Last week, movie theaters across San Diego buzzed with the sights and sounds of international cinema during the 14th Annual San Diego Asian Film Festival (SDAFF). The festival is presented …
“Happy Fella” Warms Hearts
PLNU’s Point Loma Opera Theater and Musical Theater Club have brought an opera to campus that appeals to all ages. “The Most Happy Fella,” a musical with music, lyrics and …
“Crimes” is a Crowd-Pleaser
“It’s cuz I didn’t like his looks,” says Babe MaGrath, introducing a central conflict of love and loss in “Crimes of the Heart.” The opening scene immediately engages the 30-person …
Blitzen Trapper’s Foot-Stomping Rhythms Delight Crowds
On Saturday, Nov. 9, La Jolla’s Porter’s Pub stage had an Oregon state flag hung from the stage-right keyboard and a Cascadian Independence flag hung from the stage-left keyboard. It …
Jennings Talks Life, Love and Religion
Singer-songwriter Mason Jennings will be performing at the Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach on Nov. 13, with his new album, “Always Been,” coming out the day before. He talked …
Student Musician is Making Waves
Musician and entrepreneur Ernesto Figueroa is making waves in the San Diego music scene. Figueroa, a PLNU sophomore, has been rapping and making music for several years and recently chose …
Documentary Delves Deep into Foreign Involvement
“Dirty Wars” is an angry story told by an angry man. It follows war reporter Jeremy Scahill as he chases the shadows of American covert operations worldwide. The award-winning documentary …
Talking Relationships and Records with Typhoon
“The Loft” at UC San Diego is an intimate venue. It has a stage about 30 feet long, taking up about a tenth of the room. After the opening band …
“Gravity” A Masterful Piece of Cinema
There are films that, after the lights go up in the theater, just glue you to your seat and make you think, “Wow.” “Gravity” is one of those films. The …
Students Slam Poetry at Spit It
At their first event as an official club, the Poetry and Spoken Word Club filled the ARC with students eager to share and hear poetry at the first “Spit It” …