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Receptions & Special Events
Events for January

• Jan

  07

  FIRST Robotics Kick-off

  Sat, Jan 07, 2012 @ 07:00 AM - 10:00 AM

  Viterbi School of Engineering K-12 STEM Center

  Receptions & Special Events

  
  

  Webcast of the FIRST Robotics Competition Kick-off and distribution of robot kits.

  Location: Seeley G. Mudd Building (SGM) - 123

  Audiences: FIRST TEAMS - 4 per team

  Contact: Larry Lim

  

• Jan

  14

  L.A. Philharmonic: Dudamel Conducts Mahler 4

  

  Sat, Jan 14, 2012 @ 06:00 PM - 11:00 PM

  USC Viterbi School of Engineering

  Receptions & Special Events

  
  

  Open to USC students only. Admission is free. Reservations required. Tickets will be distributed on a lottery basis.
  
  To sign up for the lottery, click here http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/visionsandvoices/RSVP/reserve.php?RSVPEvtCode=191 on Tuesday, December 6, between 7 a.m. and 2 p.m. See below for details.*
  
  *This trip is for current USC students only. You must use the provided transportation to participate. Space is limited and advance registration is required. Due to high demand, tickets will be distributed on a lottery basis. To sign up for the lottery, click on the link above on Tuesday, December 6, anytime between 7 a.m. and 2 p.m. Check-in for the event will begin at 5:15 p.m. on campus. Buses will depart at 6 p.m. and return to campus at 11 p.m. Dinner will be provided at check-in.
  
  The unique sound of flutes and sleigh bells make the beginning of Gustav Mahler’s Fourth Symphony unforgettable. The dynamic and distinguished Gustavo Dudamel will conduct the L.A. Philharmonic as they perform the last part of Mahler’s “Wunderhorn” symphonies. Built around a single song, “Das Himmlische Leben,” Mahler’s Fourth moves through the viewpoints of different characters and settings—a skeleton playing a death dance on a fiddle, a somber processional march and a child’s vision of Heaven—making for a concert performance that will amaze audiences.
  
  For further information on this event:
  visionsandvoices@usc.edu

  Location: Walt Disney Concert Hall

  Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

  Contact: Daria Yudacufski

  

• Jan

  19

  Tom Stoppard’s Rock ‘n’ Roll

  

  Thu, Jan 19, 2012 @ 07:00 PM - 09:00 PM

  USC Viterbi School of Engineering

  Receptions & Special Events

  
  

  Admission is free. Reservations required. To RSVP, click on the links below beginning Wednesday, December 7, at 9 a.m.
  
  USC Students, Staff and Faculty: To RSVP, click here http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/visionsandvoices/RSVP/reserve.php?RSVPEvtCode=192
  
  General Public: To RSVP, click here http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/visionsandvoices/RSVP/reserveGeneral_Multi.php?RSVPEvtCode=192
  
  Academy Award and Tony Award winner Tom Stoppard (Shakespeare in Love, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead) is one of the most internationally performed dramatists of his generation. In all of Stoppard’s work, he reveals an exceptional literary talent for exploring the complexities of relationships with quick intellect and heartfelt emotion. Rock ’n’ Roll, called “Stoppard’s finest play” by the New York Times, follows the passions and politics of a Marxist professor in Cambridge as well as his Rolling Stones–obsessed protégé, who is fighting for freedom in Soviet-dominated Prague. Join us for a star-studded concert reading of Stoppard’s critically celebrated play—a rapturous, decades-spanning tale of a rock revolution.
  
  Organized by the USC School of Theatre.
  
  For further information on this event:
  visionsandvoices@usc.edu

  Location: George Finley Bovard Administration Building (ADM) - Bovard Auditorium

  Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

  Contact: Daria Yudacufski

  

• Jan

  24

  USC In your Neighborhood: Newport Beach, CA

  Tue, Jan 24, 2012 @ 06:30 PM - 08:30 PM

  Viterbi School of Engineering Alumni

  Receptions & Special Events

  
  

  Tuesday, January 24, 2012 (at 6:30-8:30 p.m.)
  
  The Pacific Club
  4110 Mac Arthur Boulevard
  Newport Beach, CA 92660
  
  For more information, please visit
  http://alumni.usc.edu/neighborhoodoc
  

  Location: The Pacific Club, Newport Beach

  Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

  Contact: Kathleen Concialdi

  

• Jan

  24

  Queer Aesthetics and Archival Practices

  

  Tue, Jan 24, 2012 @ 07:00 PM - 09:00 PM

  USC Viterbi School of Engineering

  Receptions & Special Events

  
  

  Admission is free.
  
  A pre-event reception will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Doheny Memorial Library Treasure Room.
  
