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THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 2021 | 8 to 11 p.m. BOVARD LAWN and HAHN PLAZA DOORS OPEN AT 7:45 P.M. CHECK IN AND GET YOUR WRISTBAND ON TROUSDALE PARKWAY. OPEN TO USC STUDENTS ONLY
DJ DUO
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LIVE MUSIC
MADAME GANDHI
LIVE MUSIC AND DANCE
MICHELA'S LOVE MOVEMENT
Media Installations and Projections • Collective Painting Live Screen Printing on Limited Edition Gear Free V&V T-shirts • Photo Ops • More!
For more information, please visit our website or contact us at visionsandvoices@usc.edu or (213) 740-0483.
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of Japanese Breakfast Tuesday
SEPTEMBER 7, 2021 6 P.M. PT Live via Zoom ADMISSION IS FREE. RSVP AT VISIONSANDVOICES.USC.EDU
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On the heels of publishing her critically acclaimed memoir, Crying in H Mart, and releasing Japanese Breakfast’s latest album, Jubilee, musician and author Michelle Zauner will read from her bestselling book and join USC professor Karen Tongson for an engaging conversation about her art and career, identity and entertainment, food and family, and more.
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Wabi-Sabi Workshop Series
Make Mend
Friday, September 10, 2021 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Watt Hall Courtyard
Admission is free. Reservations required. RSVP at visionsandvoices.usc.edu Join the USC Roski faculty and staff in a sewing circle for demonstrations of visible stitching, Sashiko (slow stitching), and darning techniques. Kits will be provided to participants, who can bring, repair, and elevate their damaged clothing through patching, mending, and visible sewing.
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Presented as part of the Wabi-sabi Workshop Series, which highlights the Japanese concept of finding beauty in imperfection to bring about healing and acceptance.
Friday, April 15, 2022 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. USC Fisher Museum of Art Courtyard
Make Mend: I’m DYE-ING to Make That! Monday, December 6, 2021 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. USC Fisher Museum of Art Courtyard
Make Mend: Kintsugi Hack
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2021 10 A.M. TO 2 P.M. USC FISHER MUSEUM OF ART Admission is free and limited to USC students. RSVP at visionsandvoices.usc.edu
Breakfast, lunch, and refreshments will be provided. How can you create healing, drive hope, and enact radical change through art? USC Arts in Action invites you to a dynamic workshop in which students set the agenda.
Major Bunton
Following inspiring presentations by Major Bunton (vice president of Inglewood Wrapping Arms around the Community) and Sabra Williams (former director of The Prison Project and one of Barack Obama’s “Champions of Change”), teams of students will share their causes and pitch ideas for using the arts to challenge injustice, fight oppression, and imagine sustainable futures. EMPOWER is open to all USC students from all fields of study, and is designed as a springboard for developing skills, meeting collaborators, and applying to Arts in Action’s student grant program, Mobilize!
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THE MEDICAL HUMANITIES, ARTS, AND ETHICS SERIES
The Role of Science and Medical Schools in Propagating Racism in Medicine
Thursday, September 23, 2021 4 p.m. Mayer Auditorium Health Sciences Campus Reception to follow. Admission is free. Reservations recommended. RSVP at visionsandvoices.usc.edu
A LECTURE BY
DOROTHY ROBERTS
Dorothy Roberts is an acclaimed scholar whose pathbreaking work in law and public policy focuses on urgent contemporary issues in health, social justice, and bioethics. Casting a critical eye on the malign-but-often-overlooked effects that respected, liberal institutions can have, Roberts will address how racism in medicine is fostered by science and medical schools. Presented by USC Visions and Voices: The Arts and Humanities Initiative. Organized by Pamela Schaff (Medical Education, Family Medicine, and Pediatrics), Alexander Capron (Law and Medicine), Ricky Bluthenthal (Preventive Medicine), Ron Ben-Ari (Internal Medicine and Medical Education), Erika Wright (Medical Education and English), and Joyce Richey (Physiology & Neuroscience and Medical Education). Co-sponsored by Keck School of Medicine’s HEAL (Humanities, Ethics, Art, and the Law) Program and the USC Pacific Center for Health Policy and Ethics.
