January – July 2005
Feb 14 SMC Academic/SMC Continuing & Community Education Spring Semester begins
Feb 18 PLANETARIUM SHOW • “A Year on Mars” • 8pm • Drescher 223
Feb 24 ENVIRONMENTAL LECTURE • “Simple Sustainable Concepts for Individuals, Organizations, & Communities” • 6:45pm • Science 145
Feb 25 ART EXHIBIT • Digital Art Duo: Jean-Pierre Hébert & David Holt Opening Reception • 6pm • Madison Campus
Feb 25 PLANETARIUM LECTURE • David Stephenson: “Earth’s Mysterious Interior” • 8pm • Science 140
Feb 25-26 JAZZ/DANCE • Kindra Windish: “Interior Flight: A Tribute to ‘Bird’ ” • 8pm • Morgan Wixson Theatre
Feb 26 CHILDREN’S THEATER • East West Players: “Asian Pacific Tales” • 11am & 1pm • Concert Hall
Feb 27 MUSIC • Emeritus College Band Concert • 3pm • Concert Hall
Feb 28 MARY PICKFORD SERIES • James (Jim) Pentecost • 7pm • AET Screening Room
Mar 1 MUSIC • Ohio Northern University Singers • 11:15am • Concert Hall
Mar 1 DANCE MASTER LECTURE • Fayard Nicholas: Tap Dance Lecture & Demonstration • 11:30am • Art 214
Mar 3 SMC ASSOCIATES/UC PRESS LECTURE • Robert Gottlieb: “The Next Los Angeles: Struggle for a Livable City” • 11:15am • Concert Hall
Mar 3 LITERARY LECTURE • Tara Ison • 11:15am • Art 214
Mar 3 THEATRE MASTER CLASS • Lenka Udovicki, Director: “Master Class with Lenka Udovicki” • 7pm • Airport Campus/Hangar Stage
Mar 4 FILM & LECTURE • “Z” • 6pm • Art 214
Mar 4 PLANETARIUM SHOW • “Hubble’s Heritage” • 8pm • Drescher 223
Mar 5 CHILDREN’S THEATER • Peter Alsop • 11am & 1pm • Concert Hall
Mar 6 MUSIC • The Goldman-Brown Duo • 4pm • Concert Hall
Mar 7 MARY PICKFORD SERIES • Kathy Connell • 7pm • AET Screening Room
Mar 11 JAZZ • Gilbert Castellanos Quintet • 7pm • Concert Hall
Mar 11 PLANETARIUM SHOW • “Hubble’s Heritage” • 8pm • Drescher 223
Mar 12 CHILDREN’S THEATER • Jim Gamble Puppets: “Carnival of the Animals” • 11am & 1pm • Concert Hall
Mar 12 MUSIC • SMC Opera Theatre: First Annual Spring Film Festival • 8pm • Concert Hall
*Mar 13 DANCE • Synapse Dance Theater: Alumni Performance • 7pm • Highways
Mar 15 SPECIAL EVENT • Anita L. DeFrantz: “Women in Sports: Life Lessons” • 11:15am • Concert Hall
Mar 17 SPECIAL EVENT • Campus Resource Fair • 11:15am • SMC Clocktower
Mar 17 ENVIRONMENTAL LECTURE • “Careers in Environmental Fields” • 6:45pm • Science 145
Mar 18 PLANETARIUM LECTURE • Julie Townsend: “Time for Mars” • 8pm • Science 140
*Mar 20 MUSIC • SMC Symphony Orchestra • 4pm • Concert Hall
Mar 21 MARY PICKFORD SERIES • Mark Mottern • 7pm • AET Screening Room
*Mar 25 LITERARY EVENT • Evening of Poetry by SMC Faculty & Students • 6:30pm • Concert Hall
Mar 25 THEATER • “Seussical” Opening Night • Airport Campus/Hangar Stage • See listing for dates and times
Mar 28 MARY PICKFORD SERIES • Eric Goldberg • 7pm • AET Screening Room
Mar 29 MUSIC • Liuba Sorochkina • 11:15am • Concert Hall
Mar 31 SPECIAL EVENT • Club Row • 11:15am • Location TBA
Apr 1 SCIENCE LECTURE • Dr. Henry K. Karamoto, Jr.: “Embryology” • 1pm • Science 145
Apr 1 FILM & LECTURE • “Tom Jones” • 6pm • Art 214
Apr 1 JAZZ • Donald Vega Quintet • 7pm • Concert Hall
*Apr 1 PLANETARIUM SHOW • “Einstein’s Universe” • 8pm • Drescher 223
Apr 2 SPECIAL EVENT • Raising Readers: A Children’s Literacy Festival • 12 noon • SMC Clocktower
Apr 3 MUSIC • SMC Jazz Band • 4pm • Concert Hall
