8 Rose Gardens to Visit in the Bay Area
Get out and smell the roses! The Bay area has many serene rose gardens to wander and enjoy. It is always nice to be out in nature enjoying the fragrant delight of manicured roses.
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Culture
Collegewide Book Club Expands From One Book to Two This Year
City College is expanding its One College, One Book program for the 2023-2024 school year, to One College, Two Books. The program is a collaboration between a City College Academic Senate committee and the library.
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Runway Competition Underway for Rocky the Ram Style Refresh by City College Fashion Students
On Sep. 22 four City College fashion students presented unique, eye-catching designs, one of which will become Rocky the Ram’s new uniform.
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City College of San Francisco Celebrates Maya Culture – Past and Present
The Maya Culture was on full display both on the Mission and Ocean Campus in September. At the Ocean campus a lively reception was held for the Helen Moran collection of Maya Women Life, Art, Hope. A contemporary art exhibit celebrating Maya artists. The Maya Cultural Festival took place at the Mission campus celebrating the culture of the Maya population in the Bay Area with traditional clothing, food, art therapy classes, lectures on public benefits, housing, jobs, interpreters, health, courts and Maya identity.
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Pan American Unity– Your Chance to Experience Diego Rivera’s Massive Masterpiece City College’s legacy, and comradery, as partnership builds with the SFMOMA
On Sunday September 10, the SFMOMA invited families and the community at large to welcome Latin@ heritage month and enjoy the museum free of charge. The day started with the blessing of Diego Rivera’s Pan American unity mural– Aztec dancers from Danza Azteca Xitlalli offered dances, as the indigenous dancers looked down on them from the left corner of Rivera’s mural.
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Longtime City College-SFMOMA Collaboration Results in Student Mural on Frida Kahlo Way
Painting students at the time, Barbara Bolls-Guillory, Itzli Ceja and Xiaoyu Luo painted the Frida Kahlo panel together. The three benefitted from the workshop in a multitude of ways, from the community aspect to the technical skills learned.
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5 Islands in the Bay Area to Read Treasure Island
Enjoy the warmest month of weather by sitting outside enjoying a book. The San Francisco Bay Area has a myriad of different islands but these are the best to have a meta experience enjoying this classic.
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Celebrating the return of the Annual Bay Area Maya Cultural Festival at CCSF
After a three year, COVID-19 induced hiatus, the annual Bay Area Maya Cultural Festival makes its triumphant return to City College.
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City College Art Professors Exhibit Individual and Collaborative Pieces in Upcoming Show
Retired and current art professors, Anna Asebedo and Nancy Mizuno Elliott, respectively, are displaying their works in a new art exhibition, “Abscission,” running from August 28 to September 28, 2023, in the City College Art Gallery. The show includes their contrasting work, as well as collaborative pieces made by the two over the summer. The show’s opening reception is Wednesday September 6, 2023 from 5:30-7:30pm in the Visual Arts Building, Room v119.
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NOISE on Balboa is a Mixture of Past, Present and Future San Francisco
NOISE is a treasure trove of vinyl records. Within this tiny storefront on Balboa in the Outer Richmond lives a world of music. What makes NOISE stand out is that it’s representative of all genres of music from classic rock to hip-hop and rap to a whole lot of jazz. NOISE is also an art gallery and music venue representing past, present and future San Francisco.
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Exploring Issues, Empowering Voices: Meet City College’s Student-Run Publications
Student-run publications at City College offer opportunities for growth, skill development, and amplification of diverse voices on campus.
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Historic Mural to be Moved to Student Union Building
The historic City College Women’s Resource Center mural is being moved from Smith Hall to the Women’s Resource Center’s new location in the Student Union Building.
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Happy Birthday, Mahalaya!
Mahalaya, the brainchild of former City College journalism student Casey Ticsay, is having a birthday bash, and you are invited!
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