inventory_2 Archive: Fall 2010 - Spring 2014
New opera arrives via wireless headphones
Usually when you’re going to see a show, you buy a ticket, find your seat, sit down and wait for the performance to begin. However, this isn’t the case with the opera “Invisible Cities,” which is directed by Yuval Sharon and is being performed by his production company, The Industry.
Up-and-Humming: Samo’s A Cappella group
Imagine a dozen girls crowded in a choir room, tapping their fingers on a single piano, their voices filling the air as they harmonize “Row Your Boat.” This was the aspiring group of singers only a few weeks ago as they prepared to audition for Valhalla, Samo’s only girls’ a cappella group on campus.
Weekend Activities: Live This No. 8
Check out Staff Writer Micol Azcarate's tips on what to do this weekend!
Local cafe and hang out spot, Flying Saucers, closing
Local cafe and Samo student hotspot Flying Saucer Cafe has become a part of the Samo community, employing Samo students and featuring student work in their many gallery shows. After three years however, it will be soon closing its doors.
Art Extended
An investigative look at off-campus art programs that have assisted Samo art students through skill refinement.
Weekend Activities: Live This No. 4
Check out a myriad of great ideas for fun this weekend: lots of movies and the homecoming game!
A Viking's Debut
Once a Viking, always a Viking.Samo alumnus Kevin McKeown returns to the Samo band room as the new lead band director, and looks forward to upholding blue and gold traditions.
Weekend Activities: Live This No. 3
Check out some great ideas for a fun weekend, from an open mic night to a charity walk for student athletes.
Weekend Activities: Live This No. 2
Carmageddon II is a great opportunity to bike to a farmer's market or even a haunted maze! LACMA also has some intriguing exhibits and tours this weekend. Admission half off for those who take alternate modes of transportation!
Weekend Activities: Live This No. 1
This weekend, just like any other weekend, consists of Friday night, Saturday, Sunday, and buckets of homework, but don’t let that discourage you! You can still make it exceptional, I promise. Instead of procrastinating on Facebook and getting lost inside Internet’s black hole, use the time you aren’t spending on schoolwork doing something that will still stimulate your brain.
Public Domain
As parents, students and members of the Santa Monica community socialized amongst the dimly lit Humanities Center on June 1, the sweet smell of mocha and tinkling of soft music slowly filled the room. Soon after, the lights shut off and the music ended. Samo’s newest creative showcase, Public Domain, had began its debut.
Samo music students accompany rock royalty
Rock band Venice takes center stage alongside Samo orchestra and choir students during the ninth annual Artists for the Arts (AFTA) concert.
Cracking the AP Art Exam
With the AP Art exam, there is a fine line between being able to express yourself artistically and creating what the judges want to see. The Samohi investigates what it takes to crack the Collegeboard's most artistic academic examination.
Freshman goes primetime
Freshman Dash Dobrofsky guest-stars on the prime-time sitcom "Modern Family."
Samo thespians mentor middle school drama students
Samo theater students lend a helping hand to middle-school drama departments.
Bring in ‘da Noise, Bring in ‘da Funk - Café Samo strikes a chord
Café Samo singers bear their souls with the latest contemporary classics.
Winter concert — Play it again, Samo jazz band
Professional trombonist Andy Martin performs with the Samo's Jazz Band for their Winter concert.
A Night of Madness: An incredibly normal look at how we treat the psychologically 'touched.'
Samo theater takes a profound look at the human condition in this fall's "A Night of Madness."
Shrines and skeletons: Samo alum paints the way
Samo alum Daniel Alonzo returns to his hometown for an artistic homage to the living dead.
Haunted Harmonies: Band performs annual Halloween concert
Band program shows early success in their first concert of the year.
Judy Beck brings a new perspective to Samo Artists
Judy Beck drops by Samo nearly every Wednesday morning. Beck wears a visitor’s badge, but she is here to teach. Art supplies, from the bizarre to the standard, are stored in the bags she brings to A103 — the AP art room.
Remembering a legend: Elizabeth Taylor (1932 – 2011)
There were fewer actresses that embodied Hollywood more than Elizabeth Taylor. She had the beauty of Scarlett Johansson and the dramatic screen presence of Meryl Streep; before there was Brad and Angelina, there was Dickie and Liz. Sadly, on March 23, one of the last remaining stars from the golden era of cinema left us — and boy, what a legacy she left behind.