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Communities for Climate Justice AN EVENING OF STORYTELLING AND ART Wednesday, October 6, 2021
6:30 p.m.: TABLES WITH PROJECT ART AND RESOURCES OPEN 7 p.m.: PROGRAM BEGINS USC Fisher Museum of Art and Courtyard Admission is free. RSVP at visionsandvoices.usc.edu This special evening of art, storytelling, and conversation will uplift and celebrate the fight for environmental justice and sustainable futures in Los Angeles, including University Park. Featuring: Climate activist and youth leader Nalleli Cobo USC valedictorian and student activist Tianna Shaw-Wakeman Jill Johnston of USC’s Division of Environmental Health Plus short films, podcasts, and visual art students from the USC Arts & Climate Collective, moderated by USC Annenberg professor Colin Maclay. Tables with project art and resources for taking action will be presented before the event and at the reception to follow.
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LIVE CONCERT AND CONVERSATION
THU | 10.07.21 | 8 P.M. McCARTHY QUAD
ADMISSION: Admission is free and open to USC students, staff, faculty, and alumni and Trojan Family Weekend registrants.
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USC students, staff, faculty, and alumni may bring one guest. Reservations required. RSVP at visionsandvoices.usc.edu
The influential New Wave legends will play ’80s hits like “Love My Way,” “The Ghost in You,” “Heaven,” “Pretty in Pink,” and “Heartbreak Beat,” along with new music from their critically acclaimed album, Made of Rain, in an electrifying performance preceded by a conversation with USC professor Tara McPherson.
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Sunday, October 10, 2021, at 1 p.m. USC Village Lawn
Photo (Bret Easterling): Cathryn Farnsworth
Photo (dancer): Rose Eichenbaum
Admission is free. RSVP at visionsandvoices.usc.edu An exciting afternoon of dance will create connection, build community, foster well-being, and prompt reflective discussion on the intersections of dance, health, and thriving. Presented as part of Trojan Family Weekend, this lively program will include workshops with renowned faculty from the USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance—a hip hop session using Funkamental MediKinetics by d. Sabela grimes and an exploration of Gaga by Bret Easterling—and an uplifting performance by USC students and alumni. Presented by USC Visions and Voices: The Arts and Humanities Initiative. Organized by the USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance, the Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, the Dance Medicine Team, and Change the Stigma.
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TRUTH, JUSTICE, RACE, GENDER, AND POWER 30 YEARS LATER Featuring
ANITA HILL
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2021 3 TO 5 P.M.: PANELS, CONVERSATIONS,
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AND MORE NORRIS CINEMA THEATRE 5 TO 6 P.M.: KEYNOTE INTERVIEW WITH PROFESSOR ANITA HILL BING THEATRE ADMISSION IS FREE. RSVP AT VISIONSANDVOICES.USC.EDU In October 1991, ANITA HILL’s landmark testimony—that her former boss, Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas, had sexually harassed her—ignited a movement. CINDI LEIVE and DR. SALAMISHAH TILLET, co-hosts of the new podcast Because of Anita, will host a special afternoon of programming culminating in a keynote interview with Professor Anita Hill that will look at what’s changed, what hasn’t, and what needs our attention now.
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A THEATRICAL PERFORMANCE BY TEADA PRODUC TIONS A Visions and Voices Signature Event THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2021 | 7 P.M. BOVARD AUDITORIUM UNIVERSIT Y OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Admission is free. RSVP at visionsandvoices.usc.edu Created by Leilani Chan and Ova Saopeng with Innocenta Sound Kikku and members of the Micronesian community in the U.S., this powerful theatrical journey is based on the experiences of Micronesians who have fled their island nations due to environmental and economic pressures, and must overcome conflicts of identity in their new home of Hawai’i. Combining community-based story collection and social justice practices, the performance takes us from remote islands to urban cities, from ocean water passageways to paved asphalt highways. As the waters of our planet rise, what can we learn from the culture and descendants of the original ocean navigators of the Pacific?
Photos: Joan Osato
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An Evening with
“Radical and passionate and real.” —The New York Times Book Review “An essential chronicler of American Life.”—Elle TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2021, AT 7 P.M. BOVARD AUDITORIUM
ZADIE SMITH is the award-winning author of White Teeth, On Beauty, NW, and Swing Time, as well as collections of short stories and essays such as Grand Union and Intimations. She was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2002 and listed as one of Granta’s 20 Best Young British Novelists in 2003 and 2013, and is a tenured professor of fiction at New York University. At this special event, Smith will read from her recent work and participate in a conversation with USC’s renowned writer-in-residence, GEOFF DYER.
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ADMISSION IS FREE. RSVP AT VISIONSANDVOICES.USC.EDU BOOK SIGNING TO FOLLOW.
