Week 8

Join us for the second of six workshops as part of the Modal Interchange: Conversations on 21st-Century Performance Practices series with Jonathan Hepfer, percussionist and artistic director of Monday Evening Concerts, who will join Wendy Richman (Academic Lecturer and Director of uclaFLUX at UCLA) in a conversation about how to develop as a working artist. Sisyphus as Artist (Whatever prevents you from doing your work has become your work) Whether navigating complex scores or directing a series, the common denominator is simply problem solving: using one’s sense of logic, aesthetics, ethics, and intuition to figure out how to get from A to B. Every project or piece is completely different, requiring constant reinvention and re-equipping of one’s toolbox. More abstractly, but of equal or greater weight, is the importance of nurturing non-musical artistic and creative interests while we hone our problem-solving skills. Whether performer, presenter, painter, or poet, artists flourish when we connect through our shared goal: to make a lasting impression on the souls of those around us. Bio Jonathan Hepfer is a percussionist, conductor, and concert curator. He began playing classical music at age seventeen after discovering the work of John Cage while studying at SUNY Buffalo. Subsequently, Jonathan attended Oberlin Conservatory, UC San Diego and the Musikhochschule Freiburg (on a DAAD fellowship) where he studied with Michael Rosen, Steven Schick and Bernhard Wulff. ​Since 2015, he has been the Artistic Director of Monday Evening Concerts (MEC) in Los Angeles as well as its resident ensemble ECHOI. At MEC, Jonathan has directed performances of major works by Pierre Boulez, John Cage, Julius Eastman, Morton Feldman, Philip Glass, Gérard Grisey, Sarah Hennies, Yves Klein, Arvo Pärt, Steve Reich, Salvatore Sciarrino, Caroline Shaw, Tyshawn Sorey, Simeon Ten Holt and Iannis Xenakis. As a curator and producer, he has presented works by Georges Aperghis, Pierluigi Billone, Carolyn Chen, Chaya Czernowin, Julius Eastman, David Hammons, Sarah Hennies, György Kurtág, Klaus Lang, Alvin Lucier, Hans Otte, Éliane Radigue, Michael Pisaro-Liu, Caroline Shaw, Wadada Leo Smith, Steven Takasugi, Davóne Tines and Wu Tsang. Jonathan has directed (or co-directed) projects at venues such as the Getty Museum, Harvard University, Hauser & Wirth, Jeffrey Deitch, LACMA, LAXART, Marciano Art Foundation, the Santa Monica Carousel (Frieze), Thomas Mann House and the Pinault Collection in Paris. ​As a percussion soloist, Jonathan has focused extensively on the works of Georges Aperghis, Pierluigi Billone, Julius Eastman, Brian Ferneyhough, Morton Feldman, Vinko Globokar, Helmut Lachenmann, Giacinto Scelsi, Iannis Xenakis and Walter Zimmermann. In this capacity, he has performed widely across the United States, Europe and Asia. Recent independent projects have included serving as artistic director for a portrait of Julius Eastman at the Pinault Collection in Paris (a collaboration with Anaïs Ngbanzo, Dev Hynes and Adam Tendler) and performing the role of conductor in a revival of Deborah Hay’s ‘Solo 2’ at the Getty Museum. Jonathan has also contributed to projects by friends such as Henrik Purienne (‘Tasjaki’ at Galerie Chenel), Vanessa Beecroft and Gustave Rudman (‘Two Shadows’ at Jeffrey Deitch) and Henri Levy Alexandre (Enfants Riches Déprimés S/S ’25). He has published interviews with Meredith Monk (Autre Magazine), Éliane Radigue (Purple Magazine) and Steve Reich (Kaleidoscope Magazine). Jonathan also documented the oral histories of the pioneering generation of percussion soloists (Jan Williams, Christoph Caskel, Sylvio Gualda, Jean-Pierre Drouet, Gaston Sylvestre, Maurizio Ben Omar). Jonathan has served on the faculty at Art Center Pasadena and Cal Arts. He is interested in the ways that music intersects with visual art, literature, architecture, fashion and film. More about Modal Interchange: Conversations on 21st-Century Performance Practices The personality of Los Angeles’s new music scene mirrors its city’s culture and geography as a whole: equal parts diversity and decentralization, in a battle for recognition and relevance that crisscrosses 650 freeway miles. The Modal Interchange series casts a wide net around LA’s new music community, hosting a diverse group of individuals who might not otherwise share the same artistic and academic spaces, in a series of lecture-workshops geared to an audience of performers. Modal Interchange is a series of six workshops through 2026-27. Each workshop focuses on an element of 21st-century performing, programming, and music-making in the world of contemporary music, with special focus on the topics’ relevance in greater LA: histories of experimental music and the avant-garde, commissioning new works, concert programming, listening as an audience member, listening as a performer, score-reading and part-marking, learning and practicing contemporary works, improvisation practices, and arts activism. This series is conceived and hosted by violist Wendy Richman and produced in partnership with the UCLA Center for Musical Humanities. Dr. Richman is Lecturer in Performance Studies, Director of uclaFLUX, and a founding member of the International Contemporary Ensemble. For the full schedule, please visit our website: https://schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/modal-interchange-conversations-on-21st-century-performance-practices/

