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The UCLA LGBTQ Campus Resource Center and the UCLA Alumni Association invite you to an evening of mentorship, connection, and community! Whether you’re looking for professional guidance or want to meet those who paved the way, we’re here for you! Join us on April 30th from 5:30pm to 7:30pm at the James West Alumni Center.

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The Undergraduate Research & Creativity Showcase is Undergraduate Research Week’s main event. Hundreds of students will gather here on the Undergraduate Research Week website to share their work on student-initiated and faculty-led research and creative projects in livestreamed panels on May 19, 2026, and as recorded presentations and multimedia throughout the week.

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Join us for the virtual Undergraduate Research Week Awards Ceremony, where we will celebrate the close of Undergraduate Research Week and honor winners of the Dean’s Prize and Faculty Mentor Award! Join Us on Zoom https://ucla.in/4rpBgS9

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Distinguished Professor of Physics and Astronomy Tommaso Treu explores how observations of the cosmos have revealed the mysteries of dark matter and dark energy For more information, visit: https://www3.research.ucla.edu/reo/internalfunding/frl.

The Dutch East India Company (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie, or VOC) made significant strides towards establishing colonial control over the Indonesian islands in the seventeenth century. When the Company founded Batavia in 1619, the city became the administrative hub of an extensive mercantile network and served as its Asian headquarters. In this talk, Emma Gagnon, Ph.D. candidate in the History of Art and Architecture Department at the University of California, Santa Barbara and a recipient of the 2025-26 Kenneth Karmiole Graduate Research Fellowship at the UCLA William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, examines the images of Batavia in Johan Nieuhof’s (1618-1672) illustrated travelogues. Nieuhof spent years in and out of the colonial capital, and his accounts provide some of the earliest images of Batavia. This talk demonstrates how the city’s Dutch identity was defined not only by its built environment but also through the dissemination of these forms in the Dutch Republic’s print culture.

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Bring the whole family and kids for a fun night of UCLA Baseball. Come out to the ball park and root on our #1 in the country - UCLA Bruin Baseball team as they take on Sacramento State! We are hosting a special UCLA Alumni Night and will get to hang out, eat and watch the game from the new [JRS Club.](http://uclabruins.com/jrsclub) For questions, contact Mark at mark@kontrolmedia.com

In person: Introduction by Artel Great, associate professor, San Francisco State University School of Cinema, and author of The Black Pack: Comedy, Race, and Resistance. Q&A with Great, The Five Heartbeats cast member Tico Wells and UCLA Associate Professor Scot Brown, Department of History.

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Join us for our next OC Bruin Brew at Hidden House Coffee in Santa Ana. The Santa Ana location of Hidden House Coffee is in a beautiful brick building and is known for its craft coffee, airy indoor–outdoor seating, and relaxed atmosphere. Bruin Brews are casual, low-pressure coffee meetups to help alumni connect, make new friends, and learn more about local UCLA community events. Drop in anytime from 9am - 11am on April 25th, grab your favorite drink, and enjoy an easy morning with fellow Bruins.

Mixed Identity in Superheroes: The Genius in Our In-Betweenness =============================================================== **Saturday, April 25, 2026** | 11 a.m.–1:30 p.m. **Geeky Teas & Games** | [900 W. Alameda Ave., Burbank, Calif. 91506](https://maps.app.goo.gl/TwXtQ4nGW4Kqqjtk8) _Our authentic stories are the source of our superpowers._ Join [UCLA Alumni Diversity Programs & Initiatives](https://alumni.ucla.edu/diversity-programs-and-initiatives/) and the [UCLA Mixed Alumni Association](https://alumni.ucla.edu/alumni-networks/mixed-alumni-association/) at [Geeky Teas & Games](https://www.geekyteas.com/) in Burbank for an interactive program led by clinical psychologist and entertainment industry advisor [Drea Letamendi, Ph.D.](https://drdreapsychology.com/) Through the lens of comic books, fandoms and the lived experiences of people with mixed identities, this event explores the heroic power of authentic storytelling — and what it means to thrive in the in-between. Through guided conversation and reflection, attendees will: * Learn how mixed identities are represented in entertainment media. * Connect with fellow Bruins through shared storytelling. * Reflect on your own identities and the mixed experience. * Gain practical strategies for resilience. * Discover Geeky Teas & Games and tabletop gaming. * Explore ways to get involved with the UCLA Mixed Alumni Association. Come ready to geek out in a unique gaming space, share your story and meet new friends over light refreshments — then get inspired to step into the future with main character energy. _Light refreshments provided._ About the Speaker ----------------- **Drea Letamendi, Ph.D.** (she/her/ella) is a clinical psychologist, entertainment industry advisor and two-time TEDx speaker. A Cornell University graduate, she earned her Ph.D. from UC San Diego and completed her postdoctoral fellowship at UCLA's Department of Psychology. Dr. Letamendi has spent nearly a decade serving UCLA as a campus mental health leader, including three years as interim director of the UCLA Resilience In Your Student Experience Center (RISE) and eight years as associate director of Mental Health Training, Intervention, and Response in Residential Life. She currently serves as the inaugural director of UCLA CAPS Compassionate Response ([CORE)](https://bewellbruin.ucla.edu/resource/core-caps-mobile-compassionate-response) — UCLA's first mobile crisis response program deploying unarmed responders to support Bruins in crisis across campus. Beyond UCLA, she maintains a private practice as a behavioral science advisor for the gaming, tech and entertainment industries, with clients including Riot Games, Warner Bros., Marvel and Disney. Her work on the positive impacts of media on mental health has been covered by _The Atlantic_, _The Washington Post_ and the _Los Angeles Times_. She is also the creator and co-host of [**The Arkham Sessions**](https://drdreapsychology.com/thearkhamsessionspodcast), a podcast exploring the psychology of superheroes. A mixed-race Latina and proud first-generation college graduate, Dr. Letamendi brings both professional expertise and personal lived experience to everything she does. About the Venue --------------- **Geeky Teas & Games** is Burbank's one-of-a-kind destination for tabletop gaming, loose-leaf teas and community. Whether you're a seasoned gamer or just curious, their welcoming space is the perfect backdrop for an afternoon of connection and conversation. After the program, stick around to explore the venue and discover your new favorite game.

The Walt Disney Family Museum, located in the Presidio of San Francisco, features the life and legacy of Walt Disney. It was founded by Walt’s daughter, Diane, who resided in San Francisco and Napa. We’ll view exhibitions and afterwards join other Bruins for coffee at the nearby Presidio Bowling Center. Please meet inside in the museum lobby, next to the ticket counter, at 1 pm. Your host will be wearing a blue UCLA sweatshirt. Chronological galleries follow Walt’s entire life starting with his childhood in Marceline, Missouri, featuring early drawings, films, and awards. A detailed model of Disneyland is a centerpiece, showcasing the original vision of the park. The museum also displays the famed multiplane camera and explores the development of “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.” UCLA is getting a group rate of $21 per adult ticket, but to get it you need to register and pay on the UCLA website by Friday, April 10. After that date if you still want to attend, you can join us April 25 and pay at the ticket counter the regular rate ($30 a ticket). There is a plenty of parking in the Presidio on the street and in two parking lots close by. Parking is metered and usually costs $2 or $3 an hour. By bus, take the Muni 43 Masonic and stop at the Presidio Transit Center. If you live nearby in the Marina, it’s about a 20 minute walk. If you have any questions, please contact host Phil Faroudja at philfaroudja@alumni.ucla.edu.

Bruin Family Socials are events that bring UCLA to neighborhoods around the world. Providing an opportunity for attendees to engage with one another on a regional level, Bruin Family Socials foster connections and relationships within the greater Bruin community. Historically, Bruin Family Socials have taken place over the course of one weekend each year. During spring 2023, these events transitioned to a year-round model that accommodates a variety of activities and locations, ultimately allowing for added flexibility and more opportunities to build community than ever before. We hope you will join us at an event near you!

Join fellow UCLA Alumni from the Latino Alumni Association and San Diego Regional Network for a day of culture, connection, and community as we celebrate Chicano Park Day. Chicano Park Day 2026 is scheduled for Saturday, April 25, 2026, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. in San Diego's Barrio Logan neighborhood. This free, annual, family-friendly event celebrates the 1970 community takeover that transformed the area into a National Historic Landmark, featuring live music, Aztec dance performances, a lowrider car exhibit, and community workshops. For questions, email Jessica Huerta at jesshuerta@alumni.ucla.edu

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The German-based ATOS Trio will perform in Los Angeles for the first time at the Clark Library with selections from Joseph Haydn, Gaspar Cassadó, and Franz Schubert. Tickets are limited and go on sale at 12 noon on Tuesday, March24. Please visit the event website for full details.

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We will be hiking Murphy Ranch in the Palisades with beautiful canyon and river views. For those who want a longer hike, we will extend the hike to a portion of the Sullivan Fire Road. Please bring water, snacks, and sun protection as needed.

In person: Introduction by Artel Great, associate professor, San Francisco State University School of Cinema, and author of The Black Pack: Comedy, Race, and Resistance. Q&A with Great and photographer Bruce Talamon. Harlem Nights marks the only film written, directed, produced by and starring Eddie Murphy. Set in 1930s Harlem, the film imagines a world of Black nightlife, entrepreneurship and survival amid gangsters and corrupt cops. Anchored by a jazzy score blending big band and Duke Ellington standards, the film unites three generations of Black comedy — Redd Foxx, Richard Pryor and Murphy — alongside an overflowing ensemble cast. Often misunderstood on release, Harlem Nights stands as a bold assertion of authorship and creative control, envisioning Black autonomy over space, style and destiny. Director/Screenwriter: Eddie Murphy. With: Eddie Murphy, Richard Pryor, Redd Foxx, Jasmine Guy, Della Reese.

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Join us for a special community event celebrating Asian Pacific heritage and the performing arts with an outing to an East West Players production! We’re thrilled to host an exclusive discounted group outing to see Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Flower Drum Song — a musical that holds a special place in Asian American cultural history — followed by an intimate artist talkback session. You’ll have the opportunity to hear from performers and discuss the themes of identity, tradition, and community through the lens of this beloved work. APA UCLA Group Outing to Flower Drum Song Sunday, April 26, 2026 1-4pm Aratani Theatre at the Japanese American Cultural & Community Center 244 San Pedro St, Los Angeles, CA 90012 RSVP Tickets start at $50+ for APA UCLA (normally $99+), limited discounted tickets available **For questions, contact apaucla@alumni.ucla.edu** **About East West Players:** East West Players (EWP) is the nation’s longest-running Asian American theater and the largest producer of Asian American theatrical works. Founded in 1965, East West Players is committed to raising the visibility of the Asian American experience by presenting inventive world-class theatrical productions, developing artists of color, and providing impactful youth education programs. **About This Production:** The enchanting golden era musical Rodgers and Hammerstein’s FLOWER DRUM SONG, directed by East West Player’s Artistic Director Lily Tung Crystal, will serve as the grand finale for EWP’s Diamond Legacy season. FLOWER DRUM SONG pulls back the curtain on themes of assimilation and tradition in 1960’s San Francisco Chinatown as Mei-li, a young Chinese opera artist fleeing communism, arrives in America, where she is immediately drawn into the dazzling world of the Grant Avenue nightclubs. This production beautifully explores the balance between cultural tradition and modern identity through vibrant music, song, and community storytelling, themes that are deeply relevant to our shared experiences as Asian Pacific alumni.

**Sunday, April 26,** **2 - 4 p.m. EST.** Join local UCLA alumni for an exclusive, private painting party in NYC. Whether you’re a regular Picasso or haven't picked up a brush since elementary school, Painting Hangout’s instructors will guide you through creating a masterpiece you’ll want to hang on your wall. **This isn't just about the art, it's about the impact! This event celebrates Bruin Giving Day, and a portion of every ticket goes directly to the UCLA Alumni New York Tri-State Alumni Scholarship.** Help us support the next generation of Bruins while you have fun getting creative! **Painting Hangout** 315 East 57th Street New York, NY 10022 WHAT: Bruin-Exclusive Private Painting Party SIP: This is a BYOB event! Bring your favorite wine, beer, coffee, or snacks to fuel your creativity (Ages 21+). DURATION: 2 Hours of Artistic Fun. IMPACT: Benefits the UCLA Alumni New York Tri-State Alumni Scholarship Space is limited for this private session, so grab your spot before the paint dries! All painting supplies will be provided.

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Join ASC for a lively discussion on the pros and cons of AI. We will be hosting a panel discussion with three industry leaders.

Join BP Encino Chapter for their monthly meeting! Real Estate Investing 101

Are you considering studying abroad this 25/26 Academic Year? The International Education Office and UCLA Financial Aid & Scholarships will be hosting a Q&A session to ensure all of your questions are answered! Please complete the RSVP form below to receive the Zoom details, thank you!

Join the Channel Islands Bruins for a family style dinner at Chianti in Camarillo. Your purchased ticket will include a dinner that includes a bruschetta & caprese appetizer, chopped ensalada, lasagna, fettuccine pesto, and a 4-cheese gnocchi. Oh and tiramisu for dessert!

Are you looking for a safe and supportive space to practice your English conversation skills? Check out Dashew Center's English Language Circle (ELC)! Here you will have an opportunity to practice your English with other language learners. The circle is led by a native English speaker, who will help you become more confident in your speaking skills and who can answer your language and grammar questions. All of our ELC sessions will take place on Zoom this spring 2026. Space is limited to 20 participants per session. Participants are welcome to enjoy their lunch during these sessions. The Zoom link will be shared via email upon registering. Please email us at intlprograms@saonet.ucla.edu with any questions.

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Many mid-career professionals find themselves carrying significant responsibility—often without clear authority, sufficient support or access to best practices or training. In today's fast-changing impact-focused workplaces, influence is no longer about hierarchy. It's about clarify, trust, relational intelligence and the ability to reduce friction while advancing meaningful work. However, influence does not happen in a vacuum. It is shaped by identity, role, history and systems of power and privilege. Join career coach **[Mollie Stephens](https://alumni.ucla.edu/mollie-stephens/)** (pictured) for a virtual session that acknowledges those dynamics and offers grounded tools for navigating them with clarity, integrity and courage. In this session, you will: ● Identify where influence feels stuck, draining or unclear in their current role ● Strengthen clarity and alignment with teams and stakeholders ● Navigate influence across differences in identity, authority and access ● Apply simple tools to manage across peers without formal authority ● Commit to one concrete step that increases their impact this week

How will the deportations, interest rates, wildfires, and tariffs play out in the Orange County construction and real estate sectors. Will the return to the office portend office markets coming back? Can Orange County weather the economic headwinds California is facing? We’ll explore further during the annual UCLA Anderson Forecast Orange County Economic and Real Estate Outlook held in collaboration with the UCLA Ziman Center for Real Estate and UCI Paul Merage School of Business.

Join your Bruin community for a delicious multi-course, family-style set meal with a variety of dishes including chicken, pork, beef, seafood and vegetables. Tax and gratuity are included. All Bruins, family members and friends are invited! Please RSVP no later than April 23. Proceeds from the dinner will go to the UCLA Alumni South Bay Network Scholarship Fund. The cost to attend this event is $40. Please contact Julie Chobdee at jchobdee@yahoo.com or Diana Choe at dee923@gmail.com for inquiries.

