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UNIVERSIT Y OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
2012–2013
A Message from Elizabeth GarrettDearFriendofUSC,
Iampleasedtoannouncethe2012–2013seasonofUSCVisionsandVoices:TheArtsandHumanitiesInitiative.CreatedbyPresidentNikiassevenyearsago,thisannualseriesofperformances, lectures,exhibitionsanddiscussionshasbecomeacenterpieceofcampuslifeandahallmarkofaUSCeducation.
AtUSCwebelievetheartsandhumanitiesnotonlytransmitcorevalues,butalsochallengeandshapethem.Withgreatpowertostirourmindsandemotions,theygiveuspleasureandcallustoaction.Theyareanenriching,joyful,trulynecessaryaspectofour lives.VisionsandVoicesextendstheartsandhumanitiesbeyondtheclassroomandcreatesdiverse,transformativeexperiencesforouracademiccommunity.Quiteoften,Ihearaboutstudentscontinuingtodiscussandreflectontheseeventslongaftertheyareover,sparkingfurtherinquiryamongfriendsandroommatesorthediscoveryofsurprisingconnectionstocourseworkandresearch.
Thisyear’ssignatureeventsofferabroadrangeofexcitingspeakersandperformances.InOctober,we’llhostatimelydiscussionwithnotedjournalistsandauthorsFrankRichandFranLebowitz,whowillbringtheirwitandwisdomtoanexplorationofAmericaatacrossroads—withthepresidentialelectionjustweeksaway,wheredoesthenationstandandhowwillweshapethefuture?Laterinthefall,oneofthemostdistinguishedplaywrightsofourtime,TonyAwardwinnerDavidHenryHwang,willvisitUSCforalookbackonhiscelebratedcareer,whichincludestheworksM. Butterfl y and Golden Child.
InFebruary,wewelcometheinimitableartistandmusicianPattiSmith.HerpioneeringworkblendedpoetryandrockandrollasshefedofftheculturalinspirationthatwasNewYorkCityinthe1970s.Herrecentbook,Just Kids,takesusbacktothetimewhenshecreatedartwithherfriendRobertMapplethorpeandwentontorecordheralbumHorses—oftenconsideredoneofthegreatestrecordsofalltime.Andinthespring,ODC/DancebringsitscriticallyacclaimedfusionofballetandmodernperformancetoUSC’sBovardAuditorium.TheenergyandcharismaofthisdancecompanywillamazeyouaswecloseouttheVisionsandVoicesseason.
IamalsoexcitedforanewseriesalignedwithVisionsandVoices,theProvost’sWritersSeries.USChassomanytalentedandinfluentialfacultyproducingremarkablestories,poetryandcriticalwork.Overthecourseoffourevents,studentswillhavetheopportunitytoengageinintimatediscussionswiththeauthors—discussionsthatwillexplorethethemes,ideasandexperiencesthatshapedtheirmostrecentpublications.ProfessorDavidTreuer,forexample,willdiscusshisbookRez Life: An Indian’s Journey Through Reservation Life,whichtellsastoryfromhisperspectiveasanOjibweIndianonMinnesota’sLeechLakeReservation.
ThesearejustafewofourmanyoutstandingVisionsandVoicesofferings.Pleasereadthroughthisbrochureandconsiderattendingtheeventsthatigniteyourpassionsaswellasthosethatwillexposeyoutoideas,genresorculturesyou’veneverbeforeexplored.IplantoattendseveralVisionsandVoiceseventsthisyear,andIencourageyoutodothesame.
Sincerely,
ElizabethGarrettProvostandSeniorVicePresidentforAcademicAffairs
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CONTENTS
2 AboutVisionsandVoices 3 Events 3 SPARK!7thAnnualVisionsandVoicesMultimediaKickoff 4 The Underground: From the Streets to the Stage 5 Thurgood 5 MustWeAlwaysSingasMenHaveSung:Women,theArtsandMusic 6 Africa’s Hope:AStoryofSurvivalandHope 7 NduguChancler:60YearsofLifeandMusic 7 GarySnyder:Trans-PacificBuddhism,EcologyandPoetry 8 TheMedicalHumanities,ArtsandEthicsSeries 8 VoteforMyStory:PoliticalNarrativesandthe2012Election 9 ReelRoles:RepresentingGenderinAmericanMedia 10 Dr.MajidNaini:Rumi’sDiscoveriesandMagicalPrescriptionfor
WorldPeace 10 Dr.DavidB.Agus:TheEndofIllness 11 GetYourHandsDirtywiththeArts! 11 TheSotaProject:WomeninConTEXT 12 KayRyanandDanaGioia:Poetry:ACareer?! 13 KathyRose:NewMediaandPerformanceArtist 14 FrankRichandFranLebowitz:AStateoftheUnionConversation 15 JenKennedyandLizLinden:The New York Times Feminist Reading Group 16 TheProvost’sWritersSeries 18 Nikkatsuat100 19 FronterasAlternativas:QueerLatina/oVisibilitiesandInsurgencies 19 Shining Night: A Portrait of Composer Morten Lauridsen 20 Top GirlsbyCarylChurchill 20 AnEveningwithDavidHenryHwang 21 TheMetropolitanOperainHD 22 Fit for Society 22 The Tempest :AnOperabyLeeHoiby 23 AnEveningwithTrimpin,SoundArtist
24 MusicFestivals:CreatingNewCommunitiesforaNewGeneration 24 Naked IslandbyKanetoShindo,PresentedbyBenicioDelToro 25 C.Tyler:Scrapbooks,ArmySurplus,ComicsandOtherStuff 26 AnEveningwithPattiSmith 27 Women’sVoicesinSocietyandtheArts 27 Hole in the Head: A Life Revealed 28 TheInterpreters:TechnologiesandExperimentsattheNatural
HistoryMuseum 28 PhoebeGloeckner:TruthinInteractiveStorytelling 29 The Dog and Pony Show (Bring Your Own Pony):APerformance
byHollyHughes 30 QueerZines:Doin’ItinPrint 31 JustFoodandFairFood:AMultidisciplinaryExploration 31 A Shipwreck Opera 32 VisionaryWomen:InspirationsfromArtists,IconsandActivists 33 MixingItUp:[IdentityandMusic]Innovation 34 ContemporarySouthAmericanCinema 34 ImagingGenocide:ArtisticResponsestoMassViolence 35 MuralsUndertheStars:AnEveningwithGregorioLuke 36 Primero Sueño:APerformancebyJesusaRodríguez 36 PerformanceandForm:ANet-ZeroHouse 37 Tsigan: The Gypsy Poem 38 Rhythms+Visions/Expanded+Live2 39 TroubledOcean:FilmmakersImaginethePacific 40 LosAngelesBurning:Memory,Justiceandthe1992Riots 40 ODC/Dance 42 ExperienceL.A.:EventsaroundLosAngeles 45 AtaGlance:EventsbyDate 48 ImportantInformation ContactInformation 49 VisionsandVoices:WhoWeAre
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About Visions and VoicesVisionsandVoicesisauniversity-wideartsandhumanitiesinitiativethatisunparalleledinhighereducation.Establishedinfall2006byPresidentC.L.MaxNikiasduringhistenureasprovost,theinitiativewascreatedtoengageUSCstudents intheartsandhumanities.Highlighting the university’s commitment to interdisciplinaryapproaches, the initiative featuresaspectacular arrayof eventsconceivedandorganizedby facultyandschools throughout theuniversity. Each program is designed specifically to challengestudents to expand their perspectives and become world-classcitizens. Every Visions and Voices event includes an interactiveor reflective component, providing students with a stimulatingexperience and an opportunity to explore USC’s core values,includingfreedomofinquiry,respectfordiversity,commitmenttoservice,entrepreneurialspirit,informedrisktaking,ethicalconductandthesearchfortruth.Thisapproachtotheartsandhumanitiescanmakeeveryfuturescientistabetterscientist,everyfuturelawyerabetterlawyer,everyfuturebusinessprofessionalabetterbusinessprofessionalandeveryfutureartistabetterartist,contributingtoabettersocietyasawhole.
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SPARK! 7TH ANNUAL VISIONS AND VOICES MULTIMEDIA KICKOFF
Thursday,August23,5:30p.m.BovardAuditorium
VisionsandVoices’sannualartsextravaganzawillkickoffthenewseasonwithmusic,dance,performanceartandspokenword.NationalPoetrySlamchampionJavonJohnsonwillenergizetheaudiencewithhispowerfulspokenword.MultidisciplinarytheatreartistAlisonM.DeLaCruzwillpresentaprovocativeperformanceexploringgender, raceandsexuality.The incredibleAnticsPerformance,ahiphopdance/theatrecompany,willdefygravitywiththeirinnovativemoves.Theenchantingsinger/songwriterSegunwillgracethestagewithamusicalperformancethatembodieslove,compassionandsoul.TheeventwillalsoincludeawelcomebyUSCProvostElizabethGarrett,apresentationbyUSCcinematicartsprofessorTaraMcPhersonandapost-showreceptionwithlivemusicandopportunitiestomeettheartists.Plus,attendeeswillreceivefreeVisionsandVoicesT-shirtsandbags!
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The Underground: From the Streets to the StageWednesday,September5,8p.m.BovardAuditorium
KrumpisahighlyenergeticandexpressivestreetdancethatwascreatedbyyouthinSouthLosAngeles.ThisfreestylehiphopdanceformwasthesubjectofDavidLaChapelle’s2005documentaryRizeandhassincebecomeaworldwidephenomenon.Incelebrationofkrump’stenthanniversary,choreographerandkrumpfounderMissPrissy,whohasdancedwithSnoopDogg,theGameandMadonna,willpremiereThe Underground,alivetheatricalexperienceontheartofkrump.ThisoriginalproductionwillalsofeaturethechoreographyandtalentsofkrumppioneerLil’C,aguestjudgeonFOX’sSo You Think You Can Dance.Joinusassomeofthebestkrumpdancersontheplanetcaptivateyouwiththeirdynamicanduniquestylesandillustratetheemotional,spiritualandphysicalimpactofkrumpinthestreets,instudiosandinspacesaroundtheworld.
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Journalism Director’s Forum—Krump on the Screen and Stage A Conversation with Miss Prissy, Star of Rize, and Journalist Jessica KoslowTuesday,September11,12p.m.Annenberg207
JournalistJessicaKoslowandMissPrissywilldiscussthecollaborativeprocessinvolvedinmakingadocumentaryandproducingaliveperformanceaboutkrump.
Krump Dance Workshop with Lil’ C and Miss PrissyWednesday,September12,5p.m.NorthGym,PhysicalEducationBuilding
Learnthebasicmovementsofkrump.Opentoalllevelsofparticipants.
OrganizedbySashaAnawalt,TajFrazierandJessicaKoslow(CommunicationandJournalism).
