After Celebratory Theater Announcement, Delays Continue to Push Back Groundbreaking
City College’s long-awaited Diego Rivera Theater remains stalled in state review, despite repeated assurances that approval was just around the corner.
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CCSF’s $190 million Performing Arts and Education Center Set to Transform Campus and Showcase Diego Rivera Mural
At the heart of the new Performing Arts and Education Center will be the Diego Rivera Theater, which will house the iconic “Pan-American Unity” mural by Diego Rivera. The mural will be displayed in the lobby with a glass wall, making it visible to both the center’s visitors and the pedestrians outside. “The uniqueness of the building will be the installation and display of the mural,” said Alberto Vasquez, associate vice chancellor of the CCSF facilities department.
Arts Departments at City College impacted by Omicron Variant
While teaching a subject such as math or English may be easier implemented as an online course program, it may not be quite as simple to convert a course such as music. While certain courses were expected to begin in-person this semester, the Omicron variant has halted once again the re-opening of City College.
Arts Departments at City College Impacted by Omicron Variant
While certain courses were expected to begin in-person this semester, the Omicron variant has halted once again the re-opening of City College.
Crowds Long for Live Entertainment, but Barriers Remain
With operations that draw together large and mostly indoor crowds, theaters and music venues have suffered enormously since the pandemic’s onset. And now entertainment establishments struggling to get back into business face fresh uncertainties with the Delta variant surging in San Francisco.
Delta Variant Surge Leads to Mandate
The City College Board of Trustees approved a vaccine mandate Thursday, August 12, which will require students, faculty, staff, and visitors to be vaccinated by Oct. 1, 2021 at the latest.
Diego Rivera Mural Awaits its New Home
Diego Rivera’s “Pan American Unity” mural will finally be accessible to the public due to a National Endowment for the Humanities grant. The move to SFMOMA is currently still delayed, but the plan is for the mural to stay there until Fall of 2022, then return to City College’s PAEC building.
Summer 2020 to be Significantly Smaller Than Last Year
A memo sent to department chairs indicates an approximately 50% reduction in the size of the summer schedule, compared to last year’s offerings.
Student Activists Gather over Winter Break, to Plan for Upcoming Actions
By Diana Guzman dianaanaid.gf@gmail.com Community activists stayed busy over winter break as they held a meeting on Dec. 29, composed…
Board votes to extend chancellor’s term
By Abraham Davis abrahamdfrankfurter@gmail.com The City College board of trustees voted unanimously at their closed session on June 28 to…
Teacher Profile: Madeline Mueller
In the face of a $149 million statewide budget cut handed down on community colleges in February, City College of San Francisco music department chair Madeline Mueller is working hard to defend her already slim resources and maintain her diverse department.