Is business school the right next step for you? This webinar will feature admissions representatives from UCLA Anderson School of Management and other UC programs, offering an inside look at the application process, admissions requirements, and the range of business degrees available. Designed for alumni at any stage of exploration, this session will help you assess whether business school aligns with your goals, understand the value it can bring to your career, and determine the right timing to apply. The session will conclude with a live Q&A, giving you the opportunity to ask questions directly to admissions professionals. ### **The panel of speakers includes:** * * *  ****Sabrina Chen**** _Associate Director in the Office of MBA Admissions, UCLA Anderson_ Sabrina Chen is an Associate Director in the Office of MBA Admissions and Financial Aid at UCLA Anderson, where she leads recruitment outreach and guides prospective students through the admissions process. Prior to UCLA Anderson, she held marketing and business development roles at the UCLA Department of Economics, Universal Studios Hollywood, and Bloomingdale's. Sabrina is passionate about connecting students to the right opportunities and supporting them throughout their MBA journey. * * *  ****Jana Cheng**** _Programs Director of Recruitment and Admissions for the Specialty Masters Programs, UC Irvine’s Paul Merage School of Business_ Jana has over 10 years of experience in higher education and currently oversees the recruitment strategies, enrollment management, and marketing for five graduate business programs including the Master of Science in Business Analytics (MSBA), Master of Finance (MFIN), Master of Professional Accountancy (MPAc) and Master of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (MIE). She is a proud UC Irvine alumna earning a Bachelor or Arts degree in Criminology, Law and Society, a Certificate in Personal Financial Planning from the UCI Division of Continuing Education, and an MBA from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, with a focus on digital marketing entrepreneurship and strategic innovation. * * *  **Jaime Collins, MBA '24** _Director of Ecommerce, JOLYN_ Jaime Collins is the Director of Ecommerce at JOLYN, where she leads digital growth across direct-to-consumer, retail, and marketplace channels. A former competitive athlete turned ecommerce leader, she specializes in scaling brands through data-driven strategy, customer insights, and strong operational execution across platforms like Amazon and Shopify. She earned her MBA from UCLA Anderson School of Management and her B.A. from University of California, Berkeley. Jaime also mentors students through UCLA, offering candid guidance on navigating careers and life after college * * * **Kyler Gilbert '20, MBA '25** _Executive Vice President, BCR Business Consulting Resources, Inc._ As the second-generation leader of BCR, Kyler’s background is heavily steeped in consulting. He has been involved with BCR since high school as an intern, associate, consultant, and now as Executive Vice President. Kyler graduated from UCLA with a double major in economics and communications and from the UCLA Anderson School of Management with an MBA. At BCR, Kyler is the Executive Vice President and a Senior Consultant, managing the company across regions and sits on the BCR Family Board. Kyler works with clients across the US and internationally and specializes in working with families in business, particularly focused on succession and the next generation, growth, and family dynamics. Kyler is a certified facilitator of the Family Enterprise Assessment Tool (FEAT)®, completed the training for the Family Business Coaching Course conducted by Legacy Onward®, and is trained to utilize various leadership and behavioral assessment tools, including the Global Executive Leadership Mirror (GELM)® and Wiley DiSC Assessment®. * * * **Debbie Quigley '85, MBA '91** _Associate Director of Admissions, Executive MBA programs, UCLA Anderson School of Management_ Debbie Quigley ’85, MBA ’91, is the Associate Director of Admissions for the Executive MBA programs at the UCLA Anderson School of Management, where she partners with prospective students to explore program fit and navigate the admissions process. As a proud “double Bruin” with a background in finance, marketing, and higher education, she brings firsthand insight into the experience and is passionate about helping working professionals take the next step in their leadership journey. * * * **Mia Seleshi '11, MBA** _Director, Alumni Career Engagement, UCLA Alumni Affairs_ Seleshi wears three hats in this role: (1) leading the campus partners programs team, which leverages alumni to support students' career development, (2) facilitating alumni career development, including organizing networking events nationwide, and (3) often leading employer relations efforts for Alumni Affairs. Prior to joining the Alumni Affairs team three years ago, Seleshi had a 15-year career at UCLA Anderson School of Management, where she last served as an associate director of student life in MBA Student Affairs. Before that, she was a program manager for the UCLA–UAI Global Executive MBA for the Americas Program, where she led admissions and at times represented FEMBA and EMBA Admissions at nationwide recruitment events. Her first five years at Anderson were spent as the customer relations manager at the Parker Career Management Center. She received her B.A. from UCLA in Communication Studies and her Executive MBA from Loyola Marymount University. * * *

Drawing from his recently published book, A Fractured Liberation: Korea under U.S. Occupation (Belknap/Harvard University Press, 2025), historian Kornel Chang will discuss how liberation was experienced from the ground up by ordinary Koreans while also showing how U.S. occupation forces reshaped - and often foreclosed - the possibilities that liberation had seem to open.

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Join the UCLA Alumni Arizona Network at our quarterly networking event! Mix and mingle with local Bruins, create new professional connections and reconnect with old friends. Get to know the Arizona Bruin community!

Join us for an LGBTQ Alumni Event at the James West Alumni Center—an inclusive gathering designed to celebrate community, connection, and shared experiences. This event offers alumni an opportunity to network, reconnect, and engage in meaningful conversations while honoring diversity and fostering a supportive environment for all.

The UCLA LGBTQ Campus Resource Center and the UCLA Alumni Association invite you to an evening of mentorship, connection, and community! Whether you’re looking for professional guidance or want to meet those who paved the way, we’re here for you! Join us on April 30th from 5:30pm to 7:30pm at the James West Alumni Center.

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The Pow Wow Pageant invites young Native women to compete for the title of Pow Wow Princess, which awards them with a scholarship toward their education and a platform to become a role model for other young Native women looking to pursue higher education while staying connected to culture.

Join local San Diego Bruins for a relaxed South Bay hike and hangout. We will meet at the Kumeyaay Park Statue and walk together through Rice Canyon Open Preserve, enjoying fresh air, good conversation, and easy trails. As this gathering falls on the weekend before Cinco de Mayo, we invite you to walk with us and learn about the history and meaning of the day with Jessica Huerta, UCLA Sociology PhD Candidate. After the hike, anyone who wants to keep the day going can head over to 3rd Ave in Chula Vista for lunch together. All paces welcome. Bring water, comfortable shoes, and your Bruin spirit! **Meeting point:** Kumeyaary Park Statue 700 Buena Vista Way, Chula Vista, CA 91910 **Cost:** This event is free to attend. If you would like to contribute to the UCLA Network of San Diego Scholarship Fund, you may do so **[here](https://giving.ucla.edu/Campaign/Donate.aspx?SiteNum=1&fund=82041E&AutoFN=Y&Code=OL866)**.

Join a Garden Guide for a free tour on May 2 at 10 am. Explore our living museum featuring collections of plants from around the globe! You'll hear stories of selected plants in the Garden and their relevance to human society. All ages are welcome. Tours meet at La Kretz Garden Pavilion at the northern end of the Garden and are given a grace period of 5 minutes. This event is free and open to the public, no RSVP required.

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Disability Inclusion in the Workplace ===================================== **Saturday, May 2, 2026** | 11 a.m.–2 p.m. [UCLA Labor Center](https://labor.ucla.edu/) | 675 S. Park View St., Los Angeles, Calif. 90057 _Whether you're navigating your own workplace experience or working to build a more inclusive environment for others, this conversation is for you._ Join the [UCLA Disability Alumni Network](https://alumni.ucla.edu/alumni-networks/udan/), [UCLA Alumni Career Engagement](https://alumni.ucla.edu/alumni-career-engagement/) and [UCLA Alumni Diversity Programs & Initiatives](https://alumni.ucla.edu/diversity-programs-and-initiatives/) at the UCLA Labor Center for an EmPower Hour panel discussion featuring Bruin employers and employees. Through firsthand accounts and facilitated dialogue, this event explores what disability inclusion looks like in practice: from disclosure and accommodation to advocacy and allyship. Through open conversation and community building, attendees will: * Build community with Bruins through honest dialogue about disability in the workplace * Gain insight into the lived realities of people with disabilities in professional settings * Learn best practices for disability inclusion as an employee, employer or ally * Hear about opportunities to further engage with the [UCLA Disability Alumni Network](https://alumni.ucla.edu/alumni-networks/udan/) Stick around after the panel for facilitated tabletop discussions over small bites, and leave empowered with disability-advocacy strategies for your workplace and beyond. _Light refreshments provided._ About the Speakers ------------------ \[coming soon\] About the Venue --------------- The [UCLA Labor Center](https://labor.ucla.edu/) brings together workers, students, faculty and policymakers to address the most critical issues facing working people today. For 60 years, its research, education and policy work has lifted industry standards, created good jobs for communities and strengthened immigrant rights. The center is housed at the UCLA James Lawson Jr. Worker Justice Center in the heart of working-class Los Angeles.

Join American Indian Alumni of UCLA during the 41st Annual UCLA Pow Wow for our annual general meeting. Nominate a Bruin by April 27 to be considered for a role on our board. Elections will take place at our general meeting.

Operation Mend is having a special brunch mixer with the UCLA Alumni New York Tri-State Network. Connect with local Bruins, expand your network and learn more about the life-changing work of Operation Mend — all while enjoying delicious brunch fare and festive brunch cocktails.

The 41st Annual UCLA Pow will take place May 2nd & 3rd across campus. Join other Head Staff at a dinner supported by American Indian Alumni of UCLA at the James West Alumni Center.

Bruin Family Socials are events that bring UCLA to neighborhoods around the world. Providing an opportunity for attendees to engage with one another on a regional level, Bruin Family Socials foster connections and relationships within the greater Bruin community. Historically, Bruin Family Socials have taken place over the course of one weekend each year. During spring 2023, these events transitioned to a year-round model that accommodates a variety of activities and locations, ultimately allowing for added flexibility and more opportunities to build community than ever before. We hope you will join us at an event near you!

Join us for a hike on the Ray Miller Trail with stunning ocean views in the Santa Monica Mountains! We will meet at the picnic benches in the parking lot at 8:45 a.m. Parking is available in the lot for a fee, or you can park on PCH. Here is the hike information: https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/california/ray-miller-backbone-trail Hikers will have the option to do a round trip of 5.4 miles for those who want a shorter hike and those who want a longer hike will have the option of an extension for a total of 8/9 miles. Please make sure that you are prepared with appropriate footwear, sunscreen and/or a hat, and plenty of water.

OC Bruins Present: The Devil Wears Prada 2 — An Exclusive Watch Party. Some evenings simply matter — and this is one of them. OC Bruins has reserved the entire theater at Cinemark Century Orange for Sunday, May 3. The movie starts promptly at 2:30 pm, and the dress code is exactly what the moment calls for: all black, with a touch of Bruin blue. Think of it as your personal editorial — because as any true Runway reader knows, a cerulean sweater is never just a cerulean sweater. It's a statement. It's a legacy. It's the whole point. A million people would love to be in this theater tonight. You already have the invitation. Register and pay, then forward your confirmation to Eden Tsai at east.of.eden@alumni.ucla.edu and let her know which seat you'd like. You can find the chart of available seating [**here**](https://www.canva.com/design/DAHCiAhhztc/AnEqTOy65e4xnSGwm98O7w/view?utm_content=DAHCiAhhztc&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=uniquelinks&utlId=he979db84aa).

Join us for our bi-monthly Bay Area Bruins Board planning meeting. Meet new Bruins over Zoom. Learn about our past, present and future events in Northern California. We aim to coordinate activities to bring Bruins together across geographies, from Los Gatos to Oakland to Marin to San Mateo. Get connected with UCLA and your local alums. RSVP to get the Zoom link. We look forward to meeting you!

This workshop providesThis workshop provides an overview on the various forms of academic dishonesty regarding plagiarism. Participants will learn when, where, and why it is important to cite properly. Students will also learn how to avoid plagiarism and the information presented will stress the need to attribute work to the original author and the potential outcomes for plagiarizing. Additionally, paraphrasing, and direct quoting will be discussed. ZOOM. Register through MyEvents on MyUCLA.

Take 20 minutes in your day to enjoy much-needed relaxation and calm. When registering, please enter "UCLA" under "organization." Monthly meditation is led by Michal Rinkevich (MBA '14) who has been practicing healing arts and meditation since 1995 and teaching since 2006.

Join with fellow Bruin book lovers (and a few Cal Bears too) as we discuss "One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This"— a compelling work by Omar El Akkad that won the National Book Award for Nonfiction in 2025. This is sure to challenge our assumptions and push us out of our comfort zone as we assess America's role in the world through the eyes of this award-winning novelist and journalist. Newcomers are always welcome!

Put your knowledge to the test (with other Bruins) at Trivia Night, hosted every Wednesday at UOB (there are multiple locations). Prizes are given to winning teams!

Luis de Carvajal el Mozo (the Younger) was a crypto-Jew from Benavente who traveled to New Spain in the late 1500s and was arrested and ultimately killed, alongside his mother and sisters, by the Mexican Inquisition tribunal. During his time in Mexico and in the Inquisition’s prisons, he wrote theological and mystical treatises as well as a memoir. His story has been canonized in Jewish Studies literature and in recent public memory from Mexico to the U.S. borderlands, and the figure of Luis has served as a canonical center—a nostalgic origin point for the history of Jews’ arrival in the Americas. And yet there remains a crucial story clearly visible in Luis’s writings and in the colonial archive but untold by scholars of crypto-Jewish, Jewish, or Latin American history. If reexamined, the canonized story of the Carvajal family reveals histories of mining, gendered and racialized violence, social hierarchy, and environmental change in colonial Mexico. What historical narratives does a rhetoric of nostalgia, purity, and victimhood preclude? Rachel Kaufman reenters Luis de Carvajal’s famous memoir to complicate the story of Jews in the Americas. Kaufman is a poet, teacher, and Ph.D. candidate in Latin American and Jewish history at UCLA and a recipient of the 2025-26 Kenneth Karmiole Graduate Research Fellowship at the UCLA William Andrews Clark Memorial Library. Her work explores diasporic memory, transmission, and violence and argues for the power of poetry as historical method.

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Join us for an informative and empowering session designed specifically for alumni 50+, featuring Elizabeth Bawden J.D. ’00, partner at Withers Bergman LLP and faculty member at UCLA Law. She will guide you through the essentials of wills and trusts, estate and gift taxation, and thoughtful estate planning. Whether you're just beginning to consider your legacy or looking to update existing plans, this event will provide practical insights to help you make informed decisions for yourself and your loved ones. Don’t miss this opportunity to ask questions, gain clarity, and take proactive steps toward securing your future.

In the 2025-26 Core Program conference, historians of the Ottoman, Qing, and Mughal empires revisit the problem of comparison by considering synchronicities and structural parallels across Asia. The third conference, "Empires of Things," looks at Society, Materiality, and Knowledge. In what new ways did merchants trade, how did artisans and craftsmen organize themselves, how did guilds transform, how did the pious communicate with each other, how did common subjects live, how did spatial imaginaries change? Organized by Professors Choon Hwee Koh & Meng Zhang (History, UCLA) and Abhishek Kaicker (History, UC Berkeley).

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Join the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television with UCLA's Center for the Art of Performance and DataX for a dialogue with artists and technologists about opportunities and challenges at the intersection of the live arts with contemporary AI, kicked off by a conversation with Grammy Award-winning musician, tech founder & philanthropist, will.i.am, Founder & CEO, FYI.AI.

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Join your fellow Bruins for a morning hike at Caspers Wilderness Park in San Juan Capistrano. We will be hiking the East Ridge/Cougar Pass/Bell Canyon loop. Total mileage is 5.4 miles with 721ft elevation gain. This trail is rated as Moderate. Total time is estimated 2-3 hours.

The Millennial Leadership course provides practical skills and builds confidence in key leadership areas, including effective delegation, managing former peers, conflict resolution, mitigating impostor syndrome, and navigating ambiguity.