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Thurgood A Screening and Discussion with Elizabeth Garrett, Rebecca Brown and Dorothy NelsonThursday,September13,7p.m.AnnenbergAuditorium
ThelatecivilrightsgreatandSupremeCourtjusticeThurgood Marshall was the court’s first AfricanAmerican justice. As a lawyer, Marshall tried thehistoriccaseofBrownv.BoardofEducationbeforethe Supreme Court, successfully challenging thesegregation of black and white students in publicschools.USCProvostElizabethGarrett,USCGouldSchoolofLawprofessorRebeccaBrownandJudgeDorothyNelson,thefirstwomanlawprofessoratUSCandfirstwomantobedeanofamajorAmericanlawschool,willcometogetherforafascinatingdiscussionaboutThurgoodMarshallandtheirinteractionswithhim.Followingthediscussion,thefilmThurgoodwillbescreened.FilmedinfrontofaliveaudienceattheKennedyCenterinWashington,D.C.,ThurgoodstarsLaurenceFishburneinanEmmyandScreenActorsGuildAward–nominatedperformance.
OrganizedbytheUSCGouldSchoolofLawandUSCSchoolofDramaticArts.
Must We Always Sing as Men Have Sung: Women, the Arts and Music Friday,September14,2p.m.AlfredNewmanRecitalHall
Ina lectureandperformance,Renaissancescholarandchoral-musicdirectorJoanCatoniConlonwillexplorethesometimes-debasingportrayalsofwomenbypoetsandcomposersinchoral-musictextsfromtheRenaissancethroughthe20thcentury.TheeventwillbepresentedinconjunctionwiththeUSCFisherMuseumofArt’sfallexhibition,A Complex Weave: Women and Identity in Contemporary Art. Conlon is Professor Emeritus at theUniversityofColoradoatBoulder,wheresheconductedtheUniversitySingers.ShewasconductoroftheNorthwestChamberChorusin Seattle and chair of the research andpublicationscommitteeoftheAmericanChoralDirectors Association. The USC ThorntonConcertChoir,amixed-voiceensemble,willpresentaperformanceconductedbyThorntonfacultyCristianGrases.
OrganizedbytheUSCThorntonSchoolofMusic.
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Africa’s Hope: A Story of Survival and HopeFeaturing Mashirika Creative and Performing Arts GroupWednesday,September19,7p.m.BovardAuditorium
Africa’s HopeisanemotionallychargedandvibrantshowthatblendsthetruestoriesofRwandangenocidesurvivorswithtraditionalIntoredance,Kinyarwandasinging,contemporarydanceandmovementandliveEastAfricandrumming.CreatedbyMashirika,themosthighlyacclaimedtheatrecompanyinRwanda,Africa’s Hope isanincredibleandenergizingperformancethatlookstothefutureinthewakeofthe1994genocide.Overthecourseofthreemonths,onemillionpeopleweremurderedinRwandasimplybecauseofwhotheywere.AcastofyoungandtalentedRwandanartiststellsthestoriesoftheircountrythroughtheatre,danceandmusic.Whilethisproductionconveysthebrutalityoftheconflict,italsohighlightsuniversallessonsofindividualresponsibility.Establishedin1997,Mashirikaisdedicatedtopresentingworkshopsandplaysexploringtheissuesaroundcollectivetrauma,conflictresolution,HIV/AIDSeducation,genocidehealingandreconciliation.
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Arts and Reconstruction after GenocideThursday,September20,4p.m.IntellectualCommons,DohenyMemorialLibrary233
Apaneldiscussionwillbeco-hostedbytheUSCAppliedTheatreArtsProgramandtheUSCShoahFoundationInstitute.
Theatre WorkshopFriday,September21,12to2:50p.m.MassmanTheatre
Members of Mashirika will share their techniques in play-building and conflictresolutioninanintensivetheatreworkshoponartandtransformation.
OrganizedbytheUSCSchoolofDramaticArts.
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Ndugu Chancler: 60 Years of Life and MusicSunday,September23,3p.m.BovardAuditorium
ThoughbestknownasthedrummerontheMichaelJacksonhit“BillieJean,”NduguChanclerhasplayedakeyroleinjazzandpopularmusicforthepast60years.A facultymember inboth the jazzstudiesandpopularmusicprogramsattheUSCThorntonSchool,Chanclerhasperformedwithsuchartistsas Frank Sinatra, Santana and Weather Report.Chanclerwillsharehislifeandmusicinanafternoonofvideo,performancesbyThorntonstudentsandpresentationsbyaselectgroupofmusicianswhohaveworkedwiththefameddrummerovertheyears.TheUSCThorntonJazzOrchestraandALAJE(USCThornton’sAfroLatinAmericanJazzEnsemble)willperformcompositionsbyChanclerjoinedbyalitanyofmajorLosAngeles–basedartistsincameoroles.
OrganizedbytheUSCThorntonSchoolofMusic.
Gary Snyder: Trans-Pacific Buddhism, Ecology and PoetryGarySnyder isa PulitzerPrize–winningpoetwith aradicalvisionthatintegratesZenBuddhism,AmericanIndianpracticesandecologicalthinking.HebeganhiscareerasanotedmemberoftheBeatGenerationandwasalsoapartoftheSanFranciscoRenaissance.JoinusforthreeeventswithSnyderexploringBuddhismandecology.Inaneveninglectureandconversation,Snyderwilldiscusshisexperiencesasapoet intheUnitedStates,histimeasaZenmonkinJapanandthe connections between his work and social andecologicalissuesinAmericansociety.Ontheseconddayofhisvisit,SnyderwillengagewithstudentsinapoetryworkshopanddiscussBuddhisminaJapaneseteaceremony.
Lecture and ConversationMonday,September24,7p.m.FriendsoftheUSCLibrariesLectureHallDohenyMemorialLibrary240
Poetry WorkshopTuesday,September25,12:30p.m.EastAsianLibrarySeminarRoomDohenyMemorialLibrary110C
Japanese Tea CeremonyTuesday,September25,4p.m.EastAsianLibrarySeminarRoomDohenyMemorialLibrary110C
OrganizedbyDuncanWilliams(ReligionandCenterforJapaneseReligionsandCultures)andVarunSoni(ReligiousLife).
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The Medical Humanities, Arts and Ethics SeriesToo Much Medicine? How Overtreatment, Unnecessary Care and Economic Incentives Imperil the U.S. Healthcare System A Lecture by Shannon BrownleeThursday,September27,4p.m.MayerAuditorium,HealthSciencesCampus
ShannonBrownleeistheactingdirectoroftheNewAmericaFoundationHealthPolicyProgram,inWashington,D.C.SheistheauthorofOvertreated: Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer, which exposes wasteful flaws in ourhealthcaresystemandwasnamedthebesteconomicsbookoftheyearbytheNew York Times.
The Ethical Dimensions of Medical Discovery: Lessons from The Immortal Life of Henrietta LacksA Lecture by Rebecca SklootThursday,April4,4p.m.MayerAuditorium,HealthSciencesCampus
RebeccaSklootisanaward-winningsciencewriterwhoseworkhasbeenwidelyanthologized.Herdebutbook,The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks,tellsthestoryofayoungblackwomanwhodiedin1951,andwhosecellswereharvestedwithoutherknowledgeorconsent.A New York Times bestseller,thebookraisesimportantquestionsaboutrace,classandbioethicsinAmerica.
OrganizedbyPamelaSchaff(PediatricsandKeckEducationalAffairs),ErinQuinn(FamilyMedicine)andLynM.Boyd-Judson(LevanInstituteforHumanitiesandEthics).Co-sponsoredbytheKeckSchoolofMedicine’sPrograminMedicalHumanities,ArtsandEthics;theUSCPacificCenterforHealthPolicyandEthics;andtheUSCLevanInstituteforHumanitiesandEthics.
Vote for My Story: Political Narratives and the 2012 ElectionThursday,September27,7p.m.TheRayStarkFamilyTheatre,SchoolofCinematicArts108
FromDavid’sslayingofGoliathtoShakespeare’smurderousversionofRichard IIItoWashington’schoppingdownacherrytree,storieshavebeenusedthroughouthumanhistorytoteachlessons,establishsocialvaluesandcondensecomplexproblems.Scholarsaregainingnewinsightsintowhythesestorieshavesomuchpower,learninghowandwhyourbrainsare“wired”toperceivetheworldthroughdigestiblenarratives.Apanelofdistinguishedthinkers, includingGeorgeLakoff,authorofThe Political Mind,willcometogethertoexploretheseissuesjustpriortothe2012nationalelections,sheddinglightonhowstoriesshapeourpoliticalunderstanding.Theconversationwillexplorethenatureofstoriesandwhetherabetterunderstandingofpoliticalnarrativecanhelpmakesenseofourcurrentpoliticalculture.
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Reel Roles: Representing Gender in American MediaThe Daughters of Thelma & LouiseSaturday,September29,5p.m.NorrisCinemaTheatre/FrankSinatraHall
In1991,thefilmThelma & LouisewasreceivedbymainstreamaudiencestogreatacclaimandwasseenbysomeasacalltoarmsforgenderequalityinmodernAmerica.Yet,morethantwentyyearslater,it’squestionablewhetherornotthiscallhasbeenheard. FollowingascreeningofThelma & Louise,apanelincludingthefilm’screatorswilldiscussitsimpactonthemotion-pictureindustry,thecultureatlargeandgenderrolestoday.
I Want My Queer TV!Thursday,March7,7p.m.TheRayStarkFamilyTheatre,SchoolofCinematicArts108
Overthelasttwodecades,therehasbeenamarkedincreaseintheportrayalofgayandlesbiancharactersinmainstreammedia,especiallyintherealmofnarrativetelevision. CharactersonshowslikeGlee,True Blood,The Good Wife,Outlaw,Boardwalk Empire,The Office,Modern Family,Will & Graceand30 Rockcouldnothaveexistedin1992.Gleewriter/producerIanBrennanandscholarsJackHalberstamandJuliaBessHimbergwilldiscusstherepresentationofsexualidentityinmodernmediaandwhethermediacaneffectsocialchange.
OrganizedbyTomAbramsandJenniferWarren(CinematicArts).
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Rumi’s Discoveries and Magical Prescription for World Peace A Lecture by Dr. Majid NainiMonday,October1,7p.m.BovardAuditorium
LovetransformedRumi,aconservativetheologian,intoaliberated,euphoricmysticpoetandteacherwhoferventlyfellinlovewiththeDivineCreatorandthewholeuniverse.WhenRumithrewoffhisturbanandrobeandstartedtodancejubilantly,themostbeautifulandmeaningfulpoetrypouredfromhislips.Athirteenth-centuryPersianmysticpoet,Rumihasbecomeabest-sellingpoetintheUnitedStates.OnRumi’s805thbirthday,Dr.MajidNaini,oneoftheworld’sforemostRumischolars,willpresentabriefhistoryofRumi’slife,teachingsandwisdomthroughrecitationofRumi’spoetryinFarsiwithEnglishtranslationsandinterpretations.TheeventwillalsoincludeaperformanceofPersianclassicalandfusionmusicbytheSibargEnsemble.
OrganizedbyHosseinHashemi(ElectricalEngineering)andthePersianAcademic&CulturalStudentAssociation.
