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How Gary Richards Built His HARD Music Festival Empire One Party at a Time
The family moved to Los Angeles just as Gary was starting high school. He went to his first rave in 1990, while attending Cal State Northridge, and was instantly hooked. "It was called Nectar. I remember they gave you these little buttons that had a daisy on it." The next day, he went down to Street Sounds on Melrose and bought a stack of techno 12-inches: 808 State, Moby, Joey Beltram, The KLF. "I was like, 'OK, this is my thing.' My dad and my brother, they didn't get it. 'Cause they liked radio and songs. They thought I was losing my mind." -- LA Weekly
People encouraged to call in Congress to support the Dream Act
His brother Mario Vargas, 17, another young dreamer with DACA, is about to begin his first semester of the civil engineering career at California State University, Northridge (CSUN). "If that proposal is made law to give us residence could have more financial aid to pay for the university. Right now, it's very limited, "he said. -- La Opinion (in Spanish)
It Is Psychologically Easier To Kill From A Distance, According To New CSUN Study
Is it easier to kill from a distance? The answer is yes, according to California State University, Northridge psychology professor Abraham Rutchick, who conducted one of the first experimental studies on the effect distance has on a person's decision to take a life. -- Public Now
LA Observed Notes: USC+LAT, newsroom cuts, local Emmys
The Valley Performing Arts Center at Cal State Northridge has been renamed the Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts - CSUN -- LA Observed
47 Totally Fun Things To Do in L.A. This Week You Need to Know About [7-24-17 to 7-28-17]
43. Summer Movie Fest at Cal State Northridge is a free weekly movie night taking place at dusk on CSUN’s Oviatt Library Lawn. The series continues with Sing. FREE -- WeLikeLA
Homeless, Disabled Veterans Get the Respect They Deserve by Operation Confidence
The Director of the Veterans Resource Center at CSUN, Patrina Croisdale will preside over the gala as Mistress of Ceremony. -- Digital Journal
Rebecca Naomi Jones, Shaina Taub and More to Lead Public Works' AS YOU LIKE IT Musical at the Delacorte
Laurie Woolery (Adapter and Director) is a director, playwright, educator, producer as well as the Director of Public Works at The Public Theater. She has worked at theaters across the country such as the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Yale Repertory Theater, Goodman Theatre, Cornerstone Theater Company, South Coast Repertory, Mark Taper Forum, Denver Center, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Los Angeles Theatre Center, Inge Center for the Arts, Plaza de la Raza/RedCAT, Deaf-West Theatre, Sundance Playwrights Lab as well as the Sundance Children's Theater. Woolery has directed world premieres of plays by Tanya Saracho, Marisela Trevino Orta, Aditi Kapil, K.J. Sanchez, Julie Marie Myatt, Cody Henderson, and Allison Carey among others. Her solo play Salvadorian Moon/African Sky was commissioned by Cornerstone Theater Company for their citywide Festival of Faith. She is the former Associate Artistic Director of Cornerstone Theater Company and former Conservatory Director at South Coast Repertory. Laurie has taught at Princeton, NYU, Brown, USC, Cal Arts, Citrus College, California State University at Northridge and Los Angeles and serves on the Board of the Latino Producers Action Network. Woolery is a proud member of the Sol Project and recipient of the Fuller Road Fellowship for Female Directors of Color. -- Broadway World
NBA 3X PH attracts provincial participants, hails new champs
NBA talents Steven Adams of the Oklahoma Thunder, former Sacramento Kings head coach Reggie Theus, also known as Kobe Paras’ coach at Cal State Northridge in the US NCAA, and the Laker Girls awarded all winning individuals and teams their medals and trophies. -- ABS-CBN - Philippines
LSUS lands former UConn, CSUN basketball player
Blankenship and his staff landed former UConn freshman Rakim Lubin, who spent last season at Cal State-Northridge. The 6-foot-8, 258-pound Lubin had offers from nearly every NAIA school in the country including 2017 Division I runner-up Life College, Georgetown College and Dillard. -- Shreveport Times - LA
Nazarian Family Donates A Record $17 Million To CSUN’s Valley Performing Arts Center
The unprecedented $17 million donation is the largest single arts gift to California State University, Northridge (CSUN) and highlights the center’s diverse programming as a leading San Fernando Valley venue for world class acts. -- The Iranian