Juliette Carrillo & Nataki Garrett in Conversation

Theatre, Conversation, Community

Nataki Garrett is an accomplished writer, director and producer of Stage, Opera, Film and XR/VR. Garrett has a passion for new and innovative work. She co-wrote and directed The Carolyn Bryant Project which premiered at REDCAT. She has directed and produced world premieres by some of the most important playwrights of our time, including Katori Hall, Branden Jacobs- Jenkins, Karen Zacarias, Domi...

Asian Shakespeare: A Global Conversation with Bi-qi Beatrice Lei and Judy Celine Ick

An Exciting new Global Conversations online event! Please RSVP for tracking purposes and to receive zoom link. What is Asian Shakespeare? Is it about Shakespeare in Asia, Shakespeareans in Asia, or Shakespeare Studies in Asia? Do you know that Asia has forever changed the study and performance of Shakespeare around the world? Can anyone study global Shakespeare theatre today without consi...

Enrichment Picnics

Art, Discussion, Outdoors, Picnic, Painting

*This is a recurring event!* TIME CHANGE DUE TO DAYLIGHT SAVINGS! Weekly 12:00-4:00pm picnics in Aldrich Park featuring snacks, drinks, and an enriching art activity open to all. The activities vary from painting, clay pot painting, sand painting, jewelry making, sculpting, button making, collaging, tie dyeing, and more! The goal is to bring a series of high quality art activities to stude...

UCI International Film Club: The French Connection (1971)

Film, Film Screening, Movie

Join us for a screening on 1/22/25 at 7:00pm! Considered one of the greatest films ever made, this neo-noir set in New York City stars Gene Hackman and Roy Scheider as detectives in pursuit of a French heroin dealer. The film was nominated for eight Academy Awards and won five of them. Not to be missed for lovers of action/thriller and 1970s gritty realism.

Irvine Barclay Theatre: Garrison Keillor Tonight - A Love Affair with Language

Performance, Theatre, Sketch Comedy

UCI Students only! A 90-minute, one-man show, improvised from memory Mr. Keillor’s idea is simple and clear: no matter what vocational track a person pursues, the love of language is at the heart of a sound education and a crucial part of a good life. You don’t need to write a term paper on Chaucer’s The Miller’s Tale to find this; you can do math, graphic design, dance, marketing, etc.,...

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...

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...

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.