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Electroacoustic Music Strategies: Composing with Technology

Speaker:

Dr. Jorge Rodrigo Sigal Sefchovich

Composer, Researcher, and Director

Centro Mexicano para la Música y las Artes Sonoras / Mexican Center for Music and Sound Art (CMMAS)

Professor, ENES–UNAM, Morelia

DESCRIPTION

In this talk, Dr. Rodrigo Sigal presents a range of creative and technical strategies for

composing electroacoustic music, with a focus on mixed and acousmatic formats. Drawing on

his experience as director of CMMAS, he will demonstrate methods for shaping timbre,

structuring processes, and articulating sound in space. Through musical examples and visual

tools, the presentation will explore how technology becomes an integral partner in the

compositional act.

Part of the 2025-2026 Florence Bayz Music Series

The Florence Bayz Music Series offers online concerts, lectures, and presentations of academic research by Department of Music faculty, postdoctoral researchers, students, and international guest artists and scholars.

Dr. Amy Skjerseth (she/her), Assistant Professor of Popular Music, Coordinator

Events are free and open to the public.

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Film Screening with Original Soundtrack by Rodrigo Sigal

February 18, 2026 | 7:00 PM

INTS 1128 – CHASS Interdisciplinary Screening Room

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Paulo Chagas, Event Coordinator

UC Riverside’s Department of Music presents a special screening of ¡Que Viva Mexico!, Sergei Eisenstein’s iconic, unfinished film project, accompanied by an original soundtrack composed by Rodrigo Sigal and commissioned by UC Riverside.

Although Eisenstein (1898–1948) never completed the film, an edited version of his original footage was released in 1979 and has since become a landmark in film history. ¡Que Viva Mexico! is emblematic of Eisenstein’s transnational aesthetic vision and of a broader historical shift—from the sensory experimentation of modern art to the mass mediation of perception in global culture.

Rodrigo Sigal’s newly composed soundtrack approaches the film from two complementary perspectives. First, he assigns distinct timbral motives to the film’s characters, forging a close identity between image and sound. Second, he structures the music through the film’s visual layers, allowing cinematic montage to inform musical segmentation. The score integrates prehispanic instruments, materials from the 1979 soundtrack, and electroacoustic elements, creating a rich dialogue between past and present.

Commissioned by UC Riverside in 2021, this work offers a powerful reimagining of a silent-film classic and resonates with themes of Mexican cultural history and ritual, including connections to Día de los Muertos and other festive traditions.

🎥 Rodrigo Sigal on ¡Que Viva Mexico!:

https://youtu.be/mO2wnUDV_Cg

Jorge Rodrigo Sigal Sefchovich (Mexico City, 1971) is a composer, cultural organizer, and professor of Music and Artistic Technologies at the National School of Higher Studies (ENES), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Morelia, where he co-founded the undergraduate program in Music and Artistic Technologies. His work focuses on electroacoustic music and the creative use of new technologies.

Since 2006, Sigal has served as Director of the Mexican Center for Music and Sonic Arts (CMMAS), leading national and international initiatives in artistic creation, education, research, and cultural management in sound and music. In 2024, he received the Bellas Artes Medal in Music from Mexico’s National Institute of Fine Arts and Literature (INBAL).

Sigal holds a PhD from City University of London, completed postdoctoral research at UNAM, and has received numerous fellowships and grants, including Fulbright, FONCA, and support from UNAM and the DeVos Institute for Cultural Management. He is a Level I member of Mexico’s National System of Researchers (CONACYT). For over two decades, he has been a member of the interdisciplinary collective Lumínico, is the director of the Visiones Sonoras Festival, and serves as editor of the journal Ideas Sónicas.

More information: www.rodrigosigal.com

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This talk begins by thinking with Toni Morrison's novel, Beloved, and her notion of a “too thick” love. Too thick feeling is a racially gendered problem for affect theory, one that not only exposes the latter's residual humanisms but that opens onto the possibility of thinking with the minor affective registers of Black existence. Highlighting the conjunction between Black critiques of humanism and those repertoires of wayward feeling that subtend Black existence, this talk argues that too thick feeling moves us through the undertheorized racially gendered declensions and transfigurations within registers of feeling such as slowness, exhaustion, bitterness, and perseverance. Moving between Beloved and Charles Burnett's 1978 film Killer of Sheep, this talk suggests that this indeterminate genre of feeling emerges precisely through its immanent exposure to and subjection before an anti-Black world that demands but cannot abide its intelligibility.

Rizvana Bradley is Associate Professor of Film and Media and Affiliated Faculty in the History of Art and the Center for Race and Gender at the University of California, Berkeley. Bradley has been named the John Grace Memorial Philosopher in Residence at the University of British Columbia. She was the 2023–24 Terra Foundation for American Art Visiting Professor at the John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies at Freie Universität Berlin. Bradley is the author of Anteaesthetics: Black Aesthesis and the Critique of Form (Stanford University Press, 2023), shortlisted for the 2024 MLA Prize for a First Book and named one of the Top Books of 2023 by FRIEZE. The book was a recipient of the Creative Capital Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant. Bradley’s work examines modern and contemporary art, film and digital media, and literature through critical interrogations of aesthetic theory, Continental philosophy, and art history in order to rethink the stakes of and methods for the interpretation of aesthetic forms.

Her scholarship has appeared in Diacritics: A Review of Contemporary Criticism, Film-Philosophy, TDR: The Drama Review, Discourse: Journal for Theoretical Studies in Media and Culture, Rhizomes: Cultural Studies in Emerging Knowledge, Black Camera: An International Film Journal, Film Quarterly, and Women and Performance: A Journal of Feminist Theory. She serves on the advisory boards of October and Camera Obscura. Bradley’s art criticism has been published in The Yale Review, Artforum, e-flux, Art in America, and Parkett, as well as numerous exhibition catalogs, including for the Serpentine Galleries, the New Museum, Whitechapel Gallery, Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art, Institute of Contemporary Art Philadelphia, and the Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art. Her work has been translated into four languages.

Bradley has curated a number of academic arts symposia, including events at the British Film Institute, London, the Serpentine Galleries, London, the Stedelijk Museum of Art, Amsterdam, and the Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York.

Her work has been supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Terra Foundation for American Art, Creative Capital, and the Andy Warhol Foundation. In 2025, Bradley delivered the annual J. Fred Weintz and Rosemary Weintz Lecture in the Department of Art and Art History at Stanford University. She has been invited to give keynotes at the Documenta Institut, Jeu de Paume, Kunstmuseum Basel, the University of Amsterdam, Rhode Island School of Design, Tate Britain, Modern Art Oxford, Utrecht University, and the Musée du quai Branly-Jacques Chirac. Bradley has also served as a visiting critic at the Yale School of Art, the Ruskin School of Art at the University of Oxford, and was most recently a critic and theorist in residence at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She is on the advisory board of the Centre for Culture and Technology at the University of Toronto.

Before coming to UC Berkeley, Bradley was an Assistant Professor in the History of Art and African American Studies at Yale, an Assistant Professor of Women's, Gender and Sexuality at Emory University, and a Visiting Research Fellow in the Department of the History of Art at the University College London. She holds a BA from Williams College and a PhD from Duke University, and was a Helena Rubinstein Critical Studies Fellow at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York.

Rizvana Bradley’s participation in “Transversal Re/Configurations: Flesh, Bodies, and Matter in Motion” was co-curated and co-coordinated by Erika Villeroy da Costa & María Regina Firmino-Castillo, Department of Dance.

Part of “Transversal Re/Configurations: Flesh, Bodies, and Matter in Motion”

Current Topics in Dance Research Colloquium Series: January 08 - March 12, 2026

– María Regina Firmino-Castillo, Curator & Coordinator

Transversal Re/Configurations: Flesh, Bodies, and Matter in Motion was made possible through generous sponsorships from the California Center for Native Nations; the Rupert Costo Endowment in American Indian Affairs, University of California, Riverside; the CHASS Dean's Office and the Center for Ideas and Society; and the Departments of Music, Ethnic Studies, Gender & Sexuality Studies, and Media & Cultural Studies.

Many thanks to: taisha paggett (Department of Dance, Chairperson), Anthea Kraut (Department of Dance, Vice-Chair), Courtney Brubaker (Events Specialist), and Pete Pace (Technical Director) for their generous support of the Colloquium, and to Jonathan Ritter (Department of Music, Chairperson) and María del Rosario Acosta López (Professor, Hispanic Studies Department) for their vision and collaboration.

For Accessibility and Accommodations, contact mariafc@ucr.edu

Photo credits: Photo of Rizvana Bradley by Cassidy DuHon.

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FUENTEOVEJUNA, OR LIKE SHEEP TO WATER...

By Félix Lope de Vega y Carpio, translated by Curt Columbus

Director: Melanie Queponds
Scenic Designer: Kerry Jones
Costume Designer: Gee-gee Brass
Lighting Designer: Ben Tusher
Sound Designer: Kiah Fisher

In 1476, famine and unrest grip a fragile Spain newly united under Isabella and Ferdinand, even as King Alfonso of Portugal presses his claim. With the Knights of Calatrava wavering in loyalty, the fledgling kingdom teeters on the edge of civil war.

Please be advised that this production includes atmospheric smoke and loud sound effects, and contains some strong language, historic negative depictions of Moorish people and cultures, references to war, adult themes, sexual and tense situations, and scenes of violence.

The performance length is approximately 100 minutes, with no intermission.

View or download the program.

Please join us for a talkback with the dramaturg and members of the cast and production team following the February 20th performance.

TICKETS (ON SALE FEBRUARY 2, 2026 AT 8:00AM):
$15 General, $12 students, UCR alumni cardholders, senior citizens, & children.
Currently enrolled UCR Students can reserve one complimentary ticket online when tickets go on sale.
All ticket sales are online or via QR card at the venue. Cashless payments only (credit card, debit card, Apple Pay, Google Pay).

There is no reserved seating so arrive early for the best seats.
The performance will begin promptly at the announced curtain time and latecomers will only be seated at an appropriate pause in the program.
No exchanges or refunds will be made, except in the event a performance is canceled.

CAST:
Captain Flores / Manrique; Steven Tyson
Sergeant Ortuño / King Ferdinand of Aragon: Edwin Tolosagonzales
Commander Fernán Gómez De Guzmán: Nathan Reiner
Grand Master Rodrigo Téllez Girón / Alonso: Karen Paley
Laurencia: Kylah Kintaudi
Pascuala: Yennie Cannon
Frondoso: Kristion Antoine
Mengo / Second Councilor: Juan-Manuel Cardona-Flores
Barrildo / Cimbranos / First Councilor: James Medina
Jacinta / Queen Isabella of Castile: Aneliz Rios
Juana Roja: Ella Escobar
Esteban: Kalin Pont-Tate

PRODUCTION STAFF:
Stage Manager: Fern Woertink
Assistant Stage Managers: Diego Capriel, Jeremy Gutierrez
Dramaturg: Colin Loveland
Fight Choreographer: Ken Merckx
Intimacy Choreographer: Shinshin Tsai
Assistant Director: Isabella Singley
Assistant Scenic Designer: Daniella Escobar
Assistant Costume Designer: Isabella Hogan
Assistant Lighting Designer: Alex Corral
Assistant Sound Designer: Sonia Tinoco

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February 12, 8:00pm
February 13, 8:00pm
February 14, 8:00pm
February 19, 8:00pm
February 20, 8:00pm
February 21, 2:30pm
February 21, 8:00pm
ARTS Studio Theatre

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FUENTEOVEJUNA, OR LIKE SHEEP TO WATER...