Dancing among the fossils at the Natural History Museum
On the “First Friday” of every month, what seems like all of West Los Angeles heads for Abbot Kinney Boulevard in Venice to immerse themselves in food-truck culture. Kogi, Nom Nom, Slammin Sliders, Dogtown Dogs, Vizzi — it’s always a party.
Masterworks: a choral masterpiece
As Masterworks 2011-goers entered Barnum Hall on Tuesday, March 29, they were greeted with a bright fuchsia backdrop and two multicolored bouquets sitting center-stage.
Always ice-cold, Warm Brew champions rap renaissance
To put it bluntly, hip-hop has fallen off. Once upon a time it was prized as an underground movement, a counter-culture genre – its fans valued above all else clever rhyme schemes and word play. Beats spilled emotion into your ears, and the meticulously layered samples and hooks that launched producers like Pete Rock and J Dilla to international fame kept real fans deeply devoted. Sadly, this is no longer the case... This is why now, more than ever, artists like Warm Brew are needed to remedy the image that the genre has unfortunately adopted.
Banksy brings the revolution to Los Angeles
I can’t tell you what to think about Banksy.But that’s okay – you don’t need me to. In recent weeks, the world-renowned street artist has been zipping around the Los Angeles area, leaving his artwork on billboards, burned-out buildings and back alleys, giving Angelinos more than enough samples to help them form an opinion of their own.
Odd or Even? Doesn't matter, they're still the future
In an era of political correctness, they are the ugly duckling. They have mothers across the nation tearing their hair out, have record company CEO's shaking in their dress shoes, and are sure as hell not getting an endorsement from Oprah any time soon. They are Odd Future.
“No Future”: start of a bright one
“I feel genres are restricting. If there was a genre for the sounds that are in my head, I would call it that,” Santo said about his album. Take for example, “Canyonsolstice.” Featuring good friend and college roommate Gary Zanello on guitar, “Canyonsolstice” has an '80s hip hop beat with a jazzy swing and laser beam sounds.
All the Grid’s a stage — for robots
Daft Punk return as orchestral maestros for "Tron: Legacy"
"Write About Love"
If I were young and hip and having a party in my high rise apartment in New York City, Belle and Sebastian's new album "Write About Love" would be the first thing to come to mind for excellent background music. I'd also crank up the volume the next morning in my Prius for a perfect road trip theme song.
The Big Draw
From crude drawings on the sides of dusty caves to the iconic murals of the Sistine Chapel, art has been our way of marking history. Before language and individual letters existed, drawings and symbols were the only means of communication. This October, the act of drawing and making marks is being celebrated in Los Angeles with The Big Draw arts festival, occurring at several museums throughout the month.
Turntable soul music just got amplified
After hearing several KCRW DJ’s play Belleruche’s “270 Stories” more than that many times over various broadcasts, I guessed this had to be a must-hear record. Anyone with even an inkling of soul in them will agree.
“Never Let Me Go”
“Never Let Me Go” presents elements of passion, fear and empathy in a way that although sometimes falls flat, generally is always haunting and emotionally absorbing.
Fall TV Preview – “Boardwalk Empire”
Created by Terence Winters, the pen behind more than a few episodes of “The Sopranos,” this latest drama by HBO follows Atlantic City, New Jersey Treasurer Enoch “Nucky” Thompson (a spot-on Steve Buscemi) in his crooked life as a mastermind political boss and cutthroat gang leader during the early years of Prohibition.
Fall TV Preview – “Undercovers”
You know that the acting is sub-par when the first aspect of a character you can remember were those moments when he or she was topless. The main characters are gorgeous, and Steven Bloom is a complete hunk, but acting skills? Nonexistent. A wooden cast of his body could do just as well.
Catch of the day: Catfish
From its truthful, humorous beginning to its disturbingly realistic climax, “Catfish” dives the viewer into the desperate heart of our Facebook generation.
Fall TV Preview – “Outsourced”
But Outsourced just falls flat. Each joke is a simple one-liner, meant to attract the least educated, most primitive of viewers. It fails to deliver the same intelligent comedy that makes How I Met Your Mother fun, yet intriguing.
Fall TV Preview – “Event”
Although I have my own reservations, The Event is a solid show. It feels like 24 because things are constantly happening. The plot never stops moving, it changes each week, and asks more questions, allowing the show to grow.