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Irvine Barclay Theatre: Tanzanite African Acrobats
Performance
UCI Students Only! Kids, prepare to be dazzled by the Tanzanite African Acrobats! This renowned East African troupe masterfully combines traditional culture, breathtaking athleticism, and electrifying entertainment. Experience awe-inspiring feats, from gravity-defying stunts to human pyramids, choreographed to the rhythmic pulse of African drumming and brought to life through stunning c...
1/31/2026
5:00pm
Irvine Barclay Th...
Film Screening of Ojalá Supieras (I Wish You Knew)
Film Screening
Date: Tuesday February 3rd Time: 6:30 -9:00pm Location: UCI Main Campus Room: HG 1800 - Directions to Humanities Gateway For: Open to faculty & staff, students, family, and friends. Fee: None RSVP Required! Ojalá Supieras (I Wish You Knew) In the shadows of colonial archives, a forgotten faith whispers across centuries. Ojalá Supieras (I Wish You Knew) unearths the silenced history...
2/3/2026
6:30pm
Private Location ...
Jeremy Tiang, Obie Award Playwright Traversing Languages: Multilingual Writing, Performance, and Translation
Playwright, Lecture
How many languages do you speak or read comfortably? What is your native (or near native) tongue? Can you switch between languages smoothly? Maybe you speak a kind of hybrid language, such as Spanglish, Chinglish, or Singlish? Jeremy Tiang, the 2024 Obie Award winning playwright will speak about negotiating among different linguistic terrains, both as a creative writer and translator. Jere...
2/5/2026
5:30pm
Humanities Gatewa...
tick, tick... BOOM!
Play / Performance, Musical
February 5th: 8:00 pm February 6th: 8:00 pm February 7th: 8:00 pm February 8th: 2:00 pm Jonathan Larson’s "tick, tick… BOOM!" is an autobiographical rock musical that invites us into the head and heart of a young composer who feels the clock ticking on his life and dreams. This is not simply a linear narrative, it is a memory play. The events unfold as Jonathan looks back at a pivotal ...
2/5/2026
8:00pm
The Robert Cohen ...
SCR: God of Carnage
Play / Performance
UCI Students Only! GOD OF CARNAGE In gentrified Brooklyn, a playground fight between 11-year-old boys brings four parents together to resolve their sons’ conflict. At first, diplomacy rules. But as each parent reveals their demands, the living room peace summit spirals into a riotous free-for-all of opposing parenting styles, conflicting personalities and marital tensions. A brilliant and ...
2/8/2026
1:00pm
South Coast Reper...
Screening of "Noirs en France" Followed by Q&A with Alain Mabanckou
Film Screening
2/9 Screening | 5:00 pm, McCormick Screening Room 2/9 Reception | 7:30 pm Humanities Gateway Room 1030 What do French Black people have in common? Not much, except for their skin color and the racism they face. For the first time, the film “Noirs en France” (Black in France) gives a voice to Black French people of all ages and backgrounds, known or unknown to the general public. Narrated ...
2/9/2026
5:00pm
McCormick Screeni...
Michelle Coltrane: Oral History and Legacy of Alice and John Coltrane
Jazz, Music, Lecture
Date: February 10 Time: 5-6:30pm Location: CAC Colloquium Room (3rd floor, Contemporary Arts Center, Claire Trevor School of the Arts) Sita Michelle Coltrane is a musician, vocalist, and composer. She is the daughter Alice and John Coltrane and the Artistic Director of the John & Alice Coltrane Home in Dix Hills, New York. She furthers her family legacy through her leadership on Coltra...
2/10/2026
5:00pm
CAC Colloquium Ro...
The Mutable Archive
Performance, Museum
The Mutable Archive: A Cure for Immortality is an expanded cinema performance work written and edited by Patricia Olynyk, produced and directed by Adam Hogan and Patricia Olynyk, and featuring a live score performed by Adam Hogan, presented in collaboration with the UC Irvine Departments of Art and Drama. The Mutable Archive: A Cure for Immortality is a collaborative, cross-disciplinary mult...
2/12/2026
5:30pm
Experimental Medi...
100 Years of Music, Wisdom, and Community Centennial Celebration of Miles Davis and John Coltrane
Jazz, Concert
February is the African American heritage month and the perfect time to honor Black artists’ contribution to American culture. 2026 is also a significant year for music—the centennial of Miles Davis (1926-1991) and John Coltrane (1926-1967), the two American modern jazz giants who have changed the world of jazz forever. This celebration features a jazz concert by some of the most renowned ja...
2/12/2026
8:00pm
Winifred Smith Hall
UCI International Film Club Presents: Rafiki (2018)
Film Screening, Theatre
83 minutes, English, Swahili, English subtitles Taking its euphemistic title from the Swahili word for ‘friend,’ Wanuri Kahiu’s Rafiki (2018) is a dramatic and tender exploration of social obligation, family, and queer womanhood in 21st century Kenya. Set against the backdrop of a hotly contested local election in Nairobi, Rafiki follows Kena (Samantha Mugatsia) and the free-spirited Ziki ...
2/18/2026
7:00pm
McCormick Screeni...