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Thursday, October 29, 2009

Distinguished Alumnus: Sidney B. Cox, B.A. Journalism 1952, Founder Cox Communications

College of Arts and Humanities 2009 – 2010 Lecture Series features:

Distinguished Alumnus: Sidney B. Cox, B.A. Journalism 1952, Founder Cox Communications

Date: November 5, 2009
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Place: McKee Fisk, room 242

Mr. Cox is an icon the field of public relations. After having worked as a reporter for KMJ Radio and TV and later for the Fresno Bee, Sid became Vice President of Producers Cotton Oil in 1960, and in 1988 he founded his own company, Cox Communications, a public relations consultancy.

For more information visit: http://www.csufresno.edu/artshum/lecture_series/SidneyB.Cox.htm

Intellectual and Artistic Exploration

College of Arts and Humanities
California State University Fresno

2380 E. Keats Ave.
MS/MB 99
Fresno, CA. 93740

559.278.3056
fax: 559.278.6758
josed@csufresno.edu
http://www.csufresno.edu/artshum/

Presentations by Dr. Peter McLaren

CineCulture Announces:

Presentations by Dr. Peter McLaren, Professor in the Division of Urban Schooling, the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, University of California, Los Angeles.

Peter McLaren is the author and editor of forty-five books and hundreds of scholarly articles and chapters. His writings have been translated into 20 languages. Four of his books have won the Critic's Choice Award of the American Educational Studies Association. McLaren was the inaugural recipient of the Paulo Freire Social Justice Award presented by Chapman University, California. He lectures widely in Latin America, North America, Asia, and Europe. His most recent book (co-authored with Nathalia Jaramillo) is Pedagogy and Praxis in the Age of Empire. With Steve Best and Anthony Nocella, he has co-edited a forthcoming book, Academic Repression: Reflections from the Academic Industrial Complex (AK Press).

Title of Presentation: “Education in a Time of Crisis”

Date: Friday, October 30, 2009
Time: 2 P.M.
Place: Peters Business 191

Film Screening - Shouting Fire: Stories From the Edge of Free Speech


Date: Friday, October 30, 2009
Time: 5 P.M.
Place: McLane 121

Shouting Fire: Stories From the Edge of Free Speech (2009). Director Liz Garbus explores the current state of free speech in America and gives viewers a fascinating perspective on the First Amendment throughout our history. Through contemporary case studies dealing the complex issues of limits on free speech at public gatherings, in school, in print and on the Internet, the film examines the balancing act between protecting both civil liberties and national security in a post 9/11 world. The difficult issues raised in the film are at the heart of what defines America. Garbus’ primary tour guide navigating this perilous landscape is her own father: First Amendment attorney Martin Garbus, who in interviewed along with other well-known figures from both the liberal and conservative fronts. 74 minutes.

For more information:

CineCulture Club: http://cineculture.csufresno.edu/
Fresno Filmworks: http://www.fresnofilmworks.org/

CineCulture is a film series provided as a service to the Fresno State campus students, faculty, and staff, and community, at no charge. In addition, CineCulture is offered as a 3 unit academic course in the Mass Communication and Journalism Department. CineCulture Club promotes cultural awareness through film and post-screening discussions.

For further information, contact Professor Mary Husain at mhusain@csufresno.edu.

Club President: Rory Carlberg roryjc@csufresno.edu
Faculty Advisor: Mary Husain mhusain@csufresno.edu

JAZZ – O – WEEN

California State University, Fresno Jazz Bands Presents:

JAZZ – O – WEEN

Date: Thursday, October 29, 2009
Time: 8:00pm
Place: Concert Hall

General Admission: $6.00
Faculty/Staff/Seniors/Students: $5.00

Come share a fun filled night of ghoulishly swinging tunes at the annual Jazz-O-Ween concert.
This family event will feature your favorite Fresno State Jazz Bands in costume.
We hope to see you in costume as well.

