The annual La Verne tree lighting ceremony has a long-standing tradition of capturing the spirit and camaraderie of the holiday season, and this year was no exception.

Created by Plácido Domingo, L.A. Opera’s new Domingo-Thornton Young Artists program’s presentation of Mozart’s comedy “Cosi fan Tutte” showed that women are just as human as men are; even in a test of fidelity.

Campus and community arts events for the week of Dec. 9, 2011.

Since Connolly’s Kitchen opened its doors in March, the La Verne restaurant has been serving up Irish culture as strong and as rich as its food.

Campus and community arts events for the week of Dec. 2, 2011.

Campus and community events for the week of Dec. 2, 2011.

The debate over book banning is a long-lasting one. The movement of overly concerned parents and other conservative-minded individuals has focused much of its efforts on ridding school libraries of a variety of works from classics like “Catcher in the Rye” and “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” to more modern favorites like the “Harry Potter” series.

Campus and community arts events for the week of Nov. 18, 2011.

Campus events for the week of Nov. 18, 2011.

Yoko Ono and John Lennon’s peaceful philosophies have been encapsulated in the traveling exhibition “Yoko Ono: Imagine Peace,” which opened  Monday at the Harris Art Gallery.