Box office season heats up

Jennifer Manalili
May 15, 2013 • 121 views
Filed under Arts, Movies

Do Trekkies, Iron Man and a reimagining of the Superman legend sound like a good time?The big battle in terms of summer box office this year is between Marvel and DC Comics, with the latter universe’s Superman stepping into the limelight just as Batman bowed out last summer with “The Dark... Read more »

Songs of the Colorado

Ashley Perez
May 15, 2013 • 43 views
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An audience of 50 students filled the Saville Theatre on April 18 for a screening of "Songs of the Colorado." Filmmaker Daniel Golding and Jon Meza Cuero tell the story of the traditional songs of the Yuman-speaking people and how those songs connect them, through story, to the language and history... Read more »

The first Script to Screen event in City College

fahima paghmani
May 15, 2013 • 51 views
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Students, professors and aspiring writers gathered in the Saville Theatre for City College's very first event geared at those aspiring to get into the film industry.Script to Screen: The San Diego Indie Scene was held on April 27.Attendees to the free event were able to learn about several things including... Read more »

SoundBreak Playlist: Cover Songs

Angelica Wallingford
May 15, 2013 • 130 views
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The glorious cover song. Anyone who has heard music in their lifetime has heard one. Some may have even thought that they were originals by whoever was covering it. I can almost guarantee you that as long as there has been music, there have been cover songs and that most of the artists that you love... Read more »

Dine n’ bowl

Michelle Moran
May 14, 2013 • 89 views
Filed under Arts, Food

If you are not in the mood to get all dolled up and hit the clubs downtown on the weekend, East Village Tavern+Bowl is just the place for you.It is a restaurant and sports lounge located in downtown, only a few blocks from Petco Park. As you walk in, there's a full bar to your right, plenty of seating... Read more »

Explore Music, Don’t Just Listen

Mary Watson
May 13, 2013 • 82 views
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Mass media is growing and it's becoming easier to create anything digital and send it to whoever or wherever in the world within minutes.With the cultivation and prosperity of social media, it's possible to share any kind of art medium and have it be viewed by hundreds or thousands with targeted similar... Read more »

Chicano Park’s 43rd anniversary

Juan Carlos Siezar
May 13, 2013 • 101 views
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With the theme “Chicano Park: Aztlan's Jewel & A National Chicano Treasure,” the 43rd anniversary of Chicano Park attracted 2,000 to 3,500 people on April 20th.The event included traditional music and dances, speakers, live bands, a lowrider car show, vendor booths and kids’ art... Read more »

The violent video game in us all…

Adam Baird
May 13, 2013 • 67 views
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In case you've been living in a cave down by the beach in the past few months, I'd like to let you know something: there has been quite a lot of violence going on in the world lately. Shootings. People and places blowing up. Revolutions and wars. Rape culture. Of course, if your absence has been because... Read more »

We are all hipsters

Paul Smoot
May 1, 2013 • 220 views
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Shot right here in San Diego's backyard, the film "I Am Not A Hipster" brings the local indie music scene to the center stage. Written and directed by Destin Cretton, originally from Maui, Hawaii, "I Am Not A Hipster" follows the apathetic young singer/songwriter Brook Hyde (Dominic Bogart) as he copes... Read more »

City dance student and alumnus awarded

kaily sanders
April 17, 2013 • 243 views
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For San Diego CIty College student Jamie Nixon and alumnus Zaquia Mahler Salinas, hard work and dedication paid off when they tied for third place in the third annual Young Choreographer's Showcase.Jean Issacs, the artistic director for San Diego Dance Theater, holds the YCS each year to give up and... Read more »