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The Rocky Horror Picture Show turned 35 this year, and if you still haven't seen it, well, that's a pretty long time to still be a virgin. Of course, even a movie with a drag queen hero can become mainstream given enough time. Exhibit A: Last night, Rocky Horror was screened in Granada Hills, of all places, at the Regency. Exhibit B: Yesterday, during Tulsa Elementary School's costume parade, as first-graders strolled the schoolyard in their store-bought finest, "The Time Warp" was one of the musical selections. Did the legions of pint-sized princesses and ninjas and their applauding parents realize that their tender younglings were parading to the soundtrack of a film that celebrates every vice known to man? The shadow cast, assembled from cast members from West Hills, Orange County, and other locations, featured a stellar Frank N. Furter with an impressive collection of screen-accurate costumes and a flawless Narrator, but a Janet who hadn't even mana...

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Look at the Green "Screamin Coupons" ad on the right side of the screen. This weekend's special is for Yoga classes at North Valley Aikikai, and 10% of the proceeds will go to Van Gogh Elementary school. Check it out. Enjoy.

Tomorrow afternoon, Granada Hills South Neighborhood Council will host an informational meeting about the operation of Valley Region High School #4. Applicants to run the school have been asked to make brief presentations about their plans to run the school site. The meeting is Saturday, October 30 from 2-4:30pm at Granada Pavilion, 11128 Balboa Boulevard (in the Trader Joe's Center). My advice: whichever group is willing to acknowledge that Bo Diddley High, is a much cooler name than Valley Region High School No. 4 should run the school. Naming a school in honor of one of Granada Hills' most influential residents and supporting a commitment to arts in education, well, it just makes sense . Join the Facebook Group Related Posts: What Should The New High School Be Named?

Mike Spasoff is a tireless servant to this community -- at least for a few months out of the year -- and that's good enough for me. It's also more than good enough for the 600 trick-or-treaters he delights and terrifies with the elaborate, Disney-rivaling, pirate-themed yard display at his house on San Fernando Mission Boulevard (near Shoshone). When I was a kid, I used to always wish someone in the neighborhood would do something beyond carving a pumpkin. Fortunately, kids in Mike's neighborhood will never have to cope with that same unfulfilled sense of longing that I always had. Read more about Mike Spasoff, Master of Pirates

At a press conference today attended by Mike Antonovitch, Mike Curb, and other figures from local politics, Executive Director Robert Bucker announced the lineup for the new Valley Performing Arts Center's opening season. Shows include Shawn Colvin & Loudon Wainwright III, Joan Rivers, a talk by Arianna Huffington, and "Remember Me," a dance performance. Full details of the season are available at http://www.valleyperformingartscenter.org.