Events
Please note upcoming diversity-related events:
UCR Inaugural New Visions for Diversity Celebration
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The event takes place from May 14th through May 16th.
Organizing Sponsors: UC Riverside Offices of the Associate Vice Chancellor for Excellence, Equity & Diversity, Executive Vice Chancellor/Provost, and Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
More information to come!
Chris Abani and Rickerby Hinds on ARTSblock Live!
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Gabriela Jauregui talks with writer Chris Abani and playwright Rickerby Hinds, whose work explores issues surrounding race, gender, and culture and their function in an interconnected world.
For more information, please visit: http://artsblock.ucr.edu.
Daniel Beaty's "Emergency"
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“Unquestionably, Beaty is an extraordinarily talented performer – complete with a gorgeous
singing voice – and his writing displays a complex mind, a very caring heart, and a deep soul.”
– Brian Scott Lipton, TheaterMania.com
“Daniel Beaty satisfies something so deep that I love to see in the human spirit"
– Ruby Dee
Performances run from
April 15th till May 25th
Groups receive a 10% - 20% discount on all tickets purchased.
If you need further information or to purchase group tickets, please contact (310) 208-6500 ext. 159
10th Annual "Educating the Bilingual Student" Conference
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This years topic will be "Focusing on Opportunities to Learn"
The event will be taking place on May 29, 2008 at the UC Riverside Extension Center located at 1200 University Avenue, Riverside, CA 92521.
If you need further information, please contact (951) 827-5489.
Riverside Downtown Partnership to co-sponsor
the
"Third Annual Chanukah Festival of Lights"
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The Event will be taking place on Wednesday, December 5, 2007 from 6:30pm till 9:00pm at the Riverside County Historic Courthouse located at 4050 Main Street, Riverside, CA 92501.
This year's highlights:
- Dignitaries and Community Leaders to Pass the "Torch of Freedom"
- Menorah Lighting Ceremony
- Honoring Leon Leyson, the Youngest Living Survivor of Schindler's List
In addition to the preceding, there will also be:
- A Giant Ice Menorah Sculpting Show
- Kosher Food For Purchase
- Live Music
- Dreidel Painting
- Candle Making
- Factory Prizes!
For more information, please visit www.jewishriverside.com or call 951-222-2005.
KUCR 88.3fm to co-sponsor "Sultans of Satire: Middle Eastern Comic Relief"
at UC Riverside's University Theatre
Cultural Center 310.657.5511
Tina Yonas KUCR 88.3fm www.kucr.org 951.827.3140
Riverside, Ca--KUCR 88.3fm, the campus student radio station of UC Riverside, will be the media sponsor for the Sultans of Satire: Middle Eastern Comic Relief at UC Riverside’s University Theatre in an Inland Empire debut performance on Sunday Dec. 2, 2007 at 7:30pm (doors open at 7pm). Subtitled "Middle Eastern comedians on a mission—peace through laughter," the Sultans' show consists of a group of young American comedians of Arab, Iranian, Sephardic Jewish, Armenian, Turkish and Greek heritage, in uproarious sets of stand-up comedy.
This comic ensemble has performed together as the "Sultans of Satire" since November 2005 in shows throughout Southern California, and have garnered wide acclaim. The Sultans had an eight-month run at the World Famous Laugh Factory on Hollywood's Sunset Strip and earlier this year sold out 1,200 seats at USC. In its co-sponsorship, KUCR's Issues and Dialog program is working with the show's producer, the Levantine Cultural Center, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit organization which promotes understanding and peace in the Middle East through the literary, visual and performing arts.
As the Los Angeles Times said, the Sultans of Satire shows appeal to "Americans who hear a lot about the Middle East, but primarily from the perspective of conflict, terrorism and strife. [Yet] these are also cultures that are very rich and diverse, as in the United States, and the situational humor that comes out of this is very universal. They're laughing at themselves." And, as Ronnie Khalil said to the Daily Pilot of Orange County, "The show is so great because you have all these different cultures, each with their own sense of humor, and they're breaking barriers and getting the message across that everybody can get along." The comedy is fresh, funny, ribald and raucous -- and definitely for a college-age and above audience. College students will totally relate to the cutting-edge humor of the Sultans of Satire.
