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Irvine Barclay Theatre Campus Access Ticketing Program: Trio Barclay
Concert
Dennis Kim, Violin Jonah Kim, Cello Sean Kennard, Piano SCHUBERT: Piano Trio No. 1 in B-flat Major WORLD PREMIER: KYLE YEUNG: "Convergence" for Piano Trio BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio No. 1 in E-flat Major In their first performance of the season, Trio Barclay brings to life Schubert’s Piano Trio No.1 in B-flat major. Composed in the final year of Schubert’s life, first piano trio is a r...
1/25/2026
5:00pm
Irvine Barclay Th...
Food & Thought: Food Stories War and Peace with Chickpea
Cooking
**UCI students only! Sustainability Reminder: Please bring your own utensils, water bottle, and to-go containers for extra food! We are striving for a zero waste event. Do you like chickpeas? What’s your favorite chickpea dish? Are you curious about the origin and meaning of the name? Or are you more familiar with the name garbanzo beans, another common name for chickpeas? Origi...
1/26/2026
5:00pm
ARC Test Kitchen
Journalism at the Edge: A Dialogue with Prize-Winning Reporters Emily Feng and Sarah A. Topol
Journalism, Writing
The topics covered in this public dialogue moderated by professor Barry Siegel will include the challenges that NPR reporter Feng has faced covering breaking news stories in China, the focus of her acclaimed debut book, and the Middle East, and that Topol, a contributing writer for the New York Times Magazine, has faced during investigations that have taken her everywhere from Southeast Asia to...
1/28/2026
2:30pm
Private Location ...
UCI Authors: A Reading With David McGlynn and Elaine Chou
Author, Book Signing
MFA Programs in Writing and the English Department present readings by David McGlynn and Elaine Chou. Free and open to all. Book signing and reception David McGlynn (B.A., 1998) is the author of the novel, Everything We Could Do, the collection of stories, The End of the Straight and Narrow, and the memoirs, One Day You'll Thank Me and A Door in the Ocean. His writing appears in The N...
1/29/2026
5:30pm
Private Location ...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
Biophelia
Shakespeare, Food, Play / Performance
Kirk Davis Jr. Annual Public Shakespeare Lecture | 2026 A Wildland-Urban Interface Climate Action Network event Free and open to all. RSVP recommended. Hamlet tells us that the purpose of playing is to hold "a mirror up to Nature.” In Shakespeare’s Elsinore, violets, pansies, daisies, and columbines nestle amidst rosemary and rue. An ancient weeping willow grows aslant a brook. Yet Oph...
2/22/2026
2:00pm
Humanities Gatewa...