MAGAZINE
CityScene is an art and culture magazine produced by the staff of City Times. It is a new direction for the staff, which previously produced the award-winning Legend magazine.
CityScene provides students the opportunity for class workshops and hands-0n experience in writing, editing, and producing a magazine alongside a news website and newspaper.
Faculty: Nicole Vargas, [email protected] and Peggy Peattie, [email protected]; CTM adviser: Nicole Vargas, [email protected]
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MAGAZINE: New music from the South Bay emerges after pandemic
A glimpse into why new San Diego musicians are coming from south of 8
Marlena Harvey, Editor In Chief
• December 17, 2021
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![The artist Your Smith sings as opening act to sold out show at the San Diego Music Box venue on Oct. 13.](https://sdcitytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/COVIDFX_01-900x600.jpg)
San Diego music scene navigates the uncertainty of pandemic life
Surviving music venues steer through reopening amid a precarious economy
Will Mauriz, Assistant Editor, CityScene
• December 6, 2021
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![A Dia de los Muertos style altar](https://sdcitytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/CTM-CT-Cover-Templates-3-900x505.jpg)
Remembering San Diego venues lost during COVID-19 pandemic
Live music venues like San Diego Content Partners, Bar Pink and Kava Lounge shut their doors permanently due to the financial stress of temporary closure
Jakob McWhinney, Multimedia Journalist
• December 6, 2021
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WorldBeat Center’s founder connects with the community after the pandemic
A journey into Makeda Dread's life and her impact on San Diego
Aldo Ramirez, Multimedia Journalist
• December 2, 2021
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![Steph Johnson stands with her arms up in celebration next to choir member Anthony Bielik](https://sdcitytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/CTM-CT-Cover-Templates-13.png)
Local choir provides healing, hope through music for San Diego unhoused population
Voices of Our City Choir uses the power of music for change
Kathryn Gray, Managing Editor
• December 1, 2021
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![Matt Lamkin was the frontman for the The Soft Pack, one of a flurry of buzzy San Diego bands to emerge in the late aughts, pictured here performing at the now-defunct Bar Pink circa 2008. From left to right Matt Lamkin on the mic, Matty McLoughlin on guitar, Dave Lantzman on bass, and Brian Hill on drums. Photo by Chad Kelco](https://sdcitytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/SOFTPACK-900x505.jpg)
Former frontman of The Soft Pack gets weird on his new pandemic-tinged release
"Dirty Job" is an infectious mix of weirdo pop and pandemic-era anxieties
Jakob McWhinney
• November 30, 2021
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CTM debuts monthly local San Diego music playlist
The first installment features songs from disco-punk mainstays Glass Spells, bedroom pop masters Shindigs, and psych tinged hip-hop of 10-19 & The Numbermen and more
Jakob McWhinney and Skylar Eppler
• November 9, 2021
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REVIEW: Music video featuring Vel the Wonder has City College ties
Director Nahla Valdez in a San Diego City College alum
Candise Berry, Multimedia Journalist
• June 7, 2021
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![At Joshua Tree National Park, Spencer Fields held his own art installation during Thanksgiving weekend in 2020, using balloons that are spray painted and fishing wire to make it seem that the balloons are floating. Fields photo](https://sdcitytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/CTM-CT-Cover-Templates.png)
MAGAZINE: City College artists navigate the pandemic
City College artists continue to create during the pandemic
Rachel de la Torre, Multimedia Journalist
• June 4, 2021
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MAGAZINE: 6th Annual Festival of New Plays goes digital
The 6th Annual Festival of New Plays was recorded by City Times Media for online streaming
Marlena Harvey, Managing Editor
• June 3, 2021
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MAGAZINE: Chicano Park leaders fight for its heritage
City College students in 1970 helped shape the Chicano movement
Gabriel Schneider, Editor-in-Chief
• May 24, 2021
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MAGAZINE: Jazz radio returns after the lockdown
The station is on-air Monday through Friday
Katia Pechenkina, News Editor
• May 17, 2021
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