Lisa Smith News

Celebrated pianist George Winston brings his unique performance, featuring melodic folk, New Orleans R&B, and stride piano stylings, to Pepperdine University's Smothers Theatre at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, January 24.

Called the 'Judy Blume of kiddie rock' (The New York Times), Grammy-nominated Justin Roberts and The Not Ready for Naptime Players dish out intelligent and whimsically-rocking music for kids and their parents at Pepperdine University's Smothers Theatre at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Saturday, January 21.

Rockapella, the popular a cappella group that features four world-class vocalists and one of the music industry's top vocal percussionists brings their special holiday performance, A Rockapella Holiday, to Pepperdine University's Smothers Theatre at 8 p.m. today, December 6.

Step right up and marvel at the daredevil antics and mechanical wonders of Pedal Punk, Cirque Mechanics' steampunk-inspired show at Pepperdine University's Smothers Theatre at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, January 13.

Rockapella, the popular a cappella group that features four world-class vocalists and one of the music industry's top vocal percussionists brings their special holiday performance, A Rockapella Holiday, to Pepperdine University's Smothers Theatre at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, December 6.

The Lisa Smith Wengler Center for the Arts will present a special evening of music and memories with Bob Eubanks' Backstage with The Beatles, featuring Ticket to Ride, at Pepperdine University's Smothers Theatre in Malibu today, October 27, 2016 at 8 p.m.

Straight from Argentina, Estampas Porteñas Tango Company brings their newest show Deseos...Stories of Longing and Desire told through Argentine Tango and Music to Pepperdine University's Smothers Theatre in Malibu on Tuesday, November 22, 2016 at 8 p.m.

The Lisa Smith Wengler Center for the Arts continues its 2016-2017 Recital Series with a performance by the First Prize winner at the 2015 CAG Victor Elmaleh Competition, pianist Daniel Hsu in Raitt Recital Hall at Pepperdine University at 2 p.m. on Sunday, November 20, 2016. 

Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia's enchanting production of Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny comes to Pepperdine University's Smothers Theatre in Malibu on Today, October 22 at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.

The Lisa Smith Wengler Center for the Arts will present a special evening of music and memories with Bob Eubanks' Backstage with The Beatles, featuring Ticket to Ride, at Pepperdine University's Smothers Theatre in Malibu on Thursday, October 27, 2016 at 8 p.m.

The internationally renowned modern dance company Parsons Dance performs at Pepperdine University's Smothers Theatre in Malibu today, October 5 at 8 p.m.

Forbidden Broadway returns to the stage with new victims and new laughs at Pepperdine University's Smothers Theatre in Malibu on Sunday, October 23, 2016 at 7 p.m.

The esteemed timple player from the Canary Islands, German Lopez, brings his musical virtuosity to Pepperdine University's Raitt Recital Hall in Malibu for one-night-only on Wednesday, September 28 at 8:00pm. German Lopez in Concert will feature Lopez along with Antonio Toledo on Spanish guitar.

Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia's enchanting production of Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny comes to Pepperdine University's Smothers Theatre in Malibu on Saturday, October 22 at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.

The internationally renowned modern dance company Parsons Dance performs at Pepperdine University's Smothers Theatre in Malibu on Wednesday, October 5 at 8 p.m.

Award-winning trumpeter/vocalist/composer and 'one of the most versatile and imposing musicians of her generation (Wall Street Journal),' Bria Skonberg brings her infectious and vibrant jazz and blues-infused style to Pepperdine University's Smothers Theatre in Malibu on Saturday, September 17 at 8 p.m., officially opening the 2016-2017 season at the Lisa Smith Wengler Center for the Arts.

 Multi-platinum-selling country artist Sara Evans, ukulele phenomenon Jake Shimabukuro, Grammy-nominated folk singer-songwriter Iris DeMent, Blues Hall of Famer Robert Cray, and the Nashville assemblage of high-dollar studio musicians The Time Jumpers, featuring Vince Gill, Kenny Sears, Ranger Doug Green, and Paul Franklin, are just a few of the artists set to appear at the Lisa Smith Wengler Center for the Arts at Pepperdine University during its 2016-2017 season.

Internationally award-winning South African singer, songwriter, and activist Johnny Clegg brings his infectious and vibrant blend of Western pop and African Zulu rhythms to Pepperdine University's Smothers Theatre in Malibu tonight, April 23 at 8 p.m.