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Friday, April 30, 2010

The Best of Broadway!!!

Fresno State Symphonic Band and Opera Workshop Present

The Best of Broadway!!!

Date: Thursday, May 6th,2010
Time: 8 pm
Place: Fresno State Concert Hall

Tickets: $6 general admission; $5 students/seniors/staff

A 90 minute revue of some of the biggest hits of The Great White Way from the past 70 years!

The program includes songs from Camelot, Les Miserables, West Side Story, and many more! Come enjoy an evening of your favorite Broadway show tunes!

For more information, please contact Tim Anderson in the Music Department
278-2166; tanderson@csufresno.edu

Timothy Todd Anderson
Associate Director of Bands
California State University, Fresno
2380 E. Keats Ave., M/S MB 77
Fresno, CA 93740-8024
"Plus Ultra"

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Ethics and the Brain

An Interdisciplinary Panel Discussion

Paul Crosbie, Biology
Chris Golston, Linguistics
Janet Slagter, Women’s Studies
Leonard Olson, Philosophy

Date: April 27,2010
Time: 5-7 PM
Place: Fresno State Alice Peters Auditorium


This panel of faculty experts will discuss ethical issues arising from our
growing understanding of the human brain. Topics will include psychoactive
drugs, behavior therapy, brain mapping, cognitive therapies, personal
responsibility, identity, evolution, and free will.

Sponsored by The Ethics Center at Fresno State
Contact Andrew Fiala: afiala@csufresno.edu or Ethics Center's website: http://www.csufresno.edu/ethicscenter

“Saxophones At State”

California State University, Fresno Department Of Music Proudly Presents

“Saxophones At State”
Dr. Alan Durst, Director

Date: Friday, April 30, 2010
Time: 8:00 Pm
Place: Fresno State Concert Hall

Greg Banaszak,
Professor Of Saxophone & Jazz Studies
Case-Western Reserve University, Baldwin Wallace- Conservatory, & Kent State University

Recital with Hatem Nadim, Piano and Masterclass featuring performances by Fresno State Saxophone Quartets & Fresno State Solo Student Performances

For More Information Call 278-2537

Monday, April 26, 2010

Fresno State Symphony Orchestra

Date: Saturday, May 1, 2010
Time: 8:00 P.M.
Place: Concert Hall

General $15 ; Faculty & Staff $10 ; Seniors $10 ; Students $10

The Fresno State Symphony orchestra will perform Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola, and orchestra with faculty member, Dr. Limor Toren-Immerman on violin, and esteemed guest artist, Mr. Meidad Yehudayan from Hong-Kong on viola.

The orchestra will also perform Stravinsky’s Orchestra Suite Petrushka, one of the most complex and exciting works for symphony orchestra ever written.

Thomas Loewenheim, conductor
Limor Toren-Immerman, violin
Meidad Yehudayan, viola

Program:
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: SINFONIA CONCERTANTE
  • Igor Stravinsky: PETRUSHKA
Department of Music
California State University, Fresno

For tickets please check the Department of Music's webpage:
http://www.csufresno.edu/music/concerts/index.shtml

For more information contact Dr. Thomas Loewenheim at: Tel: 559.278.7547 or via E-mail: tloewenheim@csufresno.edu

Spring Concert

Fresno State's Jazz Bands & Jazztet Present their end of the year Spring Concert

Featuring your favorite Fresno State Musicians Playing the Music of:

Maria Schneider, Neal Slater, Thad Jones, Derek Smith, Justin Copeland, Ben Simonetti, Antonio Montanez, and more!

With Grammy-Nominated Special Guest Artist Greg Banaszak

Date: Thursday, April 29, 2010
Time: 8:00pm
Place: Fresno State Concert Hall

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

Come and enjoy a hard swinging evening featuring the Fresno State Student Jazz Bands, the Fresno State Jazztet playing their own original compositions, and our special guest artist Greg Banaszak.

We hope to see you there!

Dr. Alan Durst
Lecturer of Music
Jazz Studies/Saxophone
Director of Jazz Orchestra

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

Nanking

Date: Friday, April 30, 2010
Time: 5:30 P.M
Place: Fresno State, McLane 121

Parking is relaxed after 4 p.m.

Nanking (2007). Directed by Bill Guttentag and Dan Sturman, this film is a powerful, reminder of the heartbreaking cost of war. The film tells the story of the Japanese invasion of Nanking, China, in the early days of World War II. The Japanese army invaded China’s capital city in 1937, unleashing a horrific onslaught of murder and rape. In the midst of the rampage, a small group of Westerners banded together to establish a Safety Zone where over 200,000 Chinese found refuge. Unarmed, these missionaries, university professors, doctors and businessmen bore witness to the events, while risking their own lives to protect civilians from slaughter.

