Screaming out for the Armenian Genocide
In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide this past Friday, Pasadena City College’s own Armenian Student Association, showcased the documentary, “Screamers” on campus last...
View ArticlePCC Chinese Music Ensembles Performs at Westerbeck Recital Hall
The PCC Chinese Music Ensemble flooded the Westerbeck Recital Hall with sounds of China earlier this month, featuring songs such as “Butterfly Dreams” and “Colorful Clouds Chasing the Moon.” The event...
View ArticleInspired design of Center for the Arts wins architectural excellence award
PCC’s Center for the Arts unique design elements qualified it for “exemplifying a level of excellence in architectural design” for an Institutional Building for design firm AC Martin, winning the firm...
View ArticleNostalgic glow of retro gaming lives in Old Pasadena
A neon “Press Start Here” sign invites the visiting gamer to take a step back into the 80s at the Neon Retro Arcade. Greeted by banks of brightly colored, back-lit vintage video consoles with neon...
View ArticleTo mime or to retire
It was the mid-70s and the art of miming was in. Naturally, colleges that offered arts courses would be looking for teachers to fill positions in theater arts and PCC was no exception. Whitney Rydbeck,...
View ArticleLaramie Tells a Powerful Tale from Multiple Perspectives
The lights dimmed in the Center for the Arts Theater as music began to play and help set the mood for what would be a powerful and moving tale of tragedy and its aftermath in the town of Laramie,...
View ArticleFinding Romeo and Juliet
The theatre is dimly lit and intimate, almost like a secret closet hidden in the old school building. The worn, faded seats are empty except for the director, brimming with enthusiasm as she waits for...
View ArticleHeroes and Villains on Halloween
It’s Halloween night and the screams can be heard some distance away. But at Victory Park on Saturday they were screams of joy, not terror filled screeches. As families and dogs dressed-up in costumes...
View ArticleSearchlight Demonstrates Diverse Dancing
Barefoot dancers swiftly moved across the Sexson Auditorium stage last week, demonstrating the diverse capabilities of Pasadena City College’s School of Visual Media and Performing Arts Dance...
View ArticleBrass Bash delights with comical errors and questionable musicians
Ever wonder what it would be like if Katie Perry, Abraham Lincoln and President Obama played together in a brass ensemble? Well, the Brass Bash at the Westerbeck Recital Hall last week Thursday was the...
View ArticleAn evening of classical music at PCC
One of the most important components of the great history of music is classical music. It can be a pleasure to take a break from the everyday life routine in this form of art. One of these...
View ArticleTwo new piano soloists rise from concert hall
Last Saturday, two PCC students walked into a concert hall full of people and sat down in front of a nine-foot-long piano to perform their first solo piano concerts. Mikaella Nam and Chris Gu played...
View Article‘In the Heights’ sets stage for high expectations
In the weeks leading up to the production, darkness enveloped anyone who entered the Sexson Auditorium. It is quiet, one’s own footsteps could be heard reverberating throughout the room. Even so, the...
View ArticleImproving improv with jazz guitarist Larry Koonse
Grammy nominated CalArts music professor Larry Koonse started and ended his two-day visit at PCC with a full house jazz concert at the Westerbeck Recital Hall, but what happened in between, the...
View Article‘The Mountaintop’ successfully spotlights MLK’s humanity
SHARE: On the sleek and spacious stage of the Westerbeck Recital Hall, an actor playing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. makes a number of flirty advances towards a young woman who is not his wife. Soon the...
View ArticleFinding Romeo and Juliet
The theatre is dimly lit and intimate, almost like a secret closet hidden in the old school building. The worn, faded seats are empty except for the director, brimming with enthusiasm as she waits for...
View ArticleHeroes and Villains on Halloween
It’s Halloween night and the screams can be heard some distance away. But at Victory Park on Saturday they were screams of joy, not terror filled screeches. As families and dogs dressed-up in costumes...
View ArticleSearchlight Demonstrates Diverse Dancing
Barefoot dancers swiftly moved across the Sexson Auditorium stage last week, demonstrating the diverse capabilities of Pasadena City College’s School of Visual Media and Performing Arts Dance...
View ArticleBrass Bash delights with comical errors and questionable musicians
Ever wonder what it would be like if Katie Perry, Abraham Lincoln and President Obama played together in a brass ensemble? Well, the Brass Bash at the Westerbeck Recital Hall last week Thursday was the...
View ArticleAn evening of classical music at PCC
One of the most important components of the great history of music is classical music. It can be a pleasure to take a break from the everyday life routine in this form of art. One of these...
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