Melissa Hillis was 21 the first time she met a female firefighter. Up until that point, she didn’t even realize it was possible for her to enter that field.
The Arts and Culture Commission weighed options for next year's Festival Beverly Hills, discussed the maintenance and expansion of the city’s public art collection and went over plans for upcoming events at its Oct. 10 meeting.
The Beverly Hills Unified School Board voted 4-1 at its Oct. 19 meeting to use a state grant to hire a part-time parent liaison to work with families and the district to address problems around bullying.
Teenagers from seven different schools took part in Dance and Dialogue’s all-city workshop for a day of master dance classes that culminated in solo breakout performances at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on Oct. 10.
The city of Beverly Hills and its Community Services Department will celebrate 50 years of artistic excellence and community engagement in the Fall Art Show on Oct. 21 and 22 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Beverly Gardens Park.
Celebrating its third year, the Beverly Hills-based non-profit entity Not Today Cancer is inviting community members to race through Beverly Hills to raise funds and awareness to support cures for pediatric cancer.