From UCLA, ALOUD, Zocalo & Cal State Fullerton
Never let it be said that Southern Californians lack the capacity to exercise their rights to free speech and to talk for free and freely, whether it's about political topics, as discussed in this Bruin video above, or in conversations that this week will run the gamut of: strategies to break the cycle of gang violence late Tuesday afternoon in Westwood; music and the centrality of themes of celebration and lament in it through the ages on Tuesday night in downtown; the power of Native American story-telling and how its techniques can powerfully inform contemporary memoir writing on Wednesday night in downtown; how distinguished scholars and practitioners see the course of Latino literature in the 21st century in downtown Thursday night; how religion is reshaping America in Chinatown Thursday night (yes, this is the correct date, this time); on the public trust and remaking the Nixon Library in Fullerton on Tuesday afternoon; and, yes, even a shout-out to a production-meditation on the solo powers exemplified in the Watts Towers on Thursday night on the Westside; and two, fully staged performances in the courtyard of 'Hamlet,' one of the best-known works of the Bard Tuesday and Wednesday night on the Westside, featuring Bruin thespians from the actor training program.
