Share: Following an upheaval of Warner Brothers leadership, and a myriad of financial problems, ‘Black Adam’ is the only other Warner Brothers Pictures film to release this year. Headlined by Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, this film follows Black Adam, a character many probably haven’t heard of but this film will most definitely change that for the better. The film opens with narration from Bodhi Sabongui’s character Amon Tomaz that gives a much-needed exposition on Kahndaq, a fictional middle eastern civilization that has existed since before …
Trawling the treasure trove of estate sales
Share: On a brisk Saturday morning, a smorgasbord of treasure troves can be found throughout numerous SoCal cities. Estate sales are a common attraction that often draw hundreds, if not thousands, of curious enthusiasts seeking vintage finds and ready to partake in the fine art of rummaging through the possessions of a stranger. There are an abundance of estate sale companies in operation with each operating slightly different from one another, yet the fundamentals are almost universal. The agency or proprietor will be contracted by …
PCC Pantry: How to get free groceries on campus
Share: The Mobile Food Pantry will distribute groceries on Tuesday Nov. 1, to staff and students at no cost for all who apply. Xavier DuBose, the advisor at Lancer Pantry, stated that the truck parks in front of Lancer’s Pass, in the center of campus, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. and forms to receive the food are filled out on site. “We have volunteers and staff members there to set up and help people sign in,” DuBose said. “For the mobile pantry they don’t …
Punk rock public defender fights the system as PCC’s writer in residence
Share: Through her career as a public defender, Juanita Mantz has articulated the flaws in our legal system in her new books, with a sharp understanding of how it perpetuates trauma using her talents that span across the judicial and literary spectrum. Feeling pangs for social change during the pandemic, she sharpened the literary tools that she gained from her English Literature degree along with a passion for storytelling and published two books, “Tales of an Inland Empire Girl” and “Portrait of a Deputy Public …
Did you know about PCC’s after-hours mental health hotline?
Share: Pasadena City College has a broad array of mental health services available to its students on campus, and a hotline that is now available after the operational hours of the personal counseling office. Those needing help before 9 a.m. and after 4 p.m. on a weekday and assistance on the weekends are directed to call the PCC after hours mental health crisis hotline to be connected to a mental health professional. Students are encouraged to contact the hotline, or reach out to a personal …
‘Halloween Ends’ and 9 other slasher movies you should be watching this October
Share: “Halloween Ends” arrived in theaters and streaming on Peacock last Friday, with the promise of bringing one of the most iconic and identifiable horror franchises to a close. The series, which began with John Carpenter’s undisputed classic in 1978, has followed masked serial killer Michael Myers in pursuit of babysitter Laurie Strode for more than a dozen films spanning over 40 years. Jamie Lee Curtis has starred as Strode since the original, and has vowed that “Ends” will be her final reprisal of the …
Salsa club está rico: Students learn the bachata and more every Tuesday
Share: In a dance studio at PCC, two groups of students stand separated at each end of a room. The leaders are on one side and the followers are on the other, and each leader walks across the divide to ask a follower to a dance. The newly formed couples say hello and take each other by the hand. They are instructed to dance together in a sequence of steps and spins taught by the instructors, Salma Alvarez and Edwin Colmenares. As the partners rotate, …
‘CHARLIE’: Puth produces perfectly fine pop on imperfect third album
Share: Released on Oct. 7, “CHARLIE” shows 30-year-old Charlie Puth in the depths of romantic melodramas as he yearns, mourns, and details his past relationships with pop and rock influences spanning the 80s to now. Coming off of the heat of a 2018 Grammy-nominated album, Puth’s self-titled 2022 project continues the artistic exhibition of his divided attentions as an overtly intellectual, perfectionist producer and a desperate-to-be-liked, but never-in-love singer-songwriter. The first track, “That’s Hilarious”, starts off the album with a rebuttal to a pitiful and …
Aliens visit earth in ‘Nope,’ Keke Palmer visits PCC to talk about it
Share: Keke Palmer, a well known actor, admitted that even though she wasn’t going to be using the same elaborate language that the students in PCC’s Critical Theory Club used, she was going to tell her story and engage in a meaningful conversation. “I started to reach a point where I said ‘I don’t care about none of this shit, all I care about is what makes me happy and having real conversations with real people.’” She did just that. The Critical Theory Club is …
Get a ride for $1 with Metro’s pilot program, Metro Micro
Share: Metro Micro is a transit program that launched during the peak of the Coronavirus pandemic in 2020. It’s a program that was designed to replace short, solo trips by offering on-demand trips that often stay under five miles. The vans, some of which are electric, are equipped with bike racks, and can be seen throughout the day in the streets surrounding Pasadena City College. The program is geared towards individuals who have been reluctant to use public transport in the past. Metro, when they …