Award-winning authors and internationally known spoken word performer coming to WordFest
WordFest 2019 will feature craft talks and a performance from authors Steven Sanchez, Yazmin Monet Watkins and Li-young Lee on Saturday, Feb. 23.
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CineCulture to screen ‘Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart’
Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart is the first-ever feature documentary about Lorraine Hansberry, the visionary author of the groundbreaking play A Raisin in the Sun. An overnight sensation, this play transformed the American theater and has long been considered a classic, yet the Remarkable story of the playwright faded from view.
Read MoreFresno State Guitar Fest to feature public masterclasses and recitals
The Fresno State Guitar Festival features two recitals on Friday, Feb 15. The first, features George Sakellariou at 3 p.m. followed by Thomas Patterson at 8 p.m. in the Wahlberg Recital Hall. Tickets for the Sakellariou and Patterson recitals are $15 general, $10 seniors, $5 students, faculty and staff. The festival will also include two […]
Read MoreDistinguished pianist Roman Rabinovich to perform in Keyboard Concert Series
This artist from Uzbekistan is lauded for his “crisp rhythmic bite and abundant colorings” (The New York Times) having already performed in the major halls in Leipzig, Moscow, London, Paris, New York, and Washington D.C. as well as participated in prestigious festivals such as Marlboro, Lucerne, Davos, Prague Spring, and Klavier-Festival Ruhr.
Read MoreDr. Levon Chookaszian to Speak on ‘Germans and Armenians: Historic and Artistic Relations’
Dr. Levon Chookaszian, Chair of the Department of Armenian Art History at Yerevan State University will give a talk titled “Germans and Armenians: Historic and Artistic Relations” at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb 1, in the University Business Center, Alice Peters Auditorium, at Fresno State. The presentation is part of the Armenian Studies Program Spring 2019 […]
Read MoreSpring reading series features Pulitzer finalist, Levine Prize winner, new MFA Faculty
The Fresno State Master of Fine Arts Program in Creative Writing will feature a Pulitzer Prize finalist, the 2017 Philip Levine Prize for Poetry winner, and two of its accomplished new faculty authors in its Spring 2019 Fresno Poets’ Association reading series.
Read More‘Lights! Camera! Saroyan!’ documentary to have international premiere at Fresno State
The Armenian Studies Program at Fresno State, in conjunction with the William Saroyan House Museum, presents the international premiere of “Lights! Camera! Saroyan!” at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Jan 25 in the Satellite Student Union. Admission is free and parking is available in Lots P15, P16, P5, and P6 without a permit. Directed by Harut […]
Read MoreCommunity invited to celebrate the season at the Holiday Choral Concert
The public is invited to the Fresno State Holiday Choral Concert “Here We Come A-Caroling” 2:30 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 9 in the Concert Hall. Tickets are $12 general, $8 seniors and $5 for students. Music includes traditional holiday music and carols. The show will feature performances by the Fresno State Chamber Singers, Concert Choir, Masterworks Chorus […]
Read MoreFresno State Symphony Orchestra presents ‘From Russia with Love’
The Fresno State Symphony Orchestra, directed by Dr. Thomas Loewenheim, will present its second concert of the season “From Russia with Love” on Saturday, Dec. 8, at 8:00 p.m. in the Department of Music Concert Hall. Tickets are $15 general, $10 for employees and seniors and $5 for students. The concert will present three beautiful works […]
Read MoreMiddle East Studies Lecture, Performance and Film Series presents ‘Traces in Indian Miniature Paintings of Socio-Cultural Connections’
The 2018-2019 Middle East Studies Lecture, Performance & Film Series presents “Traces in Indian Miniature Paintings of Socio-Cultural Connections Between the Mughal Court and the Persianate World” featuring speaker Professor Bonnie C. Wade of the University of California Berkeley, Department of Music. The event will be held on Thursday, Nov. 8 at 5:00 pm in the […]
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