CSUSM’s Arts & Lectures series hosted “Ta La: The Exploration of Male and Female Energies Through Indian Dance” starring Anusree Bonnerjee and Nilesh Singha, lead dancers of Drutam Dance Ideas Lab, on April 7.
Bonnerjee introduced herself as the founder and artistic director. They both...
CSUSM held a virtual concert that featured well-known pianist Kei Akagi on April 2. Music department chair Ching-Meng Cheng hosted this musical event that allowed students, faculty and community members to enjoy Akagi’s artistry.
Cheng gave attendees a brief introduction on who Akagi is and what...
Movie: Coming 2 America
Nearly 30 years after the original Coming To America film, its sequel Coming 2 America brings old-school nostalgia and New Age representation to the forefront. With the combination of groundbreaking actors such as Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, James Earl Jones, Gladys Knight...
Selena Gomez’s latest musical project, a seven-song EP called Revelación, finds the singer exploring love and independence while paying tribute to her Hispanic heritage (apart from one bilingual song, the rest are completely in Spanish).
But despite its promising premise and a few standouts,...
Dr. Merryl Goldberg is a professor in the School of Arts at CSUSM, as well as a former saxophonist for the Klezmer Conservatory Band. Learn more about Dr. Goldberg's musical journey and passion for musical education.
This review may contain mild spoilers.
Earlier this March, Netflix released Moxie, an Amy Poehler production, that sparks the awakening of feminism after a young woman named Vivian (Hadley Robinson) becomes fed up with her high school’s male domination and staff negligence over the female population.
The...
CSUSM Theatre’s production of She Kills Monsters: A Virtual Realm creates a daring and memorable story that will have its audience in tears of both joy and sadness.
Surrounding the relationship of two polar opposite sisters, this play uses the basis of the game Dungeons and Dragons to help carry...
Documentary: Audrey
Behind closed doors, despite the fame, Audrey Hepburn’s desire to be loved is something we learn in the new Netflix documentary Audrey. There has been no other like Audrey Hepburn, a sensational icon capturing the hearts of the world. All eyes would be on her if she walked...
Is our search engine a reflection of society? CSUSM’s latest Arts & Lectures guest Safiya U. Noble, an associate professor at UCLA, asked this question during her presentation titled Algorithms of Oppression on Mar. 11.
One of her starting points was how Black girls are targeted in search...
The CSUSM literature & writing studies department hosted the 1913 Press Reading as part of the Community and World Literary series on Mar. 11.
The event introduced students and faculty to two successful writers: Kiik Araki-Kawaguchi and Megin Jimenez.
Araki-Kawaguchi’s writings can be described...
After three years of not releasing an album, there was no way of knowing what to expect when SHINee announced their seventh full-length album Don’t Call Me.
Although each member of the band (Onew, Minho, Key and Taemin) has their own style and solo careers, the group has fostered an undeniable SHINee...
TV Show: Ginny and Georgia
Netflix released the first season of its newest comedy-drama Ginny and Georgia on Feb. 24. The show follows the story of a young mom, Georgia, and her two kids, Ginny and Austin, as they move to a new town in order to escape their troubled past. However, living with...
