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Fresno City College heads to Carnegie Hall

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Olga Verkhotina, Rampage Reporter
April 18, 2013

Wind Ensemble to play at historic venue and in Central Park in NYC  The Fresno City College music department held a Carnegie Send Off Concert on April 6 before the Wind Ensemble left to participate in the New York International Music Festival at Carnegie Hall. The Wind Ensemble, along with band director... Read more »

City jazz thrills

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Jere Kirkland, Rampage Reporter
April 18, 2013

Fresno City College’s 23rd annual City Jazz Festival was headlined by two-time Grammy award-winning jazz musician Tom Scott. “Tom has been a star on the jazz, pop, film music etc. scene for a really long time, I had some of his records on vinyl,” said FCC instructor of jazz studies Mike Dana. Scott’s... Read more »

FCC Jazz Fest

Kayla Valenzuela, Social Media Director
April 6, 2013

On Thursday April 4, Fresno City College held the 23rd annual City Jazz Festival in the FCC Theatre. Throughout the day, student jazz ensembles played leading up to the performances by the FCC Latin Jazz Ensemble, FCC Jazz Ensemble and guest artist Tom Scott. Numerous high schools from around the valley... Read more »

KIDmunity Spring Concert

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Daisy Martinez, Reporter
April 6, 2013

The  KIDmunity spring concert took place Wednesday April 3 at 7p.m. in Fresno City College’s Old Administration Building. The performers were children from kindergarten through sixth grade who sang, dance, acted and played music instruments. The concert was directed by FCC music instructor Kevin Cooper. Through... Read more »

Croodly Unfunny

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Kevynn Gomez, Reporter
March 22, 2013

It may be set a few thousand years before the invention of comedy, but that’s no excuse for the truly primitive attempt at humor in Dreamworks’ newest animated film, “The Croods.” Set in an imaginative land reminiscent of the long-gone supercontinent of Pangaea, the Crood family is supposed to... Read more »

Can Man of Steel outshine Dark Knight?

Brian Robinson, Reporter
March 15, 2013

Superman: The Man of Steel. To many, he may be the greatest superhero ever created. He represents a man who had suffered from loss since he was an infant. He would use that loss to encourage himself towards healing the world, and defeating any villain that stood in his way. Many would think he would... Read more »

Storytelling Festival

Photo by Michael Monroy. Master storyteller Lyn Ford amazes the crowd with her life stories in the Old Administration Building at Fresno City College, Wednesday, March 13, 2013.

Danielle Mehas, Reporter
March 15, 2013

Fresno City College held the sixth annual Fresno Storytelling Festival on Wednesday March 13. The festival proudly presented Affrilachian Master storyteller, Lyn Ford. Ford was greeted with a round of applause and took a seat on a chair at the front of the stage. She began by asking the crowd to “sit... Read more »

The average Burt Wonderstone

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Patrick Forrest, Arts & Entertainment Editor
March 15, 2013

The comedy “The Incredible Burt Wonderstone” stars Steve Carell and Steve Buscemi as long-reigning headliners and one-time best friends Burt and Anton, and Olivia Wilde as their glamorous magic assistant, Jane.  Alan Arkin stars as old-school illusionist Rance Holloway, and James Gandolfini as wealthy... Read more »

Microsoft vs. Sony

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Victor Aparicio, Rampage Reporter
March 13, 2013

Microsoft has a lot to be proud of. As of February 2013, 46 million Xbox 360 owners are subscribers to their Xbox Live service,  and have purchased 24 million Kinect Sensors as well as 76 million Xbox 360 consoles. All subscribers have access to the dozens of media and social network services including... Read more »

Singers share music from around the world

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Jordan Russell, Copy Chief
March 13, 2013

The Fresno City College Symphonic Choir paired with the City Singers and several guest artists for a vocal tour of world music in their performance of “Trip the Light: A Concert Tour Around the World” on March 5. More than 70 singers took the stage in the Old Administration Building Auditorium to... Read more »

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