Department of Music
California State University, Fresno
2380 East Keats Avenue, M/S MB77
Fresno, CA 93740-8024
Office: (559) 278-2537
Fax: (559) 278-6800
adurst@csufresno.edu
www.alandurst.com

Ron Carlson & Michelle Latiolais

MFA FALL READING SERIES PRESENTS: RON CARLSON & MICHELLE LATIOLAIS

Date: Friday, October 30, 2009
Time: 7:00 PM
Place: Alice Peters Auditorium (Peters Building 191)


Ron Carlson is the author of eight books of fiction, including the novel Five Skies. His stories have appeared in Esquire, Harper’s, The New Yorker, and Gentleman’s Quarterly. He has received a number of honors and awards, including a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Fiction, a National Society of Arts and
Letters Literature Award, and the 1993 Ploughshares Cohen Prize. He directs the graduate program in fiction at the University of California, Irvine.

Michelle Latiolais is a Professor of English at the University of California at Irvine. She is the author of the novel Even Now which received the Gold Medal for Fiction from the Commonwealth Club of California. Her second novel, A Proper Knowledge, was published in 2008 by Bellevue Literary Press.

She has published writing in three anthologies, Absolute Disaster, Women On The Edge: Writing From Los Angeles and Woof! Writers on Dogs. Her stories and essays have appeared in Zyzzyva, The Antioch Review, Western Humanities Review and the Santa Monica Review. Most recently she had work in issues of the Iowa Review and the Northwest Review.

PARKING RELAXED IN LOT J

Battle of the Bands

Date: Sunday, November 1, 2009
Time: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Place: Maple Mall (In Front of Joyal Administration Building)

NEW EVENT: BATTLE OF THE BANDS!!


Come and see these bands battle: The Sosa Band, JJ Brown, Cabo Nights,
Fire Cat, Shoebox Confessions, and The Outlaws

THIS IS A FREE EVENT!

After you wake up from your October 31 activities...come out to the campus and enjoy a FREE Battle of the Bands as a part of the 2nd Annual Latino Heritage Festival at Fresno State

Featuring: Education Zone! Health Zone! Dancers! Great Food! Arts and Crafts!...and more!

Co-Sponsored by the Central California Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, the
Central Valley Cultural Heritage Institute, and others

For more information call the Cultural Heritage Institute at 278-6946, the Central California Hispanic Chamber of Commerce at 495-4817 or go to http://www.cchcc.net/pdf/latino_heritage_2009_9302009.pdf.

The Center for Women and Culture
"A Welcoming Place for Diversity and Gender
Francine L. Oputa, Director

Central Valley Cultural Heritage Institute - 559.278.6946

Fax: 559.278.7358

California State University Fresno
5241 N. Maple Ave. MS-TA35
Fresno, CA 93740-8023

Rhoda Janzen Book Signing "Mennonite in a Little Black Dress"

The Women's Resource and The Central Valley Cultural Heritage Institute Proudly Present

Rhoda Janzen in a Book Signing of her newly released memoir,Mennonite in a Little Black Dress

Date: October 31, 2009
Time: 4 p.m.
Place: University Student Union, Room 309

Refreshments will be served. Books available for purchase.

Co-sponsored by the Henry Madden Library and Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society.

"It is rare that I literally laugh out loud while I'm reading, but Rhoda Janzen's voice--singular, deadpan, sharp-witted and honest--slayed me, with audible results...The most delightful memoir I've read in ages." -Elizabeth Glibert, author of Eat, Pray, Love

Légion Arménienne: The Armenian Legion and Its Heroism in the Middle East”

The Armenian Studies Program and the Henry Madden Library cordially invite you to a reception marking the opening of the exhibit

Légion Arménienne: The Armenian Legion and Its Heroism in the Middle East”

Date: Sunday, November 1
Time: 3:00-5:00PM
Place: Second Floor of the Henry Madden Library
Free admission and the public is welcome

Légion Arménienne: The Armenian Legion and Its Heroism in the Middle East” is a traveling exhibit developed and prepared by the Watertown, Massachusetts-based Armenian Library and Museum of America (ALMA), in honor of the Legionnaires and their devotion to their nation and to the cause of liberty during World War I. The exhibit will run through the end of November on the Second Floor of the Henry Madden Library.
The exhibit explores the formation, training, military action, and postwar activities of this all-volunteer force through photographs and narratives.

