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13 October 2011

Alluring mix of mid-century jazz & photography comes to Northridge

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A stellar double bill of African-American post-War art happens on the campus of Cal State Northridge, when an afternoon photography show pairs beautifully with an early-evening performance of a Miles Davis tribute at the Valley Performing Arts Center. [...]

1 February 2011

Swan Lake mania hits the San Fernando Valley

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The first to sell out the spanking new Valley Performing Arts Center is a little known, highly conservative Russian ballet company bringing its “Swan Lake” to the home town of BLACK SWAN. [...]

31 January 2011

Three smart women, one performing arts center

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This proud photo shows architect Kara Hill posing with her spanking-new creation, the Valley Performing Arts Center, which opened Saturday January 29, 2010, in the northern reaches of Los Angeles’s 500-square-mile radius. The Center sits on the south-east corner of the campus of California State University, Northridge in the [...]

20 January 2011

Cold War rekindled with opening of Valley Performing Arts Center

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The San Fernando Valley presents a top American pairing, Gillian Murphy and Ethan Stiefel, at the spanking new Valley Performing Arts Center at California State University at Northridge. [...]