USC Visions & Voices 2022-2023

2022–2023

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Visions & Voices Kickoff & Arts Fest

AUG. 18, 2022 ADMISSION IS FREE USC STUDENTS, STAFF, AND FACULTY ONLY!

• LIVE MUSIC • DANCE • SPOKEN WORD • ART INSTALLATIONS • GIVEAWAYS • FREE FOOD • PHOTO OPS • DANCE PARTY • AND MORE!

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PHOTO (AYONI): DOMIA EDWARDS AND CALEB GRIFFIN PHOTO (CROWD): GINA CLYNE

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8•26 8•27 Stories and Songs SAT

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8 p.m. | Bovard Auditorium Admission is free.

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Hedwig and the Angry Inch Movie Screening SUN | 8•21•22 | 6 PM Norris Cinema Theatre

Featuring the

of Hedwig

Featuring Special Guest Amber Martin Produced by ArKtype The Off-Broadway musical about a genderqueer rock ’n’ roll singer that grew into a nationally touring show, which became a movie with a devoted cult following, is now a full glam rock concert experience! Celebrate 20 years of Hedwig and the Angry Inch with double Tony Award– winning, Golden Globe–nominated co-creators John Cameron Mitchell and Stephen Trask, vocalist Amber Martin, and members of the original Tits of Clay Broadway band.

Photo (John Cameron Mitchell): Alfredo Asaf Nieto Photo (Stephen Trask): Bill Bernstein

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“A punk-rock live Behind the Music episode of sorts and a gift to Hedwig heads everywhere.”

—DC Theatre Scene

Alvin Ailey

AMERICAN DANCE THEATER

Lee Alexander McQueen

Mind, Mythos, Muse Friday, September 9, 2022, at 11:30 a.m.

Los Angeles County Museum of Art Admission is free and open to current USC students.

RSVP at visionsandvoices.usc.edu Transportation and lunch will be provided.

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JOhn Singleton a CeleBration

fri | 9.9.22 | 7 pm norris cinema theatre admission is Free. RSVP at

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THE HEALING VOICES LECTURE SERIES

TELLING STORIES

IN MEDICINE

SAYANTANI DASGUPTA Best-selling author and senior lecturer and founding faculty of the Narrative Medicine Program at Columbia University

Mon | 9.12.22 | 12 P.M.

Mayer Auditorium, Health Sciences Campus Reception to follow.

RSVP at visionsandvoices.usc.edu Admission is free.

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Presented by USC Visions and Voices. Organized by Pamela Schaff (Medical Education, Family Medicine, and Pediatrics), Ron Ben-Ari (Internal Medicine and Medical Education), Sabrina Derrington (Pediatrics), and Erika Wright (Medical Education and English). Co-sponsored by Keck School of Medicine’s HEAL (Humanities, Ethics, Art, and the Law) Program, the USC Pacific Center for Health Policy and Ethics, and the CHLA Center for Bioethics.

MON | 9 •12•22 | 7 P.M. NORRIS CINEMA THEATRE ADMISSION IS FREE. RSVP AT VISIONSANDVOICES.USC.EDU

SCREENING AND Q&A

A special theatrical screening of the modern-day inter-tribal love story and award-winning indie film, A Winter Love, followed by an engaging conversation with its writer, director, producer, and actor RHIANA YAZZIE, moderated by USC lecturer MADDOX PENNINGTON.

Presented by the USC School of Cinematic Arts, Outside the Box (Office), USC Visions and Voices, and the LA SKINS FEST.

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BEYOND THE

MONOLITH SHORT FILMS

PERFORMANCES

PANEL

Join us for the launch of Beyond the Monolith, a long-term series of events at the USC Kaufman School of Dance designed to uplift the important, diverse, and multifaceted voices of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) artists, and to increase representation and engagement with their creative work.

The first event will feature screenings of award-winning dance films by Kaufman students and faculty. Kaufman BFA students will perform excerpts of new works by renowned dancerchoreographers Yin Yue (founder of Yin Yue Dance Company, NYC) and Peter Chu (chuthis., Las Vegas). Yue and Chu will then join the Kaufman artists for a conversation about creating work and navigating the professional dance world in a panel moderated by USC professor Bonnie Oda Homsey, which will include filmmakers Hayden Rivas and Ryan Phuong and faculty members Achinta S. McDaniel and Tiffany Bong.

ADMISSION IS FREE |

THURS | 9•15•22 7:30 PM

PROGRAM • Films: Construct of One, Hayden Rivas Embrace, by Ryan Phuong Firebrand Sway, by Achinta S. McDaniel and Saam Gabbay, Blue13 Dance Company • Student Performances • Panel Conversation • Reception

RSVP AT VISIONSANDVOICES.USC.EDU Presented by USC Visions and Voices.

Organized by the USC Kaufman School of Dance.

Photo (Achinta S. McDaniel): Nisha Sondhe Photo (Peter Chu): Levi Walker Photo (Tiffany Bong): Chris Emerick Photo (Yin Yue): Steven Trumon Gray

PART ONE

Representations of AAPI in Dance

Civic engagement, the unsheltered and unhoused, climate change, mass incarceration, educational inequity, and more—what is your passion and how can you address it through the arts?

