Home
Upcoming Events
Irvine Barclay Theatre: Live Screening of A Streetcar Named Desire
Theatre, Film Screening
NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE SCREENING: A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE Filmed live at the Young Vic in London and screened in HD “Gillian Anderson gives a shatteringly powerful performance.” - Independent by Tennessee Williams directed by Benedict Andrews Gillian Anderson (Sex Education), Vanessa Kirby (The Crown), and Ben Foster (Lone Survivor) lead the cast in Tennessee Williams’ timeless...
3/29/2026
3:00pm
Irvine Barclay Th...
Oceanic Impressions: Cyanotypes of Cyanobacteria
Art, Science
This project brings together science, art, and community engagement to illuminate the beauty and biomedical potential of marine microorganisms. Oceanic Impressions: Cyanotypes of Cyanobacteria is a collaborative installation in which undergraduate students, artists, and scientists explore Southern California’s coastal environment through the 19th-century photographic process of cyanotyping—usi...
4/1/2026
12:00pm
UCI Falling Leave...
Blood Sugar, CA: 1903, A play by Javier Luis Hurtado
Performance, Playwright
This event will consist of a staged reading of a new play by playwright Javier Luis Hurtado entitled Blood Sugar, CA:1903. It is a queer retelling of the 1903 Oxnard strike, a labor dispute between in the city of Oxnard between Mexican and Japanese laborers and land owners. The strike involved sugar beet growers, the American Beet Sugar Company, the grower-controlled Western Agricultural Contr...
4/2/2026
6:30pm
Little Theater, R...
“Also Known as an Afro Samurai”: Yannick Hara in Concert
Concert, Conversation, Culture
Confronted with numerous slave rebellions, Brazilian elites started importing European immigrants during the nineteenth century to substitute Black labor. This trend persisted in the aftermath of the abolition of slavery in 1888, with Japanese immigrants joining the Brazilian workforce from 1908 onward. Those wishing to understand the complexity of these Afro-Brazilian encounters with Japan fro...
4/6/2026
5:00pm
Verano Community ...
2026 UC Shakespeare Trial: Merry Wives on Trial!
Performance, Shakespeare
New Swan Shakespeare Center Co-Directors: Julia Lupton & Eli Simon Scenes directed by Eli Simon The Merry Wives of Windsor have put Sir John Falstaff in some compromising and even dangerous situations in response to his exploitative advances. Are they guilty of serious crimes? Or has Jack's atrocious behavior warranted a communal reckoning? Join us for the 2026 Shakespeare Trial featurin...
4/7/2026
5:00pm
Irvine Barclay Th...
Industrial Cultures: Cinema and Labor in China’s Modernization
Arts, Cinema, Asian American Studies
From China’s Great Leap Forward production campaign in the late 1950s, to the industrial reforms of the 1980s and 1990s and the rise of China as “the world’s factory,” Chinese cinema has long shaped how work, labor, and industry are imagined, organized, and experienced. In this public talk, Dr. Ying Qian explores selected Chinese films across these periods, discussing how they interpreted the s...
4/8/2026
5:30pm
McCormick Screeni...
Emmet Cohen Presents: Miles and Coltrane at 100
Music, Jazz, Piano
EMMET COHEN PRESENTS: MILES AND COLTRANE AT 100 SAT APR 11, 2026 AT 8PM "Thirty years old and one of the finest piano players to emerge in decades…” - All About Jazz In celebration of the centennial of John Coltrane and Miles Davis, pianist Emmet Cohen brings together an all-star quintet to explore the fundamental questions that shaped their artistry: Why are we here? What are we reaching ...
4/11/2026
8:00pm
Irvine Barclay Th...
UCI International Film Club: Screening of Nomad (1982)
Movie, Film Screening
Beautifully restored and re-edited by its director after years of heavy censorship for its political and sexual content, Patrick Tam’s Nomad is glittering example of the Hong Kong New Wave at its best. The film follows four listless young people — Louis (Leslie Cheung), his cousin Kathy (Pat Ha), and new friends Pong (Kent Tong) and Tomato (Cecilia Yip) — whose intertwined, hedonistic lives of ...
4/15/2026
7:00pm
McCormick Screeni...
Majestic Tango: Elevating Argentina’s Greatest Art Form to New Heights
Dance, Performance
Experience dazzling artistry and fiery passion with Majestic Tango, directed and produced by tango superstars Miriam Larici & Leonardo Barrionuevo (Forever Tango, So You Think You Can Dance, Dancing with the Stars). Featuring a powerhouse ensemble of 13 stunning dancers and six stellar musicians, Majestic Tango defies expectations with its storytelling elements fused with unique dialogue bet...
4/18/2026
8:00pm
Irvine Barclay Th...
Irvine Barclay Theatre CATP: Mohini Dey
Music, Guitar
“The bass guitar wizard.” – Scroll.in An unforgettable night of groove, passion, and pure musical magic! Hailed as the “Most Successful Musician UNDER 30” by Forbes India and recognized by MusicRadar as one of the Top 10 Bassists of the 21st Century, Mohini Dey has set the global music stage ablaze with her breathtaking technique and boundless versatility. With over 20 million YouTube...
4/25/2026
8:00pm
Irvine Barclay Th...