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FREE Dance Class: Pre-Contemporary

PAMELA TROKANSKI DANCE WORKSHOP. Trokanski Dance is celebrating National Arts & Humanities Month by offering free classes throughout October. For ages 6-8 focusing on building a strong core, correct alignment, technical vocabulary that includes outward rotation & parallel work, contraction & release, fall and recovery, leaps, turns, jumps, & transitions between movement levels. Register in advance. 4p–4:45p. Free

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Flesh and Frame

THE BARN GALLERY. Nine women artists incorporate the human likeness into their work and investigate themes of identity, feminism, spirituality, body image, and the environment. Free

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Empyrean Ensemble

“Preconcert Discussion from 1:15–1:45 pm with composer Yu-Hui Chang and Empyrean director Sam Nichols.” Program Harrison Birtwistle: Crowd Jennifer Ellis, solo harp This piece is an exploration of resonance, and in the essential nature of the earliest harps. Crowd (etymologically related to the Celtic words crwth, cruit, and crot) was the English term used for

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Call to Artists – Slice: A Juried Exhibit of Regional Art 2022

The Pence Gallery’s Slice exhibit, now in its tenth year, is open to all artists residing in California. This year, artist, writer, and curator Chris Daubert will serve as Juror. The exhibit showcases art that is conceptually thoughtful, technically skilled, and representative of contemporary trends in art. Work may be in any medium except for

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photo of experienced koto players

Traditional and New Music for Koto

This free concert features Hyo-shin Na, Tadao Sawai, Takeo Kudo, and Jon Raskin. With special guest koto players Shoko Hikage, Michiyo Koga, and Naoko. Artists will play traditional and contemporary koto music, a genre of music played using the 13-stringed koto instrument. Proof of COVID vaccination or a negative COVID test will be required at

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