Last weekend, NPHS orchestra students took over Santa Monica High School on Sept. 1 and Sept. 2 to audition for a chance to be in the Southern California Honor orchestra. The competition was organized under California Orchestra Directors Association, otherwise known as CODA. High school orchestra students from all over Southern California came to…
Taylor Swift’s sixth studio album, “Reputation,” debuted on Nov. 10 and sent people into three different emotions. Her fans were ecstatic to hear the news and danced like nobody was watching to first single, “Look What You Made Me Do.” Others were the opposite. Some flat-out did not care. I found myself somewhere in…
“Thor Ragnarok” is the newest, much-anticipated addition to the Marvel series, drawing attention since it was first announced in 2014. It features Chris Hemsworth as Thor, and his quest to save his planet from his evil sister. The movie takes place on various planets and introduces new characters such as Hela, the evil sister,…
NPHS choir students take the stage. The room falls deadly silent in anticipation of the next song. As the music starts, the room is met with a harmony of angelic voices. On Oct. 31, Chamber and Advanced Women’s choir took a trip to the College of the Canyons’ Performing Arts Center in Santa Clarita…
The curtain opens up to reveal a cast of pirates: 11 sisters, 13 cops and a general, dressed in handmade costumes, smiling proudly before taking their final bow. The audience laughs and applauds as opening night of Pirates of Penzance comes to a close. Pirates of Penzance is a musical about a man named…
The hit series “Stranger Things” was released last year, recently returning for another great season. Fans were left guessing at the end of the last year but all questions were elaborately answered by the end of season two. The storyline features four young children, Will (Noah Schnapp), Lucas (Caleb McLaughlin), Mike (Finn Wolfhard) and…
C20 is a room bustling with students managing cameras spread around the room and editing software– all to learn how to be newscasters. Broadcasting 1 was offered as a new class this year, available to all students interested in the various aspects of news and media. AJ de Vos, sophomore, found out about the…
I’ve never been a fan of Mario games. Their traditionally linear structure and one-dimensional platforming has never appealed to me, and while the 3D Mario games offered some interesting mechanics, the games still felt flat. Along with Mario Galaxy came a completely new style of Mario, one where exploration was encouraged within a…
Blood-curling screams rang through the air as they walked through the dark and foreboding attraction. The group huddled in a tight circle in hopes of blocking out the monsters of the night, but it was to no avail. I recently experienced something like this when I went to the 18th annual Reign of Terror…
Shamsia Hassani, an arts lecturer at Kabul University, is recognized as the first female graffiti artist in Afghanistan. As a way of commenting on social and political problems, Hassani has painted her artwork on walls all around the world to send her message to a global audience. The Afghani street artist sees art as…