Blue + Bob: Keyboard Music of “Blue” Gene Tyranny and Robert Ashley — Mills Music Now
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Presented by Other Minds, in cooperation with the Center for Contemporary Music, Northeastern University and Mills Performing Arts.
This event is open to the public, Registration is required,
Pianists Sarah Cahill and Joseph Kubera perform a piano duo recital of the music of “Blue” Gene Tyranny (1945–2020) and Robert Ashley (1930–2014).
Robert Ashley and “Blue” Gene Tyranny collaborated for decades, and both were iconic and beloved teachers at the Mills College Music Department. This concert celebrates their work with Tyranny’s two-piano gems Decertified Highway of Dreams and Letters from Home and Ashley’s Viva’s Boy and Details (2b), along with solo compositions by both composers. Kubera and Cahill worked on these scores with both composers, and will perform pieces that Tyranny dedicated to each of them, including The Drifter and Spirit.
Sarah Cahill, hailed as “a sterling pianist and an intrepid illuminator of the classical…
Oakland - Promo URL: https://performingarts.oakland.northeastern.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/bobblue_800x534_mills-performing-arts.jpg. Oakland - Ticket URL: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/blue-bob-keyboard-music-of-blue-gene-tyranny-and-robert-ashley-tickets-1316893938219. Oakland - Venue: Jeannik Méquet Littlefield Concert Hall, Music Building.
Sunday, September 7, 2025, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM.
M14-202 Music Building Littlefield Concert Hall, M14-Lobby Music Building.
"Choeurs Atlantiques" & "Maybe It's Just the Rain" — Oakland International Film Festival
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Presented by the Oakland International Film Festival Sponsored by Mills Performing Arts & Northeastern University,
Open to the Public. Tickets: $15 — Registration required. Free with a Northeastern University ID (limited tickets available at the door),
, CHOEURS ATLANTIQUES: TALES FROM THE ATLANTIC (119 min), The film is a poignant personal memory quest that begins at the Bay of Diamant, in Martinique, and carries us to 3 continents, to shine light on what it means to be black today in a globally interconnected world, as seen through the eyes of Martinican artist Laurent Valère and his transatlantic dialogs with the black diaspora,
MAYBE IT’S JUST THE RAIN (15 min 25 sec), In their debut at the FIFA World Cup, a diasporic, underdog group of young women become the first Filipino soccer team in history to win a match at the tournament. Combining home video footage and voice mail recordings, Reina, Filipino-American center back, brings us…
Oakland - Promo URL: https://performingarts.oakland.northeastern.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/oiff23-1_800x534_mills-performing-arts.jpg. Oakland - Ticket URL: https://www.oiff.org/events/united-states/california/oakland/day-3-friday-september-12th-530-p-m-800-p-m-choeurs-atlantiques-119-min-maybe-its-just-the-rain-1525/. Oakland - Venue: Jeannik Méquet Littlefield Concert Hall, Music Building.
Friday, September 12, 2025, 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM.
M14-202 Music Building Littlefield Concert Hall, M14-Lobby Music Building.
"Seppuku: The Sun Goes Down" & "Oasis" — Oakland International Film Festival
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Presented by the Oakland International Film Festival Sponsored by Mills Performing Arts & Northeastern University,
Open to the Public. Tickets: $15 - Registration required. Free with a Northeastern University ID (limited tickets available at the door),
SEPPUKU: THE SUN GOES DOWN (133 min), Yoshino, the wife of the shogunate’s castle guard, a direct retainer of the Shogun, was spending time at the porch with her husband, Furuta Kyuzo Masanari, who had been placed under house arrest due to a crime of damaging the Shogun’s bow while on duty at Edo Castle.
OASIS (8 min), An English teacher’s livelihood is on the line after she’s fired for teaching banned literature.
The Oakland International Film Festival's mission is to promote independent filmmakers and the stories they tell and to utilize film as a tool to improve the economic and social issues which plague Oakland, CA and the world around.