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CINEMA AFTER THE COLLAPSE
NOVEMBER 4-6, 2021 Ray Stark Family Theatre and Norris Cinema Theatre Admission is free. RSVP at visionsandvoices.usc.edu The three-day film festival will mark the 30th anniversary of the fall of the USSR with feature films, documentaries, animation, and shorts. Conversations with filmmakers and scholars will explore cinema, history, identity, community, and hope in Armenia, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, and Russia.
SCHEDULE: Thursday, November 4 | 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Ray Stark Family Theatre 7 p.m. | The Event (Directed by Sergei Loznitsa, Russia, 2015)
Friday, November 5 | 6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Norris Cinema Theatre 6 p.m. | Reception 7 p.m. | Should The Wind Drop
PHOTO: ZAVEN KHACHIKYAN DISMANTLING OF A STATUE OF LENIN IN THE SQUARE NAMED AFTER HIM IN YEREVAN
(Directed by Nora Martirosyan, Armenia/France/Belgium, 2020)
Saturday, November 6 | 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. Norris Cinema Theatre 1 p.m. | At the Ends of the Earth (Directed by Konstantin Bronzit, Russia, 1999)
1:10 p.m. | And Then We Danced (Directed by Levan Akin, Georgia/Sweden, 2019)
3:25 p.m. | Last Chance for Justice (Directed by Marina Shupac, Moldova/Kyrgyzstan, 2021)
4:45 p.m. | Leviathan (Directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev, Russia, 2014)
8 p.m. | JAZZ: Fool Around (Directed by David Babayan, Armenia, 2019) USC Armenian Students Association
8:15 p.m. | Reception with live music from USC Thornton School of Music students
WAGING PEACE inVIETNAM A N E X HIBIT ION OF
Protest Movements and Social Change
November 11 - December 3, 2021 Wallis Annenberg Hall University of Southern California Admission is free.
Nearly five decades after America left the Vietnam War, and hundreds of books, articles, films, and television programs later, the GI resistance movement remains largely ignored. Based on the photo book Waging Peace in Vietnam, this exhibit will showcase photographs, oral histories, and archival documents related to the GI antiwar movement, illustrating how this pivotal movement unfolded and helped to end the war. Presented by USC Visions and Voices: The Arts and Humanities Initiative. Organized by Diane Winston (Communication and Journalism) and William Short (Moorpark College).
OPENING NIGHT PANEL & BOOK SIGNING
Waging Peace in Vietnam: Protest Movements and Social Change Thursday, November 11, 2021, at 7:30 p.m. Wallis Annenberg Hall
Admission is free. RSVP at visionsandvoices.usc.edu A dynamic panel of activists and scholars will discuss GI resistance in Vietnam and later conflicts. Visit our website for details.
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UNSILENCED A CALL TO ACTION WITH
AFGHAN HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST CRYSTAL BAYAT & SYRIAN REFUGEE OLYMPIAN YUSRA MARDINI
Friday, November 12, 2021 7 p.m. Norris Cinema Theatre
Admission is free. RSVP at visionsandvoices.usc.edu
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What does the Taliban takeover mean for the future of women’s rights in the Middle East? What can we do to advocate for those who have been silenced? Afghan human rights activist Crystal Bayat and Syrian refugee and Olympic swimmer Yusra Mardini have been fighting their entire lives to be seen and treated as equals. In an inspiring conversation moderated by social entrepreneur Hila Azadzoy, these women will share their incredible stories and discuss the importance of advocacy in the face of insurmountable odds, innovative ways to empower girls who’ve been denied education, and the power of technology for social good.
“With its radical subjectivity, visceral footage, and poetic form, Midnight Traveler is a migration story like no other.”—Sundance Institute
CAPTURING THE GLOBAL REFUGEE CRISIS ON FILM
Monday, November 15, 2021, at 7 p.m. Ray Stark Family Theatre Admission is free. RSVP online.
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Midnight Traveler will be made available to USC students for online viewing before the event.
Shooting entirely on cell phones, Afghan-born filmmakers Hassan Fazili and Fatima Hussaini documented their family’s multiyear odyssey spanning several continents
and numerous refugee camps in the Balkans and Eastern Europe. Following an introduction by USC professor Paul Lerner and librarian Michaela Ullmann, Fazili and Hussaini (attending remotely) will show sequences from their award-winning film Midnight Traveler, discuss their difficult circumstances and creative choices, and address migrant and refugee experiences and global film culture with an in-person panel featuring Doris Berger and Bernardo Rondeau from the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures and historian Marjan Wardaki of Yale University.
