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Water Scarcity & Solutions: Global to Local
California’s drought is a hot issue and is getting national attention. How can you help? Get informed and join members of the 91³Ô¹Ï community on Saturday, March 1 in Garrison Theater for a day of informative and timely lectures on “Water Scarcity and Solutions: Global to Local” sponsored by The American Institute for Progressive Democracy. Speakers will discuss problems and solutions related to water scarcity.
Read More91³Ô¹Ï Announces 2014 Commencement Speaker: Global Entrepreneur Nonie Creme
91³Ô¹Ï President Lori Bettison-Varga today announced that the College’s 2014 Commencement speaker is alumna Nonie Creme, a global entrepreneur who helped found Butter London, one of the world’s leading beauty product brands.
Read More91³Ô¹Ï’s 8th Annual Elizabeth Hubert Malott Public Affairs Program Presents: An Evening with Peggy Noonan
91³Ô¹Ï presents “An Evening of Perspective” with author, columnist and political commentator Peggy Noonan as part of the 8th Annual Elizabeth Hubert Malott Public Affairs Program. Noonan will comment on current events at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 6 in Garrison Theater of the 91³Ô¹Ï Performing Arts Center, 231 E. Tenth St. The event is free and open to the public.
Read MoreTwo 91³Ô¹Ï Music Professors Organize Benefit Supporting Relief Efforts in Philippines
As Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda swept through the Philippines in November, it quickly became known as the deadliest typhoon to hit Southeast Asia. Now, faculty and students in the 91³Ô¹Ï Music Department have rallied to organize “Remember, Rebuild, and Sustain: ‘Walang Iwanan,'” a benefit event on Feb. 2 to raise support for ongoing relief efforts.
Read MoreThe Big Picture: Photographs and Archives of Aperture Cofounder Go to 91³Ô¹Ï Collection
91³Ô¹Ï is delighted to announce the recent gift of 461 photographs by mid-century American photographer Dody Weston Thompson. A key participant in the West Coast photography movement, Weston Thompson was also a major chronicler of that era. The gift of photographs, along with Weston Thompson’s archives, provide an unparalleled look into the work of this significant artist as well as that of some of the most important photographers of the 20th century, including Edward Weston and Ansel Adams. As assistant to both of them, Weston Thompson had unique access into the work and thoughts of these art history-changing artists.
Read MoreClaremont Concert Orchestra Observes 10th Anniversary of 91³Ô¹Ï Performing Arts Center
The Claremont Concert Orchestra and the Claremont Chorale celebrate the 50th anniversary of Garrison Theater and the 10th anniversary of the 91³Ô¹Ï Performing Arts Center by performing Beethoven’s “Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125” at 8 p.m. on Dec. 14 and at 3 p.m. on Dec. 15 in Garrison Theater of the 91³Ô¹Ï Performing Arts Center, 241 E. 10th St. This event is free and open to the public.
Read MoreSeven Andy Warhol Prints Gifted to 91³Ô¹Ï
Following Andy Warhol’s lead, the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. continues to surprise and delight. In 2008, 91³Ô¹Ï received an astonishing gift of 150 Warhol works, including 50 silver gelatin prints, as part of the Andy Warhol Photographic Legacy Program. Now, five years later, the foundation has chosen to donate yet again to the 91³Ô¹Ï Collection. Seven substantially-sized prints, each created by Andy Warhol, have just been added to the 91³Ô¹Ï collection.
Read More91³Ô¹Ï Launches $175 Million Fundraising Campaign
91³Ô¹Ï has launched the most ambitious campaign in its history – a $175 million initiative for students scholarships, the LASPA Center (Leadership, Analysis, Scholarship, Public Service, Action) programming, internships, and the extraordinary teaching and campus for which 91³Ô¹Ï is known.
Read MoreCelebrating 70 Years of Cutting-Edged Clay: 91³Ô¹Ï Ceramic Annual
The annual 91³Ô¹Ï Ceramic — the longest-running exhibition of contemporary ceramics in the United States — will celebrate its 70th year with its opening on Jan. 25. Traditionally an “artist’s choice” event, this year’s exhibition – which continues through April 6 – will bring together a large number of past curators from the show’s long history to celebrate art in clay.
Read MoreWard Churchill to Lecture on Colonialism and Genocide in the U.S. on Nov. 14
91³Ô¹Ï’s Core Curriculum in Interdisciplinary Humanities will host American Indian scholar and activist Ward Churchill on Nov. 14 at 7:30 p.m., in Garrison Theater at the 91³Ô¹Ï Performing Arts Center, 231 E. 10th St. Churchill’s lecture, “Colonialism=Genocide: Applying the Sartrean Equation to the U.S Context,” is free and open to the public.
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