Link to the…
Oakland - Promo URL: https://performingarts.oakland.northeastern.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/oiff23-2_800x534_mills-performing-arts.jpg. Oakland - Ticket URL: https://www.oiff.org/events/united-states/california/oakland/day-3-friday-september-12th-830-p-m-1100-p-m-seppuku-the-sun-goes-down-133-min-oasis-800-min/. Oakland - Venue: Jeannik Méquet Littlefield Concert Hall, Music Building.
Friday, September 12, 2025, 8:30 PM – 11:00 PM.
M14-202 Music Building Littlefield Concert Hall, M14-Lobby Music Building.
"Crime After Crime" & "Grieving Brothers" — Oakland International Film Festival
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Presented by the Oakland International Film Festival & A Safe Place, Sponsored by Mills Performing Arts & Northeastern University,
Open to the Public. FREE - Registration required.
CRIME AFTER CRIME (93 min), The story of the battle to free Debbie Peagler, an incarcerated survivor of brutal domestic violence. Over 20 years in prison cannot crush the spirit of this determined African-American woman, despite the injustices she has experienced, first at the hands of a duplicitous boyfriend who beat her and forced her into prostitution, and later by prosecutors who cornered her into a life behind bars for her connection to the murder of her abuser. Her story takes an unexpected turn two decades later when a pair of rookie land-use attorneys cut their teeth on her case -- and attract global attention to the troubled intersection.
GRIEVING BROTHERS (7 min 51 sec), A story about two brothers coping with the loss of a loved one. Their own…
Oakland - Promo URL: https://performingarts.oakland.northeastern.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/oiff23-3_800x534_mills-performing-arts.jpg. Oakland - Ticket URL: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/oakland-intl-film-festival-grieving-brothers-and-crime-after-crime-tickets-1579220142959. Oakland - Venue: Jeannik Méquet Littlefield Concert Hall, Music Building.
Saturday, September 13, 2025, 2:30 PM – 5:00 PM.
M14-202 Music Building Littlefield Concert Hall, M14-Lobby Music Building.
"Resurrecting Love", "A Postcard From Sicilly", "Dawn Every Day", & "Beefy" —Oakland International Film Festival
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Presented by the Oakland International Film Festival Sponsored by Mills Performing Arts & Northeastern University,
Open to the Public. Tickets: $15 - Registration required. Free with a Northeastern University ID (limited tickets available at the door),
RESURRECTING LOVE (77 min), Three fearless women (two Black and one White) fight to gain access to a cemetery in East Texas from which ancestors of enslaved people have been locked out for sixty years. As their struggle carries on, we learn how it relates to race, reconciliation and our hidden history.
A POSTCARD FROM SICILLY: DISCOVERING MY HOMELAND (5 min 53 sec), As he planned our trip to Italy last summer, Jack found a postcard from 1966 in an old shoe box. It was from his Uncle who was visiting their ancestral home in Cerami, Sicily. This inspired Jack to include in his travels a sojourn to his ancestral home, where he serendipitously met potential family members. This short film…
Oakland - Promo URL: https://performingarts.oakland.northeastern.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/oiff23-4_800x534_mills-performing-arts.jpg. Oakland - Ticket URL: https://www.oiff.org/events/united-states/california/oakland/day-4-saturday-september-13th-530-p-m-800-p-m-a-postcard-from-sicilly-553-minresurrecting-love77-min-dawn-every-day-1957-beefy-portrait-of-a-lake-monster-540-min/. Oakland - Venue: Jeannik Méquet Littlefield Concert Hall, Music Building.
Saturday, September 13, 2025, 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM.
M14-202 Music Building Littlefield Concert Hall, M14-Lobby Music Building.
"Saffron Robe", "Sacreblue", "Bamako Chic", & Mr. Advocate" — Oakland International Film Festival
Screening begins at 5:30 PM PDT - listing above is incorrect.