Arts in Action invites USC students to join an informative, interactive, and inspiring workshop, mixer, and catalyst designed to help participants create change through the arts. Leading artists and activists will give short talks, and empower students through hand-on activities.

Participants will include: • Laura Karlin, Movement Activist and Founder and Artistic Director of Invertigo Dance Theatre

• Carene Rose Mekertichyan, Artist and Co-Founder of Yerazad,

Artistic Associate for Social Justice at Independent Shakespeare Co., Director of Programs at Support Black Theatre • Rosalie Elena Rodriguez, Third-Generation Mariachi Musician and GRAMMY Winner • Joey Terrill, Formative Figure in the Los Angeles–Based Chicano Art Movement and AIDS Cultural Activism

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FRI | 9•16•22

10 A.M. TO 2 P.M. USC FISHER MUSEUM OF ART Admission is free and open to current USC students.

Reservations required.

A Workshop, Mixer, and Catalyst for All USC Students Don’t miss this interactive and fun opportunity to join forces with like-minded students, artists, and activists; discover arts and activism opportunities on the USC campus and in the community; and learn about Arts in Action’s funding process to make art-based activism ideas a reality.

Supplies will be provided, and artists, activists, and collaborators of all levels and backgrounds are welcome.

Snacks and lunch will be served.

Alvin Ailey Rodgers & Hammerstein’s AMERICAN DANCE THEATER

Friday, April 8, 2022 OKLAHOMA! Chandler Pavilion Tuesday, Dorothy September 20, 2022, at 6:45 p.m.

Ahmanson Theatre, Downtown Los Angeles

Downtown Los Angeles

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Admission is free and open to current USC students.

RSVP at visionsandvoices.usc.edu Transportation and dinner will be provided.

JOhn Singleton a CeleBration

wed | 9.21.22 | 7 pm ray stark family theatre, sca 108 admission is Free. rsvp at VISIONSandVOICES.usc.edu

“Full-throttle, humor-infused dance-theater.”—Dance Magazine

A Visions and Voices Signature Event

Monica Bill Barnes & Company

CO-CREATED BY MONICA BILL BARNES AND ROBBIE SAENZ DE VITERI IN COLLABORATION WITH STUDENTS FROM THE USC GLORYA KAUFMAN SCHOOL OF DANCE, REHEARSAL DIRECTOR FLANNERY GREGG, AND ASSOCIATE PRODUCER ELIZABETH FURMAN

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R UN N IN G H S OW Bovard Auditorium Admission is free.

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Presenting the life of a dancer through movement, interviews with performers, and site-specific stories, each iteration of The Running Show is exhilarating, intimate, and unique. Don’t miss the acclaimed show, featuring co-creator, choreographer, and dancer Monica Bill Barnes; co-creator and writer Robbie Saenz de Viteri; and students from the USC Kaufman School of Dance, followed by a lively conversation about their experience and creative process.

Photo: Julia Discenza

THU | 9.29.22 7 P.M.

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Actors Alex Barlas and Efe in Boney Manilli, by Edgar Arceneaux. 2022

Photo: KT Stenberg

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F r e e d o m

FRI • SEP 30, 2022

SCH E D U LE

ROSKI GRADUATE BUILDING

10:30 A.M.–12 P.M. VIRTUAL KEYNOTE by Joy Harjo

1 0 : 3 0 A . M . TO 6 : 3 0 P. M .

1 2 6 2 PA L M E T TO S T. , LO S A N G E L E S

ADMISSION IS FREE. RSVP ONLINE. Inspired by poet, writer, and civil rights activist Maya Angelou’s verse, “The caged bird sings of freedom,” the fourth iteration of USC’s biennial performance art festival celebrates the liberating potentials of art and song. “Live Artists Live: Sings of Freedom” spotlights fusions of performance art, poetry, and music that amplify oppressed voices and resist racism, sexism, xenophobia, and homophobia. The

Response by Jenny Lin, Chris Finley, and Tracy Fenix

12–1 P.M. HYBRID PRESENTATION of Uroborus vs.

Trump’s Wall by Guillermo Gómez-Peña Response by Josh Kun

1–2 P.M. LUNCH by JOY 2–3 P.M. MULTIMEDIA PERFORMANCE of Boney Manilli by Edgar Arceneaux 3–4 P.M. LINER NOTES FOR BEYONCÉ by madison moore and Daphne A. Brooks

engaging discussions illuminating marginalized people’s struggles

4:30–5:30 P.M. PERFORMANCE by Xina Xurner (Young Joon Kwak, Marvin Astorga, Sarah Gail, Page Person, and Creepypasta Puttanesca)

and joys, while striving for social justice through performative, lyrical

5:30–6:30 P.M. RECEPTION and DANCE PARTY

storytelling, and musical art experiments.

Refreshments by Pine & Crane and playlist by madison moore

full-day event will bring together internationally acclaimed artists and scholars for vibrant performances, immersive environments, and

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AND TROJAN FAMILY WEEKEND PRESENT

THU | 10.06.22 | 8 PM McCARTHY QUAD

Admission is free.

RSVP at visionsandvoices.usc.edu The legendary new wave band will play iconic ’80s hits including “I Ran,” “Space Age Love Song,” and “Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)” in an exciting performance preceded by a conversation with lead singer and founder MIKE SCORE.

