After Walt Disney Studios’ and Sony Pictures’ brief split, the two studios have since found a way to get back into the Spider-Man business together. In late September, Disney and Sony renegotiated how they would share the Spider-Man intellectual property and reached a new agreement allowing Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige to return again as co-producer for the third Marvel Spider-Man film. Tom Holland will also be returning as the iconic web-slinger.
Read More2019's LA Comic Con marked the first year without its founder Stan Lee, who passed away at the age of 95 in November of 2018. Lee created many famous Marvel Universe characters, like Iron Man, Thor, Cyclops, Daredevil, The Fantastic Four, and Spider-Man.
Read MoreThe unusually torrid heat pervading the October air didn’t stop Santa Monica College’s (SMC) clubs from taking this year’s Club Row theme of “Fall Harvest” into full effect. Taking place during activity hour on Thursday, October 24, club representatives weaved around curious students with enthusiasm, pulling pockets of different students to interactive tables lining the main campus quad.
Read MoreJoker is a movie based on the 1980s pre-Batman era of Gotham City, and depicts a clear story of wealth inequality. The seemingly simple-minded Arthur works a dead-end job and is plagued with a chronic laughing condition -- a condition that obviously causes him great pain and inconvenience -- as he dreams of fame as a stand-up comedian. His dream, however, may be far-fetched, as unfortunately he isn't very funny.
Read MoreAll the chairs were taken at the second-floor community room at the Santa Monica Public Library on Wed. Oct. 16. Serving up her own birthday cake, art therapist and peace activist Marissa Rubin greeted attendees of Santa Monica CityTV producer Madeleine Gallagher's film, "Art and Activism." As part of the station’s “Wave” series, the film explored the impact that artists have on local communities with respect to environmental justice. It featured artists like Mary Kelly and Ron Finley, as well as Marissa’s husband, Jerry Rubin.
Read Moreor many artists, photographers, creative writing and journalism students, the idea of being published can often seem like a childhood fantasy. However, when hearing about the progression of Dotan Saguy, students eyes are often opened to the myriad of possibilities available to anyone who’s willing to put in the work. Saguy took a project for The Corsair newspaper and turned it into a publishing deal and professional photography career.
Read MoreWhat do 80s synth-pop, psychedelia, bowl cuts, and oversized jackets all have in common? 22-year-old Gus Dapperton is bringing them all back into mainstream popular culture.
Since December of 2017, Dapperton has released numerous singles, three four-track EPS, and – most recently – his first full-length album, Where Polly People Go to Read. The current 2019 United States leg of his tour is named after the album: “The Polly People US Tour.” Dapperton’s tour took him to The Fonda Theatre, a Hollywood-based concert venue, on Monday, Oct. 15, 2019.
Read MoreBlues guitarist, Samantha Fish, played to a sold out crowd last Friday at The Troubadour. On tour to promote her new album, Kill Or Be Kind, which was released on September 20th, she played back-to-back nights at the West Hollywood venue.
Read MoreThe 35th Abbot Kinney Festival took place this past Sunday, September 29th, on Abbot Kinney Blvd., in Venice. The festival featured over 350 vendors, including local businesses of all types, craft booths (art, clothing, jewelry, etc.), and a variety of kids' rides and games.
Read MoreChoosing to ditch his microphone and orate directly to the audience, Gioia presented testimonies to the art of experience and the passing of time. The poems Hot Summer Nights and Psalm of the Heights explore a tableau of the city; each experience is unique, including dynamic and entangled relationships. The poems meditate on the human condition from a point of observation and reflection.
Read MoreIndiecade, an independent video game festival, comes to SMC's CMD for the second year in a row. IndieCade Festival, an event showcasing independent games and their creators, will be occupying Santa Monica College’s (SMC) Center for Media and Design (CMD) for the second year in a row, from Oct. 10 to Oct. 12.
Read MoreMath Therapy is a combined effort of the Adalante and Black Collegians communities to specifically help African American and Latino students at Santa Monica College (SMC). Math faculty, tutors and counselors meet with students every Thursday in the Letters and Sciences Building, Room 105 to eliminate math barriers, provide free math resources, and help prepare for math assessments and exams.
Read MoreScreamfest, a film festival dedicated to terror, will be presenting an abundance of horror films throughout Oct. 8-17, purposely causing blood-curdling screams all throughout the night.
Read MoreCésar Chavez was a famed California farm worker, labor leader, and civil rights activist. His son, Eduardo Chavez screened his feature documentary, "Hailing César," on Thursday, Sep. 26 as part of Santa Monica College's (SMC) Social Justice series.
Read MoreThe SMC Photography Department and SMC Foundation hosted the opening reception of the Alumni Exhibition Silent Auction on Saturday, Sept. 28. The exhibition, running from Sept. 29 through Oct. 25, comprises selected submissions of graduated alumni. The silent auction will remain open to bids until 5 p.m. on Oct. 25, with 100 percent of the proceeds benefiting food insecure SMC students.
Read MoreThe Retrocade Experience returned for the second year in a row at Union Station’s ticketing concourse in Downtown Los Angeles for the weekend of Sept. 28 to 29. Retrocade Experience is an event that allows visitors to play a classic collection of over 50 arcade games and specialty pinball cabinets including many fan favorites such as “Mortal Kombat,” “Pac Man,” “Asteroids,” and “Centipede.” Last year’s event had only about 40 arcade games available.
Read MoreDisney+ is an upcoming streaming service owned by the Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer & International Division of The Walt Disney Company. The service will be filled with content from Disney's main entertainment studios, including Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar, Marvel Studios, Lucasfilm, National Geographic, and includes some films from 20th Century Fox.
Read MoreLouis Vuitton is a name that has stood the test of time for over a century. In honor of 160 years, Louis Vuitton’s Brand Representative decided it was time to educate society about the global fashion empire’s history, and came up with a global exhibit known as Louis Vuitton X. This exhibit will be on 468 N Rodeo Dr. in Beverly Hills and go from June 28th to November 10th. Many of these global exhibits feature collaborations with Louis Vuitton and famous artists from around the world.
Read MoreSMC's Barrett Gallery hosts "Made in California: Contemporary Art from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation", providing a peek into a collection of work documenting influential artists of LA from the 1960s to the present.
Read MoreAs students make their way inside The Center of Media and Design’s (CMD) auditorium wearing all sorts of footwear on Sept. 23, guest speakers and award-winning filmmakers Josh and Rebecca Tickell chose to welcome the crowd, barefoot.
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