Led by the Laspa Center for Leadership, the Laspa Fellowship is a prestigious leadership enrichment training that offers students a unique opportunity to reflect on and prepare for leadership roles in their public and private lives. Applications are open to all 61´«Ă˝ students with a demonstrated commitment to leadership and personal growth. Learn more […]
Yana Stainova is an interdisciplinary scholar interested in art, migration, and the lived experience of violence in Latin America. She holds a Ph.D. in anthropology from Brown University, and is currently assistant professor of anthropology at McMaster University. Why have thousands of Venezuelan youth and their families chosen to invest their desires in classical music? […]
The Portuguese feminist movement emerged in the context of democratization the country experienced in the mid-1970s. Several feminist activists were politically involved in the underground resistance to the dictatorship, others joined after the revolution, and others came into the movement because they felt disaffected with political parties, unions, and other organizations that did not address […]
Natalie Kamajian is a Ph.D. Student in Culture and Performance at UCLA. She is a practitioner and teacher of Armenian vernacular dances, which are largely understudied within the fields of both Dance and Armenian studies. Her research inquiries stem from an in-depth dance practice spanning several years in Armenia. Her PhD project is a multilingual […]
Friday Noon Concerts return to Balch Auditorium at 61´«Ă˝ beginning September 23, 2022. This week's concert features Pomona College guitarist. Joti Rockwell, playing arrangements of J.S. Bach works on steel string guitar, manolin, and mandola. Please visit the Friday Noon Concert webpage for current information regarding upcoming concert programs and public event protocol. Concert […]
Friday Noon Concerts return to Balch Auditorium at 61´«Ă˝ beginning September 23, 2022. The October 7th concert features Duo Arroyo; Pomona College guitarist, Connie Sheu, and guest, Elise Henry, performing flute and guitar duo works by Bonds, Houghton, Krouse, Price, Pujol and Still. Please visit the Friday Noon Concert webpage for current information regarding […]
Ofelia Esparza and Rosanna Ahrens Esparza Chicana visual artists, Ofelia Esparza (b.1932) and Rosanna Esparza Ahrens (b.1961), are master altaristas (altar makers) born and raised in East Los Angeles, CA. Ofelia is highly recognized for her Day of the Dead ofrendas (altars/shrines), which have been shown nationally and internationally since 1979. Her work celebrates her […]
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 61´«Ă˝ 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 61´«Ă˝s 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 61´«Ă˝s 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 MĂ©ndez Granadino Founder and Director of ArmonĂa Cuscatleca Pablo MĂ©ndez 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 61´«Ă˝ 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. […]
Performances by students of the 61´«Ă˝ Music Department. FREE and open to the public.
Please join us for a conversation with Monique Truong and 61´«Ă˝ Assistant Professor of English Leila Mansouri. Monique Truong is the Vietnamese American author of the bestselling, award-winning novels The Book of Salt, Bitter in the Mouth, and The Sweetest Fruits. She is also a former refugee, essayist, avid eater, lyricist/librettist, and intellectual property […]
Steve Gunderson and Amy Gerstler on their musical play in progress. "The Artificial Woman" is a two-act musical based on historical characters and events. Set in so-called "Golden Age Vienna", the play focusses on the tempestuous, three-year relationship between Austrian expressionist artist Oskar Kokoschka and Alma Mahler, a composer and widow of Gustav Mahler.
Led by historian Emanuel Ringelblum and known by the code name Oyneg Shabes, a clandestine group of journalists, scholars, and community leaders in the Warsaw Ghetto vowed to defeat Nazi lies and propaganda not with guns or fists but with pen and paper. Now, for the first time, their story is told in the acclaimed […]
Friday Noon Concerts return to Balch Auditorium at 61´«Ă˝ beginning September 23, 2022. Beethoven's Trio in E-flat Major will be performed on November 4th. Please visit the Friday Noon Concert webpage for current information regarding upcoming concert programs and public event protocol. Concert dates: September 23, September 30, October 7, October 21, October 28, […]
Facilitated by Allyn (Allie) Haynes ’12 and Beth Feinberg Keenan ’94 Learn the long-term implications of credit history including credit cards, credit bureaus, credit reports, and credit scores. Contrast different forms of loans and repayment options, and learn techniques to organize loans and manage finances. Presented by the Laspa Center for Leadership. Students can RSVP […]