The story is told through deeply moving interviews with Chinese survivors, chilling archival footage and photos of the events, and testimonies of former Japanese soldiers. At the heart of Nanking is a filmed stage reading of the Westerners’ letters and diaries, featuring Woody Harrelson, Mariel Hemingway and Jurgen Prochnow. Through its interweave of archival images, testimonies of survivors, and readings of first-hand accounts, the film puts the viewer on the streets of Nanking and brings the forgotten past to startling life.

Nanking is a testament to the courage and conviction of individuals who were determined to act in the face of evil and a powerful tribute to the resilience of the Chinese people – a gripping account of light in the darkest of times. 90 min.

Discussant: Robert Wilson (son of Dr. R. O. Wilson, a physician featured in the film)

http://nankingthefilm.com/trailer.htm

CineCulture Club: http://cineculture.csufresno.edu/

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. [MCJ 177T, Fall course # 37395].

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

Thursday, April 22, 2010

Pay Attention and Be Astonished: Ethical Action and the Creation of the Public Square

Please note venue change for this presentation
The College of Arts and Humanities and the Kremen School of Education and Human Development present

Dr. William Ayers, Distinguished Professor of Education and Senior University Scholar at University of Illinois at Chicago

Pay Attention and Be Astonished: Ethical Action and the Creation of the Public Square

Date: Friday, April 23, 2010
Time: 2-3:30 PM
Place: Satellite Students’ Union

Open and free to the public

3:30-4:30 Reception and Book signing
Dean's Gallery
Old Music Building

4:30-7:00 PM Film Screening Central Station (1998) and Discussion by Dr. Ayers, McLane 121

Central Station (1998). Director Walter Salles tells a profoundly moving tale of the human spirit. Inside Rio de Janeiro’s bustling Central Station, two very unlikely souls are about to become inextricably linked. When a young boy witnesses his mother’s accidental death, a lonely retired schoolteacher reluctantly takes the child under her wing. Although initially distrustful of each other, the two form an uncommon bond as they venture from the bustling city to Brazil’s barren and remote northeast region in search of the boy’s father. Together, the two embark on a journey of the heart that restores the woman’s spirit and teaches the child precious life lessons. This highly acclaimed film received numerous awards, including a Golden Globe and two Academy Award nominations. In Portuguese with English subtitles. 113 min.

Dr. William Ayers is founder of both the Small Schools Workshop and the Center for Youth and Society, teaches courses in interpretive and qualitative research, urban school change, and teaching and the modern predicament. A graduate of the University of Michigan, the Bank Street College of Education, Bennington College, and Teachers College, Columbia University, Ayers has written extensively about social justice, democracy and education, the cultural contexts of schooling, and teaching as an essentially intellectual, ethical, and political enterprise. He is currently the vice-president of the curriculum division of the American Educational Research Association, and a member of the executive committee of the UIC Faculty Senate.

Ayers' articles have appeared in many journals including the Harvard Educational Review, the Journal of Teacher Education, Teachers College Record, Rethinking Schools, The Nation, Educational Leadership, the New York Times and the Cambridge Journal of Education. His has authored and co-authored several books including To Teach: The Journey of a Teacher (Teachers College Press, 1993), which was named Book of the Year in 1993 by Kappa Delta Pi and won the Witten Award for Distinguished Work in Biography and Autobiography in 1995.

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
http://www.csufresno.edu/artshum/

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

“The Struggle for Armenian Genocide Recognition in the United States”

The Armenian Studies Program at Fresno State presents

Michael Bobelian, Free-Lance Writer and Editor
“The Struggle for Armenian Genocide Recognition in the United States”

Date: Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Time: 7:30 PM
Place: Fresno State University Business Center
A. Peters Auditorium, Rm. 191

Free Admission. Parking restrictions are relaxed in UBC Lot after 7:00PM.

Despite the growing literature on the Armenian Genocide in recent decades, little has been written about the post-Genocide history of the Armenians or their decades-long struggle for justice in the face of Turkish denial of this atrocity. This lecture fills that gap by closely analyzing this period through the use of previously untapped archives and Freedom of Information Requests.

Copies of Bobelian's book, "Children of Armenia:A Forgotten Genocide and the Century-long Struggle for Justice " will be available for sale at the lecture.

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: http://armenianstudies.csufresno.edu

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Elixir of Love

Fresno State Opera Theatre presents

Elixir of Love by Gaetano Donizetti
(An opera in English with sets and costumes)

A young peasant named Nemorino is in love with the rich land owner Adina and buys a magic elixir to try and win her heart.

