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Upcoming Events
2024 Karmiole Fellow Lecture: Fashioning Liberation: Rudi Gernreich and the Counterculture
Tue 9/24 • 2:30PM - 4PM PDT
Join UCLA Library for a presentation from writer, historian, podcast host and 2024 Karmiole Fellow Ben Miller. This event will feature materials from Library Special Collections' fashion and textile collections. Fashion designer, gay rights...
Getting Started with PubMed
Wed 10/2 • 1PM - 2PM PDT RSVP
An introduction to searching PubMed perfect 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 the Zoom invitation information the day of the...
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Getting Started With Research
Thu 10/3 • 4PM - 4:50PM 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...
Afrofuturism: The Last Angel of History / Space is the Place
Fri 10/4 • 7:30PM - 10PM PDT
Billy Wilder Theater
In-person: artist and UCLA Professor Cauleen Smith; UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television Associate Professor Shelleen Greene. Admission is free. No advance reservations. Your seat will be assigned to you when you pick up your ticket at the...
Moon Landings: The Science of Fictions
Sat 10/5 • 7:30PM - 9:45PM PDT
Billy Wilder Theater
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 opens one hour before the event.
Silent Movie Day: The Love Light
Sun 10/6 • 7PM - 8:30PM PDT
Billy Wilder Theater
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 opens one hour before the event. Silent Movie...
Getting Started with CINAHL
Tue 10/8 • 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...
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Getting Started with Web of Science
Wed 10/9 • 1PM - 2PM PDT
Do you want to find scientific research articles? This workshops will introduce searching in Web of Science, a database covering science topics. The workshop is perfect for first time users and experienced searchers looking for a refresher. This...
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Developing a Research Question
Thu 10/10 • 4PM - 4:50PM 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...
Post-Apocalyptic Love Triangles: The World, the Flesh and the Devil / The Quiet Earth
Sat 10/12 • 7:30PM - 10:40PM PDT
Billy Wilder Theater
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 opens one hour before the event. A post-apocalyptic...
Microcosmos
Sun 10/13 • 11AM - 12:15PM 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...
A Town Has Turned to Dust
Sun 10/13 • 7PM - 8:30PM PDT
Billy Wilder Theater
Made possible by the John H. Mitchell Television Programming Endowment In-person: Post-screening Q&A with Molly A. Schneider, author of “Gold Dust on the Air: Television Anthology Drama and Midcentury American Culture.” Book signing before the...
Managing Citations with EndNote
Tue 10/15 • 1PM - 2PM PDT
An introduction to citation managers and the tool EndNote. Learn how to use EndNote to manage your sources! If you (or your department) has purchased EndNote, this workshop will help you set up your program to find full text, import citations from...
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The Computer in the Sky
Tue 10/15 • 1PM - 2:30PM PDT RSVP
Charles E. Young Library Main Conference Room, 11360
Presented by the UCLA Library and the Jacob Marschak Interdisciplinary Colloquium on Mathematics in the Behavioral Sciences Speaker: Tim Roughgarden, Professor of Computer Science at Columbia University Turing-complete blockchain protocols such as...
Managing Citations with Zotero
Wed 10/16 • 1PM - 2PM PDT
An introduction to citation managers and the tool Zotero. Learn how to set up and begin using Zotero to manage your sources! Please bring a laptop or equivalent device to set up Zotero. This workshop will be offered via Zoom. If you're registered,...
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Finding Sources at the UCLA Library
Thu 10/17 • 4PM - 4:50PM 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...
Time Travel: The Sticky Fingers of Time
Fri 10/18 • 7:30PM - 9:45PM PDT
Billy Wilder Theater
In-person: filmmaker Hilary Brougher; author and head of Archive Research and Study Center Maya Montañez Smukler. Admission is free. No advance reservations. Your seat will be assigned to you when you pick up your ticket at the box office. Seats...
