During your stay at this year's AROHE Conference, you will have two exciting events from which to choose to spend your Saturday evening.  Please note that tickets are limited so please pay for your ticket when you register for the conference.

OPTION 1:  Disney Concert Hall and Transportation —  Cost: $60

Enjoy a concert by legendary country singer Vince Gill at the world famous Disney Concert Hall.  Experience the state-of-the-art acoustics as well as the magnificent architecture of Frank Gehry.  A bus will leave the Radisson Hotel at 5:30 p.m., and the concert begins at 8:00 p.m., leaving plenty of time to tour the majestic Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels a block from Disney Concert Hall or walk the grounds of the various Music Center venues.  See a map of the area.

On-your-own dining options include dining at the Walt Disney Concert Hall or the nearby California Pizza Kitchen.

 

OPTION 2:  Getty Center and Transportation —  Cost: $20

Take a bus ride to the Getty Center Los Angeles where dinner can be enjoyed along with pristine views of Los Angeles.  (Please note that we will be visiting the Getty Center Los Angeles and not the Getty Villa, Malibu.)  The bus will depart at 5:30 p.m. and return at approximately 10:00 p.m.

On-your-own dining options include the restaurant and the coffee cart with sandwiches, salads, and hot dogs.  Restaurant prices range from $30–$40 per person.  Should you choose to dine in the upscale restaurant, please call for reservations at (310) 440-6810 a few weeks before the conference.

Other Getty Center links:
Architecture
Gardens

 

USC On-campus Events and Exhibits

"A Sound Design: The Art of the Album Cover"
USC Libraries

Friday, September 5, 2008 – Monday, December 15, 2008

University Park Campus
Doheny Memorial Library
Ground Floor Rotunda

Free

 

An exhibition of more than 50 iconic album covers showcases the expressive potential and stylistic variety of this popular art form.  Innovative graphic artists like Jim Flora, Raymond Pettibon, and Andy Warhol created a visual medium for the music and identities of performers in jazz, rock, hip-hop, and other genres.

For more information about this exhibit, e-mail gaskill@usc.edu or phone (213) 740-2070.

"Phantasmagoria: Specters of Absence"
USC Fisher Museum of Art
and
Independent Curators International

Every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday:
Wednesday, September 3, 2008 – Saturday, November 8, 2008
12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
University Park Campus
USC Fisher Museum of Art

Free

 

Smoke and mirrors, shadows and fog—this show uses evanescent mediums like mist to tell haunting stories of loss. Long before large art exhibitions and blockbuster shows, crowds were awed by traveling shows, called "phantasmagoria," in which familiar scenes and stories were performed with the use of magic lanterns and rear projections to create dancing shadows and frightening theatrical effects.  "Phantasmagoria: Specters of Absence" is a traveling exhibition co-organized by Independent Curators International (iCI), New York, and the Museo de Arte del Banco de la Republica, and circulated by iCI.

For more information about this exhibit, e-mail contact@uscfishermuseumofart.org or phone (213) 740-4561.

"The Assault on Ideas from Homer to Harry Potter"
USC Libraries

Friday, September 26, 2008 – Tuesday, December 16, 2008

University Park Campus
Doheny Memorial Library
Treasure Room

Free

 

 

From Homer to Harry Potter, literary works have faced potential censorship.  "Biblioclasm" dramatizes the persistent threat of the suppression of ideas and traces censorship throughout history and close to home.  Including the works of Confucius, Milton, and Mandela, "Biblioclasm" celebrates the discovery and preservation of knowledge with items from USC's Special Collections that survived hysteria and outrage incited by the ideas they contain.

For more information about this exhibit, e-mail gaskill@usc.edu or phone (213) 740-2070.

For up-to-date listings of events and exhibits on the USC campus, visit the Arts and Events Calendar.