Sustainability Week Leaves Its Footprint on SMC

Earlier this week, Sustainability Week commenced with a number of events for Santa Monica College students to attend for free, including an art show, a documentary, lots of fruits and vegetables, and student-ran workshops. SMC hosted its annual Sustainability week from Oct. 16 to 19. The week consisted of different events each day hosted by…

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News, Local Adrianna Buenviaje News, Local Adrianna Buenviaje

Earth Week Promotes Environmental Awareness

Just a few minutes before 11 a.m., organizations begin to occupy the empty tables lining the walkway in front of Santa Monica College’s library. As SMC’s various eco-themed clubs set up and decorate their booths, a few students stop and linger, curious about the unfolding displays before them.

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14 Factory in Los Angeles

Among all the art shows scattered all over Los Angeles, none give you a sense of vast of openness and wonder like The 14th Factory. Its artists have come all the way from Hong Kong, China to bring 14 large-scale and interactive installations. The gallery was conceived by Hong Kong-based British artist Simon Birch and built in a three-acre warehouse in Downtown Los Angeles.

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Culture, Recent Stories, Art, Entertainment Chelsey Sanchez Culture, Recent Stories, Art, Entertainment Chelsey Sanchez

Da Poetry Lounge: A Dinner Table of Artists

“We start off every week by asking: ‘Brutha Gimel, what did you do this weekend?’” It’s a loaded question that Shihan Van Clief, the host and co- founder of Da Poetry Lounge, asks in front of an audience of more than 250 people. Some are like family, loyal artists and listeners who have been attending for more than a decade. Others are essentially strangers, first-timers -- like voyagers in a foreign land.

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