The End of Illness A Dialogue about the Future of Medicine with Dr. David B. AgusTuesday,October2,4p.m.MayerAuditorium,HealthSciencesCampus
Dr. David B. Agus, professor of medicine andengineeringat theKeckSchoolofMedicine andViterbi School of Engineering at USC, is one oftheworld’sleadingcancerdoctorsandpioneeringbiomedical researchers. Over the past twentyyears,hehasreceivedacclaimforhisinnovationsinmedicineandcontributionstonewtechnologiesthatwillchangehowwemaintainourhealth.Inhiscriticallyacclaimedbook,The End of Illness,Dr.Agusrevealsanewapproachtoexaminingandcaringforthehumanbodythatcandramaticallychangesociety’sperceptionofhealth.Hehasdiscussedhisgroundbreakingworkonnumeroustelevisionprograms,includingGood Morning America,Charlie Rose,The Daily Show with Jon StewartandCBS’sThe Talk.HewillparticipateinaconversationaboutthefutureofhealthwithCarmenA.Puliafito,MD,MBAanddeanoftheKeckSchoolofMedicine.
OrganizedbytheKeckSchoolofMedicineofUSC.
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GetYourHandsDirtywiththeArts!Saturday,October6,9:30a.m.to4:30p.m.UniversityParkCampus
USC’s world-class arts schools, including the School ofArchitecture, theSchool ofCinematic Arts, theSchool ofDramaticArts,theRoskiSchoolofFineArtsandtheThorntonSchoolofMusic,willcometogether topresentanannualday-longfestivalfeaturinguniqueopportunitiestogetyourhandsdirtywiththearts!Anextraordinaryarrayofhands-onworkshopswillbepresentedinart,architecture,cinematicarts,interactivemedia,music,theatreanddance.Sonurtureyourtalentsandskills,getcreativeandexperiencethethrillofmakingartwithUSC’sdistinguishedfaculty.
OrganizedbytheUSCArtsSchools.
The Sota Project: Women in ConTEXT Sunday,October7,2p.m.USCFisherMuseumofArt
AnexcitingconversationaboutcontemporaryIsraeliartandculturewillbepresentedthroughtheprismofOfriCnaani’sSota Project,animmersivevideoinstallationthatreenactsacontroversialtextintheTalmud.The Sota Projectisataleoftwosistersboundtogetherinloyaltythatunfoldsinbothtimeandthree-dimensionalspace.Cnaanirevealsanumberofstillurgentfeministissuesthroughherart,inthiscasethepainandhumiliationthataccompanytheaccusationofadultery.TheconversationwillexploretheroleofIsraeliartandcultureintoday’sglobalartscenewhileexcavatingitslayeredanddeeplyrootedhistoricalcontexts.PanelistsincludeartistOfriCnaani;TalmudistDvoraWeisberg,directoroftheSchoolofRabbinicStudiesatHebrewUnionCollege-JewishInstituteofReligion;MeganHiblerReid,assistantprofessorofIslam,religion,genderstudiesandlawatUSC;distinguishedcontemporary-artcriticJamesTrainor;andmoderatorSelmaHolo,directoroftheUSCFisherMuseumofArt.
OrganizedbytheUSCFisherMuseumofArt,theUSCRoskiSchoolofFineArtsandtheUSCDornsifeCollegeofLetters,ArtsandSciences.
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Poetry: A Career?! A Conversation with Kay Ryan and Dana GioiaMonday,October8,7p.m.FriendsoftheUSCLibrariesLectureHall,DohenyMemorialLibrary240
Aretrospectivereadingfromtheremarkablelife’sworkofMacArthurGeniusGrantrecipient,PulitzerPrizewinnerandformerU.S.poetlaureateKayRyan.ThereadingwillbeinterwovenwithaconversationbetweenRyanandDanaGioia,acivic-mindedpoetandformerchairmanoftheNationalEndowmentfortheArts,aboutthepragmaticaspectsofmakingpoemsaswellasRyan’sdistinctaesthetic.Ryanisanoutsider,apoetfromCalifornia(nottheEastCoastliteraryestablishment)whopublishedwithsmallpressesandwriteselliptical,concrescent,quizzicalpoems.TheeveningwillpresentthetrajectoryofRyan’sbodyofworkasithas“occurred”overtime,notasanevolution,butasa“longpatience.”
OrganizedbyBrighdeMullins(MasterofProfessionalWriting)andDanaGioia(JudgeWidneyProfessorofPoetryandPublicCulture).
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Kathy Rose: New Media and Performance ArtistThursday,October11,7p.m.GrandBallroom,RonaldTutorCampusCenter
Pioneeringnew-mediaandperformanceartistKathyRosewillpresentastunningmultimediaperformancefusingdance,sound,animationandfilm.Rose’sperformancesintegratelivedanceandprojectedimagesinamagnificenttheatricalphenomenonsettorhythmicmusic.InfluencedbyJapaneseaesthetics,hercostumes,filmprojectionsandperformancesareabstract,texturalandluminous.Rosehasreceivednumerousawardsforherwork,includingaGuggenheiminPerformanceArt,andshehastouredthroughouttheUnitedStatesandEurope,performingattheMuseumofModernArt,KennedyCenter,LincolnCenter,FondationCartierpourl’artcontemporain,InstituteofContemporaryArtsinLondonandAkademiederKünste inBerlin,amongothers.TheperformancewillbefollowedbyaconversationwithRosemoderatedbyMargoApostolos,associateprofessorintheUSCSchoolofDramaticArts.
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Image and Performance: A Workshop with Kathy RoseFriday,October12,1to4p.m.SchoolofCinematicArtsGallery
Aninterdisciplinaryworkshopwillallowstudentsfromallbackgroundstoperformwithmediatheyhavecreated. Theworkshopwillalsoincludeexercisestopromoteconfidence,concentrationandimagination.
OrganizedbySheilaM.Sofian(AnimationandDigitalArts).
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A State of the Union Conversation An Evening with
Frank Rich and Fran Lebowitz A VISIONS AND VOICES SIGNATURE EVENT
Monday,October15,7p.m.BovardAuditorium
JoinusforaneveningwithdistinguishedauthorsandjournalistsFrankRichandFranLebowitz.Theywillcometogetherforarareandstimulatingconversationexploringourpre-electionstateoftheunion.FollowinganexceptionalcareerasacolumnistattheNew York Times,FrankRichjoinedNew Yorkmagazinein2011aswriter-at-large,writingmonthlyonpoliticsandculture,andeditingaspecialmonthlysectionanchoredbyhisessay.Hisbest-sellingbooksincludeThe Greatest Story Ever Sold: The Decline and Fall of Truth in Bush’s AmericaandGhost Light: A Memoir.FranLebowitz,wittychroniclerofthe“medecade”andtheculturalsatiristwhommanycalltheheirtoDorothyParker,offersinsightsontimelyissuessuchasgender,raceandthemediaaswellasherownpetpeeves, includingcelebrityculture,touristsandstrollers.Lebowitz isthesubjectoftheMartinScorsesefilmPublic Speaking,andherfirsttwoclassicbooksofessays,Metropolitan LifeandSocial Studies,havebeencollectedintheFran Lebowitz Reader.
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The New York Times Feminist Reading Group With Jen Kennedy and Liz Linden Monday,October22throughThursday,October25,4to5:30p.m.ForumRoom,RonaldTutorCampusCenter,4thFloor
Since this project was first performed at Dispatch Bureau in NewYorkin2009,The New York Times Feminist Reading Grouphasmetperiodicallytodiscusscurrenteventsandfeministissuesraisedbythatday’sissueoftheNew York Times.Participantsarewelcomeregardlessofwhethertheyhaveread,skimmedorevenjustglancedatthatday’spaper.Thediscussionbeginsinformallywithnewsitemsorquestionsraisedbyparticipants,andrangeswidelyfrominvestigationsofspecificarticlesorimages,toeditorialchoicesandadplacements,tothelargerquestionsofthebusinessofnewspapersandcontemporarymediaingeneral. The New York Times Feminist Reading GroupisorganizedandfacilitatedbywriterJenKennedyandartistLizLinden,whohavebeencollaboratingonprojectsthatinvestigatecontemporaryusagesofthewordfeminismsince2008.Theirprojectsincludetown-hallmeetings,feministbookswaps,videoandsoundworksandpilotpress, theirDIYfeministpublishinghouse.
OrganizedbytheUSCRoskiSchoolofFineArts.
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The Provost’s Writers SeriesInthefallof2012,wewillintroducetheProvost’sWritersSeries,featuringtheextraordinarytalentsofUSCauthors.FoureventswillbeheldthroughouttheyearfeaturingUSCfacultywhowillreadfromanddiscusstheirrecentpublications.TheserieswillprovideopportunitiesforstudentsandthecommunitytoengagewithUSCauthors,learnabouttheincrediblediversityoftheirworkandcelebratethewrittenword.
David Treuer Rez Life: An Indian’s Journey Through Reservation LifeTuesday,October23,7p.m.UniversityClub
DavidTreuer,aprofessorofEnglishatUSC,isanOjibweIndianfromLeechLakeReservationinnorthernMinnesota.Heistheauthorofthreenovelsandacollectionofessays.Histhirdnovel,The Translation of Dr Apelles,wasnamedBestBookoftheYearbytheWashington Post.Hewillgiveapresentationonhismostrecentbook,Rez Life: An Indian’s Journey Through Reservation Life.Inthispowerfulandilluminatingbook,TreuerbringshisskillforstorytellingandaneyefordetailtoacomplexandsubtleexaminationofNativeAmericanreservationlife,pastandpresent.
Steven J. Ross Hollywood Left and Right: How Movie Stars Shaped American PoliticsWednesday,November14,7p.m.UniversityClub
StevenJ.RossisaprofessorofhistoryatUSCandauthorofseveralbooks,includingWorking-Class Hollywood: Silent Film and the Shaping of Class in AmericaandMovies and American Society.Hewilltalkabouthismostrecentbook,Hollywood Left and Right: How Movie Stars Shaped American Politics,whichreceivedtheAcademyofMotionPictureArtsandSciences’FilmScholarsAwardandaPulitzerPrizenomination.Inthisentertainingandengagingbook,RosstellsastoryabouttheemergenceofHollywoodasavitalcenterofpoliticallifeandtheimportantrolethatmoviestarshaveplayedinshapingthecourseofAmericanpolitics.
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Deborah Harkness The All Souls Trilogy: A Discovery of Witches and Shadow of NightWednesday,February13,7p.m.UniversityClub
DeborahHarknessisaprofessorofEuropeanhistoryandthehistoryofscienceatUSC.Herbooksincludetwoworksofnonfiction:John Dee’s Conversations with Angels: Cabala, Alchemy, and the End of NatureandThe Jewel House: Elizabethan London and the Scientific Revolution.Shebeganwritingfictionin2008andin2011published A Discovery of Witches,whichdebutedatnumbertwoontheNew York TimesBestSellerslist.ThiswasthefirsttitleinherAllSoulsTrilogy,arichandcompellingtapestryofalchemy,magicandhistory.JoinusasHarknessreadsfromA Discovery of Witchesandthesecondtitleinthetrilogy,Shadow of Night.