Contact and information: Armenian Studies Program 278-2669

--
Barlow Der Mugrdechian, Coordinator
Armenian Studies Program
5245 N. Backer Ave. PB4
Fresno CA 93740-8001

ASP Office: 559-278-2669
Office: 559-278-4930
FAX: 559-278-2129

Visit the ASP Website: armenianstudies.csufresno.edu

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Fresno State Hornists In Recital

Date: Thursday, October 22, 2009
Time: 8:00 p.m.
Place: Wahlberg Recital Hall
Admission: Free

California State University, Fresno Department of Music Presents: Fresno State Hornists In Recital

The Fresno State French Horn students perform solo and ensemble works by Handel, Haydn, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Saint-Seans, Humperdinck, R. Strauss, and Abbott.

A very special arrangement of movie music entitled “Titanic Fantasy” will be performed by a 12-part horn ensemble with percussion.

Information:

Dr. Thomas Hiebert
Professor of Music
(559) 278-4096
e-mail: tomh@csufresno.edu

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

“Balancing Truth with Fiction: The Role of Literature in Global Communication”

CineCulture, together with The College of Arts and Humanities Middle East Studies Program, announces:

Presentations by Dr. Fatemeh Keshavarz, Professor, Persian & Comparative Literature and Chair, Department of Asian & Near Eastern Languages & Literatures, Washington University in St. Louis

Fatemeh Keshavarz is a published poet in her native language (Persian), writes poetry in English, and is the author of several books and journal articles. Her latest book, Jasmines and Stars: Reading more than Lolita in Tehran, blends personal memoir with literary analysis and social commentary. As a public intellectual, she takes interest in the broader implications of cultural education for world peace. In May 2007, she was invited to speak at the UN General Assembly on this topic. And she has been guest of NPR on various occasions. The show “Speaking of Faith” which featured her in the hour-long episode “The Ecstatic Faith of Rumi,” received the Peabody Award in April 2008. She was awarded the 2008 Hershel Walker Peace & Justice Award by People’s Weekly.

Title of Presentation: “Balancing Truth with Fiction: The Role of Literature in Global Communication”

Friday, Oct. 23, 2 P.M.
Peters Business 191

Film Screening: 5:30 P.M.
Location: McLane 121


Children of Heaven. Directed by Majid Majidi, this uplifting story of family and love received numerous film festival awards and was nominated for an Academy Award as Best Foreign Language Film. When Ali loses his sister Zahra’s school shoes, they dream up a plan to stay out of trouble; they’ll share his shoes and keep it a secret from their parents! But if they’re going to successfully cover their tracks, Ali and Zahra must carefully watch
their step on what rapidly turns into a funny and heartwarming adventure!
Farshi with English subtitles. 88 minutes, Rated PG.

For more information:

CineCulture Club: http://cineculture.csufresno.edu/
Fresno Filmworks: http://www.fresnofilmworks.org/

CineCulture is a film series provided as a service to the Fresno State campus students, faculty, and staff, and community, at no charge. In addition, CineCulture is offered as a 3 unit academic course in the Mass Communication and Journalism Department. CineCulture Club promotes cultural awareness through film and post-screening discussions.

For further information, contact Professor Mary Husain at mhusain@csufresno.edu

Club President: Rory Carlberg roryjc@csufresno.edu
Faculty Advisor: Mary Husain mhusain@csufresno.edu

"Welcome Home Jenny Sutter" : Free Veterans' Advanced Performance

Date: Thursday, October 29, 2009
Time: 8 PM (No latecomers)
Location: California State University Fresno
Dennis & Cheryl Woods Theater
5201 N Maple Ave (inside Speech Arts Building)

The Thursday, October 29, 2009 is open to veterans and one guest ONLY. Maximum theater capacity is 75 people.

RSVP is REQUIRED. Please RSVP by no later than Tuesday, October 27, 2009. You may RSVP by email me at tcrabb@csufresno.edu. For ticket receipt purposes. Please include name of Veteran when you RSVP.

Additional performance dates are open to the general public. Please go to the end of the email for additional performance dates, time and prices.

