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Maceo Parker’s Ray Charles tribute ‘To Ray with Love’, Oct. 19
LOS ANGELES – The 2017/18 Swinging Jazz series at VPAC (The Soraya) kicks off when American funk maestro Maceo Parker takes to the stage for an unforgettable tribute to the great Ray Charles on Thurs., Oct. 19 at 8p.m. -- Compton Herald
Old friends from Oklahoma reunite after 11 years
Now, Zorin said she speaks four languages and is a sign language interpreter at California State University-Northridge. -- Merced Sun-Star
LA Opera Presents GREAT OPERA CHORUSES Tonight
Great Opera Choruses is presented under LA Opera's Off Grandbanner, dedicated to performances taking place outside the company's traditional home at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. The concerts will be presented at the Valley Performing Arts Center, located on the campus of California State University-Northridge (CSUN) at 18111 Nordhoff Street, Northridge, 91330. Two performances will take place on Saturday, March 14, at 2:00pm and at 3:30pm. -- Broadway World - Opera World
Diary of A Reluctant Dreamer: An Interview with Alberto Ledesma
Besides working as a Diversity Director at UC Berkeley-from where he graduated three times over—Alberto Ledesma has also published academic articles and poetry, and four previous short stories: three in Con/Safos: A Chicana/o Literary Magazine, and one, as a chapbook, in Gary Soto’s Chicano Chapbook Series (#17). He has been a faculty member at CSU Northridge, Monterey Bay, and UC Berkeley. His essays have appeared in ColorLines and New America Media. He has also participated in Sandra Cisneros’s Macondo Workshop and in the VONA Writers Workshop. His latest book, Diary of a Reluctant Dreamer, is a series of visual vignettes—drawings and prose—that focus on his experience as an undocumented immigrant student during the early 1980s. He was interviewed by writer Andrew Lam. -- Huffington Post
CSUN | On Point: What the Number 1100 Means to CSUN
The CSU Chancellor’s Executive Order 1100 is intended to increase graduation rates by lowering general education requirements. On Point reports on the potential impact on students, and on the response of many CSUN faculty, with CSUN Gender & Women’s Studies Department Chair Professor Breny Mendoza, Chicano/a Studies Department Chair Professor Gabriel Gutierrez, and CSUN English Department Professor Scott Andrews, also a member of the 2016 Task Force on the Advancement of Ethnic Studies. -- SCV TV
Dodgers Dugout: The moment we have all been waiting for is almost here
-- Tuesday night, head to Cal State Northridge for an evening with former Dodgers announcer Ross Porter. The event will take Ross through over an hour of reminisces about his career with the Dodgers. Ross will answer pre-submitted questions from guests who purchased tickets. It’s like a live “Ask Ross Porter.” For more information, click here. -- Los Angeles Times
UCSB Keeps Scoring Goals, Wins Fourth in a Row
UCSB continues Big West action with a trio of upcoming road matches, beginning this Thursday, Oct. 5 against Cal State Northridge at 7:00 p.m. -- Noozhawk
LLC's Jefferson commits to Cal State Northridge
He didn’t want the interest to distract from the team’s 2017-18 season, so he knew he had a decision to make. After weighing his offers, Jefferson went with the school he felt the most comfortable with, and last week he verbally committed to play for California State, Northridge. -- Journal Gazette and Times Courier - IL
UCSB Volleyball Win Streak Snapped at Northridge
NORTHRIDGE – UCSB had its three-match women's volleyball winning streak snapped by Cal State Northridge in a tight four-set affair on Friday night. Set scores were 25-21, 25-21, 24-26, 27-25. -- Noozhawk
Schumer, Pelosi: Dreamers are as American as apple pie
Javier studied economics and biotechnology at California State University in Northridge. He worked as a software engineer in Silicon Valley and is now a young entrepreneur. What kind of country would we be if we closed the door on Dreamers? What kind of country would we be, if we say that Jessica, Javier, and 800,000 hard-working young people just like them, are not welcome here? -- Crossroads Today