Despite all of the hours music majors spend on their craft, their classes offer fewer credits per class. Music major students spend hours upon hours practicing in small soundproof booths in PCC’s music lab.
Comedy production “Noises Off” evokes laughter
There was plenty of laughter to go around the Sexson Auditorium during Oct. 22’s afternoon performance, despite the sparse attendance.
Chinese culture show delights audience
The celebration of the Chinese culture burst with bright colors and music to a captivated audience in direct contrast to the dreary weather at the Galloway Plaza on Oct. 25.
Manhattan Project exhibit draws a crowd on ArtNight
A line formed and a crowd gathered at the PCC Art Gallery on Oct 14 for Art Night Pasadena. One by one, the attendees entered the gallery which was quickly filling up.
Stories and poetry vie for spots in literary magazine
The editors of PCC‘s literary magazine Inscape gather in a circle, each with the same story in hand.
They discuss various opinions and comments about the submitted pieces that are poetry, non fiction and fiction. Questions are raised: what is considered a literary story? Was the story engaging and is it relevant to what they are looking for?
The editors don’t always agree on whether a story should be put in the magazine but they are all open to discussion about how they feel about it.
Story of first atomic bomb told in pairs of photographs
A secret world that thrived for only a short time period is brought to life in “Picturing the Bomb: Photographs From the Secret World of the Manhattan Project,” at the PCC Art Gallery. This exhibit opened to the public on Oct. 5. This will be the colleges contribution to Pasadena’s Art Night on Friday.
‘Summer Sitcom’ productions to be screened
Summer Production Workshop, also known as ‘Summer Sitcom’ will be screened on Sunday at 5 p.m. in the Vosloh Forum and will be open to all PCC students and faculty.
The production took place during the past summer intercession and involved students acting out scripts from different sitcoms while being filmed by three cameras placed in different angles.
Past is an influence in theater teacher’s work
Although, Will Ahrens, performing/communication arts instructor, came to theater and film later in life, his move from Illinois to Los Angeles got him more involved with directing, thus giving him 17 films and plays under his belt.
Alumnus to join cast in upcoming theater production
A voice of hope for aspiring theater major transfers, actress Alison Elliott, PCC class of 2008, will play the part of Curio in A Noise Within’s upcoming rendition of a Shakespeare classic, “Twelfth Night, Or What You Will.”