Dr. Anthony P. Radford, Director
Hatem Nadim, piano

Dates and Times: Friday, April 16th at 8:00pm / Sunday, April 18th at 3:00pm
Place: Concert Hall, Department of Music, California State University, Fresno

Tickets $10 Adult, $7 Faculty/Students/Seniors



Dr. Anthony Radford
Department of Music
California State University, Fresno
E-mail: aradford@csufresno.edu

Fresno Film Festival: April 16-18

CineCulture, together with Filmworks, presents:

Dates: Fresno Film Festival: April 16-18
Place: Tower Theater, 815 E. Olive Avenue, Fresno

Date: Friday, April 16, 2010
7 p.m.: The Last Station (with short film Skylight)

Date: Saturday, April 17, 2010
12 noon: A Town Called Panic (with short film Wandering Star)
2 p.m.: Shorts Program
4:30 : Kisses (with short film Running Away With Blackie)
7:30 The White Ribbon

Sunday, April 18, 2010
2 p.m.: Only When I Dance (with short film Poor Martians)
4 p.m.: Nora’s Will (with short film, Me Myself, & Your Husband)
7 p.m.: The Most Dangerous Man in America

For more information, including film descriptions and ticket prices:
Fresno Filmworks: http://www.fresnofilmworks.org/
CineCulture Club: http://cineculture.csufresno.edu/

Culture 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. [MCJ 177T, Fall course # 37395].

For further information, contact Professor Mary Husain at mhusain@csufresno.edu
CineCulture Club promotes cultural awareness through film and post-screening discussions.
Club President: Rory Carlberg roryjc@csufresno.edu
Faculty Advisor: Mary Husain mhusain@csufresno.edu

"It is In You: Health Justice Performance in Tanzania"

Date: Friday, April 16, 2010
Time: 2 PM
Place: Education Building 172

California State University-Fresno Department of Communication Presents

"It is In You: Health Justice Performance in Tanzania"
A performance in movement, spoken word and live music exploring the politics of development, HIV, and the body

Come, Watch, Enjoy, and Participate!!

Directed by Joseph Megel
By Marie Garlock
Created in collaboration with, and catalyzed by insight of Tanzanian educators, health justice and artistic activists

Inviting all invested in global and cultural studies, performance, public health, and community development to a performance of critical ethnography.

Marie Garlock comes alive in listening, movement and collaboration; and in art moving for new possibility, for health and for dignity. This has taken shape in modern and African dance, cultural and spiritual storytelling, composition of motion and spoken word, health justice/arts organizing, and the discovery of critical ethnography performance. She enjoys being able to question, envision and journey along with an audience, as part of an experience that breathes, coming alive in the vitality of bodies present with one another. Previously envisioning a career in law and politics, she is learning that performance is perhaps most practical in its humanity - effective and living because of the inextricable body, ever-questioning spirit and mind that yearns for expansion through the company of others. She is drawn to work that is magnetizing as it recognizes the capability of restlessness, goodwill and transferable knowledge in all of us. This is where art makes your heart leap; where the notion of justice compels art. In pursuit, solidarity, as witness, spark, as not just end, but beginning.

Garlock's recent work includes performing in a quartet of African, Balinese and Ballet/Modern Dance fused with Tai Chi, set by powerful South African choreographer Vincent Mantsoe; a staged reading of "Trojan Barbie," a feminist car crash encounter with Euripedes' "Trojan Women"; work with an interactive forum theatre group at UNC surrounding issues of sexuality, sexual assault, body image and race; and curation of a regional celebration of dance and best practices in direct-service HIV initiatives co-founded with Dr. Chuck Davis in 2006, the Triangle Dance Festival for AIDS.

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Tomás and the Library Lady

Tomás is a son of migrant workers. Every summer he and his family follow the crops north from Texas to Iowa, spending long, arduous days in the fields. At night they gather around to hear Grandfather's wonderful stories. But before long, Tomás knows all the stories by heart. "There are more stories in the library," Papa Grande tells him. The very next day, Tomás meets the library lady and a whole new world opens up for him.

Date: Saturday, April 17th
Time: 10 a.m. & 2 p.m.
Place: Woods Theatre, Speech Arts Building

FREE - SEATING ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVE BASIS - NO TICKETS WILL BE ISSUED


http://www.csufresno.edu/theatrearts/

Pamela Dyer
Business and Promotions Manager
Theatre Arts Department
California State University, Fresno
5201 N Maple Ave
Fresno CA 93740
559-278-7512
559-278-7215 - FAX
http://csufresno.edu/theatrearts