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Ballet after Brunch on Mother's Day! "New Horizons" Spring Performance

Four pre-professional dancers take on key solo roles in the Le Jardin Animé excerpts: Kalea Harrison, a junior at Notre Dame Academy High School; Venice resident Lilly Olvera (17); Aleena Michaels (14), a freshman at SaMo High; and California State University of Northridge freshman Aidan Crow (18). -- Santa Monica Patch

Classical Music Concert at Altadena Public Library

Larry Kaplan (flute) Larry has performed extensively with the Los Angeles Philharmonic for over twenty years. He has also played with the Minnesota Orchestra, Bolshoi Ballet, American Ballet Theater, and with many local orchestras including the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Los Angeles Opera, Pacific Symphony and Long Beach Symphony. Additionally, Larry has played in the pit orchestras at the Ahmanson Theater and was a member of the 3-time Grammy Award winning Southwest Chamber Music with whom he recorded, performed locally, and played on tours to New York, Vienna, Mexico City, and also to Phnom Penh, Cambodia and Hanoi, Viet Nam. He also has over 100 recording credits including movie soundtracks, TV episodes and commercial jingles. Larry has held faculty positions at UC Irvine and Chapman University, and he is currently an adjunct lecturer at Cal State, Northridge. -- Colorado Blvd.

VIPF Presents: REIMAGINE AMERICA: an anthology for the future (Vagabond Books)

Matt Sedillo has been described as the “best political poet in America” as well as “the poet laureate of the struggle” by academics, poets, and journalists alike. He has appeared on CSPAN and has been featured in the Los Angeles Times, among other publications. He has spoken at Casa de las Americas in Havana, Cuba, at numerous conferences and forums such as the National Conference on Race & Ethnicity in American Higher Education, and at over a hundred universities and colleges, including the University of Cambridge, among many others. He is the current literary director of the dA Center for the Arts and author of Mowing Leaves of Grass (FlowerSong Press, 2019), which is currently being taught at California State University at Northridge and Monterey Bay, as well as at Mission College. His Three Act Poem structure has been taught as capstones of coursework at UCLA and Occidental College. His next poetry collection, City on the Second Floor, will be published January 2021. -- All Events

30 Top Film Schools in North America

California State University Northridge Located in the heart of the entertainment industry and featuring six programs of study, the cinema and television arts department offers major opportunities for academic and professional training. The facilities are industry-standard and include film and television sound stages, post-production suites, a new media lab, visual effects and animation suite, and the 130-seat Elaine and Alan Armer Screening Room. “Our students come from diverse backgrounds, and are mentored by award-winning Hollywood faculty whose mission is to challenge and inspire. We recognize every student is unique and we’re devoted to nurturing each individual artistic voice,” says Jared Rappaport, chair, cinema and television arts. In 2021, the animation department was named one of the top in the country by Animation Career Review, and in conjunction with the journalism department, CTA now offers certification in drone piloting, a growing and in-demand technical skill. -- Laredo Morning Times

Show 1299: Is Evidence-Based Medicine an Illusion?

This Week’s Guest: Leemon McHenry, PhD, is a bioethicist and Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at California State University, Northridge. He is the author, with Dr. Jon Jureidini, of The Illusion of Evidence-Based Medicine: Exposing the crisis of credibility in clinical research. -- People's Pharmacy

30 Top Film Schools in North America

California State University Northridge Located in the heart of the entertainment industry and featuring six programs of study, the cinema and television arts department offers major opportunities for academic and professional training. The facilities are industry-standard and include film and television sound stages, post-production suites, a new media lab, visual effects and animation suite, and the 130-seat Elaine and Alan Armer Screening Room. “Our students come from diverse backgrounds, and are mentored by award-winning Hollywood faculty whose mission is to challenge and inspire. We recognize every student is unique and we’re devoted to nurturing each individual artistic voice,” says Jared Rappaport, chair, cinema and television arts. In 2021, the animation department was named one of the top in the country by Animation Career Review, and in conjunction with the journalism department, CTA now offers certification in drone piloting, a growing and in-demand technical skill. -- Variety

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