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African percussion concert brings the beat to City College

March 8, 2020

Acclaimed musician Adama Bilorou, along with peers Monette Marino and Nasira Keita, shared a traditional West African percussion performance at City College last Wednesday night.

REVIEW: ‘Effortless’ production a success at City College festival

March 7, 2020

The Festival of New Plays introduced seven one-act plays written and performed by City College students. The challenge was to condense a solid one-act play into 10 minutes, a mission that sounds difficult but as an audience member was done well and appeared effortless.

City College students take stage for festival

March 6, 2020

The fifth annual Festival of New Plays runs through March 14 at the Black Box Theater. Many of the seven, one-act plays were written by San Diego City College playwriting and English students and will all be performed by student actors.

(Left to right) Michael Taylor, Brisa Johnson, Jayton Harps, and Deme Hall, discusses black excellence during the industry panel. Photo by: Elisabeth Vermeulen/City Times

Transfer and Career Center holds industry panel to discuss black excellence

February 27, 2020

As Black History Month commemoration continues, the Transfer and Career Center held an Industry Career Panel discussing the topic of black excellence. ...

REVIEW: Parasite

February 24, 2020

I just saw the four-time Oscar-winning film "Parasite" and it did not disappoint. The film is completely subtitled, which I personally liked, and follows the Kims, a poor and unemployed family that con their way into becoming the servants of a rich family, the Parks.

City College will host a film screening in commemoration of Black History Month

February 21, 2020

San Diego City College will hold its second and third part of the film screening of the hit Netflix series “When They See Us” in commemoration of Black History Month. With the support of the UMOJA team and the English, counseling, and communication studies department, City College features the series, which is based on events from the April 19, 1989 Central Park jogger case.

City College students playing and recording music

Music department builds community at City College

February 21, 2020

Community Recording Studio Night welcomes students and members of the community, who come to hear and participate in the event.

Front cover of City Works, Volume 26 shows three hands sharing an ice-cream behind a rusty wall.

City College writers and photographers get published with City Works

February 19, 2020

Student writers and artists are invited to submit pieces to The City Works Journal to get published along with fellow students and national writers.

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Decade Review: Going Viral

December 31, 2019

Is there anything more representative of the 2010s than going viral? Let’s step back and take a look at some of the most viral moments of the 2010s:

Decade Review: Books

December 28, 2019

Whether you want to escape reality or review some of the most memorable nonfiction books, here are 10 of the most popular books of the decade.

Decade Review: Movies

December 27, 2019

The past decade was dominated by superhero movies that won a trove of awards.

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Decade Review: Social Media

December 22, 2019

A key characteristic of the decade was social media platforms. Whether they were launched, grown or ended, the decade was marked by this new form of communication.