Richland Chronicle April 18th, 2017

Vol. XLIII Issue 26 April 18, 2017

Mega March, round II Pg. 2

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April 18, 2017

Dallas Mega March II: Taking it to the streets

HARRIS SADIQ Managing Editor

Thousands of marchers gathered in downtown Dallas April 9 to support immigration rights in response to President Donald Trump’s stance on immigration.

The march, organized by several religious leaders in the community, began on a sunny day near Klyde Warren Park. Dallas Police, who estimated the crowd at more than 3,000, were on hand to make sure the march remained peaceful.

Organizers encouraged participants to wear red, white and blue. A melting pot of men, women and children waved American flags and marched down the street chanting “What do we want? Justice! When do we want it? Now! Supporters of the president’s immigration action also came wearing “Make America Great Again” hats and carrying flags with the same words. They chanted: “America first!”

Even a few anarchists wearing ski masks and holding blank black flags attended. Some yelled “America was never great! Burn it down!” through megaphones.

Yet despite such differing views, the march remained peaceful with street performers join-

More than 3,000 demonstrators march in downtown Dallas on April 9, 2017

ing to play live music and bring the crowd to Dallas City Hall.

People sang the national anthem and recited the Pledge of Allegiance. They listened to speeches from young immigrants here without legal permission who were worried about staying and from faith leaders in the community.

According to the Department of Homeland Security there are approximately 11.4 million

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people here without legal permission to be in the U.S. President Trump signed an executive order about the southern U.S. border January 25.

The order stated: “Border security is critically important to the national security of the United States. Transnational criminal organizations operate sophisticated drug and human-trafficking networks and smuggling op-

Spotlight on learning differences HENRY PHAM

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Staff Writer

The month of April is Autism Awareness Month. The designation was made nearly a quarter of a century ago by the Autism Society, according to their website, to create national awareness of people with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and its associated challenges. The five key elements of success are acceptance, awareness, action, inclusion, and appreciation.

Autism, or ASD, is a disability that is characterized by challenges with social skills, repetitive behaviors, speech and nonverbal communication and learning differences. Autism is a medical diagnosis. The condition is believed to be caused by different combinations of genetic and environmental influences. The term “spectrum” refers to wide variation of challenges and strengths people with the diagnosis may possess.

Richland student David Hoag has mild autism. He explains what the diagnosis means to him. “A different way of looking into the world and things. Maybe like a greater potential but more struggle in areas that others find easier,” he said.

Hoag says he has a hard time with social interaction and that he feels uncertain about

the things he has to do, but he’s learning to overcome those challenges. “I observe what others are doing and try to copy them on what they do right,” said Hoag. “Additionally, I practice everything and improve my skills.”

There is no cure or treatment for autism but there are educational, behavioral, speech and family therapies for those who are seeking assistance Here are the facts: One third of the people with autism are nonverbal and one third have intellectual disability. Autism is more common in boys than girls with one in 42 prevalence in boys and one in 189 girls.

People with autism can participate in many activities including sharing their thoughts and ideas on issues, doing puzzles, watching movies and getting involved in their communities and interacting with families, friends and educators.

Blue is the designated color for Autism Awareness Month. You can show your awareness by being supportive and encouraging of people who have autism or other disabilities throughout the year. It helps people with disabilities succeed in life and with their education as they overcome fears and certain challenges. More information about autism is available online at http://www.autism-society.org/

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The legendary Chuck Berry performs on stage.

‘Roll Over Beethoven’, Chuck is on the way

FERNANDO RODRIGUEZ Staff Writer

Music legend Chuck Berry, regarded by some as the “Father of Rock ‘n’ Roll,” was laid to rest near St. Louis last week as family, friends and fans turned out to pay their final respects. The rock ‘n’ roll icon passed away at the age of 90 on March 18.

Berry’s upbeat repertoire included top hits “Johnny B. Goode,” “Roll Over Beethoven,” “Maybellene,” and “My Ding-A-Ling,” which have become rock classics and influenced generations of musicians.

“Once Chuck Berry had some success on those early tunes and started climbing the chart, they were pretty much the same song but it changed [the] music,” said Joe Lee, guitar instructor at Richland. “All the bands that we have now we wouldn’t have [without Berry]. Led Zeppelin wouldn’t be the way it is,

erations on both sides of the southern border, contributing to a significant increase in violent crime and United States deaths from dangerous drugs. Among those who illegally enter are those who seek to harm Americans through acts of terror or criminal conduct.”

Many have worried, however, that other immigrants without legal permission, who are not the target of the president’s executive order will be arrested and deported without a chance to acquire legal status.

