I’d like to invite you to Arizona State University’s West campus this fall to experience our vibrant campus community through our extraordinary arts and culture event series that features world-renowned artists, thinkers, and scholars, as well as our genuinely talented faculty and students.

We have exciting programming planned, including our fall signatureevent featuring Ernest Cline, author of Ready Player One; StevenSpielberg is directing a film, scheduled for release next year, based onthis award-winning novel. Faculty and students will be opening three gallery exhibits in ArtSpace West showcasing their work in sound

and contemporary visual art; Second Stage West will host three theater productions, including one act plays directed and performed by our students; and ASU Gammage’sBEYOND artists will make three guest appearances to campus. Come dance the nightaway at our Salsa-Salsa event in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, or join us as wewelcome over 1,000 community members to campus for the 16th annual Native AmericanPow-Wow. Our arts and culture event calendar is packed with lecture series, film festivals,town hall debates, and more.

There is something for everyone at ASU West. Come experience all that our campus community has to offer to enrich your life through arts and culture, and see what all theexcitement is about!

Sincerely, Marlene Tromp Vice Provost and Dean of the New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences

A S U ’ s W e s t C a m p u sArts & Cultural Events - Fall 2016

ASU’s West Campus is located at 4701 W. Thunderbird Ave, Glendale, AZ 85306, with its northentrance to visitor parking at 47th Ave. Visitor Parking on Mondays at 8am through Fridays at 5pmis $3 per hour. Follow the instructions on the pay machine located within these lots. Cash, Visaand MasterCard accepted. Accessible spaces available in every lot. Note: Pay machines only accept$1/5/10 bills and do not give change. Here are the locations of the event spaces:

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Choices: Second Stage West One-ActsNov. 3-5 @ 7:30 p.m., Nov 6 @ 3:00 p.m.Second Stage West

This evening of short plays, performed by students and local actors, presents an array of dramatic and comedic one-acts that address contemporary themes. Innovative performances meld with creativeplaywrights to create a vibrant and exciting evening ofentertainment. Tickets are $10 general, $7 seniors and $5 studentsand can be purchased in advance at brownpapertickets.com.

Missing in Arizona Day 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. - La Sala BallroomThis event is for families and friends affected by the disappearance of a loved one. The event is free, family-friendly and open to the public. Law Enforcement will be on handto take reports and gather information and identifiers (DNA, medical records, fingerprints,photographs, etc.) from families of missing persons. Families are encouraged to bringmedical and dental records of their missing loved ones. A support group will be heldfrom noon to 2:00 p.m. for family members with a missing loved one. Participationin the support group requires registration ahead of time. There will be a candle-lightingceremony to honor the missing at 3:00 p.m.

Election Night Party 5:00-10:00 p.m. - La Sala BallroomJoin New College political science faculty and students to cheer on your candidate as the results come in real-time from coast-to-coast.

Joseph Ravens & Marianne Kim: scratchOpening Reception: Wed, Nov. 9 @ 6:00pmArtSpace West

Chicago artist Joseph Ravens reunites with IAP faculty Marianne M. Kim to artistically study the current state of the Internet and howit is changing human behavior. They will study the phenomenaof “why cats rule the internet” as a vehicle in studying how theInternet’s original function has transformed over time. scratch will include video, sculpture, and performances by IAP students to createan immersive environment based on performative events and the remnants, residue, tracks, and trails they leave behind.

Contra Tiempo Dance Workshop and Q & A Session 6:00-7:30 p.m. - IAP Movement Studio (Lower Level UCB)As part of the Gammage BEYOND series, Anna Maria Alvarez and the artists of Contra Tiempo integrate vibrant expression of Latina/o culture, the complexities of contemporaryAmerica, and passionate, nuanced dance artistry in a signature language all their own. This dance workshop and Q & A session has limited space, so please RSVP at contra-tiempo-asuwest.eventbrite.com.

11:00 a.m.-10:00 p.m.Fletcher Library Lawn

The 16th Annual Veterans Day Weekend Traditional Pow Wowbrings Native American singers and dancers to celebrate thecontributions of veterans and to inform and educate the campus andcommunity about different Native cultures. Enjoy music, dancing,fry bread, Native arts and crafts, and more! For more informationvisit outreach.asu.edu/west/pow-wow.

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ArtSpace West is located west of 47th Ave. on University Way, parallel to Thunderbird Rd., across from the Credit Union building.

Second Stage West is located in the lower levelof the University Center Building; from the northside of campus walk through the breezeway atthe ASU Bookstore, then a left at the nextbreezeway. Enter the northeast corner door offof the Delph Courtyard.

Kiva Lecture Hall is located in the Sands Building courtyard, just up the stairs as you walk south on the breezeway from the ASU Bookstore.

La Sala Ballroom is located in the southwest corner of the University Center Building, foundby walking south on the breezeway from theASU Bookstore. Its lobby is on the west sideof the Delph Courtyard.