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Images from With Love From Taiwan!, courtesy of Vivian Wenli Lin

Join us for a festive evening of arts, culture, food, and fun. There will be a short film screening, filmmaking workshop, and art print giveaway, plus Taiwanese snacks, boba tea, pop music, and more!

SCREENING AND PRINT GIVEAWAY

Screening and discussion of Occidental College professor Vivian Wenli Lin’s With Love from Taiwan! and display of a celebratory art print by University of Oregon professor Charlene Liu, which will also be given away as a special takeaway edition

SAT | 10•8•22 5–8 PM

1-MINUTE FILM WORKSHOP

USC Pacific Asia Museum 46 N. Los Robles Avenue Pasadena, California 91101

TAIWANESE NIGHT MARKET

Admission is free.

RSVP online.

Workshop led by Lin, Liu, and USC professor Jenny Lin, all levels welcome and no experience necessary Socializing in the USC Pacific Asia Museum’s outdoor courtyard with tasty snacks and boba tea by JOY, short-film projections from the workshop, and a selection of pop music custom curated by Jiayi Hu and Haiyang ("Kevy") Yang

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SCREENING AND Q&A

MONDAY | OCTOBER 10, 2022 | 7 PM NORRIS CINEMA THEATRE

ADMISSION IS FREE. RSVP AT VISIONSANDVOICES.USC.EDU

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2022 7:30 P.M. | NEWMAN CONCERT HALL Admission is free. RSVP online.

Noted composers and librettists are teaming up to create six original pieces inspired by and amplifying the in-between cultures of Los Angeles, which will be performed by the nationally recognized chamber ensemble Brightwork newmusic and renowned vocal sextet HEX. Topics of this extraordinary, multi-part concert will include migration, gentrification, community, and more.

Presented by USC Visions and Voices. Organized by Veronika Krausas (Thornton School of Music) and Molly Bendall (English). Co-sponsored by the Marian and Charles Holmes Performing Arts Fund at the Claremont Colleges.

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Featuring

A Book of (Musical) Stories

Composers NICOLAS LELL BENAVIDES CAROLYN CHEN SAUNDER CHOI VERONIKA KRAUSAS MOLLY PEASE FAHAD SIADAT Librettists MOLLY BENDALL RICKERBY HINDS SARAH LABRIE WARREN LIU RENÉE REYNOLDS BRIAN SONIA-WALLACE

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INTERSTITIAL SATELLITE CONCERT

Wednesday, November 16, 2022 5 p.m. | Ramo Recital Hall

JOhn Singleton a CeleBration

Wed | 10.12.22 | 7 pm ray staRk family theatre, sCa 108 admission is free. rsvp at visionsandvoices.usc.edu

With a single phrase, you can give up your country.

With a single signature, you can tear a family apart.

With a single word, you can learn to transform.

WRITTEN & PERFORMED BY JESÚS I. VALLES DIRECTED BY RUDY RAMIREZ

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20

Depart USC at 7:15 p.m. and return at 11:15 p.m.

Los Angeles Theatre Center Admission is free & open to current USC students.

RSVP at visionsandvoices.usc.edu Transportation and dinner will be provided.

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Louise Bourgeois with Spider IV, 1996. © Peter Bellamy

What Is the Shape LOUISE of This Problem?

BOURGEOIS FROM THE COLLECTIONS OF JORDAN D SCHNITZER AND HIS FAMILY FOUNDATION

ON VIEW SEPTEMBER THROUGH DECEMBER USC FISHER MUSEUM OF ART

Louise Bourgeois (1911–2010) is among the most influential artists of the late– 20th century. This traveling exhibition explores Bourgeois’ prolific drawing and writing practice with more than 100 works from the 1940s to the early 2000s.

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Exhibition Walkthrough and Conversation FRIDAY OCTOBER AT P M

Join Elissa Wa ers, curator and PhD candidate in art history at USC, for an intimate and in-depth exhibition walkthrough and conversation. Reception to follow.

Panel: Exploring the Prints of Louise Bourgeois SATURDAY OCTOBER AT P M

Shaye Remba, director of Mixografia, a fine art print workshop in Los Angeles; Judith Solodkin, founder of SOLO Impression, a fine art printer and publisher in the Bronx, New York; and moderator Elissa Wa ers will discuss Bourgeois’ printmaking and expand upon her artistic exploration of trauma, memories, and healing.

The Met in HD: Luigi Cherubini’s

Medea

SAT | OCT 22, 2022 | 10 AM NORRIS CINEMA THEATRE ADMISSION IS FREE. RSVP AT VISIONSANDVOICES.USC.EDU

“Born to transcend borders, sounds, and industry conventions.”

—Remezcla

Don’t miss an inspiring live performance by Lido Pimienta, winner of the Polaris Music Prize, Canada’s highest musical honor.

The Colombian-born, Toronto-based global beats trailblazer’s songs are at once defiant and delicate, exploratory and confrontational, and dig deeply into the history of Afro-Latin musics, from Palenque to Cumbia.

Presented in conjunction with the Mass Violence and Its Lasting Impact on Indigenous People: The Case of the Americas and Australia/Pacific Region conference, this event will also include a conversation moderated

by Quetzal lead singer and professor at Scripps/Claremont College, Martha Gonzalez.

