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Entertainment Briefs - Feb. 22
She sang and recorded for four years in the Dale Warland Singers, and has performed in over 14 productions with the Minnesota Opera. Wilkerson is an active recitalist and oratorio soloist, most recently performing in Minneapolis, Virginia and California. She has served on the faculty of Lutheran Summer Music for over 12 years. Wilkerson holds degrees in music from California State University, Northridge and Westminster Choir College. -- Brainerd Dispatch
Four New Hart District Assistant Principals
Genevieve Peterson Henry has been an English Language Learner Teacher on Special Assignment in the Hart District since 2014, where she coordinates the District’s EL program. From 2008 to 2014 she taught English and ELD at Golden Valley High School, where she was also ELD coordinator, leadership team member and track/cross country coach. Before coming to the Hart District, Peterson Henry was a Humanities English teacher at Verdugo Hills High School for 11 years. She also served for the last two years as a summer school administrative intern. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and a master’s degree in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies from CSUN. -- Santa Clarita Gazette
For Latinos in the film industry, Mexican directors’ Oscar success is a ‘mixed bag’
“I think it’s awesome,” said Natalie Meza, a Mexican-American senior in Cal State Northridge’s Film Production program and a Hollywood Foreign Press Association fellow. “It’s inspiring and it’s really good to have representation, to see that it’s not just one group. When people think of directors, a lot of them think of white males, so it’s really amazing to see people from different cultures representing the field. It’s just showing the younger generation of filmmakers like me that there’s not only one group that can be represented. It’s exciting to see the change in Hollywood that is happening.” -- Los Angeles Daily News
A Brief Tour of the L.A.’s Secret Ruins
Among the many buildings destroyed by the deadly 1994 Northridge earthquake was a Cal State Northridge parking structure. Artist Marjorie Berkson Sievers and landscape architect Paul Lewis wrought some beauty from the wreckage, reframing bowed concrete columns and looping, vine-laden rebar as modern art in the university’s sculpture garden. 18111 Nordhoff St., Northridge -- Los Angeles Magazine
California State University releases active shooter safety training video
“I think it’s important,” Cal State Northridge student Cynthia Campana told CBSLA. -- Inside Edition
School threat reports pour in and are being taken seriously, Southern California experts say
At Cal State Northridge, authorities on Feb. 16 investigated a Snapchat video that showed a gun in a vehicle on campus. It turned out to be a hoax. -- The Press-Enterprise
Things to do in the San Fernando and San Gabriel valleys, Feb. 23-March 2
Bianchi Planetarium at Cal State Northridge: “Winter Sky” show, 7:30, and “The Voyager Encounters,” 8:30 p.m. March 2. Minimum age 8. Tickets $6 for one show; $10 for both. Parking in Lot G4. Adjacent to Citrus Hall on the campus, 18111 Nordhoff St. For show information, 818-677-5601. For tickets, 818-677-2488. www.csun.edu -- Los Angeles Daily News
Music Preview: CÉCILE MCLORIN SALVANT (The Soraya and Irvine Barclay)
Hooray and hallelujah! Long before her newest disc, Dreams and Daggers — a live double-CD set that won the 2018 Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Album — I have always been a fan of jazz vocalist and song interpreter extraordinaire Cécile McLorin Salvant. But seeing her live at the Broad in Santa Monica earlier this month has not only cemented my opinion that this is the most exciting thing in all music — not just jazz — to come along in decades. She is this generation’s most mesmerizing, fascinating, and supreme songstress. Yes, she has that remarkably distinctive voice, but it’s supported by a personality which is an amalgam of combinations: old soul/young upstart; waggish/serious; and controlled/improvisational. On April 18 and 19 (at The Soraya in Northridge) and April 20 (at Irvine Barclay), you will get a rare opportunity to see her before she sets out on a globetrotting tour. She will restore your faith in original singer/songwriters who value great songs and storytelling. -- Stage and Cinema
RESEARCH & COMMENTARY: EXPANDING THE ROLE OF NURSE PRACTITIONERS WILL HELP SOLVE DOCTOR SHORTAGE
Shirley Svorny of California State University at Northridge and the Cato Institute argued in a 2008 paper that the current licensing system for physicians serves to benefit incumbent clinicians instead of consumers, and that the health care market would be better served by eliminating professional licensing. “Licensure not only fails to protect consumers from incompetent physicians, but, by raising barriers to entry, makes health care more expensive and less accessible,” Svorny wrote. -- The Heartland Institute
Southern Californians scrimp to get by as average rents hit $1,900
Murphy works full time while pursuing her master's degree at Cal State Northridge. -- National Mortgage Magazine