Hammer Projects: Shadi Habib Allah
On Saturday, Sept. 22, The Hammer Museum, under the guidance of curator Aram Moshayedi, will unveil their second exhibition for the season: Hammer Projects: Shadi Habib Allah. Allah’s creations will transport his viewers to Liberty City, an impoverished neighborhood of Miami, to examine its economic conditions, more specifically, corner stores.
Coastal Clean-Up Day
Grab some sun screen, a hat, a few friends, and a water bottle and head down to the beach this weekend Saturday, September 15, and join the Coastal Clean Up Day effort! SMC students and staff will gather together on Pico and Bay Street in Santa Monica from 9 a.m to 12 p.m. to help clean up our beach. Free parking and water will be available for those attending the event.
Trump Star Pickaxers Meet
After Donald Trump’s Hollywood Star was pickaxed again for the second time on July 25th, 2018, the two men who undertook this unique act of protest met for lunch and to talk activism in Beverly Hills.
LA Mode 2018: A Preview
Santa Monica College's Fashion Program will be holding its annual fashion show next Monday
Living in the Shadows: Homelessness at SMC
Up to 3,000 SMC students are estimated to be experiencing homelessness
Keep Afloat with Shailene Woodley in Adrift
Three years after Everest, Director Baltasar Kormakur’s latest movie is another real-life-based adventure tale. While the proceedings in Everest brings a team of six climbers to a fight for their lives, in Adrift, Tami Oldham (Shailene Woodley) gives hope for a better outcome when she successfully rebuilds mast and sail in a barely floating boat. All this effort is driven by the need to save her love, Richard Sharp (Sam Claflin).
Active Minds SMC Brings Therapy Dogs and Yoga for "Stress-Less Finals" Event
Therapy dogs, self-care kits, and yoga were only a few things brought to SMC's quad yesterday by the club.
SMC's Women in Media Club Helps Peers Break Into the Industry
The club connects students to industry professionals in order to have more creative female voices heard.
Absolutely Fabulous: Westside LGBTQ+ Prom
Youth, Brands, and Influencers Attend Westside LGBTQ+ Prom.
Paper Straw Initiative at SMC Invokes Student Reactions
"Paper straws should not be a thing unless they function comparably to plastic ones," one SMC student says.
Pico Block Party: Empowering Youth Voices Through Music and Art
The 18th Street Arts Center held the third annual Pico Block Party this Saturday, May 19 from 3-6 p.m. to promote youth voices by getting them involved in the community. The block party is a community arts festival that featured events for the whole family, with art workshops that kids could participate in, musical performances, artists' open studios, and food trucks for the hungry attendee.
Garifuna International Indigenous Film Festival Will Provide Platform for Marginalized Groups
The festival returns to Venice to unite people from all around the globe through short films, documentaries, photo exhibits, lectures, and symposiums.
What to Look Forward to at this Year's Maifest
The festival will serve free pizza and German, Austrian, and Swiss chocolate at the Maifest celebration in the Santa Monica College main campus Quad on next Thursday, May 24.
When Green Lantern meets Thanos: Deadpool 2 Review
The “Merc with a Mouth” is back. Just as he promised in the post-credit scene of his first movie, he’s brought along time-traveling X-Men -- including Cable, played by Josh Brolin who recently played Thanos in Avengers: Infinity War. Newcomers can jump right into this movie without having seen the first, as the films are self-contained stories that, for the most part, stand on their own.
Professors Share Advice to Fellow LGBTQ+ Members in Panel Discussion
Professors discussed about how they discovered their identity and made a path through life afterwards during Santa Monica College’s Pride Week.