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Honoring fallen soldier

Kyupelyan, a 2018 graduate of Quartz Hill High School who now attends California State University, Northridge, expressed gratitude to the City of Palmdale for allowing her to plant the tree last year as well as installing the plaque this year. -- Antelope Valley Press

Things to do in the San Fernando Valley, LA area, Nov. 11-18

Martha Graham Dance Co.: Performance of Martha Graham’s “Appalachian Spring,” 8 p.m. Nov. 19. Tickets $41 and up. The Soraya at CSUN, 18111 Nordhoff St., Northridge. 818-677-8800. www.thesoraya.org/calendar/details/mgdc-2021 -- Los Angeles Daily News

“GAMBLE” ON GREAT LIVE MUSIC

COUNT BASIE ORCHESTRA: “Music of Ella Fitzgerald’’ — This 18-piece band (playing the Basie charts?), some of them hired by Basie way back when, has gotten some rave reviews for bringing forth the solid swing Basie was known for, and while obviously no one could stand in for his incomparable vocalist Ella Fitzgerald, Lizz Wright is a fine choice and wisely does Lizz Wright, not Ella. Wed 8 p.m., The Soraya, CSU Northridge, $41-86. -- Santa Monica Daily Press

Shoah Foundation’s Virtual Archive Purchased by CSUN Library to Preserve History

The library at California State University, Northridge, recently purchased the USC Shoah Foundation Institute’s visual history archive. The Archive contains more than 53,000 personal testimonies from survivors and witnesses of the Holocaust, as well as other atrocities such as the Armenian Genocide, Tutsi Genocide, Nanjing Massacre, and the Guatemalan Genocide. -- AmericanTowns.com

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