Cultural Events
The Black Drawings by Duncan Simcoe
Date: August 23 - September 14, 2008
Location: Kwan Fong Gallery - map
Duncan Simcoe’s Black Drawings are the result of a long-running conversation about the way large stories or myths play upon and intervene in contemporary experience.
Faculty Recital: Eric Kinsley, harpsichord
Before and After Bach: The Art of the Harpsichord
Date: Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 2:00pm
Location: Samuelson Chapel - map
Eric Kinsley will perform music by Rameau, Couperin, Bach, Haydn, Hans Werner Henze and Gian Andrea Tabacchi along with his own compositions.
The Enemy Alien Files Exhibit
Hidden Stories of World War II
Date: September 15 - October 31, 2008
Location: Richter Hall - map
The Enemy Alien Files Exhibit presents in dramatic format a photo-narrative history of the World War II Alien Enemy Internment Program, highlighting the German, Italian and Japanese immigrant wartime exclusion and internment experience in the United States.
Reel Justice Documentary Series: Made in L.A. (2007)
Date: Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 5:30pm
Location: SUB (Student Union Building) - map
Made in L.A., directed and produced by Almudena Carracedo, follows the remarkable story of three Latina immigrants working in Los Angeles garment sweatshops as they embark on a three-year odyssey to win basic labor protections from trendy clothing retailer Forever 21.
Sacred Cult, Subversive Icon: The Virgin of Guadalupe
Charlene Villasenor Black, Ph.D.
Date: Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 4:00pm
Location: Roth Nelson Room - map
UCLA professor Charlene Villaseñor Black will examine the many roles that the Virgin of Guadalupe has played over the centuries, from the sacred icon of 1531 to recent controversies over and censorship of contemporary images.
American Scandinavian Foundation Lecture Series
Selections from Henrik Ibsen's Hedda Gabler and A Doll's House
Date: Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 7:30pm
Location: Roth Nelson Room - map
Students of CLU’s Advanced Scene Study class will present readings from Henrik Ibsen’s classic social dramas Hedda Gabler and A Doll’s House.
The Principle
Works by Michael Pearce
Date: September 20 - October 24, 2008
Location: Kwan Fong Gallery - map
CLU art professor Michael Pearce brings his impressive paintings and sculptures to the Kwan Fong Gallery.
Making Regions Work: Conflict, Collaboration, and the Common Good in California
Alma and Clifford Pearson Distinguished Speakers Series
Date: Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 4:00pm
Location: Samuelson Chapel - map
This is the first event of the 2008-2009 Alma and Clifford Pearson Distinguished Speakers Series. The theme of the year is Regional Collaboration.
The Chuzai Identity of Japanese Wives
Akiko Yasuike, Ph.D.
Date: Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 4:00pm
Location: Soiland Humanities Center, 120
CLU sociology professor Akiko Yasuike examines the chuzai identity
wives develop while living under village-like conditions in small
isolated transnational corporate communities.
Faculty Recital: Daniel Geeting, Clarinet
25 Years at CLU!
Date: Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 2:00pm
Location: Overton Hall - map
To celebrate his 25th year as a CLU music professor, clarinetist Daniel
Geeting will play his favorite solo and chamber music works by Finzi,
Messiaen and Mozart.