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REVIEW: ‘The Wolves’ mixes sports and art in a fun way

The Saville Theater hosted City College’s take on The Wolves through Oct. 27

Joel Nevarez, Multimedia Journalist • October 27, 2022

Soccer balls bounced around a crowded Saville Theater when the San Diego City College Visual and Performing Arts department performed their rendition of The Wolves.

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Theater returns to City College with ‘The Wolves’

The play runs from Oct. 14-22 at the Saville Theater

Joel Nevarez, Multimedia Journalist • October 14, 2022

City College students are looking to break a leg as theatre returns to with “the Wolves” opening at the Saville Theater on Friday, Oct. 14. According to the San Diego City College website, “The Wolves” is about a high school women’s soccer team trying to find their place in the world.

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Activist and muralist Alicia María Sui amplifies voices and empowers communities through art

Her mural in the City College cafeteria is a celebration of 50 years of Chicana/o studies

Kathryn Gray, Editor-In-Chief • October 13, 2022

Bathed in the calming purple and blue hues reflecting off a mural behind her, muralist and activist Alicia María Sui explained the meaning and history behind some of the most memorable projects she has worked on during her 20-year career.

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Award-winning author Reyna Grande discusses new book at City College

Grande also discusses life after immigrating to America and becoming a writer

Sophia Traylor, Multimedia Journalist • October 7, 2022

San Diego City College students and faculty gathered in the Educational Center on Oct. 4 to hear guest speaker Reyna Grande introduce her new book “A Ballad of Love and Glory."

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City College webinar highlights Japanese history, culture

San Diego City College partners with others to give an overview of Japanese-American history and culture

Shamere Grimes, Multimedia Journalist • September 27, 2022

The Japanese-American Historical Society of San Diego partnered with San Diego City College and Palomar College to give a series of webinars giving interested viewers an overview of Japanese and Asian history and culture.

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City College uses communal art to raise mental health awareness

City’s Student Health Services and Active Minds chapter turn to the arts as a way to ease students back to in-person campus life

Philip Salata, News Editor • May 17, 2022

Isolation brought on by COVID-19 not only caused the majority of social opportunities on campus to dwindle, but also put pressure on students' well-being. Community art could be one way to help students assimilate to campus life.

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VIDEO: The House of Music concert to benefit unsheltered, at-risk youth

Celebrity Cuban bands, youth from The House of Music program will play at the May 1 event

Victor Ortiz Jr., Social Media Editor • April 26, 2022

The House of Music, a 501(c)3 nonprofit, will present “Cuba Llego,” a concert fundraiser benefiting unsheltered and at-risk youth who are part of its program.

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City Times Sound keeps the rhythm going

With an all new “Ritmo Latino” and “Folk Punk Highlights” CTS treads on

Philip Salata, Victor Ortiz, Jr., and Sierra Renken • April 25, 2022

Each week City Times Sound takes a plunge into all things San Diego City College. Whether it be culture, sports, or student life, CTS has one foot on campus and the other keeping rhythm to the San Diego beat at large.

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City College music studio opens to the public

Community Recording Studio Night invites guests to participate in a showcase of how a professional recording studio works

Philip Salata, News Editor • March 23, 2022

City’s commercial music program prepares students for the highly technical profession of studio sound engineering, but it is also made unique by Espar who puts particular attention on the collaborative and community-oriented aspect of music making.

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REVIEW: ‘Fanny: The Right to Rock’

City College to host in-person and virtual screening of documentary showcasing one of the first all-women rock bands

Susana Serrano, Multimedia Editor • March 16, 2022

“Fanny: The Right to Rock” is a documentary about the first all-women rock band ever to release an LP with a major record label. They started with two Filipina-American sisters and their teenage girlfriends in the 60's.

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City College drama puts on 7th Annual Festival of Plays

Student-run production showcases eight plays that speak to the diversity of the City community

Philip Salata, News Editor • March 14, 2022

The City College 7th annual Festival of Plays, which consists of eight student-written short plays, is also directed, acted, and crewed by a troupe of students who treat the opportunity as working professionals.

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Warm up with CTM’s local music playlist for February

Bounce this month with Dezzy Hollow’s West Coast hip-hop, Golden Hours’ serene jams and Parque De Cometas’ “revuelto pop”

Jakob McWhinney and Philip Salata • February 25, 2022

The world’s pretty heavy right now. I’m not going to qualify that, or try to make some clever joke, it’s just the truth. But you’re not here to listen to me wax poetic about geopolitics, or theorize about the rising cost of everything, or complain about the sandwich I accidentally left on the bus today. You’re here for some local music.

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