January 2020
Roxanne Wilson Leader-in-Residence: Cecile Richards in Conversation
Twice listed in TIME magazine’s list of 100 Most Influential People in theWorld, Cecile Richards is a national leader for women’s rights and social and economic justice. As president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America and Planned Parenthood Action Fund for more than a decade, Richards worked to increase affordable access to reproductive health. In 2019, Richards co-founded Supermajority, a political action group working to mobilize women voters.The Roxanne Wilson Leader-in-Residence program brings to Scripps’ campus a woman who demonstrates leadership…
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Where Good Souls Fear
“I was not supposed to be a dancer,” writes choreographer Alice Sheppard in the New York Times. But when disabled dancer Homer Avila dared her to take a dance class, she accepted his challenge. Now, the former medieval scholar is a preeminent voice at the intersection of disability, gender, and race. Her latest performance, Where Good Souls Fear, is an investigation of excess and minimalism, provoking questions about who or what is “too much.” Ranging from lyrical floorwork to an…
Ticket Information »Gaby Moreno
Guatemala-born singer-songwriter-producer and Grammy Award-winner Gaby Moreno brings her not-to-be missed, genre-defying “Spanish folk-soul” to Scripps. Martha Gonzalez, Associate Professor of Chicanx/Latinx Studies, joins her for a post-concert conversation. This program is presented in partnership with Claremont Graduate University’s LatinX Graduate Student Union and helps to commemorate the 50th anniversary of The Claremont College’s Chicano Latino Student Affairs.
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Susan Orlean in Conversation
**Notice of Event Suspension** Due to regional and state-wide health concerns regarding coronavirus (COVID-19), public programming at Scripps College, including this event, has been suspended until further notice. MORE INFORMATION Susan Orlean is a consummate storyteller. From The Orchid Thief, her spellbinding examination of the esoteric world of flower selling in Florida, to Rin Tin Tin, a powerful account of the iconic Hollywood canine, Orlean has a knack for finding the most unusual characters. Her latest project has a…
Ticket Information »Liz Phair and Ani DiFranco in Conversation
**Notice of Event Suspension** Due to regional and state-wide health concerns regarding coronavirus (COVID-19), public programming at Scripps College, including this event, has been suspended until further notice. MORE INFORMATION Widely considered a feminist icon, Grammy winner Ani DiFranco is the mother of the DIY movement, being one of the first artists to create her own record label, Righteous Babe Records. Indie rocker, Liz Phair, whose Exile in Guyville has been hailed as a landmark, is one of the few…
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