Join us for a celebration of Bruin community and successful mentorship, and enjoy a shared meal with other members of the 2025-26 Alumni Mentor Program cohort. Following the meal, we encourage mentors and students to attend the My Last Lecture event together at 7 p.m. in De Neve Auditorium.

Many professionals take “bridge” jobs out of necessity, after a layoff, career disruption or while re-tooling for more meaningful work. While these roles can provide stability, they can also quietly stall long-term career progress. In this practical, experience-based webinar, career counselor Markell R. Morris, MA, NCC, DCC shares real-world strategies drawn directly from job seekers who successfully used survival jobs as stepping stones, rather than dead ends. Participants will learn how to reframe their mindset, leverage everyday work experiences and strengthen their network to intentionally plan their next move and avoid burning out or losing momentum. This session is ideal for mid-career and late-career professionals navigating transition, as well as recent graduates balancing financial realities with long-term career goals.

Join us for a campuswide conversation designed to bring together students, staff and faculty in meaningful dialogue around the draft refreshed values. These gatherings are an opportunity to share perspectives, listen deeply and strengthen our sense of connection across the UCLA community. Read more about the True Bruin Values Refresh and check out the draft values here: https://truebruin.ucla.edu/

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Put your knowledge to the test (with other Bruins) at Trivia Night, hosted every Wednesday at UOB (there are multiple locations). Prizes are given to winning teams!

Come join Bruin Alumni and Friends for a fun and relaxing discussion of books. We try to curate a wide variety of genres (all recommended by our own members) to accommodate all tastes and to encourage each other to read something we wouldn't on our own. We would love to have you join us. All are welcome! May: A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah. Please email bkronbeck@social.rr.com to be added to the waitlist for the South Bay Book Club.

Come join us for UC Alumni Trivia Night and see how much of that lecture hall knowledge, late-night cramming, and exam-season survival instinct is still tucked away in your brain. Alumni from UC Berkeley, UC Irvine, UCLA, and UC San Diego are coming together for a fun night of trivia, teamwork, and UC pride. Whether you were a front-row note taker, a study-group regular, or someone who somehow always pulled it together by finals week, this is your chance to put that college knowledge to use. Grab some friends, form a team, and compete for prizes, bragging rights, and the satisfaction of knowing those tuition dollars taught you something. We’ll have light food and drinks to keep everyone fueled between rounds. Come ready to think fast, laugh a lot, and represent the best of the University of California alumni community.

Join with fellow Bruin book lovers (and a few Cal Bears too) as we discuss this compelling work by Omar El Akkad that won the National Book Award for non-fiction in 2025. This is sure to challenge our assumptions and push us out of our comfort zone as we assess America's role in the world through the eyes of this award-winning novelist and journalist. Newcomers are always welcome!

Bruin Family Socials are events that bring UCLA to neighborhoods around the world. Providing an opportunity for attendees to engage with one another on a regional level, Bruin Family Socials foster connections and relationships within the greater Bruin community. Historically, Bruin Family Socials have taken place over the course of one weekend each year. During spring 2023, these events transitioned to a year-round model that accommodates a variety of activities and locations, ultimately allowing for added flexibility and more opportunities to build community than ever before. We hope you will join us at an event near you!

This workshop providesThis workshop provides an overview on the various forms of academic dishonesty regarding plagiarism. Participants will learn when, where, and why it is important to cite properly. Students will also learn how to avoid plagiarism and the information presented will stress the need to attribute work to the original author and the potential outcomes for plagiarizing. Additionally, paraphrasing, and direct quoting will be discussed. ZOOM. Register through MyEvents on MyUCLA.

The Undergraduate Research & Creativity Showcase is Undergraduate Research Week’s main event. Hundreds of students will gather here on the Undergraduate Research Week website to share their work on student-initiated and faculty-led research and creative projects in livestreamed panels on May 19, 2026, and as recorded presentations and multimedia throughout the week.

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The Millennial Leadership course provides practical skills and builds confidence in key leadership areas, including effective delegation, managing former peers, conflict resolution, mitigating impostor syndrome, and navigating ambiguity.

California’s economy is navigating a period of heightened uncertainty shaped by geopolitical conflict, energy market volatility, shifting trade conditions, evolving labor market dynamics, and continued investment in artificial intelligence and related technologies. This program will provide a timely overview of the key forces influencing the state’s economic outlook and the implications for California’s industries, institutions, and workforce. Dr. Somjita Mitra ’00, Chief Economist for the California Department of Finance, will discuss several of the major developments affecting the economic environment in 2026. These may include the effects of global instability on inflation and energy prices, California’s exposure to trade and supply chain disruption, the relationship between business investment in AI and labor market adjustment, and the outlook for employment and growth across the state. Particular attention will be given to how these developments may affect sectors that are central to California’s economy, including technology, logistics, higher education, public finance, and innovation-driven industries. The discussion will place recent events in broader economic context and consider how national and international shifts may translate into state-level impacts. The program will conclude with an open question-and-answer session, providing attendees with the opportunity to engage directly on the economic issues most relevant to their work, studies, and communities. About the Speaker: Dr. Somjita Mitra serves as Chief Economist at the California Department of Finance, where she oversees the Economic Research Unit responsible for preparing the state’s economic forecasts and advising on policy developments. She also guides the Governor’s Council of Economic Advisors and provides analysis to the Director of Finance, the Governor’s administration, and other state and local agencies. Before joining the Department of Finance, she was Director of the Institute for Applied Economics at the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation, where she led regional and industry studies across California. Earlier in her career, she worked as an economist and consultant specializing in market analysis, economic damages, and strategic research for public and private clients. She is also a member of the Public Policy Institute of California’s Economic Policy Center Advisory Council. Open to alumni, students, faculty, staff, and guests across the UC community.

Join us for the virtual Undergraduate Research Week Awards Ceremony, where we will celebrate the close of Undergraduate Research Week and honor winners of the Dean’s Prize and Faculty Mentor Award! Join Us on Zoom https://ucla.in/4rpBgS9

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Join us! The UCLA Mixed Alumni Association is organizing a social event at Guildhall in Burbank, where alums can meet and chat with other Mixed Alumni in the area.

The Millennial Leadership course provides practical skills and builds confidence in key leadership areas, including effective delegation, managing former peers, conflict resolution, mitigating impostor syndrome, and navigating ambiguity.

TEDx proudly returns to UCLA, celebrating UCLA students, alumni, staff, faculty, community, and impact. Please stay tuned for further details on the event!

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TEDx proudly returns to UCLA, celebrating UCLA students, alumni, staff, faculty, community, and impact. Please stay tuned for further details on the event! #Educational

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Careers and academic interests often evolve over time, and many people choose to pursue graduate education after gaining experience in the workforce or further exploring their fields. Whether you are considering a master’s or PhD, in an academic or professional program, graduate school can be a powerful step toward advancing your goals, shifting career paths, or deepening your expertise. This UCLA Alumni webinar will explore what it takes to apply to graduate school across a range of disciplines. The application process can differ significantly from other advanced degrees and depends on your individual goals and motivations. You will gain an overview of the process and timeline, hear from a representative from the UCLA Division of Graduate Education, and learn how to evaluate programs such as those offered through the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. A UCLA Career Center representative will also share insights on how graduate education can help unlock future career opportunities. Whether you are actively preparing an application or just beginning to consider graduate school, this session will help clarify the process and available pathways.

Come to discuss this month's free read, a book you choose to read and share with us to formulate our next booklist.

UCLA Alumni Affairs, the UCLA Department of Economics, and the Academies for Social Entrepreneurship invite you to the UCLA Social Enterprise Academy Venture Showcase. Three student teams representing local community organizations will pitch business ventures to a panel of industry experts, angel investors, and prominent members of the UCLA community.

UCLA Graduate Career Services and the UCLA Alumni Association is excited to invite you to the Graduate Student and Alumni Networking Night. This event consists of an opportunity for alumni to network amongst themselves from 5PM-6PM, and then with current graduate students from 6PM onward. Appetizers and drinks will be served! Date: May 28th, 2026 Time: 5PM-8PM Location: James West Alumni Center, UCLA Campus

Join the UCLA Bay Area Bruins for an unforgettable night of WNBA action as the Golden State Valkyries take on the Indiana Fever in their first meeting of 2026! After an incredible inaugural season that ended with a historic playoff appearance, Asian Pacific Alumni (APA) of UCLA, in partnership with the UCLA Bay Area Bruins, are excited to host an even bigger group this year. We have secured an expanded block of tickets for one of the most anticipated games of the season. Why you will want to be at this game: \* Electric atmosphere: Chase Center, known by fans as “Balhalla” during Valkyries games, sold out nearly every home game last season \*High-energy experience: The vibe has been compared to the legendary “Roaracle” era of Golden State Warriors basketball \*Exclusive group pricing: Tickets are $98 each, approximately 50 percent below public pricing, with no additional taxes, surcharges, or fees through our UCLA group link \*Star power on the court: This matchup features the Indiana Fever and rising phenom Caitlin Clark, known for her deep three-point range and electrifying performances. The Fever also features UCLA alum Monique Billings (UCLA Class of 2018), whom we cheered on last season as a member of the Valkyries \*UCLA Head Coach Natalie Nakase: Cheer on UCLA alum and Valkyries head coach Natalie Nakase (Class of 2003). Her UCLA career was defined by her rise from an overlooked walk-on to a three-year starter and three-time team captain. After UCLA, she built an impressive coaching career, first overseas in Germany, then as the first female head coach in the top professional men’s league in Japan. She later returned to the United States, serving in assistant coaching roles with the Los Angeles Clippers and Las Vegas Aces, and is now the first Asian American head coach in WNBA history Additional details about the meetup and other logistics will be shared with registered attendees a few days prior to the event.

Marilyn Chavez-Martinez and Sara Randazzo are hosting a casual mixer at the Boomtown Brewery in Los Angeles. We hope this will be a good opportunity for local Daily Bruin alumni to make new friends, expand their network, and explore the brewery's menu. In addition to their taproom offerings, the brewery hosts different food trucks daily.

Part of the 2026 UCLA Festival of Preservation. Free admission. No advance reservations. Your seat will be assigned to you when you pick up your ticket at the box office. Seats are assigned on a first come, first served basis. The box office will open one hour before the event. Introduction by Archive Director May Hong HaDuong. Q&A with writer J. E. Franklin. Screening 1 of 2 Hearst Metrotone News: "Porgy & Bess Opening" (excerpt) Year: 1959 Country: U.S. Runtime: 2 min. Digital. B&W. Silent. Screening 2 of 2 Black Girl Year: 1972 Country: U.S. Language: English Runtime: 97 min. Digital. Color. West Coast Premiere of New Restoration Named by Film Comment as one of the best restorations of 2025, director Ossie Davis’ third feature is finding its audience more than 50 years after its original release. The play on which the film is based, Black Girl, by J. E. Franklin, who wrote the screenplay, was already a landmark of Black theater after a record-setting off-Broadway run in 1971 that earned Franklin the Drama Desk Award for Most Promising Playwright. Actor-turned-director Davis was coming off the box office success of his Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970), an adaptation of Chester Himes’ politically charged detective novel that helped spark the Blaxploitation wave of the 1970s. In a contemporaneous interview, civil rights icon Davis nevertheless lamented the lack of films about the “trials and tribulations of the Black middle class.” For the family in Black Girl, the personal and cultural politics of upward mobility are central to the conflicts among three generations of Black women. The youngest, Billie Jean (Peggy Pettitt), strives to become a dancer, earning taunts from her half-sisters (Gloria Edwards, Lorette Greene). Their mother, Rose (Louise Stubbs), still stinging from her own mother’s indifference, has seemingly given up on her own children, placing her hopes in Netta (Leslie Uggams), a neighborhood girl she took in now studying for law school. Every member of the ensemble cast — including a swaggering Brock Peters as Rose’s ex — rises to the occasion as their characters clash in a cramped Venice, California, home, prompting Variety to declare Black Girl the best depiction of Black family life “since Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun.” The film’s distributor, however, gave it an exploitation-style release, booking it in action houses with posters promising the same, leading the trade paper to complain the strategy would “keep away serious filmgoers who would have been rewarded by the fine directing and acting.” Black Girl now stands ready for rediscovery.—Paul Malcolm DCP. Production: Marconlee. Distribution: Cinerama Releasing. Producer: Robert H. Greenberg. Director: Ossie Davis. Screenwriter: J. E. Franklin. Based on the play by J. E. Franklin. Cinematographer: Glenwood J. Swanson. With: Brock Peters, Claudia McNeil, Leslie Uggams, Louise Stubbs, Peggy Pettitt. Restoration funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation. Restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive and The Film Foundation from 35mm acetate original picture and track negatives. Laboratory services by illuminate Hollywood, Audio Mechanics, Simon Daniel Sound, Fotokem. Special thanks to J. E. Franklin, Malika Nzinga.

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Part of the 2026 UCLA Festival of Preservation. Free admission. No advance reservations. Your seat will be assigned to you when you pick up your ticket at the box office. Seats are assigned on a first come, first served basis. The box office will open one hour before the event. Introduction by Josslyn Luckett, Associate Professor, Cinema Studies Tisch School of the Arts, New York University ...& Beautiful Year: 1969 Country: U.S. Language: English Runtime: 60 min. Digital. Color. World Premiere of New Preservation With original commercials Hosted by comedian Redd Foxx, …& Beautiful was the first syndicated television special produced for African American audiences to be sponsored by a Black-owned company (Johnson Products, makers of Afro Sheen). Directed by trailblazer Mark Warren, the first African American to win an Emmy Award in a directing category (for his work on Laugh-In), the groundbreaking music-variety special offered viewers a rare primetime showcase foregrounding Black excellence and pride. Dynamically stylized with Afrocentric and psychedelic designs and costuming, the vibrant production represents an invaluable late-’60s audiovisual time capsule documenting the joy, liberation and empowerment of the Black Is Beautiful movement.—Mark Quigley DCP. Syndicated. Production: Western Video Production. Executive Producer: Richard Gottlieb. Producer: Mark Warren. Director: Mark Warren. Writer: Cal Wilson. With: Redd Foxx, Della Reese, Donald McKayle Dancers. Preservation funding provided by the John H. Mitchell Television Preservation Endowment. Preserved by the UCLA Film & Television Archive from an original 2 in. videotape. Engineering services by CBS Media Exchange.

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The Bruin Underground Scholars (BUS) End of Year Celebration is a gathering to honor and celebrate the accomplishments, resilience, and leadership of formerly incarcerated and system-impacted scholars at UCLA. This event brings together students, campus partners, families, and community members to recognize the journeys and achievements of our scholars throughout the academic year.