Presented by USC Visions and Voices and the USC Dornsife Center for Advanced Genocide Research with support from our media partner, KCRW. Co-sponsored by the USC Thornton School of Music and the Department of American Studies and Ethnicity.

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Image (Waka Poem): Karasumaru Mitsuhiro, Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Traditional Arts and Crafts

CHEERING IS ENCOURAGED

A Modern Take on the Traditional Japanese Poetry Contest In an exciting competition modeled after 8th-century Japanese poetry contests, teams of USC students will compose and perform five-line waka poems. The victors will be honored by original Japanese court music inspired by their poetry and performed live by Kinnara, Inc.!

All USC students are invited to express themselves through the art of waka.

RSVP to attend as a spectator or sign up to join a team now!

WED 10•26•22 7 PM

CAMMILLERI HALL

ADMISSION IS FREE. RSVP or sign up at VISIONSANDVOICES.USC.EDU Presented by USC Visions and Voices.

Organized by Rebecca Corbett (USC Libraries), Hugh McHarg (USC Libraries), and LeRon Harrison.

“Trethewey’s verse is as accessible as it is brilliant.”—Washington Post

“One of the most important American poets of our time.”—Paris Review

TUESDAY NOVEMBER AT P M BOVARD AUDITORIUM

Book signing to follow.

Admission is free. RSVP at visionsandvoices.usc.edu Join us for a reading with Pulitzer Prize winner NATASHA TRETHEWEY, two-time U.S. poet laureate and author of the New York Times best seller Memorial Drive: A Daughter’s Memoir. Following the reading, Trethewey will participate in a conversation with esteemed novelist, essayist, and USC English professor DANZY SENNA.

Presented by the USC Department of English and USC Visions and Voices, with support from the Subir and Malini Chowdhury Foundation and our media partner, KCRW.

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Written and Composed by DAHLAK BRATHWAITE Directed and Dramaturged by ROBERTA UNO Choreography by TORAN X. MOORE and FREDDY RAMSEY, JR., and DELINA PATRICE BROOKS Additional Compositions by TEAK UNDERDUE

THU | 11•3•22 | 7 PM BOVARD AUDITORIUM

A Visions and Voices Signature Event

Admission is free.

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A powerful performance blending spoken word, hip hop, art, and life.

Try/Step/Trip is a spoken word, multi-character musical performed through the language of step dance. Inspired by writer/composer Dahlak Brathwaite’s own history, the theatrical piece powerfully blurs the lines between dramatic performance, hip hop, art, and life as it explores racism, addiction, and the criminal justice system.

Presented by USC Visions and Voices. Co-sponsored by the USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance, the School of Dramatic Arts, and the Department of American Studies and Ethnicity with support from our media partner, KCRW.

Photo: Daniel Alcazar Title Logo Design: Elizabeth Webb

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THE HEALING VOICES LEC TURE SERIES

RADICAL TRUTHS The Power of Storytelling to Dismantle Racism in Medicine Award-Winning ER Physician and New York Times Bestselling Author

Michele Harper

Expanding on her book and career, Harper will discuss with Sabrina Derrington, director of the Center for Pediatric Bioethics at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, how she learned to bring insight and empathy into the emergency room, and how recognizing and mending physical, emotional, and psychological breaks are all crucial parts of the healing process.

Reception and book signing to follow.

Wed | 11.9.22 | 12 PM

Mayer Auditorium, Health Sciences Campus

RSVP at visionsandvoices.usc.edu Admission is free.

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Presented by USC Visions and Voices: The Arts and Humanities Initiative. Organized by Pamela Schaff (Medical Education, Family Medicine, and Pediatrics), Ron Ben-Ari (Internal Medicine), Sabrina Derrington (Pediatrics), and Erika Wright (Medical Education and English). Co-sponsored by Keck School of Medicine’s HEAL (Humanities, Ethics, Art, and the Law) Program, the USC Pacific Center for Health Policy and Ethics, and the CHLA Center for Bioethics.

Wednesday, Novmber 9, 2022, at 6:15 p.m.

University Religious Center Courtyard Admission is free. visionsandvoices.usc.edu

Wed | 11.9.22 | 7 pm ray staRk family theatre, sCa 108 admission is free. rsvp at visionsandvoices.usc.edu

The Met in HD: Giuseppe Verdi’s

La Traviata SAT | NOV 12, 2022 | 12 PM NORRIS CINEMA THEATRE ADMISSION IS FREE. RSVP AT VISIONSANDVOICES.USC.EDU

Sunday, November 13, 2022 12:45 p.m.

A Noise Within, Pasadena Admission is free & open to current USC students.

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PHOTO OF DANCE FOR PD BY AMBER STAR MERKENS.

A USC DARWIN PUBHOUSE EVENT Wednesday, November 16, 2022 6:30 p.m. | Rock & Reilly’s USC Village Admission is free. RSVP at visionsandvoices.usc.edu Food and beverages will be served.