"Welcome Home Jenny Sutter"

LOOKING INSIDE WAR’S SILENCES

Jenny Sutter (Kelsey Oliver) is home from Iraq. She's a 30-year-old Marine, minus her lower right leg. With a mind filled with horrific memories. Those memories were bad enough while she was overseas. They are unbearable now that she's back in Southern California.

Jenny is struggling to return to civilian life — from the mundane struggle of putting on a pair of pants to the deeper struggle of finding meaning to her life. Jenny is in no shape to return to Oceanside, where her mother is taking care of her two kids.

How the kindness of strangers and Jenny's own inner strength allow her to finally make an attempt to return to the reality of civilian life is the ambitious subject of "Welcome Home, Jenny Sutter," by Julie Marie Myatt, that made its world premiere at Oregon Shakespeare Festival.

On a whim, Jenny decides to accompany the ditsy stranger she meets in the smelly waiting room of a Los Angeles bus station to Slab City. Once there, Jenny finds that Slab City, a ragtag camp ground in the California desert, is chock-a-block full of souls just as lost as she is, each trying to run from their own unpleasant reality.

There is Lou (Kelsey Deroian), who never stops talking. Lou is addicted to absolutely everything and frantically trying to quit them all. But she is generous and empathetic and Jenny hooks up with her if only to find a temporary place to alight.

There is Buddy (Matthew McGee), physically twisted from the abuse he suffered as a child but spiritually straight and gentle. Buddy is the self-appointed preacher to the community, giving a message of love and hope to his unlikely congregation.

There is Donald (Bryce Earp), trying desperately to appear indifferent because he cannot bear to care so much.

And Cheryl (Kelly Derry), Lou's "therapist," who got her "training" from her experience as a hairdresser in the miniscule desert town of Hemet.

All of these misfits reach out to Jenny in one way or another. And gradually — against her instincts — Jenny allows them to get through.

Kathleen McKinley directs. Gwenna Merriman has designed the set, lit by Izzy Eisnidler and Stephanie Bradshaw designed the costumes.

Playwright Julie Marie Myatt grew up in a military family. She has said that she wanted to explore the experiences of the first generation women who have served in combat positions and who can't simply seamlessly reintegrate into civilian life.

Dennis & Cheryl Woods Theater
October 30-November 7, 2009

All Performances begin at 8:00 p.m. except on Sunday when it begins at 2:00 p.m. Closed on Monday

Ticket Prices:
General Admission: $17
Fresno State Faculty/Staff, Alumni Association Members*, Seniors (60 +) & Non - Fresno State Students (Under 5 not admitted) and Military: $15

Fresno State Students*: $10

*ID Required

Box Office Hours
Monday – Friday - Noon to 4 p.m.
North Entrance Speech Arts Building
Phone - 278-2216

Web Site - http://www.csufresno.edu/theatrearts
E-mail - pamd@csufresno.edu

Friday, October 16, 2009

Follow the Yellow Brick Road to Fresno: May 2010

Mark your calendar now!

The Madden Library’s Arne Nixon Center for the Study of Children’s Literature and The International Wizard of Oz Club invite everyone to a national Oz conference, “Oz: The Books,” May 14-16, 2010, on the Fresno State campus.

Featured speakers will include Gregory Maguire, author of Wicked; Michael Patrick Hearn, author of The Annotated Wizard of Oz; John Fricke, co-author of The Wizard of Oz: An Illustrated Companion to the Timeless Movie Classic; and graphic novelist Eric Shanower, author/artist of Adventures in Oz.

The conference will feature a musical, “Time Again in Oz,” produced by the Fresno State Theatre Arts Department and directed by J. Daniel Herring. Playwright Suzan L. Zeder, who based this play on the third Oz book, Ozma of Oz, will also be a speaker.

Submissions are invited for presentations of 15 minutes in length to be presented in breakout sessions on May 14. The Call for Papers information is found at www.arnenixoncenter.org/events/oz_con_call_for_papers.shtml.

Community sponsors include The Fresno Metropolitan Museum, Fresno Pacific University, and The Fresno County Public Library. Planning is still underway; some projects are dependent on the future generosity of donors. As plans progress, information will be posted on the Center’s web site at www.arnenixoncenter.org. The Center’s spring newsletter will include a schedule and a registration form.