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Part of the 2026 UCLA Festival of Preservation. Free admission. No advance reservations. Ticketing is on a first come, first served basis. Seats will not be assigned. Introduction by Head of Preservation Jillian Borders and Women’s Film Preservation Fund co-chair and restoration consultant Kirsten Larvick. Q&A with co-director Gini Reticker. the heart of the matter Year: 1994 Country: U.S. Language: English Runtime: 56 min. Digital. Color. West Coast Premiere of New Restoration Shot on 16mm by an all-women crew, the heart of the matter is a tender portrait of AIDS activist Janice Jirau and a landmark in feminist documentary history. The film traces Jirau’s transformation from devoted wife to fearless public health advocate after she contracts HIV from a husband who refused to practice safer sex, a story told with devastating clarity. Her journey is braided with a Greek chorus of HIV-positive women from diverse backgrounds whose testimonies dismantle the comforting myth that only “certain kinds” of women are at risk. In a pivotal scene, Jirau delivers a poignant account of surviving abuse from the pulpit of a Black church, and directors Gini Reticker and Amber Hollibaugh linger on the congregation’s embrace — an image that cuts through the stigma and stereotypes that defined the era. Completed at the edge of feature length, the production itself was a political struggle, shaped by a protracted fundraising battle in a culture that routinely devalued women’s stories, and people with AIDS. That tension gives the film its palpable urgency. It is direct and unafraid to ask viewers to reflect on their own relationship to HIV transmission risk, a conversation the filmmakers also carried into public screenings. The collaboration brought together a remarkable team, including cinematographers Ellen Kuras and Maryse Alberti early in their careers, whose camera work gives the film both tenderness and resolve. Premiering at Sundance, where it won the Freedom of Expression Award, and later broadcast on PBS in 1994, the heart of the matter ultimately helped change policy through a grassroots impact campaign — and became a model for activist filmmaking for generations to come.—Beandrea July Directors: Gini Reticker, Amber Hollibaugh. Producers: Gini Reticker, Amber Hollibaugh. Cinematographers: Ellen Kuras, Maryse Alberti. Editor: Ann Collins. With: Janice Jirau. Restoration funding provided by Women’s Film Preservation Fund of New York Women in Film & Television and the UCLA Film & Television Archive. Restored by Women’s Film Preservation Fund of New York Women in Film & Television and the UCLA Film & Television Archive from 16mm A/B original negative rolls, D2 and U-Matic tapes. Laboratory services by Colorlab, Endpoint Audio Labs. Special thanks to Gini Reticker, Kirsten Larvick.

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Part of the 2026 UCLA Festival of Preservation. Free admission. No advance reservations. Ticketing is on a first come, first served basis. The box office will open 30 minutes before the screening. Seats will not be assigned. Introduction by animation historian Jerry Beck and Senior Film Preservationist Miki Shannon. Screening 1 of 3 The Mouse of Tomorrow Year: 1942 Country: U.S. Runtime: 6 min. Digital. Color. World Premiere of New Restoration Riffing off Fleischer Studios’ successful feature-length animation Superman (1941), Terrytoons Studio debuted the first film in the Mighty Mouse series, The Mouse of Tomorrow, the following year. While Terrytoons was known as the “budget” studio or the “Woolworths” of animation, Mighty Mouse lifted the studio into Oscar-nominated status. The animation earned a “swell” from the Showmen’s Trade Review upon debut. While many saw Mighty Mouse’s first flick on black-and-white, 8mm home reels from Castle Films or on CBS television reruns, the Festival presents a restoration of the beautiful color original.—Jackie Forsyte DCP. Production: Terrytoons. Distribution: 20th Century Fox. Producer: Paul Terry. Director: Eddie Donnelly. Writer: John Foster. Restoration funding provided by ASIFA-Hollywood. Restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive from 35mm nitrate successive exposure positive and nitrate print. Laboratory services by Roundabout Entertainment, Inc., Audio Mechanics, Simon Daniel Sound. Special thanks to Paramount Pictures Archive. Screening 2 of 3 Copy Cat Year: 1941 Country: U.S. Runtime: 6 min. 35mm. World Premiere of New Restoration Although a pioneer in the animation field, here Dave Fleischer played the role of the smaller “copycat” to MGM’s Hanna-Barbera team, creators of another cat-and-mouse duo first seen in Puss Gets the Boots (1940). Copy Cat was distributed by Paramount Pictures in the Animated Antics series, just a year before Paramount bought Fleischer Studios. On display is Fleischer’s characteristic rotoscoping technique, patented by Max Fleischer in 1915. The lively technique of painting over motion pictures, frame by frame, creates smooth and compelling movements. When the patent expired in 1934, competitor animation studios, including Disney, adopted the process.—Jackie Forsyte Production: Fleischer Studios. Distribution: Paramount Pictures. Director: Dave Fleischer. Animation: Myron Waldman, Willian Henning. Writer: Bob Wickersham. Restoration funding provided by ASIFA-Hollywood. Restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive from 35mm nitrate original picture negative and 35mm safety prints. Laboratory services by the PHI Stoa Film Lab, Roundabout Entertainment, Inc., Audio Mechanics, Simon Daniel Sound. Special thanks to Paramount Pictures Archive. Screening 3 of 3 Adventures of Casanova Year: 1948 Country: U.S. Runtime: 83 min. Digital. B&W. West Coast Premiere of New Restoration Who do you call when you want to liberate Sicily? Who else but Casanova? Spanish-English-language cross-market leading man Arturo de Córdova and Lucille Bremer of Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) star in this swashbuckling B-movie that has extraordinarily little to do with the real-life Giacomo Casanova. Summoned by a band of insurgents to lead a Sicilian rebellion against the Austrian Empire, Casanova seduces, swordfights and twists romantic complications into revolutionary intrigue. You can expect plenty of adventure, high romance, some light cross-dressing, production design that rivals major Hollywood studios, and George Tobias’ unmistakable thick Brooklyn accent. From a historical perspective, Adventures of Casanova is more than the sum of its rather shlocky parts. The film represents a major step in collaboration between the Mexican and American film industries at the height of their respective power and prestige, a level of partnership possibly unmatched until the Nuevo Cine Mexicano movement of the 1990s and 2000s. Adventures of Casanova was also among the first films to make use of Mexico City’s Estudios Churubusco, one of the last legacy Mexican production studios still operating today. Although critics at the time cited budget outlay as the motivation behind the partnership, Adventures of Casanova does stand in contrast to the Mexploitation usually served up to the Anglo-American audiences of the period. Roberto Gavaldón, an icon of Mexican cinema, was perhaps the first Mexican director hired to lead an American crew outside the United States. Gavaldón would go on to make one more English-language feature, The Littlest Outlaw (1955), before returning fully to Mexican cinema. His film Macario, another work shot at Estudios Churubusco, would compete at Cannes in 1960 alongside La Dolce Vita and earn a nomination for Best Foreign Language Film at that year's Academy Awards.—Noah Brockman DCP. Production: Bryan Foy Productions. Distribution: Eagle-Lion Films. Producers: Bryan Foy, Leonard S. Picker. Director: Roberto Gavaldón. Screenwriters:

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Part of the 2026 UCLA Festival of Preservation. Free admission. No advance reservations. Ticketing is on a first come, first served basis. Seats will not be assigned. Si muero antes de despertar (If I Should Die Before I Wake) Year: 1952 Country: Argentina Language: Spanish with English subtitles. Runtime: 72 min. Digital. B&W. A complex father-son relationship is at the center of this Argentine film noir directed by Carlos Hugo Christensen. Originally meant to be included in a noir trilogy with No abras nunca esa puerta (Never Open That Door, 1952), previously restored by UCLA, the Grimm’s fairy-tale-like Si muero antes de despertar was instead released as a stand-alone feature. In this suspenseful adaptation of a Cornell Woolrich short story, the disappearance of several young girls, presumed to be victims of a sexual maniac, has the local population on edge. Police inspector Santana (Floren Delbene, a popular leading man in Argentina through the 1950s) is stymied by a lack of clues, while his wife (Blanca del Prado) simply says, “Those monsters ... They should leave them to us mothers.” Unknown to either parent, their obstreperous son, Lucho (Néstor Zavarce, who for an earlier Christensen film had earned the title of a “Child Prodigy of Venezuelan Cinema”), has vowed to keep a secret that might be of vital importance. Plagued by guilt, Lucho suffers through a feverish nightmare, courtesy of production designer Gori Muñoz, as surreal as the one concocted by Salvador Dalí in Hitchcock’s Spellbound (1945). The climax of the film, eerily lit by cinematographer Pablo Tabernero (a German émigré), with aspects too strong for North American censors, is nothing short of terrifying and was likely responsible for many sleepless Argentine nights. Archivist Fernando Martin Peña, responsible for finding the original complete version of Metropolis (1927), has championed Argentine films for decades. In 1969, a large fire destroyed most of the country’s nitrate negatives, and it is hoped that a cinematheque can be built to house their remaining treasures. We have Peña, our collaborators at the Film Noir Foundation and Eddie Muller to thank for this restoration made from scant surviving materials nearly lost to decomposition.—Miki Shannon DCP. Production: San Miguel Studios. Distribution: San Miguel Studios. Director: Carlos Hugo Christensen. Writer: Alejandro Casona. Adapted from a short story by Cornell Woolrich. Cinematographer: Pablo Tabernero. With: Néstor Zavarce, Blanca del Prado, Floren Delbene, Homero Cárpena. Restoration funding provided by the Film Noir Foundation and Eddie Muller. Restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive from a 35mm acetate composite print. Laboratory services by Roundabout Entertainment, Inc, Audio Mechanics, Simon Daniel Sound. Special thanks to Argentina Sono Film, Luis Scalella; Malba Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires; Fernando Martin Peña.

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Part of the 2026 UCLA Festival of Preservation. Free admission. No advance reservations. Ticketing is on a first come, first served basis. Seats will not be assigned. Introduction by animation historian Jerry Beck and Senior Film Preservationist Miki Shannon. Screening 1 of 3 Way Back When a Triangle Had Its Points Year: 1940 Country: U.S. Runtime: 8 min. Digital. B&W.  West Coast Premiere of New Restoration Way Back When a Triangle Had Its Points was the first of 12 in Fleischer Studios’ Stone Age cartoons. It features a fabulous Betty Boop-style, Stone Age working girl on the hunt for a typist job. Paramount Pictures announced the series in the Miami News in June 1939, saying, “it will be based on the absurdity of modern life and modern inventions.” A rock-solid attempt, it wasn’t quite the smash the studio was looking for. However, Dan Gordon, one of the Fleischer animators on the project, later joined Hanna-Barbera and was a key creator of The Flintstones.—Jackie Forsyte DCP. Production: Fleischer Studios. Distribution: Paramount Pictures. Director: Dave Fleischer. Animation: David Tendlar, Thomas Golden. Writer: William Turner. Restoration funding provided by ASIFA-Hollywood. Restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive from 35mm nitrate original picture and track negatives. Laboratory services by Roundabout Entertainment, Inc., Audio Mechanics. Special thanks to Paramount Pictures Archive. Screening 2 of 3 The Nutty Network Year: 1939 Country: U.S. Runtime: 6 min. Digital. Color. World Premiere of New Restoration Just a year earlier, the 1938 radio broadcast of H. G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds stunned the public, convincing many that Martians were invading Earth. Terrytoons’ The Nutty Network cleverly spoofs the radio play, transforming public anxiety into slapstick comedy. The short exemplifies animation’s ability to respond quickly to contemporary culture with a playful critique of mass communication at a time when radio dominated American media. Although Terrytoons adopted Technicolor later than other studios, this short’s vibrant use of color showcases the expressive power of the technology, even in humorous satire.—Jackie Forsyte DCP. Production: Terrytoons. Distribution: 20th Century Fox. Producer: Paul Terry. Director: Mannie Davis. Writer: John Foster. Restoration funding provided by ASIFA-Hollywood. Restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive from 35mm nitrate successive exposure positive, acetate track negative and track positive. Laboratory services by Roundabout Entertainment, Inc., Audio Mechanics. Special thanks to Paramount Pictures Archive. Screening 3 of 3 Merrily We Live Year: 1938 Country: U.S. Runtime: 95 min. Digital. B&W. World Premiere of New Restoration Debuting near the end of the screwball comedy trend, Merrily We Live is one of the zaniest. When novelist and ladies’ man Wade Rawlins’ (Brian Aherne) car breaks down he seeks help at a mansion inhabited by a family of eccentrics. Mistaken for a tramp by the well-meaning matron of the house, Mrs. Kilbourne (Billie Burke), Rawlins finds himself hired as the family chauffeur. His protests fall on deaf ears, and the handsome young man soon becomes embroiled in romantic encounters and family crises. Throw in a large white rabbit, reproducing goldfish, a raucous parrot and two rambunctious Great Danes, and you have another hit from Hal Roach Studios, “Laugh Factory to the World.” Based on the 1924 novel The Dark Chapter: A Comedy of Class Distinctions and often compared to My Man Godfrey (1936), this spoof of social conventions never takes itself seriously; as one reviewer wrote, “Insanity runs rampant!” Roach, director Norman Z. McLeod and cast members Burke, Constance Bennett and Alan Mowbray from the hit Topper (1937) team up once again and, as a poster proclaimed, Merrily We Live “tops Topper by a hundred howls!” Best known for short comedies starring Laurel and Hardy and the Our Gang kids, Hal Roach Studios earned accolades when this film was nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Burke, Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, Best Music, Original Song, and won for Best Sound Recording. Roach would further prove his prowess the next year, receiving critical acclaim for Of Mice and Men (1939). Cinematographer Norbert Brodine and art director Charles Hall give the film a stunning look with depth of focus, shades of gray and an overall visual style not often seen in a comedic production. And we’d all like to know how many takes were needed to film the opening ensemble song!—Miki Shannon DCP. Production: Hal Roach Studios. Distribution: MGM. Producer: Milton H. Bren. Director: Norman Z. McLeod. Screenwriters: Eddie Moran, Jack Jevne, E. J. Roth. Cinematographer: Norbert Brodine. With: Constance Bennett, Brian Aherne, Alan Mowbray, Billie Burke, Patsy Kelly. Restoration funding provided by the Century Arts Foundation. Restored by the UCLA Film & Television Arch

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Part of the 2026 UCLA Festival of Preservation. Free admission. No advance reservations. Ticketing is on a first come, first served basis. Seats will not be assigned. Introduction by Head of Preservation Jillian Borders. The Magnificent Matador Year: 1955 Country: U.S. Language: English Runtime: 95 min. Digital. Color. World Theatrical Premiere of New Restoration Trained as a matador in Mexico, director Budd Boetticher frequently returned to the topic of bullfighting in his films, from his start in Hollywood as a technical advisor on Rouben Mamoulian’s Blood and Sand (1941) to his first major film, The Bullfighter and the Lady (1951). Unsatisfied with the final editing of that film, Boetticher revisited his toreador past with The Magnificent Matador. In Boetticher’s words, “the story … isn’t just bulls. It’s really a love drama about a man on top who falters through fear, and an American woman who restores his faith in himself.” Mexican-born star Anthony Quinn was a natural to play “El Numero Uno,” having prior experience portraying matadors in Blood and Sand and The Brave Bulls (1951). Maureen O’Hara plays opposite him as his wealthy pursuer who becomes a possible means to his redemption. Acclaimed cinematographer Lucien Ballard (The Wild Bunch, 1969) brought his well-trained eye to the striking vistas and big action in the ring. Filming entirely on location, Ballard utilized the large CinemaScope format in its full width to capture Mexico’s countryside, bustling Mexico City and its giant arena in vibrant Eastmancolor. Legends of Mexican bullfighting are featured in the corrida, including Jesús “Chucho” Solórzano, Antonio Velásquez and Jorge “El Ranchero” Aguilar. Action sequences were staged to avoid any gore (to man or bull) to satisfy the Production Code, with ballet-like choreography and masterful passes that Variety called “some of the best bullfight scenes yet captured on film.” Prominent matador Carlos Arruza offered technical advice as well as the shooting location of Pastejé, his bull-breeding ranch. Boetticher would later direct the documentary Arruza (1971), narrated by Quinn, chronicling the matador’s life and tragic death.—Jillian Borders DCP. Production: National Pictures Corporation. Distribution: 20th Century-Fox. Producer: Edward L. Alperson. Director: Budd Boetticher. Screenwriter: Charles Lang. Based on a story by Budd Boetticher. Cinematographer: Lucien Ballard. With: Maureen O’Hara, Anthony Quinn, Manuel Rojas, Richard Denning. Restoration funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation. Restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive and The Film Foundation from the 35mm color separation master positives and a 35mm Cinemascope print. Laboratory services by Roundabout Entertainment, Inc., FotoKem, Audio Mechanics, DJ Audio, Inc. Special thanks to George Eastman Museum, Ignite Films.