Tech Decay: Neptune Frost
Sat 10/19 • 7:30PM - 9:40PM PDT
Billy Wilder Theater
In-person: Introduction by filmmaker Asuka Lin. Q&A with filmmakers Saul Williams and Anisia Uzeyman, moderated by Public Programmer Beandrea July. Admission is free. No advance reservations. Your seat will be assigned to you when you pick up...
Planning and Organizing a Literature Review
Tue 10/22 • 1PM - 2PM PDT RSVP
Are you interested in writing a review article? Have you been assigned a literature review on a topic, but aren’t sure where to start? This workshop will walk you through the process of planning and organizing a literature review. We will cover...
The Secret Lives of Systematic Reviews
Wed 10/23 • 1PM - 2PM PDT
Systematic Reviews are seemingly everywhere, but the process of conducting a systematic review is a complex and time-consuming mystery. This workshop will uncover the entire process—from hypothesis to publication—and describe why it takes so long to...
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Intro to Data Visualization: SimplyAnalytics and Policy Map
Thu 10/24 • 1PM - 2PM PDT RSVP
This workshop will go over how to conduct data analysis using two tools: SimplyAnalytics and PolicyMap. Librarians will share tips and tricks on how to efficiently find and organize data across different disciplines. Participants will learn how to...
Collecting and Citing Sources
Thu 10/24 • 4PM - 4:50PM 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...
High Art
Fri 10/25 • 7:30PM - 9:10PM PDT
Billy Wilder Theater
Presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive and Sundance Institute In-person: Q&A with filmmaker Lisa Cholondekno, editor Amy E. Duddleston, producer Jeffrey Kusama-Hinte, art director Caryn Marcus, composer Craig Wedren, photographer Jojo...
Border Wars: The Radical Ethnography of John T. Caldwell
Sat 10/26 • 7:30PM - 9:40PM PDT
Billy Wilder Theater
Presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive, UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center and UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television In-person: filmmaker and UCLA Distinguished Research Professor John T. Caldwell; community filmmaker Devora Gomez;...
Contested Spaces: Cathode-Ray Tube Afrofuturism
Sun 10/27 • 7PM - 9:25PM PDT
Billy Wilder Theater
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 opens one hour before the event. With cameras...
Intro to Technical Resources: Standards and Patents
Wed 10/30 • 1PM - 2PM PDT RSVP
Ever been curious about what technical standards and patents are? Or how to find them? In this workshop you'll gain an introductory overview to technical standards and patents, as well as guidance on how to locate them. This workshop will be...
Writing a Literature Review
Thu 10/31 • 4PM - 4:50PM 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...
Giant Robot: Asian Pop Culture and Beyond / Chungking Express
Fri 11/1 • 7:30PM PDT
Billy Wilder Theater
In-person: Giant Robot co-founders Eric Nakamura and Martin Wong; co-director Dylan Robertson; actor-filmmaker Daniel Wu. A book signing for "Giant Robot: Thirty Years of Defining Asian-American Pop Culture" will begin at 6 p.m. Admission is...
Terminal USA / Mysterious Skin
Sat 11/2 • 7:30PM PDT
Billy Wilder Theater
In-person: Giant Robot founder Eric Nakamura. 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...
Labor: Sleep Dealer / Advantageous
Sun 11/3 • 7PM PST
Billy Wilder Theater
In-person: Introduction by filmmaker Kibwe Tavares. Q&A with filmmaker Alex Rivera moderated by Senior Public Programmer Paul...
Creating and Managing Your Online Scholarly Identity
Wed 11/6 • 1PM - 2PM PST
Scholarly identity is about more than the articles you publish or the projects you share online with your research communities. Your scholarly identity includes the many parts of your history and engagement as a researcher, including your education,...
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Developing Your Research Plan
Thu 11/7 • 4PM - 4:50PM PST 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...
