Arts + Culture

The school’s new series will feature leading figures in jazz, opera and classical music, along with symposia, lectures and other events.

Doctoral student Kelsi Rutledge helped make “Jean Jacket” scientifically plausible.

The collaboration between the Islamic studies program and UCLA Library continues to enrich the field and the world.

Forni comes to the Fowler after an accomplished tenure at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, Canada.

$13 million from Arcadia will bolster the Modern Endangered Archives Program.

The programs, which are open to the public, will run through Dec. 18 at the Billy Wilder Theater at the Hammer Museum.

‘Writing a Chrysanthemum: The Drawings of Rick Barton’ has drawn critical acclaim at the Morgan Library & Museum. The show closes Sept. 11.

The associate professor of design media arts has focused on exploring how technology has become so interwoven into our lives and society.

“Particular Histories: Provenance Research in African Arts” is based on the findings of an initiative to trace the movement of objects collected during an exploitative colonial era.

Stokes, who taught at UCLA for more than four decades, was also a renowned studio musician who appeared on some of the most iconic movie soundtracks.

The exhibition, which was was curated by Hilton Als, runs from Oct. 11 through Jan. 22, 2023.

The UCLA alumna and Los Angeles County supervisor hosted the landmark talk show, which began in 1992.

Alumni Ralph and Shirley Shapiro have now funded more than 20 endowed chairs across campus.

The donation of 40 historical texts from Paul Chrzanowski further bolsters an already remarkable collection of early English texts.

The free public programs, presented at the Billy Wilder Theater at the Hammer Museum, run from July 8 through Sept. 30.

The concert celebrated more than 30 years of intercultural musical partnership between UCLA and Mexico.

“Secret Chord Concerts” will feature musicians representing a broad range of styles, heritages and histories.

Participants represent university libraries from across the nation.

The UCLA Film & Television Archive series begins June 3 at the Billy Wilder Theater.

Ahmanise Sanati has worked at L.A.'s Twin Towers Correctional Facility for 11 years, during which time she’s brought in books for the people incarcerated there.

RSVPs for the previous location will be honored for the free concert, which will take place on campus at UCLA.

Kym Barrett will mentor graduate students through the design process.

From rock band the Linda Lindas to podcasts to the dimension-jumping “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” staff recommend their media musts.

‘BeHere / 1942,’ presented by the Yanai Initiative of UCLA and Tokyo’s Waseda University, runs from May 7 to Oct. 9.

The lecture, which will be held Wednesday, May 11, at 5 p.m., is free and open to the public.