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A Tribute to Dino De Laurentiis
Sun, Apr 01, 2012
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
Admission is free. Reservations required. RSVP beginning Friday, March 9, at 9 a.m. at http://cinema.usc.edu.
Hollywood icon and international legend Dino De Laurentiis was one of the most prolific and respected producers in film history when he passed away in 2010 at the age of 91. From his early neorealist masterpieces, Bitter Rice and Felliniâs Nights of Cabiria and La Strada, for which he received an Academy Award, to big-budget spectaculars like Barbarella, King Kong, Dune and Conan the Barbarian, to his recent reinvention of the Hannibal Lecter franchise, De Laurentiisâs career spanned 73 years in the film industry. With the support and guidance of the De Laurentiis family, we will pay homage to the exceptional variety and longevity that marked his career with screenings of his films and discussions featuring his friends, family, scholars and colleagues.
Films that will be screened include Bitter Rice (Riso Amaro, 1949), The Great War (La Grande Guerra, 1959), Barbarella (1968), Serpico (1973), Death Wish (1974), Three Days of the Condor (1975), King Kong (1976), Conan the Barbarian (1982), Manhunter (1986), Blue Velvet (1986), Army of Darkness (1992) and Hannibal (2001). Additional screenings will take place in the weeks prior to the event. (1986),
Organized by the USC School of Cinematic Arts.
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.eduLocation: Eileen L. Norris Cinema Theatre (NCT) - Eileen Norris Cinema Theatre
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daria Yudacufski
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Women Composers of the Present
Sun, Apr 01, 2012 @ 04:00 PM - 06:00 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
Admission is free. Reservations required. To RSVP, click on the links below beginning Wednesday, March 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=204
General Public: To RSVP, click here http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/visionsandvoices/RSVP/reserveGeneral_Multi.php?RSVPEvtCode=204
The USC Thornton Wind Ensemble will present a concert highlighting the work of contemporary women composers. The program will feature the work of two USC composers, Veronika Krausas and Erica Muhl, as well as several other distinguished composers, including Jennifer Higdon (2010 Pulitzer Prize winner), Joan Tower, Kathryn Salfelder and Susan Botti.
Organized by the USC Thornton School of Music.
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.eduLocation: George Finley Bovard Administration Building (ADM) - Bovard Auditorium
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daria Yudacufski
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At Home in the World: New Directions in Writing from the Asia Pacific
Mon, Apr 02, 2012 @ 07:00 PM - 09:00 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
Admission is free.
From South Asian Kenyans struggling under the threat of expulsion to Samoan girls on the cusp of womanhood to a word-obsessed, multiracial Aussie piecing together his familyâs past through fragments of letters and half-forgotten stories, the characters found in Kaya Press books are as provocative and nuanced as the writers who give them voice. Celebrate the arrival of Kaya Press at USC with readings and conversations with award-winning authors Brian Castro (Australia), Sia Figiel (Samoa) and Shailja Patel (Kenya). Performance meets poetry meets experimental fiction in this exploration of the creative forces behind the next wave of cutting-edge transnational literature from the Asian and Pacific Island diasporas.
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A writing workshop with the three authors will take place on Tuesday, April 3, at 12:30 p.m. Participants will have an opportunity to discuss writing techniques, present their own writings for feedback from the authors and get guidance on the process of publishing their work. Lunch will be served.
Speaker Bios:
Brian Castro was born in Hong Kong in 1950 of Portuguese, Chinese and English parents, and arrived in Australia in 1961. His novels include Birds of Passage (1983), which shared the Australian/Vogel Literary Award; Double-Wolf (1991), winner of the Age Fiction Prize and the Victorian Premierâs Award for Fiction; After China (1992), which also won the Victorian Premierâs Award; and Stepper (1997), for which he received the National Book Council Banjo Award. Shanghai Dancing (republished by Kaya Press in the United States) won the Christina Stead Fiction Prize and the New South Wales Premierâs Book of the Year Award. His books have been translated into German and French. He is currently the chair of creative writing at the University of Adelaide.
Sia Figiel was born in Matautu Tai, Samoa, and grew up amidst traditional Samoan singing and poetry, which heavily influenced her writing. Author of novels, plays and poetry, she has traveled extensively in Europe and the Pacific Islands and has had residencies at the University of Technology in Sydney, the East-West Center in Hawaii, the Pacific Writing Forum at the University of the South Pacific in Fiji and Logoipulotu College in Savaii. Her poetry won the Polynesian Literary Competition in 1994, and her first novel, Where We Once Belonged, was awarded the 1997 Commonwealth Writerâs Prize for Fiction, South East Asia/South Pacific region. Her work has been translated into French, German, Catalan, Danish, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish and Portuguese.
