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This annual free event designed to help arts-interested students look ahead to college and beyond provides high school students and parents with information about higher education and careers in the creative workforce. High school students as well as parents and high school educators are invited to register and attend Center Theatre Group's College & Career Fair for the Arts. This free event will be at The Music Center Annex in Downtown Los Angeles from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, March 18. This annual event hosted by Center Theatre Group,...
The Culver City High School boys' basketball team has reached a new level. They put the school on the Southern California basketball map as one of the best teams in the area after they made it all the way to the State Division III Regional final a few weeks ago. One more victory they would made the trip to Sacramento to play in the State Final. This team went further in the playoffs than any basketball team in Culver City High School Now they have a target on their backs. "It feels great...
LOS ANGELES, March 16th — Spring is near! As the seasons change, the American Red Cross is reminding the public that the need for blood doesn’t take a break. Blood and platelets remain at risk of running low this month. Donors are crucial to helping the Red Cross avoid a blood shortage in the weeks to come. Donors of all blood types, especially type O donors and platelet donors, are encouraged to make and keep appointments to donate. Book a time to give by visiting RedCrossBlood.org, downloading the Red Cross Blood Donor App, or calling 1-8...
High school basketball does not get any better than the State Regional final game that was played at Culver City High School last Tuesday. The gym was packed with a standing room only crowd and the fans were on their feet during the three overtime periods. It was the loudest basketball game ever played at Culver High School. The atmosphere was perfect. The only problem is Culver City's boys high school basketball team lost the game against Buena in triple overtime, 82-79. It was the first time i...
Culver City high school varsity first baseman Josh Iraheta catches the ball during a recent game at Culver City. The Centaurs host Windward at 11 a.m. on Saturday...
Les Misérables is the world's longest running musical - a true modern classic based on Victor Hugo's novel and featuring one of the most memorable scores of all time with music by Claude-Michel Schönberg and lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer. The multi-award-winning Les Misérables is as groundbreaking today as it was when it first premiered in London in 1985. Epic, grand and uplifting, Les Misérables School Edition packs an emotional wallop that has thrilled audiences all over the world. This aut...
Last Tuesday the Culver City high school boys basketball team won their first round game in the California State Playoff against Crenshaw. The round one of the State Division III boys basketball tournament was another nail biting close game when Culver City beat Crenshaw 70-67, at Culver City inside the Del Goodyear gym. During the last few weeks the Centaurs have played one exhilarating game after another. Next up for the Centaurs is a date with Lincoln high school on Thursday, March 2, at home...
Good things happen to teams that play hard. That's what happened to Culver City high school's boys' varsity basketball team last week. Although they lost a 68-65 overtime game last Friday to Tesoro in the CIF semifinal game they still got an invitation to the big dance, the CIF State Playoffs. Their next game will be on the road next Tuesday or Wednesday. Call Culver City high school to find out the exact time, day, and location. Despite a 17-12 overall record the Centaurs use athleticism and...
It's time for Culver City High School baseball. The new look Centaurs are currently 3-3 and they are hoping to surprise some people with a new head coach and new star players but one thing remains the same. It's still one of the best looking high baseball stadiums in Southern California. Head coach Devaughn Wallace replaced long time head coach Rick Prieto last summer and Wallace is hoping to continue the winning tradition establish by Prieto. Wallace spoke to the media last Tuesday after his te...
Last night, the Black History Month Event in Culver City was a powerful and emotional celebration of Black joy, culture, and history. The event was hosted by Vice-Mayor Yasmine-Imani McMorrin, School Board Member Triston Ezidore, and Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove at a small business bookstore called Village Wells. The venue was transformed into an art gallery that showcased the incredible artwork of 18 Black high school students from Culver City Unified School District. The space was...
Centaur second baseman Marcos McVey stays focused and completes the double play against Leuzinger last Saturday in their season opener. They won that game game 24-2 but lost their game last Tuesday to North Torrance 3-2. Their next home game is Tuesday against Hawthorne at 3:15 p.m....
And you thought the Super Bowl was exciting. The Culver City high school boys basketball team played one of the most exciting games in school history when they beat Windward 57-55 last Tuesday inside the Del Goodyear gym on the Culver City campus. The boisterous crowd stormed the court after junior forward Achebe Thompson made a layup as the horn sounded to end the game. Hollywood could not have written a better script. "It felt really good," said Thompson outside the locker room right after...
On February 14th, the Culver City Unified School District's board of education voted unanimously in favor of the Black Student Achievement Plan Resolution. The resolution aims to address opportunity gaps that have long hindered African American/Black students in the school district. The resolution acknowledges the school district's commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion and the need to ensure that all students develop strong academic knowledge, skills, and dispositions to prepare them...
