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Student Run News Site of Venice High School

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Review: Melanie Martinez Tours For Her Latest Album PORTALS

Review: Melanie Martinez Tours For Her Latest Album ‘PORTALS’

Matthew Estrada, Reporter July 24, 2023

Melanie Martinez has been growing in popularity ever since her debut album Crybaby. Her music is all made based on her personal experiences, but are perfectly constructed into art that everyone can enjoy....

Theater Hosts Second Annual One Act Play Festival

Theater Hosts Second Annual One Act Play Festival

Haley Couch, Reporter June 15, 2023

On May 23, Venice High's Theater Department hosted the second Annual One Act Play Festival in the newly renovated auditorium. This is a breakdown of all the plays that were put up this year. Bird Girl...

US singer songwriter Lana Del Rey performs during the Mita Festival at the Jockey Club of Rio de Janeiro, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on May 27, 2023. (Photo by Mauro PIMENTEL / AFP) (Photo by MAURO PIMENTEL/AFP via Getty Images)

Lana Del Rey Vuelve A Los Escenarios

Matthew Estrada, Reportero June 15, 2023

Spanish version of 'Lana Del Rey Returns To Stages!' Después de realizar su noveno álbum  Did You Know That There 's A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd, Lana Del Rey está programada a cantar en unos festivales...

Lana Del Rey Returns To Stages

Lana Del Rey Returns To Stages

Matthew Estrada, Reporter June 15, 2023

After releasing her 9th studio album Did You Know That There's A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd, Lana Del Rey is scheduled to perform at a couple music festivals this year.  Lana was last on stage for The...

Hello Kitty Is On The Rise, But Why?

Hello Kitty Is On The Rise, But Why?

Bryten Jones, Reporter June 15, 2023

Hello Kitty throw blankets, Hello Kitty cake pop makers, and Hello Kitty greeting cards are just some of the many random things you can buy on the Official Hello Kitty store. Not to mention the prices...

Review: Venice Film Club Shows The Social Network In Auditorium

Review: Venice Film Club Shows ‘The Social Network’ In Auditorium

Billy Quinn, Reporter June 15, 2023

Venice High’s very own Film Club hosted its first ever film night with its screening of The Social Network Friday, May 12.        The event was smooth sailing, with the film starting pretty...

Top 5 Deftones Albums To Check Out This Summer

Top 5 Deftones Albums To Check Out This Summer

Bryten Jones, Reporter May 19, 2023

Deftones stick out to me and other people my age because of the display of love in the lyrics.  Chino Moreno, the vocalist, delivers the lyrics with a controlled nice voice, but the music is arranged...

Book To Movie Adaptations: The Successes And The Flaws

Book To Movie Adaptations: The Successes And The Flaws

Cindy Martinez, Reporter May 10, 2023

For casual readers or hardcore bookworms, reading a book and creating what the characters or setting may look like in their heads is a special connection that they have. The author of the book can explain...

Rise Of The Pink Ladies Doesnt Live Up To The Grease Film Name

Rise Of The Pink Ladies Doesn’t Live Up To The Grease Film Name

Billy Quinn, Reporter May 3, 2023

I was tasked with watching the new series Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies… and making it through the first episode was a struggle.  The show was a spin-off of the 1978 musical classic, Grease. This...

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New South Park Season Ends Short And Sweet

Jojo Ceja Diaz, Reporter May 2, 2023

South Park’s 26th season wrapped up this March.  It starts off with a special Valentine's day episode when Tolkien and Kyle become legends at school for their TikToks, and Stan Marsh feels left out....

Art by senior Taylor Mah

‘Yona Of The Dawn’ Has A Solid Plot, But It Could Have Been Made Better

Haley Couch, Reporter April 10, 2023

Yona of the Dawn was an anime I recently watched and it was very inspiring to me. It’s easy to tell that it was originally released in 2014, because of its older looking animation style.  In the...

Review: New Lana Del Rey Album Opens Fans To New Perspectives Of Her Artistry

Bryten Jones, Reporter March 31, 2023

The new Lana Del Rey album, Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd, is a deeply introspective work where she takes stock of the social and emotional forces that shaped her ideas about family,...

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