Hogarth' "Lost" Annotations, presented by Dr. Zirwat Chowdhury, Assistant Professor of 18th- and 19th-Century European Art, Department of Art History (UCLA), focuses on an annotated copy of The Investigator No. CCCXXII, one of a series of essays published by the 18th-century Scottish painter, Allan Ramsay. The annotations are those of Ramsay’s contemporary, the English painter and printmaker, William Hogarth. A prized document for its contribution to the artists’ important debates on art theory and aesthetic philosophy, the annotated volume has been understood by Hogarth scholars to have been long lost, even though it has been part of the Clark collections since it was acquired by William Andrews Clark Jr. in 1929. This talk will discuss how the annotated volume might expand our understanding of Hogarth’s theory of art, foundational to the history of 18th-century British art and controversially espoused by the artist in 1753 in his treatise on art and aesthetics, The Analysis of Beauty.

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@ GPSA will be hosting a town hall with the dean of the Graduate Division. Brian Kite is UCLA’s Dean and Vice Provost of Graduate Education and a Professor of Directing. A double Bruin, he earned his BA in Theater in 1991 and his MFA in 2004. He previously served as Dean of UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television and Chair of the Department of Theater. An award-winning theater director, he has directed productions across the United States and internationally. This event will feature an opportunity for questions from the audience. ### [UCLA Alumni Affairs](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/ucla-alumni-affairs/) [View Organizer Website](https://alumni.ucla.edu/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

The syllabus is an essential part of instruction that communicates the objectives, expectations, and structure of a course. Is it clear? Is it welcoming? Is it accessible? Leave with practical ideas you can apply to your next syllabus. Presenter: Sammy Solis, Assistant Director for Teaching Development at the Teaching and Learning Center (TLC) Keywords: syllabus, student belonging, expectations, course objective, clear learning goals Each academic quarter, the educational designers and developers of the UCLA Teaching and Learning Center (TLC) offer via Zoom a weekly series of seven pop-up sessions - each just 10 minutes in length - on focused, specific topics related to course design, teaching, learning, and learning assessment. The additional “+10” in the series title refers to an optional 10 minutes that follow each presentation for Q&A and discussion. These 10 + 10 sessions will take place at 10am (PT) every Tuesday in the quarter, from Week 2 through Week 8. These sessions are open to all UCLA instructors—including faculty, lecturers, instructors of record, graduate student instructors, and postdoctoral scholars. Please direct any inquiries to instructorsupport@teaching.ucla.edu.

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This session demonstrates best practices for adding media to your course as well as utilizing media in student work, such as assignments and introductions. We will cover the following: - Upload and post videos to your course - Create video submission assignments - Create an introductory discussion with video You will be provided with documentation and resources that you can use to add these activities to your course. Audience: Faculty, TAs, Staff

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Bruin MindFit is a mindful movement and meditation offering that teaches several effective stress management tools and is offered to UCLA faculty, staff, and students at no cost. In person outdoor grounding and revitalizing workshops to reconnect to the earth and walk mindfully on the grass. An opportunity to take a break and reset in the company of other Bruins. Tuesday 11/17/26, 12:15-1:00p, Dickson Court South

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Get guidance on: --Housing and tenant issues --Identifying legal problems --Employment questions --Understanding contracts --Referrals and resources **Open to all graduate students**

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Join Student Legal Services at the Graduate Student Resource Center to get guidance on housing and tenant issues, identifying legal problems, employment questions, understanding contracts, and more!

