“Close ya mouth b’fo’ ya teeth dry out!” razzed Mayme, a 1905 Manhattan prostitute played by Mimi Vasser. It was as if she had caught me-I promptly picked my jaw up off the floor and slid back in my seat. Opening Friday night at 8, the theater department’s latest production, “Intimate Apparel,” boasts a truly smokin’ cast to match its racy title.
Tears flowed as students and faculty from Mission College gathered at the Los Angeles Community College District board meeting May 10 to protest the alleged assault and arrest of a political science professor by Sheriff’s Sgt. Joe Grasso, who supervises Mission, Pierce and Valley Colleges.
The mid-term retirement of Barrie Logan, Ph.D., Pierce College Academic Senate president places Vice President of Academic Policy Izzy Goodman, Ph.D., into the presidency. “I’m here to build a consensus,” said Goodman. “I’ve known Izzy since he came here in 1984.
The Student Affairs Committee wants to revolutionize Pierce College. The legal entity governed by the Los Angeles Community College District board of trustees has big changes in mind for the future of the college. Plans to expand the cafeteria with brand food such as Subway and Panda Express are among their projects as well as working to register students to vote.
After hearing about his many creative endeavors, it is easy to see why he is a Gemini. Greg Thirloway, an accomplished actor, artist and furniture designer is just as unique as his Scottish-Irish last name. As a child he was drawn into art after his mother took him to the Los Angeles County Museum almost 35 years ago to view Pablo Picasso Retrospective exhibit.
Some people are born with a natural artistic ability. Envied by millions, this rare breed can draw, paint and sculpt beautiful works of art with ease and grace. Their skills are precise and their minds creative. This is how to describe Lynn Esh. Growing up, Esh had an immediate love for the arts.
If Dr. Dre and Gwen Stefani were to conceive a love child their baby would be Gnarls Barkley. With an eclectic, multifaceted mix of sounds that has its own pulse, the album “St. Elsewhere” is Disneyland for the brain. This is the debut album between Grammy nominated producer Danger Mouse, whose large cult following is no coincidence after his dubious mix of The Beatles’, “The White Album” and Jay-Z’s “The Black Album,” and soulful vocalist Cee-Lo Green, a member of the Goodie Mob, blending all genres of music.
Better than such scary thrillers “The Grudge” and “The Excorcist,” the morbid film “Silent Hill” delivers a breakthrough performance with very few actors, that tempts the imagination with mind-twisting special effects and graphics of demons and witches in the earlier ages of history.
The circumstances surrounding allegations of wrongful use of force on two counts by Sheriff’s personnel, one in April at L.A. Mission College and the other at Harbor College, needs to be addressed by the board of trustees. At the heart of this complex problem is the district’s relationship with the L.
College life is fast paced and bureaucratic change is slow, yet students still need to be involved in systems of government that affect their lives. If millions can vote for “Idols” once a week, they ought to be able to vote for someone who will affect their future.