For more information about the Oz conference and its underwriting opportunities, please call 559.278.8116 or e-mail Arne Nixon Center curator Angelica Carpenter at angelica@csufresno.edu.

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Novelist Steve Yarbrough

Date: Thursday October 15, 2009
Time: 7:00 pm
Place: Peters Auditorium (REC CENTER)

Free and Open to the public

Please join us to welcome our good friend and nationally acclaimed fiction writer Steve Yarbrough back to Fresno for a wonderful literary evening. You will be glad you did!

Fall 2009 MFA Writers Reading Series at California State University, Fresno

Steve Yarbrough A PEN/Faulkner finalist, has received the Mississippi Authors Award, the California Book Award, the Richard Wright Literary Excellence Award, and an award from the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters. His book Safe from the Neighbors is forthcoming from Knopf (January, 2010) He is the author of four previous novels and three collections of stories. Formerly the Director of the Creative Writing Program at Fresno State, he now teaches at Emerson College and lives with his wife in Boston

For additional info please contact Dianna Lewis, English Dept. 559.278.2553

Fresno State Symphony Orchestra

Date: Thursday, October 15, 2009
Time: 8:00 p.m.
Place: Department of Music, Concert Hall
California State University, Fresno

Admission:
$15.00 General
$10.00 Faculty/Staff/Seniors
Students – Free

Thomas Loewenheim, conductor

presented by the FRESNO NEW MUSIC FESTIVAL

Program:

K. Froelich - JEFFERSON RISING (2009)
D. Freund - SINFONIETTA (1989)
A. Albert - COURAGE (2000)
E. Zeisl - LITTLE SYMPHONY (1935)


tickets available online or at the door
www.csufresno.edu/music

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Nautanki Opera Performances

Date: Monday, October 19,2009
Time: 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Place: Henry Madden Library
Studio 2, Room 2127
(2nd floor, North Wing)

Free to all. Seating is limited! Call 278-5770.Madden Library

Enjoy 2 live opera performances, with a fusion of musical instruments (including the harmonium), singing, and dancing.

Dr. Devendra Sharma is a folk artist of the renowned tradition of Nautanki, a style of operatic performance of northern India considered the single most popular form of entertainment before the advent of Bollywood.

Nautanki vibrates with lively dancing, pulsating drumbeats, and full-throated singing. Dr. Sharma will discuss the historical and performative dimensions of the Nautanki tradition and his use of Nautanki performances to communicate contemporary messages.

Sponsored by the Madden Library Multicultural Committee

Monday, October 12, 2009

Distinguished Alumna, Carmen Carey, CEO of CopperEye

Date: October 15, 2009
Time: 9:30 a.m.
Place: Peters Building, room 194

College of Arts and Humanities 2009 – 2010 Lecture Series features Distinguished Alumna:

Carmen Carey

B.A. Speech Communication 1991
M.A. Speech Communication 1992
CEO, CopperEye

Ms. Carmen became CEO of CopperEye, a software company based in Bath, United Kingdom in 2008. CopperEye is a leading provider of enterprise data management solutions. For more information visit: http://www.csufresno.edu/artshum/lecture_series/ArtsandHumanitiesLectureSeries2009-2010_000.htm

559.278.3056
fax: 559.278.6758
http://www.csufresno.edu/artshum/

Canary Effect

Date: Friday,October 16, 2009
Time: 5:30 p.m.
Place: McLane room 121

In Honor of Indigenous People’s Month

Canary Effect

Delving deep into the often misunderstood and frequently over looked historic realities of the American Indian, The Canary Effect follows the terrifying and horrific abuses instilled upon the Indigenous people of North America, and details the genocidal practices of the US Government and its continuing affects on present day Indian country. Featuring interviews with the leading scholars and experts on Indian issues including controversial author Ward Churchill, the film brings together the past and present in a way never before captured so eloquently and boldly on film. 63 minutes, Not Rated

Discussants: Hector Cerda, Michael Becker, Gretchen Cox (Big Sandy Rancheria), Loleta Garfield (Tule River Reservation)

For more information:
CineCulture Club: http://cineculture.csufresno.edu/
Fresno Filmworks: http://www.fresnofilmworks.org/

CineCulture is a film series provided as a service to the Fresno State campus students, faculty, and staff, and community, at no charge. In addition, CineCulture is offered as a 3 unit academic course in the Mass Communication and Journalism Department.

