UCSB — The Current — ‘Mario T. García: A lifetime of achievement in Chicano/a history’ and more news, events
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The historian and professor receives the Bert Corona Lifetime Achievement Award for inspiring progressive social change to advance the inclusion of the poor and oppressed.
Alum Don Hertzfeldt visits the Pollock Theater for a screening and discussion of two of his animated short films, “ME,” a 22-minute musical odyssey, and “It’s Such a Beautiful Day.”
The performance will feature selections from the Romantic era, including Weber’s magical “Oberon,” Mendelssohn’s intense “Ruy Blas,” Schumann’s powerful “Genoveva” and Dvorak’s exhilarating “Vanda.”
Director Daniel Roher joins faculty moderator Sasha Razor, of film and media studies and of Germanic and Slavic studies, for a post-screening discussion of his Oscar-winning film and the legacy of the late Russian opposition leader.
