Liza Purdy puts it, that’s an antiquated stereotype and the Newhall Library is a “full throttle library.” On Monday, the Old Town Newhall Library was full of music as the library hosted a “musical instrument petting zoo” for children and teens as part of the monthly “Green Eggs and Jam” music program.

How the SCV figured into the Oscars landscape

January 27, 2020 10:48 am

Throughout the years, the city has maintained its close ties to Hollywood, so when the nominations for the 2020 Academy Awards season were released Jan. 13, it was no surprise Santa Clarita was an integral part of seven of this year’s distinguished films.

Glowhouse Gaming to host ‘Star Wars’ celebration

December 6, 2019 4:41 pm

In anticipation of the “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker,” the final film in the “Skywalker saga,” Glowhouse Gaming is hosting a “Star Wars” party to give local fans a way to celebrate their fandom.

Locals review the latest Disney+ debuts

December 1, 2019 5:00 am

It’s been a couple of weeks since the launch of Disney+, Disney’s much-anticipated streaming service. Not only has the vault of Disney’s beloved classics been

Behind ‘The Black String’

November 14, 2019 5:47 pm

While at lunch one day, Brian Hanson told his friend Richard Handley an idea for a film he’d come up with back in 2008 with

Rob McFerren: Fall Seasonals

October 6, 2017 7:00 am

As we roll into fall we will take a look at a couple of popular beers of the season. Today most Craft Breweries are producing

Rob McFerren: Pumpkin Beers

August 25, 2017 7:00 am

It’s hard to believe that we are already in August but as fall approaches the growing selection of Pumpkin Beers will start appearing at your

‘Fist Fight’

February 17, 2017 2:00 am

If I were to rate my favorite BatmYou can tell me “Fist Fight” is a live-action, R-rated cartoon, and I shouldn’t take any of it