By Félix Lope de Vega y Carpio, translated by Curt Columbus

Director: Melanie Queponds
Scenic Designer: Kerry Jones
Costume Designer: Gee-gee Brass
Lighting Designer: Ben Tusher
Sound Designer: Kiah Fisher

In 1476, famine and unrest grip a fragile Spain newly united under Isabella and Ferdinand, even as King Alfonso of Portugal presses his claim. With the Knights of Calatrava wavering in loyalty, the fledgling kingdom teeters on the edge of civil war.

Please be advised that this production includes atmospheric smoke and loud sound effects, and contains some strong language, historic negative depictions of Moorish people and cultures, references to war, adult themes, sexual and tense situations, and scenes of violence.

The performance length is approximately 100 minutes, with no intermission.

View or download the program.

Please join us for a talkback with the dramaturg and members of the cast and production team following the February 20th performance.

TICKETS (ON SALE FEBRUARY 2, 2026 AT 8:00AM):
$15 General, $12 students, UCR alumni cardholders, senior citizens, & children.
Currently enrolled UCR Students can reserve one complimentary ticket online when tickets go on sale.
All ticket sales are online or via QR card at the venue. Cashless payments only (credit card, debit card, Apple Pay, Google Pay).

There is no reserved seating so arrive early for the best seats.
The performance will begin promptly at the announced curtain time and latecomers will only be seated at an appropriate pause in the program.
No exchanges or refunds will be made, except in the event a performance is canceled.

CAST:
Captain Flores / Manrique; Steven Tyson
Sergeant Ortuño / King Ferdinand of Aragon: Edwin Tolosagonzales
Commander Fernán Gómez De Guzmán: Nathan Reiner
Grand Master Rodrigo Téllez Girón / Alonso: Karen Paley
Laurencia: Kylah Kintaudi
Pascuala: Yennie Cannon
Frondoso: Kristion Antoine
Mengo / Second Councilor: Juan-Manuel Cardona-Flores
Barrildo / Cimbranos / First Councilor: James Medina
Jacinta / Queen Isabella of Castile: Aneliz Rios
Juana Roja: Ella Escobar
Esteban: Kalin Pont-Tate

PRODUCTION STAFF:
Stage Manager: Fern Woertink
Assistant Stage Managers: Diego Capriel, Jeremy Gutierrez
Dramaturg: Colin Loveland
Fight Choreographer: Ken Merckx
Intimacy Choreographer: Shinshin Tsai
Assistant Director: Isabella Singley
Assistant Scenic Designer: Daniella Escobar
Assistant Costume Designer: Isabella Hogan
Assistant Lighting Designer: Alex Corral
Assistant Sound Designer: Sonia Tinoco

PARKING:
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February 12, 8:00pm
February 13, 8:00pm
February 14, 8:00pm
February 19, 8:00pm
February 20, 8:00pm
February 21, 2:30pm
February 21, 8:00pm
ARTS Studio Theatre

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FUENTEOVEJUNA, OR LIKE SHEEP TO WATER...

By Félix Lope de Vega y Carpio, translated by Curt Columbus

Director: Melanie Queponds
Scenic Designer: Kerry Jones
Costume Designer: Gee-gee Brass
Lighting Designer: Ben Tusher
Sound Designer: Kiah Fisher

In 1476, famine and unrest grip a fragile Spain newly united under Isabella and Ferdinand, even as King Alfonso of Portugal presses his claim. With the Knights of Calatrava wavering in loyalty, the fledgling kingdom teeters on the edge of civil war.

Please be advised that this production includes atmospheric smoke and loud sound effects, and contains some strong language, historic negative depictions of Moorish people and cultures, references to war, adult themes, sexual and tense situations, and scenes of violence.

The performance length is approximately 100 minutes, with no intermission.

View or download the program.

Please join us for a talkback with the dramaturg and members of the cast and production team following the February 20th performance.

TICKETS (ON SALE FEBRUARY 2, 2026 AT 8:00AM):
$15 General, $12 students, UCR alumni cardholders, senior citizens, & children.
Currently enrolled UCR Students can reserve one complimentary ticket online when tickets go on sale.
All ticket sales are online or via QR card at the venue. Cashless payments only (credit card, debit card, Apple Pay, Google Pay).

There is no reserved seating so arrive early for the best seats.
The performance will begin promptly at the announced curtain time and latecomers will only be seated at an appropriate pause in the program.
No exchanges or refunds will be made, except in the event a performance is canceled.

CAST:
Captain Flores / Manrique; Steven Tyson
Sergeant Ortuño / King Ferdinand of Aragon: Edwin Tolosagonzales
Commander Fernán Gómez De Guzmán: Nathan Reiner
Grand Master Rodrigo Téllez Girón / Alonso: Karen Paley
Laurencia: Kylah Kintaudi
Pascuala: Yennie Cannon
Frondoso: Kristion Antoine
Mengo / Second Councilor: Juan-Manuel Cardona-Flores
Barrildo / Cimbranos / First Councilor: James Medina
Jacinta / Queen Isabella of Castile: Aneliz Rios
Juana Roja: Ella Escobar
Esteban: Kalin Pont-Tate

PRODUCTION STAFF:
Stage Manager: Fern Woertink
Assistant Stage Managers: Diego Capriel, Jeremy Gutierrez
Dramaturg: Colin Loveland
Fight Choreographer: Ken Merckx
Intimacy Choreographer: Shinshin Tsai
Assistant Director: Isabella Singley
Assistant Scenic Designer: Daniella Escobar
Assistant Costume Designer: Isabella Hogan
Assistant Lighting Designer: Alex Corral
Assistant Sound Designer: Sonia Tinoco

PARKING:
Please click here for parking information and directions.

February 12, 8:00pm
February 13, 8:00pm
February 14, 8:00pm
February 19, 8:00pm
February 20, 8:00pm
February 21, 2:30pm
February 21, 8:00pm
ARTS Studio Theatre

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FUENTEOVEJUNA, OR LIKE SHEEP TO WATER...

By Félix Lope de Vega y Carpio, translated by Curt Columbus

Director: Melanie Queponds
Scenic Designer: Kerry Jones
Costume Designer: Gee-gee Brass
Lighting Designer: Ben Tusher
Sound Designer: Kiah Fisher

In 1476, famine and unrest grip a fragile Spain newly united under Isabella and Ferdinand, even as King Alfonso of Portugal presses his claim. With the Knights of Calatrava wavering in loyalty, the fledgling kingdom teeters on the edge of civil war.

Please be advised that this production includes atmospheric smoke and loud sound effects, and contains some strong language, historic negative depictions of Moorish people and cultures, references to war, adult themes, sexual and tense situations, and scenes of violence.

The performance length is approximately 100 minutes, with no intermission.

View or download the program.

Please join us for a talkback with the dramaturg and members of the cast and production team following the February 20th performance.

TICKETS (ON SALE FEBRUARY 2, 2026 AT 8:00AM):
$15 General, $12 students, UCR alumni cardholders, senior citizens, & children.
Currently enrolled UCR Students can reserve one complimentary ticket online when tickets go on sale.
All ticket sales are online or via QR card at the venue. Cashless payments only (credit card, debit card, Apple Pay, Google Pay).

There is no reserved seating so arrive early for the best seats.
The performance will begin promptly at the announced curtain time and latecomers will only be seated at an appropriate pause in the program.
No exchanges or refunds will be made, except in the event a performance is canceled.

CAST:
Captain Flores / Manrique; Steven Tyson
Sergeant Ortuño / King Ferdinand of Aragon: Edwin Tolosagonzales
Commander Fernán Gómez De Guzmán: Nathan Reiner
Grand Master Rodrigo Téllez Girón / Alonso: Karen Paley
Laurencia: Kylah Kintaudi
Pascuala: Yennie Cannon
Frondoso: Kristion Antoine
Mengo / Second Councilor: Juan-Manuel Cardona-Flores
Barrildo / Cimbranos / First Councilor: James Medina
Jacinta / Queen Isabella of Castile: Aneliz Rios
Juana Roja: Ella Escobar
Esteban: Kalin Pont-Tate

PRODUCTION STAFF:
Stage Manager: Fern Woertink
Assistant Stage Managers: Diego Capriel, Jeremy Gutierrez
Dramaturg: Colin Loveland
Fight Choreographer: Ken Merckx
Intimacy Choreographer: Shinshin Tsai
Assistant Director: Isabella Singley
Assistant Scenic Designer: Daniella Escobar
Assistant Costume Designer: Isabella Hogan
Assistant Lighting Designer: Alex Corral
Assistant Sound Designer: Sonia Tinoco

PARKING:
Please click here for parking information and directions.

February 12, 8:00pm
February 13, 8:00pm
February 14, 8:00pm
February 19, 8:00pm
February 20, 8:00pm
February 21, 2:30pm
February 21, 8:00pm
ARTS Studio Theatre

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Chicano Student Programs in collaboration with the UCR Library is hosting our fourth annual archive and collective memory exhibit for our annual Semana de la Mujer 2026 program! The exhibit will be on the first floor of the Tomás Rivera Library for the entire month of March (Women's History Month), and will highlight and honor UCR Chicana/Latina femmes and mujeres/femmes in our lives who have shaped us.

During the Semana de la Mujer program, we will launch the exhibit with a Collective Memory Exhibit Reception on Monday, February 23rd from 12pm-2:30pm. The event will be on the 1st floor of the Tomás Rivera Library. The reception welcomes the public to learn more about the herstories of the collective memory submissions.

All are encouraged to attend. The event is open to the public and free.

We look forward to seeing you there!

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“New Music for Two Voices”

Soprano Susan Narucki and Coloratura Soprano Kirsten Ashley Wiest

GRAMMY-winning soprano Susan Narucki and award-winning coloratura soprano Kirsten Ashley Wiest perform music written for two voices from the contemporary classical repertoire.

Part of the 2025-2026 Florence Bayz Music Series

The Florence Bayz Music Series offers online concerts, lectures, and presentations of academic research by Department of Music faculty, postdoctoral researchers, students, and international guest artists and scholars.

Dr. Amy Skjerseth (she/her), Assistant Professor of Popular Music, Coordinator

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Lilian Mengesha

This talk will detail insights from Dr. Mengesha’s new book Critical Dreaming: Feminist Performances Across the Indigenous Americas, which is a transnational study of Indigenous artists that stages the urgency of embodied ways of knowing amidst the colonial decimation of culture, life, and land. In the 1990s, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), and US and Canadian boarding/residential schools’ practices led to an increase in cases of missing and murdered Indigenous women from the US-Mexico border, Guatemala, Canada, and the United States. Indigenous artists aiming to recontextualize these state-sponsored instances of violence created works grappling with time, ancestry, and relationality. Dr. Mengesha interprets the works of these artists’ Indigenous contexts through an aesthetic frame she calls “critical dreaming.”

Using methods from performance studies, gender studies, and Indigenous studies, Critical Dreaming considers artists as expert world makers. Dr. Mengesha examines selected works by Lara Kramer, Regina José Galindo, Rebecca Belmore, Monique Mojica, LeAnne Howe, and Sky Hopinka, demonstrating how each materializes alternative modes of experiencing time, making kin, and communing with land. Revealing the long and interconnected patterns of feminicide across the Americas, the talk will detail how contemporary feminist artists use performance to sustain life amid devastating attempts at extermination.

