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The student media organization of California State University Northridge

Daily Sundial

The student media organization of California State University Northridge

Daily Sundial

CSUNs state-of-the-art Valley Performing Arts Center is a cultural center for the San Fernando Valley. The Sundial / File Photo.

VPAC hosts ‘Symphony of the Heart’ benefit concert

Nikolas Samuels January 25, 2017
The concert is put on by Save a Child's Heart, which seeks to provide medical assistance to children over the world.
New play titled Cloud Nine (a two-act play) that will take place at Valley Performing Arts Center on Friday on November 13, 2015.

Cloud Nine looks to blend comedy and drama

Eliset Zapien November 13, 2015
If you’re looking for something to do on a Friday night, Cloud Nine is the place to be on November 13.
Photo credit: Valley Perfomring Arts Center Website

Deadline approaches for students to get free tickets for Yo-Yo Ma VPAC concert

Madeline Sensibile April 29, 2015

CSUN alumni Earl Enzer and his wife Karen have given students the opportunity to see world renown cellist Yo-Yo Ma perform at the Valley Performing Art Center next week on May 6. The Enzers have underwritten...

Performers in the Martha Graham Dance Company stage Appalachian Spring at the VPAC. In its 70th season, the performance is one of  the Graham companys oldest works. (The Sundial Photo/ Manny Araujo) Photo credit: Manny Araujo

Martha Graham Dance Company showcase elegance at VPAC

Lauren Rife April 20, 2015
Professional dancers grace the stage to commemorate the company's 89th anniversary
Mayor Eric Garcetti of Los Angeles sits in his office on July 9, 2013. (Susannah Kay/Los Angeles Times/MCT)

Mayor Garcetti to deliver State of the City Address at VPAC on Tuesday

Kathleen Johnson April 13, 2015

Catch live updates of L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti's State of the City address here Mayor Garcetti will be delivering the State of The City Address 5 p.m. at the Valley Performing Arts Center on April...

Students Wait Anxiously For James Francos Big Lecture

Students Wait Anxiously For James Franco’s ‘Big Lecture’

Madeline Sensibile March 10, 2015
James Franco's 'Big Lecture' attracts tons of CSUN students.
Vanessa Williams performing Colors of the Wind at the VPAC on January 16, 2015. 
(Tuan Nyugen Lam / Sundial Contributor)

An evening with Vanessa Williams brings nostalgia to VPAC

Lauren Rife January 18, 2015
Singer and actress Vanessa Williams starts off the new year at the Valley Performing Arts Center with radiating and dazzling performance of 30 years worth of memorable songs.
Photo Courtesy of Jeff Fasano

Sarah McLachlin and Laura Marling kick off VPAC benefit shows

Neelofer Lodhy December 8, 2014

by Jake Tully, contributor CSUN was lucky enough to host two benefit concerts in support of its radio station, KCSN, this fall at the prestigious Valley Performing Arts Center. Slated for December...

Irvin Mayfield and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra give the VPAC one of the most entertaining performances yet

Irvin Mayfield and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra give the VPAC one of the most entertaining performances yet

Trevor Talan November 24, 2014

Backed by the musical powerhouse that is the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra (NOJO), composer, improv entertainer and cultural ambassador Irvin Mayfield’s soulful vibe brought the house down and the audience...

The London Philharmonic orchestra conducted by Vladimir Jurowski and played with a distinguished pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet on Friday, Oct. 10, 2014 at the Valley Performing Arts Center in Northridge, Calif. Photo Credit: David J. Hawkins/ The Sundial

London Philharmonic entrances the VPAC

Jonathan R. Diaz October 13, 2014

  The music of classical composers Tchaikovsky, Dvorak and Prokofiev flowed beautifully through the Great Hall of the Valley Performing Arts Center on Friday night as the London Philharmonic...

Solo performer from the Chinese Acrobat team balances on a tall unicycle. Photo Credit: Macie Bennett/ The Sundial

Chinese acrobat team light up the VPAC stage

Macie Bennett September 29, 2014

  The lights dimmed and triumphant music began as the performers from The National Acrobats of the People’s Republic of China joined the VPAC stage to perform Cirque Peking. The company...

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