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Part of the 2026 UCLA Festival of Preservation. Free admission. No advance reservations. Ticketing is on a first come, first served basis. Seats will not be assigned. Introduction by Associate Motion Picture Curator Steven K. Hill. Screening 1 of 4 Hearst Metrotone News: “Famous Wind-jammer Wrecked on British Coast” Year: 1936 Country: U.S. Language: English Runtime: 30 sec. Digital. Screening 2 of 4 Hearst Metrotone News: “U.S. Ambassador Has John Bull All Excited” Year: 1938 Country: U.S. Language: English Runtime: 1 min. Digital. Screening 3 of 4 Hearst Metrotone News: “??Town Criers’ Championship” Year: 1953 Country: U.S. Language: English Runtime: 1 min. Digital. Screening 4 of 4 Lorna Doone Year: 1922 Country: U.S. Language: English Runtime: 81 min. Digital. B&W and tinted/toned. Silent. World Premiere of New Restoration French-born director Maurice Tourneur’s adaptation of R. D. Blackmore’s 19th-century novel Lorna Doone offered audiences a romantic drama of love and revenge set amid the picturesque landscapes of Exmoor in southwest England. Influenced by his background in painting and illustration, Tourneur approached filmmaking with a pronounced sensitivity for pictorial design, treating the frame as a carefully organized visual field that could convey mood and meaning. After moving to the United States in 1914, he firmly established his reputation through works such as The Wishing Ring (1914), The Poor Little Rich Girl (1917), The Blue Bird (1918) and The Last of the Mohicans (1920), all admired for their visual sophistication and cinematic storytelling. Lorna Doone is supported by a cast aligned with Tourneur’s preference for naturalistic, non-theatrical performances. Madge Bellamy’s spirited portrayal of Lorna proved to be one of the defining roles of her career and showcased her distinctive, luminous presence, earning her the nickname “the exquisite Madge.” She would later star in the John Ford epic The Iron Horse (1924) and the cult-classic White Zombie (1932), the latter of which has been restored by UCLA. John Bowers, one of the top leading men in early 1920s Hollywood, imbues the hero John Ridd with a quiet physicality and sincerity. Anchoring the drama are strong supporting turns by Frank Keenan as the fallen-nobleman-turned-outlaw Sir Ensor Doone, and Donald MacDonald as the brutal Carver Doone, whose menacing physique and explosive intensity lend weight to the film’s central conflict. While much of the production was shot at the Thomas H. Ince Studio in Culver City (reportedly with four cameras, instead of the customary two), Tourneur supplemented the studio-bound sets with outdoor location photography to heighten the film’s sense of authenticity. A critical success when released, Lorna Doone remains one of the most visually and dramatically accomplished American silent films of the early 1920s.—Steven K. Hill. DCP. Production: Thomas H. Ince Corp. Distribution: Associated First National Pictures. Producer/Director: Maurice Tourneur. Screenwriters: Katherine Reed, Cecil G. Mumford, Wyndham Gittens. Based on the novel by R. D. Blackmore. Cinematographer: Henry Sharp. With: Madge Bellamy, John Bowers, Frank Keenan, Donald MacDonald, May Giracci. Restoration funded by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation. Restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive and The Film Foundation from a 35mm dupe picture negative, 35mm nitrate fine grain sections and 16mm prints. Laboratory services by Roundabout Entertainment, Inc., FotoKem. Special thanks to Academy Film Archive, Kevin Brownlow, Dan Bursik, Jere Guldin, National Film Preservation Foundation.

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Part of the 2026 UCLA Festival of Preservation. Free admission. No advance reservations. Ticketing is on a first come, first served basis. Seats will not be assigned. Introduction by UCLA Distinguished Professor Chon Noriega, School of Theater, Film and Television, and Processing Conservator Yesenia Perez. Co-presented by the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center. World Premiere of New Preservations In his piece Destructivism: A Manifesto (1962), artist and filmmaker Raphael Montañez Ortiz states: “The art that utilizes the destructive processes will purge, for as it gives death, so it will give to life.” A key figure in the Destruction in Art movement of the 1960s, Ortiz is best known for his object-based work and performance art, most notably his piano destruction concerts. However, his expansive oeuvre of time-based media art also merits revisiting. Ortiz experimented with film starting in the late 1950s, creating found-footage films that deconstruct/reconstruct conventional Hollywood, newsreel and instructional films as a means of combating the xenophobia, classism and repression manifested within them. Decades later, Ortiz revisited this practice of partition and random reassembly; 1984 to 1997 was a fruitful period resulting in over 50 works Ortiz termed “computer-laser-videos.” The rise of consumer video formats and new technologies brought renewed opportunities for deconstruction — this time, in a realm that merged analog and digital. These videos were made by using films on laserdiscs (mainly titles from the 1930s to 1940s), selecting segments ranging from one to 10 seconds, editing and distorting clips via computer, and using joysticks to move footage back and forth at various speeds. Once it was finalized, Ortiz would transfer the footage to 3/4 in. videotape. This practice resulted in a new visual landscape of disjointed movement that was further heightened by the use of a wave-form generator to alter sound, creating a cacophony of words, music and disembodied noises. In expanding the length of these clips, Ortiz dissects and scrutinizes the whiteness, hegemony and gendered behaviors presented on-screen, reconstructing them as satire, performativity and artifice. These four selected works are Ortiz’s final computer-laser-videos, marking a significant point in his career as an interdisciplinary artist and pioneer of the Destructivism movement.—Yesenia Perez Screening 1 of 4 That's Too Much Year: 1996 Country: U.S. Language: Swedish with English subtitles Runtime: 6 min. Digital. B&W. DCP. Director: Raphael Montañez Ortiz. Source: Dollar (1938), directed by Gustaf Molander. Preservation funding provided by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Digitally preserved by the UCLA Film & Television Archive and UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center from the director’s Betacam master. Laboratory services by The MediaPreserve. Special thanks to Raphael Montañez Ortiz, Chon Noriega. Screening 2 of 4 Ring Ring Ragtime Year: 1996 Country: U.S. Language: Italian with English subtitles Runtime: 12 min. Digital. B&W and color. DCP. Director: Raphael Montañez Ortiz. Sources: unidentified Italian film, undated footage from the Olympics. Preservation funding provided by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Digitally preserved by the UCLA Film & Television Archive and UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center from the director’s Betacam master. Laboratory services by The MediaPreserve. Special thanks to Raphael Montañez Ortiz, Chon Noriega. Screening 3 of 4 Busy Bodies Year: 1997 Country: U.S. Runtime: 9 min. Digital. B&W and color. DCP. Director: Raphael Montañez Ortiz. Sources: A Night at the Opera (1935), directed by Sam Wood; Gone With the Wind (1939), directed by Victor Fleming. Preservation funding provided by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Digitally preserved by the UCLA Film & Television Archive and UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center from the director’s Betacam SP master. Laboratory services by The MediaPreserve. Special thanks to Raphael Montañez Ortiz, Chon Noriega. Screening 4 of 4 It's Coming Up Year: 1997 Country: U.S. Runtime: 5 min. Digital. B&W and color. DCP. Director: Raphael Montañez Ortiz. Sources: unidentified exercise video, c. 1930s; The Bride of Frankenstein (1935), directed by James Whale; unidentified footage of a volcano eruption. Preservation funding provided by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Digitally preserved by the UCLA Film & Television Archive and UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center from the director’s Betacam SP master. Laboratory services by the UCLA Film & Television Archive. Special thanks to Raphael Montañez Ortiz, Chon Noriega.

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Part of the 2026 UCLA Festival of Preservation. Free admission. No advance reservations. Ticketing is on a first come, first served basis. The box office will open 30 minutes before the screening. Seats will not be assigned. Introduction by Film Preservationist Brian Belak. Screening 1 of 2 Doctor Cupid Year: 1911 Country: U.S. Runtime: 14 min. 35mm. B&W and tinted. Silent. World Premiere of New Restoration Alice Linton and poet Percy Primrose (Carlyle Blackwell) are in love, against her father’s (John Bunny) wishes. When Alice falls ill with grief over the forbidden relationship, Percy disguises himself as “Doctor Cupid” to trick Alice’s father into approving the marriage. Celebrated stage actor and comedian John Bunny starred in over 150 short films for the Vitagraph Company, often paired with Flora Finch in a series of “Bunnyfinch” comedies, from 1910 to his untimely death in 1915. Despite Bunny’s popularity, only a portion of his work survives.—Brian Belak Production: Vitagraph Company of America. With: John Bunny, Carlyle Blackwell. Preservation funding provided by Louis B. Mayer Foundation. Preserved by the UCLA Film & Television Archive from a 35mm tinted nitrate print. Laboratory services by the PHI Stoa Film Lab. Special thanks to the Irish Film Institute. Screening 2 of 2 Trailin' Year: 1921 Country: U.S. Runtime: 56 min. 35mm. B&W and tinted. Silent. Los Angeles Premiere of New Restoration In the early decades of American cinema, few figures loomed as large, or rode as boldly across the silver screen, as Tom Mix. As an actor, the former frontier lawman and Wild West show performer brought genuine horsemanship and the ability to do his own stunts to his film roles. He also cultivated an instantly recognizable identity punctuated by a white 10-gallon Stetson, ornate costumes and a confident grin, establishing a colorful vision of the American cowboy that captivated audiences throughout the 1920s. This persona reflected both the mythologizing of the Old West and the desires of a modern, urban audience seeking escapism in the aftermath of World War I. Based on the Max Brand novel, the mystery-melodrama Trailin’ was helmed by Mix’s favorite director, Lynn Reynolds, and co-starred Eva Novak in one of her 10 feature film appearances opposite Mix. Novak was a popular actor in her own right, appearing in 48 films from 1921 to 1928, and reportedly learned to perform many of her own stunts from Mix himself. In order to play the wealthy young hero Anthony Woodbury, Mix shed his familiar flamboyant Western regalia in favor of the refined garments of an aristocrat-in-training. Dissatisfied with his privileged position in life, Anthony longs to discover the identity of his mother — a secret that his father refuses to reveal. When his father is killed in a mysterious duel, Anthony embarks on a quest for justice and self-discovery, confronting danger, intrigue and the charms of the spirited Sally Fortune (Novak). As expected, the film performed well at the box office, and contemporary reviews were generally enthusiastic. Wid’s Filmdom hailed it as “a different Tom Mix and a different Mix picture,” while Moving Picture World declared, “Mix at his best. A splendid Western that has the thrills and plenty of action.”—Steven K. Hill Production: Fox Film Corp. Director: Lynn F. Reynolds. Screenwriter: Lynn F. Reynolds. Based on the novel by Max Brand. With: Tom Mix, Eva Novak, J. Farrell MacDonald, Sid Jordan. Preservation funding provided by the National Film Preservation Foundation. Preserved by the UCLA Film & Television Archive from a 35mm nitrate print. Laboratory services by the PHI Stoa Film Lab.

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Part of the 2026 UCLA Festival of Preservation. Free admission. No advance reservations. Ticketing is on a first come, first served basis. Seats will not be assigned. Introduction by Archive Research and Study Center Officer Maya Montañez Smukler. Lela Swift began her career in television during the early 1940s as an assistant to the chief television engineer at CBS, where she was at the forefront of an evolving broadcast industry. By 1945, she had moved into production as a writer and studio assistant floor manager, and in 1950, she was promoted to director. During a decades-long career, Swift directed a variety of genres, including early 1950s television anthologies such as CBS’ prestigious Studio One, ABC’s Wide World of Mystery and NBC’s Purex Specials for Women, and won three Emmy Awards for directing the daytime series Ryan’s Hope. Swift’s prolific creative output traces television’s history of innovation, imagination and changing audience taste.—Maya Montañez Smukler Screening 1 of 2 The Web: “Time For Hate” Year: 1953 Country: U.S. Language: English Runtime: 30 min. Digital. B&W. World Premiere of New Preservation With original commercials As a pioneering staff director at CBS Television in New York, Lela Swift helmed episodes of the live anthology mystery The Web on alternating weeks, trading duties with series producer Herbert Hirschman. In this Swift-directed installment, a mysterious man (John Baragrey) seemingly returns from the dead to upend the lives of a domineering mother (Jessie Royce Landis) and her tormented daughter (Marian Russell). Punctuated by close-ups and a gently foreboding atmosphere, this early effort by Swift anticipates her later innovative work directing hundreds of episodes of the cult-classic gothic soap opera Dark Shadows (1966–71).—Mark Quigley DCP. CBS. Production: A Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Production in association with the CBS Television Network. Producer: Herbert Hirschman. Director: Lela Swift. Writer: Art Wallace. With: Jessie Royce Landis, John Baragrey, Marian Russell. Preservation funding provided by the John H. Mitchell Television Preservation Endowment. Digitally preserved by the UCLA Film & Television Archive from a 16mm kinescope. Laboratory services by Endpoint Audio Labs. Screening 2 of 2 Justice: “House of Hatred” Year: 1955 Country: U.S. Runtime: 30 min. Digital. B&W. World Premiere of New Preservation Produced live, this Dragnet-style series explored social justice cases adapted from the files of the Legal Aid Society of New York City. Lela Swift directs this tense installment starring Gary Merrill (All About Eve, 1950) as an earnest lawyer attempting to help an innocent family being unfairly persecuted following the murder conviction of their son. At a time when the Hollywood Blacklist dictated many hiring practices in the film and television industry, the episode, written by Anne Howard Bailey (The Adams Chronicles, 1976), boldly examines the immorality of “guilt by association” and prejudice.—Mark Quigley DCP. NBC. Production: Talent Associates-John Rust Production. Producer: David Susskind. Director: Lela Swift. Writer: Anne Howard Bailey. With: Gary Merrill, Glenda Farrell, Frank McHugh. Preservation funding provided by the John H. Mitchell Television Preservation Endowment. Digitally preserved by the UCLA Film & Television Archive from a 16mm kinescope. Laboratory services by Endpoint Audio Labs.

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Part of the 2026 UCLA Festival of Preservation. Free admission. No advance reservations. Ticketing is on a first come, first served basis. Seats will not be assigned. Introduction by producer-director José Luis Ruiz and John H. Mitchell Television Curator Mark Quigley. Special thanks to our community partner: UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center The Unwanted Year: 1975 Country: U.S. Language: English Runtime: 50 min. Digital. Color. World Premiere of New Restoration “They come in search of the American Dream, only to find they have become the unwanted,” begins this groundbreaking television documentary on the troubles faced by Latino immigrants in the United States. Amid calls for broader governmental reform of the immigration process, the film focuses on human roles in the everyday drama, casting immigrants’ plight as powerless political pawns in a game that exploits undocumented migrants’ labor while criminalizing them at the same time. As Pablo, Gabriel and Yolanda Lopez and the Garcia family seek to improve their livelihood in a new country, away from economic troubles at home, they face repeated profiling, raids and deportation by border patrol and immigration enforcement officers, creating a revolving door of frustration for all involved. Producer-director José Luis Ruiz produced programs for KABC, KNBC and KCET throughout the 1970s, establishing a Latino presence in film and television, and was later executive director of the National Latino Communications Center (NLCC) and a founding board member of the National Association of Latino Arts and Culture (NALAC). Writer Frank del Olmo was the first Latino listed on the masthead of the Los Angeles Times, where he worked as a reporter for decades covering issues of illegal immigration and the Latino community, earning a Pulitzer Prize in 1984. The Unwanted won an award for Current Affairs Special at the 1975 Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards after its primetime airing on KNBC Channel 4. Praised at the time by the Los Angeles Times for the choice to “minimize statistics, to humanize stereotypes,” the documentary and the discussion around who gets the privilege to be American is as relevant as ever 50 years later, as immigration policy remains hotly debated and deportations continue. This revolving door has yet to stop spinning.—Brian Belak DCP. KNBC. Producer: José Luis Ruiz. Director: José Luis Ruiz. Writer: Frank del Olmo. Cinematographer: Larry Mitchell. With: Barry Newman. Restoration funding provided by the John H. Mitchell Television Preservation Endowment. Restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive from multiple 16mm reversal prints, a 16mm work print and a 35/32mm track negative. Laboratory services by Prasad Corp. and Endpoint Audio Labs. Special thanks to José Luis Ruiz.