This was the expressed purpose of the Mega March; to stand up for hopeful immigrants seeking the American dream.

One man who came to show solidarity was Dallas city council candidate Linus Piller. Piller hopes Congress will pass immigration reform.

“This Congress has the ability to do it if they would get off their duffs and just do it. That’s what we pay them to do,” said Piller.

Martin Luther King III, son of the legendary civil rights leader, was also at the march.

“Obviously our system of immigration is not working properly today. People feel they’re being mistreated. I think there is a consciousness in the universe that is not going to allow all that to happen,” King said.

King met with President Trump in January.

The original Dallas Mega March was in 2006.

Hendrix wouldn’t be the way he was, Metallica, Dream Theatre or Steve Vai and the list keeps going on.”

Berry was known for his extravagant moves on stage. His signature move, the duck walk, has been imitated by numerous performers.

“He was a real showman. He did the duck walk and played the guitar behind his back,” said Lee. Rock bands including The Beatles, and The Rolling Stones have held Berry in high regard and have recorded his music. Berry was one of the few artists who crossed the race barrier at a time when segregation was a still in existence.

He inspired his audiences to dance to his 12bar blues and boogie woogie beats.

“He’s not a great technical player but he latched on to some real simple, catchy ways of playing that people were not playing [at the time], and caught a lot of folks’ ears,” said Lee. “He found a cool thing to do that nobody else was doing that the masses could relate to.”

His honorary title as the “Father of Rock ‘n’ Roll,” according to Rolling Stone magazine, is a testament to the influence of his music. He was a major figure who helped shape the rock music genre. His innovative guitar technique placed him among some of the greatest guitarists of all time. Rolling Stone magazine ranked him number 7 out of 100 top guitarists.

His introduction to the song “Johnny B. Goode” is familiar to many new guitarists.

“He plays those Elmore James and Howling Wolf blues licks and changed it up,” said Lee. He made a new recording before his death, his first in 37 years, which he dedicated to his wife Themetta Berry. It will be released in June. Berry was laid to rest with his cherryred Gibson guitar bolted to the inside of his coffin lid.

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Richland students from more than 130 countries around the world are represented during the annual cultural festival parade.

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Annual cultural festival woos Thunderducks

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Huma Timur shows how Turkish ebru-style artwork is made.

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Victor Thomas raps on stage.

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Scott Branks, right, gives his opening speech for the Peace Pole planting ceremony.

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International student Kenechukwu Enemo represents Nigeria in traditional garb.

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Student artwork dazzles in Brazos Gallery exhibition YEN NGUYEN Staff Writer

Tyehimba Jess talks to Richland students in the library.

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Literary festival: poetic justice AHLAM MARYAM AL MAHROOQ Page Layout Editor

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Tyehimba Jess was the closing day speaker at Richland’s 34th Literary Arts Festival that took place on April 4-6.

Just days after the close of the festival, Jess received the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for his book, “Olio.” The Pulitzer Prize is one of the top awards in journalism and the arts.

Jess has won numerous awards and fellowships in poetry. He is currently an associate professor of English at the College of Staten Island.

Jess was one of three presenters at the festival, along with local fiction writer Sanderia Faye and local playwright Matt Lyle, whose play “Barbecue Apocalypse” will be

performed April 25-29 in the Arena Theater in Fannin Hall.

In an email to Richland faculty, festival coordinator Sobia Khan, Ph.D, said, “We were able to help our students experience great writing and writers. Each of our three main speakers brought their work in their presentations. This year we had many more students wanting to participate in the student readings than time would allow.”

“This is a good problem to have!” Khan said. “And our faculty shared some of their own amazing writings, (too).”

According to Rae DeShong, a reference and instructional librarian, about 120 audience members attended Jess’s presentation. Richland College of World Languages, Cultures and Communications, the Office of Student Life and the library collaborate on the festival each year.

“The Zookeeper’s Wife” – This amazing World War II drama looks at the life of Antonina Zabinski (Jessica Chastain) who saved many people and animals in the midst of Germany’s invasion of Poland. Directed with some fine visuals and nuances from Niki Caro.

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The juried student art exhibition on view in the Brazos Gallery is an annual event held by the art faculty of Richland College.

The exhibit features more than 50 pieces of artwork ranging from drawings, paintings, sculpture, crafts and photography. The exhibit continues through Friday.

To be eligible, participants must be Richland students currently enrolled in courses related to art, namely painting, drawing, design, photography or multimedia. Students are required to submit work that has been completed within the last two to three years.