Culver City High School head water polo coach, Nestor Dordoni guided the Centaurs to the playoffs but they lost their first round match to Royal 10-7 last Tuesday on the road. They finished the season with a 18-14 record....
Culver City High School head baseball coach Devaughn Wallace will coach his first game as the head coach for the Centaurs on Saturday at Culver City at 10 a.m. Wallace is a former Centaur baseball and football star and now he has his dream job....
CIF playoffs start next week and the Culver City high school boys' basketball team is hoping to recapture the winning culture that helped them win seven games in a row a few weeks ago. The Centaurs are currently 13-10 overall and 5-4 in the Bay league. Their Bay league record is good enough for third place. They can improve their record to 6-4 if they beat Santa Monica tonight (Thursday) at 7 p.m. at Santa Monica in their last regular season game. At first glance a 13-10 overall record is not...
Culver City Sister City Committee (CCSCC) is looking for 8 students who are currently in 8th, 9th and 10th grade and are interested in participating in a student exchange program with our Sister City in Iksan City, South Korea. There will be a 30-40-minute ZOOM Informational Meeting on Thursday, February 2, 2023 @ 7:30 p.m. To receive the ZOOM link - RSVP to iksancity@culvercitysistercity.org The program is a homestay experience which consists of a Culver City family hosting a high school age student in Summer 2023 (August 1-11, 2023) and then...
What if you were a coach of a high school basketball team without a gym or the coach of a high school football team without a field? What would you do? You would probably quit the job or find another solution. Culver City high school water polo coaches decided to find another alternative. The Dordoni family started a relationship with the Culver City Parks and Recreation Department over 40 years ago. Nestor Dordoni Sr. started the bond and Nestor Jr. has continued the journey. They use the only...
The Culver City Symphony Orchestra will present a free concert on Saturday, February 11 with exceptionally beautiful music, featuring a remarkable young competition winner and acclaimed conductor Clyde Mitchell. Abriana Church, the Senior winner of the 2019 Parness Concerto Competition, will play Sergei Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto #2. The concerto presents some of the most dramatic music in Prokofiev’s piano concertos. Its technical demands are immense, and Church meets these with displays of brilliancy. Abriana was studying at Master’s Universi...
For the past 11 years Culver City girls basketball has been synonymous with winning. Year in and year out the teams coach by Julian Anderson and his reliable assistants have continued to play at a high level. Even though his teams don’t have size they make up for it by playing fundamentally sound basketball. This year the Lady Centaurs are 14-3 overall and 2-1 in league play and tied for second place with Santa Monica in the tough Bay league. Anderson keeps it simple. He never gets too high o...
On December 5, the City Council of the City of Culver City awarded over $213,000 in 2023 Performing Arts Grants as recommended by the City’s Cultural Affairs Commission. Twenty-nine (29) non-profit arts organizations will receive grants to present music, dance, and theatre performances from January to December 2023. These performances will take place at various indoor and outdoor locations throughout Culver City and will be free or have low-cost ticket options. “During this year of pandemic recovery, we are proud to support more arts gro...
For the past 11 years Culver City girls basketball has been synonymous with winning. Year in and year out the teams coach by Julian Anderson and his reliable assistants have continued to play at a high level. Even though his teams don't have size they make up for it by playing fundamentally sound basketball. This year the Lady Centaurs are 14-3 overall and 2-1 in league play and tied for second place with Santa Monica in the tough Bay league. Anderson keeps it simple. He never gets too high or...
Culver City High School athletic teams are moving in the right direction in 2023. The boys and girls winter teams are all playing at a high level, and they continue to represent Culver City as one of the elite academic and sports schools in Southern California. The girls' basketball team has a record of 14-2 and they are ranked 6th in their CIF division. Over the Christmas break they won the Southern California Holiday Prep Classic in San Diego by defeating St Joseph 48-42 in the championship...
In a game that matched a Big Ten power, the Penn State Nittany Lions, against the Pac-12 conference champions, the Utah Utes, the Nittany Lions used big plays on offense to defeat the Utes 35-21 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. The Rose Bowl game, which is traditionally played on January 1 of each year, was moved to January 2nd to accommodate the NFL and for people who go to church on Sunday. The Nittany Lions used six big plays of 20 yards or more to win the game. On their first scoring drive...
Early in November an ugly duckling was turned into a beautiful swan, but this time it was unused outdoor space next to the Venice Family Clinic’s Sandy Segal Youth Health Center on the campus of Culver City Middle School and High School. The transformation happened because the family of Dr. Sarah Carpenter (1952-2019), an adolescent medicine specialist, wanted to do something special to recognize her contributions to the health and well-being of young people. For more than 20 years Dr. C...
