Helen Sung with the CSUN Jazz Bands
California State University Northridge Department of Music presents Helen Sung in concert with CSUN Jazz A & B Bands. General admission $22. CSUN Music Students FREE. Helen Sung is an acclaimed jazz pianist and composer. Winner of the Kennedy Center’s Mary Lou Williams Jazz Piano Competition, her Concord Jazz release Anthem For A New Day topped the jazz charts, and her most recent release Sung With Words (2018) is a collaborative project with former National Endowment Chairman and California State Laureate Poet Dana Gioia. With appearances at major festivals/venues including Newport, Monterey, Detroit, SFJAZZ, and Carnegie Hall, she also tours internationally: her “NuGenerations" Project toured southern Africa as a U.S. State Department Jazz Ambassador, and recent engagements include debuts at the London Jazz Festival, Jazz at Lincoln Center Shanghai, Blue Note Beijing, and the Sydney International Women's Jazz Festival. Sung can also currently be seen with such fine ensembles as the Mingus Big Band and Cecile McLorin Salvant’s Ogresse Project. She has served on the jazz faculties at schools including the Berklee College of Music, the Juilliard School, and Columbia University. Sung was chosen to be the inaugural Jazz Artist-In-Residence at Columbia's prestigious Zuckerman Institute in 2019. In April 2020 she was named a Steinway Artist. -- Los Angeles Downtown News
Model-turned-builder: Shillae Davis pushes her passion for beauty in construction
Shillae Davis lived in Los Angeles for seven years. Born and raised in Chicago, she headed out to California to enroll in college at California State University, Northridge. -- New York Amsterdam News
Election 2024: LA City Council races are fueled by millions in outside spending
Cal State Northridge political science professor Tom Hogen-Esch said there comes a point when people’s mailboxes become so inundated with campaign mailers that it’s questionable how much information actually gets through to voters. -- Los Angeles Daily News
CSUN Launches the First CSU Disability Studies Minor Program
California State University, Northridge has launched the first disability studies minor in the CSU system, with the first students being admitted to the program in fall 2024. -- SCV News
Things to do in the San Fernando Valley, LA area, Feb. 29-March 7
CSUN Art Galleries: “Art Department Faculty Exhibition, Part 2” (Main Gallery), through March 2. “Latinex Roots, American Sacrifices,” group show, through March 14 (West Gallery). Gallery hours: noon-4 p.m. Monday-Wednesday and Friday-Saturday; noon-8 p.m. Thursday. Closed on all campus holidays. Parking $9.50 (closest lot to the gallery is lot E6, enter from Halsted Street). Cal State University, Northridge, 18111 Nordhoff St. Gallery location: Art and Design Center, on North University Drive (Plummer Street), between Etiwanda and Lindley avenues. 818-677-2156. www.csun.edu/mike-curb-arts-media-communication/art-galleries -- Los Angeles Daily News
CSUN Unveils First CSU System Disability Studies Minor for Fall 2024: A Leap Towards Inclusivity
CSUN introduces the first disability studies minor in the CSU system, providing students with a comprehensive understanding of disability and promoting inclusivity. Explore how this innovative program is shaping future leaders for a more inclusive world. -- BNN
CSUN Cinematheque presents MONSOON WEDDING - Best Picture Independent Spirit Awards
Families and Cultures clash in Mira Nair’s joyous Monsoon Wedding. Relatives from across the globe descend upon Delhi for the wedding of the year. But intrigues lurk around every corner. It’s comedy, chaos, and melodrama —with a dash of Shakespeare. Best Picture Independent Spirit Awards -- Northridge-Chatsworth Patch
To Promote Reproductive Health And Abortion Rights, Universities Turn To Student Ambassadors
“Students have had to sort of go out of their way to access an abortion that they could have access to right here on campus,” said Shira Brown, director of Cal State Northridge’s Women’s Research and Resource Center. “For me that feels like a major gap in knowledge-sharing.” -- LAist
Confronting what it means to be Black in America through faith and art
“Mark is caricaturing this idea of minstrelsy that has been foisted on Black people, and even adopted by them, along with the idea of the white Christ,” said W. Gabriel Selassie, a professor of Africana Studies at California State University, Northridge. -- Art Daily
Election 2024: LA City Council races are fueled by millions in outside spending
Cal State Northridge political science professor Tom Hogen-Esch said there comes a point when people’s mailboxes become so inundated with campaign mailers that it’s questionable how much information actually gets through to voters. -- Los Angeles Daily News
Wall Street Trailblazer to Deliver CSUN Distinguished Speaker Lecture