Panelists:

Leah Antonellis

MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY

Amy Carlson

LINEAGE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

Patrick Corbin (host)

USC GLORYA KAUFMAN SCHOOL OF DANCE

Rebecca Cunningham

USC CHAN DIVISION OF OCCUPATIONAL SCIENCE AND OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY

Hosted by USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance professor Patrick Corbin, the Dance and Ability panel will feature dancers with Parkinson’s disease and guests who explore the intersection of dance, health, and community from fields of study including neuroscience, gerontology, physical therapy, occupational therapy, dance therapy, dance research, and medicine.

Brian Elerding

Led by medical field experts and arts practitioners, the USC Darwin Pubhouse is a series of discussions that explore the impact of theater, creativity, and exercise upon cognitive health.

Giselle Petzinger

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John Walsh

LINEAGE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

Marisa Hentis

USC DIVISION OF BIOKINESIOLOGY AND PHYSICAL THERAPY

Michael Jakowec

KECK SCHOOL OF MEDICINE OF USC

David Leventhal

MARK MORRIS DANCE GROUP KECK SCHOOL OF MEDICINE OF USC

Hilary Thomas

LINEAGE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER LEONARD DAVIS SCHOOL OF GERONTOLOGY

JOhn Singleton a CeleBration

Wed | 11.30.22 | 7 pm ray staRk family theatre, sCa 108 admission is free. rsvp at visionsandvoices.usc.edu

42nd Annual USC Celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. FEATURING

A Screening and Conversation with

SAM POLLARD “As timely as an alarm clock.”

—The New York Times

“Eye-opening and jaw-dropping.”

—Rolling Stone

TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2023 7 P.M. NORRIS CINEMA THEATRE

Admission is free. RSVP at visionsandvoices.usc.edu Pre-event reception at 6 p.m. in Queens Courtyard.

USC BLACK STAFF & FACULTY CAUCUS

“Artists who appear to be physically capable of anything.”

—New York Times

PHOTO: GIBNEY COMPANY ARTISTIC ASSOCIATE ZUI GOMEZ BY WHITNEY BROWNE

A VISIONS AND VOICES SIGNATURE EVENT

FRI. | JAN. 20, 2023 | 7:30 P.M. BOVARD AUDITORIUM Admission is free. RSVP online.

Tapping into the vast potential of movement, creativity, and performance to effect social change and personal transformation, the New York–based Gibney Company redefines what it means to be a 21st-century contemporary dance company.

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JOhn Singleton: a CeleBration

Wed | 1.25.23 | 7 pm ray staRk family theatre school of cinematic arts 108 admission is Free. rsvp at visionsandvoices.usc.edu

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A film by Kathleen Collins

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Speakers Nina Collins Julie Dash Alex Hack Zeinabu irene Davis Philana Payton Samantha Sheppard L.H. Stallings Jacqueline Stewart AE Stevenson

Design by Alex Hack Cosponsored by the Africana Research Cluster and Center for Feminist Research

Film Screening + Talk Back Friday 1.27.23 | 7:30pm The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures Free for USC Students, Staff, & Faculty $10 for the General Public

Panels + Reception Saturday 1.28.23 | 1:00pm California African American Museum Free for all attendees, RSVP Required For questions contact Adrienne Adams (atadams@usc.edu) and AE Stevenson (ae.stevenson@usc.edu)

SOUL! 2023 Producing to Power in the 21st Century

WED | FEB 1, 2023 | 7 PM WALLIS ANNENBERG HALL FORUM

Admission is free. RSVP at visionsandvoices.usc.edu Mr. SOUL! is a Peabody Award–winning documentary celebrating legendary producer Ellis Haizlip, who ensured that the revolution would be televised with SOUL!, the groundbreaking PBS series he hosted from 1968 to 1973 that unapologetically uplifted Black voices. A panel of special guests, including the film’s producer, director, and writer MELISSA HAIZLIP, will join USC Annenberg professor ROBESON TAJ FRAZIER to discuss Haizlip’s trailblazing work and offer inspiration and insight on creating media that amplifies stories from the margins and advocates for social change.

Reservations to this event will include

“A thrilling, and revolutionary, slice of Black American television history.”

—Variety

STREAMING ACCESS TO MR. SOUL! VISIONSANDVOICES.USC.EDU Presented by USC Visions and Voices. Organized by David Craig (Communications).

Co-sponsored by the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism and IDEA (Institute for Diversity and Empowerment at Annenberg).

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Photo: Vibecke Dahle

The Journey of Jazz Dance

WED | 2.8.23 | 7 PM RAY STARK FAMILY THEATRE ADMISSION IS FREE. RSVP AT VISIONSANDVOICES.USC.EDU

Uprooted: The Journey of Jazz Dance is a feature-length documentary celebrating the history, lineage, and future of jazz dance. This special screening will be followed by a conversation with director Khadifa Wong and USC Kaufman School of Dance professors Moncell Durden and Saleemah E. Knight, who appear as dance experts in the film.

YUJA WANG & DUDAMEL

RACHMANINOFF’S PIANO CONCERTO NO. 2 AND SYMPHONIC DANCES

Saturday, February 11, 2023, at 6:30 p.m.

Walt Disney Concert Hall Admission is free and open to current USC students.

RSVP at visionsandvoices.usc.edu Transportation and dinner will be provided.