Carol Muske-DukesTwin Cities Wednesday,April10,7p.m.UniversityClub
CarolMuske-DukesisaprofessorofEnglishatUSC,formerpoetlaureateofCaliforniaandrecipientofnumerousawards.Sheisthecoeditoroftwoanthologiesandauthorofeightbooksofpoetry,includingAn Octave Above ThunderandSparrow ; fournovels, includingChanneling Mark Twain;andtwocollectionsofessays,includingMarried to the Icepick Killer: A Poet in Hollywood.Muske-Dukeswillreadfromherlatestbookofpoetry,Twin Cities,whichhasbeendescribedas“stunning,”
“masterful”and“heart-stopping.”Shewillalsodiscussherrecentanthology,Crossing State Lines: An American Renga.
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Nikkatsu at 100 Friday,October26throughSunday,October28NorrisCinemaTheatre/FrankSinatraHall
OnSeptember10,2012,Japan’sNikkatsuFilmStudiowillcelebrate its100thanniversary.OneofJapan’soldestandmostacclaimedfilmstudios,theNikkatsulibrariescontainapproximately3,300film titles, includingsomeof themostimportantJapanesefilmsfromthesilenteratotheclassicalperiod,fromthepostwareratothenewwave,anduptothecurrentrenaissanceofJapanesecinema.Nikkatsu’scollectionincludesperiodpieces,samuraifilms,melodramas,youthfilms,gangsterfilms,“pink”movies,horrorfilmsandcontemporaryblockbusters,withmajorcriticalandbox-officesuccessesineachofthoseareas.Thisthree-dayeventwilldrawfromNikkatsu’slibrarytocelebrate100yearsofJapanesecinema,andwillincludescreeningsanddiscussionswithfilmmakers,scholarsandcriticsonNikkatsu’senduringlegacyinJapananditshistoricalplaceinthefilmworld.
OrganizedbytheUSCSchoolofCinematicArts.Co-sponsoredbyNikkatsuCorporation,theJapanFoundationLosAngeles,theConsulate-GeneralofJapaninLosAngeles,JapanFilmSociety,theCenterforJapaneseReligionsandCultureandtheEastAsianStudiesCenter.
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Fronteras Alternativas: Queer Latina/o Visibilities and InsurgenciesThursday,November1,7p.m.FriendsoftheUSCLibrariesLectureHallDohenyMemorialLibrary240
ExploretheintersectionsofqueerandLatina/oart, aesthetics and performance through adialoguewithDinoDinco,anartist,filmmakerandcuratorwhoseworkhasbeenexhibitedinternationally; Raquel Gutiérrez, a writer,performerandfounderofseveralqueer-women-of-color, community-based art and literaryprojects; scholar Robb Hernandez, whosedissertation focused on queer Chicano artandaestheticsinEastLosAngeles;andartistJoeyTerrill,aformativefigureintheChicanoart movement and AIDS cultural activism.AddressingoftenobscuredoromittedhistoriesofqueerandLatina/oculturalproductioninLosAngeles,thespeakerswillconsiderhowsuchlegaciesaffectcontemporaryartpracticeandtheirrelationto“thearchive.”
OrganizedbyONENationalGay&LesbianArchivesatUSCLibraries.
Shining Night: A Portrait of Composer Morten LauridsenFriday,November2,7p.m.TheRayStarkFamilyTheatreSchoolofCinematicArts108
Shining Night: A Portrait of Composer Morten Lauridsen isanewdocumentarythatcelebratesthelifeandworkofAmerica’smostfrequentlyperformedchoralcomposer.MortenLauridsenisa2007NationalMedalofArtsrecipientanda distinguished professor of composition atthe USC Thornton School of Music. He hasbeen named an American Choral Master bytheNationalEndowmentfortheArts.Shining Night,whichreceivedtheBestDocumentaryAward at the DC Independent Film Festival,commemorates the 15th anniversary of thepremiereofLauridsen’sLux Aeternaandthe25thanniversaryofthepremiereofMadrigali.Followingascreeningofthefilm,Lauridsenwillbejoinedinconversationbythefilm’sdirector,MichaelStillwater,andDanaGioia,theJudgeWidneyProfessorofPoetryandPublicCultureatUSCandadjunctprofessorofmusicologyatThornton.
OrganizedbytheUSCThorntonSchoolofMusic.
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Top Girls By Caryl ChurchillSunday,November4,2:30p.m.McClintockTheatre
Setinearly1980sBritainwhenMargaretThatcher,agrocer’sdaughter,hadjustbecomethefirstwomanprimeministeroftheUK,Top Girlsisaplayexaminingtheroleofwomeninsocietyandwhatitmeanstobea successfulwomanacrossagesandgenerations.Theplayfamously begins with a dreamlike sequence when a career-drivenwomanhostsadinnerpartytocelebrateherpromotiontodirectoroftheTopGirlsemploymentagency.Herguestsarefivewomenfromthepast:IsabellaBird(1831–1904),theadventuroustraveler;LadyNijo (born1258), themedievalcourtesanwhobecameaBuddhistnun;DullGret,whoinaBruegelpaintingledacrowdofwomenonachargethroughhell;PopeJoan,thetransvestiteearlyfemalepope;andPatientGriselda,anobedientwifeoutofChaucer’sCanterbury Tales.Ablisteringyetsympatheticlookatwomenandsuccess,Top Girlsisaclassicofcontemporarytheatreandalandmarkforanewgenerationofplaywrights.
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An Evening with David Henry Hwang
A VISIONS AND VOICES SIGNATURE EVENTThursday,November8,7p.m.
Town&Gown
Joinusforaneveningwithoneofthecountry’smostaccomplishedandpreeminentplaywrights.Throughouthiscareer,DavidHenryHwang has explored the complexities of forging Eastern andWesternculturesincontemporaryAmerica.Overthepast30years,hisextraordinarybodyofworkhasbeenmarkedbyadeepdesireto reaffirm thecommonhumanity inallofus.He isbestknownastheauthorofM. Butterfly,whichwonTony,DramaDesk,JohnGassnerandOuterCriticsCircleawards,andwasalsoafinalistforthePulitzerPrize.HisplayGolden Child,abookthatPresidentNikiashasidentifiedasessentialreadingforallUSCstudents,receivedanOBIEAwardbeforemoving toBroadway,where it received threeTonynominations.HisplayYellow FacewonanOBIEAwardandwasafinalistforthePulitzerPrize.Hismostrecentplay,Chinglish,acomedyaboutanAmericanbusinessmaninChina,wasnamedBestNewAmericanPlayof2011byTIMEmagazine.HwanghasalsowrittenBroadwaymusicals,includingtheTony-nominatedFlower Drum Song,andseveralscreenplays, includingM. Butterfly,directedbyDavidCronenbergandstarringJeremyIronsandJohnLone.HehaswrittenfourworkswithcomposerPhilipGlass,and,accordingtoOpera News,isAmerica’smost-producedlivingoperalibrettist.
The Metropolitan Opera in HDTheUSCSchoolofCinematicArtswillhostaseriesofsatellitebroadcastsfromtheMetropolitanOperapresentedinspectacularHDdigitalprojectionand5.1 surround sound. Elizabeth Hynes, chair ofvocalartsandoperaintheUSCThorntonSchoolofMusic,willhostdiscussionspriortotheoperaslistedbelow.
Giuseppe Verdi’s OtelloSunday,November1112p.m.:Pre-OperaDiscussion1p.m.:HDOperaBroadcastNorrisCinemaTheatre/FrankSinatraHall
Verdi’sShakespeareanmasterpiecereturnstotheMetwithJohanBothainthetitleroleoppositetheacclaimed Desdemona played by star sopranoRenéeFleming.SemyonBychkovconducts.
Giuseppe Verdi’s RigolettoSaturday,February2312p.m.:Pre-OperaDiscussion1p.m.:HDOperaBroadcastNorrisCinemaTheatre/FrankSinatraHall
DirectorMichaelMayerhassethisnewproductionofVerdi’stoweringtragedyin1960LasVegas.InspiredbytheanticsoftheRatPack,thisproductionfeaturesPiotrBeczalaasthewomanizingDukeofMantua;ŽeljkoLučićashistragicsidekick,Rigoletto;andDianaDamrauasRigoletto’sdaughter,Gilda.
Organized by the USC School of Cinematic Arts inconjunctionwith theMetropolitanOperaand theUSCThorntonSchoolofMusic.
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Fit for Society A Performance by the Veterans Center for the Performing ArtsMonday,November12,6p.m.GrandBallroom,RonaldTutorCampusCenter
PresentedinrecognitionofVeteransDay, Fit for Societyisacompellingandunflinchingplayaboutthetrialsandanecdotesofthemilitaryexperienceduringatimeofwar.Honest,funny,moving,poignantandawe-inspiring,Fit for Societyistoldfromtheperspectiveofactualsoldiers,survivorsandfamilymembers.Experiencethesestoriespresentedwithoutpity,apologyorpoliticalagenda.TheplaywaswrittenbyBrianMonahan,thesonofaNavyofficer,andStephanWolfert,aU.S.Armyveteran.Wolfert,whoalsodirectedtheplay, wasthemilitarydirectoroftheTonyAward–winningBroadwayproductionMovin’ Out! Followingtheperformance,severalUSCveteranswillsharehowtheirmilitaryexperienceshaveshapedtheirlivesinaconversationmoderatedbyUSCsocialworkprofessorAnthonyHassan.
OrganizedbySyreetaGreene(TransferandVeteranStudentPrograms)andAnthonyHassan(SocialWork).Co-sponsoredby the Office of Campus Activities—Transfer and VeteranStudentPrograms,USCSchool ofSocialWork,Center forInnovationandResearchonVeteransandMilitaryFamiliesandOfficeofReligiousLife.
The Tempest An Opera by Lee HoibyWednesday,November14,8p.m.Friday,November16,8p.m.Sunday,November18,2p.m.BingTheatre
BrentMcMunn,conductorKenCazan,stagedirector
The USC Thornton Opera program will present theWestCoastpremiereofLeeHoiby’soperaThe Tempest,basedontheclassicstorybyShakespeare.Getsweptup into intrigueonadesert islandwith thesorcererProspero;hisdaughterMiranda;Caliban,themonstrousoffspring of a witch; and the light and mischievousspriteAriel in thismasterful andmoving adaptation.This internationallyacclaimedoperahasbeencalled
“awinner;asumptuously,beautifullywrittenmodernmasterpiece”(Opera News)withmusicthatis“buoyant”and “shimmering” (Fanfare magazine). The tale ofmagic,revengeandforgivenessispeopledbythesortoffantasticalandcomplexcharactersthatcouldonlyhavebeenwrittenbytheplaywrightwhomHaroldBloomcreditswith“theinventionofthehuman.”
Apre-showdiscussionwithMaestroBrentMcMunnandguestswillbeheldonFriday,November16,at7p.m.
OrganizedbytheUSCThorntonSchoolofMusic.
