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L.A. theater openings, April 30-May 7: 'The Gary Plays' and more
Man of La Mancha Broadway’s Davis Gaines stars in the classic musical about Cervantes’ knight-errant Don Quixote. Valley Performing Arts Center, 18111 Nordhoff St., Northridge. Fri., 8 p.m.; Sat., 3 and 8 p.m.; next Sun., 3 p.m.; ends May 7. $43 and up. (818) 677-3000. (Also at La Mirada Theatre, June 2-25) -- Los Angeles Times
Historian 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. -- SCV News
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. -- Public Now
Family friendly events slated for Canyon, Ada counties
Maddox was invited to give a duo-piano performance at the Liszt in Russia Festival of the National Liszt Society at California State University Northridge, Los Angeles in summer 2016. Previously, she gave a solo recital at the Chopin International Festival in El Paso, Texas, in fall 2009. -- Idaho Press-Tribune
LA Riots 25 years later: The fallout of Rodney King verdict has given way to fragile peace
By the early 90s, as many as one in four blacks was without a job, said Josh Sides, a professor of history at Cal State Northridge, author of a book and articles about the ‘92 L.A. riots. Drug addiction and alcoholism soared. In 1991 and 1992, the record years for homicide in Los Angeles, 3,200 people were murdered, most of them young black men. -- Los Angeles Daily News
CSUN Professor Creates Free Online Course to Prepare High School Students for College Biology
California State University, Northridge biology professor Cindy Malone is developing a free, online biology course that covers high school biology curriculum to help high school students prepare for college-level biology majors. -- San Fernando Valley Sun
California eyes teacher pay boosts to keep them in state
“If there’s not a whole lot of support and they’re working long hours for low money, they leave the field,” said Wendy Murawski, the executive director and Eisner Endowed Chair of Cal State Northridge’s Center for Teaching and Learning. “Everybody comes in and wants to give 110 percent, but you can’t do that long term.” -- Record-Bee
CSUN to Shine the Spotlight on Hollywood’s Future Filmmakers at Showcase
The stories are as diverse as their filmmakers: A girl trying to get out from under the thumb of an overbearing mother. An American taking an unexpected journey on his way to joining the Israeli military. A teenager getting a new perspective on her grandmother. A dancer fleeing an abusive relationship. A struggling actor going on an imaginative journey with a terminally ill child. -- San Fernando Valley Sun
CSUN Food Scarcity Discussion Aims to Break Stereotypes of Homeless Students
The term homeless is challenged when it strays from its visual stereotype of a person living in the streets, who lacks money, food and domestic resources. College students might not realize that while they focus on taking notes during lectures, others may also be worrying about when their next shower, meal or opportunity to sleep in a bed will be. -- SCV News
Letter to the Editor: Armen Manuk-Khaloyan, master’s candidate in history,Cal State Northridge: ‘The Promise’ Closely Adheres to History
I recently read Rob Eshman’s column “Morgenthau’s Children” (April 21) in the Jewish Journal, where, in describing the exchange between Ambassador Henry Morgenthau and Ottoman Empire Interior Minister Mehmet Talaat in the movie “The Promise,” he wrote, “I don’t know whether the incident happened exactly as it played on screen.” -- Jewish Journal