Lilian Mengesha is an Associate Professor in the Department of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, and Affiliate faculty in the Department of Studies in Race, Colonialism and Diaspora at Tufts University which occupies Massachusett and Nipmuc territories. Her research and teaching live at the intersection of critical Indigenous studies, gender and sexuality studies and performance studies. Her talk will draw from her first book, Critical Dreaming: Feminist Performances Across the Indigenous Americas (NYU Press, 2025). You can find her other writing in the Journal for Dramatic Theory and Criticism, ASAP Journal, Canadian Theatre Review and The Drama Review. In addition to research and teaching, Dr. Mengesha is a director and dramaturge for experimental performance and new works.

Part of “Transversal Re/Configurations: Flesh, Bodies, and Matter in Motion”

Current Topics in Dance Research Colloquium Series: January 08 - March 12, 2026

– María Regina Firmino-Castillo, Curator & Coordinator

Transversal Re/Configurations: Flesh, Bodies, and Matter in Motion was made possible through generous sponsorships from the California Center for Native Nations; the Rupert Costo Endowment in American Indian Affairs, University of California, Riverside; the CHASS Dean's Office and the Center for Ideas and Society; and the Departments of Music, Ethnic Studies, Gender & Sexuality Studies, and Media & Cultural Studies.

Many thanks to: taisha paggett (Department of Dance, Chairperson), Anthea Kraut (Department of Dance, Vice-Chair), Courtney Brubaker (Events Specialist), and Pete Pace (Technical Director) for their generous support of the Colloquium, and to Jonathan Ritter (Department of Music, Chairperson) and María del Rosario Acosta López (Professor, Hispanic Studies Department) for their vision and collaboration.

For Accessibility and Accommodations, contact mariafc@ucr.edu

Photo credits:

Photo of Lily Mengesha by María Fernanda Sánchez.

Photo of book cover, New York University Press.

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Tu amor eterno es un fuego poderoso que alimenta las historias preservadas por tus manos callosas. Tu sazón, tu amor, tus memorias, tus historias son ingredientes que aunque estés aquí o allá cargó en mi presente.

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General Admission - $15UCR Alumni - $10Students - $8

Artistic Director: Joel Mejia Smith

Choreographers:

Neveaha Garcia

Danielle Guzman

Cesar Lopez

Stephanie Mendez

Jatziry Ponce

Darinka Rivera Ramirez

Taylor Thomas

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Lot 6 Blue offers free parking on weekends, from 12:00 p.m. on Fridays until 6:00 a.m. on Monday mornings, when parking in the unreserved spaces. For any other questions about event parking, please email parking@ucr.edu between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday to Friday, and allow up to one business day to receive a response. Additional visitor parking info for events can be found at: performingarts.ucr.edu/parking

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View a digital version of the exhibit guide here or pick up a print copy in-person when you visit the exhibit.

NOTE: We will be closed on Thursday, Nov. 27 & Friday, Nov. 28 for the Thanksgiving holiday.

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Our theme for this years series is, "Tu amor eterno es un fuego poderoso que alimenta las historias preservadas por tus manos callosas. Tu sazón, tu amor, tus memorias, tus historias son ingredientes que aunque estés aquí o allá cargó en mi presente."

Week-long series from Feb 21st-Feb 27th:

Sat., 2/21, 8:30am-3pm, (Mujer Conference)Mon, 2/23, 12pm (Collective Memory Exhibit Opening & Reception)Tues, 2/24, 12pm (Las Profes Panel)Wed., 2/25, 12pm (Amordidas Workshop)Wed., 2/25, 4pm (Healing Circle)Thurs., 2/26, 5pm (Poesia Peligrosa)Fri, 2/27, 5pm (Mujeres Mixer)Month-long Collective Memory Exhibit will be featured throughout March at the Rivera Library.

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In the Hour of Chaos: Hip Hop Art & Activism with Public Enemy’s Chuck D highlights the transformative power of Hip Hop with some of the nation’s most insightful thinkers on the art form’s social, cultural, and political significance. Guided by Chuck D himself, the film tells the story of how artists, activists, and academics came together at UCLA to celebrate 50 years of Hip Hop cultural history. The all-star line-up of guests explores the profound impact of an arts movement that revolutionized the world.

Over much of the last 4 decades, Chuck D’s music and activism have taught so many of us. This film captures Chuck D at his best, engaging some of the nation’s leading public intellectuals on the social origins of Hip Hop culture and its continued evolution. The film covers a range of topics, including Black radical movements, Hip Hop feminisms, and the global circulation of the culture within the ever-evolving music and entertainment industries. Narrated by Chuck D, this film follows his tenure as the UCLA Hip Hop Initiative’s inaugural Artist-in-Residence. No other film captures this journey, at this critical juncture in our history, as we celebrate over half a century of Hip Hop with one of its most important and globally-recognized voices. And no other artist speaks so powerfully and eloquently about Hip Hop’s continued relevance in today’s “hour of chaos.”

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TICKETING:

General Admission - $15UCR Alumni - $10Students - $8

Artistic Director: Joel Mejia Smith

Choreographers:

Neveaha Garcia

Danielle Guzman

Cesar Lopez

Stephanie Mendez

Jatziry Ponce

Darinka Rivera Ramirez

Taylor Thomas

PARKING:

Daily parking permits can be purchased through ParkMobile for Lot 6 Blue. On weeknights from 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 a.m., permits are not required when parking in Gold Lot 30.

Lot 6 Blue offers free parking on weekends, from 12:00 p.m. on Fridays until 6:00 a.m. on Monday mornings, when parking in the unreserved spaces. For any other questions about event parking, please email parking@ucr.edu between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday to Friday, and allow up to one business day to receive a response. Additional visitor parking info for events can be found at: performingarts.ucr.edu/parking

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TICKETING:

General Admission - $15UCR Alumni - $10Students - $8

Artistic Director: Joel Mejia Smith

Choreographers:

Neveaha Garcia

Danielle Guzman

Cesar Lopez

Stephanie Mendez

Jatziry Ponce

Darinka Rivera Ramirez

Taylor Thomas

PARKING:

Daily parking permits can be purchased through ParkMobile for Lot 6 Blue. On weeknights from 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 a.m., permits are not required when parking in Gold Lot 30.

Lot 6 Blue offers free parking on weekends, from 12:00 p.m. on Fridays until 6:00 a.m. on Monday mornings, when parking in the unreserved spaces. For any other questions about event parking, please email parking@ucr.edu between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday to Friday, and allow up to one business day to receive a response. Additional visitor parking info for events can be found at: performingarts.ucr.edu/parking

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Free and open to the public, there will be something for all ages to enjoy! Experience Taiko drumming, dance from India, and other music and dance workshops led by Gluck Fellows. Participate in multiple artmaking activities and take a peek at special photography collection objects. Enjoy food, community, and art to celebrate 30 years of Gluck at UC Riverside!

12:30-1:00 UCR Taiko Ensemble and TaikoMix - directed by Terry Nguyen

1:00-4:00 Artmaking activities and photography collection tables

1:15-1:45 Piano - Amelia Lee, UCR Gluck Fellow

1:45-2:15 Odissi dance workshop with Sriradha Paul, UCR Gluck Fellow

2:15-2:45 Harp - Cal Plett, UCR Gluck Fellow

2:45-3:15 Loteria Afrolatina dance workshop with Fabiola Ochoa Torralba, UCR Gluck

Fellow

3:15-3:45 Guitar - Jorge Calaf, UCR Gluck Fellow

UCR ARTS California Museum of Photography and Culver Center of the Arts is the West Coast’s premier university photography museum and contemporary art center. As an international arts hub and research center, we generate ideas and provoke dialogue through groundbreaking exhibitions, performances, and programming.

The Gluck Fellows Program of the Arts at the University of California, Riverside has been providing arts outreach to the greater Riverside communities since 1996. The Gluck Fellows Program of the Arts at UC Riverside brings talented UCR students into the most needed areas of the Riverside community to teach and perform the arts for free.

The Gluck Fellows Program of the Arts at UC Riverside is made possible through the generosity of the Max H. Gluck Foundation.

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NOTE: We will be closed on Thursday, Nov. 27 & Friday, Nov. 28 for the Thanksgiving holiday.

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FREE and open to the public.

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Mar. 3 @ 7 p.m.

Culver Center of the Arts (UCR ARTS)
3834 Main St., Riverside CA

Josh Welchez, Director

ADMISSION

Free and open to the public.

PARKING

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Information:

music.ucr.edu

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NOTE: We will be closed on Thursday, Nov. 27 & Friday, Nov. 28 for the Thanksgiving holiday.

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Student Performance and Composition Concert (Jonathan Keplinger)

UC Riverside’s own music students present a diverse program of individual and small ensemble performances. Works presented include newly composed music and pop selections, as well as songs, arias, and instrumental pieces from the classical, jazz, and musical theater traditions.

Part of the 2025-2026 Florence Bayz Music Series

The Florence Bayz Music Series offers online concerts, lectures, and presentations of academic research by Department of Music faculty, postdoctoral researchers, students, and international guest artists and scholars.

Dr. Amy Skjerseth (she/her), Assistant Professor of Popular Music, Coordinator

Events are free and open to the public.

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Speakers:

Lenard Smith (b. 1975) is a first-generation Ghanaian-American artist and educator based in Los Angeles. He has published eight artist books, including Refuge (Perimeter Editions, 2024), and Melancholy Objects (Perimeter Editions, 2022). Smith’s work is in the collections of LACMA and Getty Research Institute, among others. He earned his MFA from Bard College and he was a MacDowell Fellow in 2024. Smith was a visiting assistant professor at UCR in 2023-25, and is currently art faculty at USC.

Rebecca Morse is Curator in the Wallis Annenberg Photography Department at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Recent projects include Ed Ruscha: Now Then, Objects of Desire: Photography and the Language of Advertising, Barbara Kruger: Thinking of You I Mean Me I Mean You, among others. She was previously Associate Curator at The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA). Upcoming projects include Laura Gilpin: Photographer of the West.

Kathryn Poindexter-Akers is Head of Exhibitions at UCR ARTS, where she has curated numerous exhibitions, including Shadow Archive: Meggan Gould (2025); Fictive Kin: Sarah Conaway, Annette Kelm, Kim Schoen (2017); and Aaron Siskind: Pleasures and Terrors (2015). Her writing has been published in Contemporary Art Reviews Los Angeles and elsewhere. Poindexter-Akers earned her MA in Art History at the University of Southern California (USC) and earned her BA in Studio Art from UC Irvine.

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Mar. 4 @ 8 p.m.

University Theatre

Armando Dueñas, Director

Doors open 30 minutes before each performance

TICKETS

$10 General
$8 Students/Seniors
$6 Child
Additional tickets may be available at the door on the night of the performance.

Please note: The University Theatre box office is cashless.

PARKING

Free parking in nearby Lot 30 after 6 pm, but you must go to the parking dispenser in Lot 30 to get a parking permit and display the parking permit in your vehicle.

Or you can pre-register for event parking in Lot 6 BLUE ($8) through ParkMobile. Follow these steps:

Use this linkCreate an account: Register using your email or phone number, and provide your license plate number and payment method.Locate the zone number: Find the zone number posted on signs within the parking lot where you plan to park.Start a parking session: In the app, enter the zone number and select the amount of time you wish to park. Note that UCR uses License Plate Recognition (LPR), so your license plate is your permit.Confirm payment: Review your information and tap to confirm and pay for your session. The app will display a countdown timer.Receive alerts: Opt-in to receive alerts when your parking session is about to expire, and you can extend it remotely from your phone if needed.

