University Theatre brings gripping docudrama ‘Wilderness’ to the stage

November 23, 2021.Reading time 3 minutes.

A woman stands on a red rock overlooking a canyon as the sun sets.

“Wilderness” is a pulsating documentary theatre piece that speaks to our collective search for connection and hope as families survive the extraordinary pressures and complexities that accompany coming of age in 21st-century America.

Holocaust instruments to be played in ‘Violins of Hope’ concert

November 22, 2021.Reading time 6 minutes.

Yaacov Zimermann worked in Warsaw and had many clients Jews and Christians. He was known to support young violinists such as Michel Swalbe (see former violin) and Ida Haendle, the child prodigy who turned a world known virtuoso. This hand-made violin is outstanding because it is unusually decorated by five Stars of David, four on the upper deck and one on the back. The decorations were made with glue mixed with black powder, usually made to order.

Dozens of men, women, children, elderly and sick were packed in each cattle car – so tight they couldn’t move. As the train pulled to a stop, the clunks and rattles gave way to the sound of an orchestra along the tracks. They had arrived at Auschwitz.

Concert choir to perform at state conference

October 22, 2021.Reading time 5 minutes.

For Jordan Pulido, there is nothing quite like making music with others. To feel the energy the music creates and experience that energy flow through others is how he finds his inspiration.

Fresno State Students, Faculty, Alumni to Perform at LitHop Festival

October 14, 2021.Reading time 3 minutes.

More than 100 writers will gather in Fresno’s Tower District on Saturday, Oct. 16 for LitHop 2021, the city’s free literary festival.

Philip Lorenz International Keyboard Concert Series celebrates 50 years

September 14, 2021.Reading time 15 minutes.

“The unique experience of watching a master perform live music is transformational: One feels the vibrations, feels the emotion and hears the vital energy of life, flowing from the heart through the fingertips,” Fresno State President Saúl Jiménez-Sandoval said. “For 50 years, the Philip Lorenz International Keyboard Concert Series has brought us this gift that elevates and revitalizes the soul. Fresno State is honored to host this community and international treasure.”

Dr. Manukyan to speak on top-level perpetrators of the Armenian Genocide

September 10, 2021.Reading time 2 minutes.

Dr. Suren Manukyan speaks next to the Armenian flag

Dr. Suren Manukyan will give a publice lectur on “Architects of the Armenian Genocide: The Top-Level Perpetrators” at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 17 on Zoom. The presentation is part of the Fall 2021 Lecture Series of the Armenian Studies Program.

CCA to hold a reception for acclaimed Stonewall art exhibit

September 3, 2021.Reading time 1 minute.

“Run Little White Girl” by David Antonio Cruz

The Center for Creativity and the Arts will hold a reception for “Nobody Promised You Tomorrow: Art 50 Years After Stonewall” at 5 p.m. Sept. 9 at the Phebe Conley Art Gallery courtyard. Those unable to attend in person may join virtually on Zoom.

FOOSA to give the first public musical performance at Fresno State in over a year

June 23, 2021.Reading time 1 minute.

Conductor Thomas Loewenheim leads the 2021 string orchestra during rehearsal

Conductor Thomas Loewenheim leads a stellar string orchestra in a lush, romantic program full of passionate works from the early 20th century for the first public music performance at Fresno State since March 2020.

‘All in the Timing’ streams levity to your screen

June 1, 2021.Reading time 4 minutes.

Woman holds a book with a cup of coffee while looking at a young man in a weird flex pose. All in front of an absurdly colorful background.

“Emerging from this pandemic, it just felt right to me to present a bit of fun layered with some serious notes, but not too serious.” ~ J Daniel Herring.

Lecture to explore migrants from Van and the transforming politics of representation in the 1850s-70s Ottoman Empire

March 9, 2021.Reading time 2 minutes.

In Dr. Dzovinar Derderian’s lecture, she will discuss how migrants or itinerants from provinces like Van, or more precisely “pandukhts” in Armenian, are often characterized in the existing scholarship and popular discourse as destitute and melancholic people.