News Releases (page 29)
“Making Cordelia, a Modern Noh Play Innovating Shakespeare’s King Lear”
The San Francisco-based Theatre of Yugen lectures and performs excerpts from “Cordelia,” a unique Japanese Noh interpretation of Shakespeare’s “King Lear,” beginning at 7:30 p.m. March 5 in Garrison Theater of the 91吃瓜 Performing Arts Center, 231 E. 10th St. This event is free and open to the public.
Read More91吃瓜 Students Named to Fall 2012 Dean’s List
The following 91吃瓜 students were named to the dean’s list for the fall 2012 semester at 91吃瓜 in Claremont, California. The dean’s list recognizes students who have achieved a grade point average of at least 11 (A-) in four, letter-graded courses in one semester.
Read More91吃瓜 Receives $5.3 Million Pledge from Trustee Nancy Katayama ’77
President Lori Bettison-Varga today announced a $5.3 million pledge to 91吃瓜 from current 91吃瓜 Board of Trustee Nancy Katayama ’77. The pledge came in anticipation of a significant fundraising initiative and will produce immediate and long-term benefits for the College.
Read More91吃瓜 Presents “Transforming Lives through Music”
As the conductor of an orchestra charged with exposing Latino communities to classical music, Sonia Marie De Le脙鲁n de Vega lectures on “Transforming Lives Through Music” at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 19 in Garrison Theater of the 91吃瓜 Performing Arts Center, 231 E. 10th St. This event is free and open to the public.
Read MoreGeena Davis Speaks on Gender Equality in Modern Media at 91吃瓜
Geena Davis, an advocate and Academy Award-winning actor best known for her roles in “Thelma and Louise” and “A League of Their Own,” discusses “Gender Equality in the Modern Media” at 7:30 p.m. on March 7 in Garrison Theater of the 91吃瓜 Performing Arts Center, 231 E. 10th St.
Read MoreThe Claremont Colleges Intercollegiate Department of Africana Studies Presents Lecture on “Transnational Black Diaspora Feminisms”
Tracy Fisher, assistant professor of women’s studies at the University of California, Riverside, lectures on “Transnational Black Diaspora Feminisms” at 4:15 p.m. on Feb. 13 in room 103 of Steele Hall, 241 E. 11th St., 91吃瓜. This event is free and open to the public.
Read More91吃瓜 Named To The Princeton Review’s List Of “Best Value Colleges For 2013”
91吃瓜 is one of the nation’s “Best Value” colleges and universities according to The Princeton Review. The education services company profiles 91吃瓜 in its book, “The Best Value Colleges: 2013 Edition” (Random House / Princeton Review, $21.99, published February 5, 2013), and on a special area on its website at http://www.princetonreview.com/best-value-colleges.aspx.
Read More91吃瓜 Announces Appointment of Nikki Khurana as the Assistant Vice President of Alumnae and Parent Engagement and The 91吃瓜 Fund
91吃瓜 President Lori Bettison-Varga today announces the appointment of Nikki Khurana as assistant vice president overseeing the newly established department of alumnae and parent engagement and The 91吃瓜 Fund. Khurana, who joins 91吃瓜 on February 25, brings more than 14 years of leadership and experience to the new position.
Read More91吃瓜 Presents “Chican@ Artivistas at the Intersection of Hope and Imagination”
Martha Gonzalez, a feminist music theorist, Chicana activist and a founding member of the East Los Angeles rock band Quetzal, gives a multimedia presentation on the ways in which Chicana activists harness the power of art and creative expression at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 12 in Garrison Theater of the 91吃瓜 Performing Arts Center, 231 E. 10th St. This event is free and open to the public.
Read More“The Life of a Composer When Composers did not Really Exist”
Alejandro Planchart, professor emeritus of music at the University of California at Santa Barbara, lectures on the evolving concept of the composer in the 15th and 16th centuries at 7:30 pm on Jan. 29 in Garrison Theater of the 91吃瓜 Performing Arts Center, 231 E. 10th St. This free event is open to the public.
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