For the fifth consecutive year, the California Institute of the Arts animation programs (Character Animation and Experimental Animation) have collectively earned the top spot in all eligible categories in Animation Career Review’s 2025 Animation School Rankings. CalArts animation is ranked first in...

Southern California has seen a lot of natural phenomena recently — from enormous wildfires and high-speed winds to massive rainfall and landslides — and most recently, a series of small to moderate earthquakes. Westlake Village shook early last month on March 9, clocking in a 4.1 quake that sent...

Have you ever looked at the sky and wondered if humans are alone? Have you ever watched a sci-fi show or film and wondered if there really are habitable exoplanets out there like the much beloved Vulcan, Tatooine, or Arrakis? If so, the College of the Canyons Spring 2025 Star Party on Friday, April 25...

California State University, Northridge’s “LA Seen” festival will feature Emmy award-winning composer Adrian Younge to present “Jazz is Dead with Adrian Younge,” 8 p.m. Thursday, April 17. The event will be at CSUN’s Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts, The Soraya, located...

The second annual Santa Clarita Valley Book Festival will be held, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, May 10 at the College of the Canyons Dr. Dianne G. Van Hook University Center. The College of the Canyons Dr. Dianne G. Van Hook University Center is at 26455 Rockwell Canyon Road, Santa Clarita, CA 91355. This...

California State University, Northridge’s top student choreographers and dancers will demonstrate diverse choreographic vision, passionate dancing and powerful performances in “Kinesis: Emerging Choreography,” which will premiere on April 23, at 7:30 p.m. and Thursday, April 24, at 2 p.m. and 7:30...

The Santa Clarita Community College District Board of Trustees will hold a business meeting Wednesday, April 9, beginning at 5 p.m. The board will first meet in closed session at 4:30 p.m. The full agenda can be found at https://go.boarddocs.com/ca/coc/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=DBZP69623C89. The meeting...

California State University, Northridge’s Department of Theatre will host Native Voices, the only professional theatre company in the United States devoted to bringing Indigenous playwrights, 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 7, to perform “To Indigeneity and Beyond!” The performance will take place at the...

The ability to put nutritious food on the table is one of the most important and pressing matters that low-income families face daily. California State University, Northridge’s Family Kitchen has been teaming up with the US Department of Agriculture’s Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women,...

The College of the Canyons Foundation will host its third annual 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament from 9 a.m. to noon on Sunday, April 27, in the college’s West P.E. (WPEK) gymnasium, located on the Valencia campus. Event check in and breakfast will begin at 8:30 a.m. on tournament day, with a scheduled...