The National Endowment of the Arts grant award performance event, “American Dreams/Asian Nightmares” addresses the histories of Chinese American communities on the West Coast; it aims to enrich understandings of what constitutes humanity by exploring the prejudices that have fueled anti-Asian American prejudice in the USA. The preliminary Zoom webinar proposes to set the stage […]
Number one bestselling author and Guggenheim fellow Celeste Ng joins PEN Out Loud to discuss her third novel, Our Missing Hearts. A suspenseful and heartrending novel about the unbreakable love between a mother and child, Our Missing Hearts is an old story made new, of the ways supposedly civilized communities can pretend to ignore the most searing injustice. […]
Friday Noon Concerts return to Balch Auditorium at Scripps College beginning September 23, 2022. The October 21st concert features music by Bruce Babcock, Allan Blank, and Margi Griebling-Haigh performed by Pomona music faculty members Ursula Kleinecke, soprano; Carolyn Beck, bassoon; and Gayle Blankenburg, piano. Please visit the Friday Noon Concert webpage for current information regarding […]
The Joint Music Program of Claremont McKenna, Harvey Mudd, Pitzer, and Scripps Colleges presents The Claremont Concert Orchestra Performing works by Jean Sibelius Finlandia, Op. 26 and Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 43 Directed by David Cubek. Two FREE concerts are open to the public on Saturday, October 22 at 8:00 p.m. and […]
The Joint Music Program of Claremont McKenna, Harvey Mudd, Pitzer, and Scripps Colleges presents The Claremont Concert Orchestra Performing works by Jean Sibelius Finlandia, Op. 26 and Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 43 Directed by David Cubek. Two FREE concerts are open to the public on Saturday, October 22 at 8:00 p.m. and […]
Isidora Randjelovic and Svetlana Kostic: Migration, Oppression, Empowerment Romani and Sinti Feminists Speak Introduced by Margo Okazawa-Rey Isidora Randjelovic and Svetlana Kostic are members of RomaniPhen, a Berlin-based organization that emerged in 2018 from IniRromnja, an association of Romani and Sinti women who no longer accept that rejection, hostility and violence against Romani and Sinti people are […]
Pablo Méndez Granadino Founder and Director of Armonía Cuscatleca Pablo Méndez Granadino is a violinist and community music workshop leader. He is the director of Armonia Cuscatleca, a nonprofit that offers music classes in underserved communities in El Salvador. He trained with Musicians Without Borders in the Netherlands and participated in “Soy Musica” a nation […]
After months of competing advertisements about the different propositions and measures on California’s November 7 ballot, many voters are still scratching their heads. Learn how to separate the facts from the rhetoric at a virtual Q&A session, facilitated by the League of Women Voters, and presented by the Laspa Center for Leadership. Students can RSVP […]
Friday Noon Concerts return to Balch Auditorium at Scripps College beginning September 23, 2022. The October 28th concert features the Pomona Valley Brass Quintet performing works by Ray Burkhart, Astor Piazzolla, and Charles Ives. Please visit the Friday Noon Concert webpage for current information regarding upcoming concert programs and public event protocol. Concert dates: September […]
Join us at 3pm for a pre-concert reception at Pattison Court featuring Gamelan Merdu Kumala and Claremont Taiko. Following the reception, join us in Garrison Theater for a musical performance that chronicles the history of the Chinese Massacre of 1871 through movement, music, and spoken narrative in 3 parts: I. Other Bodies II. […]
