All Upcoming Events
Fifty and Better Winter Session
Zoom PST
Join us as we dive into Peter Paul Rubens and Rembrandt van Rijn, along with all of the artists that they inspire and influence who define the Northern Baroque tradition.
Fifty and Better Winter Session
Zoom PST
This course will cover the entire history of Universal Studios including its early embrace of television, which turned the studio into a giant television production factory.
Fifty and Better Winter Session
Zoom PST
This course will focus on the popular styles and design influences during the reigns of Henry VIII through Queen Victoria, including Tudor, Jacobean, William and Mary, Queen Anne, Georgian, Regency and Victorian styles.
Fifty and Better Winter Session
Zoom PST
This course will examine why and how the Nazis were able to influence and enable almost an entire continent to murder, and why many of the Jews in Europe stayed in Europe.
Fifty and Better Winter Session
Zoom PST
This course will focus on two Jewish women whose contributions have significantly shaped the American entertainment industry.
Thousand Oaks campus
The Center for Global Engagement will host activities to celebrate Lunar New Year.
Fifty and Better Winter Session
Zoom PST
Even before the invention of the automobile, Angelinos have escaped the city to play in the nearby mountains, the desert and the seashore. Enjoy an armchair vacation while we explore their favorites, then and now.
Fifty and Better Winter Session
Zoom PST
In this course, we will trace the roles of women in country music’s first half century, from its first interpreters in the 1920s to the 1970s.
Zoom PST
This hands-on, three module workshop is perfect for expanding your grant writing skills and dives into the art of proposal writing by exploring the planning phases and each component of a winning proposal.
Ullman Conference Center 100/101
Join us for an evening of networking with Cal Lutheran students, faculty, staff and ICMA (International City/County Management Association) members.
Adan Fernández
Join us for a 30-minute organ concert of Baroque music from composers such as Bach, Buxtehude, Telemann, Pachelbel and more presented by university organist Adan Fernández.
Fifty and Better Winter Session
Zoom PST & Watch Party in Thousand Oaks
We will take a nostalgic romp through musical history as we identify the Los Angeles contribution to the early years of Rock & Roll and beyond.
Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, 2000 Center St., Suite 200, Berkeley, CA 94704
The Center for Climate Justice and Faith, and Lutherans Restoring Creation, will screen the documentary film The Ants & the Grasshopper, followed by a Q&A session with the film's director.
Margo Groenewoud, PhD
Ullman Conference Center 100/101
Margo Groenewoud, PhD, is a Dutch Caribbean lecturer who talks about interactions between the Dutch and the Spanish-speaking Caribbean were mostly centered on business transactions and labor migrations, resulting in various forms of cultural exchange.
Graduate School of Education
Zoom PST
Join the Graduate School of Education for a virtual event on Cal Lutheran’s Ed.D. in Higher Education Leadership program, admission requirements, financial aid and course offerings. Attendees will receive an application fee waiver.
MPPA Policy Talks Series
Zoom PST
Join Alexander Balkin, an expert in federal policy and operations, for an examination of the Federal budget process, current Federal spending and debt, and a discussion of how public spending reflects public policy and national values.
Exhibition by Brian Paumier and Vanessa Wallace-Gonzales
William Rolland Gallery of Fine Art
Join the artists, Brian Paumier and Vanessa Wallace-Gonzales, at a reception for "Sacred Residue." The exhibition runs through Saturday, March 25.
"Scandinavian Design: Simple and Beautiful"
After two years of taking place online, the 2023 symposium will be an in-person event that will feature talks on Scandinavian design, with topics ranging from contemporary architecture to furniture and ceramics.
CRISPR Revolution in Science, Religion, and Ethics
Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, 2000 Center St, Suite 200, Berkeley, CA 94704
A Conference on Undocumented Immigrants
This conference will present a comprehensive socio-economic profile of undocumented immigrants and their regional and statewide economic impacts in each of the two counties and statewide.
The Syrinx Reed Quintet, an ensemble of five teaching artists from across the nation including faculty member Micah Wright, clarinet, brings a new voice to the Southern California chamber music scene.
Cal Lutheran faculty member Yoshika Masuda, cello, will be joined by MacArthur Fellow Vijay Gupta, violin, and Concert Artists Guild winner Dominic Cheli, piano, for an eclectic program of musical trios.
Center for Economic Research and Forecasting (CERF)
Janet & Ray Scherr Forum Theatre, Thousand Oaks
The Center for Economic Research and Forecasting (CERF) at California Lutheran University will present the latest Ventura County economic forecast at the County’s premier networking event.
Sean A. Valles, PhD
Sean A. Valles, PhD, will explore the ethical complexities of research indicating that mass incarceration and associated policing techniques have had enormous negative health effects in his first lecture, and will discuss housing security as a public health concern in his second lecture.
Oxnard Campus
Understand your personal communication style. This interactive workshop will help you become a more effective communicator, problem-solver and trusted, focused leader.
Felecia Russell, EdD
Swenson Center for Social and Behavioral Sciences
Felecia Russell, EdD, director of undergraduate admission at Cal Lutheran, conducted a qualitative study that explored the experiences of 15 undocumented Black college students.
Lecture
Barbara Molony, PhD, will consider Japanese suffragists and World War II Japan’s “comfort women.” Japanese feminists, including activists, writers, members of transnational peace movements, and others who emphasized women's inherent maternal goodness and opposition to gendered violence, had ambivalent or negative attitudes toward Japanese wartime aggression in Asia in the early 1930s.