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An Evening with Trimpin, Sound ArtistThursday,January24,7:30p.m.AlfredNewmanRecitalHall
Trimpin,an internationallyacclaimedartist, kineticsculptor, soundartist,musician,engineer,inventor,composerandMacArthurGeniusGrantrecipient,isoneofthemoststimulatingone-manforcesinmusictoday.Aspecialistin interfacing computers with traditional acoustic instruments, he hasdevelopedamyriadofmethodsforplayingtrombones,cymbalsandpianoswithMacintoshcomputers.AneveningwithTrimpinwillexplorehisworkandtheworldofsoundart.Theeventwillincorporatealecture,amusical/sound-artperformanceandanexcerptfromthefilmTrimpin: The Sound of Invention.
OrganizedbyKarenKoblitz(FineArts)andVeronikaKrausas(Music).Co-sponsoredbytheUSCThorntonSchoolofMusicandtheUSCRoskiSchoolofFineArts.
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Music Festivals: Creating New Communities for a New GenerationFriday,January25,12:30to10p.m.NorrisCinemaTheatre/FrankSinatraHall
Eachgenerationcreatesvenueswheremusiccanbeshared.Inrecentyears,musicfestivalssuchasCoachella,OutsideLands,Lollapalooza,BonnarooandSouthBySouthwesthavedrawnhundredsofthousandsofpeopletolistentocutting-edgebandsfromtheUnitedStatesandabroad.Coachellahasgrownfrom25,000peopleduringtwodaysin1999tocrowdsof85,000adayovertwothree-dayweekendsin2012.Whatdotheseeventssayaboutyouthculturetoday?Canmusictransformandmobilizeaculture?Apanelofexpertswilldiscussthemusic-festivalphenomenon:TaylorGoldsmith,leadsingeroftherockgroupDawes;authorandmusiccriticAnnPowers;JoshKun,aUSCAnnenbergprofessoranddirectorofthePopularMusicProject;andamusicfestivalrepresentative.ThedaywillalsoincludescreeningsofthedocumentariesMonterey Pop(1968),Wattstax(1973)andElectric Daisy Carnival Experience(2011),followedbyaQ&AwithElectric DaisydirectorKevinKerslake.
OrganizedbytheLosAngelesInstitutefortheHumanities,USCLibrariesandtheUSCSchoolofCinematicArts.
Naked IslandBenicio Del Toro Presents the Work of Legendary Japanese Filmmaker Kaneto Shindo Saturday,January26,7p.m.NorrisCinemaTheatre/FrankSinatraHall
Kaneto Shindo has been a pioneer of independentfilmmakinginJapanforover80years,engaginginradicalexperimentswithcinematicformsthatseeminnovativeeventoday.Shindo’sNaked Island isanearlydialogue-freefilmthatfollowsthestrugglesofayoungfamilylivingasfarmersonanislandthatlacksanaturalwatersource.Theresultingcinematicpoemhasbecomealandmarkof Japanese cinema. Despite having won numerousinternationalawards,Shindo’sworkhasonlyrecentlybeenreintroducedtonon-Japaneseaudiences, largelythroughthechampioningofAcademyAward–winningactorBenicioDelToro,whohascalledShindo“oneofthegreatfilmmakersthattheworldhasproduced.”JoinusinauniqueopportunitytocelebrateKanetoShindowitharare35mmscreeningofNaked Island,followedbyaQ&AwithBenicioDelToroandJiroShindo,thedirector’sson.
OrganizedbySunyoungLee(KayaPress),AkiraLippit(CinematicArts)andStanleyRosen(PoliticalScience).Co-sponsoredbyAmericanStudiesandEthnicity(AsianAmericanStudies),theCenterforJapaneseReligionsandCulture,EastAsianLanguagesandCulture,theEastAsianStudiesCenterandtheUSCSchoolofCinematicArts(CriticalStudiesandOutsidetheBox[Office]).
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Scrapbooks, Army Surplus, Comics and Other StuffA Conversation with Graphic Storyteller C. Tyler Thursday,January31,7p.m.AnnenbergAuditorium
Onenight,theundergroundcartoonistC.Tylerreceivedaphonecallfromherusuallytaciturn90-year-oldfather,aWorldWarIIveteran,whosuddenlywantedtounloadmemoriesoflong-agoexperienceswhichuntilthatmomentfellintowhatTylercalls“thecategoryof‘leaveitthehellalone’or‘it’snoneofyourgoddamnbusiness.’”Tylercapturedherfather’smemoriesthroughatrilogyofgraphicnovels,whichexpandtotellthestoryofherfamily’shistory.Stunninglyrenderedandintenselypersonal,You’ll Never Know: A Graphic Memoirisabout“thestuffthatgetspasseddowntothenextgeneration,”with“stuff”meanttodescribematerialculturestoredawayinthebasementandtheemotionalbaggagethatherfatherpassedtohergeneration.InthisillustratedconversationwithHenryJenkins,USCProvost’sProfessorofCommunication,JournalismandCinematicArts,C.Tylerwilltalkaboutcomics,familymemories,materialculture,gender,generationsandthestuffthatgetsexchangedbetweenmembersofafamily.
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A VISIONS AND VOICES SIGNATURE EVENTTuesday,February5,7p.m.
BovardAuditorium
Joinusforanunforgettableeveningofmusic,poetryandconversationfeaturingtheseminalAmericanartistPattiSmith—apoet,singer,songwriter,photographerandfineartistwhoseinfluencebranchesoutthroughgenerations,acrossdisciplinesandaroundtheworld.Emerginginthenascentculturalhotbedofmid-1970sNewYorkCity,Smithforgedareputationasoneofthedecade’sfirstvisionaryartists,mergingpoetryandrockinvitalnewways.Her1975debutalbum,Horses,isroutinelyrankedasoneofthegreatestalbumsofalltime.In2007,shewasinductedintotheRockandRollHallofFame.In2010,shewontheNationalBookAwardforNonfictionforJust Kids,abest-sellingmemoiraboutherearlydaysinNewYorkwhenshemetandmadeartwithherfriendRobertMapplethorpe.In2011,SmithwaslistedamongstTIMEmagazine’s100most influentialpeopleintheworldandRolling Stone ’s100greatestartists.
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Women’s Voices in Society and the ArtsCreating Art: History and Society as InspirationWednesday,February6,7p.m.FriendsoftheUSCLibrariesLectureHallDohenyMemorialLibrary240
AninspiringconversationwillfeatureperformerHaerryKim,directorNatsukoOhama,playwrightVelinaHasuHouston,performing-artscriticMeilingChengandvisualartistChang-JinLee.TheywilladdressissuesrelatedtoAsianandAsianAmericanwomenandthepoweroftheartsingivingvoicetosocialissues.
FACE: A Performance by Haerry KimFriday,February8,7p.m.24thStreetTheatre111724thStreet,LosAngeles
BasedontestimoniesofKoreancomfortwomen(womenwho were abducted and raped by the Japanese militaryduring World War II), FACE is a powerful one-womanshowabouta ruralgirlwhosurvived twowars.Writtenand performed by Haerry Kim, artistic director of ETSTheater Company in Seoul, Korea, FACE superbly andelegantlyrevealssuppressedhistoriesandcreatesaspacefor reclaiming memories.
Finding Voice: From Story to PerformanceSaturday,February9,11a.m.to2p.m.ParksidePerformanceCaféInternationalParksideResidentialCollege
LearnhowtotransformyourstoriesintoperformanceinthisworkshopwithHaerryKim.
OrganizedbyNatsukoOhama(DramaticArts).Co-sponsoredbyKookminUniversity(Seoul,SouthKorea).
Hole in the Head: A Life RevealedThursday,February7,7p.m.TheRayStarkFamilyTheatre,SchoolofCinematicArts108
Hole in the Head: A Life Revealed is an award-winningdocumentary that tells the shocking, inspiring andextraordinarylifestoryofVertusHardiman,thevictimofahorrifyingmedicalexperimentattheageoffive.ThetragicexperimentcompelledHardimantoconcealapainfulandraredeformityunderawigandbeanieforover70years.Thefilmretraceswhathappenedduringthe1920swhenHardimanandnineotheryoungchildreninIndianawereseverelyirradiatedduringamedicalexperimentconductedatthelocalcountyhospital.Hardiman’slittle-knownstoryraisesquestionsabouttheethicsofresearchandtheabusesthathaveoccurred in thenameof research. It isalsoatestamenttothepowerofthehumanspiritandtheabilitytoendurewithoutangerinthefaceofinjustice.Ascreeningof thefilmwill be followedby adiscussionwithwriter/producerWilbertSmith,writer/directorBrettLeonardandUSCassociateprofessorofsocialworkKarenD.Lincoln.
OrganizedbyKarenD.Lincoln(SocialWork).Co-sponsoredbytheUSCEdwardR.RoybalInstituteonAging.
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The Interpreters: Technologies and Experiments at the Natural History MuseumTuesday,February12,7p.m.SchoolofCinematicArtsGallery
From insects todinosaursandgems toediblegardens, theNaturalHistoryMuseumofLosAngelesCountypresentsawealthofobjectsandenvironmentstothepublic.Inadditiontoexhibitingdisplays,themuseumemploysateamoftechnologists,educatorsandperformerstoanimatetheobjectsinthemuseum’scollection.Thisprocessofdesigningnarratives—thefieldofgalleryinterpretation—willbedemonstratedbyNaturalHistoryMuseumstaff,includingexperimentalexhibitdesignersandperformanceartists.Theywillshowcasethedynamicwaystheyareusingtechnologytoexpandinterpretationandeducation,includinginteractivemultimediadisplays, lasersensorsandfull-sizedroboticdinosaurs,makingnaturalhistoryexcitingandaccessibleforanewgenerationofaudiencesofallages.
OrganizedbyCraigDietrich(CinematicArts).Co-sponsoredbytheInstituteforMultimediaLiteracy.
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Truth in Interactive StorytellingAn Evening with Artist-Writer Phoebe GloecknerTuesday,February19,7p.m.FriendsoftheUSCLibrariesLectureHall,DohenyMemorialLibrary240
PhoebeGloecknerisbestknownastheauthorofgroundbreakingcomicsstoriesaboutyounggirlsinearly-1970sSanFrancisco.HercomicshaveappearedinlegendaryundergroundpublicationslikeWeirdo andWimmen’s Comixaswellasinbook-lengthcollections.Duringthelastdecade,Gloecknerhasbeenexperimentingwithnewcontentandnewmedia,performingintensiveresearchinandcreatingmultimediaartworksaboutthebordercityofCiudadJuárez,wherethousandsofgirlsandwomenhavebeenmurderedorgonemissing.Gloecknerwillpresentportionsofthenewproject, inwhichsherecreatesJuárez-basedstreetscapes,domesticspaces,crimescenesandprisoncellsinaseriesofscale-modelenvironmentspopulatedbydigitallymanipulateddollswithwhichtheviewercaninteract.HerworkrepresentsanimportantresponsetotheviolenceinJuárez,whileraisingquestionsabouttheroleofartistsininvestigatingpoliticallychargedissues.
