As December has arrived, so have the holidays. The holidays are usually spent with friends, family and other loved ones. But what is one to do when they have to spend their Christmas away from their family? Students at Santa Monica College were asked what they would do if they were put in that situation, as many SMC students are....

There is an excellently produced anti-war narrative set in a digital playground released this year. It features a charismatic but ultimately unlikable protagonist surrounded by the engine of the military industrial complex and asks its audience to question the lure of the battlefield by showing its grisly underbelly while still being an entertaining and complex work by a known creative...

As radio begins its dark descent into irrelevance, podcasts are quickly spreading as the format that many Americans go to in order to get their “talk radio” fix. Whether you’re a leaf-eating liberal or a cocked and loaded conservative, you can find a podcast tailored to even the narrowest point of view. Just a few years ago, podcasts were those...

As the attendees entered the theater and filled the seats, you could see their excitement for the show to start. When the curtains opened and the bright green background came alive, everything quieted to a dead silence. The audience was ready to experience the festive celebration of other cultures. "Global Motion" was beginning. The Broad Stage Theater opened their doors...

Rainn Wilson @ Largo at the Coronet- Wednesday, November 18The beet-farming paper salesman known as Dwight K. Shrute on the American comedy series, "The Office," has become one of the most iconic television characters of the 2000’s. His memorable way of speaking, lack of social skills, and, of course, his bobblehead have created an almost cult-like following amongst dedicated viewers...

The definition of “synapse” is derived from Greek. Literally, it means to “join together”. In terms of human anatomy it’s referring to a gap between one neuron and another. With over 450 students, parents, and local residents attending Synapse’s opening performance, flooding the Broad stage lobby at SMC’s Performing Arts Center, “a place to join together” is the perfect analogy....

Justin Bieber’s return to prominence in 2015 has been as engaging as it has been genuinely surprising. With any great fall in popular culture, there must be a rise to follow; but for Bieber to spend 2014 constantly in the headlines for everything but his music, just to turn it around and become a more prominent figure in music than...

Perfectly made-up faces and tightly wrapped hair buns. Classically cluttered dressing tables and clothing racks lined with costumes under shiny plastic covers. Limber students sprawled out on the floor stretching. Dancing, giggling. The latest pop tunes blare and echo throughout the dingy underground room below the stage, feeding the electricity in the air and radiating off of the performers backstage...

Hal Weiss, an activist for PETA arrived at IndieCade - the International Festival of Independent Games - on it's final day with little knowledge about the event. “To be perfectly honest, we didn't know that much about IndieCade,” said Weiss. "We saw it at the last minute. It came across our radar a little too late for us to officially...

Author Shea Serrano became a viral sensation in the weeks leading up to the release of his book “The Rap Year Book,” in mid-October. His wildly successful Twitter campaign, which eventually landed him on The New York Times Bestseller List, inspired profiles in GQ, LA Weekly, and Harvard Political Review, as well as a Wired article titled, “How One Man...