Category: Arts & Entertainment

“Drop Zone” rocks Santa Clarita

By Zach Ferber For 15 years, Drop Zone has been giving classic rock fans a chance to come out and watch them perform some the greatest rock hits. Drop Zone…

Young Knox Spotlight

By John Natheniel Young Knox is a hip hop artist born and raised in Los Angeles California. Stemming from a musical background with his father, Knox at an early age…

Church hosts Korean-American festival

LA CRESCENTA, Calif. — Helen Choi strolled through Grace Baptist Community Church as a South Korean flag in her hands fluttered in the breeze. As she gazed upon the large…

Count Basie Orchestra plays West Ranch High

By Ian Murray Audiences at West Ranch High School were treated to a sold out performance by the renowned Count Basie Orchestra early December. West Ranch’s own jazz band delivered…

International Music and Dance Festival

by Garrett Wedel Hosted by the Modern Language Association at College of the Canyons, The International Music and Dance festival was an outstanding event for attendees and performers. This festival…

Electronica Musique fills the PAC

College of the Canyons hosted a unique type of concert at the Black Box Theater located in the Performing Arts Center. Electronica Musique provides a place for students to hone…

Local musicians face challenges to play live shows and bring people together in Santa Clarita

By Mauricio La Plante On a dusty and dark Halloween night, deep in the Canyon Country hills of Santa Clarita, local band The Temporaries improvised to play a multiple-song set…

First musician to win Nobel Prize

75-year-old musician, Bob Dylan was awarded a Nobel Prize for literature. The Swedish Academy awarded him with 8 million Swedish Krona – about $900,000. He won the prize for having created…

Local students invited to experience art with ARTstART

The ARTstART program will provide local elementary,junior high and high school students with complementary access to select shows at the Santa Clarita Preforming Art Center and the College of the Canyons Art gallery.

The top 10 most anticipated movies remaining in 2016

With summer nearly to a drawing to a close, Hollywood has taken moviegoers on several different adventures this year. Some of them have been in space, others with your favorite…

Opinion: “Now You See Me” sequel didn’t show me much

This weekend there are a few new movies hitting theaters including “Now You See Me 2”, However, this movie was just a bunch of hocus pocus. (1 1/2 * out…

COC Dance: Dancing to the Icons

After a long semester of hard work, the COC Dance Company and Audiomind Dance Crew got to show their finished product at their spring concert, Dancing to the Icons, in…

COC Professor Advocates for Sustainability in Design

John Turturro, an architect and professor of Architecture and Interior Design at COC, has won numerous awards for his work in green building and is a strong advocate for sustainability….

Autism awareness music festival rocks Santa Clarita

On Saturday, April 30, Yes I Can hosted it’s 13th annual Summer Meltdown music and Arts festival to raise awareness for autism. Central Park was filled with talented artists, musicians, food…

Art lovers experience pop-up displays

Nearly 1,000 spectators showed up to check out the new mercantile and art fair held this past Saturday at the North Park Community Church in Valencia. The Polka Dot Roadshow’s…

HARD Summer music festival draws excitement from local fans

HARD announced the lineup Tuesday for its annual HARD Summer music festival and has already gathered a lot of anticipation from local fans after seeing the reveal. The two-day event has a…

Fire Emblem Fates: Conquest Review

Fire Emblem Fates is finally here after four years since the release of the last installment of the long running tactical RPG franchise.

A father’s dream realized in local artist

“How is a successful artist born? What are the circumstances that surround their creative development and growth? What does it take to become a successful artist in today’s world?”

Weistling answers all those questions and more in a compelling interview involving Nazi’s, a POW camp and a little western comic-strip.

Set up on Wakefield Courts Winter Wonderland

Year after year, Wakefield Court homeowners come together to decorate their street, as a full-blown holiday must see. Located in Saugus, this street if filled with bright lights, festive decorations,…

Scalping Tickets for “Star Wars” Out of This World

Are you a true Star Wars fan? How much would you be willing to pay to go see “Star Wars” on opening night? It turns out, many people are selling and buying tickets for thousands of dollars.

Celebrating ‘Dia De Los Muertos’ in the Santa Clarita Valley

Dia De Los Muertos or “Day of the Dead” in English is a Mexican holiday which focuses on gatherings of family and friends to pray for and remember friends and…

Comikaze back and bigger than ever in 2015

Comikaze has quickly become one of the most talked about conventions in America, it was easy to see why at this year’s phenomenal celebration of pop culture.

“Burnt” was undercooked and overhyped

Never underestimate a man with everything to lose.

“Steve Jobs” Succeeds at Getting the Job Done

Can a great man be a good man?

Dracula Shines Brightly at the Black Box

My review of “Dracula”. This is the PERFECT show for the season, but time is running out.. Only one week left!

