Clips
Scene in LA – March
Written by Arthur Laurents, with music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and directed by Richard Israel, it runs March 10 through March 12 at the Valley Performing Arts Center in Northridge. For tickets, call (818) 677-3000 or visit www.ValleyPerformingArtsCenter.org. -- Crescenta Valley Weekly
‘Battlestar Galactica’ trilogy among movie screening events in the Los Angeles area
Cinematheque at Cal State Northridge: John Cassavetes Retrospective: “Husbands” (1970), 7 p.m. March 16. Free. Armer Theater in Manzanita Hall, Auditorium Room 100. 18111 Nordhoff St. www.csun.edu -- Long Beach Press-Telegram
LA Voters Trickle to the Polls on Election Day
The polling place was in the school's auditorium where one section of a wall was decorated with college posters made by students. There were student posters for San Diego State, UCLA, USC, Cal State Northridge, Brown University and Harvard University. -- High Beam Research
Dance Review: ASPEN SANTA FE BALLET (on tour at the Valley Performing Arts Center in Northridge)
Just before Aspen Santa Fe Ballet’s (ASFB) program, Valley Performing Arts Center’s Executive Director Thor Steingraber announced that the outfit was signed to be in residence for two more years. Based on last night’s offering, the company’s second visit here, I hope to see much more of this 20-year-old company. Even with a world premiere that ran out of steam and some cast members not completely passing this endurance test of a program, ASFB turned the transience of dance into enduring, grateful memories. -- Stage and Cinema
Fluker-flood in Big West Tournament ends Wahine hoops season
The reigning Big West Player of the Year scored 39 points for Cal State Northridge, and the Matadors slammed the door shut on Hawaii's title hopes with a 71-64 win in round two of the conference tournament. -- Hawaii News Now
Media Notes: KTLA's 10-game Dodgers package to include Vin Scully ceremony game May 3
For the Cal State Northridge opener against Cal State Fullerton (2:30 p.m. Thursday), Fox Sports West’s Kevin Barnett and Corey Maggette call it. Long Beach State’s late game (8:30 p.m. Thursday, Prime Ticket) against Hawaii has Mark Rogondino and Maggette. -- OC Register
USC Maintains Top Spot In Latest Varsity Top 25 Poll; UC-Irvine Moves Up To Fifth
Harvard University (23 points) and California State University-Northridge (23 points) stand tied at No. 20 with Loyola Marymount University (16 points) hanging on at No. 22. Marist College (10 points) and California State University, Bakersfield (10 points) remain tied at No. 23. -- USA Water Polo
Wahine ousted from tournament as CSUN player has career game
LONG BEACH, Calif. >> Big West player of the year Channon Fluker scored a career-high 39 points and grabbed 12 rebounds as third-seeded Cal State Northridge rallied to oust sixth-seeded Hawaii, 71-64, in the Big West tournament second round tonight at the Walter Pyramid. -- Star Advertiser
Area college update (Mar. 8): Leverenz shines for Butler
Freshman Dalton Parker, from St. Joseph-Ogden, and junior Ross Learnard, from Salt Fork, have both come out of the bullpen for Purdue. Parker has pitched 11 2/3 innings in three appearances, giving up just four hits and no runs while striking out 12 and earning two saves. Learnard, who is a Parkland graduate, has thrown three innings in two appearances, giving up a run and five hits. The 5-5 Boilermakers travel to Northridge, Calif., to take on Cal State Northridge in a four-game series starting Friday. -- The News-Gazette
"Weak lines" during sportsbooks' busiest times are a thing of the past
With Don Best unifying the schedule in order of game/rotation number, we could simply run down each matchup as they appeared in order. Nowadays, it doesn’t matter if we’re looking at a Duke-versus-North Carolina game or Cal State Northridge-versus-Pacific game: all of the information is presented the exact same way and takes the exact same amount of time to peruse. -- Covers