The Burbank Community Band has brought together volunteer amateur and professional musicians in and around our neighborhood to rehearse at the same time and location each week for nearly four decades.
The Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation Keeps Music Alive in Our Schools
Over the past 23 years, the Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation, based in Studio City, has donated more than 28,000 new and refurbished instruments to schools across the country.
Songs That Soothe Composes Comforting Music for People and Pets
Listening to music can do wonders, like improving your mood, reducing stress and acting as a form of healing — for both people and pets.
Health and Fitness Tips to Start Your Year Right
If you’ve been thinking about recommitting to your health and wellness goals, there’s no better time to get started than the beginning of a new year! To help you on your journey to a better you, we tapped local fitness experts Dallas Malloy and Winston Rice of the Toluca Lake Tennis and Fitness Club for their top exercise and nutrition tips that can be incorporated into any routine.
Train Like an Olympian
We asked Olympic sprinter and Toluca Lake Tennis and Fitness Club trainer Hafsatu Kamara to share her favorite warmups to help kickstart our health and fitness goals for the new year.
Hafsatu Kamara: On Her Mark
We caught up with Sierra Leonean–American sprinter Hafsatu Kamara to talk about her journey to the Olympics and how she came to work and train in Toluca Lake.