Presented by the Oakland International Film Festival Sponsored by Mills Performing Arts & Northeastern University,
Open to the Public. Tickets: $15 - Registration required. Free with a Northeastern University ID (limited tickets available at the door),
SAFFRON ROBE (85 min), Saffron Robe is a feature documentary that follows a revered Buddhist abbot in the remote northern region of Laos as he navigates the challenges of a sacred life under a communist regime. An ambitious spiritual leader, Abbot Onekeo Sittivong defied convention by establishing a new school for the his country’s poor and undereducated children. But something else is happening at this school in a misty forest. The abbot and his fellow saffron-robed monks and young novices are working tirelessly to revitalize ancient Lao Theravada Buddhist practices and education almost lost to history.
SACREBLEU (5 min), This 1st chapter introduces PB — an individual born from the…
Oakland - Promo URL: https://performingarts.oakland.northeastern.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/oiff23-5_800x534_mills-performing-arts.jpg. Oakland - Ticket URL: https://www.oiff.org/events/united-states/california/oakland/day-6-monday-september-15th-530-800-p-m-saffron-robe-85-min-sacrebleu-500-min-page-21-day-6-monday-september-15th-bamako-chic-2700-mr-advocate-559/. Oakland - Venue: Jeannik Méquet Littlefield Concert Hall, Music Building.
Monday, September 15, 2025, 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM.
M14-202 Music Building Littlefield Concert Hall, M14-Lobby Music Building.
"Redemption Road", "Blue", "Ketchup & Watermelon", & "Life Support" — Oakland International Film Festival
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Presented by the Oakland International Film Festival Sponsored by Mills Performing Arts & Northeastern University,
Open to the Public. Tickets: $15 - Registration required. Free with a Northeastern University ID (limited tickets available at the door),
REDEMPTION ROAD (58 min), Redemption Road chronicles the journey of Dr. Yusef Bunchy Shakur from gang member who was raised by his Black single mother in a deindustrialized Black Detroit in the 1980s to community leader. Dr. Shakur’s coming-of-age in Amerikkka story explores resilience and transformation while grappling with the harsh realities of violence, incarceration, systemic racism, sexism, and gentrification through personal interviews, photographs, and thought-provoking storytelling.
BLUE (11 min 50 sec), As her newfound love grows more distant, a young woman fighting to save her relationship makes a surprising discovery.
KETCHUP & WATERMELEON (26 min 50 sec), Life tests the…
Oakland - Promo URL: https://performingarts.oakland.northeastern.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/oiff23-6_800x534_mills-performing-arts.jpg. Oakland - Ticket URL: https://www.oiff.org/events/united-states/california/oakland/day-6-monday-september-15th-830-p-m-1100-p-m-redemption-road-58-min-blue-1150-ketchup-watermelon-2650-life-support-1030/. Oakland - Venue: Jeannik Méquet Littlefield Concert Hall, Music Building.
Monday, September 15, 2025, 8:30 PM – 10:30 PM.
M14-202 Music Building Littlefield Concert Hall, M14-Lobby Music Building.
"Unearth", "The Healer", & "Her Father's Music" — Oakland International Film Festival
Screening begins at 5:30 PM PDT - listing above is incorrect.
Presented by the Oakland International Film Festival Sponsored by Mills Performing Arts & Northeastern University,
Open to the Public. Tickets: $15 - Registration required. Free with a Northeastern University ID (limited tickets available at the door),
UNEARTH (93 min), Follow a charismatic and inspiring set of Native Alaskan activists and commercial salmon fishermen as they navigate the treacherous waters of the power players, politics, and tactics driving forward North America’s largest-ever proposed copper mine in their beloved homeland of Bristol Bay, Alaska, revealing the potentially unsustainable cost of our sustainable future.
THE HEALER (13 min 38 sec), A reclusive Healer’s life is disrupted when one of her patients mysteriously disappears. Detectives from the sheriff ’s department investigating the case begin to question if she’s involved in something darker.
