"This is the second year that we've done something like this, [I'm] kind of excited. Last year I had over 30 entries and they were really great. We also had six judges last year, so this is the second annual," English instructor Erin Cole the creator of the Valentine's day writing contest said. The Valentine's day writing contest is open...

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50 Shades Darker the second film in the franchise adapted for screen from E. L James trilogy starts out from where Fifty Shades of Grey left off. I loved the film, I didn't read the books so I didn't know what to expect and I left very pleased, thinking I might want to watch it again. In the movie a...

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Studio art major Alexis Rivera, was among six other students chosen by Cerritos College Art Gallery curator James MacDevitt to be able to paint murals at different local restaurants. Rivera was given the option to pick one of three different locations to work with, when she decided to work with North Shore Poke, a Hawaiian poke restaurant located in the...

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"We are collaborating with local small businesses, specifically in Lakewood just because they were the community that came to us and initiated this project . They have been inspired by the work of our students are doing; they want to invite those students to come and paint on their walls." A month ago Art Director James MacDevitt began the mural...

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Burnight Theater became the stage for a showcase of student talent; the student band “Out of Nowhere” and student dancers performed as accompanying acts for director of commercial music Andrew Maz “Entropy” album release concert, on Friday, Feb. 3. “Entropy” is an alternative electronica album that took a year and a half to complete. It is a creation that combines...

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Inspiration… Honesty… Emotion… Truth… These are just a few of the words that describe the first musical release by the band Out of Nowhere. The EP titled, “This Moment,” available for pre-order now, is the collaboration of different musical backgrounds and personalities from the seven members of the band that all speak one truth. Lead singer and songwriter for the...

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If there were one word to describe Tracey Weiss slide exhibit "Carousel" for the Foundation for Art Resources Bazaar event, it is nostalgia. Weiss transformed the small room that stored art history slides and carousels away from view in shelfs into a space to display the slides as art sculptures. Her inspiration for her art sculptures came, “From the room...

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“Tides come and go, they represent change, the kiss represents being in the moment. […] We all want love to last forever but we don’t know when it might end. Love, anything really, nothing last," artist Tommy Burns said. His mural titled “Bolt from the blue: Kiss of the tides” represents “love at first kiss and the constant change.”He said,...

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"I mentioned this to the artists; growing up, my dad pulled things from the recycling center and let me tear them apart in similar ways as I did here." freelance art documentarian Ian Byers-Gamber said about "Break Room," one of the many installations at the Foundation for Art Resources (FAR) Bazaar. Among other art collectives such as Biomythography and DH...

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"The Matilda Effect," a movement created by women's rights activist Matilda Joslyn Gage, protested the eradication of female scientists' accomplishments and rightful credit that was given to men out of textbooks. This piece of history is what inspired artist Mary Anna Pomonis and photographer Allison Stewart, founders of the Association of Hysteric Curators, to create this artistic series called "Resurrecting...

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