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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2021, AT 7 P.M. NORRIS CINEMA THEATRE ADMISSION IS FREE. RSVP AT VISIONSANDVOICES.USC.EDU
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From her early Riot Grrrl–influenced fanzines and performances to a career that has produced seminal films, fiction, sculptures, public art, and even a smartphone app, Miranda July is one of the most impressive cross-disciplinary artists of her generation. Join us for a special screening of her third feature film, Kajillionaire, which premiered at Sundance in 2020 and stars Evan Rachel Wood, Richard Jenkins, and Debra Winger as a dysfunctional family of con artists and Gina Rodriguez as the outsider who joins and derails their way of life. July will introduce the film and take part in a post-screening Q&A with Nana Adwoa Frimpong, MFA candidate at the USC School of Cinematic Arts.
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“Resolutely avant-garde.... Dictee has spent decades as a cult classic, becoming a fixture of Asian American and feminist studies syllabi across the country.”—The Nation
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Saturday, December 4, 2021, 1 to 6 p.m. Meldman Family Cinematic Arts Park Reception to follow. Admission is free. RSVP at visionsandvoices.usc.edu In 1982, multimedia artist and writer Theresa Hak Kyung Cha published Dictee, a radical blend of experimental novel, poetry, autobiography, and cultural critique. Shortly after its publication, she was tragically raped and murdered—her life unjustly ended at the peak of her artistic output and during her ascent as a respected and admired artist. Four decades after her passing, Cha’s legacy as a groundbreaking and influential artist continues to grow. Commemorating the 70th anniversary of her birth, Deaf and Hearing volunteers, including USC students, will read her magnum opus in its entirety simultaneously in spoken language and in ASL. The reading will be accompanied by projected images of the pages of Dictee, Cha’s artwork, and introductory remarks by her brother and biographer John H. Cha and scholars Laura Hyun Yi Kang (UC Irvine) and Lawrence Rinder (UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive).
This event will also be livestreamed. Presented by USC Visions and Voices: The Arts and Humanities Initiative. Organized by GYOPO, Annette M. Kim (Public Policy), Holly Willis (Cinematic Arts), and Yong Soon Min (Professor Emeritus, UC Irvine).
THERESA HAK KYUNG CHA: UNTITLED (CANDLE PERFORMANCE), 1973; BLACK-AND-WHITE VIDEO, SOUND, 25 MIN.; UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY ART MUSEUM AND PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE; GIFT OF THE THERESA HAK KYUNG CHA MEMORIAL FOUNDATION.
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Wabi-Sabi Workshop Series
Monday, December 6, 2021 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. USC Fisher Museum of Art Courtyard Admission is free. Reservations required. RSVP at visionsandvoices.usc.edu
Join the USC Roski faculty and staff around the indigo vat and stitch table to dye Shibori patches and learn the art of Boro mending. All materials and supplies will be provided to make one-of-a-kind creations and repair or elevate tattered or damaged clothing. Presented as part of the Wabi-Sabi Workshop Series, highlighting the Japanese concept of finding beauty in imperfection to bring about healing and acceptance, and inviting the USC community to practice mending and creating together.
Related Event: Make Mend: Kintsugi Hack
Friday, April 15, 2022, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. USC Fisher Museum of Art Courtyard
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Photo (Rocky Rivera): Vivian Chen Art: Audrey Chan, The Care We Create, 2020
An Evening with
ROCKY RIVERA and
AUDREY CHAN
FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 2022, AT 7 P.M. LIVE VIA ZOOM Admission is free. RSVP at visionsandvoices.usc.edu Join explosive San Francisco rapper and activist Rocky Rivera, acclaimed Los Angeles–based artist and educator Audrey Chan, and USC professor and poet Adrian De Leon (moderator) for an uplifting conversation about social justice, feminism, and using art to empower diasporic communities. This inspiring discussion will be followed by a Q&A with the audience and a live rap performance by Rivera. USC students who attend this online event will be able to register to receive a screen printed poster by Self Help Graphics & Art. Posters are first-come, first-served, and can be picked up on campus or sent via mail. VISIONSANDVOICES.USC.EDU UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Chris Finley USC Dornsife
Rebecca Hernandez UC Santa Cruz
Loriene Roy
University of Texas, Austin
Shawn Wilson
University of British Columbia, Okanaga
A Conversation with
INDIGENOUS SCHOLARS Wednesday, February 2, 2022 6 p.m. Live via Zoom Admission is free. RSVP at visionsandvoices.usc.edu Join us for a crucial roundtable discussion addressing the fraught relationship between indigenous knowledge and scholars and the academic and cultural institutions that have often erased, co-opted, and excluded them. Leading indigenous scholars will describe how research shapes Native peoples’ paths through academia and address their complicated history with systems of information and education.
