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Upcoming Events
The Automat
Sat 3/29 • 7:30PM PDT
Billy Wilder Theater
Presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive and the Hammer Museum In-person: director Lisa Hurwitz, chef and restaurateur Alice Waters. Admission is free. No advance reservations. Your seat will be assigned to you when you pick up your ticket...
Yentl
Sun 3/30 • 7PM PDT
Billy Wilder Theater
In-person: director Sam Feder (Disclosure), producer Amy Scholder (Disclosure). Admission is free. 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...
Getting Started With Research
Thu 4/3 • 4PM - 5PM PDT RSVP
Powell Library Classroom C, Room 320
Co-sponsored by the UCLA Library, the Undergraduate Writing Center and the Undergraduate Research Center–Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences. Learn all about the research process and research opportunities at UCLA, as well as how to find a...
David Lynch Tribute: On the Air Marathon
Fri 4/4 • 7:30PM PDT
Billy Wilder Theater
Presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive In-person: post-screening Q&A with actor Ian Buchanan, actor Nancye Ferguson, series co-creator and executive producer Mark Frost. Admission is free. No advance reservations. Your seat will be...
Archive Talks: Bombshell
Sat 4/5 • 7:30PM PDT
Billy Wilder Theater
Presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive In-person: Kenneth Turan, author of " Louis B. Mayer and Irving Thalberg: The Whole Equation;" film critic Justin Chang. Book signing with Turan before the screening. Admission is free. No advance...
The Fits
Sun 4/6 • 7PM PDT
Billy Wilder Theater
Presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive Admission is free. 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...
Emma Mae
Mon 4/7 • 7:30PM PDT
Billy Wilder Theater
Presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive Admission is free. 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...
How to Read Scientific Articles
Wed 4/9 • 1PM - 2PM PDT RSVP
Feeling lost when it comes to reading scientific journal articles? With so many different study and article types, pulling out the main points and elements of the paper can be challenging. Join us to gain a foundational understanding of scientific...
Getting Started With Research
Wed 4/9 • 3PM - 4PM PDT RSVP
Powell Library Classroom C, Room 320C
Co-sponsored by the UCLA Library, the Undergraduate Writing Center and the Undergraduate Research Center–Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences. Learn all about the research process and research opportunities at UCLA, as well as how to find a faculty...
Conducting Neighborhood Research
Thu 4/10 • 1PM - 2PM PDT RSVP
Are you researching neighborhoods for a project? Are you interested in learning more about your own neighborhood? Join librarians Maggie Tarmey and Kelsey Brown to learn strategies to locate historical and demographic data. We will explore maps,...
Developing a Research Question
Thu 4/10 • 4PM - 5PM PDT RSVP
Powell Library Classroom C, Room 320C
Co-sponsored by the UCLA Library, the Undergraduate Writing Center and the Undergraduate Research Center–Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences. Need help figuring out what topic you want to explore for your project? Having trouble turning a general...
Back From the Ink: Restored Animated Shorts
Fri 4/11 • 7:30PM PDT
Billy Wilder Theater
Presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive In-person: Introduction by animation historian Jerry Beck, Archive Head of Preservation Jillian Borders. Admission is free. No advance reservations. Your seat will be assigned to you when you pick up...
Earth
Sun 4/13 • 11AM PDT
Billy Wilder Theater
Presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive and the Hammer Museum All Family Flicks screenings are free admission. Seating is first come, first served. The Billy Wilder Theater opens 15 minutes before each Family Flicks program. Earth...
Japanese Paper Films
Sun 4/13 • 7PM PDT RSVP
Billy Wilder Theater
Presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive and the Yanai Initiative Admission is free. 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...
Finding Sources at the UCLA Library
Thu 4/17 • 4PM - 5PM PDT RSVP
Powell Library Classroom C, Room 320C
Co-sponsored by the UCLA Library, the Undergraduate Writing Center and the Undergraduate Research Center–Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences. Want to learn the most effective search strategies? There’s much more to search than Google! Become a...
Mustang / Cuties
Fri 4/18 • 7:30PM PDT
Billy Wilder Theater
Presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive In-person: director Deniz Gamze Ergüven. Admission is free. 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...
New Wave
Sat 4/19 • 7:30PM PDT
Billy Wilder Theater
Presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive, UCLA School of Education and Information Studies and UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies In-person: Q&A with filmmaker Elizabeth Ai, moderated by UCLA Assistant Professor Thuy Vo Dang. Book...
Leave No Trace
Sun 4/20 • 7PM PDT
Billy Wilder Theater
Presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive Admission is free. 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...