“The work is something you have been doing the past couple of years. We don’t want work that is like four, five or six years old,” said Brazos Gallery coordinator, John Sprigins.

The exhibition offers a great opportunity for students not only to show their work to the public but also to become more professional in their field.

“We are really trying to encourage students to submit their work. It’s part of the training.

When they are learning about making art they are also learning to become an art professional,” said Spriggins.

To be considered for the exhibition, students go through several steps. They must learn how to submit their work, seek advice from their instructors, make a judgment on their own work and decide what their best piece is best suited for the exhibition.

More than 150 pieces of art work were submitted for the exhibition. About one-third of those were chosen for the exhibit.

"Bustle à Trainan Vogue" by Andrew Tran

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"Spritual Totem Mask" by Robert Barretto

“Ghost in the Shell” -- Scarlett Johansson stars in this live-action feature about the famous anime character Major. She is both robot and a virtually indestructible human warrior in this futuristic Japanese action flick. With Oscarwinner Juliette Binoche and Takeshi Kitano.

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“Wilson” -- Woody Harrelson is the title character in this odd concoction of a comedy-drama in which his title character reconnects with ex-wife Laura Dern and the daughter he never knew. Also starring Cheryl Hines, Margo Martindale and Judy Greer.

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"Life" -- This sciencefiction entry deals with a nefarious dormant organism from Mars. It's an interesting concept, but something gets lost in the mixture. With Ryan Reynolds, Jake Gylenhaal, Rebecca Ferguson and Olga Dihovichnaya.

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“Gifted” -- Chris Evans headlines as Frank Adler, caregiver to his late sister’s daughter, Mary Adler (McKenna Grace), who is a math prodigy. The realization causes conflict within the family. With Jenny Slate ("Obvious Child") and recent Oscar-winner Octavia Spencer ("The Help").

–Ricky Miller

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Show me the funny

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Sheldon Vielma and Cori Clark get mad.

Doomsday cookout: 'Barbecue Apocalypse' heats up the stage JOYCE JACKSON Copy Editor

What could possibly go wrong when six 30-something friends try to have a peaceful barbecue in the back yard? The fun begins when they try to figure out how to light the grill. It’s all part of Matt Lyle’s contemporary comedy, “Barbecue Apocalypse,” which will be presented next week at Richland.

The play is about friendship among three couples as they banter about a variety of topics including each other. As they mingle, there’s a lot of beer and a little political chatter.

The audience will be delighted with each of

the characters.

Richland drama professor and director, Gregory Lush, said one of the reasons he chose “Barbecue” for Richland’s last production this semester is that he felt drama students could be successful in portraying the characters. He is also friends with Lyle, a Dallas playwright.

Since Lyle was speaking on campus at the Literary Festival April 6, Lush thought it would be an “awesome experience for acting students to meet the playwright of the play they were working on.”

The cast includes a total of seven Richland actors: Raven Lanuza-Brown, Sheldon Vielma, Jabin Lewis, Carter Brown, Cori Clark, Kyla Burns and Carlos Hernandez.

Lush said the play explores themes about values.

“Part of what he’s playing with is how do we get to a place where we don’t judge everything in terms of its economics,” said Lyle.

“Barbecue” tries to excite the audience with a violent cataclysmic event. Lush said he wants it to be left to the audience’s imagination and would love for them to think, “What just happened?”

“Barbecue Apocalypse” will run at 7:30 p.m. from April 26-29 with a preview April 25 in the Arena Theater in Fannin Hall. No reservations are necessary. The play is free and open to the public. It’s rated R and recommended for those over the age of 17.

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Director Gregory Lush observes and gives notes to students during rehearsal.

It all started in the third grade when Matt Lyle thought he was going to be a professional baseball player. When that didn’t happen, he began writing.

The professional Dallas playwright spoke at the Richland Literary Festival April 6.

His play, “Barbecue Apocalype,” will be performed in the Arena Theater April 26-29, 2017.

While in college, Lyle wrote a play to impress a girl in the theater department.

“The girl is actually my wife now. I’ve been married for 15 years now to the girl that I impressed in college with that play. I guess it wasn’t a bad little script,” Lyle said.

After college, he came to Dallas and started doing comedy plays. Then he moved to Chicago where he attended Second City, the well-known improv theater, where he took sketch-writing courses.

“I went through a long period of time where, because I was writing these funny things, I sort of felt like I didn’t have a right to say anything real,” said Lyle.

When asked about his writing process Lyle said, “When you have a moment and a thought you think ‘that would make a good play,’ or ‘that’s a good joke,’ or ‘that’s an excellent scene,’ please write it down because you will not remember it.”

