In the Media (page 25)
In the Media: KCRW Highlights New Podcast Blood on Gold Mountain
KCRW’s “Press Play” featured Blood on Gold Mountain, a new podcast by Hao Huang, Bessie and Cecil Frankel Chair in Music and professor of music, in collaboration with his son, Micah. The podcast, which launches on March 24, tells the story of the L.A. Chinatown Massacre of 1871.
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In the Media: Los Angeles Times Features Garrison Theater in Claremont Craftsman Architecture Tour
The Los Angeles Times featured Garrison Theater in its driving tour of Victorian and Craftsman architecture in Claremont.
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In the Media: New Blood on Gold Mountain Podcast Highlights L.A. Chinatown Massacre, Claremont Courier Reports
Hao Huang, Bessie and Cecil Frankel Chair in Music and professor of music, has launched a new podcast, Blood on Gold Mountain, the Claremont Courier reported. The podcast tells the story of the 1871 L.A. Chinatown Massacre and is part of a three-year series of multimedia events leading up to the massacre’s 150th anniversary this October.
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In the Media: Hao Huang Explains Why Performing Beethoven’s Music Still Matters to Him in Serenade Magazine
In an op-ed for Serenade magazine, Hao Huang, Bessie and Cecil Frankel Chair in Music and professor of music, explains why playing Beethoven’s music has mattered to him, especially during the isolation of the COVID-19 pandemic. “Performing music for a live audience is a way to share the most special, innermost core of my being, the part that aspires to beauty so much that it dares to try to make it,” Huang says.
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In the Media: Aaron Matz Explores Émile Zola’s Novel Cycle in New York Review of Books
In the New York Review of Books, Associate Professor of English Aaron Matz explores themes of domination in Émile Zola’s novel cycle, Les Rougon-Macquarte.
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In the Media: Lynne Thompson ’72 Named Poet Laureate of Los Angeles, CBS Los Angeles, Los Angeles Times Report
Board of Trustees Chair Lynne Thompson ’72 has been named as the 2021 Los Angeles Poet Laureate, CBS Los Angeles reported. In his announcement, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti described Thompson as an “acclaimed writer, an outspoken force who uses words to tell stories and unite communities and open us up to perspectives.”
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In the Media: Scripps Remains Top Producer of Fulbright Students, Chronicle of Higher Education Reports
The Chronicle of Higher Education reported that Scripps College remains one of the top producers of Fulbright students for 2020–21, with six awards offered.
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In the Media: Samella Lewis Earns College Art Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award, ARTnews Reports
Professor Emerita of Art History Samella Lewis received the 2021 College Art Association’s Distinguished Artist Award for Lifetime Achievement, ARTnews reported.
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In the Media: Stacey Wood Discusses COVID-19 Vaccination Cards, Social Media and Identity Theft in New York Times
In the New York Times, Stacey Wood, Molly Mason Jones Chair in Psychology and professor of psychology, discussed how posting a photo of one’s COVID-19 vaccination card to social media increases the risk of identity theft and other scams. “The typical consumer would not think scammers must have curated information about my life and used it to target me,” she said.
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In the Media: Dwandalyn Reece ’85 Curates Playlist of Black Music on NPR
Trustee Dwandalyn Reece ’85, associate director of curatorial affairs and curator of music at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, assembled a playlist for NPR’s Tiny Desk Playlist series. “A celebration of African-American music must acknowledge the underpinnings of the quest for freedom and justice that the music represents,” she said.
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