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By calling in Hortense Spillers’ theory of flesh, we name the labor of Black women/femme scholars and artists who have contributed to shaping Dance Studies. We continue to interrogate racialized and gendered assumptions of personhood that underlie foundational terms and keywords in dance and performance, such as choreography, technique, performativity, and “the body.” We are interested in how academic research, aesthetic practices and teaching methodologies may contribute to disrupting or upholding hegemonic structures that condition our ways of being and perceiving the world.

Organizing Committee

dan delê, Chair

Michelle Cole, Co-Chair

SUR Sanford

Sam Briseno Jimenez

NO FEES FOR CONFERENCE. FOOD WILL BE PROVIDED.

RSVP HERE

We are excited to introduce two of the scholars that will be joining us for Critical Dance Experiments.

Dr. Mlondi Zondi (USC Dornsife) will join us as the conference's keynote speaker, bringing his work into conversation with our graduate student community with the lecture "The Loss of Loss: Dance and the Psychopolitics of Re-Assembly”. Our keynote is part of a collaboration with the 2026 Current Topics in Dance Research Colloquium Series.

Professor Moncell Durden (USC Kaufman) will join us as the conference's invited artist and scholar offering two intensive workshops entitled “In the Groove” & “Aesthetic Flow” connecting conceptual and movement aesthetics from Jazz to House and Hip Hop.

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NOTE: We will be closed on Thursday, Nov. 27 & Friday, Nov. 28 for the Thanksgiving holiday.

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Mlondi Zondi

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Faustin Linyekula’s performance practice addresses historical violence and the violence of History. Sustained in his inquiry is an effort to recover absented maternal heritage. To what extent does the recognition of this absented (maternal) knowledge reveal “truth” and transmit memory beyond the document, and how far does this recovery through performance reconsign African immaterial heritage into the logic of the archive? What kind of philosophy of history emerges through contemporary African dance?

Mlondi Zondi (they/he) is an assistant professor of global Black studies in comparative literature at the University of Southern California. They hold a PhD in Performance Studies from Northwestern University and an MFA in Dance from UC Irvine. Zondi is currently working on a monograph entitled Unmournable Void: Figuration, Violence, and Corporeal Integrity in Contemporary African (Diaspora) Expressive Arts. Forthcoming or published essays by Zondi appear in TDR: The Drama Review, ASAP Journal, Contemporary Literature, Espace Art Actuel, Liquid Blackness, Mortality, Performance Philosophy, and Safundi. In addition to scholarly research, Zondi practices performance and dramaturgy.

Part of “Transversal Re/Configurations: Flesh, Bodies, and Matter in Motion”
Current Topics in Dance Research Colloquium Series: January 08 - March 12, 2026.

– María Regina Firmino-Castillo, Curator & Coordinator.

Mlondi Zondi’s participation in “Transversal Re/Configurations: Flesh, Bodies, and Matter in Motion” was curated by the 2026 Dance GSA “Critical Dance Experiments” Conference Organizing Committee (Erika Villeroy da Costa, Chair; Michelle Cole, Co-Chair; SUR Sanford; and Sam Briseno-Jimenez) and co-cordinated with María Regina Firmino-Castillo. This collaboration centers graduate students’ vision in the forging of new directions in dance making and study.

Transversal Re/Configurations: Flesh, Bodies, and Matter in Motion was made possible through generous sponsorships from the California Center for Native Nations; the Rupert Costo Endowment in American Indian Affairs, University of California, Riverside; the CHASS Dean's Office and the Center for Ideas and Society; and the Departments of Music, Ethnic Studies, Gender & Sexuality Studies, and Media & Cultural Studies.

Many thanks to: taisha paggett (Department of Dance, Chairperson), Anthea Kraut (Department of Dance, Vice-Chair), Courtney Brubaker (Events Specialist), and Pete Pace (Technical Director) for their generous support of the Colloquium, and to Jonathan Ritter (Department of Music, Chairperson) and María del Rosario Acosta López (Professor, Hispanic Studies Department) for their vision and collaboration.

For Accessibility and Accommodations, contact mariafc@ucr.edu

Photo credits: ©Studio Kabako, 2018.

Download the poster here [LINK COMING SOON]

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By calling in Hortense Spillers’ theory of flesh, we name the labor of Black women/femme scholars and artists who have contributed to shaping Dance Studies. We continue to interrogate racialized and gendered assumptions of personhood that underlie foundational terms and keywords in dance and performance, such as choreography, technique, performativity, and “the body.” We are interested in how academic research, aesthetic practices and teaching methodologies may contribute to disrupting or upholding hegemonic structures that condition our ways of being and perceiving the world.

Organizing Committee

dan delê, Chair

Michelle Cole, Co-Chair

SUR Sanford

Sam Briseno Jimenez

NO FEES FOR CONFERENCE. FOOD WILL BE PROVIDED.

RSVP HERE

We are excited to introduce two of the scholars that will be joining us for Critical Dance Experiments.

Dr. Mlondi Zondi (USC Dornsife) will join us as the conference's keynote speaker, bringing his work into conversation with our graduate student community with the lecture "The Loss of Loss: Dance and the Psychopolitics of Re-Assembly”. Our keynote is part of a collaboration with the 2026 Current Topics in Dance Research Colloquium Series.

Professor Moncell Durden (USC Kaufman) will join us as the conference's invited artist and scholar offering two intensive workshops entitled “In the Groove” & “Aesthetic Flow” connecting conceptual and movement aesthetics from Jazz to House and Hip Hop.

Parking Information

Step 1: Click Here

Step 2: Enter your license plate in the “License Plate Number”

Step 3: If the plate is non-California, select the appropriate state for the plate.

Step 4: Press ‘Park’

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View a digital version of the exhibit guide here or pick up a print copy in-person when you visit the exhibit.

NOTE: We will be closed on Thursday, Nov. 27 & Friday, Nov. 28 for the Thanksgiving holiday.

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Participants Include: Jos Charles; Simone Chess; Andrea Denny Brown; Alice Fulmer, Kersti Francis, Colby Gordon; Miles Grier; Bryan C. Keene; Nic Helms; Olivia Henderson; Bradley Irish; Jaye Johnson; Bellee Jones-Pierce; Paul Kelleher; Sawyer Kemp; Carla Mazzio; Harry McCarthy; Shaun Nowicki; Michele Raheja; Jennifer Eun-Jung Row; Pasquale Toscano and Lindsey Row-Heyveld, with Heidi Brayman, Jacques Lezra and Fuson Wang as Panel Chairs. For the full conference program and speaker bios, please click here.

Sponsors: This conference is possible thanks to support from the University of California Office of the President ("Abolition Medicine and Disability Justice" Grant ID: M23PR5992) and UCR’s Health Humanities and Disability Justice Lab (hhdj.ucr.edu), and generous co-sponsorships from UCR's the Center for Ideas and Society and the Dean's Office, UCR Departments of English, History, and Religious Studies, and Wayne State University Center for Gender and Sexuality.

Dates, Times, Format: This conference will be held in person in downtown Riverside, CA on Friday, March 6th (noon-5PM, with registration and a light brunch served from 11:00 AM-12:00 PM and a reception at 5:00 PM) & March 7th, 10AM-3:15 PM, with breakfast served at 9AM and lunch provided in the afternoon. in Riverside, CA. This in person only event (we regrettably do not have virtual access at this time) is free and open to the public by advance RSVP/Registration only (click here to register). Once you register, you will get an email from us with further information about the conference !

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TILLY NO-BODY

A remarkable true story of resilience and love
Written and performed by Bella Merlin
Directed by Miles Anderson

March 6, 8:00pm
March 7, 2:00pm
ARTS Studio Theatre
Free and open to the public
No reservations required (first-come first-served). Doors open 30 minutes prior to show time.
The performance will begin promptly at the announced curtain time and latecomers will only be seated at an appropriate pause in the program.

Germany, 1917. A lone woman. A bottle of poison. A momentous decision…

In a deserted circus, drama, humour, music and songs tell the true story of actress Tilly Wedekind and her controlling, famous writer-husband, Frank Wedekind (Spring Awakening). When Frank robs Tilly of her acting roles he reduces her to a Nobody. Broken-hearted, she swallows poison. But following her recovery, she reclaims her career, discovers her voice, and as an 80-year-old woman she finally writes her own story. Tilly No-Body becomes a Somebody.

This internationally acclaimed, tour-de-force performance about sex and love, transformation and identity asks: Why do we stay in relationships long after they’ve turned toxic? How can we find our voices after we’ve been silenced? Can sharing our stories help us reshape our lives?

Award-winning actor and writer Bella Merlin brings her previous experience of a violent relationship: “Tilly’s resilience came through writing her own story – mine has come through playing her. It became a way of saying we can get through this, we can survive.”

BODY-WORD-VOICE is a practice-as-research initiative led by Drs. Annika Speer and Bella Merlin, funded by SoCal/OASIS/Office of Research and Economic Development. We use theatrical performance, actor-training skills, and public-speaking techniques as a means of listening to the body, finding words for the embodied information, and giving voice to those words. We explore creative frameworks and mindful practices for navigating complex emotions through shared storytelling, witnessing and listening.

Scenic Designer: Kerry Jones
Costume Designer: Maggie Morgan
Lighting Designer: Ben Tusher
Sound Designer: David Roesner
Dramaturg: Annika Speer
Stage Manager: Vanessa Baez

Winner, Edinburgh Festival Fringe Theatre Award (EFFTA)
Pick of the Fringe ‘Highly recommended’ ★★★★
‘flawlessly performed’ Three Weeks ★★★★
‘a chilling resonance’ Broadway Baby ★★★★
‘Where does actor end and character begin?... the effect is intoxicating’ LouReviews ★★★★
‘Performed by Merlin with precision and pathos’ The Scotsman
‘a masterclass in multi-talent…keen direction by Miles Anderson’ Binge Fringe Review
‘Costume is shed piece by piece, symbolic of Tilly sharing her story with us’ Musical Theatre Review

PARKING:
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Participants Include: Jos Charles; Simone Chess; Andrea Denny Brown; Alice Fulmer, Kersti Francis, Colby Gordon; Miles Grier; Bryan C. Keene; Nic Helms; Olivia Henderson; Bradley Irish; Jaye Johnson; Bellee Jones-Pierce; Paul Kelleher; Sawyer Kemp; Carla Mazzio; Harry McCarthy; Shaun Nowicki; Michele Raheja; Jennifer Eun-Jung Row; Pasquale Toscano and Lindsey Row-Heyveld, with Heidi Brayman, Jacques Lezra and Fuson Wang as Panel Chairs. For the full conference program and speaker bios, please click here.

Sponsors: This conference is possible thanks to support from the University of California Office of the President ("Abolition Medicine and Disability Justice" Grant ID: M23PR5992) and UCR’s Health Humanities and Disability Justice Lab (hhdj.ucr.edu), and generous co-sponsorships from UCR's the Center for Ideas and Society and the Dean's Office, UCR Departments of English, History, and Religious Studies, and Wayne State University Center for Gender and Sexuality.

Dates, Times, Format: This conference will be held in person in downtown Riverside, CA on Friday, March 6th (noon-5PM, with registration and a light brunch served from 11:00 AM-12:00 PM and a reception at 5:00 PM) & March 7th, 10AM-3:15 PM, with breakfast served at 9AM and lunch provided in the afternoon. in Riverside, CA. This in person only event (we regrettably do not have virtual access at this time) is free and open to the public by advance RSVP/Registration only (click here to register). Once you register, you will get an email from us with further information about the conference !

