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April 17: CSUN Students Perform with Adrian Younge at Festival
California State University, Northridge’s “LA Seen” festival will feature Emmy award-winning composer Adrian Younge to present “Jazz is Dead with Adrian Younge,” 8 p.m. Thursday, April 17. --SCV News
LA Opera Orchestra concertmaster Roberto Cani has died aged 57
Violinist Roberto Cani has died aged 57 at his home in Los Angeles, US, on 9 April 2025, after a two-year battle with pancreatic cancer. The Italian-born musician was concertmaster of the Los Angeles Opera Orchestra since May 2011. He was also on the faculty of California State University, Northridge. --The Strad
This Company’s Surveillance Tech Makes Immigrants ‘Easy Pickings’ for Trump
The company lobbied to expand the surveillance, said Jason Morín, a political science professor at California State University, Northridge who studies Geo Group. Ahead of the 2024 election, a Geo Group subsidiary gave more than $2 million in campaign contributions to Republican candidates, with the bulk going to groups supporting Mr. Trump and those running for Congress, according to Federal Election Commission records. --The New York Times
Gen Z is reviving this boring job that millennials and boomers abandoned—and it’s helping them land six-figure careers straight out of college
The IRS’s VITA program began over 50 years ago at California State University, Northridge to aid low-income and underserved communities in navigating the increasingly complicated tax system. Last year alone, an army of more than 280 CSUN students helped over 9,000 low-income taxpayers claim nearly $11 million in tax refunds and $3.6 million in tax credits—plus save them over $2 million in tax preparation fees. --Yahoo! Finance
Gen Z is reviving this boring job that millennials and boomers abandoned—and it’s helping them land six-figure careers straight out of college
The IRS’s VITA program began over 50 years ago at California State University, Northridge to aid low-income and underserved communities in navigating the increasingly complicated tax system. Last year alone, an army of more than 280 CSUN students helped over 9,000 low-income taxpayers claim nearly $11 million in tax refunds and $3.6 million in tax credits—plus save them over $2 million in tax preparation fees. --Fortune
Gen Z is reviving this boring job that millennials and boomers abandoned—and it’s helping them land six-figure careers straight out of college
The IRS’s VITA program began over 50 years ago at California State University, Northridge to aid low-income and underserved communities in navigating the increasingly complicated tax system. Last year alone, an army of more than 280 CSUN students helped over 9,000 low-income taxpayers claim nearly $11 million in tax refunds and $3.6 million in tax credits—plus save them over $2 million in tax preparation fees. --MSN
Cinematheque: Before "American Psycho" there was Bunuel's Dark Comedy
CSUN Cinematheque screenings are Free and Open to the Public. Cinematheque Spring 2025 Screening Schedule
The Armer Screening Room is in Manzanita Hall on the CSUN campus. Parking is available in Lot B1 at Nordhoff & Darby. Take Mike Curb College Arts Walkway to the Armer. Parking Permits are $8.75 for four hours, and may be purchased from a parking permit dispenser in B1. --Patch
Mayor Nazarian Seeks Holistic Approach to Leadership
From 2004 to 2013, she sat on the board of the Maple Counseling Center, which offers low-cost mental health services to those who need it. Nazarian has also worked at the Mental Health Center at California State University, Northridge. -- Beverly Hills Courier
CSUN Choreographers Showcase New Dances
California State University, Northridge’s top student choreographers and dancers will demonstrate diverse choreographic vision, passionate dancing and powerful performances in “Kinesis: Emerging Choreography,” which will premiere on April 23, at 7:30 p.m. and Thursday, April 24, at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. -- SCV News
Terence Blanchard Brings His Two Operas Fully Into the Jazz World
From the headliners, it looked as if The Soraya had pulled off another major coup on Sunday night, April 6. The performing arts center at CSU Northridge got trumpeter and composer Terence Blanchard to bring in two category-jumping groups, his E-Collective jazz quintet and the Turtle Island Quartet, to perform newly arranged excerpts from his two operas, Champion (2013) and Fire Shut Up in My Bones (2019). It was a premiere, but only in the sense that this particular arrangement was being heard for the first time on the West Coast. -- San Francisco Classical Voice