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Zoot Suit: Final curtain

The mood was bittersweet during Santa Ana College’s last curtain call for Zoot Suit, Sunday, March 18. Directed by assistant professor of acting and directing Chris Cannon, this play sealed its two-week
March 22, 2012
The character El Pachuco (played by Joel Mijares) stand in bright circular spot light on the stage with Zoot-Suit style black suit and hat with bright busy yellow-and-white patterned inner shirt. The background of the stage is a giant print of newspaper with story about the Zoot-Suit court hearing.

The Zoot Suit Riot

Santa Ana College Theatre Department stages Luis Valdez’s play chronicling ethnic tensions in the L.A. barrios of the 1940s where Sleepy Lagoon murder trial stirs racial tensions. [slideshow id=38 w=590 h=380] TIME
March 12, 2012

Movie review: Project X

Just when you thought you knew how to throw an amazing house party, Project X comes around and makes you think otherwise. High School senior Thomas Kubb is turning 17 and his
March 12, 2012
Nicole Vaughn singing while playing her guitar on the stage with her band base player and drummer under purple light.

All in good fun

Awards night honors County’s best musicians: Boogaloo Assassins were short-changed during their performance Saturday at the OC Music Awards at the Grove in Anaheim because of faulty microphones and poor speaker quality. But
March 12, 2012
A series of photos of women and girls lying in the wood on display, accent with real tree branches as decor.

Those who can teach, do

It is all good in the neighborhood: SAC Faculty Artists Walk in the Village. Hilary Clinton nailed it. Speaking of what it takes to raise a child, she said, “It takes a
March 12, 2012

Historic exihibit at the Courthouse

It’s all good in the neighborhood: a quick look at a cool attraction located in the community: A new exhibit in the Old Courthouse in downtown Santa Ana has revived interest in
March 12, 2012
A red/silver/black bicycle with thick metal chain tied to a metal poll.

Chain gang helps pimp your ride

COMMUNITY: The high cost in fixing your broken bike could easily be resolved at a free meeting of the Bicycle Tree. The Bicycle Tree, a nonprofit group of volunteers, help bike riders
March 12, 2012
An illustration of Zoot Suit broadway with text of ZOOT-SUIT in red background and a black man wearing white suit with pin stripped, cross pendant, grey patterned shirt, and black hat.

Zoot Suit: Preview

It’s the early 1940s on the balmy streets of Los Angeles. Chicano youths decked out in bold zoot suits are struggling with racial tensions and rival gangs as they grow up in
March 7, 2012
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