R. Martin “Marty” Chavez, a trailblazing entrepreneur who turned a Wall Street trading business into a software business and in the process revolutionized the way capital moves and works, will provide insights into the world of finance on Tuesday, March 12, as part of the Younes Nazarian Distinguished Speaker Series at California State University, Northridge. -- SCV News
20 facts you might not know about 'Star Trek' (2009)
California served as different locations for the movie. Kirk’s hometown in Iowa? Bakersfield, California. The Starfleet Academy? CSU Northridge. The Enterprise’s engine room? A Budweiser plant in Van Nuys, of all things. Perhaps strangest, the ice planet of Delta Vega scenes was shot in the parking lot of Dodger Stadium. Thank god for digital effects. -- Yardbarker
Film: Time Walker & The Outing (Double Feature)
For eons they traveled the galaxies. For centuries one was trapped in a pharaoh’s tomb. Now he is free. When an ancient sarcophagus is uncovered in a secret chamber next to King Tut’s tomb, it’s transported back to the California University of the Sciences (looking a lot like Cal State Northridge) for study. But when five diamond-like crystals are looted from the coffin, its ancient occupant will rise again and create carnage on campus. -- Larchmont Buzz
Where Is The Valley, Anyway? Everything to Know About the Los Angeles Area
According to California State University, Northridge, The San Fernando Valley — or The Valley as it's more affectionately known — is located in Los Angeles County and encompasses many neighborhoods within the City of Los Angeles itself, like Encino, Sherman Oaks, Van Nuys, North Hollywood, and Reseda, just to name a few. -- Bravo TV
CSUN Hosts Grand Chinese New Year 2024 Banquet: Bridging Cultures, Celebrating Heritage
On February 24, 2024, California State University Northridge (CSUN) became a vibrant epicenter of cultural exchange and celebration, hosting a significant Chinese New Year banquet. Nearly 200 faculty, students, and community members gathered under the theme 'Harmony and Heritage', in an event that showcased the rich tapestry of Chinese culture and highlighted the importance of fostering connections between the US and Chinese academic institutions. Key figures, including Education Consuls Sun Xuejing and Yang Lijun from the Consulate-General of China in Los Angeles, and CSUN Provost Meera Komarraju, graced the occasion with their presence. -- BNN
California State University Northridge China Institute Spring Festival Banquet Enriches Campus Diversity
On the evening of the 24th, the CSUN China Institute (CSUN China Institute) and the Chinese Student and Scholar Association (CSUN-CSSA) on campus jointly hosted a lively Chinese New Year banquet at the Student Center on campus. Nearly 200 faculty, students, and community representatives from both on and off-campus enjoyed an evening filled with traditional Chinese cultural elements. Education Consuls Sun Xuejing and Yang Lijun from the Consulate-General of China in Los Angeles, along with Meera Komarraju, Provost of California State University Northridge, and Jeffrey Reeder, Dean of the College of Humanities, were invited to attend and delivered speeches thanking the China Institute for its contributions to enriching campus diversity over the years. -- Los Angeles Post
Confronting What It Means to Be Black in America Through Faith and Art
“Mark is caricaturing this idea of minstrelsy that has been foisted on Black people, and even adopted by them, along with the idea of the white Christ,” said W. Gabriel Selassie, a professor of Africana Studies at California State University, Northridge. --The New York Times
CSUN Physical Therapy Students Honored by Campanella, Dodgers Foundations
Earlier this month, CSUN’s College of Health and Human Development recognized 10 physical therapy students for winning scholarships from the Roy and Roxie Campanella Foundation and the Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation. The 2024 scholarship recipients celebrated at a luncheon held Feb. 2 at the Orchard Conference Center on campus, and they’ll be honored at Dodger Stadium in late April. -- SCV News
Sofia Coppola's THE BEGUILED ( 2017) Nicole Kidman, Kirsten Dunst, Colin Farrell
CSUN CINEMATHEQUE. In Coppola’s taut Southern Gothic thriller, a wounded Union soldier ends up on the doorstep of Southern girls school during the Civil War. His manipulations and flirtations unleash dangerous passions and betrayal. Starring Nicole Kidman, Kirsten Dust, Colin Farrell. Free and Open to the Public. -- Northridge-Chatsworth Patch
Confronting What It Means to Be Black in America Through Faith and Art
“Mark is caricaturing this idea of minstrelsy that has been foisted on Black people, and even adopted by them, along with the idea of the white Christ,” said W. Gabriel Selassie, a professor of Africana Studies at California State University, Northridge. -- Entertainment Magazine