HER FATHER'S MUSIC (27 min), This short documentary film tells…
Oakland - Promo URL: https://performingarts.oakland.northeastern.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/oiff23-7_800x534_mills-performing-arts.jpg. Oakland - Ticket URL: https://www.oiff.org/events/united-states/california/oakland/day-8-wednesday-september-17th-530-800-p-m-unearth-93-min-the-healer1338-my-fathers-music-27min/. Oakland - Venue: Marilyn McArthur Holland Theater, Lisser Hall.
Wednesday, September 17, 2025, 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM.
M52-101 Holland Theater, M52-102 Lisser Lobby.
"Faith Healers", "Homecoming Shenanigans", & "Steps" — Oakland International Film Festival
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Presented by the Oakland International Film Festival Sponsored by Mills Performing Arts & Northeastern University,
Open to the Public. Tickets: $15 - Registration required. Free with a Northeastern University ID (limited tickets available at the door),
FAITH HEALERS (84 min), The untold history of Filipino doctors who left their homeland to care for Americans. Through the life of Dr. Zorayda Lee-Llacer, we witness an immigrant’s journey and her many contributions to American healthcare. By exploring the complicated colonial history between the USA and the Philippines, we grasp the enormity of the challenges and achievements of a vibrant Filipino American community that grew just outside the nation’s capital in Prince George’s County, MD.
HOMECOMING SHENANIGANS (22 min 45 sec), Ivan returns home after six years abroad in Barcelona, hoping for a joyful reunion with his vibrant family. However, what begins as a celebratory welcome…
Oakland - Promo URL: https://performingarts.oakland.northeastern.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/oiff23-8_800x534_mills-performing-arts.jpg. Oakland - Ticket URL: https://www.oiff.org/events/united-states/california/oakland/day-8-wednesday-september-17th-830-p-m-1100-p-m-faith-healers-84-min-homecoming-shenanigans-2245-min-steps-19min/. Oakland - Venue: Marilyn McArthur Holland Theater, Lisser Hall.
Wednesday, September 17, 2025, 8:30 PM – 11:00 PM.
M52-101 Holland Theater, M52-102 Lisser Lobby.
Darius Milhaud Concert — Mills Music Now
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Presented by Mills College at Northeastern University.
This event is free and open to the public. Registration is requested.
Maestro Paul Flight leads Schola Cantorum SF and friends in a program of stunning, rarely performed choral music by Milhaud and his contemporaries, with Mills College Professor of Music, Nalini Ghuman, pianist. This event is presented as a part of the 2025-26 Distinguished Professor Performance Series, featuring Dr. Ghuman, Darius Milhaud Music Chair.
The concert will feature music by Darius Milhaud, Maurice Ravel, Lili Boulanger, Francis Poulenc, and Henk Badings.
A reception will follow the concert.
The Darius Milhaud Concert is funded by the Mills College Class of 1945 Darius Milhaud Performance Endowment. Established in 1995 by the Mills College Class of 1945 at its 50th Reunion, the endowment has supported annual concerts featuring the music of Darius Milhaud. The Class of 1945 was among the first to…
Oakland - Promo URL: https://performingarts.oakland.northeastern.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/milhaud-25_800x534_mills-performing-arts41.jpg. Oakland - Ticket URL: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1292386716459?aff=oddtdtcreator. Oakland - Venue: Jeannik Méquet Littlefield Concert Hall, Music Building.
Friday, September 19, 2025, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM.
M14-123 Music Building Ensemble Room, M14-202 Music Building Littlefield Concert Hall, M14-271 Music Building, M14-Lobby Music Building.
"Making a Mini-Forest", "Theater While Black", & "No" — Oakland International Film Festival
Screening begins at 5:30 PM PDT - listing above is incorrect.