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TILLY NO-BODY

A remarkable true story of resilience and love
Written and performed by Bella Merlin
Directed by Miles Anderson

March 6, 8:00pm
March 7, 2:00pm
ARTS Studio Theatre
Free and open to the public
No reservations required (first-come first-served). Doors open 30 minutes prior to show time.
The performance will begin promptly at the announced curtain time and latecomers will only be seated at an appropriate pause in the program.

Germany, 1917. A lone woman. A bottle of poison. A momentous decision…

In a deserted circus, drama, humour, music and songs tell the true story of actress Tilly Wedekind and her controlling, famous writer-husband, Frank Wedekind (Spring Awakening). When Frank robs Tilly of her acting roles he reduces her to a Nobody. Broken-hearted, she swallows poison. But following her recovery, she reclaims her career, discovers her voice, and as an 80-year-old woman she finally writes her own story. Tilly No-Body becomes a Somebody.

This internationally acclaimed, tour-de-force performance about sex and love, transformation and identity asks: Why do we stay in relationships long after they’ve turned toxic? How can we find our voices after we’ve been silenced? Can sharing our stories help us reshape our lives?

Award-winning actor and writer Bella Merlin brings her previous experience of a violent relationship: “Tilly’s resilience came through writing her own story – mine has come through playing her. It became a way of saying we can get through this, we can survive.”

BODY-WORD-VOICE is a practice-as-research initiative led by Drs. Annika Speer and Bella Merlin, funded by SoCal/OASIS/Office of Research and Economic Development. We use theatrical performance, actor-training skills, and public-speaking techniques as a means of listening to the body, finding words for the embodied information, and giving voice to those words. We explore creative frameworks and mindful practices for navigating complex emotions through shared storytelling, witnessing and listening.

Scenic Designer: Kerry Jones
Costume Designer: Maggie Morgan
Lighting Designer: Ben Tusher
Sound Designer: David Roesner
Dramaturg: Annika Speer
Stage Manager: Vanessa Baez

Winner, Edinburgh Festival Fringe Theatre Award (EFFTA)
Pick of the Fringe ‘Highly recommended’ ★★★★
‘flawlessly performed’ Three Weeks ★★★★
‘a chilling resonance’ Broadway Baby ★★★★
‘Where does actor end and character begin?... the effect is intoxicating’ LouReviews ★★★★
‘Performed by Merlin with precision and pathos’ The Scotsman
‘a masterclass in multi-talent…keen direction by Miles Anderson’ Binge Fringe Review
‘Costume is shed piece by piece, symbolic of Tilly sharing her story with us’ Musical Theatre Review

PARKING:
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Mar. 7 @ 3 p.m. Bell Tower

David Christensen, University Carillonneur

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Mar. 8 @ 7 p.m. University Theatre

Ruth Charloff, Director

More information coming soon

TICKETS

$10 general

$8 student & senior

$6 child

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FREE and open to the public.

Parking:

Enjoy complimentary parking for this event! Please enter your vehicle info below before you park.

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Mar. 10 @ 12 p.m. noon

Outside Barn Stage

Terry Nguyen, Director

Beginning and intermediate-level members of the UCR Taiko Ensemble will be presenting a demonstration of Japanese taiko drumming.

ADMISSION

Free and open to the public.

PARKING

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Maryam Farshadfar: A Piano Journey Along the Caucasus

A Piano Journey Along the Caucasus is a lecture-recital by Dr. Maryam Farshadfar, featuring piano works from Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Russia, and Iran. The program explores how traditional melodies and cultural heritage shape classical piano music across the region.

Part of the 2025-2026 Florence Bayz Music Series

The Florence Bayz Music Series offers online concerts, lectures, and presentations of academic research by Department of Music faculty, postdoctoral researchers, students, and international guest artists and scholars.

Dr. Amy Skjerseth (she/her), Assistant Professor of Popular Music, Coordinator

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Wednesday, March 11, 2026

6 P.M.

UCR Palm Desert Auditorium

75080 Frank Sinatra Dr.

Palm Desert, CA 92211

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Mar. 11 @ 7 p.m.

World Music Room ATH 159
Joko Sutrisno, Director

Learn more about the Gamelan Ensemble

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Unsettling and Unbuilding

Melissa Melpignano

What does it mean to conceive the body as “home” in choreography when the historical and political reality of “home” for the performers signals dispossession, military control, and violence? This talk looks at political conceptualizations of “home” in Palestine-Israel through the choreography and performance of four solo works by Hadar Ahuvia (Israeli-American based between Boston and NYC), Leila Awadallah (Palestinian-American based in Minneapolis), Yasmeen Godder (Israeli based in Jaffa), and Farah Saleh (Palestinian from Ramallah based in Scotland).

Saleh’s What My Body Can/t Remember (2019) is the fourth part of the project Archive of Gestures, started in 2014. Godder’s Practicing Empathy #3 (2022) is the second-to-last part of a multiyear series on empathy started in 2014. These two solos stem from experiences of forced home confinement, differently motivated: military curfew for the former, pandemic lockdown for the latter. In contrast, nefesh (2024), a solo that has also been presented as a duet, explores Ahuvia’s reconnection to a pre-Zionist Ashkenazi Jewish spirituality. In YISSH (Yalla Imshi, Shway Shway Habibi), a solo presented in various iterations between 2019 and 2024, Awadallah reconnects to her Palestinian roots and the Palestinian people while immersed in the American political system. In these latter two works, the body reclaims an imagined ancestral connection and moves to rematerialize an erasure.

While the metaphor of “body as home” has been used in dance practice and scholarship to signal embodied agency, somatic refuge, or kinesthetic belonging, these four solo works expose the limits of this metaphor when the very notion of home is unsettled by historical and ongoing violence and territorial contestation. The individual political investments and trajectories of each choreographer nuance and differentiate their approaches to this shared epistemic problem of “home.”

My analysis draws on the framework I am developing in my book manuscript Unsettling Choreographies: Dancing Livability in Palestine-Israel, where I examine how choreographic practice undoes settler colonial paradigms. In this paper, I argue that Godder and Ahuvia, in their specific ways, engage in nation-unbuilding from the rubble of the ongoing Nakba, while Saleh and Awadallah unsettle the political restrictions imposed on Palestinian bodies by moving through the ruins of a history that keeps unfolding. I will specify the differences between rubble and ruins, both conceptually and choreographically, and situate my analysis in relation to recent scholarship on Palestine and Israel in dance studies. Moreover, I will problematize the notion of “home” in this specific context, considering it not only epistemically but in the material terms of architecture, urban planning, and land governance.

This talk also offers an opportunity to discuss the relationship between dance studies and MENA studies, and the contributions that choreographic and performance-based frameworks offer for thinking about Palestine and Israel, both scholarly and publicly.

Melissa Melpignano is a dance scholar and practitioner, working as Assistant Professor of Dance at the University of Texas at El Paso. She received her PhD in Culture and Performance from UCLA. Her research at large investigates how dance and choreography contribute to theorizations of conflict and settler colonialism in contested and militarized regions (such as Palestine-Israel and the Mexico-U.S. border) and in public discourses (particularly around healthcare access and water distribution). Her current book project, Unsettling Choreographies: Dancing Livability in Palestine-Israel, examines choreographic practices that, since the 2014 war on Gaza, denormalize and invalidate settler-colonial ideas and mechanisms, thereby generating new trajectories and models of livability. Her article “A Necropower Carnival: Israeli Soldiers Dancing in the Palestinian Occupied Territories” (TDR: The Drama Review, 67, 1, 2023), received the 2024 Selma Jeanne Cohen Prize in Dance Aesthetics from the American Society for Aesthetics. Her scholarship also appears in Dance Research Journal, Journal of Dance Education, The Oxford Handbook of Jewishness and Dance, 50 Contemporary Choreographers (3rd edition), Contemporary Choreography (3rd edition), among others.

Part of “Transversal Re/Configurations: Flesh, Bodies, and Matter in Motion”

Current Topics in Dance Research Colloquium Series: January 08 - March 12, 2026

– María Regina Firmino-Castillo, Curator & Coordinator

Transversal Re/Configurations: Flesh, Bodies, and Matter in Motion was made possible through generous sponsorships from the California Center for Native Nations; the Rupert Costo Endowment in American Indian Affairs, University of California, Riverside; the CHASS Dean's Office and the Center for Ideas and Society; and the Departments of Music, Ethnic Studies, Gender & Sexuality Studies, and Media & Cultural Studies.

Many thanks to: taisha paggett (Department of Dance, Chairperson), Anthea Kraut (Department of Dance, Vice-Chair), Courtney Brubaker (Events Specialist), and Pete Pace (Technical Director) for their generous support of the Colloquium, and to Jonathan Ritter (Department of Music, Chairperson) and María del Rosario Acosta López (Professor, Hispanic Studies Department) for their vision and collaboration.

For Accessibility and Accommodations, contact mariafc@ucr.edu

Photo credits: Leila Awadallah in “YISSH (Yalla Imshi, Shway Shway Habibi),” by Isabel Fajardo.

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Mar. 12 @ 7 p.m. UCR Arts

Dana Kaufman, Event Coordinator

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This prestigious event showcases outstanding research from students representing 58 community colleges across California. The HTCC annual conference provides community college honors students with the opportunity to present their academic work in a professional setting.

We welcome research-based presentations, posters, and creative performances spanning the humanities, sciences, arts, social sciences, and pre-professional programs, as well as research exploring the honors experience.

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This conference-style event will also include smaller workshops on the below topics hosted by YOU, our current Highlander! Here's the details:

April 14th from 8a-3p in HUB 302.

Session presenters will need to be at their location 30 minutes before session begins (10:30a for session one and 12:45p for session two). Those who are selected will receive a confirmation email with all details related to their session.

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Listening for Central America Conference

Apr. 17 @ 9 a.m. INTS 1113 Symposium Room

Walter Clark, Event Coordinator

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It's Mundane + Humanity. Your local rockers from Riverside playing for anyone and evereyone who wants to hear some music that is the opposite of mundane.

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Esther Hays Family Concert

Apr. 19 @ 3 p.m. University Theatre

Ruth Charloff, Director

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World Music Festival

May 1 @ 7 p.m. University Theatre

Jonathan Ritter, Event Coordinator

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presents:

49th UCR Writers Week Festival 2026

Writers Week is the longest-running, free literary event in California and features the most renowned authors of our day alongside those at the start of promising careers. writersweek.ucr.edu

Josh Emmons, Professor
Allison White, Professor
Co-Directors, Writers Week

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Tuesday - Friday, May 5 - 8, 2026

Free and open to the public

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49th UCR Writers Week Featured Writers

Caro DeRobetino, Anel Flores, A.M. Sosa, Emily Weinstein, Jose Valdi, Emily Doyle, Johnathan Lethem, Ilya Kaminsky, D.A. Powell, Viet Nguyen, and more.

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SCHEDULE
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Tuesday, May 5:

11 a.m. Caro De Robertis (Fiction writer)1 p.m. Anel Flores (Fiction writer)3 p.m. A.M. Sosa (Fiction writer)4:30-5:30 Panel Discussion on Queer Latinx Literature

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Wednesday, May 6

11 a.m. Emily Weinstein (Nonfiction writer)

1 p.m. Jose Vadi (Essayist and Poet)

3 p.m. Prageeta Sharma (Poet)

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Thursday, May 7

11 a.m. Mosaic Reading (UCR literary journal-affiliated undergraduates)

1 p.m. Emily Doyle (Fiction writer and UCR MFA alum)

3 p.m. Jonathan Lethem (Fiction writer)

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Friday, May 8

11. a.m. Ilya Kaminsky (Poet)

1 p.m. D.A. Powell (Poet)

3 p.m. Viet Thanh Nguyen (Fiction writer)

5 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. MFA Students Reading

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SPECIAL THANKS

The 49th Writers Week 2026 is hosted by the UCR Department of Creative Writing.