All About Lily Chou-Chou
Thu 11/7 • 7:30PM PST
Billy Wilder Theater
In-person: Giant Robot founder Eric Nakamura. 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...
Tekkonkinkreet
Fri 11/8 • 7:30PM PST
Billy Wilder Theater
In-person: filmmaker Michael Arias, Giant Robot founder Eric Nakamura. 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...
Is He or Isn't He? Man Facing Southeast / The Brother From Another Planet
Sat 11/9 • 7:30PM PST
Billy Wilder Theater
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 opens one hour before the event. In the...
Giant Robots! Johnny Sokko Voyage Into Space and Gigantor
Sun 11/10 • 7PM PST
Billy Wilder Theater
Made possible by the John H. Mitchell Television Programming Endowment In-person: Giant Robot founder Eric Nakamura. Admission is free. No advance reservations. Your seat will be assigned to you when you pick up your ticket at the box office....
The Basics of Data Management for STEM
Wed 11/13 • 1PM - 2PM PST RSVP
Are you collecting data but aren't sure how to manage it? This workshop will walk through how to get started organizing your data to make it easier to utilize and share. This workshop will be offered via Zoom. If you're registered, you'll receive...
Um, Actually, Exploring Claims of Popular Nonfiction Books
Thu 11/14 • 1PM - 2:30PM PST RSVP
Powell 320 (CLICC Classroom C)
Why do people believe what they believe about health, education, politics and more? Maybe they read it somewhere. Maybe it's from their best friend's neighbor's cousin's favorite book. Popular works of nonfiction can often gain momentum in popular...
Seeing Is Not Believing: Tribulation 99 / Save the Green Planet!
Fri 11/15 • 7:30PM PST
Billy Wilder Theater
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 opens one hour before the event.
Gamera: The Guardian of the Universe
Sat 11/16 • 7:30PM PST
Billy Wilder Theater
In-person: actor Ayako Fujitani, Giant Robot Eric Nakamura. 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...
Chasing Coral
Sun 11/17 • 11AM PST
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...
One Nite in Mongkok
Sun 11/17 • 7:30PM PST
Billy Wilder Theater
In-person: actor Daniel Wu, Giant Robot founder Eric Nakamura. 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 2024 Presidential Election and the State of American Democracy
Tue 11/19 • 1PM - 2:30PM PST RSVP
Charles E. Young Library Main Conference Room, 11360
Presented by the UCLA Library and the Jacob Marschak Interdisciplinary Colloquium on Mathematics in the Behavioral Sciences In an unprecedented election year, what mattered to voters? In this talk, we use data from hundreds of thousands of voters...
Dystopian Futures: Night Raiders
Fri 11/22 • 7:30PM PST
Billy Wilder Theater
In-person: Q&A with filmmaker Danis Goulet moderated by author and UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television Professor Kathleen McHugh. Admission is free. No advance reservations. Your seat will be assigned to you when you pick up your ticket...
Sanctus and Other Shorts by David Lebrun
Sat 11/23 • 7:30PM PST
Billy Wilder Theater
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 opens one hour before the event.
Proteus: A Nineteenth Century Vision
Sun 11/24 • 3PM PST
Billy Wilder Theater
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 opens one hour before the event.
Transfigurations: Reanimating the Past 2018 to 2024
Sun 11/24 • 7PM PST
Billy Wilder Theater
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 opens one hour before the event. David Lebrun’s...
Earthly Visions: The Tree House
Fri 12/6 • 7:30PM PST
Billy Wilder Theater
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 opens one hour before the event. Earth: the dreary...
An Evening With Larissa Sansour
Sat 12/14 • 7:30PM PST
Billy Wilder Theater
In-person: filmmaker Larissa Sansour; author and UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television Distinguished Professor Chon Noriega. Admission is free. No advance reservations. Your seat will be assigned to you when you pick up your ticket at the...
My Octopus Teacher
Sun 12/15 • 11AM PST
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...