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Part of the 2026 UCLA Festival of Preservation. Free admission. No advance reservations. Ticketing is on a first come, first served basis. Seats will not be assigned. Introduction by Research and Public Access Coordinator Nicole Ucedo. California glows on- and off-screen as our warm home and the dreamy backdrop to countless Hollywood and independent films from the 20th century. The Archive is honored to house and restore hundreds of productions set in California, including UCLA student work, news programs and home movies. This program features short films and excerpts filmed by and about Californians around the Golden State from the 1920s to the 1990s.—Nicole Ucedo Screening 1 of 10 California Scenics Presents Hollywood (excerpt) Year: circa 1920s Country: U.S. Runtime: 10 min. Digital. Tinted. Silent. Take a trip through Hollywood in this travelogue from the latter half of the 1920s. Documenting architectural relics, some still standing, some gone, the footage guides us through Los Angeles history at the height of the studio system. Featuring the Carthay Circle Theatre, Mary Helen Tea Room, Hollywood Storage Company Building and other historic sites. DCP. Digitally preserved by the UCLA Film & Television Archive from a 16mm print in The Packard Humanities Institute Collection at the Archive. Laboratory services by the UCLA Film & Television Archive. Special thanks to The Packard Humanities Institute. Screening 2 of 10 A Southland Scenic: “Fairyland Trails” Year: circa 1920s Country: U.S. Runtime: 9 min. 35mm. B&W and tinted. Silent. The “Switzerland of California,” as the film phrases it, Clear Lake and its surrounding parks and towns were the ideal vacation location for the San Franciscan family of the 1950s. In this travelogue we cruise through Northern California’s redwoods, lakes and clear skies. The magical allure of California is captured in these images, many of the natural phenomena still existing today. Production: Richard P. Young Studios. Preserved by the UCLA Film & Television Archive from a 35mm nitrate print. Laboratory services by Film Technology Company, Inc. Screening 3 of 10 Sylvia Ashley’s Home Movies (excerpt) Year: 1937–1939 Country: U.S. Runtime: 3 min. Digital. Color. Silent. The Lauretta Edlund Home Movies collection was donated to the UCLA Film & Television Archive by Lauretta Edlund. Her aunt, the 1930s socialite Sylvia Ashley, was married five times, one of them to Douglas Fairbanks Sr. The home footage was taken during their married years. Compiled out of chronological order, the 16mm film documents the couple lounging poolside with friends at their Pacific Coast Highway home as well as some travel footage. A brief scene shows Fairbanks walking on a hillside within the Edmund Goulding estate in Palm Springs. Guests to the Fairbanks home included Charlie Chaplin, Gloria Swanson, Fay Wray and many others. DCP. Director: Sylvia Ashley and friends. Digitally preserved by the UCLA Film & Television Archive from a 16mm original picture reversal. Laboratory services by the UCLA Film & Television Archive. Special thanks to Lauretta Edlund and Kerry Edlund Morris. Screening 4 of 10 Hearst Metrotone News: “California Gets Famed Estate” Year: 1957 Country: U.S. Language: English Runtime: 1 min. Digital. B&W. Hearst Corporation founder William Randolph Hearst’s palatial castle in San Simeon opens up to tourism after his passing. DCP. Screening 5 of 10 Hearst Metrotone News: “Rocket Town U.S.A.!” Year: 1948 Country: U.S. Language: English Runtime: 2 min. Digital. B&W. A small town near Death Valley, dedicated to the research and production of rockets, gets its news camera close-up. DCP. Screening 6 of 10 Popular Science: “Frozen TV Dinners; Mechanical Brain at UCLA (The World’s First Mechanical Computer); The Flying Wing Northrop Jet” (excerpt) Year: 1947 Country: U.S. Language: English Runtime: 4 min. Digital. Color. This segment of Popular Science shows campus life at UCLA in 1947 as students lounge outdoors while studying an early computer design. Two decades later on this same campus, another group of students and faculty would launch the first messages sent via the internet. DCP. Production: Paramount Pictures. Writer: George Brandt. Digitally restored by The Packard Humanities Institute from an original nitrate 35mm print at the PHI Stoa Film Lab. Screening 7 of 10 Ifé Year: 1993 Country: U.S. Language: English Runtime: 5 min. Digital. B&W. West Coast Premiere of New Restoration Ifé is an ode to the city of San Francisco in the 1990s as well as to the women in the narrator, Ifé’s, life. Ifé cruises around San Francisco in her car, admiring the city, her new home. Through a relaxed, diaristic monologue, Ifé pays tribute to the freedom and joy the city offered for queer life in the ’90s. DCP. Distribution: Frameline. Director/Screenwriter: H. Len Keller. With: Celine Allouchery, Nsomeka Gomes. Restoration funding provided by Rachael Reiley and the UCLA

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Part of the 2026 UCLA Festival of Preservation. Free admission. No advance reservations. Ticketing is on a first come, first served basis. Seats will not be assigned. Introduction by Archive Director May Hong HaDuong and television writer-producer and author David Stenn. Screening 1 of 4 Hearst Metrotone News: “The Wellesley Crew!” Year: 1947 Country: U.S. Language: English Runtime: 1 min. Digital. B&W. Screening 2 of 4 Hearst Metrotone News: “Wellesley Girls Crew Race” (excerpt) Year: 1957 Country: U.S. Runtime: 30 sec. Digital. B&W. Silent. Screening 3 of 4 Hearst Metrotone News: “Water Skiing In Mountain Resorts, Lake Arrowhead, Calif.” (excerpt) Year: 1936 Country: U.S. Language: English Runtime: 1 min. Digital. B&W. Screening 4 of 4 Eight Girls in a Boat Year: 1934 Country: U.S. Language: English Runtime: 85 min. Digital. B&W. World Premiere of New Restoration At an all-girls school in Switzerland, Christa Storm (Dorothy Wilson) is a star pupil and stroke seat on the rowing team, but her clandestine affair with young chemist David Perrin (Douglass Montgomery) from another college leads her into trouble when she discovers she’s pregnant. As Christa’s attention in school slips, she incurs the discipline of the team’s steely coach, Hannah (Kay Johnson), who removes her from the boat and threatens expulsion. Worse, Christa’s businessman father (Walter Connelly) objects to marriage between Christa and David over concerns that David’s studies doom him to a life of poverty. How will Christa and her coming baby keep an even keel through all this choppy water? This pre-Code film was a remake of a 1932 German original (Acht Mädels im Boot) and billed as “America’s daring reply to Mädchen in Uniform (1931).” Paramount’s advertising played up the salacious suggestion of a female-only school where men are forbidden. Most of the cast members were selected through a nationwide beauty contest aimed at filling out the ensemble with new faces to Hollywood, including Jean Rogers of Flash Gordon (1936). Silent film star Peggy-Jean “Baby Peggy” Montgomery (also known as Diana Serra Cary), now a teenager, appears as one of the students. Mostly filmed on location at Lake Arrowhead in the San Bernardino Mountains, Eight Girls in a Boat shines during its rowing scenes as sunlight dapples on the water. The New York Times praised director Richard Wallace’s “considerable delicacy and tact” around the illicit motherhood theme and Dorothy Wilson’s “genuinely and shyly touching” portrayal of “the girl’s loneliness, her sense of ostracism and shame.” Wilson, known for being cast as the lead in The Age of Consent (1932) while working as a secretary at RKO, eventually married Eight Girls screenwriter Lewis R. Foster and largely retired from film roles just a few years later.—Brian Belak Production: Charles R. Rogers Productions, Inc. Distribution: Paramount Pictures. Producer: Charles R. Rogers. Director: Richard Wallace. Screenwriters: Helmut Brandis, Lewis R. Foster, Casey Robinson. Cinematographer: Gilbert Warrenton. With: Dorothy Wilson, Douglass Montgomery, Kay Johnson, Walter Connelly, Peggy-Jean “Baby Peggy” Montgomery. Restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive and The Packard Humanities Institute from the 35mm original nitrate picture negative, acetate composite fine grain positive and nitrate print. Laboratory services by The PHI Stoa Film Lab, Audio Mechanics, Simon Daniel Sound. Special thanks to the Library of Congress, NBCUniversal, David Stenn.

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Part of the 2026 UCLA Festival of Preservation. Free admission. No advance reservations. Ticketing is on a first come, first served basis. Seats will not be assigned. Screening 1 of 5 Hearst Metrotone News: “Now They're Mr. and Mrs. Dick Powell” Year: 1936 Country: U.S. Language: English Runtime: 30 sec. Digital. B&W. Screening 2 of 5 Hearst Metrotone News: “That ‘New Look’ In Men's Hats!” Year: 1948 Country: U.S. Runtime: 1 min. Digital. B&W. Silent. Screening 3 of 5 Hearst Metrotone News: “Those He-Men Are Here Again!” Year: 1948 Country: U.S. Runtime: 30 sec. Digital. B&W. Silent. Screening 4 of 5 Hearst Metrotone News: “Police Test TV — Cops Play Robbers” Year: 1954 Country: U.S. Language: English Runtime: 1 min 30 sec. Digital. B&W. Screening 5 of 5 Pitfall Year: 1948 Country: U.S. Language: English Runtime: 86 min. Digital. B&W. World Premiere of New Restoration Described as “tight, swift and sexy” by the Los Angeles Daily News, Jay Dratler’s 1947 novel The Pitfall was a perfect vehicle for Hungarian émigré and hard-hitting genre director André de Toth. Despite jettisoning the novel’s more salacious moments due to Hays Code restrictions, screenwriter Karl Kamb and an uncredited William Bowers perfectly capture the trappings of infidelity, larceny and obsession, played out in sun-drenched post-war Southern California (as opposed to the rainy back alleys typical of the noir genre). The Regal Films production was shot at General Service Studios in Hollywood by longtime RKO cinematographer and frequent noir contributor Harry J. Wild. Iconic Los Angeles locations such as Santa Monica Bay, the downtown May Co. Building and the Hall of Justice were also utilized. Former Warner Bros. song and dance man Dick Powell had already proven his noir chops as hard-boiled private detective Philip Marlowe in 1944’s Murder, My Sweet, and he is impeccably cast as bored, married insurance man John Forbes, whose life is about to spiral out of control after meeting the alluring Mona Stevens, played by Lizabeth Scott. Raymond Burr had mostly been relegated to bit parts in the nine films he completed in 1948; Pitfall provided a breakout co-starring role, as private investigator J. B. MacDonald, which he plays with subversively kinky malice. Aided by a script that flips the traditional femme fatale archetype, Scott’s luminous portrayal reveals a more textured and sympathetic victim of circumstance, given that her character is the target of three wildly different and problematic men. The New York Times heralded Scott as “provocative, and acting better than she has ever done before,” and the performance is now considered one of her greatest. Despite some of its atypical attributes, Pitfall is a deftly executed meditation on the degeneration of mid-century masculinity, and it stands as one of the great entries in the noir genre.—Todd Wiener Production: Regal Films, Inc. Distribution: United Artists. Producer: Samuel Bischoff. Director: André de Toth. Screenwriter: Karl Kamb. Based on the novel by Jay Dratler. Cinematographer: Harry Wild. With: Dick Powell, Lizabeth Scott, Jane Wyatt, Raymond Burr. Restoration funding provided by the Century Arts Foundation. Restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive from acetate dupe picture negatives and track negatives. Laboratory services by Roundabout Entertainment, Inc., Audio Mechanics.

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Part of the 2026 UCLA Festival of Preservation. Free admission. No advance reservations. Ticketing is on a first come, first served basis. Seats will not be assigned. Introduction by Head of Preservation Jillian Borders. The Other Love Year: 1947 Country: U.S. Language: English Runtime: 99 min. Digital. B&W. World Premiere of New Restoration Based on an unpublished short story by Erich Maria Remarque, The Other Love explores the existential themes of love and death that recur throughout his novels, such as Three Comrades and Arch of Triumph. The plot concerns a concert pianist, Karen Duncan (Barbara Stanwyck), convalescing from tuberculosis in the Alps, who is tempted by a short, adventure-filled life as opposed to the sedate existence in the sanatorium that offers her a chance at a future. She must choose between two lovers: her doctor (David Niven) and an impetuous race car driver (Richard Conte). Director André de Toth, though better known for helming gutsy and tense low-budget Western and film noir projects than for high-fashion “woman’s pictures,” guides his stellar cast, as well as cinematographer Victor Milner and composer Miklós Rózsa, to deliver a moody and melodramatic gem. An early feature from Enterprise Productions, The Other Love was released to significant fanfare with an equally large marketing pitch. The independent production company was founded as an alternative to the vertically integrated major studios, with the egalitarian hope that talent partnerships would yield larger profit participation for all involved. The rollout for The Other Love spared no expense, with months of advance print and radio advertising, extensive promotional tie-ins and a U.S. premiere aboard a DC-6 airliner. Unfortunately, Enterprise’s bloated budgets took a toll, and the studio only lasted three years until its bankruptcy — though not before releasing such classics as Body and Soul (1947), Ramrod (1947) and Force of Evil (1949). After the premiere and preview screenings of The Other Love, the original longer ending was replaced with one deemed more palatable to American audiences for its general U.S. release. This original version, now restored, has not been seen by audiences since the 1940s.—Jillian Borders DCP. Production: Enterprise Productions, Inc. Distribution: United Artists. Producer: David Lewis. Director: André de Toth. Screenwriters: Ladislas Fodor, Harry Brown. Based on a story by Erich Maria Remarque. Cinematographer: Victor Milner. With: Barbara Stanwyck, David Niven, Richard Conte, Gilbert Roland, Joan Lorring. Restoration funding provided by the Century Arts Foundation. Restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive from the 35mm original nitrate picture negative, nitrate fine grain positive and original nitrate track negatives. Laboratory services by Roundabout Entertainment, Inc., Audio Mechanics, Simon Daniel Sound. Special thanks to Paramount Pictures Archive, FotoKem, Deluxe Media Audio Services.

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The Bruin Professionals Annual Golf Tournament brings together business leaders, alumni, and community members for a day of golf, networking, and philanthropy - all in support of the BP Kyra Goldfarb Legacy Scholarship Fund. This scholarship was established to honor Kyra Goldfarb’s legacy by helping deserving students pursue higher education and achieve their academic and professional goals. Every sponsorship, registration, and donation directly contributes to expanding educational opportunities for students who might not otherwise have access to them. Held on June 1, 2026, at Mulholland Hills Country Club in Tarzana, the tournament offers a fun day of golf, community connection, and celebration of the Bruin Professionals network. Participants enjoy a premier golf experience alongside breakfast, lunch, and a cocktail reception, while sponsors gain meaningful visibility and the opportunity to support a cause that invests in the next generation of leaders. Most importantly, the event channels the strength of the Bruin community into something lasting - scholarships that help students build brighter futures. Click the link below to learn more about Kyra Goldfarb and the Kyra Goldfarb Legacy Scholarship Fund! https://www.bruinprofessionals.com/kyra-goldfarb-scholarship-fund

Reception for Senior students that have completed the requirements of the True Bruin Tradition Keeper

The Millennial Leadership course provides practical skills and builds confidence in key leadership areas, including effective delegation, managing former peers, conflict resolution, mitigating impostor syndrome, and navigating ambiguity.

