MATT HAIMOVITZ TO PERFORM AT VPAC
Cellist Matt Haimovitz and pianist Christopher O’Riley engage the lyrical and virtuosic potential of their instruments in a rare mix of classical and pop genres from Bach to Radiohead to Stravinsky....
View ArticleTransgender Jews: Beyond the Rainbow, includes CSUN student
Deborah attends services at Temple Aliyah nearly every week, but on a Friday night two years ago, she was nervous. Her daughter, Rebecca, then 18 and known all of her life as Jeremy, had chosen the...
View ArticleYehuda Gilad teaches the importance of strong minds, muscles and funny bones
Gilad will conduct the Colburn Orchestra, the conservatory’s flagship ensemble, at the Valley Performing Arts Center in Northridge on Sept. 27 in a program including Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 in...
View ArticleWaking life: Triple Art at UCLA a celebration through creation
Her work also examines immigrants pushing their children to achieve great heights. Krasner can relate. Her 15-year-old son, Benjamin, who performed at the opening, is an accomplished pianist who has...
View ArticleAn international flamenco fiesta comes to VPAC
When flamenco star Leilah Broukhim performs at the Valley Performing Arts Center (VPAC) in Northridge with Jose Porcel’s famed dance company, Compania Flamenca, on Nov. 20, flamenco fans around the...
View ArticleFrom public education to jewish life, the Gilbert Foundation encourages...
If a student at Cal State Northridge fails remedial coursework in their first year, they are “stopped out,” which means they have to go to community college to improve their standing. Only one in 10 of...
View ArticleMeet the Kahanes: Father and son to perform together
Listeners will have a chance to experience their rapport at a joint recital at the Valley Performing Arts Center in Northridge on Feb. 17....
View ArticleA glimpse behind the ‘Serial’ microphone: Interview with Sarah Koenig
I caught up with Koenig a few weeks ahead of her scheduled appearance March 5 at the Valley Performing Arts Center at Cal State Northridge....
View ArticleTo some, new Hindenburg sign in park isn’t Willkommen
But more troubling to some is that the German American Bund, a pro-Nazi group, staged rallies at Hindenburg Park in the 1930s and ’40s, according to the Cal State Northridge Oviatt Library archive, “In...
View ArticleMoving and shaking: Aish L.A., L.A. Press Club Awards, Technion and more
Chair of the ATS Investment Committee and a member of the Technion board of governors, he and his wife, Denise, have supported a number of projects at the Technion, establishing the Denise Hanisee Fund...
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