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SPONSORS

CHASS Dean’s Office, the Center for Ideas & Society, Inland Empire magazine, the National Book Award Society

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49th UCR Writers Week Festival 2026

Writers Week is the longest-running, free literary event in California and features the most renowned authors of our day alongside those at the start of promising careers. writersweek.ucr.edu

Josh Emmons, Professor
Allison White, Professor
Co-Directors, Writers Week

Download the 48th Writers Week Poster (coming soon)

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Tuesday - Friday, May 5 - 8, 2026

Free and open to the public

In-person (location TBD)

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PARKING

General Parking (Lot 1 Blue)link coming soon VIP Parking (Lot 1 Red)link coming soon_____________________________

49th UCR Writers Week Featured Writers

Caro DeRobetino, Anel Flores, A.M. Sosa, Emily Weinstein, Jose Valdi, Emily Doyle, Johnathan Lethem, Ilya Kaminsky, D.A. Powell, Viet Nguyen, and more.

_____________________________

SCHEDULE
subject to change

Tuesday, May 5:

11 a.m. Caro De Robertis (Fiction writer)1 p.m. Anel Flores (Fiction writer)3 p.m. A.M. Sosa (Fiction writer)4:30-5:30 Panel Discussion on Queer Latinx Literature

_____________________________

Wednesday, May 6

11 a.m. Emily Weinstein (Nonfiction writer)

1 p.m. Jose Vadi (Essayist and Poet)

3 p.m. Prageeta Sharma (Poet)

_____________________________

Thursday, May 7

11 a.m. Mosaic Reading (UCR literary journal-affiliated undergraduates)

1 p.m. Emily Doyle (Fiction writer and UCR MFA alum)

3 p.m. Jonathan Lethem (Fiction writer)

_____________________________

Friday, May 8

11. a.m. Ilya Kaminsky (Poet)

1 p.m. D.A. Powell (Poet)

3 p.m. Viet Thanh Nguyen (Fiction writer)

5 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. MFA Students Reading

_____________________________

SPECIAL THANKS

The 49th Writers Week 2026 is hosted by the UCR Department of Creative Writing.

_____________________________

SPONSORS

CHASS Dean’s Office, the Center for Ideas & Society, Inland Empire magazine, the National Book Award Society

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49th UCR Writers Week Festival 2026

Writers Week is the longest-running, free literary event in California and features the most renowned authors of our day alongside those at the start of promising careers. writersweek.ucr.edu

Josh Emmons, Professor
Allison White, Professor
Co-Directors, Writers Week

Download the 48th Writers Week Poster (coming soon)

_____________________________

Tuesday - Friday, May 5 - 8, 2026

Free and open to the public

In-person (location TBD)

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PARKING

General Parking (Lot 1 Blue)link coming soon VIP Parking (Lot 1 Red)link coming soon_____________________________

49th UCR Writers Week Featured Writers

Caro DeRobetino, Anel Flores, A.M. Sosa, Emily Weinstein, Jose Valdi, Emily Doyle, Johnathan Lethem, Ilya Kaminsky, D.A. Powell, Viet Nguyen, and more.

_____________________________

SCHEDULE
subject to change

Tuesday, May 5:

11 a.m. Caro De Robertis (Fiction writer)1 p.m. Anel Flores (Fiction writer)3 p.m. A.M. Sosa (Fiction writer)4:30-5:30 Panel Discussion on Queer Latinx Literature

_____________________________

Wednesday, May 6

11 a.m. Emily Weinstein (Nonfiction writer)

1 p.m. Jose Vadi (Essayist and Poet)

3 p.m. Prageeta Sharma (Poet)

_____________________________

Thursday, May 7

11 a.m. Mosaic Reading (UCR literary journal-affiliated undergraduates)

1 p.m. Emily Doyle (Fiction writer and UCR MFA alum)

3 p.m. Jonathan Lethem (Fiction writer)

_____________________________

Friday, May 8

11. a.m. Ilya Kaminsky (Poet)

1 p.m. D.A. Powell (Poet)

3 p.m. Viet Thanh Nguyen (Fiction writer)

5 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. MFA Students Reading

_____________________________

SPECIAL THANKS

The 49th Writers Week 2026 is hosted by the UCR Department of Creative Writing.

_____________________________

SPONSORS

CHASS Dean’s Office, the Center for Ideas & Society, Inland Empire magazine, the National Book Award Society

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BOOK PURCHASES
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presents:

49th UCR Writers Week Festival 2026

Writers Week is the longest-running, free literary event in California and features the most renowned authors of our day alongside those at the start of promising careers. writersweek.ucr.edu

Josh Emmons, Professor
Allison White, Professor
Co-Directors, Writers Week

Download the 48th Writers Week Poster (coming soon)

_____________________________

Tuesday - Friday, May 5 - 8, 2026

Free and open to the public

In-person (location TBD)

_____________________________

PARKING

General Parking (Lot 1 Blue)link coming soon VIP Parking (Lot 1 Red)link coming soon_____________________________

49th UCR Writers Week Featured Writers

Caro DeRobetino, Anel Flores, A.M. Sosa, Emily Weinstein, Jose Valdi, Emily Doyle, Johnathan Lethem, Ilya Kaminsky, D.A. Powell, Viet Nguyen, and more.

_____________________________

SCHEDULE
subject to change

Tuesday, May 5:

11 a.m. Caro De Robertis (Fiction writer)1 p.m. Anel Flores (Fiction writer)3 p.m. A.M. Sosa (Fiction writer)4:30-5:30 Panel Discussion on Queer Latinx Literature

_____________________________

Wednesday, May 6

11 a.m. Emily Weinstein (Nonfiction writer)

1 p.m. Jose Vadi (Essayist and Poet)

3 p.m. Prageeta Sharma (Poet)

_____________________________

Thursday, May 7

11 a.m. Mosaic Reading (UCR literary journal-affiliated undergraduates)

1 p.m. Emily Doyle (Fiction writer and UCR MFA alum)

3 p.m. Jonathan Lethem (Fiction writer)

_____________________________

Friday, May 8

11. a.m. Ilya Kaminsky (Poet)

1 p.m. D.A. Powell (Poet)

3 p.m. Viet Thanh Nguyen (Fiction writer)

5 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. MFA Students Reading

_____________________________

SPECIAL THANKS

The 49th Writers Week 2026 is hosted by the UCR Department of Creative Writing.

_____________________________

SPONSORS

CHASS Dean’s Office, the Center for Ideas & Society, Inland Empire magazine, the National Book Award Society

_____________________________

BOOK PURCHASES
Cellar Door Books is our recommended local independent store. Be sure to stop by their page.

Information: writersweek@ucr.edu

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View a digital version of the exhibit guide here or pick up a print copy in-person when you visit the exhibit.

NOTE: We will be closed on Thursday, Nov. 27 & Friday, Nov. 28 for the Thanksgiving holiday.

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presents:

49th UCR Writers Week Festival 2026

Writers Week is the longest-running, free literary event in California and features the most renowned authors of our day alongside those at the start of promising careers. writersweek.ucr.edu

Josh Emmons, Professor
Allison White, Professor
Co-Directors, Writers Week

Download the 48th Writers Week Poster (coming soon)

_____________________________

Tuesday - Friday, May 5 - 8, 2026

Free and open to the public

In-person (location TBD)

_____________________________

PARKING

General Parking (Lot 1 Blue)link coming soon VIP Parking (Lot 1 Red)link coming soon_____________________________

49th UCR Writers Week Featured Writers

Caro DeRobetino, Anel Flores, A.M. Sosa, Emily Weinstein, Jose Valdi, Emily Doyle, Johnathan Lethem, Ilya Kaminsky, D.A. Powell, Viet Nguyen, and more.

_____________________________

SCHEDULE
subject to change

Tuesday, May 5:

11 a.m. Caro De Robertis (Fiction writer)1 p.m. Anel Flores (Fiction writer)3 p.m. A.M. Sosa (Fiction writer)4:30-5:30 Panel Discussion on Queer Latinx Literature

_____________________________

Wednesday, May 6

11 a.m. Emily Weinstein (Nonfiction writer)

1 p.m. Jose Vadi (Essayist and Poet)

3 p.m. Prageeta Sharma (Poet)

_____________________________

Thursday, May 7

11 a.m. Mosaic Reading (UCR literary journal-affiliated undergraduates)

1 p.m. Emily Doyle (Fiction writer and UCR MFA alum)

3 p.m. Jonathan Lethem (Fiction writer)

_____________________________

Friday, May 8

11. a.m. Ilya Kaminsky (Poet)

1 p.m. D.A. Powell (Poet)

3 p.m. Viet Thanh Nguyen (Fiction writer)

5 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. MFA Students Reading

_____________________________

SPECIAL THANKS

The 49th Writers Week 2026 is hosted by the UCR Department of Creative Writing.

_____________________________

SPONSORS

CHASS Dean’s Office, the Center for Ideas & Society, Inland Empire magazine, the National Book Award Society

_____________________________

BOOK PURCHASES
Cellar Door Books is our recommended local independent store. Be sure to stop by their page.

Information: writersweek@ucr.edu

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presents:

49th UCR Writers Week Festival 2026

Writers Week is the longest-running, free literary event in California and features the most renowned authors of our day alongside those at the start of promising careers. writersweek.ucr.edu

Josh Emmons, Professor
Allison White, Professor
Co-Directors, Writers Week

Download the 48th Writers Week Poster (coming soon)

_____________________________

Tuesday - Friday, May 5 - 8, 2026

Free and open to the public

In-person (location TBD)

_____________________________

PARKING

General Parking (Lot 1 Blue)link coming soon VIP Parking (Lot 1 Red)link coming soon_____________________________

49th UCR Writers Week Featured Writers

Caro DeRobetino, Anel Flores, A.M. Sosa, Emily Weinstein, Jose Valdi, Emily Doyle, Johnathan Lethem, Ilya Kaminsky, D.A. Powell, Viet Nguyen, and more.

_____________________________

SCHEDULE
subject to change

Tuesday, May 5:

11 a.m. Caro De Robertis (Fiction writer)1 p.m. Anel Flores (Fiction writer)3 p.m. A.M. Sosa (Fiction writer)4:30-5:30 Panel Discussion on Queer Latinx Literature

_____________________________

Wednesday, May 6

11 a.m. Emily Weinstein (Nonfiction writer)

1 p.m. Jose Vadi (Essayist and Poet)

3 p.m. Prageeta Sharma (Poet)

_____________________________

Thursday, May 7

11 a.m. Mosaic Reading (UCR literary journal-affiliated undergraduates)

1 p.m. Emily Doyle (Fiction writer and UCR MFA alum)

3 p.m. Jonathan Lethem (Fiction writer)

_____________________________

Friday, May 8

11. a.m. Ilya Kaminsky (Poet)

1 p.m. D.A. Powell (Poet)

3 p.m. Viet Thanh Nguyen (Fiction writer)

5 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. MFA Students Reading

_____________________________

SPECIAL THANKS

The 49th Writers Week 2026 is hosted by the UCR Department of Creative Writing.

