‘Musical Postcards From The East And West’ showcases the best music has to offer

Share: Audience chatter echoes throughout the Sexton Auditorium. Members of The Pasadena City College Community Orchestra are all seated as they prepare to perform the last half of their concert aptly titled “Musical Postcards From The East And West”, a program that celebrates symphonies from different cultures, and different walks of life. Their instruments shriek as they check to make sure their instruments are in tune. The conductor Henry Shin walks on stage and introduces himself to signal their start, announcing their next symphony: “Piece …

Shen Yun’s fancy dancing distracts from the disturbing nature of Falun Gong

Share: On the 210 freeway, there is a large stretch near the Santa Fe Springs dam, and an abundance of large billboards line up uniformly next to the freeway. For a long duration of the year, a poster for the seemingly standard play “Shen Yun” is plastered on one of those billboards, presenting itself as a dazzling, unforgettable, once-in-a-lifetime experience. There are also posters plastered on the windows of small businesses, restaurants, lamp posts, etc. The most interesting thing besides their guerrilla marketing campaign, however, …

April Bey’s ‘Atlantica’: An alien planet with a human story

Share: In PCC’s very own center of the arts building, expression and creativity runs rampant throughout the hallways. Towards the west side of the building lies the Boone art and V gallery, where a glittery exhibit takes place. An exhibit that, on a surface level, looks bizarre, striking, and somewhat off-putting, but yet also contains deep-provoking thought behind its initial flashy appearance. Excited groups of individuals discuss the exhibit outside of the gallery, and repeatedly go back in for multiple viewings. The exhibit in question …

Episode 2: Oscars 2024

Share: After The Courier took home awards this past Saturday, host David is joined by co-video editor Dante and staff writer Gabriel to discuss this year’s Oscars ceremony. Topics include Oppenheimer sweeping with a whopping seven wins, Jonathan Glazer’s speech, and why Crash is one of the worst Best Picture winners in history. The audio version will be published soon.   YouTube:   Follow:

Studios are killing animators for the sake of money

Share: Corporations are horrible, and they ruin everything. They take passion away from projects that require a lot of it. Unfortunately, when art is being made, and it ends up in the hands of greedy corporate executives, there are bound to be unrealistic expectations regarding how long it takes to make it perfect, let alone even passable for release. With all of that being said, big-game animation studios, most notably MAPPA studios, have had a history of abusing their animators to their breaking points, turning …

Lancers basketball leaves Roadrunners in the dust

Share: If there are any doubts regarding the intensity, physicality, and attention to detail needed to be successful in the game of basketball, then the recent showcase by the Lancers in their final regular season game would be a perfect example to quell those doubts. The Lancers were able to comfortably excel past the Rio Hondo Roadrunners on sophomore night, solidifying a final regular season record of 18-10. They boast a successful conference record of 7-3, and a lucrative home record of 9-2. The win …