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Catalina Avila

Catalina Avila, Photographer

Staff Writer, Fall 2014

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City College theatre club gets students ready for the big screen

CATALINA AVILA, Channels Staff
December 3, 2014
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Theatre arts offer classes in stage combat and musicals

CATALINA AVILA, Channels Staff
November 24, 2014
Courtesy of SBCC Theatre Arts Department

‘Ten Red Kings’ escapes world of reality for video game addicts

CATALINA AVILA, Channels Staff
November 14, 2014

Alumni art gallery brings inspiration and new experiences

CATALINA AVILA, Channels Staff
November 8, 2014
Associate theatre professor Michael Gros looks out at students rehearsing for the upcoming production of "Ten Red Kings," on Thursday, Nov. 6, in the City College Jurkowitz Theatre.

Theatre instructor dedicates career to students and the stage

CATALINA AVILA, Channels Staff
November 7, 2014
Lori Gaskin and Elliot Schuman check updated results on Measure S at Cielito Restaurant in Santa Barbara, Tuesday, Nov. 4. Measure S failed to receive the 55 percent needed to pass.

Measure S fails in close race

CATALINA AVILA and DANIELA JETTE
November 5, 2014
The Anna Casper Quartet played one song during their set on Saturday, Nov. 1, performing at the Fall Chamber Jazz Concert in the City College Fé Bland Forum. Vocalist Anna Casper sings “Desafinado” while Sebastian Martinez accompanies her on the bass.

Jazz concert offers combination of delight and disappointment

CATALINA AVILA, Channels Staff
November 3, 2014
City College international students Joakim Leopold (right), from Sweden, and Ita Laksmini Wiyantini, from Bali, Indonesia, are majoring in theater arts, and hang out in the Garvin Theatre Tuesday, Oct. 14, at Santa Barbara (Calif.) City College. Joakim’s dream is to be a movie star, and Laksmini wants to be a part of a sitcom series.

International Students engulf themselves in the theatre world

CATALINA AVILA, Channels Staff
October 20, 2014

The 19th Century comes to Garvin Theatre in ‘The Heiress’

CATALINA AVILA, Channels Staff
October 17, 2014
Tif Sigfrids, curator of Tif Sigfrids gallery in Los Angeles, California, speaks to Santa Barbara City College art students Friday, Oct. 3 2014 at Santa Barbara City College. Sigfrids spoke as part of the Atkinson Gallery's Art Lecture Series prior to jurying the 30th annual Small Images exhibition in the Atkinson Gallery.

Atkinson Gallery lecture series ‘Small Images’ juror Tif Sigfrids

CATALINA AVILA, Channels Staff
October 4, 2014

SBCC theatre group presents ‘The Heiress’ at Garvin Theatre

CATALINA AVILA, Channels Staff
September 26, 2014
Julius Martin performs his scene with Mahealani Ciabattoni for Michael Gros, auditioning for the student showcase production 'Ten Red Kings,' on Tuesday, Sept. 9, in the Jurkowitz theatre at City College.

Escape from reality, into the theater with ‘Ten Red Kings’

CATALINA AVILA, Channels Staff
September 19, 2014
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Album reviews: La Roux, The War on Drugs, The Dirty Heads

CATALINA AVILA, Channels Staff
September 12, 2014
Sonia Zúñiga-Lomelí, Spanish professor, takes a break between her self-paced Spanish classes in her office on Tuesday, May 6, in the Humanities Building. Zúñiga-Lomelí has been a full-time professor at City College since 1990.

[Photo] Faculty lecturer represents School of Modern Languages

BROOKE HOLLAND, Features Editor
May 12, 2014
Photo Illustration

[Photo] SBCC to hold town meeting aimed at excessive partying

KANAKO MIYAZAKI, Channels Staff
May 2, 2014
This is the entrance to the Ethnobotanical Chumash Point on Friday, April 25, at City College, in Santa Barbara, Calif. Chumash Point is a collection of plants native that are culturally important to the Chumash Native Americans.

[Photo] Last untouched Chumash land hidden in Lifescape Gardens

GIULIA DE PAOLI, Channels Staff
April 28, 2014
Items such as car keys, passports and laptops are some of the things stored in Room 219, in the Campus Center building on Friday, April 25. The Lost and Found is open daily Monday to Friday.

[Photo] From fake teeth to laptops, Room 219 holds missing items

JANNI RIX, Channels Contributor
April 28, 2014

Cheesy poem earns some serious cheddar at poetry contest

CHLOE BOWDEN, Channels Staff
April 14, 2014
Tyler Gilbert (No. 12) pitches Thursday, March 13, at Pershing Park. RJ Hassey (No. 23) from Cuesta College takes his lead; meanwhile, first baseman, Trey Barrett (No. 44) prepares for the pitch.

[Photo] SBCC baseball capitalizes on Cuesta’s miscues for win

JAMESON SWAIN, Sports Editor
March 14, 2014
Women’s tennis captain Gabriela McDaniel rushes to return a serve in a match against Glendale College Tuesday, March 4, at Pershing Park in Santa Barbara. City College fell 1-8 to Glendale and is now 1-5 on the year.

[Photo] SBCC Vaqueros women’s tennis falls to Glendale at home

WYLEY WELCH, Channels Staff
March 5, 2014
City College students show one another how to use the mobile application Tinder on Feb. 18.

[Photo] Tinder app blurs lines between college dating and hooking-up

BROOKE HOLLAND, Features Editor
February 21, 2014
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