Shailja Patel was born and raised in Kenya, has lived in London and San Francisco, and now divides her time between Nairobi and Berkeley. She honed her poetic skills in performances that have received standing ovations throughout Europe, Africa and North America. She has been described by the Gulf Times as âthe poetic equivalent of Arundhati Royâ and by CNN as âthe face of globalization as a people-centered phenomenon of migration and exchange.â She has appeared on the BBC World Service, NPR and Al Jazeera, and her poems have been translated into twelve languages. She is a recipient of a Sundance Theatre Fellowship, the Fanny-Ann Eddy Poetry Award from IRNAfrica, the Voices of Our Nations Poetry Award, a Lambda Slam Championship and the Outwrite Poetry Prize.
Organized by Viet Nguyen (English and American Studies and Ethnicity), Sumun Pendakur (Asian Pacific American Student Services) and Sunyoung Lee (Kaya Press).
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.eduLocation: Edward L. Doheny Jr. Memorial Library (DML) - Friends Lecture Hall, Room 240
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daria Yudacufski
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On Stage with LisaGay Hamilton
Tue, Apr 10, 2012 @ 07:00 PM - 09:00 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
Admission is free.
Accomplished theatre, film and television actor LisaGay Hamilton will present a solo performance addressing her struggles and triumphs as an African American woman working in the visual and performing arts. Hamilton is best known for her role as attorney Rebecca Washington on the ABC drama The Practice and for her critically acclaimed performance as young Sethe in Jonathan Demmeâs film adaptation of Toni Morrisonâs Beloved. Hamilton has also worked with some of the most accomplished playwrights of the late twentieth century, including Athol Fugard, August Wilson and Adrienne Kennedy. Her leading roles on film and on stage include Isabella in Shakespeareâs Measure for Measure, opposite Kevin Kline, and Ophelia in Shakespeareâs Hamlet, opposite Campbell Scott. Hamilton will perform excerpts from her remarkable career and will share autobiographical and historical anecdotes related to her work.
Organized by David Román (English and American Studies and Ethnicity).
Photo: Lisa Levart
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.eduLocation: Ground Zero Performance Cafe
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daria Yudacufski
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Meet USC: Admission Presentation, Campus Tour, & Engineering Talk
Wed, Apr 11, 2012
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
Receptions & Special Events
This half day program is designed for prospective freshmen and family members. Meet USC includes an information session on the University and the Admission process; a student led walking tour of campus and a meeting with us in the Viterbi School. Meet USC is designed to answer all of your questions about USC, the application process and financial aid. Reservations are required for Meet USC. This program occurs twice, once at 8:30 a.m. and again at 12:30 p.m. Please visit https://esdweb.esd.usc.edu/unresrsvp/MeetUSC.aspx to check availability and make an appointment. Be sure to list an Engineering major as your "intended major" on the webform!
Location: Ronald Tutor Campus Center (TCC) - USC Admission Office
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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34th Annual Viterbi Awards
Wed, Apr 11, 2012 @ 06:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Alumni
Receptions & Special Events
34th Annual Viterbi Awards
Dean Yannis C. Yortsos and the USC Viterbi School of Engineering invite you to attend the 2012 Viterbi Awards
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Cocktails: 6:00p.m.
Dinner: 7:00p.m.
Beverly Wilshire Hotel
9500 Wilshire Boulevard
Beverly Hills, California 90212
To register for this event, please visit http://viterbi.usc.edu/alumni/viterbiawards/
Location: Beverly Wilshire Hotel, Beverly Hills, CA
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Kathleen Concialdi
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Woody Guthrie’s Los Angeles: A Centenary Celebration
Sat, Apr 14, 2012
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
Admission is free. Reservations required. To RSVP, click on the links below beginning Wednesday, March 21, at 9 a.m.
USC Students, Staff and Faculty: To RSVP, click here http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/visionsandvoices/RSVP/reserve.php?RSVPEvtCode=205
General Public: To RSVP, click here http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/visionsandvoices/RSVP/reserveGeneral_Multi.php?RSVPEvtCode=205
Born Woodrow Wilson Guthrie in 1912, Woody Guthrie became the nationâs most recognizable and important folk singer before the folk revolution of the 1960s and 1970s. To mark the centennial of his birth and his lasting significance, a series of events will be presetned in partnership with the Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West and the GRAMMY Museum. Scholars, journalists and musicians will come together for a day-long symposium featuring discussions and performances that will commemorate Woody Guthrieâs life, legacy and impact on American politics, music and culture. Following the symposium, a concert at L.A. LIVEâs Nokia Theatre will pay tribute to Guthrie with some of the nationâs most celebrated musicians.
