Students Only: The World of Terracotta Warrior Exhibition at the Bowers Museum, with Guided Tour by Dr. Tianlong Jiao

Museum, Exhibit, Free, History

Image(s) provided by the Shaanxi Cultural Heritage Promotion Center Collaborating with the Bowers Museum, Illuminations offers UCI students a once-in-a-lifetime experience: The World of Terracotta Warrior Exhibition: New Archaeological Discoveries in Shaanxi in the 21st Century, with a special guided tour by Dr. Tianlong Jiao, the Vice President and Chief Curator of the Bowers Museum. Th...

Earthrise Climate Action Festival

Earthrise Climate Action Festival and Symposium 11:00 am-8:00 pm Harbor Christian Church 2401 Irvine Ave, Newport Beach Savor the beauty of the Upper Newport Bay Ecological Preserve while experiencing the power of science, art and faith to heal our world. Meet a beekeeper, compose typewriter poetry, make sun prints, cook with cacti, plant native seeds, walk the shores of the Back Bay, an...

Beauty and the Beast: Exploring Nature through Theater

Theatre

Join us on the beautiful campus of Harbor Christian Church, across from the Upper Newport Bay Ecological Preserve, for scenes from "La Belle et la Bête," which premiered at UC Irvine in April 2025. The show was created/directed by Annie Loui, Professor of Drama and artistic director of CounterBalance Theater, a company dedicated to constructing physical theater based on great works of literatur...

UCI Students Only: National Theatre Live Screening: The Importance of Being Earnest

Theatre

Filmed live at National Theatre in London and screened in HD “A joyful version of Oscar Wilde’s 1895 farce.” -The Sun by Oscar Wilde directed by Max Webster A trivial comedy for serious people Three-time Olivier Award winner Sharon D. Clarke is joined by Ncuti Gatwa (Doctor Who; Sex Education) in this joyful reimagining of Oscar Wilde’s most celebrated comedy. While assuming t...

Performing Transecology: A Desert Event

Ecology, Art

Date: Sunday 12th October, 5-9pm Location: UCI Burns Piñon Ridge Reserve, Yucca Valley, CA Event website: https://sites.uci.edu/artsatburns/projects/performingtransecology/ RSVP link: https://forms.gle/wdDUZzSpaSRxa3KQ6 Event description: Performing Transecology is an interdisciplinary, participatory event which features creative projects developed in response to the unique desert ecology ...

Stories from the Edge of the Sea: Vietnamese in America, 50 years after the Fall of Saigon

Vietnamese, Author, Book Talk

Reading and Discussion with author Andrew Lam. Response by Long Bui and Diu-Huong Nguyen. Andrew Lam is a Vietnamese American author and journalist based in San Francisco. The son of General Lâm Quang Thi of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, he lived a privileged life in Đà Lạt, attending Lycée Yersin, until his family fled during the fall of Saigon in 1975 when he was 11. They resettle...

Call For Submissions: Food Stories

Contest

In this series, we choose one ingredient that is common in many cultures and invite students to share their recipes which use the key ingredient. Selected students will speak about their recipes and the Demonstration Kitchen chef will create a multicultural meal of dishes with the same key ingredients but different culinary traditions. Selected students will receive a $25 Amazon gift card. Se...

Call for Submissions: Family Recipes Show & Tell (& Eat)! 

Food, Contest

. Family Recipes Show & Tell (& Eat)! Do you have a favorite family recipe? What’s the signature dish of your parents, (great) grandparents, or other family members? What is the food you miss most when you are away from home? We invite you to submit your favorite recipe. The chosen students will tell us their food stories and cook the dish at the Demonstration Kitchen at the Anteater Recre...

UCI International Film Club: 24 Hour Party People

Movie, Film, Film and Media Studies

24 Hour Party People is a mockumentary biopic starring Steve Coogan (The Trip) and Paddy Considine (Game of Thrones) following the punk and post-punk club and music scene of a bleak and deindustrializing Manchester. Based loosely on the story of Joy Division and New Order, this tragicomic take on the Manchester sound reflects Winterbottom’s unique ability to draw laughs out of despair. No City...