Getting Started with PsycInfo
Wed 4/23 • 1PM - 2PM PDT RSVP
PsycInfo is a specialized database with a focus on psychology, neuroscience and the broader behavioral sciences. This workshop will introduce some basic search functionality and advanced options like test, measure and methodology filtering. This...
Using A.I. Tools Effectively and Ethically: A Student-Focused Workshop
Thu 4/24 • 1PM - 2:30PM PDT RSVP
Charles E. Young Research Library, Main Conference Room 11360
UCLA students are invited to register for this hands-on workshop exploring the ethical and practical uses of A.I. text generation tools. Led by UCLA Library staff, this 90-minute workshop will focus on the following: Writing effective prompts...
Collecting and Citing Sources
Thu 4/24 • 4PM - 5PM PDT RSVP
Powell Library Classroom C, Room 320C
Co-sponsored by the UCLA Library, the Undergraduate Writing Center and the Undergraduate Research Center–Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences. Learn about citation practices and avoiding plagiarism, how to auto-generate your bibliography, keep...
Palestine Blues
Sat 4/26 • 7:30PM PDT
Billy Wilder Theater
Presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive In-person: director Nida Sinnokrot. Admission is free. 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,...
Union Activism: Native Land / The Killing Floor
Sun 4/27 • 7PM PDT
Billy Wilder Theater
Presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive and the UCLA AMIA Student Chapter Admission is free. 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...
Self-narration in New York City: Just Another Girl on the I.R.T / Parting Glances
Mon 4/28 • 7:30PM PDT
Billy Wilder Theater
Presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive and the UCLA AMIA Student Chapter Admission is free. 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...
Citizenship Discrimination and Global Inequality
Tue 4/29 • 1PM - 2:30PM PDT RSVP
Charles E. Young Research Library (YRL)
Presented by the UCLA Library and the Jacob Marschak Interdisciplinary Colloquium on Mathematics in the Behavioral Sciences Speaker: Charles Kurzman, professor of sociology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Why are citizens of...
Writing a Literature Review
Thu 5/1 • 4PM - 5PM PDT RSVP
Powell Library Classroom C, Room 320C
Co-sponsored by the UCLA Library, the Undergraduate Writing Center and the Undergraduate Research Center–Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences. Learn how to organize your research into a coherent and compelling literature review at this free virtual...
Summer 1993 / System Crasher
Thu 5/1 • 7:30PM PDT
Billy Wilder Theater
Presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive Admission is free. 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...
City Desk: Malcolm X / American Playhouse: The Meeting
Fri 5/2 • 7:30PM PDT
Billy Wilder Theater
Presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive and made possible by the John H. Mitchell Television Programming Endowment In-person: Q&A with playwright Jeff Stetson, author of “The Meeting.” Admission is free. No advance reservations. Your seat...
Nervous Translation
Sat 5/3 • 7:30PM PDT
Billy Wilder Theater
Presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive In-person: Q&A with filmmaker Shireen Seno moderated by UCLA Associate Professor Jasmine Nadua Trice. Admission is free. No advance reservations. Your seat will be assigned to you when you pick up...
Malcolm X / Malcolm X: His Own Story as It Really Happened
Sun 5/4 • 7PM PDT
Billy Wilder Theater
Presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive Admission is free. 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...
Malcolm X
Mon 5/5 • 7:30PM PDT
Billy Wilder Theater
Presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive Admission is free. 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...
Getting Started with CINAHL
Wed 5/7 • 1PM - 2PM PDT RSVP
An introduction to searching on CINAHL (Cumulated Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature) for first times users and experienced searchers looking for a refresher. This workshop will be offered via Zoom. If you're registered, you'll receive...
Utilizing Census Data in Your Research
Thu 5/8 • 1PM - 2PM PDT RSVP
There’s more to the US Census than meets the eye. Want to learn how you can access and use census data in your research? Join librarians Maggie Tarmey and Kelsey Brown to explore reports, data profiles, and datasets on data.census.gov. This...
Developing Your Research Plan
Thu 5/8 • 4PM - 5PM PDT RSVP
Powell Library Classroom C, Room 320C
Co-sponsored by the UCLA Library, the Undergraduate Writing Center and the Undergraduate Research Center–Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences. Keep your stress levels down while pursuing your research interest! You'll learn how to create a timeline...
One Night in Miami
Thu 5/8 • 7:30PM PDT
Billy Wilder Theater
Presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive Admission is free. 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...
We Are What We Eat
Fri 5/9 • 7:30PM PDT
Billy Wilder Theater
Presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive and the Hammer Museum In-person: chef and restaurateur Alice Waters. Admission is free. No advance reservations. Your seat will be assigned to you when you pick up your ticket at the box office....