Lyle said it takes him about a year to fully write a play. “I write a lot of sketches, too, and that comes out in a couple of hours, but as far as a play goes, it’s basically a full year of conceptualizing the story as best I can.”

- Joyce Jackson

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High school reunion? Just Facebook me instead A guy named Joe

I got a phone call during the summer of 2008 from a former classmate at Bishop Lynch High School letting me know the class of 1988 would be holding its 20th reunion in late August. I wasn’t that excited.

Given that I was one week away from being laid off and I still hadn’t heard from the job I interviewed for the month before, the last thing I wanted to do was listen to former classmates’ success stories. I didn’t want to see pictures of their kids and listen to them boast about the six-figure salaries their significant others made let alone take a one-night stroll down memory lane.

To quote TV mobster Tony Soprano, “Remember when’ is the lowest form of conversation.”

My attitude about reminiscing is equivalent to the attitudes of some of the characters in “The Big Chill” (1983), including Alex whose off-screen suicide brought the college friends together and who audiences learned about through recollections.

I equate my not wanting to reminisce with what Harold (played by Kevin Kline) said about his friends over dinner in the film.

“Getting away from you people was the best thing that ever happened to me. I mean how much sex, fun, friendship can one man take?” he said.

OK, there was no sex but there were moments of fun and friendship.

The truth is that I haven’t seen two of my three closest friends from high school since 2006. One I haven’t seen since his wedding reception in the 1990s. I have three of them on my Facebook page but, despite suggesting we get together for lunch, it has yet to happen.

When your friends are married and have kids, your interests change and you drift apart.

Personally, I’m much more interested in finding out what happened to the people I knew in grade school from 1976 to 1984, which is where social media comes in.

Although I have only connected with seven former classmates from high school on Facebook, prompted by the “People You May Know” listing, I have been able to locate almost everyone from grade school. Even though I had no desire to friend a majority of them, I have been able to learn everything I wanted to know just by looking at their personal portraits or pictures of their kids and seeing where they live or what company they work for, provided they made that information public.

The same applies to the friends I’ve connected with on social media that I knew in high school. All the information I’ve learned about various people is what I would learn by attending an alumni party where you are served the best food from some of the top restaurants, free alcohol and a band that actually knows how to play dance music.

To quote Jeff Goldblum’s character in “The Big Chill,” “They throw a great party for you on the one day they know you can’t come.”

I’m not denying it was good to see a couple of former classmates in person when I attended the alumni party in 2015 at a homecoming game. I have since received a few friend requests from other classmates I had not seen in two decades. The question remains, will I see them again when the 30th reunion comes up in 2018? Will I, just for the hell of it, attend another homecoming game to see who I run into to play catch up with?

Will I even go to the 30th reunion or just wait until the big 50 comes around? I’m not thinking that far ahead.

Now that we have social media, I don’t think a day goes by for anyone that they don’t see a post from so-and-so letting everyone know what their relationship status is, wishing friends happy birthday, letting people know where they’re working, posting pictures of their kids, family get-togethers and places they go on vacation.

People can now click on the “like” option if they approve of the comment, meme or opinion so-and-so posted, or they can engage in arguments about politics, gun control, free health care or terrorism, or at the very worst, unfollow or delete them because they don’t agree with their left-wing/right-wing politics.

With the technology we have now, why do we need high school reunions? We can find out all we ever wanted to about someone through social media.

Although we might miss the free food and never-ending supply of alcoholic beverages.

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The Dallas Cup runneth over to Richland

Upcoming Events All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise indicated.

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KAMMONKE OBASE-WOTTA Staff Writer

The Dallas Cup is a great opportunity to see some of the worlds’s best youth soccer talent play locally. The annual spring soccer tournament attracts youth clubs from all over the world that converge in Dallas.

The event took place April 9-16 at Richland and other locations throughout the city.

There were more than 200 participants.

The staple feature of the Dallas Cup is the U-19 Gordon Jago Super Group. The Under-19 had 12 teams competing. Bracket A included teams from Brazil, Mexico, England, and the USA. In Bracket B were USA, Mexico,

Summer is all about the sports Tru Grit The season’s over. No more Mavs. No more Stars. Thank goodness! Dirk Nowitzki will be back next season and hopefully with a better supporting cast. The Dallas Stars got rid of head coach Lindy Ruff and Ken Hitchcock, the man who coached them to a Stanley Cup, is back in the lead position.

Now on to some baseball. The Texas Rangers have begun their 45th season in North Texas. The defending American League West division champions, as usual, are off to a rough start. The only Ranger that’s cookin’ right now is right fielder Nomar Mazara who is batting above .400, including a grand slam to dead center field against Oakland on April 7 to help secure the club’s first win of 2017.