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“Doug Varone and Dancers command attention as soon as the curtain goes up.” —Chicago Tribune
Friday 2/11/22 at 7 PM
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Admission is free. RSVP at visionsandvoices.usc.edu Internationally renowned choreographer and USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance Artist in Residence Doug Varone creates kinetically thrilling dances with rich musicality and emotional depth. This dynamic program will feature hallmark works performed by Doug Varone and Dancers, a new piece staged on BFA students from USC Kaufman, and custom video and sound production by RYBG, followed by a conversation with Varone and creative artist and professor Dawn Stoppiello.
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Tuesday, February 15, 2022 4 p.m. Queens Courtyard Admission is free.
Join us for a special outdoor performance by East L.A. Taiko, infusing the raw, driving style of Japanese drumming with Latin roots, Afro-Cuban rhythms, and ska punk beats to create an eclectic and fiery blend of music that both reflects and energizes the heart of Los Angeles.
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THE MEDICAL HUMANITIES, ARTS, AND ETHICS SERIES
Inequalities Unmasked WHAT PANDEMICS REVEAL ABOUT AMERICAN SOCIETY FROM THE SPANISH FLU TO COVID-19
A LECTURE BY Keith Wailoo Wednesday, February 16, 2022, at 12 p.m. Live via Zoom Admission is free. RSVP at visionsandvoices.usc.edu In a timely and crucial lecture, Henry Putnam University Professor of History and Public Affairs at Princeton University Keith Wailoo will survey the history of epidemics and the unequal burden on people of color in this country.
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Dying While Black: Race, Maternity, and the Reproductive Health Care System A Lecture by Michele Bratcher Goodwin
Wednesday, April 13, 2022, at 12 p.m. Mayer Auditorium, Health Sciences Campus Presented by USC Visions and Voices: The Arts and Humanities Initiative. Organized by Pamela Schaff (Medical Education, Family Medicine, and Pediatrics), Alexander Capron (Law and Medicine), Ricky Bluthenthal (Preventive Medicine), Ron Ben-Ari (Internal Medicine and Medical Education), Erika Wright (Medical Education and English), and Joyce Richey (Physiology & Neuroscience and Medical Education). Co-sponsored by Keck School of Medicine’s HEAL (Humanities, Ethics, Art, and the Law) Program and the USC Pacific Center for Health Policy and Ethics.
Photo: Sameer A. Khan
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ROVING STUDIO TRIPTYCH WITH ARTIST
S A T U R D A Y
FEB. 26, 2022 1 P.M. / LIVE VIA ZOOM
ADMISSION IS FREE. RSVP AT VISIONSANDVOICES.USC.EDU
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3 P.M. / LIVE VIA ZOOM
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 2022 6 P.M. | VIRTUAL EVENT Admission is free. RSVP at visionsandvoices.usc.edu THE DIGITAL PREMIERE will be preceded by a live talk featuring the creative team and special guests. The entire program will be viewable on demand for a limited time.
Igor Stravinsky’s The Soldier’s Tale is a timeless work of musical theater that examines the human struggle to live in balance. This stirring new production written and illustrated by Catherine Farrington Garcia (USC School of Dramatic Arts), created directed and produced by Catherine Farrington Garcia and Nathan Farrington (Hazard Productions, LA Opera), and conducted by Molly Xiu Turner (Salonon Fellow at the Colburn School), marries theatrical performance, dance, and imagery as it portrays a young and talented soldier marching to Stravinsky’s iconic score and measuring the costs of mastery, family, and fame. visionsandvoices.usc.edu | #visionsandvoices
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ARCHIVAL INTIMACIES THUR | 3.3.22 | 6 P.M. ONE ARCHIVES AT THE USC LIBRARIES
909 West Adams Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90007
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Presented by USC Visions and Voices: The Arts and Humanities Initiative. Organized by Alexis Bard Johnson (ONE Archives) and Aziz Sohail. Co-sponsored by Asian Pacific American Student Services.