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Director Lee Chang-dong in person Winner of the Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival, Possible Love marks the long-awaited return of Lee Chang-dong (Burning, Poetry), whose infrequent releases make each new film a major—and always ravishing—cinematic event. The precarious existence of a laid-off factory worker and his wife is upended when an affluent documentary filmmaker chooses them as the subjects of her latest project. Featuring an extraordinary ensemble led by Jeon Do-yeon, winner of the Cannes Best Actress prize for Secret Sunshine, the film unfolds as a haunting, slow-burning examination of class disparity, lingering trauma, and the elusive quest for human connection. Probing the mysteries of human behavior, Lee exposes the quiet hypocrisies and unspoken desires that shape how we perceive—and exploit—one another. 2026. South Korea. Written and directed by Lee Chang-dong. With Jeon Do-yeon, Sul Kyung-gu, Cho Yeo-jeong, Zo In-sung. DCP courtesy Netflix. In Korean; English subtitles. 164 min. Learn more here: https://hmmr.buzz/C26PL

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@ UCLA Athletics and the UCLA Alumni Association are proud to invite all alumni to this Alumni Association Appreciation Day. Click the “Buy Tickets” link to purchase a discounted ticket and watch the Bruins take on USC on Nov. 17 at 7:30 p.m.! Go Bruins! ### [UCLA Athletics](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/ucla-athletics/) [View Organizer Website](https://uclabruins.com) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

Join Case Management and the Graduate Student Resource Center for virtual drop-in hours this fall! Discover how case managers support students by exploring options, identifying on-campus resources, and helping students to create a plan for their next steps.

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These meetups are for people who make websites. Join us every other week, on Wednesday at 11am, to ask any questions you may have about making websites at UCLA.

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Join the Music Library for an introduction to key industry databases supporting research for a variety of music research and performance disciplines. Topics will include music industry data and media resources. Attendees from all disciplinary backgrounds are welcome! This workshop will be offered via Zoom. If you are registered, you will receive the Zoom invitation details the day before the workshop. Instructors: Blair Black, Teaching and Learning Librarian for Arts and Humanities; and Matthew Vest, Open Research and Digital Scholarship Librarian for the Arts and Humanities

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UCLA F-1 visa students, do you want to know more about off-campus employment authorization? Join us on one of our weekly OPT webinars hosted by the Dashew Center staff to learn more! Time: 2 - 3pm (Pacific Time)

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Have specific questions about your research journey? Join the Undergraduate Research Center for the Sciences for office hours with one of our directors. These sessions are open to undergraduates who would like to discuss topics such as: - Getting into research* - Undergraduate research programs/opportunities - Graduate school preparation - Communicating your research *If your question is about how to get started in research, we recommend watching our Getting into Research workshop before attending our office hours.

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This interactive workshop invites you to reflect on your professional and instructional values, using the Live Your Values card deck to consider ethical AI use in your discipline. You will then revise an existing assignment that can support students in developing their own values, revising your learning objectives to foster students’ caring, curiosity, and community. This workshop is part of the AI and Teaching Pathway’s Discover track (more information on the AI and Teaching with Technology Pathway). https://teaching.ucla.edu/pedagogical-pathways/teaching-with-technology-pathway-program/

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Gradescope helps streamline the grading of handwritten exams, assignments, and Bubble Sheets while providing meaningful feedback to students. This workflow is especially suited for multiple choice, short-form, or mathematical responses. This session will cover how to create assignments, how students and instructors can upload work, and the basics of grading. Audience: Faculty, TAs

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This workshop will give an overview of the dissertation requirement in terms of structure, process, and role in one's career trajectory. The workshop will address the dissertation from multiple angles to deepen attendees' understanding of decisions and choices around the planning and execution of the dissertation.

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@ Join us for an engaging evening of reverse mentorship, networking and meaningful connections across the Bruin community. We’ll kick off the evening with a reverse mentorship experience, giving students and alumni the opportunity to learn from one another, exchange perspectives and build connections across generations and experiences. The event is also a great opportunity for students and alumni who have not yet found a mentor or mentee pairing to meet potential connections in person. Already paired? Come meet your mentor or mentee face-to-face and strengthen your connection beyond the UCLA ONE platform. Afterward, put your networking skills to work during speed networking! Students and alumni will have the opportunity to move freely from station to station, connecting with Bruins from diverse academic and career backgrounds based on their interests and professional goals. Refreshments and light bites will be provided throughout the evening. Don’t miss this opportunity to expand your Bruin network, gain new perspectives and build connections that can continue well beyond the event. ### [Alumni Mentor Program](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/alumni-mentor-program/) [View Organizer Website](https://alumni.ucla.edu/content/alumni-mentor-program-mentors/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

Interested in research? This Peer-led session will walk student parents through UCLA's hidden curriculum: office hours, finding a research mentor, emailing professors, and research programs. Dinner Provided!

