1. Pose (2018-2021) "Pose" revives the historical narrative of underground ballroom culture in New York, a lesser-known community that is dominated by LGBTQ POC where voguing first originated and was later popularized by Madonna’s song "Vogue." The FX drama, written by Ryan Murphy, touches on several themes including sexuality, love and loss, and blood family versus chosen family. The series...

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Fullerton College Theatre Arts Department explores death, tragedy and motherhood in its virtual show titled "La Llorona," debuting May 6 - 8 and closing May 13 - 15. The show is an online experience including videos, letters and web pages that are used to tell the story of four women who all have experiences with death. It is much more...

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After over one year of absence, the Fullerton College Theatre Arts Department is returning with performances by Hornet students with a virtual "La Llorona" experience beginning Thursday, May 6. The production's website currently has a timer, ominously counting down to the official opening of the show. When "doors open," visitors can expect to navigate their way through videos, audio files,...

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The Maverick Theater reopened its doors Friday, April 30 with its first performance since its closure in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The theater chose to open with an 80-minute comic book reading of three issues of "The Amazing Spider-Man" using voice actors and foley artists to animate each scene into real life. Five artists voiced characters in...

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The Muckenthaler Cultural Center's current art exhibition by Los Angeles artist Eloy Torrez, “Shades of Us,” consists of a range of portraits that capture the transcendent personality of his subjects;“Shades of Us” captures the “diverse spectrum of individual expressions in the American social and cultural fabric,” according to guest art curator Jimmy Centeno. With an art career that spans over...

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The Falcon and Winter Soldier wrapped up a chapter of Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie) and Bucky Barnes' (Sebastian Stan) story with Friday’s sixth and final episode. The series follows Wilson and Barnes as they deal with a post-blip world without Steve Rogers’ Captain America and a group known as Flag-Smashers whose plan is to fight and foil the world governments’...

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RuPaul’s Drag Race season 13 finally came to a close Friday, nearly five months after its premiere, crowning Symone as the winner and LaLa Ri as Miss Congeniality. The finale took place at the Ace Hotel Theater in Downtown Los Angeles and was also played in front of a drive-in crowd. After last season’s Zoom finale, the live performances symbolized...

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OC United held its annual Love Fullerton serve day Saturday, hosting more than 45 projects city-wide with over 1,200 volunteers after last year’s event was postponed and later canceled due to the pandemic. In past years, Fullerton’s serve day initiated with an in-person gathering and rally. Because of current circumstances, this year’s rally was held virtually with a pre-recorded video...

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The 93rd Academy Awards ceremony will be taking place Sunday, April 25 at 6:30 p.m. on ABC. In preparation for the event, it is now time to analyze each of the "Best Picture" nominees. Parasite (2019) made history for being the first international film to win “Best Picture” in 2020. It's considered the most prestigious award in motion picture entertainment...

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The Muckenthaler’s Annual Jazz Music Festival is coming back beginning May 13 after a year-long hiatus with the mindset that anything is possible. Muck Annual Jazz Festival: Spring 2021 is returning with new energy described as “eclectic, cutting-edge and contemporary” after having to cancel last year’s festival due to COVID-19.“Our stage will be graced by world-class performers, people who feed...

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