_____________________________

SPONSORS

CHASS Dean’s Office, the Center for Ideas & Society, Inland Empire magazine, the National Book Award Society

_____________________________

BOOK PURCHASES
Cellar Door Books is our recommended local independent store. Be sure to stop by their page.

Information: writersweek@ucr.edu

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presents:

49th UCR Writers Week Festival 2026

Writers Week is the longest-running, free literary event in California and features the most renowned authors of our day alongside those at the start of promising careers. writersweek.ucr.edu

Josh Emmons, Professor
Allison White, Professor
Co-Directors, Writers Week

Download the 48th Writers Week Poster (coming soon)

_____________________________

Tuesday - Friday, May 5 - 8, 2026

Free and open to the public

In-person (location TBD)

_____________________________

PARKING

General Parking (Lot 1 Blue)link coming soon VIP Parking (Lot 1 Red)link coming soon_____________________________

49th UCR Writers Week Featured Writers

Caro DeRobetino, Anel Flores, A.M. Sosa, Emily Weinstein, Jose Valdi, Emily Doyle, Johnathan Lethem, Ilya Kaminsky, D.A. Powell, Viet Nguyen, and more.

_____________________________

SCHEDULE
subject to change

Tuesday, May 5:

11 a.m. Caro De Robertis (Fiction writer)1 p.m. Anel Flores (Fiction writer)3 p.m. A.M. Sosa (Fiction writer)4:30-5:30 Panel Discussion on Queer Latinx Literature

_____________________________

Wednesday, May 6

11 a.m. Emily Weinstein (Nonfiction writer)

1 p.m. Jose Vadi (Essayist and Poet)

3 p.m. Prageeta Sharma (Poet)

_____________________________

Thursday, May 7

11 a.m. Mosaic Reading (UCR literary journal-affiliated undergraduates)

1 p.m. Emily Doyle (Fiction writer and UCR MFA alum)

3 p.m. Jonathan Lethem (Fiction writer)

_____________________________

Friday, May 8

11. a.m. Ilya Kaminsky (Poet)

1 p.m. D.A. Powell (Poet)

3 p.m. Viet Thanh Nguyen (Fiction writer)

5 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. MFA Students Reading

_____________________________

SPECIAL THANKS

The 49th Writers Week 2026 is hosted by the UCR Department of Creative Writing.

_____________________________

SPONSORS

CHASS Dean’s Office, the Center for Ideas & Society, Inland Empire magazine, the National Book Award Society

_____________________________

BOOK PURCHASES
Cellar Door Books is our recommended local independent store. Be sure to stop by their page.

Information: writersweek@ucr.edu

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View a digital version of the exhibit guide here or pick up a print copy in-person when you visit the exhibit.

NOTE: We will be closed on Thursday, Nov. 27 & Friday, Nov. 28 for the Thanksgiving holiday.

View on site | Email this event

presents:

49th UCR Writers Week Festival 2026

Writers Week is the longest-running, free literary event in California and features the most renowned authors of our day alongside those at the start of promising careers. writersweek.ucr.edu

Josh Emmons, Professor
Allison White, Professor
Co-Directors, Writers Week

Download the 48th Writers Week Poster (coming soon)

_____________________________

Tuesday - Friday, May 5 - 8, 2026

Free and open to the public

In-person (location TBD)

_____________________________

PARKING

General Parking (Lot 1 Blue)link coming soon VIP Parking (Lot 1 Red)link coming soon_____________________________

49th UCR Writers Week Featured Writers

Caro DeRobetino, Anel Flores, A.M. Sosa, Emily Weinstein, Jose Valdi, Emily Doyle, Johnathan Lethem, Ilya Kaminsky, D.A. Powell, Viet Nguyen, and more.

_____________________________

SCHEDULE
subject to change

Tuesday, May 5:

11 a.m. Caro De Robertis (Fiction writer)1 p.m. Anel Flores (Fiction writer)3 p.m. A.M. Sosa (Fiction writer)4:30-5:30 Panel Discussion on Queer Latinx Literature

_____________________________

Wednesday, May 6

11 a.m. Emily Weinstein (Nonfiction writer)

1 p.m. Jose Vadi (Essayist and Poet)

3 p.m. Prageeta Sharma (Poet)

_____________________________

Thursday, May 7

11 a.m. Mosaic Reading (UCR literary journal-affiliated undergraduates)

1 p.m. Emily Doyle (Fiction writer and UCR MFA alum)

3 p.m. Jonathan Lethem (Fiction writer)

_____________________________

Friday, May 8

11. a.m. Ilya Kaminsky (Poet)

1 p.m. D.A. Powell (Poet)

3 p.m. Viet Thanh Nguyen (Fiction writer)

5 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. MFA Students Reading

_____________________________

SPECIAL THANKS

The 49th Writers Week 2026 is hosted by the UCR Department of Creative Writing.

_____________________________

SPONSORS

CHASS Dean’s Office, the Center for Ideas & Society, Inland Empire magazine, the National Book Award Society

_____________________________

BOOK PURCHASES
Cellar Door Books is our recommended local independent store. Be sure to stop by their page.

Information: writersweek@ucr.edu

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presents:

49th UCR Writers Week Festival 2026

Writers Week is the longest-running, free literary event in California and features the most renowned authors of our day alongside those at the start of promising careers. writersweek.ucr.edu

Josh Emmons, Professor
Allison White, Professor
Co-Directors, Writers Week

Download the 48th Writers Week Poster (coming soon)

_____________________________

Tuesday - Friday, May 5 - 8, 2026

Free and open to the public

In-person (location TBD)

_____________________________

PARKING

General Parking (Lot 1 Blue)link coming soon VIP Parking (Lot 1 Red)link coming soon_____________________________

49th UCR Writers Week Featured Writers

Caro DeRobetino, Anel Flores, A.M. Sosa, Emily Weinstein, Jose Valdi, Emily Doyle, Johnathan Lethem, Ilya Kaminsky, D.A. Powell, Viet Nguyen, and more.

_____________________________

SCHEDULE
subject to change

Tuesday, May 5:

11 a.m. Caro De Robertis (Fiction writer)1 p.m. Anel Flores (Fiction writer)3 p.m. A.M. Sosa (Fiction writer)4:30-5:30 Panel Discussion on Queer Latinx Literature

_____________________________

Wednesday, May 6

11 a.m. Emily Weinstein (Nonfiction writer)

1 p.m. Jose Vadi (Essayist and Poet)

3 p.m. Prageeta Sharma (Poet)

_____________________________

Thursday, May 7

11 a.m. Mosaic Reading (UCR literary journal-affiliated undergraduates)

1 p.m. Emily Doyle (Fiction writer and UCR MFA alum)

3 p.m. Jonathan Lethem (Fiction writer)

_____________________________

Friday, May 8

11. a.m. Ilya Kaminsky (Poet)

1 p.m. D.A. Powell (Poet)

3 p.m. Viet Thanh Nguyen (Fiction writer)

5 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. MFA Students Reading

_____________________________

SPECIAL THANKS

The 49th Writers Week 2026 is hosted by the UCR Department of Creative Writing.

_____________________________

SPONSORS

CHASS Dean’s Office, the Center for Ideas & Society, Inland Empire magazine, the National Book Award Society

_____________________________

BOOK PURCHASES
Cellar Door Books is our recommended local independent store. Be sure to stop by their page.

Information: writersweek@ucr.edu

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presents:

49th UCR Writers Week Festival 2026

Writers Week is the longest-running, free literary event in California and features the most renowned authors of our day alongside those at the start of promising careers. writersweek.ucr.edu

Josh Emmons, Professor
Allison White, Professor
Co-Directors, Writers Week

Download the 48th Writers Week Poster (coming soon)

_____________________________

Tuesday - Friday, May 5 - 8, 2026

Free and open to the public

In-person (location TBD)

_____________________________

PARKING

General Parking (Lot 1 Blue)link coming soon VIP Parking (Lot 1 Red)link coming soon_____________________________

49th UCR Writers Week Featured Writers

Caro DeRobetino, Anel Flores, A.M. Sosa, Emily Weinstein, Jose Valdi, Emily Doyle, Johnathan Lethem, Ilya Kaminsky, D.A. Powell, Viet Nguyen, and more.

_____________________________

SCHEDULE
subject to change

Tuesday, May 5:

11 a.m. Caro De Robertis (Fiction writer)1 p.m. Anel Flores (Fiction writer)3 p.m. A.M. Sosa (Fiction writer)4:30-5:30 Panel Discussion on Queer Latinx Literature

_____________________________

Wednesday, May 6

11 a.m. Emily Weinstein (Nonfiction writer)

1 p.m. Jose Vadi (Essayist and Poet)

3 p.m. Prageeta Sharma (Poet)

_____________________________

Thursday, May 7

11 a.m. Mosaic Reading (UCR literary journal-affiliated undergraduates)

1 p.m. Emily Doyle (Fiction writer and UCR MFA alum)

3 p.m. Jonathan Lethem (Fiction writer)

_____________________________

Friday, May 8

11. a.m. Ilya Kaminsky (Poet)

1 p.m. D.A. Powell (Poet)

3 p.m. Viet Thanh Nguyen (Fiction writer)

5 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. MFA Students Reading

_____________________________

SPECIAL THANKS

The 49th Writers Week 2026 is hosted by the UCR Department of Creative Writing.

_____________________________

SPONSORS

CHASS Dean’s Office, the Center for Ideas & Society, Inland Empire magazine, the National Book Award Society

_____________________________

BOOK PURCHASES
Cellar Door Books is our recommended local independent store. Be sure to stop by their page.

Information: writersweek@ucr.edu

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SOMETIMES THE RAIN, SOMETIMES THE SEA

By Julia Izumi

May 7-16, 2026
ARTS Studio Theatre

This playful and quirky adaptation of The Little Mermaid follows a Little Rain Cloud who falls in love with a human while also unpacking Hans Christian Andersen’s personal history - though, as our narrator insists, it’s not The Little Mermaid at all.

“Sometimes the Rain, Sometimes the Sea” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc.
www.concordtheatricals.com

TICKETS (ON SALE APRIL 27, 2026 AT 8:00AM):
$15 General, $12 students, UCR alumni cardholders, senior citizens, & children.
Currently enrolled UCR Students can reserve one complimentary ticket online when tickets go on sale.
All ticket sales are online or via QR card at the venue. Cashless payments only (credit card, debit card, Apple Pay, Google Pay).

There is no reserved seating so arrive early for the best seats.
The performance will begin promptly at the announced curtain time and latecomers will only be seated at an appropriate pause in the program.
No exchanges or refunds will be made, except in the event a performance is canceled.

PARKING:
Please click here for parking information and directions.

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View a digital version of the exhibit guide here or pick up a print copy in-person when you visit the exhibit.

NOTE: We will be closed on Thursday, Nov. 27 & Friday, Nov. 28 for the Thanksgiving holiday.

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presents:

49th UCR Writers Week Festival 2026

Writers Week is the longest-running, free literary event in California and features the most renowned authors of our day alongside those at the start of promising careers. writersweek.ucr.edu

Josh Emmons, Professor
Allison White, Professor
Co-Directors, Writers Week

Download the 48th Writers Week Poster (coming soon)

_____________________________

Tuesday - Friday, May 5 - 8, 2026

Free and open to the public

In-person (location TBD)

_____________________________

PARKING

General Parking (Lot 1 Blue)link coming soon VIP Parking (Lot 1 Red)link coming soon_____________________________

49th UCR Writers Week Featured Writers

Caro DeRobetino, Anel Flores, A.M. Sosa, Emily Weinstein, Jose Valdi, Emily Doyle, Johnathan Lethem, Ilya Kaminsky, D.A. Powell, Viet Nguyen, and more.

