“Praxis Studio” is an exhibition of new works by contemporary Los Angeles artists that speaks to ways in which the arts can deeply connect to community engagement and the context in which it is created. The exhibit will open with a reception from 5:30-7:30 p.m. on Feb. 12 in the University Art Gallery at California State University, Dominguez Hills, and will run 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays through March 14. “Praxis Studio” features drawings, sound sculpture, design, and painting by EJ Hill, Ana Llorente, Juan Capistran and Hazel Mandujano, and Mario Ybarra Jr. It is guest curated by Leonardo Bravo, founder and organizer of the arts nonprofit Big City Forum. For more ... Read More
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‘Before It Hits Home’ Opens at CSU Dominguez Hills on Feb.23
Playwright Cheryl West’s award-winning drama, “Before It Hits Home” will run Feb. 23-March 11 in California State University, Dominguez Hills’ Edison Studio Theatre as part of the university’s Black History Month celebration. Set in Midwestern America in 1991, “Before It Hits Home” is a complex and powerful drama that explores the effect of AIDS on charismatic jazz musician Wendal Bailey, his lovers, parents, and even his 14-year old son. The play was the winner of the Helen Hayes Award for best new play in 1992. Wendal Bailey has never managed to make it big. After being diagnosed with the AIDS virus, he denies having had any sexual encounters with men. However, by the end of the first ... Read More
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author Junot Díaz to Give Patricia Eliet Memorial Lecture
(Carson, CA) – Junot Díaz, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao,” will be the guest speaker for the California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) Department of English’s 2018 Patricia Eliet Memorial Lecture on Feb. 1. WHEN: Thursday, Feb. 1, from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. WHERE: University Theatre, CSUDH, 1000 E. Victoria St., Carson, CA 90747. Click here for directions and a printable campus map. The lecture is FREE and open to the public, but tickets are required. TICKETS: click here. During the lecture, Díaz will address issues that coincide with “¡Adelante! Latinx Activism in California,” a spring 2018 campus-wide series of events ... Read More
CSU Dominguez Hills to Host ‘Organizing Disadvantaged Communities for Success’ Conference
(Carson, CA) -- State, civic, and higher education leaders from throughout Southern California will come together Jan. 12 at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) for the Organizing Disadvantaged Communities for Success conference, which will focus on state programs that improve energy issues and air and water quality. WHEN: Friday, Jan. 12, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. WHERE: CSUDH’s Loker Student Union. The university is located at 1000 E Victoria Street, Carson, CA 90747. Click here for directions and a printable campus map. The daylong conference, co-hosted by the City of Carson and CSUDH, will bring together individuals responsible for administering local grant ... Read More
Paz Oliverez named Outstanding First-Year Student Advocate by National Resource Center
Paz Oliverez, associate vice president for student success at California State University, Dominguez Hills’ (CSUDH), has been named a 2017 Outstanding First-Year Student Advocate by the National Resource Center First-Year Experience and Students in Transition (NRC). She received the prestigious honor for her role in developing some of the most robust programs for first-year college students in the university’s history. Under the umbrella of the award-winning two-year Bridge initiative on campus, Oliverez has led CSUDH to its highest first-year student retention rate in 22 years by providing visionary leadership and an overarching and comprehensive approach to the university’s Dominguez ... Read More