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The Dog and Pony Show (Bring Your Own Pony) A Performance by Holly HughesThursday,February21,7p.m.GrandBallroom,RonaldTutorCampusCenter
Overthepast30years,feministlesbianperformanceartistHollyHugheshasinfluencedagenerationofartistsandscholarswithherprovocativeperformances.A2010Guggenheimfellow,shehaswrittenandperformedsuchplaysasThe Well of HorninessandLet Them Eat CakeandthesoloshowsClit NotesandPreaching to the Perverted.ShewillperformThe Dog and Pony Show (Bring Your Own Pony),herfirstfull-lengthsolopieceintenyears,inwhichshepoignantlyandhilariouslypairsincisivecommentaryonidentityandpoliticswithinsightsonaging,communityandbelonging.Theshowoffersatouchingandcomicallookatthenatureofrelationshipsandintimacythroughalooselylinkedseriesofautobiographicalnarratives,thesubjectmatterofwhichrangesfromthelegacyoffeminismtotheuniquecharactersfoundataMichigandogshow.
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Autobiographical Performance Workshop with Holly HughesFriday,February22,2to4p.m.FriendsoftheUSCLibrariesLectureHallDohenyMemorialLibrary240
Participantswilllearnaboutcreatingperformancesusingpersonalexperienceandthetransformativepoweroftheimagination.
OrganizedbyDavidRomán(EnglishandAmericanStudiesandEthnicity).
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Queer Zines: Doin’ It in PrintWednesday,February27,7p.m.ONENationalGay&LesbianArchives909WestAdamsBoulevard,LosAngeles
A conversation will address a broad range of issues related tozines,queeraesthetics, independentpublishingand theways inwhich zines are distributed, archived and exhibited. Because oftheirDIYproduction,displayingandarchivingqueerzines,aswellasqueerculturemoregenerally, requirescreativeand inventivepractices.Panelists includeAmosMac,creatoroftransmanzineOriginal Plumbing;MiloMillerandChrisWilde,foundersoftheonlineQueerZineArchiveProject(QZAP);andMimiThiNguyen,assistantprofessorofgenderandwomen’sstudiesandAsianAmericanstudiesattheUniversityofIllinois,Urbana-Champaign,andcreatorofthecompilationzine...Race Riot.Also,theOakland/LosAngeles–basedMiracleBookmobilewilldistributeusedandDIYpublications.
OrganizedbyONENationalGay&LesbianArchivesatUSCLibraries.
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Just Food and Fair Food: A Multidisciplinary ExplorationFriday,March1,11a.m.to1p.m.DohenyMemorialLibrary
Writers,policymakersandactivistshaveexaminedimportantissuesconcerningfoodsafety,environmentalsustainabilityandthehealthcostsofprocessed, industriallyproducedfood.Butmuchofthisdiscussionhasassumedanaffluentconsumer,onewithbountifulchoicesforgoodfood.Thequestionofjustandfairfood—thereadyavailabilityoffresh,equitablyproduced,affordablefoodtoallpeople,regardlessofincomeorplaceofresidence—hasreceivedfarlessattention.Thiseventwillbringtogetherscholars,policyanalysts,activistsandfoodproviderstoexaminetheseissuesonnational,regionalandlocallevels.PaulaDaniels,senioradvisortothemayorofLosAngelesonsustainablefoodandwaterpolicy,willmoderateaconversationwithOranHesterman,authorofFair Food: Growing a Healthy, Sustainable Food System for All;RobertGottlieb,co-authorofFood Justice;LuzCalvo,founderofLuz’sDecolonialCookingClub;LaVonnaLewis,professorofpublicpolicyatUSC;andSarahPortnoy,lecturerinSpanishandPortugueseatUSC.Thepanelwillbefollowedbyafair-foodbazaarfeaturinglunchandconversationwithpanelistsandlocalfair/justfoodpractitioners.
OrganizedbyChimeneTucker,SueTysonandEduardoTinoco(USCLibraries).
A Shipwreck OperaSaturday,March2,3p.m.ParksideRestaurantRotundaInternationalParksideResidentialCollege
Powerfulandtouching,A Shipwreck Opera,winneroftheLongLeafOpera’sone-actoperacompetition,featuresascorebyesteemedcomposerJohnBHedgeswithlibrettobyrenownedauthorAimeeBender(The Girl in the Flammable Skirt,The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake).Theoperaisauniqueandsurprisingworkthatbeginswithashipwreckthat leavesababygirlaloneonanisland. Sheisraisedandlovedbyatree,andasshegrows,sheformsrelationshipswiththewindandtheseaandanotherhumanwhohappenstocomeby. Itisamovingstoryaboutfamilyandgrowingup. TheperformancewillfeatureUSCsingerswithmusicbytheDefiniensEnsembleandwillbefollowedbyadiscussionwithBenderandHedges.
OrganizedbyAimeeBender(English).Co-sponsoredbytheOfficeforResidentialEducation.
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Visionary Women: Inspirations from Artists, Icons and ActivistsWednesday,March6,7p.m.FriendsoftheUSCLibrariesLectureHallDohenyMemorialLibrary240
InhonorofInternationalWomen’sDay,joinusforaconversationfeaturing Angella M. Nazarian, Karen Karbo and Paula Cizmar,whoseworkilluminatesthelivesandstoriesofvisionarywomenaroundtheworld.AngellaM.NazarianistheauthorofPioneers of the Possible: Celebrating Visionary Women of the World,astunningbookthatprofilestwentywomenpastandpresentfromfieldsasdiverseasart,politics,business,activism,sportsandspirituality,includingSimonedeBeauvoir,MarthaGraham,FridaKahlo,WangariMaathai,RigobertaMenchúTum,ZahaHadid,JacquelineNovogratzandDharmamasterChengYen.KarenKarboistheacclaimedauthorofnumerousbooks,includingwhatshecalls“thekickasswomentrilogy”aboutthreeinternationallyrenownedculturalicons—How Georgia Became O’Keefe,How to HepburnandThe Gospel According to Coco Chanel.Award-winningplaywrightPaulaCizmarisoneoftheauthorsofthepowerfuldocumentarytheatrepieceSeven,whichtellsthestoriesofsevencourageouswomenactivistscampaigningforhumanrightsaroundtheglobe.ThepanelwillbemoderatedbyDinahLenney,facultymemberinUSC’sMasterofProfessionalWritingprogramandauthorofBigger than Life: A Murder, a Memoir.
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Mixing It Up: [Identity and Music] InnovationTuesday,April2,7:30p.m.BovardAuditorium
Crossing boundaries, taking risks, makingmusicandredefiningidentity—“MixingItUp”will showcase a broad range of talent frommixed-race artists in an exciting evening ofcultural and artistic performance. MusicalperformancesfrompopularYouTubeartistandUSCalum Kina Grannis,Japanese-Canadiansinger/songwriter JustinNozukaand Gow,fromtheJapan-basedgroupGenez,willbewovenwith interactive conversations and storiesfromtheartistsabouttheir culturalrootsandmixedidentity,experimentationwithinnovativetechnologyandmusic-making outletsandtherisksandchallengestheyhavefacedinbuildingtheircareersininventive, groundbreakingways.
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Contemporary South American CinemaFriday,April5throughSunday,April7TheRayStarkFamilyTheatre,SchoolofCinematicArts108
Inrecentyears,muchinternationalattentionhasbeenfocusedonfilmindustriesinSouthAmerica,fromtherecentAcademyAwardforBestForeignLanguageFilmforArgentina’sThe Secret in Their Eyes tothesensationalblockbustersuccessofBrazilianfilmmakerJoséPadilha’sElite Squad: The Enemy Within,thehighest-grossingfilminSouthAmericanhistory,surpassingevenAvatar.Athree-dayeventwillexaminetheworkofSouthAmericanfilmmakers,highlightingcontemporaryfilms from Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Colombia, Bolivia,Venezuelaandothercountries.Screeningswillbeinterspersedwithdiscussions featuringscholars andfilmmakers aboutfilmmakingacrossthecontinent.
OrganizedbytheUSCSchoolofCinematicArts.
Imaging Genocide: Artistic Responses to Mass ViolencePresentedaspartofUSC’sGenocideAwarenessWeek,threeeventswillexploreartisticresponsestogenocide,highlightingtheabilityofcreativeexpressiontoshinelightinthedarknessandgivevoicetosilence.
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Murals Under the StarsAn Evening with Gregorio LukeSaturday,April13,7p.m.RonaldTutorCampusCenterInternationalPlaza
EverysummertheMuseumofLatinAmericanArt(MOLAA)presentsMuralsUndertheStars,oneofthemostexcitingoutdoorartisticexperiencesinSouthernCalifornia.GregorioLuke,anexpertonMexicanandLatinAmericanartandculture,willbringthisspectacularoutdooreventtoUSCwith a presentation showcasing the works offamousMexicanartists.Usingthemostadvancedprojectiontechnology,themuralsareprojectedlife-sizeontoanoutdoorwall,givingviewersthesensationofexperiencingtheoriginalmurals inperson.ThisextraordinaryeventwillalsoincludelivemusicandadynamictalkbyLuke,whoistheformerdirectoroftheMOLAA,theformerconsulofculturalaffairsofMexicoinLosAngelesandthefirstsecretaryoftheembassyofMexico inWashington,D.C.
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Poster ExhibitionOpening Reception and DiscussionMonday,April8,5:30to7:30p.m.USCFisherMuseumofArt
Astudent-curatedshowwillfeatureartfromtheCenterfortheStudyofPoliticalGraphics, includingpostersrelatedtothegenocides inArmenia,Congo,GuatemalaandRwanda,aswellastheHolocaustandthemurdersofthewomenofJuárez.Apaneldiscussionwillbepresentedat6p.m.withUSCFisherMuseumdirectorSelmaHoloandUSCShoahFoundationInstituteexecutivedirectorStephenSmith.
Storytelling and PerformanceTuesday,April9,7p.m.GroundZeroPerformanceCafé
PlaywrightsYvetteRugasaguhungaandCatherineFillouxwillperformshorttheatricalpiecesontheRwandanandCambodiangenocides.Following the performance, Rugasaguhunga, who survived theRwandangenocideasachild,FillouxandUSCdramaticartsprofessorStacieChaikenwilldiscussthepoweroftheatreandstorytellingtoraiseawarenessandinspireglobalaudiences.
The Elida Schogt TrilogyFilm Screening and Closing ReceptionThursday,April11,7p.m.TheRayStarkFamilyTheatre,SchoolofCinematicArts108
ElidaSchogthascreatedadynamictrilogyoffilms—Silent Song,The Walnut TreeandZyklon Portrait—thatexploretheHolocaustthroughanabstractlens,offeringaninnovativeartisticresponsetomassatrocities.Thefilmswillbescreened,followedbyadiscussionwithSchogtandUSCSchoolofCinematicArtsAssociateDeanMichaelRenov.
OrganizedbytheUSCShoahFoundationInstitute.Co-sponsoredbytheUSCFisherMuseumofArt,theUSCSchoolofCinematicArts,theUSCSchoolofDramaticArtsandSTAND.