QUEERING SOUTH/EAST ASIAN DIASPORAS Experience new performances and excerpts of films by Los Angeles– based transdisciplinary artists VINHAY KEO and PRIMA JALICHANDRA-SAKUNTABHAI. A conversation will follow exploring South/East Asian queer diasporas and the complexities of history, identity, and belonging with the artists, independent curator AZIZ SOHAIL, USC Dornsife professor NAYAN SHAH, and ONE Archives curator ALEXIS BARD JOHNSON. In conjunction with the event, exhibits at ONE ARCHIVES and the USC PACIFIC ASIA MUSEUM will showcase work by the artists and 25 years of SATRANG, an organization that has supported South Asian LGBTQ communities in Southern California since 1997.
“A multiracial jam army that freestyles with cool telekinesis between the lustrous menace of Miles Davis’ On the Corner, the slash-and-om of 1970s King Crimson, and Jimi Hendrix’ moonwalk across side three of Electric Ladyland.”—Rolling Stone
THE ARKESTRA CHAMBER Cosmic Riddem, Esoteric Rambunction & Eclectic Blue Cheer — Conduction #2 8 p.m.
March 5, 2022
Tommy’s Place ADMISSION IS FREE. RSVP ONLINE AT VISIONSANDVOICES.USC.EDU
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Burnt Sugar The Arkestra Chamber is a New York–based, multigeneration, multi-gender, and multi-ethnic family that performs around the world. Performing Cosmic Riddem & Eclectic Blue Cheer — Conduction #2, the So Cal New Sugar Swing Edition of the Burnt Sugar Arkestra will “caramelize” everyone within ear’s reach, treating space, time, and genre like trans-dimensional Silly Putty bursting with polyphonic and multi-rhythmic dap! And more!
Cosmic Riddem & Eclectic Blue Cheer — Conduction #3 Tuesday, March 8, 2022, at 7:30 p.m. The Hammer Museum
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Saturday
Parable of the Sower graphic novel art by John Jennings
Photo by Ray Chavez
UNDERSTANDING CLIMATE CHANGE AND SOCIAL COLLAPSE THROUGH SCIENCE FICTION Moderated by Los Angeles Times columnist Carolina A. Miranda, a wide-ranging panel including climate resiliency expert John Bwarie, Octavia Butler scholar Ayana A. H. Jamieson, science fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson, and climate scientist Daniel Swain will try to make sense of a world that increasingly resembles the dystopia of Butler’s classic novel Parable of the Sower.
Prior to the discussion, digital artist Erik Loyer and a team of USC students from the Ahmanson Lab will share their speculative vision of California’s future via an immersive digital work, accompanied by an exhibition of rare and unique materials from the USC Libraries.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 2022 | LIVE VIA ZOOM 5 PM: AHMANSON LAB PRESENTATION 6 PM: CALIFORNIA DYSTOPIA PANEL Admission is free. RSVP at visionsandvoices.usc.edu visionsandvoices.usc.edu | #visionsandvoices
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Presented by USC Visions and Voices: The Arts and Humanities Initiative. Organized by Nathan Masters, Curtis Fletcher, and Bo Doub (USC Libraries).
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NISHA GANATRA MARYAM KESHAVARZ FRIDAY | 3.11.22 | 6 P.M. and
ONE Archives at the USC Libraries University of Southern California
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The Real
JAMES BOND …Was
DOMINICAN WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY
CHRISTOPHER RIVAS DEVELOPED WITH AND DIRECTED BY DANIEL BANKS A DNAWORKS PRODUCTION
SATURDAY, MARCH 26, 2022, AT 7:30 P.M. BOVARD AUDITORIUM Admission is free. RSVP at visionsandvoices.usc.edu What happens when a James Bond–obsessed Dominican boy in Queens finds out that the real James Bond was Dominican? In an honest and entertaining performance integrating live music and video, writer-actor CHRISTOPHER RIVAS tells the true story of Porfirio Rubirosa, author Ian Fleming’s inspiration for Agent 007, while exploring race, representation, and the roller coaster of finding one’s true self.
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FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 2022 7 P.M. LIVE VIA ZOOM
Admission is free. RSVP at visionsandvoices.usc.edu Patrick “Pato” Hebert
Engage your senses and explore the intersections between belonging, creativity, activism, and community in a unique and imaginative virtual event curated by Sita Kuratomi Bhaumik, a visual artist, food-justice organizer with People’s Kitchen Collective (PKC), and author of the forthcoming book, We Make Constellations of the Stars. Sita will engage in a lively conversation with PKC cook activist Jocelyn Jackson, artist and educator Patrick “Pato” Hebert, and USC professor Adrian De Leon about creative pathways and collaborations, and how these intersections are integral to social change. What constellation might we form together? Following the event, a limited number of attendees will receive a kit inspired by the collective conversation.