Presented by the Oakland International Film Festival Sponsored by Mills Performing Arts & Northeastern University,
Open to the Public. Tickets: $15 - Registration required. Free with a Northeastern University ID (limited tickets available at the door),
MAKING A MINI-FOREST (82 min), Old growth, native forests are disappearing, pulling the rug out from under local biodiversity, and releasing noxious carbon dioxide that compounds climate change. To restore those native forests, people around the world are embracing the Miyawaki Method to plant “mini-forests.”
THEATER WHILE BLACK (19 min 30 sec), After the ground breaking success of "The Color Purple"(1985), Actors Danny Glover and Ben Guillory formed a theater company that eventually stood the test of fame, financial hardship, and a global pandemic... How did this company survive the covid pandemic? Witness this theatrical look into a black box theatre in Los Angeles about friendship,…
Oakland - Promo URL: https://performingarts.oakland.northeastern.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/oiff23-9_800x534_mills-performing-arts.jpg. Oakland - Ticket URL: https://www.oiff.org/events/united-states/california/oakland/day-11-saturday-september-20th-530-pm-800-p-m-making-a-mini-forest-82-min-theater-while-black-1930-no-1600/. Oakland - Venue: Jeannik Méquet Littlefield Concert Hall, Music Building.
Saturday, September 20, 2025, 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM.
M14-202 Music Building Littlefield Concert Hall, M14-Lobby Music Building.
"42 Years for Nothing" & "Through The Body" — Oakland International Film Festival
Screening begins at 8:30 PM PDT - listing above is incorrect.
Presented by the Oakland International Film Festival Sponsored by Mills Performing Arts & Northeastern University,
Open to the Public. Tickets: $15 - Registration required. Free with a Northeastern University ID (limited tickets available at the door),
42 YEARS FOR NOTHING (40 min), After serving 38 years in prison for the rape and murder of an 8-year-old girl, David Bryant maintained his innocence. With the help of a nonprofit organization, he is released and sent home, but nothing could prepare him for what would happen next.
THROUGH THE BODY - STORY OF THE INTERNATIONAL BODY OF MUSIC FESTIVAL (94 min.), An artistic quest takes unexpected turns through life’s challenges as percussionist and rhythm dancer Keith Terry searches for meaning in producing the world’s only festival dedicated to the one instrument we all share—the human body. Motivated by a near brush with death and some prize money as a Guggenheim Fellow, Terry…
Oakland - Promo URL: https://performingarts.oakland.northeastern.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/oiff23-10_800x534_mills-performing-arts.jpg. Oakland - Ticket URL: https://www.oiff.org/events/united-states/california/oakland/day-11-sat-september-20th-830-1100-p-m-42-years-for-nothing-40-min-through-the-body-94min/. Oakland - Venue: Jeannik Méquet Littlefield Concert Hall, Music Building.
Saturday, September 20, 2025, 8:30 PM – 11:00 PM.
M14-202 Music Building Littlefield Concert Hall, M14-Lobby Music Building.
Creek Care Day
Creek Care Day is an opportunity for NU Oakland students to come together with the broader community and gain hands-on experience helping to clear and clean trails near Leona creek of plant debris.
Saturday, September 27, 2025, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
M55-107 Fine Arts Annex - Reuse Depot.
Fall Graduate Open House
The Oakland Graduate Open House is an event for anyone who’d like to learn more about graduate programs at Northeastern in Oakland. Our agenda includes:
A tour of the campus.
, Lunch and time for networking and discussion.
, A featured discussion with a current student.
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There will be lots of opportunities to speak directly with faculty and academic staff about your specific goals and questions. You’ll also have open time to network and talk with other prospective students attending the event.
If you’re looking for a detailed view into campus life, academic resources, and the student experience, this is an opportunity to cover a lot of ground in one event. Our team would love to introduce you to the campus.
Saturday, October 25, 2025, 11:00 AM – 1:30 PM.
M28-101 Aurelia Henry Reinhardt Alumnae House, M28-103 Aurelia Henry Reinhardt Alumnae House, M28-PATIO Aurelia Henry Reinhardt Alumnae House.