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The cast of “A Nice Family Gathering” at the Whittier Community Theatre. It closes Saturday night.

An invite to ‘A Nice Family Gathering’

The Whittier Community Theater presents "A Nice Family Gathering," just in time for the holidays. "A Nice Family Gathering," is a play written by Phil Olson based on a typical dysfunctional family gathering for the annual Thanksgiving dinner.  No holiday dinner is complete without the drama that is always involved. Carl an aspiring and struggling writer heads back home to visit his family which consists of the successful older brother, the little sister who's always left out and the mom who is as nutty as they come. 

‘Eurydice,’ a mythical love story

 

Rio Hondo's Art and Cultural Program will be presenting Eurydice directed by Liesel Euler next month. Eurydice is a timeless love story with contemporary characters and ingenious plot twists. The play is based on the classical myth of Orpheus a legendary musician, poet, and prophet to the Greek Gods who had the ability to charm all living things and even stones with his beautiful music.

‘Frank and Friends’

 

Rio Hondo's division of the Art and Cultural program presented Frank and friends Nov. 8 at the Wray Theater. RHC faculty members Frank Accardo and Blanca De Los Santos collaborated along with students Felipe Lara, David Smith and Alumni Juan Sixto. The evening was filled with a variety of acoustic guitar music: western classical, romantic lyricism, folk music,Romanic style, Viennese classic style, and "moto perpetuo" style.

‘Student One Acts’ a success through performance and direction

Rio Hondo's Arts and Cultural Program presented a one act play festival Oct. 6-8 at the Black Box Theater. The event was an evening filled with ten minute plays written, performed and directed by Rio Hondo students. The festival was a developmental project that the students had been working on since the spring semester. The diversity in each act was clearly notable having a variety of genres for each act to keep the audience wanting and expecting more. 

Choral Cabaret brings Rio Hondo Broadway favorites

The Arts and Cultural Events Program hosted the "Salute to Broadway" performance by Rio Hondo's Choral Cabaret Oct.14-15 at the Wray Theater with select Broadway classics and favorites. Rio Hondo students performed a variety of classic Broadway selections. They performed in small groups, and sometimes a few went on stage solo. 

Student 'One Act Plays' a success

Rio Hondo's Arts and Cultural Program presented a one act play festival Oct.6-8 at the Black Box theater. The event was an evening filled with ten minute plays written, performed and directed by Rio Hondo students.

Choral Cabaret brings Rio Hondo Broadway favorites

The Arts and Cultural Events Program hosted the "Salute to Broadway" performance by Rio Hondo's Choral Cabaret Oct.14-15 at the Wray Theater with select Broadway classics and favorites. Rio Hondo students performed a variety of classic Broadway selections. They performed in small groups, and sometimes a few went on stage solo.

WCT celebrates 90th season beginning with 'Good News'

Being one of the last remaining playhouses in Southern California the Whittier Community Theater celebrates its 90th season this year. Whittier Community Theater begins its season with "Good News." "Good News" is a show from 1927 that introduces what college life was like in the 1920s. Having just begun co-ed schooling at colleges makes for the great shenanigans that are portrayed in "Good News;" colleges were focused more on their football teams and athletic programs, while youngsters were still getting their "drink" on.

'The Guys' to be performed In memory of the 9/11 catastrophe

Special Tribute to Sept.11 attacks will be performed at the Black Box Theater the day after the 10th Anniversary.

  • Schoolboy Q

    The new player in the game

     

    There's a new rapper on the scene with a lot of new attributes, like a mixture of Rap and R&B and adds a different flavor to the music. When I hear his music I feel pulled into someone else's gravity and life, he expresses himself with his affection. His philosophy is very different. He has a strange way of relating to the listeners. The CD is about women, drugs, lust, love and a fantasy world that School Boy Q  puts you in as you listen to the album.

  • ‘Star Wars: Episode 1- The Phantom Menace’ in 3D

    George Lucas is back with the re-release of "Star Wars: Episode 1, The Phantom Menace." "The Phantom Menace" was originally released in 1999 and is back in theaters as of February 10, 2012 in 3D. In its opening weekend it has made an estimated 25.2 million adding to its already opulent franchise.

  • Action, just action

     

    Denzel Washington (Tobin Frost) and Ryan Reynolds (Matt Weston) combine their outstanding talents to create what could be best described as a mediocre film. "Safe House" provides what one would expect from watching the previews, a two hour extended cat and mouse chase scene. The film's plot is based around Tobin Frost turning himself in after years of selling government secrets, but the safe house he is in is attacked. This leads to Matt Weston, the rookie operative, to be forced to escape with the crook and remain alive.