Thu, February 17, 2005 and Fri, February 18, 2005 at 7:00 pm; Sat, February 19, 2005 and Sun, February 20, 2005 at 2:30 pm; Sat, February 19, 2005 at 8:00 pm
The House of Bernarda Alba

Scene Dock Theatre (SCD)
Admission: General, $10; Senior citizens and USC staff and faculty with valid I.D., $8; USC students with valid I.D., $5; A $2 convenience fee applies to all phone orders

In a society tightly bound by tradition, five daughters suffer under the authoritarian hand of their mother, an excessively proud woman who refuses to permit joy to penetrate the shroud of mourning she wears for her dead husband.

Thu, February 17, 2005 from 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm
Love American Style: Neoliberal Citizenship in Contemporary Marriage Politics: New Directions in Feminist Studies

Doheny Memorial Library (DML)
Admission: Free

Lisa Duggan, an associate professor of history, American studies, and gender studies at New York University, examines why the concept of marriage – in such seeming decline - appears at the center of ideology and aspiration on the national stage.

Thu, February 17, 2005 at 7:30 pm
A New Harpsichord Joins the Thornton Collection

Music Faculty Building (MUS)
Admission: Free

Thornton faculty artists Lucinda Carver (harpsichord), Allan Vogel (oboe), Judith Farmer (bassoon) and Lyndon Johnson Taylor (violin) are joined by Janice Tipton (flute) to celebrate a new acquisition - a 1981 Fisk French double harpsichord.

Every day from Tue, February 1, 2005 through Wed, March 2, 2005 from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm
USC Workout NIKE Fitness Challenge

General William Lyon University Center (LRC)
Admission: Free

USC students, staff and faculty get one of the best workouts taught by some of the top instructors in the business.

Thu, February 17, 2005 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Townhall Meeting on Parking Issues

Mount St. Mary's College
Admission: Free

In response to concerns about parking in the surrounding neighborhoods, a community-wide steering committee hosts a townhall to better understand key parking issues.

Thu, February 17, 2005 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Economie, Société-Nature, Politique

Doheny Memorial Library (DML)
Admission: Free

Retired French statesman Edgar Pisani describes how politics could be the mediator between the dynamics of economy and the potential dynamics of society.

Mon, September 20, 2004 through Fri, May 13, 2005 on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays all day.
'Tapestry of Life': The Photography of Howard Buffett

Annenberg School for Communication (ASC)
Admission: Free

'Tapestry of Life' represents 10 years of photography from more than 40 international excursions by Illinois agri-businessman and photographer Howard Buffett and communicates the struggles and needs of individuals in the Third World.

Every day from Tue, September 14, 2004 through Sun, May 29, 2005 from 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Three Winters in the Sun: Einstein In California

Skirball Cultural Center
Admission: General, $12; Seniors and students, $8; free for members and children under 12

This installation focuses on the three winter terms that Albert Einstein spent at the California Institute of Technology (1931 - 1933) and uses this brief period as a lens to re-envision his entire life.

Every day from Tue, January 11, 2005 through Fri, February 18, 2005 all day.
Art in the Village: I Will Survive

University Village Shopping Center
Admission: Free

"I Will Survive" features the artwork of local K-5 students who were inspired to create a work of art that depicts how they would live on their own if stranded, for example, on a desert island.

Thu, November 18, 2004 through Mon, February 28, 2005 on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 8:00 am to 5:30 pm
Natural & Unnatural Transformations: The Work of Sandy Bleifer

Clinical Sciences Building (CSC)
Admission: Free

By molding and sculpting fiber pulp into natural forms of trees, rocks, leaves and clouds, artist Sandy Bleifer explores the boundaries between nature and artifice and makes the natural process of change concrete and visible.