Lifestyle, Online Exclusive, Culture Blake Atwell Lifestyle, Online Exclusive, Culture Blake Atwell

Fashion at SMC

Diversity, pop culture, and fashion: take a few steps onto any one of the five campuses at Santa Monica College (SMC), and you’ll witness these three characteristics in students every few feet. Eclectic and traditional tastes come together across campuses to highlight SMC's proud cultural diversity, embracing the artistic pursuit of self-expression through fashion.

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Five Quick and Healthy Restaurants in Santa Monica

As many students adjust to classes whilst balancing jobs, internships, and other tasks this semester, eating healthy can seem daunting when there are only so many hours in the day. Luckily for Santa Monica College students, there are many options within the city to grab lunch that will fuel your body with enough energy to thrive during your busiest days.

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Twilight on the Pier gets a Makeover

The Twilight Summer Concert Series are back with a whole new look, and a new name to match: Twilight on the Pier. The improved series is taking place on Wednesday evenings for the next three weeks. Originally commenced back in 1984, concerts originally took place during the summer in Santa Monica.

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Vanishing of the Bees: A Preview

As the bee population crisis has shuffled into the consciousness of Californians in recent years, a captivating film screening makes its way to Santa Monica College with prevalent timing. On Tuesday evening, Sept. 25th, Vanishing of the Bees - a documentary directed by Markus Imhoof - will be shown at the Center for Media and Design Campus.

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Art, Culture, Local, Print Issue Andrew Narvaez Art, Culture, Local, Print Issue Andrew Narvaez

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.

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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.

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Online Exclusive, Culture, Opinion, Print Issue Emeline Moquillon Online Exclusive, Culture, Opinion, Print Issue Emeline Moquillon

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).

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