Dance Show to Benefit Human Trafficking Awareness Group
Gloria DeLeon, Contributing Writer
April 28, 2017
Filed under Lifestyle and Entertainment, Showcase
San Jacinto College South Campus’s Performing Arts Company presents “Kaleidoscope” April 28 and 29, a dance concert featuring performances by students, faculty, and guest dancers. Proceeds from the concert will benefit Unbound Houston, an organization based in Pearland that raises awareness...
Orpheus Concert Captivates With Student Compositions
Jasmyn Campbell, Contributing Writer
April 28, 2017
Filed under Lifestyle and Entertainment, Showcase
The lobby of the Monte Blue music building buzzed with excitement as individuals with cased instruments, a girl with a flute, and several others dressed in black moved back and forth among one another. They were the evening’s musicians. Five minutes to show time. The mostly uniformed performers...
North’s Lit, Art Mag Transitions to Digital-Only Format
Michael Taggart, Contributing Writer
April 14, 2017
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For the first time, San Jacinto College North Campus will publish its literary and arts magazine exclusively online in digital form. Prism, once a print-only magazine, will appear as a downloadable e-book accessed through the College’s website. The move to digital resulted from cuts to the printing...
Showcase Features Central Faculty Art
Jennifer Cortez, Contributing Writer
March 31, 2017
Filed under Lifestyle and Entertainment, Showcase
Art is alive in the halls of San Jacinto College, particularly in a tucked away corner of the East Classroom building that is home to the Central Campus art gallery. Currently, the gallery is presenting a collection of work from five campus art professors in a faculty exhibition on display until April...
Sculpture Exhibition on Display at South Gallery
Jaims Grantham, Contributing Writer
March 10, 2017
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The art gallery of San Jacinto College South Campus kicked off an exhibition titled Selected Works on Feb. 27 featuring six sculpted works by interdisciplinary artist Roger Colombik. According to a promotional flyer, the exhibit explores “the narrative of Absence/Presence, a psychological state...
Fine Arts Friday Features Piano Performance
Michael Taggart, Contributing Writer
March 10, 2017
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San Jacinto College North Campus students, staff, and faculty will have the opportunity to attend a free concert March 24 featuring music professor and pianist King Chi Au. Au teaches piano classes as well as private lessons on the North Campus but also lends her talents to the campus’s chamber singers...
Artist Calls on Vietnamese Students for Heritage Project
Times Staff
November 18, 2016
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San Jacinto College South Campus Art Gallery will host a spring exhibition featuring the work of Roger Colombik, an art professor at Texas State University. However, the show will accompany a second presentation by Colombik, this time spotlighting Vietnamese heritage that will hang in the atrium of the...
North Celebrates Season With Holiday Concert
McKenzie Sandefur, Contributing Writer
November 18, 2016
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San Jacinto College North Campus will celebrate the Christmas season with a holiday-themed concert Nov. 30 for all to enjoy while getting into the holiday spirit. “This is our annual Holiday Choral Concert which we present every year in the fall semester,” music professor and Choral Activities...
Jazz Ensemble Spices Up Central
Faithful Boggs, Contributing Writer
November 18, 2016
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The sounds of bluesy funk, contemporary, and classical jazz filled Corbin Hall Nov. 10 when patrons from different walks of life packed the auditorium to share one common enjoyment, the euphonious sound of Jazz. Dr. Henry Darragh, a first-year faculty member of the San Jacinto College Central Campus...
Exhibition Spotlights Political Polarization
Faithful Boggs, Contributing Writer
November 4, 2016
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The Art and Design Department of San Jacinto College Central Campus is presenting an exhibition of student work meant to encourage visitors to go out and vote. Politics of America, currently on display in the Central Campus art gallery, shows the growing political divide between American voters and how...
Wind Ensemble Concert Debuts New Director
Alejandra Cajero, Contributing Writer
November 4, 2016
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The San Jacinto College Central Campus Wind Ensemble performed their first concert of the semester Oct. 20 marking Graham Tobin’s debut as the ensemble’s new director. According to the concert program, Tobin attended the Queensland Conservatory where he received a Bachelor of Music and went on...
Annual Halloween Art Fest Returns to North
McKenzie Sandefur, Contributing Writer
October 21, 2016
Filed under Lifestyle and Entertainment, Showcase
San Jacinto College North Campus will celebrate Halloween and Dia de los Muertos, with an art and culture show meant for all to enjoy the spookiest two days of the year. The festivity features art, a showing of a family-friendly movie, face painting, and free food and candy. “It's a fantastic event...