Sarah Maldoror: Through a Lens of Resistance and Rebellion
Sat 5/10 • 7:30PM PDT
Billy Wilder Theater
Presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive and made possible by the John H. Mitchell Television Programming Endowment In-person: Q&A with producer and distributor Annouchka de Andrade, daughter of Maldoror, and UCLA Associate Professor Ellen C....
Zootopia
Sun 5/11 • 11AM PDT
Billy Wilder Theater
Presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive and the Hammer Museum All Family Flicks screenings are free admission. Seating is first come, first served. The Billy Wilder Theater opens 15 minutes before each Family Flicks program. Zootopia U.S.,...
Cabaret
Sun 5/11 • 7PM PDT
Billy Wilder Theater
Presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive Admission is free. 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...
The Grey Area: Exploring Grey Literature
Wed 5/14 • 1PM - 2PM PDT RSVP
Grey Literature is frequently defined by what it is not – “grey literature is anything that is not a journal and not a book.” That leaves a great deal of room for ambiguity when looking for grey literature sources. Do I need to check government...
Dzi Croquettes
Sun 5/18 • 7PM PDT
Billy Wilder Theater
Presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive Admission is free. 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...
Strange Bedfellows: The Alliance Theory of Political Belief Systems
Tue 5/20 • 1PM - 2:30PM PDT RSVP
Charles E. Young Research Library (YRL)
Presented by the UCLA Library and the Jacob Marschak Interdisciplinary Colloquium on Mathematics in the Behavioral Sciences What explains the contents of political belief systems? A widespread view is that they derive from abstract values like...
From ADS to SciX: An Intro to Navigating Science Explorer for Earth and Space Science Research
Wed 5/21 • 1PM - 2PM PDT RSVP
For years, the Astrophysics Data System has served researchers in the fields of astronomy and physics. Recognizing the value of this portal, the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and NASA have developed SciX (Science Explorer) as the future...
Food Studies Resources at the UCLA Library and Beyond
Tue 5/27 • 1PM - 2PM PDT RSVP
Food studies is a growing interdisciplinary field that examines the cultural, economic, political and environmental dimensions of food. Research resources in food studies are equally broad, and can present a challenge for beginner researchers and...
Intro to Technical Reports
Wed 5/28 • 1PM - 2PM PDT RSVP
Ever been curious about what technical reports are? Or how to find them? In this workshop you'll gain an introductory overview to technical reports, as well as guidance on how to locate them. This workshop will be offered via Zoom. If you're...
The Spook who Sat by the Door
Fri 5/30 • 7:30PM PDT
Billy Wilder Theater
Presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive In-person: Introduction by Nomathande Dixon, daughter of Ivan Dixon; Natiki Hope Pressley, daughter of Sam Greenlee. Q&A with University of Hawaii Professor Christine Acham, actor J.A. Preston. ...
The Spook who Sat by the Door / Infiltrating Hollywood
Sat 5/31 • 3PM PDT
In-person: filmmaker Christine Acham; Nomathande Dixon, daughter of Ivan Dixon; Natiki Hope Pressley, daughter of Sam Greenlee. Admission is free. No advance reservations. Your seat will be assigned to you when you pick up your ticket at the box...
The Twilight Zone / Nothing But a Man
Sat 5/31 • 7:30PM PDT
Billy Wilder Theater
Presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive Admission is free. 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...
Frederick Douglass: Slave and Statesman / The Sty of the Blind Pig
Sun 6/1 • 7PM PDT
Billy Wilder Theater
Presented y by the UCLA Film & Television Archive and made possible by the John H. Mitchell Television Programming Endowment In-person: Nomathande Dixon, daughter of Ivan Dixon. Admission is free. No advance reservations. Your seat will be...
In the Best Interests of the Children
Fri 6/6 • 7:30PM PDT
Billy Wilder Theater
Presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive In-person: filmmakers Frances Reid and S. Topiary Landberg. Admission is free. No advance reservations. Your seat will be assigned to you when you pick up your ticket at the box office. Seats are...
The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love
Sat 6/7 • 7:30PM PDT
Billy Wilder Theater
Presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive Admission is free. 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...
Pele: Birth of a Legend
Sun 6/8 • 11AM PDT
Billy Wilder Theater
Presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive and the Hammer Museum All Family Flicks screenings are free admission. Seating is first come, first served. The Billy Wilder Theater opens 15 minutes before each Family Flicks program. Pelé: Birth of...
We are the Radical Monarchs
Sun 6/8 • 7PM PDT
Billy Wilder Theater
Presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive In-person: director Linda Goldstein Knowlton. Admission is free. 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...