Apr 4 MARY PICKFORD SERIES • David Glubok • 7pm • AET Screening Room
Apr 5 MUSIC • Nora & Friends in Concert • 11:15am • Concert Hall
Apr 7 SCIENCE LECTURE • Dr. Firouz Naderi: “Is There Life on Mars? The Story Behind the Landings & Findings of the Mars Exploration Rovers” • 11:15am • Science 140
Apr 7 ENVIRONMENTAL LECTURE • “The Tourist Trap: Environmental Impacts of Travel” • 6:45pm • Science 145
Apr 7 THEATRE MASTER CLASS • Barry Edelstein, Director: “Thinking Shakespeare” • 7pm • Airport Campus/Hangar Stage
*Apr 8 PLANETARIUM SHOW • “Einstein’s Universe” • 8pm • Drescher 223
Apr 18 SMC Continuing & Community Education Second Session begins
Apr 19 MUSIC • Michael Sellers • 11:15am • Concert Hall
Apr 21 SCIENCE LECTURE • Dr. Lee Lindblom: “Gravitational Wave Astronomy” • 11:15am • Science 140
Apr 21 ENVIRONMENTAL LECTURE • “Water Resources in Southern California” • 6:45pm • Science 145
Apr 22 JAZZ • John Mayer Quartet • 7pm • Concert Hall
Apr 22 DANCE • Folklórico de SMC: World Dance Performance • Morgan Wixson Theatre • See listing for dates and times
*Apr 22 PLANETARIUM SHOW • “Einstein’s Universe” • 8pm • Drescher 223
Apr 23 PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT • Annual Photography Show Opening Reception • 6pm • Madison Campus
Apr 23-24 SPECIAL EVENT • Santa Monica Review at Los Angeles Times Festival of Books • 10am • UCLA Campus
Apr 24 MUSIC • SMC Concert Band • 4pm • Concert Hall
Apr 25 MARY PICKFORD SERIES • Keith Eisner • 7pm • AET Screening Room
Apr 26 SPECIAL EVENT/MUSIC • SMC Music Faculty: Tribute to George F. Handel (first of 3 special concerts) • Concert Hall • See listing for dates and times
Apr 29 FILM & LECTURE • “Woman In The Dunes” 6pm • Art 214
Apr 29 MUSIC • SMC Jazz Band Vocalists & Jon Mayer Trio • 8pm • Concert Hall
Apr 29 PLANETARIUM LECTURE • Sarah Gallagher: “Galactic Train Wrecks” • 8pm • Science 140
May 3 MUSIC • Joan Mills • 11:15am • Concert Hall
May 3 SPECIAL EVENT/LITERARY • Contemporary Asian Women Writers (Bangladesh): Taslima Nasrin: Lajja (Shame) • 11:15am • Art 214
May 5 ENVIRONMENTAL LECTURE • “Natural Resources Defense Council’s Building and Mission” • 6:45pm • Science 145
*May 6 PLANETARIUM SHOW • “Einstein’s Universe” • 8pm • Drescher 223
May 6 MUSIC • Benefit Concert: SMC Applied Music Program • 8pm • Concert Hall
May 6 DANCE • Synapse Dance Theater: Citrus College Spring Dance Festival • 8pm • Citrus College Little Theatre
*May 8 MUSIC • SMC Symphony Orchestra • 4pm • Concert Hall
May 9 MARY PICKFORD SERIES • Kimberly Austin • 7pm • AET Screening Room
May 12 SMC ASSOCIATES/UC PRESS LECTURE • Dr. Mark Juergensmeyer: “Terror In the Mind of God: The Global Rise of Religious Violence” • 5:30pm • Business 111
May 12 ENVIRONMENTAL LECTURE • “Imagining a Sustainable Los Angeles Region” • 6:45pm • Science 145
May 12 THEATRE MASTER CLASS • Arthur Lessac, Author & Trainer: “The Use and Training of the Human Voice” • 7pm • Airport Campus/Hangar Stage
*May 13 PLANETARIUM SHOW • “Einstein’s Universe” • 8pm • Drescher 223
May 13 JAZZ • An SMC Jazz Series “WIG” Celebration • 8pm • Concert Hall
May 14 SPECIAL EVENT/LITERARY • Contemporary Asian Women Writers (Korea): Pak Wan-so: The Naked Tree & O Chong-hui: Words of Farewell • 2pm • Santa Monica Public Library, Montana Branch