Join the Alumni Scholars Club as we turn the James West Alumni Center into a study space for all students.

Take 20 minutes in your day to enjoy much-needed relaxation and calm. When registering, please enter "UCLA" under "organization." Monthly meditation is led by Michal Rinkevich (MBA '14) who has been practicing healing arts and meditation since 1995 and teaching since 2006.

In June, our book group turns to a work of award-winning fiction. We will discuss "James," by Percival Everett, which won the 2024 National Book Award for Fiction. A brilliant reimagining of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn—both harrowing and satirical—told from the enslaved Jim's point of view. When Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans, separated from his wife and daughter forever, he runs away until he can formulate a plan. Meanwhile, Huck has faked his own death to escape his violent father. As all readers of American literature know, thus begins the dangerous and transcendent journey by raft down the Mississippi River toward the elusive and unreliable promise of the Free States and beyond. Brimming with nuanced humor and lacerating observations that have made Everett a literary icon, this brilliant and tender novel radically illuminates Jim's agency, intelligence, and compassion as never before. James is destined to be a major publishing event and a cornerstone of twenty-first-century American literature. (from GoodReads) Join us for a discussion on Zoom. Newcomers are always welcome.

This workshop providesThis workshop provides an overview on the various forms of academic dishonesty regarding plagiarism. Participants will learn when, where, and why it is important to cite properly. Students will also learn how to avoid plagiarism and the information presented will stress the need to attribute work to the original author and the potential outcomes for plagiarizing. Additionally, paraphrasing, and direct quoting will be discussed. ZOOM. Register through MyEvents on MyUCLA.

A central figure in the literary and cultural spheres of the late nineteenth century, Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) was also the originator of Irish modernism. Still, literary scholarship has largely sidelined his powerful influence over this movement. Regarded by his contemporaries as an outstanding artist, critic, and public intellectual until his imprisonment in 1895, current research on Wilde tends to confine his leading presence within the late Victorian aesthetic and decadent movements. By highlighting this overlooked aspect of Wilde’s legacy, “Oscar Wilde’s Modernist Legacies” will raise critical and theoretical awareness of his influence over modernist innovation not only within the field of literary production but also in related artistic areas in Ireland and beyond.

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2026 UCLA Celebration of Iranian Cinema Please note: Registration does not guarantee entry if the event reaches capacity. Admission is granted on a first come, first served basis. Patrons who have registered will need to obtain their free tickets at the box office, where seating will be assigned. Any seats remaining 15 minutes before showtime will be released to standby patrons. Guest Speaker: Director Abdolreza Kahani (via video). Screening 1 of 2 Abraham Year: 2024 Country: Iran Language: Persian with English subtitles Runtime: 14 min. Digital. Color. Farhang Short Film Festival 2nd prize winner A visually striking story of a small town tragedy, Abraham follows a local policeman who stumbles into a family secret while investigating the murder of a young man whose body is found in a cave outside the city. DCP. Directors/Screenwriters: Elnaz Ghaderpour, Reza Gamini. With: Hamid Pour Azari, Sajad Afsharian, Safoora Khoshtinat. Screening 2 of 2 Mortician Year: 2025 Country: Canada Language: Persian with English subtitles Runtime: 95 min. Digital. Color. Winner of the audience-voted Sean Connery Prize at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, Mortician is set in Canada where a schlubby émigré, Mojtaba (Nima Sadr), performs Islamic ritual washing of the dead as a cultural service of the Iranian government. When he loses his job he wonders how he’ll continue to send money to his family back home until an enigmatic, exiled pop star (Gola), an outspoken opponent of the regime, hires him to help her with one last public protest. The oddest of couples, they find common ground amidst the cold Canadian winter until their secret is exposed in writer-director Abdolreza Kahani’s slow-burn thriller. DCP. Director/Screenwriter: Abdolreza Kahani. With: Nima Sadr, Gola, Pouya Razavi.

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2026 UCLA Celebration of Iranian Cinema Please note: Registration does not guarantee entry if the event reaches capacity. Admission is granted on a first come, first served basis. Patrons who have registered will need to obtain their free tickets at the box office, where seating will be assigned. Any seats remaining 15 minutes before showtime will be released to standby patrons. Screening 1 of 2 Inside Amir Year: 2025 Country: Iran Language: Persian with English subtitles Runtime: 103 min. Digital. Color. After his girlfriend emigrates to Italy with the expectation that he will soon follow, bike messenger Amir (Amirhossein Hosseini) is still neither fully committed to leaving nor fully clear on what the future holds if he stays in Iran. Instead, he spends his in-between days hanging with friends who have themselves settled into a life of drift, playing poker, cooking meals together and biking around the city and country. Nothing ever really happens, which is precisely the point of writer-director Amir Azizi’s warm and loving portrait of a generation that has learned to embrace simple freedoms and pleasures where they can find them in a world where even that can feel like an act of resistance. DCP. Director/Screenwriter: Amir Azizi. With: Amirhossein Hosseini, Hadis Nazari, Nader Pourmahin. Screening 2 of 2 Divine Comedy Year: 2025 Country: Iran Language: Persian with English subtitles Runtime: 98 min. Digital. Color. Iranian writer-director Bahram Ark (Skin, Animal) plays Bahram, an Iranian writer-director who has achieved fame on the international festival circuit but has yet to have one of his films screened in Iran. After his latest is again denied a permit, he and his producer Sadaf (Sadaf Asgari) set out on her moped determined to find a way to get it on screen with the help of a hodgepodge of decidedly eccentric characters. Bahram’s situation is all too familiar to co-writer-director Ali Asgari (Terrestrial Verses) and his regular collaborators here, who use romantic comedy tropes to illuminate the absurdities — and dangers — faced by filmmakers in Iran. DCP. Director: Ali Asgari. Screenwriter: Alireza Khatami, Bahram Ark, Bahman Ark, Ali Asgari. With: Bahram Ark, Sadaf Asgari, Hossein Soleimani.

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True Blue Bruins are making beautiful music in San Diego — and we're showing up to cheer them on! UCLA alumni Dr. Arian Khaefi conducts, and even more Bruins fill the ranks of the La Jolla Symphony & Chorus for their stunning season finale. This is our chance to rally around our own and experience world-class music made by people who bleed blue and gold. The program features Arvo Pärt's serene Berliner Messe, the world premiere of Akari Komura's Nee Commission, and Maurice Duruflé's transcendent Requiem — a powerful journey through reflection and renewal. Sunday, June 7 1 - 4 p.m. Schedule: 1 p.m. Pre-concert lecture by Dr. Khaefi + exclusive Bruin meet & greet 2 p.m. Concert Eight clap for our Bruins on stage — then sit back and let the music move you. Note: Parking info will be sent with your email confirmation directly from LJSC

2026 UCLA Celebration of Iranian Cinema Please note: Registration does not guarantee does not guarantee entry if the event reaches capacity. Admission is granted on a first come, first served basis. Patrons who have registered will need to obtain their free tickets at the box office, where seating will be assigned. Any seats remaining 15 minutes before showtime will be released to standby patrons. Screening 1 of 3 Son Year: 2024 Country: Iran Language: Kurdish with English Subtitles Runtime: 15 min. Digital. Color. Farhang Short Film Festival Audience Choice Award winner In a village in remote Iranian Kurdistan, an old mother waits for her son to return from military service. When he doesn’t arrive as expected, she sets out to find him only to discover a truth about his identity that will change their lives forever. DCP. Director/Screenwriter: Saman Hosseinpuor. With: Maryam Boubani, Kurosh Ahmadi, Kianoosh Farzin. Screening 2 of 3 Between Dreams and Hope Year: 2025 Country: Iran Language: Persian with English Subtitles Runtime: 106 min. Digital. Color. A frequent collaborator with filmmaker Ali Asgari, writer-director Farnoosh Samadi centers the inequity and injustices faced by Iranian women in much of her work. In her second feature behind the camera, Samadi expands her frame to include Azad (Fereshteh Hosseini), a trans man, longing to start his life with his lover Nora (Sadaf Asgari), but who must confront his estranged father before he can. Hosseini and Asgar (another Asgari film regular) deliver deeply affecting performances in a story that is by turns tender and harrowing about the power of love over hate. DCP. Director/Screenwriter: Farnoosh Samadi. With: Fereshteh Hosseini, Sadaf Asgari, Hooman Rahnemoon. Screening 3 of 3 The Great Yawn of History Year: 2024 Country: Iran Language: Persian with English Subtitles Runtime: 93 min Digital. Color. Part adventure story, part mystical allegory, director Aliyar Rasti’s The Great Yawn of History begins with an eccentric job interview. Beitollah (Mohammad Aghebati) drops dollar bills with his contact information around the city, then interviews anyone who calls about their belief system. Answering that he believes in nothing, Shoja (Amirhossein Hosseini) gets the gig: following Beitollah deep into the Iranian desert to find a box of gold coins he saw in a vision. Rasti’s debut feature won the Special Jury Award in the Encounters section of the Berlin International Film Festival for its exploration of faith and greed set against the hardscrabble landscapes of a depopulated rural Iran. DCP. Director/Screenwriter: Aliyar Rasti. With: Mohammad Aghebati, Amirhossein Hosseini, Saber Abar.

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Come join Bruin Alumni and Friends for a fun and relaxing discussion of books. We try to curate a wide variety of genres (all recommended by our own members) to accommodate all tastes and to encourage each other to read something we wouldn't on our own. We would love to have you join us. All are welcome! June: Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid. It is suggested that you please listen to the audio book. Please email bkronbeck@social.rr.com to be added to the waitlist for the South Bay Book Club.

The Millennial Leadership course provides practical skills and builds confidence in key leadership areas, including effective delegation, managing former peers, conflict resolution, mitigating impostor syndrome, and navigating ambiguity.

Save the date for the official celebration of the Class of 2026. Gather your graduating friends and head over to the JWAC to eat, drink, dance, play games, take photos, receive your gift and relish the memories of your time at UCLA. More details to come.

2026 UCLA Celebration of Iranian Cinema Please note: Registration does not guarantee entry if the event reaches capacity. Admission is granted on a first come, first served basis. Patrons who have registered will need to obtain their free tickets at the box office, where seating will be assigned. Any seats remaining 15 minutes before showtime will be released to standby patrons. Screening 1 of 2 Where the Winds Die Year: 2021 Country: Iran Language: Persian with English subtitles Runtime: 13 min. Digital. Color. Farhang Short Film Festival 3rd prize winner A Kurdish city in western Iran, Sardasht was the target of a chemical weapons attack in 1987. Director Pejman Alipour captures the moment the city’s peaceful calm was shattered in this powerful, watercolor-style animated short. DCP. Director/Screenwriter: Pejman Alipour. Screening 2 of 2 Black Rabbit, White Rabbit Year: 2025 Country: Tajikistan/United Arab Emirates Language: Tajik, Persian and Russian with English subtitles Runtime: 139 min. Digital. Color. Tajikistan's submission to the Oscars for Best International Feature Film, Black Rabbit, White Rabbit finds writer-director Shahram Mokri working at the top of his cinematic game. On a film set for the remake of a classic Iranian film, the crew’s armorer worries that a prop gun may not be what it seems and a mysterious young woman arrives to demand an audition. Meanwhile, at a well-appointed villa, a woman recovering from a car accident discovers she may be the target of a murder plot. In Mokri’s inimitable style, long camera takes and elliptical editing blur time and space, visions and reality, history and fiction. DCP. Director: Shahram Mokri. Screenwriters: Shahram Mokri, Nasim Ahmadpour. With: Babak Karimi, Hasti Mohammaï, Kibriyo Dilyobova.

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Join fellow UCLA Alumni San Diego Regional Network for a day of service, connection, and community as we beautify local trails! Promote canyon health while enjoying fresh air and connecting with your community. Volunteers will care for native plants, remove invasive plants, and remove trash/small-debris from restoration areas. **Role:** As stewards of the City Heights Canyons, you can make a lasting impact by coming prepared! We suggest wearing long sleeves, a hat, and bringing a reusable water bottle! (we provide the refills) **Pro Tips:** The address provided is the closest point of access to the trailhead. Please street park, and be respectful of the neighbors- be mindful to not block driveways. Be sure to bring a reusable water bottle and sun protection, a water jug will be available for refills. Recommended attire: long pants and a long sleeve shirt. **Required attire:** Closed-toed shoes. Gloves and tools will be provided. Upon arrival, check in with Canyonlands staff and sign the waiver. The phone number provided is not accessible the day of events, so please contact us with any questions prior to the day of the event. Any potential updates will be posted to our Instagram page @sdcanyonlands.

2026 UCLA Celebration of Iranian Cinema Please note: Registration does not guarantee entry if the event reaches capacity. Admission is granted on a first come, first served basis. Patrons who have registered will need to obtain their free tickets at the box office, where seating will be assigned. Any seats remaining 15 minutes before showtime will be released to standby patrons. In person: curators Arta Barzanji, Hadi Alipanah (via video) Cinema-ye Azad, or Free Cinema, was an underground movement of filmmakers in Iran that began in 1969, with the explicit aim of creating a fully independent cinema opposed to the mainstream “Filmfarsi” in both form and content, methods and ideals. Where the better-known, contemporaneous Iranian New Wave predominantly consisted of foreign-educated, Tehran-based middle-class filmmakers, Cinema-ye Azad consisted of self-taught filmmakers, sharing resources and knowledge with one another to bring the possibility of cultural production to disadvantaged provinces. At its height, Cinema-ye Azad boasted hundreds of active members, a critical magazine and festivals around the country, but the dream was short-lived as the movement ceased activities after the revolution. Its works, however, are being rediscovered thanks to the dedication of curators and archivists in London and Iran. As part of this year's UCLA Celebration of Iranian Cinema, the Archive is pleased to present two screenings highlighting the films of two key Cinema-ye Azad figures, Nasib Nasibi and Behnam Jafari. Program curated by Arta Barzanji and Shaghayegh Raoufi with research and archival support from Hadi Alipanah. Film notes written by Arta Barzanji. Screening 1 of 2 From Isfahan to Abarkooh Year: 1970 Country: Iran Language: Persian with English subtitles Runtime: 23 min. Digital. B&W. A report on historical buildings, legends and traditions along the route from Isfahan to Shiraz, passing through regions including Mahyar, Shahreza, Ziaratgah, Aminabad, and Izadkhast. The film mixes documentary observation with the poetic vision seen in Nasib Nasibi’s later works. DCP. Director: Nasib Nasibi. Screenwriters: Nasib Nasibi, Abbas Nalbandian. With: Bahram Ardabili. Screening 2 of 2 How Frightening Is the Darkness of the Soul! Year: 1972 Country: Iran Language: Persian with English subtitles Runtime: 60 min. Digital. B&W. How Frightening Is the Darkness of the Soul! is an avant-garde film poem about drowning in a world of madness in search of true liberation. It highlights the close connections between literary and theatrical circles and the filmmaker's approach to avant-garde cinema. Initially, the main character attempts to escape the monotony of daily life by immersing herself in a world of madness. The film is a journey through the path she takes. Director: Nasib Nasibi. Screenwriters: Nasib Nasibi, Abbas Nalbandian. With: Mahvash Bargi, Farhad Majd Abadi, Shokooh Najm Abadi.

