265 days ago, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 as the first pandemic sparked by a coronavirus. 265 days ago, many of us had to look up the difference between “epidemic” and “pandemic.”

Showing up to the Center for Media and Design on March 12 felt unlike any other day at Santa Monica College.

The goal of the majority of community college athletes is to earn a scholarship to a Division I College by the end of their sophomore season. Take sophomore Point Guard, and Santa Monica College (SMC) budding prospect Teddy Parham after finishing an exceptional season.

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With a widespread illness invading countries worldwide, businesses closing their doors left and right, and panic-inducing coughs and sneezes occurring on the daily, now is the time when many of us need the support of our loved ones. However, social distancing and lockdown protocols ordained by our local governments are making face-to-face interaction as difficult as it is to get your hands on a roll of toilet paper.

Santa Monica College (SMC) took drastic measures on Wed. March 11 to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and ensure the safety of the students, by moving most classes to remote learning, while still keeping the campuses open to make available their resources.

On a highly emotional sophomore night, Santa Monica College (SMC) women’s basketball team came into the final game of the season with a record of (11-16). The Corsairs were faced against West LA College (10-17), who gave SMC trouble in their last match, which resulted in a loss for SMC.

In a mix of bang-bang, lively blues, an eccentric preacher, and some hot smooching, Bonnie and Clyde live once again through a melodic, turbulent, and romantic musical show. The Main Stage production by Santa Monica College (SMC) is based on Ivan Menchell's Broadway playbook. Despite it being inspired by the real-life Bonnie and Clyde, it takes its own artistic liberties when musically exploring the story of the early 1930's outlaws turned folk heroes

Like Superman and Clark Kent, Santa Monica College (SMC) Dance and Chemistry major Tiffany Dong has two identities. Which will you root for? Like Superman, Dong the ballerina puts on a leotard and tights and performs athletic feats unimaginable to most mortals.

On Thursday, May 9, Santa Monica College's (SMC) Public Policy Institute hosted a panel discussion on potential solutions to California's housing crisis. The keynote discussion, which took place in the Broad Stage at the Performance Arts Center, was the culminating event of this year's Spring Symposium.

Extravagant Baroque-inspired suits, Spanish Flamenco music, and colorful uninhibited witches. At first, the audience wonders if they are in the right theater. The play begins with a Flamenco performance, where the traditionally very Scottish General Macbeth looks like a Spanish Torero as he shouts a loud "Ole!"

Art gallery La Luz de Jesus' new art opening debuted on May 3, and runs through June 2. One room features a debut solo exhibition by Matthew Couper, and a second room holds a group exhibition titled “Onward.”

“Sailin’ off to search the islands gone west for somethin’ new found paniolo and wave riders, but choose neither,” sings American singer-songwriter Colbie Caillat to a full house at the Troubadour in West Hollywood on May 10.

There's a lot of joy to be found in browsing the shelves of Ulta, Sephora, or a local drugstore, searching for the perfect ruby-red lipstick or picking out a new face mask. The stores are lined with rows upon rows of colorful boxes, bottles, tubes, and palettes, each promising to help potential buyers look their very best.

The unspoken language of dance is universal — hip-hop dancer Aya Nakaguchi traveled from Ishikawa, Japan to study modern dance at Santa Monica College (SMC).

“One day you’re in and the next day you’re out”, a phrase coined by super model Heidi Klum, has been quoted by members of the fashion industry since the saying’s inception during her tenure on the hit reality showProject Runway. T

On the far side of a darkened stage, William Shakespeare sits hunched over his desk, quill in hand, as he struggles to write what would one day would become one of his most famous sonnets. "Shall I compare thee to — to — a mummer's play?" Shakespeare says before being joined onstage by his fellow playwright, Christopher Marlowe, who suggests, "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?"

On January 2nd, Carl’s Jr. began the rollout of a collaboration with Beyond Meat, introducing the “Beyond Famous Star” burger at more than 1,000 locations nationwide. This was the company’s first step in a plant-based direction, and a somewhat unexpected one coming from a brand that had previously been associated with an audience consisting almost exclusively of meat eaters.

The sorrow of Flamenco interlaced with the tragedy of Shakespeare told through drama, movement, and music. This version of the play takes an unusual approach to the power driven tale of Scottish General Macbeth. The Flamenco, a modern-day symbol of Spanish culture, is a musical style with gypsy origins.

The sun was shining high as 19-year-old college student D Garcia made her way up the incline of 1st Street in Downtown Los Angeles (DTLA). Finally a warm day in LA, the weather conveniently fitting for a protest about humanity’s role in the increasing average global temperature. Garcia was surrounded by hundreds of demonstrators who had come out on a school day for the Yout

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