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Wish You Were Here - Sanaz Toossi
Performance, Theatre, Play / Performance
A West Coast Premiere from the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer of English. From Sanaz Toossi, comes a heartfelt, moving play about friendship, identity and resilience. 1978. Protests break out across Iran as five close girlfriends plan weddings, trade dirty jokes and try to live their young lives. As the revolution escalates, each woman is forced to face an uncertain future by staying in Iran...
2/1/2025
2:00pm
South Coast Reper...
Danish String Quartet
Performance, Quartet, Theatre
PROGRAM: SHOSTAKOVICH: String Quartet No. 3 in F Major, Op. 73 MOZART: Divertimento in F Major, K. 138 STRAVINSKY: Three Pieces for String Quartet O'CAROLAN: Mabel Kelly O'CAROLAN: Planxty Kelly O'CAROLAN: Carolan’s Quarrel with the Landlady FOLK MUSIC “They could be grounded in their tone or mystical. They allowed time to stand still, and they could assume the pose of excitingly ag...
2/1/2025
8:00pm
Irvine Barclay Th...
Twelve Angry Jurors
Theatre, Performance
UCI Drama Emergent Series presents Twelve Angry Jurors adapted by Sherman L Sergal based on the Emmy Award Winning Television Movie by Reginald Rose, is a tension driven drama that unfolds entirely within a confined jury room, where twelve jurors deliberate the fate of a young man accused of murder. As tensions rise and prejudices surface, the play explores themes of justice, prejudice, and the...
2/6/2025
7:00pm
UCI Little Theatr...
A Conversation with Yang Shuang-Zi, Author of Taiwan Travelogue: A Novel, and Translator Lin King
Author, Workshop, Talk, Culture
And with Translator Lin King! WINNER of the 2024 National Book Award for Translated Literature May 1938. The young novelist Aoyama Chizuko has sailed from her home in Nagasaki, Japan, and arrived in Taiwan. She’s been invited there by the Japanese government ruling the island, though she has no interest in their official banquets or imperialist agenda. Instead, Chizuko longs to experienc...
2/18/2025
4:30pm
Humanities Gatewa...
Lost Voices of Revolution: Growing Up in the Black Panther Party
Activism, Awareness, Conversation, Lecture
Join us to meet Meres-Sia Gabriel (writer, performance artist, and daughter of Black Panther Party members Emory Douglas, artist and the “Minister of Culture," and Gayle “Asali” Dickson, artist and educator. Gabriel will be in conversation with Angela D. LeBlanc-Ernest (independent scholar, documentarian, and lead mentor of the UCI Black Panther Oakland Community School Research Cluster). ...
2/21/2025
11:00am
Humanities Instru...
"Raíces y Ritmos: A Celebration of Latin American Poetry, Mariachi, and Cuisine"
Latin American, Culture
UC Irvine’s Department of Spanish and Portuguese cordially invites you to experience the vibrant culture of Latin America through a night of powerful poetry, traditional mariachi music, and authentic cuisine. The event will feature an induction ceremony of new members of the Phi Beta Delta Honors Society. Join us for a celebration of culture that brings together sounds, stories, flavors and peo...
2/26/2025
5:00pm
Humanities Gatewa...
UCI International Film Club: Jaws (1975)
Film, Film Screening, Movie
Join us for a screening on 2/26/25 at 7:00pm! A classic thriller from the 1970s, Jaws was shot on location in Martha's Vineyard. As much as it is about the hunt for a great white shark attacking beachgoers, this film is also about the shifting nature of American class society. Its record setting box office returns, along with those of Stars Wars released a year later launched Hollywood's pe...
2/26/2025
7:00pm
McCormick Screeni...
Migration, Race, and Jewish Visual Art in Latin America and the Caribbean
Art, Workshop, Jewish Studies
**This is a two day event, you can choose your ticket when you register for tracking attendance purposes! On March 6, we will convene at UC Irvine for our workshop, which will be open to the public. The schedule is as follows: March 6: 10:00am - 12:00pm & 2:00pm - 4:00pm March 7: 10:00am - 12:30pm. Keynote by Olivia Guterson: 10:00am - 11:00am Keynote by Sarah Phillips Casteel: 1:15...
3/6/2025
10:00am
Humanities Gatewa...
Book Launch: The Armenian Woman, Minoritarian Agency, and the Making of Iranian Modernity, 1860–1979
Armenian, Book Signing, Author, History
The event -- scheduled to dovetail with International Women's Day -- will spotlight coauthors Houri Berberian (History, UCI) and Talinn Grigor (Art History, UC Davis), who will present their new book, The Armenian Woman, Minoritarian Agency, and the Making of Iranian Modernity, 1860–1979, and celebrate the women of their book. Their presentation will be followed by a reflective Q&A, reception (...
3/6/2025
7:00pm
Private Location ...
UCI International Film Club: Days of Heaven (1978)
Film, Film Screening, Movie
Join us for screening on 3/12/25 at 7;00pm! Terence Malick shot this film in natural light, using only the golden hour for filming. The film stars Sam Shephard, Richard Gere and Brooke Adams and is set in the Texas panhandle during the early 20th century. Gere and Adams are migrant workers who end up on Gere's farm. The love triangle that emerges is shaped by deception, betrayal and passion.
3/12/2025
7:00pm
McCormick Screeni...