“Bringing this show to Riverside has been our objective for some time,” says creator Jordan Elgrably, who serves as the artistic director of Levantine Cultural Center. “There is a growing Middle Eastern presence throughout the Inland Empire, with immigrants from Jordan, Egypt, Syria, Iran, Iraq, the Palestinian territories, Lebanon and other countries of the Levant. In fact, there are more than a million immigrants from the Middle East and North Africa in Southern California. Since the events of 9/11, it has increasingly been our mission to bring together communities whose cultures seem in conflict, as a way to build bridges between them. We're happy to find partners like KUCR in the Inland Empire.”
Comedians Mike Batayeh, Peter Shahriari, Noel Elgrably, Elham Jazab, Ara Basil and Angelo Tsarouchas will be featured in the Dec. 2 performance, with an emerging comedian spot devoted to Shereen Faltas, an Egyptian American. For detailed information, comedian bios and videos, visit www.sultansofsatire.com or www.levantinecenter.org.
UC Riverside has recently become a noted center for authoritative knowledge, insight and analysis on the Middle East. This fall UC Riverside brought in seven scholars who specialize on the Middle East and Islam. UCR’s new faculty, which includes Reza Aslan, Laila Lalami, Jeffrey Sacks, Susan Ossman, Muhamad Ali, Sherine Hafez and Ebru Erdem, bring insights into many aspects of the Middle East, including the Iraq war, Arab identity, Islamic feminism and an Islamic reformation. “These faculty have expertise in literature, politics, religious studies, women's studies, media and creative writing,” said Stephen Cullenberg, dean of UCR’s College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences. “With the major political and cultural issues of our day, and for the foreseeable future, shaped by global and religious forces in these areas, it is very important to develop scholarly expertise, including language skills, for our students and faculty alike,” he said. UCR Professors Resa Aslan and Laila Lalami are both members of the Levantine Board of Directors and helped make the Sultans of Satire at UCR a reality.
"KUCR is pleased to participate with the Levantine Center in helping to present this at UCR," said Louis Vandenberg, KUCR 88.3fm General Manager. "This is the mission of our 'Issues and Dialog' series-- to stimulate critical, creative and constructive thought about the world. In its way, the Sultans of Satire comedy show achieves that. One of the best ways to make people think, to bring people together, to recognize our common humanity and see past our differences, is through laughter. There's something about humor that breaks down our conscious barriers. We laugh because we recognize truth." Vandenberg added, "this unique group of comics features members of all the religions of the Middle East -- Islam, Judaism, Christianity and Bahai. What we have here is a truly fresh approach--laughing for peace."
The Levantine Cultural Center intends to present several new programs of Middle Eastern culture in the Inland Empire during 2008. Founded in 2001, the Levantine Center has become a highly visible and prolific pan-cultural arts project for Middle Eastern cultures, producing numerous groundbreaking performances and lectures. (See www.levantinecenter.org )
This show is brought to UC Riverside with support from the Riverside Arts Council and the Riverside County Library System. KUCR 88.3FM, of the University of California at Riverside, is a media sponsor.
The Sultans of Satire: Middle East Comic Relief, Sunday, Dec. 2, 2007, 7:30 pm (doors 7 pm). Admission $20-$30 ($15 UCR students). Tix/info 310.657.5511 or 657.5522, or online at www.levantinecenter.org or www.sultansofsatire.com. This night of comedy uses adult language and situations and is not for children. College age and up only, please. A portion of the proceeds benefits Levantine Center's programs for peace through arts. The Levantine Center is a 501(c)3 non-profit educational foundation.
At a glance:
What: Stand-Up comedy show. "The Sultans of Satire: Middle Eastern Comic Relief--peace through laughter"
Where: University of California Riverside, University Theatre. http://www.campusmap.ucr.edu/campusMap.php There is a fee for parking.
When: Sunday December 2, 2007. 7:30pm (doors at 7pm).
How much: Admission $20-$30 ($15 UCR students). Tix/info 310.657.5511 or 657.5522, or online at www.levantinecenter.org or www.sultansofsatire.com.
Who may attend: Open to all, college age and above.
KUCR is UCR campus student radio, heard on 88.3fm in Riverside and surrounding areas, KUCR.org on the web. It's highly diverse content of music, news, sports, and public affairs, is programmed, funded and staffed by UCR students, with a core professional oversight staff. KUCR's unique Issues and Dialog Public Affairs series seeks to present distinguished experts, authors, journalists and documentary films, covering a variety of issues from a variety of perspectives to stimulate critical, creative and constructive thought on the world in which we live.
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