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Barry Moon: 2020 Opening Reception, Tue., Sept. 6 @ 7:00 p.m. ArtSpace West

IAP faculty Barry Moon uses objects, images and sounds to exploreimpacts of current technologies on our cognition. In 2020, roboticinstruments converse with a video table game scored according tospeed and accuracy of repetition. Players’ successes/failures areamplified via video and audio. IAP student Garrett Burnett assists withthe audio component.

Hostages Sept. 8-10 @ 7:30 p.m., Sept. 11 @ 3:00 p.m.Second Stage West

Two professors have left their homeland for a war-zone. They were there on a mission of peace, but peace is hard to find when you are chained to a radiator. This is a surprising, entertaining and thought-provoking one-act play by award-winning Arab-American Yussef El Guindi. A co-production with iTheatre Collaborative, this play isdirected by IAP faculty Charles St. Clair. Tickets are $5 for general,seniors and students.

Public Service Impact Talks 8:00-10:30 a.m.Verde Dining Pavilion Multipurpose RoomJoin us for a lecture focusing on Social Work and Criminology. A light breakfast will be served. RSVP: publicserviceimpacttalks.eventbrite.com.

Ernest Cline Author of Ready Player One 6:30 p.m.: Keynote Presentation, 7:30p.m.: Book SigningLa Sala Ballroom

Join ASU West students, faculty, and staff as we welcome novelist, screenwriter, father, and fulltime geek Ernest Cline to our campus. His first novel, Ready Player One, was a New York Times and USA Today bestseller, appeared on numerous “best of the year” lists, and is set to be adapted into a motion picture by Warner Bros. and director Steven Spielberg. His second novel, Armada, debuted at #4 on the New York Times Bestseller list and is being made into a film by Universal Pictures. RSVP: newcollege.asu.edu/communityread.

Salsa-Salsa Fiesta 5:00-7:00 p.m. - Verde Dining PavilionIn celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, join us for this sizzling event where you willlearn how to make salsa with provided ingredients, acquire new recipes with ingredientpreferences among different regions, and learn how to salsa dance! For more informationvisit: outreach.asu.edu/west/hispanicheritage.

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Fourth Annual Town Hall Debate 6:00-7:30 p.m. - La Sala Ballroom Presented by New College’s School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, join faculty, students, and community members for a timely and lively debate around the minimumwage initiative currently facing our country.

Speed Killed My CousinQ & A and Lunch with Artists from the Carpetbag Theatre 12:00-1:30 p.m. - Second Stage West

As part of the Gammage BEYOND series, this theatre company will discuss visual storytelling and how they created a piece revolvingaround Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Speed Killed My Cousinis a moving story of a young African American woman veteran of theIraq War and her struggle with “Moral Injury,” PTSD and Military SexualTrauma (MST). RSVP at carpetbagtheatre-asuwest.eventbrite.com.

Sparky’s Big Top Homecoming Carnival and 5k and 10k Race 3:00 p.m.For more information or to sign-up for the races, visit homecoming.asu.edu.

DADAZONA: Call and Response Opening Reception, Tues., Oct. 18 @ 6:00 p.m.ArtSpace West

2016 is the 100th year anniversary of the ever influential movementknown as DADA. Founded in the frigid, mountainous city of Zurich, Switzerland, as a protest against World War I, DADA is the original interdisciplinary, intercultural artistic, political, social movement that influenced surrealism, expressionism, neo-dada, punk and anyonewho has ever made a collage or randomly edited or sampled a digitaltext. Students and faculty from the Interdisciplinary Arts andPerformance program contribute new interdisciplinary artwork inresponse to DADA for this annual installation curated by IAPfaculty Arthur Sabatini and Patricia Clark.

Martha GonzalezAcoustic Performance and Q & A 6:00-7:30 p.m. - Second Stage West

This Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, and “Artivisita,” is alsoa music and feminism professor at Scripps college and a communityorganizer. While she has performed with popular artists that includeJackson Brown, Los Lobos, Tom Waits, Susanna Baca and many more, she and her band Quetzal helped to create increased access to healthcare and educational programs for underserved populations. As an ASU Guest Residency Artist, she comes to helpour campus celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month. Admission is free.RSVP at marthagonzalez-asuwest.eventbrite.com.

ASU Homecoming Parade and Block Party 3 Hours prior to kickoff - University Ave. in Tempe

Film Screening: Never Give Up! Minoru Yasui and the Fight for Justice 7:00 p.m. - KIVA Lecture HallWith narration by George Takei, this film contains archival photos, documents, artifacts, film footage and audio recordings of Japanese-American lawyer Min Yasui,who fought the legality of exclusion and detention during World War II. Meet one of the film’s directors Holly Yasui, Min’s youngest daughter. This event is free, butRSVP at nevergiveupscreening.eventbrite.com.

Leading Business Forward: The Secrets of Modern Business Evolution4:30-6:30 p.m. - La Sala Ballroom AThis event features two of the Valley’s top thought leaders, Dr. Amy Hillman, Dean of the W.P. Carey School of Business, and Dr. Allen Morrison, CEO and Director General of Thunderbird School of Global Management at ASU. Together they will discuss the future of business, health and military management.

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