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2026 UCLA Celebration of Iranian Cinema Please note: Registration does not guarantee entry if the event reaches capacity. Admission is granted on a first come, first served basis. Patrons who have registered will need to obtain their free tickets at the box office, where seating will be assigned. Any seats remaining 15 minutes before showtime will be released to standby patrons. In person: curators Arta Barzanji, Hadi Alipanah (via video). Cinema-ye Azad, or Free Cinema, was an underground movement of filmmakers in Iran that began in 1969, with the explicit aim of creating a fully independent cinema opposed to the mainstream “Filmfarsi” in both form and content, methods and ideals. Where the better-known, contemporaneous Iranian New Wave predominantly consisted of foreign-educated, Tehran-based middle-class filmmakers, Cinema-ye Azad consisted of self-taught filmmakers, sharing resources and knowledge with one another to bring the possibility of cultural production to disadvantaged provinces. At its height, Cinema-ye Azad boasted hundreds of active members, a critical magazine and festivals around the country, but the dream was short-lived as the movement ceased activities after the revolution. Its works, however, are being rediscovered thanks to the dedication of curators and archivists in London and Iran. As part of this year's UCLA Celebration of Iranian Cinema, the Archive is pleased to present two screenings highlighting the films of two key Cinema-ye Azad figures, Nasib Nasibi and Behnam Jafari. Program curated by Arta Barzanji and Shaghayegh Raoufi with research and archival support from Hadi Alipanah. Film notes written by Arta Barzanji. Screening 1 of 5 Abandoned Heights Year: 1972 Country: Iran Language: Persian with English subtitles Runtime: 18 min. Digital. B&W. Every day, a young man plays his trumpet from the top of a half-finished building while facing the city. Ambiguous happenings around him suggest the outlines of what may lurk below the peaceful surface of society. DCP. Director/Screenwriter: Behnam Jafari. With: Nematollah Gorji, Ahmad Amini, Hassan Seifi. Screening 2 of 5 Scream (Vol. 2) Year: 1972 Country: Iran Language: Persian with English subtitles Runtime: 13 min. Digital. Color. This satirical collage of Iranian cinema stages a confrontation between the ethos of the commercial “Filmfarsi” and the artistic ambitions of the New Wave cinema. In a direct reference to Cinema-ye Azad, the film ends with the arrest and exile of young amateur filmmakers from professional cinema. DCP. Director/Screenwriter: Behnam Jafari. With: Khosrow Haritash, Said Oveissi, Zari Khoshkam. Screening 3 of 5 Let Us Live Year: 1972 Country: Iran Language: Persian with English subtitles Runtime: 13 min. Digital. Color. This film follows the restless lives of two young pickpockets through the labyrinth of seedy streets and shadowy alleyways, in a world where every day ends in triumph or ruin. DCP. Director/Screenwriter: Behnam Jafari. With: Davood Teymouri, Naser Tarighat, Ghazal Irandoust. Screening 4 of 5 Tell the Watchmen Not to Let Sleep Deceive Year: 1970 Country: Iran Language: Persian with English subtitles Runtime: 20 min. Digital. Color. A social portrait of two young lovers that reflects the larger prejudices of society. DCP. Director/Screenwriter: Behnam Jafari. With: Farhad pour Azam, Shirin Jannesari, Behrouz Razavi. Screening 5 of 5 MirNasir and the Ill-Fated Genie Year: 1974 Country: Iran Language: Persian with English subtitles Runtime: 67 min. Digital. B&W. In his cinematic debut, Saeed Poursamimi plays a former inmate who frees a genie from a bottle. After thousands of years of captivity in the bottle, the genie finds himself in a world that has been completely transformed by its people’s beliefs. The two embark on a bitter journey to find the remnants of the forgotten magical realm. Director Behnam Jafari uses stark visuals and provocative metaphors to explore the impossibility of relying on traditional myths in the face of a new world. DCP. Director/Screenwriter: Behnam Jafari. With: Saeed Poursamimi, Hamid Taati, Mohammad Poursattar.

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2026 UCLA Celebration of Iranian Cinema Please note: Registration does not guarantee entry if the event reaches capacity. Admission is granted on a first come, first served basis. Patrons who have registered will need to obtain their free tickets at the box office, where seating will be assigned. Any seats remaining 15 minutes before showtime will be released to standby patrons. In person: director Parviz Sayyad, actor Mary Apick. Screening 1 of 2 Checkpoint Year: 1987 Country: U.S. Language: English and Persian with English subtitles Runtime: 91 min. 35mm. Color. During the height of the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis, a busload of Iranian college students returning to the U.S. after a field trip in Canada are thrown into political and legal limbo when they’re refused entry at the border. A ripped-from-the-headlines urgency drives writer-director Parviz Sayyad’s Checkpoint as the students split along factional lines in their struggle to reclaim their rights and dignity. Executive producer Mary Apick also leads a committed ensemble cast that never loses sight of the fragile, individual humanity ever at risk amid grand ideological clashes. Director/Screenwriter: Parviz Sayyad. With: Mary Apick, Houshang Touzie, Parviz Sayyad. Screening 2 of 5 Dead End Year: 1977 Country: Iran Language: Persian with English subtitles Runtime: 95 min. Digital. Color. This provocative film stars Mary Apick as a young woman who is drawn to a mysterious suitor haunting the dead-end street where she lives, only to discover that he is not what he seems and she and her family may be in danger. A giant of Iranian cinema, writer-director Parviz Sayyad rose to fame as the star of the commercial Samad film and television series before producing some of the key works of the Iranian New Wave, including films by Sohrab Shahid Saless, Ebrahim Golestan and Dariush Mehrjui. Based on a short story by Anton Chekhov, Dead End plays with themes of voyeurism and surveillance in a society on the verge of radical transformation. DCP. Director: Parviz Sayyad. Screenwriter: Parviz Sayyad, Houshang Baharlou. With: Mary Apick, Parviz Bahador, Apick Yousefian.

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The Millennial Leadership course provides practical skills and builds confidence in key leadership areas, including effective delegation, managing former peers, conflict resolution, mitigating impostor syndrome, and navigating ambiguity.

2026 UCLA Celebration of Iranian Cinema Please note: Registration does not guarantee entry if the event reaches capacity. Admission is granted on a first come, first served basis. Patrons who have registered will need to obtain their free tickets at the box office, where seating will be assigned. Any seats remaining 15 minutes before showtime will be released to standby patrons. Year: 2025 Country: Iran/U.S./France/Canada Language: Persian with English subtitles Runtime: 107 min. Digital. Color. Family secrets and betrayals explode in the most riveting video call you’ve ever seen. Writer-director Homayoun Ghanizadeh transforms the familiar stacked boxes of talking heads we all live with these days into a dazzling, high-wire act of storytelling and performance when three generations of an Iranian family are confronted by the son of a former family servant over the fate of the stately family home back in Iran. Ghanizadeh’s riveting, all-star ensemble — Golshifteh Farahani, Payman Maadi, Navid Mohammadzadeh, Ali Nasirian, Shirin Neshat — delivers an acting tour de force that deliberately transcends the bounds of the film’s form. DCP. Director/Screenwriter: Homayoun Ghanizadeh. With: Golshifteh Farahani, Shirin Neshat, Navid Mohammadzadeh, Ali Nasirian, Payman Maadi.

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Join the UCLA Alumni Arizona Network for a casual networking dinner! This is a great opportunity for UCLA alumni in the Flagstaff area to meet and connect. Get to know the Arizona Bruin community! If you cannot attend this specific dinner, please reach out to Chey Tor and let him know that you would be interested in attending a future event in the Flagstaff area. Chey can be reached at chey@cheytor.com or 602.487.3975.

2026 UCLA Celebration of Iranian Cinema lease note: Registration does not guarantee entry if the event reaches capacity. Admission is granted on a first come, first served basis. Patrons who have registered will need to obtain their free tickets at the box office, where seating will be assigned. Any seats remaining 15 minutes before showtime will be released to standby patrons. Screening 1 of 2 The Granny and Fishes Year: 2025 Country: Iran Language: Persian with English subtitles Runtime: 27 min. Digital. Color. Farhang Short Film Festival 1st prize winner After ill-conceived irrigation projects and drought rendered Lake Hamun on the Iran-Afghanistan border a dust bowl, hundreds of villagers migrated away, except for an old woman whose solitary routine of gathering up dead fish is the subject of this quietly compelling documentary. DCP. PDirectors/Screenwriters: Maria Mavati, Ehsan Farokhi Fard. Screening 2 of 2 Woman and Child Year: 2025 Country: Iran Language: Persian with English subtitles Runtime: 131 min. Digital. Color. After the powerhouse family drama Leila’s Brothers (2023 UCLA Celebration of Iranian Cinema) led to a jail sentence in Iran, writer-director Saeed Roustaee returned to Cannes last year with this more diffuse but still devastating story about a woman seemingly under siege from all sides. Parinaz Izadyar stars as Mahnaz, a nurse and widow with two children, including a rebellious teenage son, looking forward to starting over with new partner Hamid (Payman Maadi) until a sudden tragedy and a shocking betrayal sets Mahnaz on a desperate course of revenge against the school system, the courts and her own family. DCP. Director/Screenwriter: Saeed Roustaee. With: Parinaz Izadyar, Payman Maadi, Soha Niasti.

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Join the Conejo Valley Bruins at the Stonehaus in Westlake Village for a relaxed evening of connection and community. Your ticket includes pizza and salad—come spend time with other Bruins.

In person: chef and restaurateur Alice Waters. Director Alfonso Arua’s Like Water for Chocolate was an arthouse sensation when first released and still defines the evocative power of food in film. Based on Laura Esquivel’s novel, its sensuous tale of forbidden love unfolds in early 20th-century Mexico when Tita is bound by family tradition to remain unmarried to care for her mother. Prevented from acting on her love for the handsome Pedro, she pours her passion and heartbreak into her cooking which has a magical, intoxicating effect on those who consume it. The intimacy of the heart and the intimacy of the kitchen transform culinary preparation into a powerful expression of desire, rebellion and yearning.—Senior Public Programmer Paul Malcolm Director: Alfonso Arau. Screenwriter: Laura Esquivel. With: Lumi Cavazos, Marco Leonardi, Regina Torné. 35mm print courtesy of the Sundance Collection at the UCLA Film & Television Archive.

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In person: Q&A with actor David Selby and historian Jim Pierson, editor of Dark Shadows Noir: Classic Black and White Photography From the Dan Curtis Productions Archive. Book signing with Pierson before the screening. Guest speaker Made possible by the John H. Mitchell Television Programming Endowment. Premiering on June 27, 1966, on ABC-TV, Dark Shadows (1966–71) represented an outré experiment in daytime television that became an unexpected breakout hit and evergreen cult classic. Created by horror-maestro Dan Curtis (The Night Stalker, Trilogy of Terror), the innovative soap opera, which initially struggled in the ratings, expanded greatly in popularity in its second year with the addition of a 175-year-old charismatic vampire character named Barnabas Collins (Jonathan Frid). As the eerily atmospheric series evolved to fuse gothic supernatural elements and romance into complex storylines, it developed a passionate youth following and became a pop culture phenomenon. In the process, the videotaped series earned the distinction of being the first soap to spawn a theatrical motion picture spin-off, House of Dark Shadows (1970), and several additional feature films and reboots. The beloved original series ran for over 1,200 episodes before its abrupt cancellation in 1971. In the ensuing decades, the aura surrounding Dark Shadows has only intensified, with the influential program enjoying nearly constant reruns in syndication, luring an influx of new viewers into the mysterious, shadow-drenched world of the wealthy Collins family of fictional Collinsport, Maine. Join us for a celebration of Dark Shadows, exactly 60 years to the day of its premiere, including the debut episode and rare archival footage. Before the screening, historian Jim Pierson will sign copies of Dark Shadows Noir: Classic Black and White Photography from the Dan Curtis Productions Archive. Following the screening, there will be a Q&A with Dark Shadows star, actor David Selby, and Jim Pierson. Programmed and note written by John H. Mitchell Television Curator Mark Quigley.

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Guests will play Loteria (Mexican Bingo games) win prizes. Appetizers and drink non-alcoholic drinks will be provided free of charge by the restaurant owner.

Join us for a coastal hike/walk in Palos Verdes with stunning ocean views! We will meet at Pelican Cove Park in the parking lot at 8:45 a.m. We will walk the coastal path north past Point Vincente and then south past Terranea. For those who are interested, the group can explore the beach at Pelican Cove and Terranea and grab a coffee or snack at Terranea on the way back. Please make sure that you are prepared with appropriate footwear, sunscreen and/or a hat, and plenty of water.

In person: director Karen Arthur; editor Carol Littleton; Paula Chambers, daughter of screenwriter and actor Joan Hotchkis; Eric Morris, acting teacher and director of the theatrical production of Legacy. Guest speaker Legacy is the story of Bissie Hapgood, a woman unraveling under the pressures of a vapid and materialistic society consumed with dinner-plate settings, soap operas and sexual frustration. The material originated as a one-woman show in 1973, written and performed by Joan Hotchkis, a versatile talent celebrated for her roles on television series including The Odd Couple and The Life and Times of Eddie Roberts. Karen Arthur, a first-time filmmaker, saw Hotchkis on stage and convinced the actor to adapt the screenplay and star in the film. Independently produced and financed, Legacy, like its peers Wanda (1970) and A Woman Under the Influence (1974), confounds 1970s Hollywood’s expectations with the introduction of a new kind of cinematic woman. Bissie stuns audiences with her honesty that is confrontational, yet heartfelt and a vulnerability that is never sentimental and always surprising. Legacy features an exceptional crew at the start of what would become a set of accomplished careers. Arthur, who would go on to direct The Mafu Cage (1978) and become a prolific television director, winning an Emmy Award for Cagney & Lacey, collaborated with cinematographer John Bailey (Ordinary People, 1980, In the Line of Fire, 1993) and editor Carol Littleton (E.T., 1982, The Manchurian Candidate, 2004). Note written by Archive Research and Study Center Officer Maya Montañez Smukler.

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Presented by UCLA Film & Television Archive and the Hammer Museum. The Billy Wilder Theater opens 15 minutes before each Family Flicks program.

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Since 2008, a team of University of California alumni, students and friends have participated in an annual 10K charity race through the heart of central London. Run, walk, or skip with UC Alumni UK this year to support student scholarships!

Presented by UCLA Film & Television Archive and the Hammer Museum. The Billy Wilder Theater opens 15 minutes before each Family Flicks program.

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Come join Bruin Alumni and Friends for a fun and relaxing discussion of books. We try to curate a wide variety of genres (all recommended by our own members) to accommodate all tastes and to encourage each other to read something we wouldn't on our own. We would love to have you join us. All are welcome! July: The Lost Daughter by Elena Ferrante. Please email bkronbeck@social.rr.com to be added to the waitlist for the South Bay Book Club.

In an era where nearly every job seeker is using AI to help with job applications, many candidates worry that their applications aren’t being seen or that they sound just like everyone else. This workshop teaches UCLA alumni how to use AI strategically to stand out, not blend in. Participants will learn how employers use AI in hiring, how to avoid generic AI-generated language and how to enhance their unique professional voice through smarter prompting. We’ll walk through practical tools for tailoring applications, strengthening LinkedIn visibility and using AI to accelerate—not replace—the human elements that make a candidate memorable. Participants will leave with three actionable steps they can take in the next month to elevate their job search using AI.