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Muffler’s first headlining performance at the Golden Bull in Oakland, CA on May 24, 2023. From left to right: Wes Allerd, TJ Gardea Jr., Gaby Aravjo (Photo by Lylah Schmedel-Permanna/The Citizen)

Your next favorite post-punk band includes two Peralta students — an interview with Muffler

Lylah Schmedel-Permanna, Investigations Editor November 6, 2023

On stage, Muffler has the timeless energy that all great punk artists possess -- a fantastic, effortless dark harmony that tells the audience they are not here for the crowds, but for their own...

BCC Art instructor Juana Alicia honored by the San Francisco Art Commission

BCC Art instructor Juana Alicia honored by the San Francisco Art Commission

Emily Tenorio Molina, Staff Writer September 21, 2023

Berkeley City College Art instructor and Bay Area muralist Juana Alicia Araiza was celebrated for her decades-long contribution to the arts by the San Francisco Art Commission (SFAC) “Dreaming in...

Mythical goddesses fight for change in comedy “Deirdre the Queer Queen”

Mythical goddesses fight for change in comedy “Deirdre the Queer Queen”

Randi Cross, Arts Editor May 1, 2023

The two-week run of “Deirdre the Queer Queen,” directed by Theater Arts Department Chair Michael Torres, came to a close on April 14 at Laney College’s Odell Johnson Performing Arts Center. In...

Vietnamese art and history show honors motherhood at Legion of Honor

Vietnamese art and history show honors motherhood at Legion of Honor

College of Alameda students perform with Nguyen Dance Company
Emily Tenorio Molina, Staff Writer April 26, 2023

The Au Co Vietnamese Cultural Center presented its 10th annual performance of "Thi Ca & Sử Việt," or "Vietnamese Art and History Show," at the San Francisco Legion of Honor on March 19. Several...

Art in solidarity with Iran: Hair

Art in solidarity with Iran: Hair

Timothy Lane and Randi Cross April 19, 2023

Correction 4/20/2023: The original version of this article misattributed an art piece by Farnaz Zabetian to Nazanin Parviz. The error has since been rectified. Hair, an art exhibit curated by Iranian-American...

Civic Design Studio Projects connect student artwork and community

Civic Design Studio Projects connect student artwork and community

April 15 Youth Creative Expo will showcase artwork by students from OUSD and Peralta Colleges
Jindi Zhang, Staff Writer April 11, 2023

Whether it’s an art exhibition in Brooklyn Basin, a sprawling mural on 9th street, a three-story dragon mural in Chinatown, or one of the metal cutouts from 14th St to Fruitvale Ave – those who...

Umoja-UBAKA Student Success Community Hosts Black History Presentation & Dinner

Umoja-UBAKA Student Success Community Hosts Black History Presentation & Dinner

Randi Cross, Arts Editor February 26, 2023

In honor of Black History Month, the Umoja-UBAKA Student Success Community hosted the African American History & Human Liberation Presentation & Dinner on Feb. 8, 2023 at Laney College. Carter...

Behind the Curtain of “Disbelief” and the Laney Theater Programs Covid journey

Behind the Curtain of “Disbelief” and the Laney Theater Program’s Covid journey

Justin Burrows, Staff Writer May 11, 2022

The Laney College Theater Arts Program production of "Disbelief: A Cassandra Tale" by local playwright Garrett Jon Groenveld premiered on April 13 and had a three day run, ending on the 15th. The production,...

The mystery woman behind Laney’s June Steingart gallery

The mystery woman behind Laney’s June Steingart gallery

Few remember the art professor and wife of Nobel Prize winner after whom the Laney art gallery was named
David Rowe, Associate Editor April 25, 2022

If you Google “June Steingart” the results will most likely relate to exhibits in the art gallery named after her in the lobby of the Tower building at Laney College. Finding out more about the...

Three cast members at a rehearsal of Disbelief which opens at the Laney College Theater on April 13 (source: Michael Torres)

Laney actors return to the stage April 13

Disbelief: A Cassandra Tale is the first in-person performance in two years
David Rowe, Associate Editor April 7, 2022

The Laney Theater Arts Program is emerging from the pandemic and will perform an in-person production of Disbelief: A Cassandra Tale by local playwright Garrett Jon Groenveld on April 13, 14, and 15...

Three upcoming Laney art exhibits cover a wide spectrum of work

Three upcoming Laney art exhibits cover a wide spectrum of work

David Rowe, Associate Editor March 30, 2022

The June Steingart Art Gallery, located in the lobby of the Laney College tower building, will be hosting three exhibits in the coming months, all open to the public at no charge.  The first exhibit,...

Life is Beautiful: A Concertgoers Return to the Crowds

Life is Beautiful: A Concertgoer’s Return to the Crowds

Christa Bandoni, Staff Writer October 5, 2021

During the weekend of September 17th, downtown Las Vegas shut down during the daytime for the return of the annual Life is Beautiful music festival. Twenty minutes from the glitz and glamour of the...

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