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Primero Sueño by Sor Juana Inés de la CruzA Performance by Jesusa RodríguezSunday,April14,7p.m.Tommy’sPlace,RonaldTutorCampusCenter
Jesusa Rodríguez is a prominent theatre director, actress,playwright and activist from Mexico who has performedthroughoutLatinAmerica,Canada,theUnitedStatesandEurope.She has earned numerous awards, including a GuggenheimFellowshipandanOBIEAward.RodríguezwillperformPrimero Sueño,basedonthebeautifulandintricateseventeenth-centurypoemthatmarkedthebeginningofthemodernliteraryquestforknowledgeandenlightenment.ThepoemwaswrittenbySorJuanaInésdelaCruz,aMexicannunwhobecameoneofthemostimportantwritersoftheSpanishGoldenAge.Oneofthefirstwomeninhistorytopenadefenseofwomen’srationalcapacitiesandtheirrighttoeducation,SorJuanamadethesearchforknowledgeandtruthherreasonforbeing.
OrganizedbyMaría-ElenaMartínez(History)andCarolWise(InternationalRelations).
Performa nce and Form: A Net-Zero HouseWednesday,April17,6:30p.m.GrandBallroom,RonaldTutorCampusCenter
TheSolarDecathlonisabiannualcompetitionsponsoredbytheU.S.DepartmentofEnergythatchallengesinterdisciplinarycollegiate teams to design a net-zero-energy single-familyhouse.LedbytheUSCSchoolofArchitecture,USCreceivedan invitation to participate in the 2013 competition. Amultifacetedteamofstudents,facultyandsupportersfromacrosstheuniversitywillcometogetherwith thecommonpursuitofcreatingasustainable,efficient,butalsospatiallyandaestheticallypowerfulphysicalenvironment.Theywilldesignandbuildanet-zero-energyhouse,whichuponcompletionin2013willberelocatedanddonatedtoafamilyintheUSCneighborhood. This event will bring together experts onsustainabilityanddesignforaprovocativediscussiononthebenefitsanddrawbacksoftheSolarDecathloncompetition,its implications for long-termapplicationand the futureofgreenliving.
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Tsigan: The Gypsy PoemA Multimedia Performance in Words, Images, Music and DanceTuesday,April23,7p.m.BovardAuditorium
CalledGypsy, Tsigan, Gitane, Cygane, Zigeuner,theRomapeoplehavewanderedtheworldforathousandyears.They’vebeenromanticizedbutalsobrutallypersecuted.Tsigan: The Gypsy Poem isanacclaimedbook-lengthpoeticsequencewrittenbyUSCpoetCeciliaWoloch.ItintertwinesherpersonaljourneyofidentitywiththelargerforcesintheworldthathaveshapedtheRomapeople’sfateandfortunes.Tsiganbotheulogizesandcelebrates the lives of Gypsies, a people who haveenduredcenturiesofdispossession,exile,povertyandextermination.ThetextofTsiganwillformthebasisforthismovingmultimediaperformance.Woloch’sreadingfromthepoemwillcometolifeagainstabackdropofarchivalfootagedepictingthehistoryandtravailsoftheRomapeople.Musicanddancewillbewoventhroughouttheperformance,celebratingthelyricalfireoftheGypsyspirit.TheperformancewillbefollowedbyaconversationwithWolochandStephenSmith,executivedirectoroftheUSCShoahFoundationInstitute.
OrganizedbyCeciliaWoloch(English),LisaLeeman(CinematicArts),JackRowe(DramaticArts),StephanieShroyer(DramaticArts)andPaulaFouce(independentfilmmaker).Co-sponsoredbytheUSCShoahFoundationInstitute.
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Rhythms + Visions / Expanded + Live 2Friday,April26,8p.m.tomidnightSchoolofCinematicArtsComplex
Rhythms+Visions:Expanded+Live2will lightuptheSchoolofCinematicArtsComplexinaneveningoflargeexteriorprojectionsandanimatedsonicperformances.InnovativeartistsQuayola,MiwaMatreyekandCharlesLindsaywillperformaneclecticprogramofcontemporaryvisualmusicandaudio-visualart.Quayola’stime-baseddigital sculptures and immersiveaudio-visual workhavebeenpresentedworldwide.MiwaMatreyekcreatesmagicalanimated illusions in layered,multi-projectionperformances.CharlesLindsay,theartistinresidenceattheSETIInstitute,combinesscienceandastronomicalvisions with accompanying live vocal and electronicmusicians.Inadditiontotheseperformances,theexteriorspaceswillcomealivewithmultimediaworksbyfacultyandstudentsfromUSC’sDigitalArtsandAnimationandInteractiveMediadivisions.
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Troubled Ocean: Filmmakers Imagine the Pacifi cSaturday,April27,12to9p.m.NorrisCinemaTheatre/FrankSinatraHall
ThePacifichasavividholdontheEuropeanandAmericanimaginationasaparadiseandavastregionofexploration.Ithasalsobeenaplaceofconquest,colonizationandwar.Inaone-dayfestival,aseriesofscreeningsanddiscussionswilladdressthemesofthePacific.RenownedindependentfilmmakerJohnSayleswillpresenthisfilmAmigo,thefirstAmericanfeaturefilmtotackletheAmericancolonizationofthePhilippines.DirectorVilsoniHerenikowillpresentThe Land Has Eyes,theonlyfeaturefilmdirectedbyaPacificIslander,whichexplorestheBritishcolonialadministrationinRotuma(theFijiIslands)duringthe1960sand’70s.LeeJun-ik’sSunnyisaKoreanepicabouttheKoreanparticipationasanAmericanallyintheVietnamWar.
OrganizedbyJanetHoskins(Anthropology)andVietNguyen(EnglishandAmericanStudiesandEthnicity).Co-sponsoredbyAmericanStudiesandEthnicity,AsianPacificAmericanStudentServices,theCenterforInternationalStudies,theCenterforTranspacificStudiesandtheKoreanStudiesCenter.
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Los Angeles Burning: Memory, Justice and the 1992 RiotsMonday,April29,4p.m.FriendsoftheUSCLibrariesLectureHallDohenyMemorialLibrary240
FiresragedintheUSCneighborhoodandthroughoutLosAngelesoverseveraldaysinAprilandMayof1992.TheU.S.militarypatrolledVermontAvenueinarmoredvehicles.CommunityleaderslikeRev.Dr.CecilMurray,theformerpastorofFirstAfricanMethodistEpiscopal(FAME)Church,advocatedforjusticeandpeaceafteranall-white juryfailedtoconvictfourLAPDofficersforthevideotaped1991beatingofRodneyKing.Morethan twenty years later, Angelenos are still tryingto understand the significance of the Rodney Kingverdictandtheeventsof1992andthestateofracerelationstoday.Onthe21stanniversaryoftheverdict,adiscussionontheseissueswillfeatureRev.Dr.Murray,acclaimedjournalistErinAubryKaplan,filmmakerDaeHoonKimandUSChistoryprofessorPhilEthington.Inaddition,theUSCLibrarieswillpresentanexhibitionofphotographsanddocumentarymaterialsonthegroundfloorofDohenyLibrary.
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ODC/DanceA VISIONS AND VOICES SIGNATURE EVENT
PRESENTED WITH USC SPECTRUMThursday,May2,7p.m.
BovardAuditorium
JoinusasODC/Danceclosesthe2012–13VisionsandVoicesseasonwithanexhilaratingeveningofcontemporarydance.ODCwasfoundedin1971byartisticdirectorBrendaWay,whotrainedunderGeorgeBalanchine.SherelocatedthecompanyfromOhiotoSanFranciscoin1976inordertogroundthecompanyinadynamic,pluralisticsetting.Thecompanyhasbeenwidelyrecognizedfor itsfusionofballetandmodern techniques and for its groundbreakingcollaborationswithcomposers,writers,actorsandvisualartists.Featuringtenworld-classdancers,ODChasperformedformorethanamillionpeoplein32statesandelevencountries.ODCwillperformthreecriticallyacclaimedworks,Breathing Underwater,aluminouslookatfemaleexperienceandconnection;Cut Out Guy,athrillingtakeonissuesofmasculinity;andWaving Not Drowning,anexquisiteandsatiricalexplorationoftheworldoffashion.
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CelebratingPeace:HerbieHancock,WayneShorter,CindyBlackmanSantanaandMoreWednesday,August29Departat6p.m.;returnat11:45p.m.HollywoodBowl,HollywoodTheiconicHollywoodBowlwilldevotethisone-of-a-kindeveningtopeace,featuringsomeofthebestjazzmusiciansintheworld.TherearefewartistsinthemusicindustrywhohavehadmoreinfluenceonacousticandelectronicjazzandR&BthanHerbieHancock.Hewillperformalongwithanincrediblelineupofartists,includingWayneShorter,CindyBlackmanSantana,ZakirHussainandCarlosSantana.
L.A.ConservancyWalkingTour:ArtDecoSaturday,September8Departat9:45a.m.;returnat1:15p.m.DowntownLosAngelesTakeanin-depthlookatthehistory,materialsandstyleofArtDecoarchitecture,popularinLosAngelesinthe1920sand1930s.DowntownL.A.boastsanextraordinarycollectionofArtDecobuildings,duetoabuildingboomduring theheydayofthisarchitecturalstyle.New,modernandangular,thisstunningandcolorfulstylewasperfectforthemachineage,andwasusedforeverythingfromjewelrytoteapotstoskyscrapers.
The Last Days of Pompeii: Decadence, Apocalypse, ResurrectionFriday,September21Departat11:30a.m.;returnat5:30p.m.TheGettyVilla,MalibuDestroyedandparadoxicallypreservedbytheeruptionofMountVesuviusinA.D.79,thecityofPompeiiisexploredinthisexhibitionasamodernobsession.Overthe300yearssincetheirdiscovery,theVesuviansiteshavefunctionedasmirrorsofthepresent,inspiringforemostartists—fromIngrestoDalítoWarhol—toengagewithcontemporaryconcernsindiversemedia.There’snobetterplacetoviewthisartthantheGettyVilla,itselfmodeledonanItalianvilladestroyedbythesameeruptionthatburiedPompeii.
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LosAngelesPhilharmonic:Dudamel’sRite of SpringSunday,September30Departat12:30p.m.;returnat4:30p.m.WaltDisneyConcertHall,LosAngelesWhenitfirstpremieredin1913,IgorStravinsky’sThe Rite of Springwassocontroversialthat it caused a riot in the concert hall. This performance marks dynamic conductorGustavoDudamel’sfirstperformanceofthisclassicpiecewiththeLAPhil.AlsoontheprogramareRavel’sPavane pour une infante défunteandtheworldpremiereofanewpiecebyAmericancomposerStevenStucky.
NovemberFriday,October12Departat7:15p.m.;returnat11:15p.m.MarkTaperForum,LosAngelesPresident Charles Smith is desperate to secure his reelection, and he’s not afraid tobeg,bargainorsacrificetheremainsofhisintegritytomakeithappen.TheOvalOfficebecomesa three-ringcircusofpolitical incorrectness in thisplay fromPulitzerPrizewinnerDavidMamet.
