GREAT ‘BEST PICTURE’ RIVALRIES THROUGHOUT HISTORY The Oscars are largely an excuse for the industry to pat itself on the back. Louis B. Mayer started the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1927. He used the new entity […]
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A Night at the Opera
WORKSHOP SHOWCASES STUDENT TALENT On a frigid, gloomy afternoon, the lights dimmed in the SCC theater, leaving only a vague outline of the pianist to the right of the stage patiently waiting to play and fake sun owners hoping to […]
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“BLACK PANTHER” LIVES UP TO HYPE The Marvel film we’ve all been waiting for has finally premiered. On Feb. 16, “Black Panther” blessed the big screen. The fillm features a beautiful, dominant black cast, an all- black produced soundtrack and […]
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SPINDRIFT JURY SHOW GETS VOTES A buzz went around Visual Communications Technology (VCT) building last week during the Spindrift Jury Show. Over 400 visual art entries lined the upstairs walls during the show, as people cast votes for their favorites. […]
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OPERA WORKSHOP PREMIERS ORIGINAL PRODUCTION It’s not a phantom, the opera has certainly appeared. The Opera Workshop, produced and directed by Charles Enlow, is returning to SCC. The workshop got its name because it functions as a “working” learning studio […]
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Jazz Improv Concert 12:30-2:00 p.m., Feb.20; PUB Lobby (on campus) SCC music faculty member Steve Kim will be directing a free concert featuring SCC jazz improvisation students. The live band will be playing keyboard, bass, drums, guitar and different sets […]
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SACRAMENTO TEEN STRIKES EMOTIONAL CHORD High school is that one elusive time period in many of our lives. It is a time of change of identity and discovery as high schoolers move out into the real world. For these reasons […]
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DIVERSITY DOMINATES THE GRAMMYS This year’s Grammy Awards may have represented a changing of the guard in the music industry. A diverse group of nominees opened up the possibility of the industry moving forward; however, the artists who brought home […]
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Mamma Mia! Coming to Seattle Feb. 2-25 The 5th Avenue Theater The hit comedy-drama musical “Mamma Mia,” based on songs by the band ABBA, has come to 5th avenue. “Dancing Queens” as young as 17 (or younger) can spend their […]
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“THE ROOM” LEAVE SPACE FOR LAUGHTER “Spoons!” was the first thing I heard, before a storm of plastic silverware hailed down on the second row in Pacific Place Theater. “The Room,” director Tommy Wiseau’s love-child of 2003, returned to the […]
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