Organized by William Deverell (History).
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.eduLocation: George Finley Bovard Administration Building (ADM) - Bovard Auditorium
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daria Yudacufski
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From Poem to Stage
THE FACE by Donald Crockett and David St. John
Wed, Apr 25, 2012 @ 07:30 PM - 09:30 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
Admission is free. Reservations required. To RSVP, click on the links below beginning Thursday, March 29, at 9 a.m.
USC Students, Staff and Faculty: To RSVP, click here http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/visionsandvoices/RSVP/reserve.php?RSVPEvtCode=206
General Public: To RSVP, click here http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/visionsandvoices/RSVP/reserveGeneral_Multi.php?RSVPEvtCode=206
THE FACE is a multidisciplinary chamber opera featuring music, film and choreography created by USC composer Donald Crockett and USC poet David St. John. Set in Venice Beach, THE FACE tells a deeply compelling story about the price of fame, desire and creativity. The central character, a poet named Raphael, struggles with the recent loss of his lover/muse while juggling the demands of a movie being made about his life and his increasing notoriety. The narrative is both passionate and raw in its candor, offering an insightful view of the human condition.
The artistic team for the production includes the innovative Parisian stage director/filmmaker Paul Desveaux and renowned European choreographer Yano Iatrides. An exceptional international cast includes acclaimed British tenor Daniel Norman as Raphael; American lyric baritone Thomas Meglioranza as the movie producer, Memphis; American mezzo-soprano Janna Baty as the director, Infanta; and young Australian soprano Jane Sheldon as the actress, Cybele.
The event will include an introduction by composer Donald Crockett followed by a semi-staged performance of selected scenes accompanied by the USC Thornton Contemporary Music Ensemble. Short readings from the original novella in verse by eminent poet and USC professor David St. John will be interspersed between scenes. A Q&A with members of the creative team and the cast will follow.
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From Poem to Stage: THE FACE is a multi-event residency that will offer a rare behind-the-scenes look into the process of transforming an idea (in this case a novella in verse) into a 21st-century multidisciplinary chamber opera.
Monday, April 23, 6 p.m.
Lloyd Sound Stage
Open musical rehearsal with an introduction by composer Donald Crockett.
Tuesday, April 24, 5 p.m.
Bovard Auditorium
Open dance/movement rehearsal with an introduction by choreographer Yano Iatrides.
Tuesday, April 24, 6:15 p.m.
Bovard Auditorium
Open stage rehearsal with an introduction by stage director Paul Desveaux.
Thursday, April 26, 11 a.m.
Location TBA
A panel discussion will explore a variety of aspects related to the development of this multidisciplinary production. Panelists will include poet/librettist David St. John, composer Donald Crockett, director Paul Desveaux, choreographer Yano Iatrides, producer Kate Vincent, USC Thornton faculty Chris Sampson and Brian Head and USC theatre faculty Sharon Carnicke.
Organized by the USC Thornton School of Music.
Photo: Katherine Vincent
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.eduLocation: George Finley Bovard Administration Building (ADM) - Bovard Auditorium
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daria Yudacufski
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Meet USC: Admission Presentation, Campus Tour, & Engineering Talk
Fri, Apr 27, 2012
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
Receptions & Special Events
This half day program is designed for prospective freshmen and family members. Meet USC includes an information session on the University and the Admission process; a student led walking tour of campus and a meeting with us in the Viterbi School. Meet USC is designed to answer all of your questions about USC, the application process and financial aid. Reservations are required for Meet USC. This program occurs twice, once at 8:30 a.m. and again at 12:30 p.m. Please visit https://esdweb.esd.usc.edu/unresrsvp/MeetUSC.aspx to check availability and make an appointment. Be sure to list an Engineering major as your "intended major" on the webform!
Location: Ronald Tutor Campus Center (TCC) - USC Admission Office
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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Meet USC: Admission Presentation, Campus Tour, & Engineering Talk
Mon, Apr 30, 2012
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
Receptions & Special Events
This half day program is designed for prospective freshmen and family members. Meet USC includes an information session on the University and the Admission process; a student led walking tour of campus and a meeting with us in the Viterbi School. Meet USC is designed to answer all of your questions about USC, the application process and financial aid. Reservations are required for Meet USC. This program occurs twice, once at 8:30 a.m. and again at 12:30 p.m. Please visit https://esdweb.esd.usc.edu/unresrsvp/MeetUSC.aspx to check availability and make an appointment. Be sure to list an Engineering major as your "intended major" on the webform!
Location: Ronald Tutor Campus Center (TCC) - USC Admission Office
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Viterbi Admission
