The Arts & Lectures series returns to Cal State San Marcos this spring with concerts, performances and talks aimed at sharing music, dance, science and history. Events will take place across campus from January through April. All events are free for CSUSM students.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Ching-Ming and Friends Chamber Concert<\/strong><\/p>\n Jan. 27, noon-1 p.m., Arts 111<\/span><\/p>\n Joined by CSUSM music professor <\/span>Ching-Ming Cheng<\/u><\/a>, the 11th annual <\/span>Villa-Lobos International Chamber Music Festiva<\/u><\/a>l will take place on campus to bring music composed entirely by Latin American composers. The program aims to celebrate Latin American chamber music across Southern California.<\/span><\/p>\n CSUSM students: Free\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Faculty\/staff\/alumni: $5\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Community: $10<\/span><\/p>\n Sponsored by the Funes Fund<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Gila Goldstein Piano<\/strong><\/p>\n March 10, noon-1 p.m., Arts 111<\/span><\/p>\n CSUSM students: Free<\/span><\/p>\n Faculty\/staff\/alumni: $5<\/span><\/p>\n Community: $10<\/span><\/p>\n Sponsored by the Funes Fund<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Stories From Home<\/strong><\/p>\n March 13, 6:30-8 p.m., Arts 111<\/span><\/p>\n An artist meet-and-greet will take place March 10 from noon to 1:30 p.m. at the Cross-Cultural Center.<\/span><\/p>\n CSUSM students: Free<\/span><\/p>\n Faculty\/staff\/alumni: $5<\/span><\/p>\n Community: $10<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n A Marriage of Art and Science: Entwined Research in a Nuclear Family<\/strong><\/p>\n March 23, 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., USU Ballroom\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Slavick, who wrote \u201cBomb After Bomb: A Violent Cartography and After Hiroshima,\u201d is an internationally exhibiting artist who captures the lingering effects of radiation with audiographs and creates contact prints of tree rubbings and architecture exposed to atomic bombings of Hiroshima, Nagasaki and Fukushima. Richardson, an epidemiologist who\u2019s conducted studies of cancer among U.S. federal nuclear workers and Japanese survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, is the lead writer on the United Nations Committee of Epidemiological Studies of Radiation and Cancer (UNSCEAR).<\/span><\/p>\n CSUSM students: Free<\/span><\/p>\n Faculty\/staff\/alumni: $5<\/span><\/p>\n Community: $10<\/span><\/p>\n Co-sponsors: Center ARTES STEAM ambassadors<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Peter Sprague Group Featuring Allison Adams Tucker<\/strong><\/p>\n March 24, 7-8:30 p.m., Arts 111<\/span><\/p>\n Masterclass 2:30-3:45 p.m. in Arts 111, open to the public<\/span><\/p>\n CSUSM students: Free<\/span><\/p>\n Faculty\/staff\/alumni: $5<\/span><\/p>\n Community: $10<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Veterans History Project II: The Journey Continues<\/strong><\/p>\n April 8, 5-8 p.m., USU Ballroom<\/span><\/p>\n CSUM students\/military-affiliated guests: Free<\/span><\/p>\n Faculty\/staff\/alumni: $5<\/span><\/p>\n Community: $10<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n For more information, including ticket information, visit the <\/span>Arts & Lectures series website<\/u><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n![\"Goldstein](\"https:\/\/content.presspage.com\/uploads\/1093\/4ef09c25-da92-49f8-80b3-7e71e930e055\/500_gila.jpg?x=1769125707474\")
Internationally acclaimed pianist <\/span>Gila Goldstein<\/u><\/a> will perform a lunch-time recital on campus. The performance will include works by Vivaldi, Bach, Mendelssohn, Guastavino, Villa-Lobos, Lecuona, Ronn Yedidia and Gershwin. Before the event, there will be a piano master class on March 9 at noon in Academic Hall 104.<\/span><\/p>\n![\"Yvonne](\"https:\/\/content.presspage.com\/uploads\/1093\/6038fe31-8eb4-4dd1-bb80-f9b926c9efe6\/800_yvonneandbuddyquerenciastill.png?x=1769126271441\")
\u201c<\/span>Stories From Home<\/u><\/a>\u201d is a series of dances embodying the oral traditions of Nuevomexicano, Chicano and Mexican American communities in the American Southwest. Choreographer Yvonne Montoya and a diverse cast of dancers draw upon personal histories as well as ancestral knowledge. The performance is a vessel for personal and specific tales, while also offering a broader look at various cultural traditions throughout the Southwest.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n![\"Slavick](\"https:\/\/content.presspage.com\/uploads\/1093\/bf4d56ee-bcd3-411e-aec5-da5f1b0b901b\/500_artandscience.jpg?x=1769126404631\")
Art and science intersect with <\/span>elin O\u2019Hara slavick<\/u><\/a>\u2019s art, which maps radioactive residuum, and <\/span>David Richardson<\/u><\/a>\u2019s epidemiological studies of radiation\u2019s human impact.<\/span><\/p>\n![\"Sprague](\"https:\/\/content.presspage.com\/uploads\/1093\/a6a22375-e7e1-400e-a9bc-b84a67d33fb0\/800_sprague.jpg?x=1769126525703\")
Guitarist <\/span>Peter Sprague<\/u><\/a> loves jazz, but he also dips deep into musical history and unearths some sonic gems from the Beatles, Jimmy Webb and Antonio Carlos Jobim. For this concert, he connects with vocalist Allison Adams Tucker, pianist Danny Green, drummer Duncan Moore and bassist Mack Leighton for an evening of good sounds, good vibes and good times. The group recently released three albums: \u201cAll You Need Is Love\u201d (Beatles), \u201cChristmas Time Is Here\u201d and \u201cPeter Sprague Plays Jobim.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n![\"Gruny](\"https:\/\/content.presspage.com\/uploads\/1093\/c1c945ed-0246-4bea-896a-f2a739be45a0\/800_gruny.jpg?x=1769126634824\")
This event, which showcases recorded oral histories of military veterans, offers an intimate look into the personal experiences, challenges and triumphs of veterans from diverse backgrounds. Stores shared will be archived at CSUSM\u2019s Kellogg Library and the U.S. Library of Congress, preserving their legacies for future generations. The keynote speaker will be Jim Gruny, a retired colonel in the Marine Corps. The formal program begins at 6 p.m., preceded by a reception and veteran resources and career fair.<\/span><\/p>\n