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Tracing Our Creative Origins: A Workshop with Sita Kuratomi Bhaumik Thursday, March 31, 2022, at 5 p.m. Live via Zoom
Presented by USC Visions and Voices: The Arts and Humanities Initiative. Organized by Sunyoung Lee (Kaya Press), Adrian De Leon (American Studies and Ethnicity), Jenny Lin (Art and Design), and Asian Pacific American Student Services.
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MIGRANT FOOD WORLDS OF THE SILK ROADS
Food Tasting Festival
• Azla Ethiopian Eatery • Dolan’s Uyghur Cuisine
• Chef Mojdeh from Noush (Persian) • Momed (Mediterranean)
THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 2022, AT 3:30 P.M., ALUMNI PARK Many of the foods we enjoy in Los Angeles arrived via long journeys and countless exchanges between cultures along the ancient Silk Roads. This delicious and ongoing history will be brought to life by authentic food tastings. Admission is free. | RSVP at visionsandvoices.usc.edu
MORE SILK ROADS AT DOHENY MEMORIAL LIBRARY PRE-TASTING PANEL: APRIL 7 AT 2:30 P.M.
EXHIBITION: THROUGH MAY 31
A fascinating conversation at the Friends of the USC Libraries Lecture Hall, DML 240, will feature chef Bughra Arkin, food archaeologist Farrell Monaco, food historian Joseph Nagy, and Good Food producer Elina Shatkin. Join waitlist now!
On display at the USC Libraries’ Treasure Room, The Silk Roads Connecting Communities, Markets, and Minds Since Antiquity traces the history of cultural exchanges on the Silk Roads, which were an important forerunner to globalization as we conceive of it today. Free and open to the public.
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TUESDAY APRIL AT P M BOVARD AUDITORIUM U N IVERSIT Y OF SOUTH ERN CALI FORN IA
DYING WHILE BLACK
THE MEDICAL HUMANITIES, ARTS, AND ETHICS SERIES
A Lecture by
MICHELE BRATCHER GOODWIN
Wed | 4.13.22 | 12 p.m.
Mayer Auditorium Health Sciences Campus RECEPTION TO FOLLOW IN THE HOYT GALLERY. This event will also be livestreamed. Admission is free. RSVP online.
RACE, MATERNITY, AND THE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
Michele Bratcher Goodwin is Chancellor’s Professor and the founding director of the Center for Biotechnology and Global Health Policy at UC Irvine’s School of Law. She is also the author of Policing the Womb: Invisible Women and the Criminalization of Motherhood and host and executive producer of the podcast, On the Issues with Michele Goodwin, for Ms. magazine. In a passionate address to current and future health care professionals and the public, Goodwin will discuss racial and gender inequities in the reproductive health care system. Presented by USC Visions and Voices: The Arts and Humanities Initiative. Organized by Pamela Schaff (Medical Education, Family Medicine, and Pediatrics), Alexander Capron (Law and Medicine), Ricky Bluthenthal (Preventive Medicine), Ron Ben-Ari (Internal Medicine and Medical Education), Erika Wright (Medical Education and English), and Joyce Richey (Physiology & Neuroscience and Medical Education). Co-sponsored by Keck School of Medicine’s HEAL (Humanities, Ethics, Art, and the Law) Program and the USC Pacific Center for Health Policy and Ethics.
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FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 2022, FROM 11 A.M. TO 3 P.M. USC FISHER MUSEUM OF ART COURTYARD Admission is free. Reservations required. RSVP at visionsandvoices.usc.edu Kintsugi is the Japanese technique of repairing and embellishing broken pottery with gold or gold dust, turning the damaged item into a thing of beauty and celebrating breakage and repair as part its history. At the “Kintsugi Hack” workshop, USC Roski faculty and staff will provide participants with everyday materials such as epoxy glue and gold leaf and guide them through a modern take on the traditional art. Presented as part of the Wabi-Sabi Workshop Series, highlighting the Japanese concept of finding beauty in imperfection to bring about healing and acceptance, and inviting the USC community to practice mending and creating together.
