The free event, which is open to the public, will take place from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Alan and Elaine Armer Theater in Manzanita Hall on the southwest corner of the campus at 18111 Nordhoff St. in Northridge.

The evening will feature a retrospective on Fayard and his late brother, Harold Nicholas. The pair were often referred to as the "World's Greatest Tap Dancers." Their theatrical and motion picture career spanned more than eight decades.

The Nicholas Brothers opened at the Cotton Club in 1931 and debuted on Broadway as part of the Ziegfeld Follies in 1936. They performed in "Babes in Arms" on Broadway in 1937 at the request of famed choreographer George Balanchine, and continued to appear on stage for decades to come.

Their film work includes dozens of movies from "Stormy Weather" in 1943 to "That's Dancing!" in 1985. The pair received numerous awards for its contributions to the arts.

Fayard Nicholas, now 90, will take part in a roundtable discussion on his career with Pan African studies professor Johnie Scott, the evening's host, as well as cinema and television arts professor Nate Thomas and John Schultheiss, chair of the Department of Cinema and Television Arts. Nicholas will also answer questions from the audience.