CineCulture Club promotes cultural awareness through film and post-screening discussions.

For further information, contact Professor Mary Husain at mhusain@csufresno.edu.

Club President: Rory Carlberg roryjc@csufresno.edu
Faculty Advisor: Mary Husain mhusain@csufresno.edu

"Remembering Adana"

Date: Monday, October 12, 2009
Time: 7:30PM
Place: University Business Center, Rm. 191


Free admission

Archival historian Ara Sarafian of London, England will present an illustrated talk on "Remembering Adana"

This year marks the 100th anniversary of one of the most horrific chapters in modern Armenian and Turkish history. The Adana massacres claimed the life of more than 20,000 Armenians, resulting in massive material losses. Sarafian will present the history of the events and show images of Adana from before and after the 1909 events.

Sponsored by the Armenian Studies Program and Armenian Students Organization

Barlow Der Mugrdechian, Coordinator
Armenian Studies Program
5245 N. Backer Ave. PB4
Fresno CA 93740-8001

ASP Office: 559-278-2669
Office: 559-278-4930
FAX: 559-278-2129

Visit the ASP Website: armenianstudies.csufresno.edu

Monday, October 5, 2009

Juan Felipe Herrera Poetry Reading

Date: Thursday, October 8,2009
Time: 7 p.m. (reception follows)
Place: Madden Library
Henry Madden Library
Library Auditorium, Room 2206
(2nd floor, South Wing)


Free to all. Seating is limited! Call 278-2403 for more information.

The Madden Library and the Fresno Poets’ Association* present a poetry reading by Juan Felipe Herrera.

Juan Felipe Herrera has published 24 volumes of poetry, prose, theatre, children’s books, and young adult novels. He received the National Book Critics Circle Award for his 2008 poetry collection, Half of the World in Light: New and Selected Poems. Among his other award-winning books are Downtown Boy, Calling the Doves, Crashboomlove, and Featherless/Desplumado. Herrera holds the Tomás Rivera Endowed Chair in the Department of Creative Writing at UC Riverside, and is Associate Professor Emeritus of Chicano and Latin American Studies at Fresno State.

*The Fresno Poets’ Association is now a formal program of Fresno State in conjunction with the Master of Fine Arts Program in Creative Writing. For more information, please call the Library Dean’s Office at 278-2403.

SAVE THESE DATES for future poetry readings in the Madden Library:

Joe Stroud, November 19; Dixie Salazar & Jon Vineberg, Feb. 25, 2010; and Philip Levine, April 8, 2010.

In The Loop

Date: Friday, October 9, 2009
Times: 5:30 and 8:00 p.m.
Place: Tower Theater
815 E. Olive Avenue
Fresno CA


Tickets: $10 general, $8 students & seniors

CineCulture, together with Filmworks, presents:

October 9: In The Loop (2009). With razor-sharp, truly laugh-out-loud dialogue, British director Armando Iannucci pokes fun at the absurdity and ineptitude of our highest leaders. With everyone looking out for number one, and the fate of the free world at stake (but apparently incidental), the hilarious ensemble cast of characters bumbles its way through Machiavellian political dealings, across continents, and toward comic resolutions that are unforeseeable.

106 minutes, Not Rated

For more information:
CineCulture Club: http://cineculture.csufresno.edu/
Fresno Filmworks: http://www.fresnofilmworks.org/

CineCulture is a film series provided as a service to the Fresno State campus students, faculty, and staff, and community, at no charge. In addition, CineCulture is offered as a 3 unit academic course in the Mass Communication and Journalism Department.

CineCulture Club promotes cultural awareness through film and post-screening discussions.

For further information, contact Professor Mary Husain at mhusain@csufresno.edu
Club President: Rory Carlberg roryjc@csufresno.edu
Faculty Advisor: Mary Husain mhusain@csufresno.edu