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Things to do in the San Fernando Valley, LA area, Nov. 20-24

Valley Performing Arts Center at Cal State Northridge: Anat Cohen Tentet, 8 p.m. Nov. 30 ($33-$78); Eliot Fisk, 8 p.m. Dec. 6 ($53); Michael Feinstein: Holiday Celebration, 8 p.m. Dec. 8 ($38-$98); Colburn Orchestra, 3 p.m. Dec. 10 (check website for tickets); the Klezmatics, 8 p.m. Dec. 16 ($33-$68). Tickets have added fees. 18111 Nordhoff St. 818-677-3000. www.valleyperformingartscenter.org -- LA Daily News

Can telemedicine boost Medi-Cal access?

Opinion piece by: Shirley Svorny is a professor of economics at California State University, Northridge, and an adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute. She can be contacted at . -- Sacramento Bee

The week ahead in L.A. classical music, Nov. 19-26: The Verdi Chorus, Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra and more

Bernstein 100th Birthday Celebration John Mauceri leads the New West Symphony Orchestra, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles, Davis Gaines, et al., in selections from “West Side Story,” “Candide” and other works. Valley Performing Arts Center, 18111 Nordhoff St., Northridge. Oxnard Performing Arts Center, 800 Hobson Way, Oxnard. Sun., 3 p.m. $30-$96. (805) 497-5880 -- Los Angeles Times

The week ahead in L.A. theater, Nov. 19-26: 'Resolving Hedda' and more

La Belle, Lost in the World of the Automaton Imago Theatre uses puppetry, animatronics, etc., in a family-friendly reimagining of the classic fairy tale “Beauty and the Beast.” Plaza del Sol Performance Hall, Cal State Northridge, 18111 Nordhoff St., Northridge. Sun., 3 p.m. $33 and up. (818) 677-3000. -- Los Angeles Times

A Very Cheech Marin Thanksgiving

Racially and ethnically, he was an outsider in both places, so he coped by doing everything he could to fit in. The future stoner actor-musician-writer-comedian was a Cub Scout, a Boy Scout, an altar boy, and “a little wiseass who got straight A’s,” first at Catholic schools and later at San Fernando Valley State College (now Cal State Northridge). Marin describes himself as an educational traditionalist, stumping for the values of the classic liberal arts education. He even worked in aerospace during college, manufacturing airplane galleys at Nordskog. -- Zocalo Public Square

The Stars Aligned for This Three-Station SFN

The above scenario is precisely what has historically confounded stations KCSN of Northridge, Calif. (on the northern end of the Los Angeles metro) and KSBR of Mission Viejo, Calif. (on the southern side), both broadcasting at 88.5 MHz. - Radio Magazine

Promise Zone grant targets college preparation

Other partners in the grant include UCLA, City College and Mission College, Loyola Marymount University, Cal State Northridge and Cal State Los Angeles, the Unusual Suspects theater company; Junior Achievement’s Finance Park of Southern California; and Princeton Review. -- LA Independent

Life Makes Us Better Readers: Tess Gallagher's 'The Man from Kinvara'

Many years ago—it had to be 1989—my sister and I attended a poetry reading given by Tess Gallagher at California State University, Northridge's Little Playhouse. We were students, new to California and poetry. My sister had a paperback copy of Raymond Carver's Cathedral, which we'd both read with youthful admiration. We knew vaguely that he'd died, but didn't really understand the full force of his fame or talent until we unwittingly went to see his widow read. -- Pop Matters

The Verdi Chorus to Perform LOVE'S PASSIONS AND POTIONS This Fall

Music Director and Founding Artistic Director Anne Marie Ketchum has been the conductor of the Verdi Chorus since its inception in 1983. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Choral Conducting and a Master's degree in Voice Performance from California State University, Northridge, where she studied choral conducting with John Alexander and served as his assistant conductor. -- Broadway World

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