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Historian Robin D.G. Kelley to Explore Ethnic Studies’ Roots in CSUN Lecture
Historian and author Robin D.G. Kelley will speak to California State University, Northridge students, faculty and the community about ethnic studies’ origins, at 2 p.m. on Monday, May 1, in the University Student Union’s Lake View Terrace Room. -- AmericanTowns.com
Playwrights’ Center announces 2017-18 Jerome and Many Voices Fellows
Exavier is a playwright and educator hailing from Brooklyn. She creates performances, public programs, and games that invite audiences to participate in a theater that rejects passive reception. Her work has been presented at California State University: Northridge, West Chicago City Museum, and in New York: Bowery Poetry Club, Dixon Place, Independent Curators International, and more. Her writing appears in The Atlas Review, Cunjuh Magazine, and The Racial Imaginary: Writers on Race in the Life of the Mind. Diane is a three-time recipient of the Roland Wood Fellowship for Theater Studies from Amherst College. M.F.A.: Writing for Performance, Brown University. -- Asian American Press
Shows Of The Night: Sunday, April 30th
D Music Fest @ Cal State Northridge -- SceneStar
Shows Of The Night: Saturday, April 29th
Men's Chorale @ Cal State Northridge -- SceneStar
Shows Of The Night: Friday, April 28th
Percussion Ensemble @ Cal State Northridge -- SceneStar
A Banned Israeli Romance, And More To Read, Watch, And Do This Weekend
And in Los Angeles, enjoy Tony Kushner’s “Angels in America, Part One: Millenium Approaches” at California State University, Northridge. And if you’re feeling nostalgic for the film, TV, and theater of decades past, head to “I’m Not Famous: A Musical Journey With Barbara Minkus” at the Santa Monica Playhouse. -- Jewish Daily Forward
Craig to play in international competition
Craig was awarded the 2011 International Clarinet Association competition for her publication and honoree nomination of “Dr. David Etheridge: Educator, Performer and Author” with publication featured in the professional journal of music, The International Clarinet. This award was presented at the International Clarinet Association Conference at California State University-Northridge. -- The Crowley Courier Traveler - KS
FROM LOS ANGELES TO FERGUSON: 25 YEARS AFTER RODNEY KING RIOTS, ‘THERE'S A SOUTH CENTRAL IN EVERY CITY AND EVERY STATE’
Josh Sides, a professor at California State University at Northridge who wrote L.A. City Limits: African American Los Angeles from the Great Depression to the Present, estimates that South Central is now about 75 percent Latino. Though he cautions against the misconception that 04/29/92 drove blacks out of South Central, he acknowledges that “the riots definitely accelerated that.” -- Newsweek
Young adults born after LA Riots discover a ‘warlike’ history at CSUN seminar
Madison Dunn said on Thursday she wouldn’t be surprised if another riot erupted in Los Angeles given how society seems to take one step forward only to take two steps backwards in terms of racial tensions and the marginalization of minority groups in the city. -- Los Angeles Daily News
How A Radio Station Became Koreatown's Lifeline During The '92 Unrest
According to Taehyun Kim, a professor of journalism at Cal State Northridge, at times the station acted as a literal walkie talkie. "People would call to make sure their store is OK. Since there was no way to get there because of a curfew," Kim told LAist. "So someone would call to ask about a place. And, if someone nearby listens to the radio program, they would call to tell you 'No, Johnny's swap meet has basically burned down completely to the ground, sorry.' And the [original] caller would say 'Oh my god, I don't know what to do tomorrow.'" Kim says this back-and-forth was also used to mobilize emergency efforts. "A caller would say, 'Here's a shoe store burning down at such and such. Let's go help put out the fire. We need volunteers.'" -- LAist