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Come play, meet people and have FUN in out drop in our improv comedy classes the first and third Tuesdays of every month. Learning improv helps create great life skills such as boosting confidence, listening, creative thinking, teamwork, public speaking, and more! The class is taught by seasoned improviser Chris Shurland who teaches and performs improv not only locally, but nationally and internationally. Chris Shurland, the founder of Santa Barbara's Irreverent Improv, is a Chicago-trained improv teacher and performer currently based in Southern California. Before being a part of several house and independent teams in Chicago, Chris completed the training programs at Second City, iO (formerly ImprovOlympic), and Annoyance Theater and was lucky enough to be trained by some of the nation’s best improv teachers. Stay Social! Facebook | Instagram | Twitter

Brooks Theater Gallery presents an artist open house for its new one-woman exhibit of Cheryl Ehlerts' “Mirrors in My Mind". This event will offer a chance to watch Ehlert at work on a new piece, live music by students and teachers from Giacoletti Music, and refreshments for purchase. Come mingle, mix and enjoy art and live music! Stay Social! Facebook | Instagram | Twitter

Calling all live music fans! Veteran tour director Paul “Skip” Rickert will discuss all aspects of conceptualizing and creating a live music tour in the rock and roll industry. Skip has been a tour director for decades working with well-known bands and artists such as Santana, Barbara Streisand, Backstreet Boys, Guns N' Roses, Ice Cube, ZZ-Top, Korn, Paris Hilton and more. Skip will explain in detail what a typical day is like, from beginning to end, and will discuss the marketing and the “behind the scenes” strategies and knowledge he has practiced in his years of experience staging live music events. “My dear brother / friend (Skip) is a wealth of knowledge and wisdom. A fellow road warrior who spent quality time co-managing Stevie Ray Vaughan. We are blessed to be sharing life and music with him with joy, grace and a whole lot of class. Ask him anything, he knows the answers. It gives me great joy to endorse his luminous radiant spirit in his quest to share his knowledge.” - Carlos Santana Co-Sponsored by: Sound Image

1-3 p.m. Visioning A World Without Rape Culture CSUSM Student Workshop Whether or not you are a survivor of child sexual abuse, 100% of us were raised in rape culture. In this workshop, we will hear excerpts from the "Mirror Memoirs" audio archive, in which Black, Indigenous and of color LGBTQI child sexual abuse survivors respond to the questions of what healing, justice and a world without child sexual abuse would look like. Participants will also engage in somatic exercises to stay centered in their bodies and use a variety of art and journaling-based prompts to add their ideas to the "Mirror Memoirs" toolkit.  5:30 p.m. Keynote "Mirror Memoirs" is a national storytelling and organizing project intervening in rape culture by uplifting the narratives, healing and leadership of LGBTQI Black, Indigenous and of color survivors in the movement to end child sexual abuse. Founded by nationally recognized survivor activist Amita Swadhin in 2016, the project has grown from an audio archive of 60 survivor storytellers across 15 states to a national organization with 650 members and a growing network of accomplices. Amita will share some of their own journey to becoming an abolitionist and engaging in the work to end rape culture as their life's work. Finally, they will share some of the lessons from the Mirror Memoirs audio archive, the rationale behind the organization's intersectional, abolitionist approach and an invitation into its membership network. 

Quan Huynh is the Executive Director of Defy Ventures, a nonprofit whose vision is to shift mindsets to give people with criminal histories their best shot at a second chance. After spending 22 years in and out of prison, Quan was paroled from a life sentence in 2015 and created his first company six months later. The following year, he received the Peace Fellowship Award for his work with the Alternatives to Violence Project. Quan has been featured in Entrepreneur, PBS Newshour and Talks at Google. He will discuss his work, entrepreneurial success and his biography, Sparrow in the Razor Wire, as well as share his testimony on the Asian-American experience with gangs and confinement in the California Department of corrections. His discussion will expand our understanding of mentorship, resiliency and success. Sponsorship: Project Rebound and Sociology Department Follow Quan Huyuh: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter

dohee lee (she/her) is a Performance Artist, Ritualist, and Educator from Jeju Island South Korea.  Since her arrival in the USA, she has been a vital contributor to both the traditional and contemporary arts landscape of the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond.  Her creative and award-winning vision comes from traditional Korean music, singing, drumming and dance, which is rooted in Korean indigenous ritual. dohee invites the CSUSM campus community to join in on a Korean ritual from Jeju Island called “The Ritual of Sickness” (Chilseong Saenamgut-칠성새남굿). dohee lee will explore this ritual as a contemporary performance and communal process where the aim is to remove white supremacy culture and to call in vital spirits (Chilseong-칠성신 **) back to humanity and land. “Chilseong Saenamgut-칠성새남굿” is a dedication to the struggling earth and marginalized communities most vulnerable to environmental racism, and an invitation for us all to confront and heal from our own internalized racism. CSUSM Experimental Dance Project Co-Sponsors: MUSC department (Ching-Ming Cheng: email)

Dr. Ching-Ming Cheng, a classically trained, award-winning piano virtuoso who has wowed audiences around the world will present a piano recital alongside pianist Dr. Janet Kao. The two pianists will perform repertoire written specially for four hands on one piano. There will be festival, dance, fantasy and more. Please come enjoy a night of fun, music and friendship.

Israel's military said that it would continue to allow Gazans to evacuate south as hundreds of thousands had already moved. Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip have killed more than 2,600 Palestinians.

Bruce Heimbach was in the prime of his professional career as an architect/project manager for a large local construction firm when he unexpectedly suffered a massive stroke. After the stroke, he developed aphasia and was not able to communicate his basic needs and wants. Over time, Heimbach made a remarkable recovery and developed a new outlook on life: “Experience the world more visually and less verbally.” Aphasia is the loss or impairment of language. Faculty members from the Department of Speech-Language Pathology will provide a brief overview of what aphasia is and how it can impact a person. Heimbach will share his experience in recovery as well as his art and how it has guided him and shifted his values and priorities. From Heimbach: “This is a new life. All of my efforts now go toward attending speech therapy and to adapting and learning a ‘new’ language. My old (great) job and hobbies are gone; I now ‘enjoy life visually, not verbally.’ I have to use my camera, my pencils and my brushes to try to make diagrams, examples and communications. I want to encourage and inspire others – patients, students and teachers – to slow down and live simply.”

Elmo’s adopted puppy, Tango, will find her fur-ever home at Sesame Place San Diego on Saturday, February 4! The BRAND-NEW floppy-eared, tail wagging puppy will debut at the park as an all-new meet & greet character, where she will be seen for the first time at her welcome ceremony at 12 p.m. Come celebrate her welcome with fun activities! Take part in Elmo & Tango’s Welcome Day Scavenger Hunt, Tango’s Treat Seek, and enjoy the Sesame Street Party Parade - where you can spot Tango for the first time! You can also celebrate Elmo's Birthday with special Elmo-themed songs during the Furry Friends Dance Party. Stay Social! Facebook | Instagram | Twitter