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AN UNTITLED LOVE A VISIONS AND VOICES SIGNATURE EVENT

“One of the most consistently excellent troupes working today.”—THE NEW YORK TIMES

WED | FEB 15, 2023 | 7:30 P.M. BOVARD AUDITORIUM ADMISSION IS FREE. RSVP ONLINE.

The critically acclaimed New York–based contemporary dance company A.I.M by Kyle Abraham will perform An Untitled Love, one of Abraham’s newest evening-length works. Called “a theatrical love letter to social dance,” the performance has been featured in both The Boston Globe and The Guardian’s Best of 2022 lists. Drawing from the catalog of R&B legend D’Angelo, it pays homage to the complexities of self-love and Black love, while serving as a thumping mixtape celebrating culture, family, and community.

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Photo: Carrie Schneider

“A crazy, sexy, cool fusion of elite/street/Afro-punkism that is a visual feast.”—DANCE MAGAZINE

T HE

HE A LIN G

VO I C E S

LEC T U RE

EMILY SILVERMAN

THE POWER OF THE VOICE: STORYTELLING, MEDICINE, AND THE NOCTURNISTS Emily Silverman is an internal medicine physician at UCSF and creator of The Nocturnists, a vibrant community of healthcare workers who celebrate their humanity through storytelling. She will discuss their recent documentary podcast series, Shame in Medicine: The Lost Forest, and the powerful role of storytelling in physician self-care and healing encounters.

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S ERIE S

“Dedicated to bringing out humanity in today’s complex, impersonal world of health care.”

—San Francisco Examiner

THU | FEB 16, 2023 12 P.M. Mayer Auditorium Health Sciences Campus Reception to follow.

Admission is free.

RSVP online.

THE CH A R LOT TA BA SS MEDIA TR AILB L A ZER SPE AK ER SER IE S

An Evening with

NIKOLE HANNAHJONES TUE | FEB 21, 2023 | 6 PM BOVARD AUDITORIUM

Admission is free. RSVP at visionsandvoices.usc.edu One of TIME Magazine’s “100 Most Influential People,” Nikole Hannah-Jones is a staff writer for The New York Times Magazine and Pulitzer Prize–winning creator of The 1619 Project, which illuminates the legacy of slavery and highlights the contributions of Black Americans to every aspect of American society. A special conversation with Jones will be presented in conjunction with the launch of The Charlotta Bass Journalism & Justice Lab and will be moderated by USC Annenberg professor, Bass Lab founder, and award-winning author Dr. Allissa V. Richardson.

Presented by the Charlotta Bass Journalism & Justice Lab at the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. Co-sponsored by USC Visions and Voices.

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JOhn Singleton: a CeleBration

Wed | 2.22.23 | 7:30 pm the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures David Geffen Theatre free for usc students, staff, and faculty $5–10 for general public rsvp at visionsandvoices.usc.edu

Friday, February 24– Sunday, February 26, 2023

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Admission is free. RSVP at cinema.usc.edu/ComedyFestival Share laughter, celebrate community, and explore the changing nature of comedy in contemporary society at the sixth edition of the USC Comedy Festival.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24 7:30 p.m.: Does Comedy Have To Be Funny?

Jesse David Fox (Good One: A Podcast About Jokes, Vulture) Alyssa Limperis (No Bad Days) Christina Catherine Martinez (Two Pink Doors) Moses Storm (Sunnyside, Arrested Development)

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25 11 a.m.: Women Creating Comedy

Thembi Banks (Only Murders in the Building) Brittani Nichols (Abbott Elementary) Debby Wolfe (Lopez vs. Lopez) Shannon Hardy (Women of Cinematic Arts), moderator

1:30 p.m.: Women Performing Comedy

Lauren Ash (Superstore) Emily Hampshire (Schitt’s Creek) Andrea Savage (I’m Sorry, Veep) Shannon Hardy (Women of Cinematic Arts), moderator

4 p.m.: The Changing Flavor of Series Comedy

Rachel Bloom (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Reboot) Steve Levitan (Modern Family, Reboot) Gina Yashere (Bob Hearts Abishola) Jesse David Fox (Vulture), moderator

7:30 p.m.: Oakie Masters of Comedy Lecture Series—

Catherine O’Hara

Catherine O’Hara (Beetlejuice, Waiting for Guffman, Schitt’s Creek) John Michael Higgens (A Mighty Wind, Best in Show), moderator

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26

11 a.m.: Triangle of Sadness with Academy Award Nominee Ruben Östlund Ruben Östlund (Director, Writer) Alessandro Ago (USC Cinema), moderator

3:30 p.m.: Spotlight on Marvel’s She-Hulk: Attorney at Law Jessica Gao (Creator/Head Writer/Executive Producer) J.D. Connor (USC Cinema), moderator

6 p.m.: An Evening with Billy Eichner

Billy Eichner (Bros, Billy on the Street) Wayne Federman (USC School of Dramatic Arts), moderator

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Thursday, March 2, 2023, at 6:45 p.m.

Pasadena Playhouse, Pasadena Admission is free and open to current USC students.

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JOhn SingletOn: a CeleBratiOn Double featUrE

SUNday, MARch 5, 2023 2 pm HusTle & FloW 6 pm Black SnaKe mOan Ray Stark Family Theatre, SCA 108 admission is Free.

