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 ECHO chamber music series kicking off new season
The ECHO
Chamber Music Series, now in its third year, opens its 2019-2020 season Saturday, Sept. 28, at the Cuyamaca College Samuel M. Ciccati Performing Arts Theatre.
The 14-concert season kicks off Sept. 28,with a performance titled "From the Elbe to the Molda
u: The Reeds of the San Diego Symphony," featuring San Diego Symphony principal oboist Sarah Skuster; the Symphony's English horn player Andrea Overturf; Symphony bassoonist Ryan Simmons; Sy
mphony violinist Julia Pautz; Symphony's principal bassist Jeremy Kurtz-Harris; Symphony violist Ethan Pernela; and UC San Diego lecturer and harpsichordist extraordinaire Takae Ohnishi.
Pieces include "Trio Sonata No. 4 for Two Oboes, Bassoon and Continuo" by Jan Dismas Zelenka; "Divertissement for Oboe, Clarinet and Bassoon" by Jean Francaix; "Quintet for Oboe, Clarinet, Violin and Contrabass" by Sergei Prokofiev; "Pastorale" by Igor Stravisnksky; and "Trio for Oboe, English Horn and Bassoon" by Juraj Filas.
Performance times for all concerts are 7:30-9 p.m. Tickets cost $15 general admission; $10 pre-sale; and $5 for students. The season subscription price is $140 total for all 14 concerts. For more information and to purchase tickets, go to
www.EchoChamberMusic.org
or call (619) 660-4288.
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Theatre Arts opens new season with Steve Martin-penned play
A witty and absurdist comedy from comic virtuoso Steve Martin, "
Picasso at the Lapin Agiile," opens 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 4, at the Stagehouse Theatre (Bldg. 21) at Grossmont College.
The Theatre Arts Department's opening production for the 2019-2020 season takes the stage Oct. 3-5 and Oct. 10-12 at 7:30 p.m., with matinee performances at 2 p.m. Oct. 5 and 12.
Directed by Beth Duggan, "Picasso at the Lapin Agile" tackles big ideas with an imagined meeting of two creative minds - a 23-year-old Pablo Picasso and a 25-year-old Albert Einstein - on the cusp of greatness.
Tickets are general admission, $15; staff, seniors and military, $12; and students with ID, $10, and are available online ; or by calling (619) 644-7234 or going to the box office between 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Monday-Thursday and one hour prior to all performances.
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Grossmont College starts Fall Reading Series
The Grossmont College English Department's Creative Writing Program is presenting the Fall 2019 Reading Series, Friday, Sept. 13- Monday, Dec. 9.
The September events include:
- Friday, Sept. 13, 7-8:15 p.m. Verbatim Books, 3793 30th St. in North Park. Reading and new issue launch of Grossmont College Acorn Review Literary Journal
- Wednesday, Sept. 25, 7-8:15 p.m. Griffin Gate, Building 60. Queer Banned Books/Banned Lives LGBTQ Reading
Events are free and open to the public.
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Diversity Dialogues launches
for fall semester
 "Identifying My Personal Stress Response to Conflicts" is the title of the first Diversity Dialogues workshop for the fall 2019 semester at Cuyamaca College.
Set for 10-11 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 18, in
Room I-207 in the Student Center, this free workshop will be presented by Mayumi Y. Douglass, a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy Clinical Supervisor.
Participants will learn to identify emotional triggers, their personal response to stress, and three strategies for regulating emotional and behavioral responses to conflicts in a variety of contexts.
Diversity Dialogues is a series of workshops presented at Cuyamaca College each semester to explore issues relating to diversity and tolerance.
The workshops are open to the public.
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Training for career professionals through Corporate College
The district's
Corporate College offers certification courses for working professionals and the specialized training that businesses need. Two start Sept. 30:
- Become a Cisco Certified Network Associate, or CCNA, in less than a year.The Cisco Networking Academy at Corporate College offers training to industry professionals that accommodates their work schedules.At the end of five eight-week modules, enrollees will be ready for the CCNA exam. Classes are online coupled with open lab hours. Previous networking experience is advised. Total cost: $2,250 ($450 per module.)
- Interested in working with individuals with disabilities? Corporate College offers classes that are approved by San Diego Regional Center (SDRC) and meet the requirements for support staff in disability services.Training is ideal for public sector workers with contact with those with disabilities, as well as employees of community programs serving individuals with disabilities. Classes leading to SDRC certification as residential specialists are offered online with three in-class meetings. Cost: $325.
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