Major League Soccer is fresh as FC Dallas is playing brilliantly early in the season. Speaking of soccer, the national champion Richland men’s soccer team will have a ring presentation at 2:30 p.m., Thursday, April 27, in the Brazos Gallery in room C140. RSVP to Kristi Nealy at kristinealy@dcccd.edu by Monday, April 24, if you wish to attend to celebrate the team’s national tournament win.

In the NBA, both conferences are locked up with the playoffs right around the corner.

In the East, the Boston Celtics always find a way to build a powerful team. The Celtics and the Cleveland Cavaliers are neck and neck for the top seed in the East. Meanwhile in the West, the Golden State Warriors have locked in the top seed again followed by the San Antonio Spurs.

The Mavericks will likely finish either 11th or 12th in the West, which would give them a decent shot in the draft lottery. The Minnesota Timberwolves have unveiled their new logo symbolizing the spirit of Minnesota and I must say IT’S FAN-TASTIC!! So while the T-Wolves are going through a completely new look, the Mavs are still stuck on the same insignia since 2001. Maybe after Nowitzki retires, we’ll see something different.

We’re a long way from the NFL season kickoff but Las Vegas’ dreams have come true.

The Raiders will once again leave Oakland in a few years. Bay Area football fans are livid but don’t blame the Raiders. Like San Diego’s Qualcomm Stadium, the Oakland Coliseum is run down as well. I can’t wait to see how the attendance will be this season in Oakland. The Raiders may end up leaving after 2017.

Finally, Tony Romo has hung up his cleats.

Romo was at the Mavericks final home game participating in everything. From practices to team pictures, being introduced in the starting five and jokingly subbed into the game. A great tribute to the Cowboys’ quarterback. Romo played b-ball in high school and showed his skills against Dirk in practice.

Now Romo will replace Hall of Fame QB Phil Simms as the color commentator with Jim Nantz on the NFL on CBS. Are you serious? That is NOT a good idea. It took Troy Aikman awhile to get situated at FOX and now he’s one of the best. Romo is green and the sports world will absolutely chew him up and spit him out, but what else is new.

Best wishes, Tony. I will keep my “eye” on CBS Sports.

–Tru Armstrong

Richland choral ensembles

Richland jazz combos Cafeteria stage, El Paso Hall

Fannin Performance Hall

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England, Israel. In Bracket C, Mexico, Brasil, Canada and Germany.

Brendan Hall, 16, a football club (FC Dallas) Under-19 player said, “You get to play teams from other nations and it provides better competition. It is also an opportunity to get better and noticed by university scouts.”

The group matches took place in different locations. In the initial match, FC Dallas thrashed Everton 5-0 at the Cotton Bowl. The next match was Coritiba vs. Real Salt Lake, at Richland, which ended in a draw.

Matches were played across all 10 of Richland’s soccer fields. Parking lots were full, nacho stands had long lines and excitement was in the air with the sound of parents and spectators cheering on their teams.

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“So You Think You Can Dance” competition

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Sabine Hall, Room SH117

Cafeteria stage

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Richland spring guitar ensemble concert: “Fire and Dance”

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Women’s chorale, Richnmen, jazz singers, chamber singers

11:15 a.m. to noon

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“Finding Prince Charming: How woul you recognize yours?

The topics cover dating, violence and promote self understanding

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El Paso Hall, Room E032

Richland Steel Sound Steel Band

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Carnival of steel pre-festival lunch concert Cafeteria stage, El Paso Hall

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“Stress Buster” relaxation workshops El Paso Hall, Room E032

Open mic at the amphitheater Bring your poetry, short stories and short plays to share or come to listen and enjoy lunch on the lawn

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Cafeteria stage, El Paso Hall 7:30 p.m.

Thursday 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Wellness event personal trainer, healthy snacks, nutritionist East breezeway by the library

Comedian Jason Cheny Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month

Bad weather location: Sabine Hall, Room SH118

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Carnival of Steel Festival guest artist concert with the Richland Steel Sound Steel Band Fannin Performance Hall, $10 admission Guest artist demo clinc: 5:30 p.m. Fannin Hall, $5 admission

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Richland spring choral concert: “Choral Collage” Fannin Performance Hall

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Richland International Film Series: “McFarland USA”

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Spring Symphonic Instrumental Music Concert 2: “Turning” Wind symphony, string orchestra, chamber ensembles Fannin Performance Hall

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Canadians, left, play against a USA team at Richland.

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