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“Identity In Mental Health” Check in Begins: 5:30 PM 6:30–8 PM | Tuesday, March 7, 2023 This event includes, but is not limited to: • Intimate fireside chat as we discuss Identity In Mental Health • Q&A session with Mindset Co-Founders and USC special guest • Exclusive listening session of never-before-heard Mindset content • Get the inside scoop on company updates and future plans • Show your Mindset pride with exclusive merchandise available for purchase • Photo area with a custom Mindset backdrop and a professional photographer • Make new friends and connect with other members of the Mindset community

Brian Nam CEO & Co-Founder

Eric Nam Co-Founder

Dr. Quade French Associate Dean & Chief of Diversity and Inclusion at USC Dornsife

Birds of No Nation AFGHAN WOMEN ON ART, GENDER, FREEDOM, AND EXILE

On International Women’s Day express your support for the women of Afghanistan at Birds of No Nation events featuring two courageous Afghan exiles, graffiti artist Shamsia Hassani and journalist/human rights activist Najiba Ayubi, with Gazelle Samizay, Afghan American photo and video artist/founding member of the Afghan American Artists and Writers Association.

WED | MARCH 8, 2023 | 7 PM FRIENDS OF THE USC LIBRARIES LECTURE HALL, DML 240

PRE-PANEL EVENTS

Join respected journalist Najiba Ayubi, trailblazing muralist Shamsia Hassani, and multimedia artist Gazelle Samizay for a stirring conversation about the women of Afghanistan and their struggles for dignity and human rights, moderated by USC Dornsife professor Eliz Sanasarian.

LIVE ART SESSION | 12 PM ALUMNI PARK

Observe and interact with feminist graffiti artist Shamsia Hassani as she creates large-scale art in an open outdoor setting.

Materials will be supplied for those who choose to participate.

CREATIVE WORKSHOP | 5 PM FRIENDS OF THE USC LIBRARIES LECTURE HALL, DML 240

ADMSSION IS FREE. RSVP ONLINE.

USC students are invited to join an intimate workshop led by Gazelle Samizay, whose photo and video work examines the contradictions of culture, nationality, and gender.

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Presented by USC Visions and Voices. Co-organized by Shahla Bahavar (USC Libraries), Sophie Lesinska (USC Libraries), and Eliz Sanasarian (Gender Studies and Political Science).

See schedule for dates and locations.

Admission is free.

RSVP at visionsandvoices.usc.edu In conjunction with the Vanishing Worlds of Audubon exhibition in Doheny Memorial Library, a series of conversations and activities will examine the global loss of bird species and reckon with the problematic legacy of John James Audubon, whose book Birds of America provided a full-color record of U.S. bird life in the 1800s.

SCHEDULE Public Conversation

Tuesday, March 21, at 6 p.m.

Friends of the USC Libraries Lecture Hall, DML 240 Experts will discuss the disappearance of birds around the world and what it can teach us about environmental injustice here in Los Angeles.

Birding Walk for USC Students

Saturday, April 1, at 10 a.m.

Audubon Center at Debs Park, 4700 Griffith Ave., Los Angeles USC students will go on a birding walk to view Anna’s hummingbird, California scrub-jays, and other species native to Southern California.

River Walk and Creative Workshop

Presented by USC Visions and Voices. Organized by Aroussiak Gabrielian (Architecture), Tyson Gaskill (USC Libraries), Patty Johnson (USC Libraries), Lisa Mann (Cinematic Arts), Nathan Masters (USC Libraries), Anne-Marie Maxwell (USC Libraries), Amy Murphy (School of Architecture), and Tim Stanton (USC Libraries).

Saturday, April 15, at 1 p.m.

Lewis MacAdams Park, 2944 Gleneden St., Los Angeles Clockshop, 2806 Clearwater St., Los Angeles A guided L.A. River walk open to all will be followed by a collaborative artistic workshop for USC students exploring urban birds and their relationship with the city and a showcase of works.

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Exhibition at the USC Libraries

Through May 31 (RSVP not required) Treasure Room, Doheny Memorial Library Rare books, including the USC Libraries’ copy of Birds of America, along with specimens from the Natural History Museum, and works by contemporary artists, address the mounting challenges of avian extinction and offer new perspectives on Audubon and his impact.

Q U E E R K N OWL E DG E S

Super Champions

Mattea Roach

Louis Virtel Amy Schneider

FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 2023 6:30 P.M. JOYCE J. CAMMILLERI HALL ADMISSION IS FREE. RSVP AT VISIONSANDVOICES.USC.EDU

LGBTQ+ Jeopardy! super champions Mattea Roach and Amy Schneider will share stories about their incredible success and experiences on the legendary game show. Exploring how fandom, trivia, and knowledges of the “everyday” contribute to the fabric of queer cultures, their conversation will be moderated by writer, performer, and former Jeopardy! contestant Louis Virtel and USC professor Karen Tongson.

Presented by the Consortium for Gender, Sexuality, Race and Public Culture; the Department of Gender and Sexuality Studies; USC Visions and Voices; and the USC Sidney Harman Academy for Polymathic Study.

