Santa Monica College theatre department’s iFrankenstein by Terrin Adair opened on the main stage theatre for Fall 2025.

Santa Monica College Dance Department organizes three free master classes each semester for students.

The artistic community and Santa Monica residents had a pleasant experience engaging with artworks and live music.

Annual SMC Glass Pumpkin Sale draws locals at the farmers’ market

LA Comic Con took place Sept. 26-28 at the Convention Center. Corsair Managing Editor Mollie Bishop and Copy Editor Jacqueline Martin attended to check it out.

At LA Comic Con, Corsair reporter and copy editor Jacqueline Martin spoke with the organizers of the Cosplay National Championships. People competed in various categories for a chance to win up to $10,000.

Valley Film Festival Showcase, highlights diverse realities of filmmaking and local talent. “Valley Film Festival SMC Alumni”

This year, at LA Comic Con, the company Proto debuted their A.I. recreation of Stan Lee. They charged $5 for fans to get a chance to speak with the comic book creator, who died in 2018.

Managing Editor Mollie Bishop spoke to Brand Manager Hazel Homer-Wambeam to learn more.

Central Avenue Jazz Festival hosts 29th annual event in South Central Los Angeles

LA Opera opened their 40th season with a free live simulcast of ‘West Side Story’ to the Santa Monica Pier on Sept. 27. SMC Symphony Orchestra played a selection of pieces before the broadcast began, while patrons enjoyed activities such as face painting, caricature artwork, and learning more about Heal the Bay through a live baby swell shark on display. 

Discussing music and career with Orchestra Santa Monica’s music director Roger Kalia and guest host Alan Chapman on the day of their “Classical Jukebox” Concert at Santa Monica College’s BroadStage.

The SMC short film inspired by a 2013 missing person cold case with an SMC connection, explores trauma, survival, and the realities of living undocumented in America.

 Santa Monica College’s Fashion Program hosted its annual LA Mode Fashion Show on June 20

After losing their home in the Eaton fire, artist Camilla Taylor curated an exhibition made up of just artists whose houses have burned down. “My House Burned Down”, located at Track 16 in Downtown LA, hosts 8 different artists, 4 who lost their home in the recent LA fires and 4 who have lost their home from fires in the past. Taylor explores themes of loss, destruction and grief, as well as what happens when you have nothing left.

SMC’s Opera Theatre and Symphony Orchestra close the spring semester with “The Marriage of Figaro” by Mozart.

Global Motion took place on May 17 and 18, 2025 and showcased three student choreographers: Mayu Oishi, Simon Lathrop and Aiden Cook

Santa Monica College (SMC) students display their artwork at the Art Complex.

The Global Motion World Dance Company prepares for their Spring performances.

Amadour, a former Santa Monica College (SMC) and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) alum shares their journey as a nonbinary, first-generation American artist.

Santa Monica College Barret Art Gallery hosted closing reception for its 2024-2025 exhibit Converge+Vertex: Traversing the Minor Gesture of Timeliness.