Theme Guides to selected programs from the Spring 2010 Visions & Voices program were created in partnership with USC Libraries faculty and staff. Look for recommended books and readings on the people, performances and topics covered by these events. Visit the current season of: USC Visions and Voices; view the 2009-2010 season's brochure. Photo: Holly Burt from Los Angeles, California – University of Southern California "Spring has Arrived", CC BY 2.0 Palestine, New Mexico (Theme Guide: Research Guide - PDF) January 22, 2010 Culture Clash’s performance of Richard Montoya’s play Palestine, New MexicoAdditional topics in guide: Chicano Theatre, El Teatro Campesino, Crypto-Jewish communities; Guide creator: William Dotson. The Museum Series: Bowers Museum, Santa Ana (Theme Guide: Research Guide - PDF) January 31, 2010 Tour and lecture highlighing Gold of Troy, curated by authorities from the Shanghai Museum, Ancient Arts of China.Additional topics in guide: Acropolis of Athens; Guide creator: Lynda Bunting. Basil Twist's Petrushka (Theme Guide: Research Guide - PDF) February 5, 2010 Third generation puppeteer Basil Twist, accompanied by Stravinsky’s score, shares the tragic tale of a love triangle between three magical puppets: the clown Petrushka, an alluring ballerina and the dashing Moor.Additional topics in guide: Igor Stravinsky, Vaslav Nijinsky; Guide creator: Melinda Hayes. Professionalism, Electronic Records and the Physician-Patient Relationship, A Lecture by Howard Brody, MD (Theme Guide: Research Guide - PDF) / (Theme Guide: Resource Guide - PDF) February 12, 2010 Howard Brody will discuss the ethical implications of electronic medical records (EMR). Organized by Pamela Schaff, Erin Quinn and Hilary Schor. Co-sponsored by the Keck School of Medicine’s Program in Medical Humanities, Arts and Ethics and the USC Pacific Center for Health Policy and Ethics.Additional topics in guide: Bioethics; Guide creator: Ross Scimeca. Dying Well: The Meaning and Value of Death, A Lecture by Ira Byock, MD (Theme Guide: Research Guide - PDF) / (Theme Guide: Resource Guide - PDF) March 12, 2010 Ira Byock explores clinical professionals and their involvement in assisting the dying and their families. Organized by Pamela Schaff, Erin Quinn and Hilary Schor. Co-sponsored by the Keck School of Medicine’s Program in Medical Humanities, Arts and Ethics and the USC Pacific Center for Health Policy and Ethics.Additional topics in guide: Alfred Doeblin, Berlin Alexanderplatz; Guide creator: Ross Scimeca. The Museum Series: The Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena (Theme Guide: Research Guide - PDF) March 26, 2010Additional topics in guide: Thornton Ladd, John Kelsey, Carmelita Park; Guide creator: Amy Navratil Cicone. The Metropolitan Opera Presents Hamlet in HD (Theme Guide: Research Guide - PDF) March 27, 2010 Simon Keenlyside and Natalie Dessay perform in this new production of Ambroise Thomas’s Hamlet. USC School of Cinematic Arts hosts this of satellite broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera.Additional topics in guide: Parisian opera; Guide creator: Ross Scimeca. Dreamgirls (Theme Guide: Research Guide - PDF) April 2, 2010 The show follows the tumultuous career of Motown female group, The Dreamettes, and is a revival of the show launched at Harlem’s Apollo Theater in November 2009.Additional topics in guide: Supremes, James Brown; Guide creator: Anthony Anderson. Cartopias: Southern California Car Culture, Hot Rods, and the Space Age (Theme Guide: Research Guide - PDF) / (Theme Guide: Resource Guide - PDF) April 7, 2010 This car show explores the 1950s and 1960s automotive design and youth car-mod subcultures. The panel discussion features Curtis Marez, Leslie Kendall and Beth Werling, and the USC Libraries will present an exhibition of historic photographs from their collection. Organized by William Dotson, Tyson Gaskill and Dace Taube.Additional topics in guide: Googie Architecture, lowrider, street-racing, American Graffiti, Frank Lloyd Wright; Guide creator: John Juricek. Los Angeles Opera: The Stigmatized (Theme Guide: Research Guide - PDF) April 18, 2010 This is the first-ever production in the Western hemisphere of an opera by Franz Schreker (1878-1934), whose work was suppressed in Nazi Germany.Additional topics in guide: Nazi Party, World War II, degenerate art; Guide creator: Ross Scimeca. Marking Time: On Time and Place in Poetry and Film, A Reading by Robert Pinsky (Theme Guide: Research Guide - PDF) / (Theme Guide: Resource Guide - PDF) April 19, 2010 Robert Pinsky, poet, literary critic and translator will share a reading and offer a book signing.Additional topics in guide: Thousands of Broadways; Guide creator: John Jackson. Pride, Prejudice, Bigotry and Genius: Richard Wagner’s World, A Lecture by James Conlon (Theme Guide: Research Guide - PDF) / (Theme Guide: Resource Guide - PDF) April 20, 2010 James Conlon explores Wagner’s personality in relation to bigotry, racism and prejudice in Wagner’s time and in ours. The event will be presented in conjunction with the USC Thornton School of Music's production of the Wagner opera Das Liebesverbot. Additional topics in guide: L.A. Opera, Ring of the Nibelungs, Ring Cycle, Solti recordings; Guide creator: Ross Scimeca.