  A series of events will be presented in conjunction with the exhibition Cruising the Archive: Queer Art and Culture in Los Angeles, 1945–1980 at the ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives. The events will foster discussions about LGBT histories, queer art and aesthetics and archival practices in contemporary art.
  
  Queer Aesthetics and Archival Practices will feature artists and scholars who will discuss the practical and theoretical aspects of “the archive” and its relationship to contemporary art today. Moderated by curator and performer Malik Gaines, the panel will feature Ann Cvetkovich, professor of English and women’s and gender studies at the University of Texas at Austin; Catherine Lord, professor of studio art at UC Irvine; and Ulrike Müller, artist and coeditor of the queer feminist art journal LTTR.
  
  Please join us before the panel for an opening reception for Cruising the Archive in the Doheny Memorial Library Treasure Room from 5 to 7 p.m.
  
  Speaker Bios:
  
  Ann Cvetkovich is the Ellen C. Garwood Centennial Professor of English and a professor of women’s and gender studies at the University of Texas at Austin. She is the author of An Archive of Feelings: Trauma, Sexuality and Lesbian Public Cultures and the forthcoming Depression: A Public Feelings Project.
  
  Catherine Lord is a professor of studio art at UC Irvine, author of The Summer of Her Baldness: A Cancer Improvisation and Art and Queer Culture: 1885–2010 (forthcoming, with Richard Meyer).
  
  Ulrike Müller is an artist and coeditor of the queer feminist art journal LTTR. She is currently organizing Herstory Inventory, a collaborative drawing project based on a list of image descriptions from the Lesbian Herstory Archives in Brooklyn, New York.
  
  Organized by Joseph Hawkins, Mia Locks, David Frantz and the ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives. Co-sponsored by the USC Libraries and the Getty’s Pacific Standard Time initiative.
  
  For further information on this event:
  visionsandvoices@usc.edu

  Location: Edward L. Doheny Jr. Memorial Library (DML) - Friends Lecture Hall, Room 240

  Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

  Contact: Daria Yudacufski

  

• Jan

  25

  Microsoft Women's TechFest

  Wed, Jan 25, 2012 @ 06:00 PM - 08:00 PM

  Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections

  Receptions & Special Events

  
  

  A Tech Fair for women interested in Computer Science and Engineering Hosted by female Microsoft Engineers
  
  RSVP Today! http://uscwomensevent.eventbrite.com
  
  See attached flyer for additional details

  More Information: Microsoft USC Womens event.pdf

  Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 1st Floor Lobby

  Audiences: All Viterbi Students

  Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services

  

• Jan

  26

  Our Town

  

  Thu, Jan 26, 2012 @ 06:30 PM - 11:30 PM

  USC Viterbi School of Engineering

  Receptions & Special Events

  
  

  Open to USC students only. Admission is free. Reservations required.
  
  To RSVP, click here http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/visionsandvoices/RSVP/reserve.php?RSVPEvtCode=193 beginning Monday, January 9, at 9 a.m. See below for details.*
  
  *This trip is for current USC students only. You must use the provided transportation to participate. Space is limited and advance registration is required. RSVP at the link above beginning Monday, January 9, at 9 a.m. Check-in for the event will begin at 5:45 p.m. on campus. Buses will depart at 6:30 p.m. and return to campus at 11:30 p.m. Dinner will be provided at check-in.
  
  “Riveting, relevant, enduring and exceptional!”—New York Daily News
  
  The critically acclaimed New York production of Our Town starring Academy Award winner Helen Hunt comes to Los Angeles! Since the play’s debut in 1938, Our Town has become an American theatre favorite with its universal themes of life, love and death. Don’t miss this brilliant and beautiful revival of the Thornton Wilder classic, directed by Broadway’s most exciting rising star, David Cromer, and lauded as the definitive revisionist theatre masterpiece.
  
  For further information on this event:
  visionsandvoices@usc.edu

  Location: The Broad Stage, Santa Monica

  Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

  Contact: Daria Yudacufski

  

• Jan

  28

  Get Your Hands Dirty with the Arts!

  

  Sat, Jan 28, 2012 @ 09:30 AM - 04:30 PM

  USC Viterbi School of Engineering

  Receptions & Special Events

  
  

  Admission is free. Reservations required. Reservations will be accepted beginning Thursday, January 5, at 9 a.m. Please check http://www.usc.edu/visionsandvoices for a complete festival schedule and to RSVP.
  
  Each semester, the USC arts schools come together to present Get Your Hands Dirty, a dynamic day-long festival that offers a variety of hands-on workshops in art, architecture, cinematic arts, interactive media, music, theatre and dance. So get your hands dirty and experience the creativity and thrill of making art with USC’s distinguished faculty.
  
