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L.A theater openings, Feb. 19-26: 'Fun Home' and more
Shaolin Warriors Choreographed martial arts battles, acrobatics and more. Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts, 12700 Center Court Drive, Cerritos. Valley Performing Arts Center, 18111 Nordhoff St., Northridge. Sun., 3 p.m. $38 and up. (818) 677-3000 -- Los Angeles Times
What’s closed on Presidents’ Day, Feb. 20?
Schools: Most schools, including Los Angeles community colleges, are closed. Cal State Northridge is open. -- Los Angeles Daily News
CSUN's Thor Steingraber: Arts for All
THE ANIMATED ARTS PROMOTER, the brooding actor, the meticulously focused ballet dancer—portrayals of arts leaders might depict them as passionate romantics with little time for the affairs of the world. In reality, arts leaders are emerging from galleries, theaters, and studios and landing in public leadership roles and at policy tables across America, called upon to bring a fresh perspective to important social and economic issues. -- Harvard Kennedy School Magazine
Florida Panhandle Technical College Partners With VITA Program
The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program is an IRS program designed to help low and moderate-income taxpayers complete their annual tax returns at no cost. The program was originally founded in 1971 by Gary Iskowitz at California State University Northridge. -- Foster Folly News - FLA
Thousands to Attend CSUN’s 32nd 31st Annual Conference on Assistive Technology
Thousands of people from around the globe are expected to return to San Diego later this month to participate in the world’s largest event dedicated to presenting and exploring new ways technology can assist people with disabilities. -- AmericanTowns.com
LA County businesses experience ‘A Day Without Immigrants’
“The purpose of (A Day Without Immigrants) is to send a message of how much immigrants are needed and what it’s like if they are not around,” said Martha Escobar, assistant professor of Chicano/a Studies at Cal State Northridge. -- Long Beach Press-Telegram
CSULB Theatre Arts Kicks Off Spring Semester with SHE KILLS MONSTERS
Amanda McRaven is a director, theater-maker, educator, and writer. She is the winner of the 2014 Ovation Award for Directing and a member of the Society of Directors and Choreographers and Lincoln Center Directors Lab. The former Director of Education for the American Shakespeare Center, she is now based in Los Angeles where she teaches Performance Studies at California State University Northridge and makes theatre with her company, The Fugitive Kind. -- Broadway World Los Angeles
Viola Davis Gives Lecture At California State University Northridge
On Feb. 8th, Emmy winner Viola Davis presented a lecture to 16 hundred students at California State University Northridge (CSUN). Lately, she has been breaking social norms and paving the way for women of color to play more versatile roles in Hollywood. She currently plays the role of Annalise Keating, a law professor, on the hit show “How To Get Away With Murder.” -- Inglewood Today
CSUN's Dianne F. Harrison: On sexual assault prevention, a message to Devos from universities
With the confirmation of new Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, who has not yet stated her support for the 2011 Title IX language about the role of colleges and universities to prevent sexual assaults, it is more important than ever for all institutions of higher education to send a clear signal to Washington, D.C., that we will not and cannot retreat from the progress made in combating sexual violence on our campuses. -- Los Angeles Daily News
Groundbreaking Research: New Building to Enable Multidisciplinary Research Collaboration
When California State University, Northridge formalized research as one of the university’s seven priorities in 2012, even the most optimistic member of the campus community could hardly have imagined the impact. In 2016, the journal Nature named CSUN a Top 25 Rising Star for scientific research, along with Stanford, Carnegie Mellon and NASA. CSUN was the only public university in California on the list. On Feb. 7, CSUN took the first step toward even greater research success with the groundbreaking of the 10,000-square-foot Research Building 1. -- San Fernando Valley Sun