Clips
Mosses With a Real Inferiority Complex
Coleman is a graduate student at California State University, Northridge. She also made -- for the hardcore botany enthusiasts out there -- a more technical (but still awesomely sound-tracked!) video of moss identification basics (below), and two more video field guides to the actual moss species in the park. Only tread here if you aren't intimidated by such terms as "sporophyte" or "conductive tissue". -- Scientific American
CSUN Cinematheque presents THE BIGAMIST (1953) directed by Ida Lupino 3/25 7pm
THE BIGAMIST (1953) kicks off the film series "On Dangerous Ground: The Films of Ida Lupino Behind the Camera" Wednesday Nights ~ March 25 -May 6
Ida Lupino was crowned the “First Lady of Noir” —the first woman to direct in a film noir. The only woman director of the Post-War era. And she was a bona fide movie star —beautiful, talented, dazzling. Surprisingly, Lupino wrote and directed films with subjects so taboo, the Hollywood studios wouldn’t touch them, so taboo that anyone experiencing them were “beyond the pale.” And that’s exactly where Lupino aimed her lens. Traverse the dark corridors of real life with this season’s Cinematheque noir series… -- Northridge-Chatsworth Patch
Chaya M. Milchtein ‘Uncomplicates Cars for All of Us’ as Mechanic Shop Femme
As a speaker and educator represented by Hachette Speakers Bureau, Milchtein has taught classes and spoken at the Broad Institute at MIT and Harvard, Vanderbilt University, California State University at Northridge, the Public Relations Society of America and Wisconsin Department of Children and Families’ Foster Graduation, among other reputable places. Also a journalist, Milchtein wrote for the now-defunct PBS-Twin Cities publication Rewire, contributing articles about car care and safety. She currently contributes to AAA’s Via Magazine. Outside of automotive journalism, Milchtein’s journalism encompasses topics like fashion, queer lifestyle, dining and travel. -- Shepherd Express
The North South Chamber Orchestra Celebrates the Arrival of Spring on Tuesday, March 24 @ 7 PM
Daniel Kessner attended the University of California, Los Angeles, before joining the faculty of the Department of Music at California State University, Northridge. There, he taught composition and directed the highly regarded New Music Ensemble. His works have been performed throughout the United States and internationally by notable organizations, including the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, the Indianapolis Symphony, New York's St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble, the Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra, the Utrecht Symphony, and the El Salvador National Symphony. Kessner's creative efforts have earned him prestigious national and international awards, such as the Queen Marie-José International Composition Prize in Geneva, two BMI Awards, and grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and Arts International. -- Austria Tourism Journal
Eva Longoria, 51, Spills Her #1 Anti-Overwhelm Trick
Eva Longoria, 51, knows what it’s like to juggle. For years, she shined on the hit television series Desperate Housewives. While bringing Gabrielle Solis to life, the actress attended night classes at California State University, Northridge and earned her Master’s Degree in Chicano Studies. As her career continued to evolve, Longoria pursued new avenues. Restaurant ventures, clothing lines, a cookbook and philanthropic efforts filled her time when she wasn’t shining on screen and today, she continues to enjoy a career full of diversity. -- Merced Star-Sun
At the Starting Line: Dare to Dream Challenge awards creative freedom
Jamie has been filming videos since she was 12. At age 17, she built 90,000 followers in two months. Now, at 24, she is a graduate of the Department of Cinema and Television Arts at California State University, Northridge. -- Pasadena Weekly
Passing the Baton: Two Ventura County cultural institutions have new leaders in 2026
An Oxnard native and graduate of Channel Islands High School and California State University, Northridge, Tower is a professionally trained mezzo soprano who sang with the Ventura County Master Chorale under the direction of Dr. Burns Taft, and later sang in concerts in New York and Europe. But she is also a veteran arts administrator with a passion for serving and nourishing community-based arts programs. -- VC Reporter
Women's History Month: Flo Jo
Born Florence Delorez Griffith in Los Angeles, FloJo (as we called her back in the day) was the seventh of 11 children. She would get involved in track and field through the Sugar Ray Robinson Organization and at the ages of 14 and 15, she would win the Jesse Owens National Youth Games. She would go on to run at Cal State Northridge and then UCLA where she would be coached by legendary track coach Bob Kersee. She would graduate with a degree in psychology. -- Sons of Liberty/Substack
Steve Lopez: My promise to you: AI didn't write this column, and if it's after my job, it'll be over my dead body
Jenn Wolfe, a Cal State Northridge professor of secondary education, said the use of AI is "a very heated topic right now," and at high schools and middle schools, some teachers "are going back to paper and pen, from what I see and hear." -- Merced Sun-Star
At the Starting Line: Dare to Dream Challenge awards creative freedom
Jamie has been filming videos since she was 12. At age 17, she built 90,000 followers in 2 months. Now, at 24, she is a graduate of the Department of Cinema and Television Arts at California State University, Northridge. -- LA Downtown News