Stacey Wang, Editor-in-Chief

With the semester coming to a close, the PCC Opera Workshop ended on a bittersweet note on Sunday with its double feature of “Dido and Aeneas” and “Not in Front of the Waiter,” also known as “Under the Aspidistra.”

As the climax of the opera students’ work thus far, the performance picked up slowly with its opening opera, Henry Purcell’s “Dido and Aeneas.” Acclaimed as a frequently studied Baroque opera by music students abroad, the story reenacted the droning tale of Dido, the queen of Carthage, and her love Aeneas, a Trojan prince. [Read more →]

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Charles Digal, Asst. Flipside Editor

SLEATER-KINNEY The Woods [2005, Sub Pop Records]

‘The Woods’ is your typical Sleater-Kinney experience: raw punk, thunderous drums and primal screams erupting from Corin Tucker’s vocal chords.

Sleater-Kinney remain true to their half-step punk, but on ‘Woods,’ the band takes a step further to become louder and harder. [Read more →]

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Rodrigo Mejia, Staff Writer

Amidst the dry heat of a Saturday afternoon, throngs of local residents found solace amongst cool heads as they flocked to USC to catch the likes of Aceyalone, Del the Funky Homosapien, De La Soul and Lupe Fiasco, for the hefty price of nothing.

The ensemble was nothing short of momentous as heralds of Hip-Hop’s finest sounds took the stage on an evening that would have otherwise emptied the pocket books of countless fans.  Stephen Angulo, English major from UCLA found himself crossing rival lines to join others like him looking to satisfy their musical appetites. [Read more →]

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Brittany Wong, Staff Writer

Taiwan Sport University’s dance troupe delighted PCC faculty and students with traditional Taiwanese and Chinese dance Tuesday in the quad.

Wearing intricate costumes that changed from dance to dance, the troupe performed the dances of their homeland with forceful grace and perfect coordination. The delicacy of their movements often gave way to powerful exertions when the pace of the music quickened. [Read more →]

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Stacey Wang, Editor-in-Chief

Walking down the dirt path, passing by plum trees and other native Chinese plants, the short trail leads to a garden seemingly out of place and time. It is not thousands of miles away during the reign of a dynasty in China, but it is the newest addition to the Huntington Library’s collection of botanical gardens – the Garden of Flowing Fragrance. [Read more →]

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Xiem Clay Center Presents DIG: An Imagined Archeo-Logism Exhibit.

Szilvia Gogh, Staff Writer

What do we want to leave behind as our legacy? The setting of the exhibition at the Xiem Clay Center, with its close to 400 ceramic pieces including over 350 skulls and bones, is like an archaeological site. However, in this case, the excavated clay sculptures are telling another story that their popular myth promotes. [Read more →]

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Vocalist Barbara Morrison presents on  jazz and blues.

Stephner White, Staff Writer

With finals week upon students and faculty, many jazz and blues aficionados piled into the Sexson Auditorium to get away and to hear legendary jazz vocalist Barbara Morrison on Dec. 11. Presented by professor Pete Mhunzi and the History department the evening was dedicated to students and music fans.

Dedicating a smooth rendition of “You Can Make It If You Try” to students who were failing, Lermon Horton set the tone for the night. [Read more →]

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PCC music program kicks off celebrations with a concert

Karoline Steavenson, Staff Writer

The holiday program presented by the music department on Saturday night was a fitting tribute to the wide variety of performance classes PCC has to offer. The event contained both traditional and non-traditional music selections to initiate the holiday season. The combination showcased student expertise in a variety of music and dance expressions. [Read more →]

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Emily Solis, Staff Writer

The student film festival ‘Encore’ began its two-month run in the PCC Art Gallery on Tuesday.

Walking into the gallery, viewers are introduced to the early stages of film with an exhibit of zoetrope films. It is a captivating process to see the 12 scene slides come to life. They are drawn by hand by beginning film students and put in a cylinder which give the slides life resulting in live animation. [Read more →]

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Jose Panuco, Entertainment Editor

How great would it be to go back and repeat an event in time to fix any mistakes before they happened? When a film revolves around a single element of a story but is split into three alternatives, you’ve got Tom Tykwer’s 1998 film ‘Lola Rennt’ or ‘Run Lola Run’ here in America. [Read more →]

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