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Parkening International Guitar Competition Announces Judges for 2012 Competition

The judges for the third triennial Parkening International Guitar Competition, to be presented by Pepperdine University in Malibu, CA, from Wednesday, May 30, to Saturday, June 2, have been announced. more


Alumni Basketball Night 2012 Features Food Trucks, Entertainment

Alumni, students, faculty, staff, and friends will gather at Firestone Fieldhouse, Malibu, on Saturday, Jan. 21, to support the men's basketball team against Brigham Young University (BYU) in their West Coast Conference 2012 debut. The family day will begin at 2:30 p.m. before the game begins at 5 p.m. more


Pianist George Winston Performs Cancer Benefit Concert at Pepperdine

Pianist George Winston will perform a benefit concert for City of Hope Cancer Research at Pepperdine on Friday, January 20. The Center for the Arts will host Winston at 8 p.m. in Smothers Theatre, Malibu. more


"The Epic and the Exotic" Exhibit Arrives at the Weisman Museum of Art

The Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art at Pepperdine will unveil its new exhibit, "The Epic and the Exotic: 19th-century Academic Realism from the Dahesh Museum," on Saturday, Jan. 14, with an opening reception from 5 to 7 p.m. The exhibit will remain on display in the museum's Gregg G. Juarez Gallery and West Gallery until April 1. more


Center for the Arts Presents Legendary, Grammy Award-Winning Singer Dionne Warwick

The Center for the Arts at Pepperdine will host Dionne Warwick, one of the world's most famous pop music vocalists and the winner of five Grammy Awards, in a concert Sunday, Jan. 15, at 7 p.m. in Smothers Theatre, Malibu. more


Pepperdine Hosts Performance by the River North Dance Chicago

River North Dance Chicago (RNDC) will visit Pepperdine Wednesday, Jan. 11, to perform a dynamic, jazz-based show combining athletic prowess and contemporary artistic perspective with bold, theatrical flair. The performance will begin at 8 p.m in Smothers Theatre, Malibu. more


Pepperdine University Libraries Hosts Salute to Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Historic Speech

Veteran San Francisco author Felix Justice will read Martin Luther King, Jr.'s historic "I Have a Dream" speech Wednesday, Jan. 11, at 4 p.m. in the Kresge Reading Room of Payson Library, Malibu, in honor of what would have been King's 83rd birthday. more


Pepperdine University Libraries Presents Author Bart Schneider for Two Events

Novelist, playwright, and publisher Bart Schneider will celebrate the founding of Kelly's Cove Press, his new press devoted to California authors, with a presentation on author Ambrose Bierce Tuesday, Jan. 10, at 4 p.m. in the Special Collections Room of Payson Library, Malibu. more


Pepperdine Libraries Hosts Malibu Author Ben Marcus

Pepperdine University Libraries will host Malibu author Ben Marcus in the Surfboard Room of Payson Library, Malibu, on Friday, Dec. 16, at 12 noon to speak about his new book, Images of America: Malibu. more


Pepperdine Hosts Filmmaker and Klezmer Musician Yale Strom

The Diane and Guilford Glazer Institute for Jewish Studies will partner with the Center for Entertainment, Media, and Culture (EMC) to host award-winning filmmaker and Klezmer musician Yale Strom on Thursday, Dec. 8, at 7 p.m. in Elkins Auditorium, Malibu. Strom will screen two short films--A Great Day on Eldridge Street and A Man From Munkacs: Gypsy Klezmer--and perform songs associated with the films. more


Professor Joel Fetzer Presents New Book Luxembourg as an Immigration Success Story

Political Science professor Joel Fetzer's new book, Luxembourg as an Immigration Success Story: The Grand Duchy in Pan-European Perspective, examines how Luxembourg has successfully managed its immigration policy. Fetzer will present a reading of his book Wednesday, Dec. 7, at 12 noon in the Kresge Reading Room of Payson Library, Malibu. more


Pepperdine's Fine Arts Division Presents Fall Musical "Xanadu"

Touted by The New York Times as being "Heaven on wheels and in leg warmers," the highly acclaimed musical Xanadu will take the stage at Smothers Theatre, Malibu, at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 10, as Pepperdine University's Center for the Arts fall musical. more


Center for Entertainment, Media, and Culture Hosts "Miss Representation" Screening and Discussion

The Center for Entertainment, Media, and Culture (EMC) will host a screening and discussion of the Sundance documentary Miss Representation on Thursday, Nov. 10, at 7 p.m. in Elkins Auditorium, Malibu. more


Counseling Center Hosts "The Caveman Cult: How the Myth of Male Weakness Hurts Everyone"

The Counseling Center at Pepperdine University will host a lecture exploring "The Caveman Cult: How the Myth of Male Weakness Hurts Everyone" Wednesday, Nov. 9, at 9 p.m. in PLC 125, Malibu. more


Seaver Dean's Office Hosts Astronaut Tracy Caldwell

The W. David Baird Distinguished Lecture Series at Pepperdine's Seaver College will reconvene on Thursday, Nov. 3, with astronaut Tracy Caldwell. The evening with Caldwell, who has logged over 188 days in space, will take place at 7 p.m. in Elkins Auditorium, Malibu. more