The Book of MormonWednesday,October17Departat6:30p.m.;returnat11:45p.m.PantagesTheatre,HollywoodThecreatorsofSouth ParkandthecomposerofAvenue QhaveteameduptocreatewhattheNew York Timeshascalled“thebestmusicalofthiscentury!”Agleefullyprofane,irreverent and blasphemous tribute to the magic of Broadway, The Book of Mormonsuggeststhatsometimesfaithisallyouneed.
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LAOpera:Madame Butterfl ySaturday,December1Departat6p.m.;returnat11:15p.m.DorothyChandlerPavilion,LosAngelesInPuccini’sclassicopera,whatbeginsasanidyllicliaisoninanenchantinglandofcherryblossomsturnsintotheheartbreakingtragedyofanabandonedbrideforcedtomakeanexcruciatingdecision.Thisstunningproduction,neverbeforeseeninLosAngeles,meldssumptuouscostumeswithevocativeperiodscenery.
SouthCoastRepertory:ChinglishWednesday,January30Departat6p.m.;returnat11:30p.m.SegerstromStage,CostaMesaNamedbyTIMEasBestNewAmericanPlayof2011,DavidHenryHwang’sBroadwayhitcomestoSouthernCalifornia.WhenanAmericanbusinessmanarrivesinChina,thedealsinvolvemuchmorethanwininganddining.ThereparteeisfastandfunnyinthisEast-Westcomedythatembracesbothsidesoftheculturaldivide.
TheJoffreyBalletFriday,February1Departat6:30p.m.;returnat10:30p.m.DorothyChandlerPavilion,LosAngelesTheJoffreyBalletcelebratesthe100thanniversaryofThe Rite of SpringwiththeirgroundbreakingrecreationoftheoriginalBalletsRussesproduction.Basedonoverfifteenyearsofmeticulousresearch,theperformancerevealsthealarminggeniusofdance’smostinfluentialwork.
LosAngelesPhilharmonic:DudamelConductsAdamsSunday,March10Departat12:30p.m.;returnat4:30p.m.WaltDisneyConcertHall,LosAngelesBasedontheNewTestamentstoriesofLazarusandJesus’sPassionaswellascontemporaryLatinAmericanpoetry,JohnAdams’sThe Gospel According to the Other Mary takesafreshapproachtothecombinationofseeminglydisparatematerials.TheperformancewillbefullystagedbyacclaimeddirectorPeterSellars.
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At a Glance: Events by Date
August 8/23 SPARK!7thAnnualVisionsandVoicesMultimediaKickoff,p.3 8/29 CelebratingPeace:HerbieHancock&More,p.42
September 9/5 The Underground: From the Streets to the Stage,p.4 9/8 L.A.ConservancyWalkingTour:ArtDeco,p.42 9/11 KrumpontheScreenandStage:MissPrissyandJessicaKoslow,p.4 9/12 KrumpDanceWorkshopwithLil’CandMissPrissy,p.4 9/13 Thurgood:AScreeningandDiscussion,p.5 9/14 MustWeAlwaysSingasMenHaveSung:Women,theArtsandMusic,p.5 9/19 Africa’s Hope:AStoryofSurvivalandHope,p.6 9/20 ArtsandReconstructionafterGenocide,p.6 9/21 The Last Days of Pompeii: Decadence, Apocalypse, Resurrection,p.42 9/21 MashirikaTheatreWorkshop,p.6 9/23 NduguChancler:60YearsofLifeandMusic,p.7 9/24 GarySnyder:Trans-PacificBuddhism,EcologyandPoetry,p.7 9/25 APoetryWorkshopwithGarySnyder,p.7 9/25 JapaneseTeaCeremonywithGarySnyder,p.7 9/27 ShannonBrownlee:TooMuchMedicine?,p.8 9/27 VoteforMyStory:PoliticalNarrativesandthe2012Election,p.8 9/29 TheDaughtersofThelma & Louise,p.9 9/30 LosAngelesPhilharmonic:Dudamel’sRite of Spring,p.43
October 10/1 Dr.MajidNaini:Rumi’sDiscoveriesandMagicalPrescriptionforWorldPeace,p.10 10/2 Dr.DavidB.Agus:TheEndofIllness,p.10 10/6 GetYourHandsDirtywiththeArts!,p.11 10/7 TheSotaProject:WomeninConTEXT,p.11 10/8 KayRyanandDanaGioia:Poetry:ACareer?!,p.12
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10/11 KathyRose:NewMediaandPerformanceArtist,p.13 10/12 ImageandPerformance:AWorkshopwithKathyRose,p.13 10/12 November,p.43 10/15 FrankRichandFranLebowitz:AStateoftheUnionConversation,p.14 10/17 The Book of Mormon,p.43 10/22–10/25 JenKennedyandLizLinden:The New York Times Feminist Reading Group,p.15 10/23 DavidTreuer:Rez Life: An Indian’s Journey through Reservation Life,p.16 10/26–10/28 Nikkatsuat100,p.18
November 11/1 FronterasAlternativas:QueerLatina/oVisibilitiesandInsurgencies,p.19 11/2 Shining Night: A Portrait of Composer Morten Lauridsen,p.19 11/4 Top GirlsbyCarylChurchill,p.20 11/8 AnEveningwithDavidHenryHwang,p.20 11/11 TheMetropolitanOperainHD:GiuseppeVerdi’sOtello,p.21 11/12 Fit for Society,p.22 11/14 StevenJ.Ross:Hollywood Left and Right,p.16 11/14,11/16&11/18 The Tempest :AnOperabyLeeHoiby,p.22
December 12/1 LAOpera:Madame Butterfl y,p.44
January 1/24 AnEveningwithTrimpin,SoundArtist,p.23 1/25 MusicFestivals:CreatingNewCommunitiesforaNewGeneration,p.24 1/26 Naked IslandbyKanetoShindo,PresentedbyBenicioDelToro,p.24 1/30 SouthCoastRepertory:Chinglish,p.44 1/31 C.Tyler:Scrapbooks,ArmySurplus,ComicsandOtherStuff,p.25
February 2/1 TheJoffreyBallet,p.44 2/5 AnEveningwithPattiSmith,p.26 2/6 CreatingArt:HistoryandSocietyasInspiration,p.27 2/7 Hole in the Head: A Life Revealed,p.27 2/8 FACE:APerformancebyHaerryKim,p.27
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2/9 FindingVoice:FromStorytoPerformance,p.27 2/12 TheInterpreters:TechnologiesandExperimentsattheNaturalHistoryMuseum,p.28 2/13 DeborahHarkness:TheAllSoulsTrilogy,p.17 2/19 PhoebeGloeckner:TruthinInteractiveStorytelling,p.28 2/21 The Dog and Pony Show (Bring Your Own Pony):APerformancebyHollyHughes,p.29 2/22 AutobiographicalPerformanceWorkshopwithHollyHughes,p.29 2/23 TheMetropolitanOperainHD:GiuseppeVerdi’sRigoletto,p.21 2/27 QueerZines:Doin’ItinPrint,p.30
March 3/1 JustFoodandFairFood:AMultidisciplinaryExploration,p.31 3/2 A Shipwreck Opera,p.31 3/6 VisionaryWomen:InspirationsfromArtists,IconsandActivists,p.32 3/7 IWantMyQueerTV!,p.9 3/10 LosAngelesPhilharmonic:DudamelConductsAdams,p.44
April 4/2 MixingItUp:[IdentityandMusic]Innovation,p.33 4/4 RebeccaSkloot:TheEthicalDimensionsofMedicalDiscovery,p.8 4/5–4/7 ContemporarySouthAmericanCinema,p.34 4/8 ImagingGenocide:PosterExhibition:OpeningReceptionandDiscussion,p.34 4/9 ImagingGenocide:StorytellingandPerformance,p.34 4/10 CarolMuske-Dukes:Twin Cities,p.17 4/11 ImagingGenocide:TheElidaSchogtTrilogy,p.34 4/13 MuralsUndertheStars:AnEveningwithGregorioLuke,p.35 4/14 Primero Sueño:APerformancebyJesusaRodríguez,p.36 4/17 PerformanceandForm:ANet-ZeroHouse,p.36 4/23 Tsigan: The Gypsy Poem:AMultimediaPerformance,p.37 4/26 Rhythms+Visions/Expanded+Live2,p.38 4/27 TroubledOcean:FilmmakersImaginethePacific,p.39 4/29 LosAngelesBurning:Memory,Justiceandthe1992Riots,p.40
May 5/2 ODC/Dance,p.40
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Visions and Voices: Who We Are
LeadershipRobinRomans,AssociateProvostDariaYudacufski,ManagingDirector,USCVisionsandVoicesMadelinePuzo,Chair,VisionsandVoicesDeans’CouncilTaraMcPherson,Chair,VisionsandVoicesFacultyCommittee
Deans’ Council ChairedbyMadelinePuzo,Dean,USCSchoolofDramaticArtsRobertCutietta,Dean,USCThorntonSchoolofMusicElizabethDaley,Dean,USCSchoolofCinematicArtsSelmaHolo,Director,USCFisherMuseumofArtSteveA.Kay,Dean,USCDornsifeCollegeofLetters,ArtsandSciencesQingyunMa,Dean,USCSchoolofArchitectureRobertRasmussen,Dean,USCGouldSchoolofLawRochelleSteiner,Dean,USCRoskiSchoolofFineArtsErnestJamesWilsonIII,Dean,USCAnnenbergSchoolforCommunicationEx-Officio:PatrickBailey,SeniorAssociateDean,StudentLifeandInvolvement
Faculty Committee ChairedbyTaraMcPherson,CinematicArtsDavidBridel,DramaticArtsDarnellCole,EducationCherylCraft,OphthalmologyAliceGambrell,EnglishJasonGlenn,HistoryBrendaGoodman,CinematicArts
JavonJohnson,AmericanStudiesandEthnicityChristophKapeller,ArchitectureJoshKun,CommunicationandJournalismDanielRichter,ClassicsVarunSoni,ReligiousLifeFrancesStark,FineArtsJohnThomas,MusicDianeWinston,CommunicationandJournalismEx-Officio:PatrickBailey,SeniorAssociateDean,StudentLifeandInvolvementStephenKoenig,Provost’sOfficeStudents:StevenAlmazan,UndergraduateRepresentativeDanielleEspinoza,ProgramBoardAnthonySparks,GraduateRepresentative
Art DepartmentEveNaRanong,ArtDirectorHectorM.Catalan,GraphicDesigner
StaffMaryMegowan,ProductionandMarketingCoordinatorMarie-ReineVelez,ProductionandMarketingAssistantSteveLin,WebmasterJeffOlsen,ExperienceL.A.JaneDavidson,StudentCoordinatorHayleyKeown,StudentCoordinator
www.usc.edu/visionsandvoicesUSC Visions and Voices: The Arts and Humanities Initiative837 Downey WayStonier Hall, Suite 203Los Angeles, CA 90089-1142