True Stories Dominate Movies Theaters This Fall

Which one of the fine actors will be up for the gold statue..?

College of the Canyons Invites Community to ‘Meet Celeste Ng’ at PAC

Ed. Note: The following is a news release courtesy of College of the Canyons. College of the Canyons will present the community event ‘Meet Celeste Ng’ featuring the New York…

Depp gives a Tour de Force Performance in “Black Mass”

Johnny Depp gives one of the most powerful performances of the year as James “Whitey” Bulger in “Black Mass”. The story begins in 1975 and is set in the heart…

City of Santa Clarita Wins Helen Putnam Award for 10th Year

Editors Note: The following article is a news release provided by the city of Santa Clarita. For the 10th year, the City of Santa Clarita received the League of California…

Dracula’s sure to cause fear at the PAC

For the scariest show this season that is guaranteed to haunt you long afterwards.. “I want your fear…”

“What time is it?”

“Adventure Time!” This famous quote is from the highly rated Cartoon Network show, Adventure Time. This incredibly bizarre and hilarious cartoon is about a dog, Jake, and a boy, Finn,…

Horror, comedy on Horror Nights menu

Universal Studios Hollywood will show off their very first 3D comedy maze this year at Halloween Horror nights opening Sept. 18, and will continue until Nov. 1. The cast from…

A look at COC’s highest attended musical: Legally Blonde

COC’s production of Legally Blonde the Musical brought in a record breaking crowd.

Young anglers find Castaic Lake ‘friendly’

Local kids get hooked on some outdoor fun at the lake.

Fashion Minute Special: Met Gala Red Carpet Looks

The 2015 Met Gala hosted many celebrities with unique red carpet looks that made heads turn. Everyone who walked the carpet had to get creative with the theme of China:…

Newhall travels back to the Wild, Wild West

The 22nd Annual Cowboy Festival took place at Hart Park. Attendees were surrounded by life on the American Frontier as performers serenaded, vendors served up Dutch Oven and BBQ treats, and vendors offer one-of-a-kind gear and goods celebrating the past with the flair of today.

Valencia Lanes hosts royalty, local celebrities for charity event

SANTA CLARITA, CALIF – A young stylish DJ from San Diego sat outside the doors of Valencia lanes bowling alley on Saturday March 28th selling tickets to a celebrity/charity event…

Hollywood North Entertainment’s Runway Fashion Special

Hollywood North’s Taylor Villanueva and Monique Urquidez look back and cover the hottest fashion on the runway this season.

Guthrie’s ‘Alice’s Restaurant’ turns 50 at the PAC

Santa Clarita Performing Arts Center is celebrating its 10th anniversary, during which two 50th anniversaries have been celebrated, including folk music icon, Arlo Guthrie, celebrating the 50th anniversary of ‘Alice’s…

Arts Master Plan a work in progress

Hundreds of artists and arts patrons quickly filled the round table seating for the Santa Clarita Arts and Entertainment Summit hosted and facilitated by the City of Santa Clarita. As…

Hollywood North Entertainment Episode 3

Taylor Villanueva hosts Episode 3 of Hollywood North Entertainment’s Fashion Minute, where she covers the high fashion in spring dresses for 2015.

Life in the form of music at the Canyons Gallery

If you took a walk along the halls of the Valencia campus, you may have come across the art exhibit featuring the work of Bernando Feldman titled, “In Red and…

Hollywood North Entertainment Episode 2

Hollywood North Entertainment host Taylor Villanueva is back again for the second installment of Hollywood North’s Fashion Minute.

Fashion Minute Episode 1

Hollywood North Entertainment host Taylor Villanueva shares the fashion tips of the week on episode one of Fashion Minute.

Campus clubs offering students different opportunities

College of the Canyons has a wide variety of clubs available on campus for students to join.

Students meet with professionals during Media Day at COC

Where students were able to see their future ahead of them.

Do it together: DIY musicians in Santa Clarita

Getting the band back together may not be so easy or affordable, but young and upcoming bands have utilized a new way to go on tour in the 21st century.

Miss Mexico US tells her story

From age 3 to now performing under the stage lights and showing off her outgoing personality has never been a fear to Setareh Khatibi, a Santa Clarita native who was…

PHI builds state-of-the-art film archive in Santa Clarita

The Packard Humanities Institute, in partnership with UCLA, have built the second largest film warehouse and restoration facility in the U.S. right here in Santa Clarita

The Crystal Cult: Taking over the world one vape pen at a time

Closing out the year, Vape was just named the word of the year and one girl certainly helped that trend with her company, The Crystal Cult. The Crystal Cult is a company that started out of Santa Clarita California. It consist of clothes, sun glasses and their most popular product, vapes. But not just any vapes.