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In person: Introductions and pre-screening conversation with author and film historian Howard Gutner and Deborah Nadoolman Landis, founding director and chair of the David C. Copley Center for Costume Design at UCLA. Presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive in partnership with the David C. Copley Center for Costume Design at UCLA. Archive Talks pairs leading historians and scholars with screenings of the moving image media that is the focus of their writing and research. Each program will begin with a special talk by the invited scholar that will introduce audiences to new insights, interpretations and contexts for the films and media being screened. This screening will be preceded by a book signing of Banton of Paramount: Haute Couture in Hollywood’s Golden Age with author Howard Gutner beginning at 6:30 p.m. in the lobby.

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GSRC in collaboration with 580 Cafe presents: Fuel up at Friendsgiving! Fuel up for that last stretch of the quarter at GSRC’s Friendsgiving and join us at the 580 cafe to give thanks with your friends. This is a community-building event for UCLA graduate students featuring food, essential needs mugs, and interactive crafts to encourage connection, resource navigation, creativity, and belonging. If you can’t go home during the break, be sure to spend friendsgiving with us. See you there!

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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 experienced researchers alike. This workshop will provide an introductory overview of food studies related resources at UCLA Library and beyond. This workshop is intended for those just getting started in food studies research, as well as experienced researchers interested in exploring beyond their academic specialty. This workshop will be offered via Zoom. If you are registered, you will receive the Zoom invitation details the day before the workshop. Instructors: Alexandra Solodkaya, Rothman Family Food Studies Librarian; Teaching and Learning Librarian for Health Science, Lizeth Ramirez, Librarian/Archivist for Los Angeles Communities and Cultures

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CARE Cafe is a space to take a break, connect with others, and explore conversations about relationships, consent, healing, and community. Each gathering features a different topic—from hookup culture and pop culture to friendship and pleasure—alongside casual peer conversation and low-stakes activities. Come as you are, grab a snack, join the conversation, make something, or simply spend some time in community.

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This co-working peer review session will cover syllabus design best practices. Participants will look at example syllabi, consider best practices for student-centered, inclusive, and digitally accessible design, and peer review each other’s materials. Light refreshments will be served. This session is open to all instructors, including faculty, TAs, and postdocs. Please contact gspse@teaching.ucla.edu if you have any questions.

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@ Join alumni from across schools for a casual evening in the South Bay! Catch up with familiar faces, meet fellow alumni from other universities, and expand your local network over food, drinks, and conversation. Plus-ones and friends from other schools are welcome! Food and drinks are available for purchase. ### [San Francisco Bay Area Network](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/san-francisco-bay-area-network/) [View Organizer Website](https://alumni.ucla.edu/network/san-francisco-bay-area-network/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

What happens when a Minimoog takes center stage in a concerto? British composer and electronic music performer Gabriel Prokofiev brings his answer to UCLA following the U.S. premiere of his Concerto for Minimoog Synthesizer and Orchestra. Prokofiev will be joined by Shapiro Professor of Piano Inna Faliks and Professor Robert Fink, musicologist and chair of the Music Industry Program, for an insightful panel conversation, a live Minimoog synthesizer demonstration, and an interactive audience Q&A exploring the intersection of classical tradition, electronic performance, and contemporary music culture.

@ The UCLA Alumni Zurich Network invites you to a dinner gathering with other Bruins! Join us for an evening to expand your network over good food, catch up on the latest campus news, and discover ways to engage with and give back to our community. We hope you are able to attend and we look forward to sharing a memorable night with you! Please RSVP by November 13, if possible. Pay onsite ### [Zurich Network](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/zurich-network/) [View Organizer Website](https://alumni.ucla.edu/network/zurich-network/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

On November 19, 2026, join us beneath the moonlight at the Herb Alpert School of Music for a beautiful Loy Krathong Festival, presented by the Ethnomusicology Department and the Music of Thailand Ensemble. Talented students from the Music of Thailand Ensemble (ETHNMUS 91Z and 161M), along with community members, will bring the evening to life with the vibrant sounds and graceful movements of traditional Thai music and dance. Discover the joy of Thai culture through dance workshops and activities for all ages, including crafting colorful paper lotuses, making Thai sweets, and playing games for exciting prizes. Join the circle of dancers and learn traditional steps from expert dancers right here in LA. As the evening draws to a close, we’ll gather by a freshwater pond prepared for the occasion, holding our glowing candles and “lily lotuses.” Together, we’ll gently set them afloat, share good wishes for the new year, and send love to a loved one. May this Full Moon Festival bring you joy, connection, and hope. We look forward to celebrating with you at Inverted Fountain, UCLA, 7-9 PM!