  Organized by the USC Arts Schools: the School of Architecture, the School of Cinematic Arts, the Roski School of Fine Arts, the Thornton School of Music and the School of Theatre.
  
  For further information on this event:
  visionsandvoices@usc.edu

  Location: University Park Campus

  Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

  Contact: Daria Yudacufski

  

• Jan

  28

  Voices from the African Diaspora: Playwrights Writing around the World

  

  Sat, Jan 28, 2012 @ 07:30 PM - 09:30 PM

  USC Viterbi School of Engineering

  Receptions & Special Events

  
  

  Admission is free.
  
  Voices from the modern African diaspora shift with geography, experience, racial mixing and time. In different cultures, Blackness takes on different meanings. The diverse experiences of the African diaspora will be illuminated through a performance of theatrical scenes from signature works by playwrights Kwame Kwei-Armah, a British artist of Black Grenadian ancestry; Alemtsehay Wedajo, an exiled Ethiopian artist; and Jane Harrison, an Aboriginal artist of Muruwari descent from Australia. Their theatrical expressions reflect the multiple ways that identity is transformed and articulated in a global world. Following the performance, a discussion will explore the challenges faced by immigrants and communities of color internationally. The discussion will have interdisciplinary impact, linking theatrical writing and representation to sociology, political science, religious studies, psychology, ethnic studies, history, philosophy, gender studies and more. The program will be facilitated by Philip Akin, a Black Canadian artist and the artistic director of Toronto’s multicultural Obsidian Theatre Company.
  
  Organized by the USC School of Theatre.
  
  For further information on this event:
  visionsandvoices@usc.edu

  Location: Mcclintock Building (MCC) - McClintock Theatre

  Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

  Contact: Daria Yudacufski

  

• Jan

  30

  USC in your Neighborhood: Playa Vista, CA

  Mon, Jan 30, 2012 @ 06:00 PM - 08:00 PM

  Viterbi School of Engineering Alumni

  Receptions & Special Events

  
  

  Monday, January 30, 2012 (6:00-8:00 p.m.)
  
  USC Institute for Creative Technologies
  12015 Waterfront Drive
  Playa Vista, CA 90094-2536
  
  For more information, please visit:
  http://alumni.usc.edu/neighborhoodla
  

  Location: USC Institute for Creative Technologies, Playa Vista, CA

  Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

  Contact: Kathleen Concialdi

  

• Jan

  31

  Viterbi Industry Networking Event (Career Fest)

  Tue, Jan 31, 2012 @ 05:00 PM - 07:00 PM

  Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections

  Receptions & Special Events

  
  

  Juniors and Seniors: Grow your network at VINE, an event that will help you prepare for Career Expo. Get face-to-face time and practice your networking skills with top engineering companies in a "speed-networking" activity. After the activity, talk to reps informally during a casual networking hour; beverages and appetizers will be served.
  
  Registration Deadline is January 25th
  Register now: http://viterbi.usc.edu/students/undergrad/careers/students/viterbi-industry-networking-event.htm

  Location: Town & Gown

  Audiences: Juniors & Seniors Only

  Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services

  

• Jan

  31

  The Republic of the Imagination: An Evening with Azar Nafisi
  A Visions and Voices Signature Event

  

  Tue, Jan 31, 2012 @ 07:00 PM - 09:00 PM

  USC Viterbi School of Engineering

  Receptions & Special Events

  
  

  Admission is free. Reservations required. To RSVP, click on the links below beginning Wednesday, January 4, at 9 a.m.
  
  USC Students, Staff and Faculty: To RSVP, click here http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/visionsandvoices/RSVP/reserve.php?RSVPEvtCode=194
  
  General Public: To RSVP, click here http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/visionsandvoices/RSVP/reserveGeneral_Multi.php?RSVPEvtCode=194
  
  Reception to follow.
  
  Join us for an evening with Azar Nafisi, the internationally renowned author of Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books, which electrified its readers with a compassionate and often harrowing portrait of the Islamic revolution in Iran. Reading Lolita in Tehran has won numerous awards, including the Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger, the Non-Fiction Book of the Year Award from Book Sense and the Frederic W. Ness Book Award. It was also named one of the 100 Best Books of the Decade by The Times (London). Nafisi is a visiting professor at the Foreign Policy Institute at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies. She has lectured and written extensively in English and Persian on the political implications of literature and culture, as well as the human rights of Iranian women and girls. She is currently working on a book entitled Republic of the Imagination about the power of literature to liberate minds and peoples.
  
  Photo: S. J. Staniski
  
  For further information on this event:
  visionsandvoices@usc.edu

  Location: George Finley Bovard Administration Building (ADM) - Bovard Auditorium

  Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

  Contact: Daria Yudacufski