Tue, April 12, 2005 from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
Superaxe: Jazz In The Park

Alumni Park
Admission: Free

Superaxe is directed by Richard Smith and has won numerous outstanding musicianship awards, including first place honors at The Berkeley and Fullerton Collegiate Jazz Festivals, and invitations to perform at the world renowned Montreaux Jazz Festival.

Wed, April 13, 2005 from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm
Negotiating an Academic Job Offer

Leavey Library (LVL)
Admission: Free

The academic job process is not finished with the initial offer: You can negotiate for the deal best suited to your needs. Learn when you can negoatiate, what you can ask for, and how. Come have your questions answered!

Wed, April 13, 2005 from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
ELF Ensemble: Jazz In The Park

Alumni Park
Admission: Free

Conducted by Shelton Berg, ELF is an experimental, 11-member group. All of the music performed by ELF is composed and/or arranged by USC students and faculty. The band attempts to explore the limits of contemporary jazz.

Wed, April 13, 2005 from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Assisted Living: Special Screening of an Award Winning Film

Andrus Gerontology Center (GER)
Admission: Free

The Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center will be hosting a special screening of the award winning film Assisted Living. A cocktail reception will be held in the Gerontology courtyard at 6pm, with the screening beginning at 7pm.

Wed, April 13, 2005 from 12:30 pm to 2:00 pm
Brock Blomberg: The (After) Life-Cycle Theory of Religious Contributions

Social Sciences Building (SOS)
Admission: Free

Brock Blomberg is a USC Center for International Studies Affiliated Scholar from Claremont-McKenna College. Copies of his paper are available in SOS B-1.

Thu, April 14, 2005 at 7:30 pm
Ronald Leonard, cello: Thornton Music Masters Series

Alfred Newman Recital Hall (AHF)
Admission: Free

Thornton faculty artist Ronald Leonard, who held the post of principal cellist at the Los Angeles Philharmonic for 24 years, performs a concert along with guest pianist Bernadine Blaha.

Thu, April 14, 2005 from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra featuring Claudia Acuña: Jazz at Lincoln Center/Jazz @ USC '05

Bovard Auditorium (ADM)
Admission: General, $20; Senior citizens and USC staff and faculty with I.D., $10; USC Students with I.D., $5

The acclaimed eighteen-piece Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra comes together in concert with the amazing vocal talent of Latin Jazz singer Claudia Acuña for an unforgettable performance.

Thu, April 14, 2005 from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
'Y tu mamá también'

George Lucas Instructional Building (LUC)
Admission: Free

In Alfonso Cuarón’s award-winning film from 2001, two teenage boys and an attractive older woman embark on a Mexican road trip and learn a thing or two about life, friendship, passion and each other.

Thu, April 14, 2005, Tue, April 19, 2005 and Thu, April 21, 2005 from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm
The 22nd Annual Getty Lecture Series: Bosch and Bruegel: Parallel Worlds

Harris Hall (HAR)
Admission: Free

The upcoming lecturer will be Dr. Joseph Koerner, Professor in the History of Art, Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London. [Please note that this is actually a series of three lectures on separate evenings.]

Thu, April 14, 2005 from 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm
Preparing For The Workplace: What Graduating Students Should Know

Student Union Building
Admission: Free

Designed to help our graduating seniors make a successful transition into the world of full-time work by making them aware of critical issues they may have to deal with in the workplace, and by providing them sound advice on what it takes to succeed.