Visions and Voices: The Arts and Humanities Initiative

Visions and Voices Event Calendar
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James Bond: Behind the Scenes with the World's Favorite Secret Agent Friday, November 6, 2009 - Sunday, November 8, 2009 Albert “Cubby” Broccoli transformed Ian Fleming’s James Bond series into a groundbreaking pop-culture phenomenon. The James Bond movies reinvented the spy genre and helped redefine the popular construct of masculinity. This festival will examine the impact of the Bond series and the producer who brought it to life. More details » Dudamel Conducts Verdi's Requiem Sunday, November 8, 2009 : 12:15pm - 5:00pm Gustavo Dudamel, the vibrant new music director for the Los Angeles Philharmonic, will conduct Verdi’s Requiem. Join us in the spectacular Walt Disney Concert Hall as Dudamel conducts one of Verdi's great works with the Los Angeles Master Chorale. More details » Sacred Language, Spoken Language Thursday, November 12, 2009 : 7:30pm Award-winning French-Israeli filmmaker Nurith Aviv will present a screening and discussion of her film, Sacred Language, Spoken Language, in which writers and artists born in Israel describe their relationship with the historical, political and religious facets of Hebrew. More details » Helmuth Rilling Conducts Bach's B Minor Mass Friday, November 13, 2009 : 7:30pm Internationally acclaimed conductor Helmuth Rilling will direct the USC Thornton Choral Artists and USC Thornton Symphony in one of the unparalleled musical contributions of all time, Bach’s Mass in B Minor, a colossal work that explores the meanings of faith, religion and spirituality. More details » An Evening with Isabel Allende A Visions and Voices Signature Event Tuesday, November 17, 2009 : 7:00pm Literary legend Isabel Allende will take the stage for a Visions and Voices signature event. Author of seventeen books, Allende will share her uniquely forged insights on social justice and political freedom, speaking with humor and passion about the heart-stirring beauty of the human condition. More details » Communicating across Borders: An International Dialogue Wednesday, November 18, 2009 : 6:30pm November 9, 2009, will mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Choreographer Nejla Yatkin was a teenager in Berlin living with the reality of the divided city. Yatkin’s contemporary dance piece reflects the interaction between individuals, movement and the emotional impact of barriers. More details » Native America Next: Short Films by Native American Students Friday, November 20, 2009 : 7:00pm Find out how Native American students see their world and yours at this screening featuring the next generation of Native American filmmakers. A dynamic and diverse array of films will be selected by the L.A. Skins film festival. More details » Shakespeare's Globe Theatre: Love's Labour's Lost Saturday, November 21, 2009 : 5:30pm - 11:00pm USC students will visit the Broad Stage in Santa Monica for Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre’s production of Love’s Labour’s Lost. Shakespeare’s celebration of young love is a festive parade of every weapon in the youthful playwright’s comic arsenal. More details » Russell Banks, Atom Egoyan and the Scripting of Time Monday, November 23, 2009 : 7:00pm Join us for an evening with author Russell Banks (The Sweet Hereafter, Affliction, Cloudsplitter) and filmmaker Atom Egoyan (The Sweet Hereafter, Calendar, Exotica). They will speak about their work and the challenges and excitement of using history as a subject for both literature and film. More details » Intimacies: A World AIDS Day Performance by Michael Kearns Tuesday, December 1, 2009 : 7:00pm Twenty years ago, Michael Kearns, an openly gay and publicly HIV-positive artist and activist, wrote and performed Intimacies. Join us for the 20th-anniversary production of this landmark theatrical piece. Featuring a panoply of characters who speak with abandon, Intimacies is theatre that will rock you. More details »
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