*May 14-15 MUSIC • SMC Opera Theatre: “Don Giovanni” & “The Rake’s Progress” • 8pm • Concert Hall
*May 15 DANCE • Synapse Dance Theater: New Works • 7pm • Highways
May 17 MUSIC • Jung Eun Kim & Mi Ran Song • 11:15am • Concert Hall
May 19 SPECIAL EVENT/LITERARY • Contemporary Asian Women Writers (Vietnam): Duong Thu Huong: Novel Without a Name • 11:15am • Art 214
May 19 MUSIC • SMC Flute Choir Recital • 11:15am • Concert Hall
May 19 DANCE MASTER LECTURE & CLASS • Rosangela Silvestre: Brazilian Dance • Lecture: 11:30am; Class 12:45pm • Gym 102
May 20 ART EXHIBIT • Annual Student Art Show Opening Reception • 6pm • Madison Campus
May 20 THEATER • “Blood Wedding” Opening Night • Airport Campus/Hangar Stage • See listing for dates and times
May 20 SPECIAL EVENT • Asian/Pacific Islander Celebration; Manzanar: An Evening with Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, Philip Kan Gotanda, & Naomi Sekiya • 8pm • Concert Hall
May 20 PLANETARIUM LECTURE • Don Dixon: “The Universe on the Dome” • 8pm • Science 140
May 21 LITERARY LECTURE • Khaled Hosseini • 4pm • Concert Hall
May 21 MUSIC • SMC Musical Theatre Workshop • 8pm • Concert Hall
May 22 MUSIC • SMC Jazz Band • 4pm • Concert Hall
May 22 MUSIC • SMC Jazz Vocal Ensemble Concert • 8pm • Concert Hall
May 24 MUSIC • SMC Musical Theatre Workshop Highlights • 11:15am • Concert Hall
May 26 ENVIRONMENTAL LECTURE • “Building Smart Cities” • 6:45pm • Science 145
May 26 SPECIAL EVENT/LITERARY • Contemporary Asian Women Writers (China): Can Xue: Old Floating Cloud & Chen Ran: A Private Life • 7pm • Santa Monica Public Library, Montana Branch
May 29 MUSIC • SMC Concert Chorale • 7:30pm • Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
May 31 MUSIC • SMC Symphonic Band • 4pm • Concert Hall
Jun 2 MUSIC • SMC Percussion Ensemble Recital • 11:15am • Concert Hall
Jun 2 MADISON PERFORMANCE SERIES • “Manzanar: An American Story” • 8pm • Royce Hall at UCLA
Jun 3 FILM & LECTURE • “The Taming Of The Shrew” • 6pm • Art 214
Jun 3 PLANETARIUM SHOW • “The New Planets” • 8pm • Drescher 223
Jun 3 MUSIC • SMC Chamber Choir • 8pm • Concert Hall
Jun 5 MUSIC • SMC Concert Band • 4pm • Concert Hall
Jun 5 MUSIC • SMC Concert Chorale • 7:30pm • First United Methodist Church
Jun 10 PLANETARIUM SHOW • “The New Planets” • 8pm • Drescher 223
Jun 12 MUSIC • Emeritus College Band Concert • 3pm • Concert Hall
Jun 14 SPECIAL EVENT • Santa Monica College’s 75th Commencement • 5pm • Location TBA
Jun 17 ART EXHIBIT • SMC Art Mentor Students Show Opening Reception • 6pm • Madison Campus
Jun 17 PLANETARIUM SHOW • “The New Planets” • 8pm • Drescher 223
Jun 20 SMC Academic/SMC Continuing & Community Education Summer Session begins
Jun 24 PLANETARIUM LECTURE • Robert Staehle: “Extending Our Senses” • 8pm • Science 140
Jul 2 SPECIAL EVENT • Celebrate America • 5pm • Location TBA
Jul 23-24 SPECIAL EVENT • SMC’s 4th Annual ACS Relay for Life • 9am-9am • Location TBA
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An SMC 75th Anniversary Event.
Visit our events website at events.smc.edu for a calendar of events, or call the SMC Events Office at (310) 434-3000. Channel 28, SMC’s cable channel, also cablecasts an events bulletin board to the Santa Monica area.
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