There will be more that meets the eye on Jan. 31 at the Kondos Gallery’s new exhibit, “That’s What I Figure.”
Four Bay Area image-makers will have their exhibits displayed during the opening reception from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the campus art gallery.
Don’t miss your chance to see the work of Seyed Alavi, Elisheva Biernoff, Travis Collinson and Ed Loftus at the gallery.
This time of year has always been memorable to me. My birthday is a few days before Thanksgiving, then Christmas comes around and next thing I know it’s New Year’s Eve.
Leaves change colors and textures, people seem to become more family oriented, sharing heaping amounts of food with each other, and when the fireworks finally explode on New Year’s Eve, the excitement of changing seasons and new beginnings hits.
My father passed away three years ago, just before Christmas. Since then, the holidays have not been the same and the fireworks aren’t as impressive to me. I’m never too excited to recall the grief of a Christmas without Dad, but I know I am not the only person who has suffered a loss around this time of year.
Then a new realization hits me—the holidays aren’t a time to be sad for those no longer with us, they are a time to appreciate the things we do have.
Some people are used to certain traditions around the holidays. I grew up celebrating Christmas at Grandma Santy’s on Christmas Eve, eating pozole and opening gifts at midnight. The next morning, my brothers and sisters would head over to Grandma Marie’s…» Read More
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The year was 1988, I was 11 years old and my uncle Jimmy was over for Thanksgiving dinner. My family had just finished dining when my uncle suggested we all go see a movie afterwards. This was a break in our normal holiday festivities. We would usually eat, watch television afterwards before slipping off into our turkey-fueled commas, but my uncle’s suggestion gained traction and soon we were all off to the theater to see the newest Bill Murray film the day it came out into theaters. I was amazed to see a packed theater; I had always thought people just stayed home on Thanksgiving, and also thrilled to see “Scrooged” before all my friends at school. Now no holiday season is complete until I sit and watch Bill Murray in “Scrooged.”
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The greatest holiday movie ever is an easy choice for me. I’ve been watching “A Christmas Story” since I was a child and have seen it at least 200 times. It combines the perfect example of the American Christmas experience with great actors, a funny and entertaining story and unforgettable scenes, quotes and moments to create…» Read More
Alter egos make for great entertainment. Take, for example, Marshall Mathers. As Eminem, Mathers made it big. And on the silver screen, as well as in comic books, via cartoons, and even as illustrated on lunchboxes of the founding fathers of the old school, Clark Kent saved the day as Superman.
But alter egos aren’t just limited to Hollywood. According to one City College student, alter egos exist locally too.
“I deejay and make rainbow lasers shoot from the eyes of Grizzly Bears,” says 24-year-old City College graphic design major Curtis Currier.
Well, Currier says he doesn’t actually do the whole disc jockey/rainbow laser thing—his alter ego does.
Meet DJ Jurts, Currier’s alter ego. When he’s Jurts, Currier express himself in the Sacramento music scene as a dee-jay.
“[Jurts is] my DJ alter ego,” says Currier. “I’ve been DJ-ing for about three years now. Before that I was skateboarding.”
Not just your run-of-the-mill skateboarding though. Currier was on the semi-pro circuit, getting attention from skate apparel companies like DVS.
“I was getting shoes and stuff from DVS and some other companies, but I just never made any money doing it. It was fun though. I got to…» Read More
It was a dark and stormy night and not a creature was stirring, except for my cat.
Well, actually it wasn’t dark and stormy, but if I recall correctly, it was drizzling a bit. You know, what we call a storm here in Sacramento.
Anyway, I was looking through Target’s weekly advertisement in search of a new video game to purchase when I came across the biggest monstrosity I’ve ever seen: “A Christmas Story 2”.
My jaw dropped to the floor, my eyes lowered in
The City College Choral department performed their annual Pops Showcase on Nov. 15-16.
The singers performed solos and duets with a background CD or with live piano. The genre of music performed ranged from pop to show tunes.
“They prepare their own music and have to audition
Nintendo launched its new Wii U system on Nov. 18, and with it, came the beginning of a new generation in gaming.
The Wii U is Nintendo’s first high-definition console. It is fully backward-compatible with the Wii and has improved online functionality, including a social hub called the Miiverse (a fusion of Mii and universe) which allows players to communicate with others using the Mii avatar characters.
City College’s literary journal, Susurrus, is accepting visual art submissions, with “enigma” as the theme, for the 2013 issue until Dec. 3.
The art pieces will be accompanying literary works in the journal.
Black and white images are preferred and artists are allowed to submit up to 10 pieces.
On Nov. 16 the City College theater featured “Alice in Wonderland: A British Panto,” a production that took the audience completely by surprise with its wonderful satire and absurdity, and hilarious dialogue. Director Luther Hanson and writer Christine Nicholson create a British panto production that is anything but an ordinary play. The British panto style in “Alice in Wonderland” encourages audience-interaction either through clever scenes that require audience participation, or simply shouting out a command during key points of the play.
Editor’s note: The Cultural Awareness Center will host a Native Americans in the public eye event on Nov. 29 from 12 to 1:30 p.m.
There are 565 American Indian tribes that are federally unrecognized. November is for all of them.
November is American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage month. Native people lived prosperously for thousands of years in what now is California.
Heritage month is an enjoyable month to