WABI-SABI WORKSHOP SERIES
MAKE MEND
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4:30 to 5:45 p.m. Showcase & Resou rce Fair (in front of Bovard)
6 to 7:30 p.m. Presentations in Bovar d Auditorium
One of L.A.’s most widely known artivists
Featuring
Presentations by
Queering Chinese American Identities In Art And Film THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 2022, AT 7 P.M RAY STARK FAMILY THEATRE, SCA 108 ADMISSION IS FREE. RSVP AT VISIONSANDVOICES.USC.EDU
Join artists and filmmakers Patty Chang, Andrew Thomas Huang, WangShui, and Hao Wu for a critical, surreal, experimental, and beautifully open exploration of LGBTQ+ communities and their allies within AAPI cultures. Following screenings of their work, they will discuss their art and process and how they subvert concepts of gender, sexuality, and identity with Metropolitan Museum of Art curator Lesley Ma and USC Roski School of Art and Design professor Jenny Lin. Related Event for USC Students:
KU’ER WORLDS: ART AND FILMMAKING WORKSHOP Friday, April 22, 2022, at 10 a.m. Friends of the USC Libraries Lecture Hall, DML 240
Presented by USC Visions and Voices: The Arts and Humanities Initiative. Organized by Tang Li (USC Libraries) and Jenny Lin (Art and Design). visionsandvoices.usc.edu | #visionsandvoices UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
AMERICAN PREMIERE
All the Truths We Cannot See A Chernobyl Story Friday, April 22, 2022
7 p.m.: Pre-performance discussion 8 p.m.: Performance Bing Theatre Admission is free. RSVP online.
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Art, Artists, Artists, and and Cultural Cultural Art, Spaces Since Since the the 1960s 1960s Spaces FRIDAY, APRIL 29 AND SATURDAY, APRIL 30, 2022
SATURDAY, APRIL 30
A dynamic series of events will explore the history and future of art, artists, activism, and cultural organizations in South Los Angeles. The program will feature a keynote by renowned art historian and curator Kellie Jones at the USC Roski School of Art and Design, roundtable discussions with artists and scholars at the California African American Museum (CAAM), and a reception at the USC Fisher Museum of Art.
Ben Caldwell, filmmaker and founder of KAOS network Kellie Jones, historian, curator, and author Amitis Motevalli, artist and director of the William Grant Still Art Center Roger Guenveur Smith, actor, director, and collaborator of Spike Lee Robeson Taj Frazier (moderator), USC Annenberg professor
At USC and the California African American Museum
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Visit our website for locations and details.
FRIDAY, APRIL 29 7 TO 8:30 P.M.: KEYNOTE BY DR. KELLIE JONES Kellie Jones, historian, curator, and author of South of Pico: African American Artists in Los Angeles in the 1960s and 1970s Essence Harden (moderator), curator at CAAM Naima J. Keith (moderator), vice president of education and public programs at LACMA
10:30 A.M. TO 12:15 P.M.: ROUNDTABLE 1
Postwar Histories: Black Arts Institutions and Community-Based Practices in South L.A.
1 TO 2:45 P.M.: ROUNDTABLE 2
Museums and Artist-Run Spaces in South L.A. Today Sophia Belsheim, director of ART + PRACTICE Bethany Montagano, director of the USC Museums Pilar Tompkins Rivas, chief curator at the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art Lisa Diane Wedgeworth, artist and executive director of arts at Blue Roof Cameron Shaw (moderator), executive director at CAAM
3 TO 4:45 P.M.: ROUNDTABLE 3
A New Generation of Art and Artists in South L.A. Ray Anthony Barrett, visual artist and chef Alicia Piller, mixed media artist Felix Quintana, artist and educator Tiffany E. Barber (moderator), assistant professor at the University of Delaware and Scholar in Residence at the Getty Research Institute
5 TO 6:30 P.M.: CLOSING RECEPTION Drinks, light bites, music by DJ Anna Krylova, and spoken word by Edwin Bodney and PoeticMoment.
ADMISSION IS FREE. RSVP AT VISIONSANDVOICES.USC.EDU | UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Experience L.A. features an exciting array of trips for USC students to explore Los Angeles’s world-class cultural landscape. You must be a USC student and use the provided transportation to participate. Space is limited and advance registration is required. Meals will be provided for participants at each event.
L.A.
EVERYBODY’S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE Thursday, February 17, 2022 Ahmanson Theatre Downtown Los Angeles
TUPAC SHAKUR. WAKE ME WHEN I’M FREE Wednesday, February 23, 2022 The Canvas at L.A. Live Downtown Los Angeles
ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER Friday, April 8, 2022 Dorothy Chandler Pavilion Downtown Los Angeles
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Admission is free and open to USC students only. For more information or to RSVP, please visit our website or contact us at visionsandvoices@usc.edu or (213) 740-0483.
USC Visions and Voices 837 Downey Way, Stonier Hall B1 Los Angeles, CA 90089–1142 (213) 740–0483 visionsandvoices@usc.edu
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