Category Archives: Over Coffee
A World of Difference
At five years old, most of us are thinking about kindergarten. Manyang Reath Kher was thinking about survival. The Sudanese civil war raged for twenty-two years of … Continue reading
Celebrating the “Fire”
James Baldwin was definitely a “soul on fire.” His brutally honest writing style evoked the experience of living in a world dictated by prejudice and social injustice. A number of his books, like his controversial 1953 novel Go Tell It … Continue reading
Talent In His Corner
Veteran performer Joe Orrach knows all about boxing, tap dancing–and survival. And he puts all three of them together in an electrifying one-man show, In My Corner, which opens at the Pasadena Playhouse‘s newly-renovated Carrie Hamilton Theatre this week. In … Continue reading
A Visit With “Zora”
If iconic author Zora Neale Hurston were around today, what might she say about her life and times? To answer that question, playwright Gabrielle Pina uses what she did say. By dramatizing some of Zora’s letters and combining them with … Continue reading
Chronicling the Facts
Journalism equals creating an accurate record of history, as it’s happening. And that’s exactly what soon-to-be-graduate Christine Michaels has been doing, during her time at Pasadena City College. As Editor-in-Chief of PCC’s independent student newspaper, the PCC Courier, Christine and … Continue reading
Teaching in a Country of Contrasts
In 1998, Micah Sittig decided to take an evening class in Mandarin Chinese at Pasadena City College. That class sparked his interest in PCC’s Chinese language program–and began a journey he couldn’t have imagined. Today, Micah is an international educator, … Continue reading