Join us for an afternoon mixer highlighting this year’s Community Scholars for Black Lives Fellowship Program. Students will present a summary of their research projects and program goals.
Policy Talks
Join Wa'ed Alshoubaki, assistant professor at University of Jordan, for a discussion on integration policies in the United States while distinguishing between immigrants and refugees regarding the logistics of their integration.
College of Arts and Sciences Dean's Lecture Series
Lori Pompa, founder and executive director of The Inside-Out Center at Temple University, along with justice-impacted trainers (formerly incarcerated), will discuss the power of education behind prison walls and share their inspiring life stories.
Adan Fernández
Join us for a 30-minute organ concert of Baroque music from composers such as Bach, Buxtehude, Telemann, Pachelbel and more presented by university organist Adan Fernández.
Faculty Recital
Faculty member Micah Wright, on clarinet, will present a diverse program of chamber music with guest musician Jason Stoll on piano.
Faculty Recital
Faculty member Andrew Towsey-Grishaw will present a recital of viola music.
The Franzen Organ Recital Series will feature Eric Choate, MM, professor of choral and organ music at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. He will perform a repertoire that will include organ works from the Baroque period to modern-day pieces, including his own compositions.
Unbought presents the dramatic stories of three African American women: Ida B. Wells, journalist and women's suffrage activist; Shirley Chisholm, the first African American woman in U.S. Congress and the first to run for president; and Sally Hemings, the slave with whom Thomas Jefferson fathered six children.
Cal Lutheran Choir and Cielo (treble choir)
Enjoy our annual hallmark Spring Choral Concert with Wyant Morton conducting.
Areté Vocal Ensemble
The professional vocal ensemble will showcase the music of medieval feminists along with exciting new compositions by contemporary female composers. Wyant Morton will conduct.
Nicholas Hummingbird
Ullman Conference Center 100/101
Join guest speaker Nicholas Hummingbird to learn about the critical role of Indigenous peoples in environmental justice, and everyone’s role and responsibility in caring for the Earth.
Flipping the Script: Unexpected Moments that Time Forgot
“Flipping the Script” is a history lecture series that highlights people, groups or events in world history that are typically ignored or considered irrelevant in mainstream cultural narratives.
For the final lecture of the series, Samuel Claussen, PhD, will discuss several Renaissance women who wielded power as effectively as their male counterparts.
Intertwined
William Rolland Gallery of Fine Art
This year’s graduating senior artists look into relationships that exist in our everyday lives, whether physical or unseen.
Opening reception: Saturday, April 22, 5-6:30 p.m.
Artist walk-through: Friday, April 28, 2 p.m.
Exhibition
William Rolland Art Center
Senior Multimedia students invite you to imagine different interpretations of the future.
Opening reception: Saturday, April 22, 6-7:30 p.m.
Andrew Towsey-Grishaw, conductor
Join us for works composed by masters of the string orchestra genre including Gerald Finzi, Maurice Ravel, Ralph Vaughan Williams and more.
William Rolland Gallery of Fine Art
Join this year’s graduating senior artists for the opening reception of Intertwined.
The Exhibit runs from Friday, April 21, through Thursday, May 11.
Artist walk-through: Friday, April 28, 2 p.m.
Student Project Showcase
Campuswide
The Festival of Scholars showcases projects by undergraduate and graduate students at Cal Lutheran.
Lundring Events Center and Zoom
The PRiME Annual Event at Cal Lutheran’s School of Management (SOM) brings together students, faculty, community members and business executives to speak about ESG (environmental, social and governance) and sustainable development goals.
CLU Wind Ensemble
The Wind Ensemble, conducted by Michael Hart, will perform a varied and eclectic program for woodwind, brass and percussion. The Wind Ensemble and String Symphony will join to close the concert with music for full orchestra.
Student Ensemble
Student performers in the jazz ensemble will play standards and modern classics. Uziel Colón will conduct.
Lundring Events Center and Soiland Recreation Center
At the New Venture Fair (NVF), a valuable part of Cal Lutheran’s entrepreneurial education experience, student teams share their innovative startup projects in a competitive environment.
Cal Lutheran Mariachi Ensemble
The Cal Lutheran Mariachi Ensemble will perform classic songs from the mariachi repertoire.
Adan Fernández
Join us for a 30-minute organ concert of Baroque music from composers such as Bach, Buxtehude, Telemann, Pachelbel and more.
Adan Fernández
Join us for a 30-minute organ concert of Baroque music from composers such as Bach, Buxtehude, Telemann, Pachelbel and more.
Cal Lutheran is proud to partner with Community Active Resistance, a local, Black-led community organizing organization, in celebration of Juneteenth
"Two Gentlemen of Verona"
The Kingsmen Shakespeare Company presents one of our region’s most popular outdoor theatrical events. The Two Gentlemen of Verona, thought to be one of Shakespeare’s earlier comedies, plants many of the seeds that grow to full bloom in later plays
Festival grounds open at 5:30 p.m. for pre-show picnicking and entertainment.
Adan Fernández
Join us for a 30-minute organ concert of Baroque music from composers such as Bach, Buxtehude, Telemann, Pachelbel and more.
"King Lear"
The Kingsmen Shakespeare Company presents one of our region’s most popular outdoor theatrical events. King Lear, an aging pagan king of ancient Briton, divides his kingdom among his two daughters who express their love for him, and banishes the third, who is less flattering to him.
Festival grounds open at 5:30 p.m. for pre-show picnicking and entertainment.