USC Dornsife Experimental Humanities Lab | USC Del Amo Foundation Department of Latin American and Iberian Cultures | Visions and Voices Center for Latinx and Latin American Studies | School of Cinematic Arts Department of Comparative Literature | Visual Studies Research Institute Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture Doctoral Program

MARCH 28 AT USC MARCH 29 AT 2220 ARTS + ARCHIVES

PRECARITY IN FILM

Valentina Alvarado (Spain/Venezuela), Gabrielle Civil (US), Patricia Ferreira Pará Yxapi (Paraguay/Brazil), Sofía Gallisá Muriente (Puerto Rico), Narcisa Hirsch (Argentina), Claudia Joskowicz (Bolivia/US), Azucena Losana (Mexico), Rocío Mesa (Spain/US), Everlane Moraes (Brazil), Tomas Rautenstrauch (Argentina), Adriana Rondón Rivero (Venezuela/US), and Malena Szlam (Chile/Canada)

EXPERIENCE THEATRE IN A BRAND-NEW WAY THURSDAY MARCH 30, 2023 The USC School of Dramatic Arts’ opening-night performance of Urinetown: The Musical will be presented via a virtual environment to explore on personal devices or large outdoor screenings.

7:30 PM

Presented online with outdoor screenings at McCarthy Quad and E.F. Hutton Park.

Admission is free.

Info & RSVP at visionsandvoices.usc.edu

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From Puccini’s Madama Butterfly to Denis Villeneuve’s 2021 release of Dune, Orientalist representations of Asians in Western popular culture range from outrageous to subtle. All are steeped in colonization and cultural oppression.

This timely and unapologetic panel examining Asian American representation in modern media will feature theatre director Reena Dutt; Rena Heinrich, professor at the USC School of Dramatic Arts and USC Dornsife; UC Riverside professor Donatella Galella; and USC Roski professor Jenny Lin (moderator).

FRI | 3•31•23 | 6 PM USC PACIFIC ASIA MUSEUM

Reception to follow.

Admission is free.

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This wide-ranging conversation, presented in conjunction with the Dismantling Orientalism pop-up exhibition at the USC Pacific Asia Museum, will be followed by a staged reading of Preston Choi’s This Is Not a True Story, a relevant new work produced by the Asian American theatre collective Artists at Play.

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The Met in HD: Giuseppe Verdi’s

Falstaff

SAT | APR 1, 2023 | 9:30 AM NORRIS CINEMA THEATRE ADMISSION IS FREE. RSVP AT VISIONSANDVOICES.USC.EDU

A new theatrical experience exploring the roots of the Hecuba myth personified by the iconic 20-foot statue in the USC Village

A DIRGE FROM THE DOG’S TOMB Wednesday April 12, 2023

7 p.m. Welcome at the Hecuba statue in the USC Village,

followed by a procession to Joyce J. Cammilleri Hall

7:30 p.m. Performance and panel at Joyce J. Cammilleri Hall Admission is free. RSVP at visionsandvoices.usc.edu

USC STUDENTS! Join us on Thursday, April 6, at 3 p.m., for a special movement and voice workshop led by O-Lan Jones.

No experience is necessary, and attendees will be invited to perform in the procession to Cynossema!

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Opera composer O-Lan Jones and her multidisciplinary company Overtone Industries and the L.A.–based theatre collective, By The Souls Of Our Feet, join forces to present a story of rage, power, misogyny, immense grief, and, ultimately, catharsis and healing that vibrates with impactful relevance today. The performance will be followed by a conversation with the creators, performers, and special guests, including Christopher Slatoff, sculptor of USC’s Hecuba statue.

Presented by USC Visions and Voices. Organized by Sabina Zúñiga Varela (Dramatic Arts).

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the boba show history, diaspora, and a third space

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Friday, April 14, 2023, at 12:30 p.m.

Chinese American Museum Admission is free and open to current USC students.

RSVP at visionsandvoices.usc.edu Transportation and lunch will be provided.

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Thu., aPR. 20, 2023 | 7 p.m.

Ray Stark Family Theatre, SCA 108

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FRI | APR 28, 2023 | 6:30 PM

WALLIS ANNENBERG CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS ADMISSION IS FREE. RSVP AT VISIONSANDVOICES.USC.EDU TRANSPORTATION AND DINNER WILL BE PROVIDED.

The Met in HD: Terence Blanchard’s

Champion SAT | APR 29, 2023 | 12 PM NORRIS CINEMA THEATRE ADMISSION IS FREE. RSVP AT VISIONSANDVOICES.USC.EDU

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“Tells the emotional reckoning of Japanese Americans after WWII.” —NPR SUN | 4•30•23 | 5 PM | BING THEATRE Admission is free. RSVP at visionsandvoices.usc.edu

Mashing up rarely scene video footage from the 1981 hearings that led to redress for Japanese Americans who were incarcerated during World War II, theatrical scenes set in the present and past, and aerial apparatuses, this unconventional and unforgettable hybrid theatre-circus performance by PULLproject Ensemble provides insight and encouragement for all to speak out and demand justice.

Tales of Clamor was made possible with funding by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Theater Project, with lead funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and additional support from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

The Met in HD: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s

Die Zauberflöte SAT | JUN 3, 2023 | 10 AM NORRIS CINEMA THEATRE ADMISSION IS FREE. RSVP AT VISIONSANDVOICES.USC.EDU

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