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CSUN’s 2017 Distinguished Alumni Have Made Lasting Impacts on Wall Street, TV, Science and Tech
California State University, Northridge will honor three globally impactful alumni whose influential work has left an indelible footprint on their respective fields on April 29. -- San Fernando Valley Sun
L.A. Jazz Is Having a Moment. So Why Are So Many of the City's Jazz Clubs Closing?
There are plenty of larger venues potentially at hand throughout Southern California for music, many of them opening since 2009, but most have either cut back or at best maintained the number of dates devoted to live jazz. The Broad Stage in Santa Monica announced an ambitious "jazz council" in 2013, but followed with little noticeable expansion of jazz programming. The Luckman Jazz Orchestra at Cal State L.A. was shut down in 2014, and the Luckman Fine Arts Complex has held few jazz concerts since. The Valley Performing Arts Center at CSUN Northridge scheduled four jazz concerts as part of its 2016-17 season. Most other college and performance stages in the area rarely present major jazz acts. -- LA Weekly
How America USED to look: Ultra-precise maps complied for insurance companies from as early as the 1860s reveal incredible detail about neighborhoods across the US
But by the 1970s those atlases became less popular as insurance companies changed the way they assessed risks. So when the Sanborn Company, which still makes maps today – though with fewer minuscule details – was moving out of their San Francisco office, they decided to get rid of the historic atlases in that office. And that’s when young Professor Elliot McIntire, now 76, picked them up and brought them back to the Geography Department at California State University, Northridge, just outside Los Angeles. -- Daily Mail - United Kingdom
More teachers wanted across California
“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.” The bills introduced this year include ones that give teachers tax credits, exempt them from state income taxes, prevent districts from charging new teachers fees, give financial incentives for teaching in under-served communities and provide grants for them to teach certain hard-tofill subjects. -- Record-Bee
Rodger Fox Gets Out the Funk - Howard Davis
The touring band is anchored by bass player Dewayne Pate, who has worked with a wide array of artists, including Huey Lewis and The News, Boz Scaggs, Maria Muldaur, Pat Benatar, and Charlie Musselwhite. He’s been a columnist for Bassics Magazine and recently toured with trumpet virtuoso Arturo Sandoval. Keyboard player Matt Harris is co-director of jazz studies at California State Northridge University and has toured, written, and recorded with such jazz legends as Maynard Ferguson, Buddy Rich, and Diane Schuur. Guitarist Nick Granville is one of New Zealand’s leading fusion players and a guitar tutor at the New Zealand School of Music, while drummer Lance Philips is jazz programme leader at the New Zealand School of Music as well as percussionist with the Dancing With the Stars band. -- Scoop - New Zealand
‘Village’ founder leaves welcoming legacy
May spent years as a college educator, first in the Religious Studies department at Cal State Northridge and Cal State Long Beach, before taking on the role of dean and vice provost for the Continuing Education department at USC. -- Peninsula News
TCM Classic Film Festival among movie screening events in the Los Angeles area
Cinematheque at Cal State Northridge: John Cassavetes Retrospective: “The Killing of a Chinese Bookie” (1976), 7 p.m. April 13. Free. Armer Theater in Manzanita Hall, Auditorium Room 100. 18111 Nordhoff St. www.csun.edu -- Los Angeles Daily News
TCM Classic Film Festival among movie screening events in the Los Angeles area
Cinematheque at Cal State Northridge: John Cassavetes Retrospective: “The Killing of a Chinese Bookie” (1976), 7 p.m. April 13. Free. Armer Theater in Manzanita Hall, Auditorium Room 100. 18111 Nordhoff St. www.csun.edu -- San Bernardino County Sun
Things To Do In Santa Clarita – April 5, 2017
Dr. Dianne G. Van Hook University Center Open House at COC
When: Wednesday, April 19 from 4 to 7 p.m.
Where: College of the Canyons University Center, 26455 Rockwell Canyon Road in Valencia
Website: COC University Center
What: Stop by the Open House and learn how you can earn a bachelor’s or master’s degree right here in the Santa Clarita Valley. Representatives from CSU Bakersfield, CSU Northridge, Brandman University, University of La Verne and National University will be on hand to answer questions. For information, call (661) 362-5150.
-- KHTS
TCM Classic Film Festival among movie screening events in the Los Angeles area
Cinematheque at Cal State Northridge: John Cassavetes Retrospective: “The Killing of a Chinese Bookie” (1976), 7 p.m. April 13. Free. Armer Theater in Manzanita Hall, Auditorium Room 100. 18111 Nordhoff St. www.csun.edu -- Long Beach Press-Telegram