
The May 26 presentation by Jacqueline Avila, associate professor in musicology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, will examine the EDM group MIS and Netflix’s Latinx-focused dramady “Gentefied.”

Mariachi Los Coyotes, a CSUSB student musical group, will perform a free concert 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 10, at the San Manuel Student Union South Theater.

CSUSB’s Opera Theatre presents “I was looking at the ceiling and then I saw the sky,” set in Los Angeles circa 1994 during the Northridge earthquake, on Thursday, May 5, and Friday, May 6, at 7:30 p.m. in the Performing Arts Recital Hall.

The NEA grant has allowed the CSUSB Opera Theatre to create two full-length works this spring semester, with one that premiered last month and the next, “The New Frontier: An Atomic Age Jazz Opera,” to premiere on March 24.

Tony Coulson (information and decision sciences) discussed cyberwarfare and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Riguad Joseph (sociology) was interviewed about the challenges of solving homelessness, and Nicholas Bratcher (music) was named director of San Bernardino Symphony Youth Wind Ensemble.

A champion of new wind band works and works by underrepresented composers, Nicholas Bratcher, assistant professor of music and director of bands, plans to provide a unique artistic experience to members of the ensemble.

Luba Levin-Banchik (political science), Frances Berdan (anthropology, emerita), Lesley Leighton (music) and Brian Levin (criminal justice) were included in recent news coverage.

Lesley Leighton, CSUSB assistant professor of music and director of choral activities, looks forward to adding to the Inland Empire music scene after being named principal guest conductor of the San Bernardino Symphony Orchestra.

Tony Coulson (information and decision science), Brian Levin (criminal justice), David Yaghoubian (history), and Nicholas Bratcher (music) were included in recent news coverage.