Professor Jennifer Fisher, UCI dance historian, recalls the vast, intentional, and generous contributions made by the inestimable dancer and choreographer Donald McKayle. From now until March 20, 2019, the UCI Langson Library will be housing an exhibition in his honor, “Donald McKayle Dancing for All Time.” Details are available at: https://www.lib.uci.edu/exhibits.
Monthly Archives: December 2018
Orange County Art Museum Makes Its Moves and Makes Waves
Todd Smith, Director and CEO of the Orange County Museum of Art, posts us on the Museum’s transition from the Newport Beach location to the Segerstrom Performing Arts Center. The temporary location until the new building is completed in the early 2020s, is 1661 W Sunflower in Santa Ana. Details about current exhibits and events are available at: https://www.ocma.net/.
Out Out Damn Climate Myths! AND Introducing Costa Mesa Council Member Arlis Reynolds
With all that continues to roll out from the COP24 Climate talks in Katewice, Poland – Shahir Masri is back from a 36 state climate science dog and pony show, and has recently published a book entitled, “Beyond Debate; 50 Misconceptions on Climate Change.” With Mother Earth churning and burning at disturbing rates, Shahir’s jovial text calls the cats down from the climate denial trees. Copies of the book or information about Shahir and Athina’s recent trek is available at: http://www.shahirmasri.com/road-for-climate-action-.html
In the second segment (minute 37:43), recently elected Costa Mesa Council member Arlis Reynolds offers perspectives from the bottom of the ballot to the top of the city wide leadership, on the heels of an extraordinary outcome in the first election of city council districts.
UCI Students Rock the 45th AND Citizens Climate Lobby With New Dividends
This week, delegations from countries all over the world are meeting in Poland for COP24, the United Nations’ international climate change conference, a crucial opportunity for countries to hammer out technical agreements governing the 2015 Paris climate accord — but the US is largely sitting it out; perhaps Gov Brown has some personnel on deck. Today we tack onto some of those climate issues (minute 35:23) with Citizens Climate Lobby activists Mark Tabbert and Kathy Orlinksy. But before they take stabs at the latest news, we hear from Brooke Adams, Organizing Director for Student Action with the People’s Action Institute, and organizing students, both from UCI: Lorraine Nance, and Cas Yip; they’ve been in the electoral trenches at UCI, with some amazing outcomes to show for it. And they’re not done doing this work, either. Developments pertaining to The Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act/HR 7173 are available at: #priceonpollution.