Olivia Wilde out-Albees Edward Albee (and out-LaButes Neil LaBute) in this viciously funny four-hander about a couple who inadvertently spice up their marriage when they invite over their swinging neighbors for a casual dinner party. Deftly adapted by Will McCormack and Rashida Jones from the popular Spanish movie Sentimental, The Invite confirms Wilde as an uncommonly, if unsurprisingly, gifted director of actors, each of whom plays their parts to perfection: the put-upon neurotic wife (Wilde, paying homage to Diane Keaton), the half-hearted husband (Seth Rogan), the Tantric seeker (Ed Norton), and the free-spirited bohemian (Penelope Cruz). 2026. USA. Directed by Olivia Wilde. Screenplay by Will McCormack, Rashida Jones. With Wilde, Penelope Cruz, Edward Norton, Seth Rogen. DCP courtesy A24. 107 min. Learn more here: https://hmmr.buzz/C26TI

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The mindful writing sessions integrate simple techniques from mindfulness to support the writing process and cultivate an approach to writing that fosters balance, self-care, and well-being. Please bring a current writing project because most of the session time will be allocated for writing. All sessions will be conducted remotely via Zoom.

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Learn how to design a drought-tolerant, water-efficient garden that will thrive in Southern California weather!

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Feeling beachy? Join us on a Transit Trip to Santa Monica! Set up your Grad Pass to use public transportation for free. Lunch will be provided before you head out to explore the local Santa Monica Beach and 3rd Street Promenade area. Don’t miss out on this beach day!

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@ UCLA’s Pilipino Alumni Association is hosting a musical showcase to celebrate and share Filipino culture through musical expression. We welcome UCLA students, alumni, and the friends and family of UCLA’s Filipino Community. ### [UCLA Pilipino Alumni Association](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/ucla-pilipino-alumni-association/) [View Organizer Website](https://alumni.ucla.edu/network/pilipino-alumni-association/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

Part of: Archive Television Treasures In person: Q&A with writer-producer Harry Friedman, actors Ruta Lee, Rich Little and Jo Anne Worley, and producer Jay Redack. Made possible by the John H. Mitchell Television Programming Endowment Premiering on NBC on October 17, 1966, Hollywood Squares became one of the most popular game shows in television history, with over 4,000 episodes of the original network incarnation produced through 1981. The longevity of the simple tic-tac-toe game was driven in large part by the show’s charismatic, quick-witted host, Peter Marshall. A talented actor and nightclub comedian, Marshall breezily tackled the daunting task of corralling the series’ boisterous, rotating stable of nine celebrities, setting up punchlines and volleying retorts with equal aplomb. While high-wattage superstars such as Vincent Price and Sammy Davis Jr. often guested, the literal center of Hollywood Squares’ towering, neon-lit set featured an icon like no other — actor and comedian Paul Lynde. Beloved by audiences of all stripes, Lynde routinely brought down the house with bawdy ad-libs and double entendres — delivered impeccably with a knowing wink. Painfully closeted in his personal life to protect his showbiz career, Lynde turned conventional wisdom of the day upside down, boldly introducing the masses to an undeniably empowered, queer-coded persona previously unseen on television. Join us as we celebrate the 60th anniversary of the premiere of Hollywood Squares and the birth centennials of Peter Marshall and Paul Lynde. Two preserved episodes will be screened, complete with original commercials, as well as an extended clip reel showcasing a galaxy of guest stars, risque retorts and the genius of Paul Lynde. Programmed and notes written by John H. Mitchell Television Curator Mark Quigley.

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@ We will be hiking Sullivan Fire Road in the Palisades with spectacular views of the Santa Monica mountains and a few spots with view of the Santa Monica Bay. It’s in and out so those who want a shorter hike can turn around 5 miles when we get to the overlook of Camp Josepho and the rest of us will continue on for a longer hike to a large oak tree about a mile or so further in for a longer hike of around 7/7.5 miles. There is streets parking on Casale if you turn right on Capri. If there is no parking on Casale, streets below should have parking. Please arrive early to account for time to find parking. Please also bring water, snacks, and sun protection as you will need. ### [Westside Network](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/los-angeles-westside-network/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

UCLA student combos and ensembles directed by world-class jazz artists will be performing well-known jazz standards, contemporary works, and pop songs, as well as compositions by the faculty directors and the students.