_____________________________

SCHEDULE
subject to change

Tuesday, May 5:

11 a.m. Caro De Robertis (Fiction writer)1 p.m. Anel Flores (Fiction writer)3 p.m. A.M. Sosa (Fiction writer)4:30-5:30 Panel Discussion on Queer Latinx Literature

_____________________________

Wednesday, May 6

11 a.m. Emily Weinstein (Nonfiction writer)

1 p.m. Jose Vadi (Essayist and Poet)

3 p.m. Prageeta Sharma (Poet)

_____________________________

Thursday, May 7

11 a.m. Mosaic Reading (UCR literary journal-affiliated undergraduates)

1 p.m. Emily Doyle (Fiction writer and UCR MFA alum)

3 p.m. Jonathan Lethem (Fiction writer)

_____________________________

Friday, May 8

11. a.m. Ilya Kaminsky (Poet)

1 p.m. D.A. Powell (Poet)

3 p.m. Viet Thanh Nguyen (Fiction writer)

5 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. MFA Students Reading

_____________________________

SPECIAL THANKS

The 49th Writers Week 2026 is hosted by the UCR Department of Creative Writing.

_____________________________

SPONSORS

CHASS Dean’s Office, the Center for Ideas & Society, Inland Empire magazine, the National Book Award Society

_____________________________

BOOK PURCHASES
Cellar Door Books is our recommended local independent store. Be sure to stop by their page.

Information: writersweek@ucr.edu

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presents:

49th UCR Writers Week Festival 2026

Writers Week is the longest-running, free literary event in California and features the most renowned authors of our day alongside those at the start of promising careers. writersweek.ucr.edu

Josh Emmons, Professor
Allison White, Professor
Co-Directors, Writers Week

Download the 48th Writers Week Poster (coming soon)

_____________________________

Tuesday - Friday, May 5 - 8, 2026

Free and open to the public

In-person (location TBD)

_____________________________

PARKING

General Parking (Lot 1 Blue)link coming soon VIP Parking (Lot 1 Red)link coming soon_____________________________

49th UCR Writers Week Featured Writers

Caro DeRobetino, Anel Flores, A.M. Sosa, Emily Weinstein, Jose Valdi, Emily Doyle, Johnathan Lethem, Ilya Kaminsky, D.A. Powell, Viet Nguyen, and more.

_____________________________

SCHEDULE
subject to change

Tuesday, May 5:

11 a.m. Caro De Robertis (Fiction writer)1 p.m. Anel Flores (Fiction writer)3 p.m. A.M. Sosa (Fiction writer)4:30-5:30 Panel Discussion on Queer Latinx Literature

_____________________________

Wednesday, May 6

11 a.m. Emily Weinstein (Nonfiction writer)

1 p.m. Jose Vadi (Essayist and Poet)

3 p.m. Prageeta Sharma (Poet)

_____________________________

Thursday, May 7

11 a.m. Mosaic Reading (UCR literary journal-affiliated undergraduates)

1 p.m. Emily Doyle (Fiction writer and UCR MFA alum)

3 p.m. Jonathan Lethem (Fiction writer)

_____________________________

Friday, May 8

11. a.m. Ilya Kaminsky (Poet)

1 p.m. D.A. Powell (Poet)

3 p.m. Viet Thanh Nguyen (Fiction writer)

5 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. MFA Students Reading

_____________________________

SPECIAL THANKS

The 49th Writers Week 2026 is hosted by the UCR Department of Creative Writing.

_____________________________

SPONSORS

CHASS Dean’s Office, the Center for Ideas & Society, Inland Empire magazine, the National Book Award Society

_____________________________

BOOK PURCHASES
Cellar Door Books is our recommended local independent store. Be sure to stop by their page.

Information: writersweek@ucr.edu

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presents:

49th UCR Writers Week Festival 2026

Writers Week is the longest-running, free literary event in California and features the most renowned authors of our day alongside those at the start of promising careers. writersweek.ucr.edu

Josh Emmons, Professor
Allison White, Professor
Co-Directors, Writers Week

Download the 48th Writers Week Poster (coming soon)

_____________________________

Tuesday - Friday, May 5 - 8, 2026

Free and open to the public

In-person (location TBD)

_____________________________

PARKING

General Parking (Lot 1 Blue)link coming soon VIP Parking (Lot 1 Red)link coming soon_____________________________

49th UCR Writers Week Featured Writers

Caro DeRobetino, Anel Flores, A.M. Sosa, Emily Weinstein, Jose Valdi, Emily Doyle, Johnathan Lethem, Ilya Kaminsky, D.A. Powell, Viet Nguyen, and more.

_____________________________

SCHEDULE
subject to change

Tuesday, May 5:

11 a.m. Caro De Robertis (Fiction writer)1 p.m. Anel Flores (Fiction writer)3 p.m. A.M. Sosa (Fiction writer)4:30-5:30 Panel Discussion on Queer Latinx Literature

_____________________________

Wednesday, May 6

11 a.m. Emily Weinstein (Nonfiction writer)

1 p.m. Jose Vadi (Essayist and Poet)

3 p.m. Prageeta Sharma (Poet)

_____________________________

Thursday, May 7

11 a.m. Mosaic Reading (UCR literary journal-affiliated undergraduates)

1 p.m. Emily Doyle (Fiction writer and UCR MFA alum)

3 p.m. Jonathan Lethem (Fiction writer)

_____________________________

Friday, May 8

11. a.m. Ilya Kaminsky (Poet)

1 p.m. D.A. Powell (Poet)

3 p.m. Viet Thanh Nguyen (Fiction writer)

5 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. MFA Students Reading

_____________________________

SPECIAL THANKS

The 49th Writers Week 2026 is hosted by the UCR Department of Creative Writing.

_____________________________

SPONSORS

CHASS Dean’s Office, the Center for Ideas & Society, Inland Empire magazine, the National Book Award Society

_____________________________

BOOK PURCHASES
Cellar Door Books is our recommended local independent store. Be sure to stop by their page.

Information: writersweek@ucr.edu

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presents:

49th UCR Writers Week Festival 2026

Writers Week is the longest-running, free literary event in California and features the most renowned authors of our day alongside those at the start of promising careers. writersweek.ucr.edu

Josh Emmons, Professor
Allison White, Professor
Co-Directors, Writers Week

Download the 48th Writers Week Poster (coming soon)

_____________________________

Tuesday - Friday, May 5 - 8, 2026

Free and open to the public

In-person (location TBD)

_____________________________

PARKING

General Parking (Lot 1 Blue)link coming soon VIP Parking (Lot 1 Red)link coming soon_____________________________

49th UCR Writers Week Featured Writers

Caro DeRobetino, Anel Flores, A.M. Sosa, Emily Weinstein, Jose Valdi, Emily Doyle, Johnathan Lethem, Ilya Kaminsky, D.A. Powell, Viet Nguyen, and more.

_____________________________

SCHEDULE
subject to change

Tuesday, May 5:

11 a.m. Caro De Robertis (Fiction writer)1 p.m. Anel Flores (Fiction writer)3 p.m. A.M. Sosa (Fiction writer)4:30-5:30 Panel Discussion on Queer Latinx Literature

_____________________________

Wednesday, May 6

11 a.m. Emily Weinstein (Nonfiction writer)

1 p.m. Jose Vadi (Essayist and Poet)

3 p.m. Prageeta Sharma (Poet)

_____________________________

Thursday, May 7

11 a.m. Mosaic Reading (UCR literary journal-affiliated undergraduates)

1 p.m. Emily Doyle (Fiction writer and UCR MFA alum)

3 p.m. Jonathan Lethem (Fiction writer)

_____________________________

Friday, May 8

11. a.m. Ilya Kaminsky (Poet)

1 p.m. D.A. Powell (Poet)

3 p.m. Viet Thanh Nguyen (Fiction writer)

5 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. MFA Students Reading

_____________________________

SPECIAL THANKS

The 49th Writers Week 2026 is hosted by the UCR Department of Creative Writing.

_____________________________

SPONSORS

CHASS Dean’s Office, the Center for Ideas & Society, Inland Empire magazine, the National Book Award Society

_____________________________

BOOK PURCHASES
Cellar Door Books is our recommended local independent store. Be sure to stop by their page.

Information: writersweek@ucr.edu

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SOMETIMES THE RAIN, SOMETIMES THE SEA

By Julia Izumi

May 7-16, 2026
ARTS Studio Theatre

This playful and quirky adaptation of The Little Mermaid follows a Little Rain Cloud who falls in love with a human while also unpacking Hans Christian Andersen’s personal history - though, as our narrator insists, it’s not The Little Mermaid at all.

“Sometimes the Rain, Sometimes the Sea” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc.
www.concordtheatricals.com

TICKETS (ON SALE APRIL 27, 2026 AT 8:00AM):
$15 General, $12 students, UCR alumni cardholders, senior citizens, & children.
Currently enrolled UCR Students can reserve one complimentary ticket online when tickets go on sale.
All ticket sales are online or via QR card at the venue. Cashless payments only (credit card, debit card, Apple Pay, Google Pay).

There is no reserved seating so arrive early for the best seats.
The performance will begin promptly at the announced curtain time and latecomers will only be seated at an appropriate pause in the program.
No exchanges or refunds will be made, except in the event a performance is canceled.

PARKING:
Please click here for parking information and directions.

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SOMETIMES THE RAIN, SOMETIMES THE SEA

By Julia Izumi

May 7-16, 2026
ARTS Studio Theatre

This playful and quirky adaptation of The Little Mermaid follows a Little Rain Cloud who falls in love with a human while also unpacking Hans Christian Andersen’s personal history - though, as our narrator insists, it’s not The Little Mermaid at all.

“Sometimes the Rain, Sometimes the Sea” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc.
www.concordtheatricals.com

TICKETS (ON SALE APRIL 27, 2026 AT 8:00AM):
$15 General, $12 students, UCR alumni cardholders, senior citizens, & children.
Currently enrolled UCR Students can reserve one complimentary ticket online when tickets go on sale.
All ticket sales are online or via QR card at the venue. Cashless payments only (credit card, debit card, Apple Pay, Google Pay).

There is no reserved seating so arrive early for the best seats.
The performance will begin promptly at the announced curtain time and latecomers will only be seated at an appropriate pause in the program.
No exchanges or refunds will be made, except in the event a performance is canceled.

PARKING:
Please click here for parking information and directions.

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NOTE: We will be closed on Thursday, Nov. 27 & Friday, Nov. 28 for the Thanksgiving holiday.

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NOTE: We will be closed on Thursday, Nov. 27 & Friday, Nov. 28 for the Thanksgiving holiday.

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SOMETIMES THE RAIN, SOMETIMES THE SEA

By Julia Izumi

May 7-16, 2026
ARTS Studio Theatre

This playful and quirky adaptation of The Little Mermaid follows a Little Rain Cloud who falls in love with a human while also unpacking Hans Christian Andersen’s personal history - though, as our narrator insists, it’s not The Little Mermaid at all.

“Sometimes the Rain, Sometimes the Sea” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc.
www.concordtheatricals.com

TICKETS (ON SALE APRIL 27, 2026 AT 8:00AM):
$15 General, $12 students, UCR alumni cardholders, senior citizens, & children.
Currently enrolled UCR Students can reserve one complimentary ticket online when tickets go on sale.
All ticket sales are online or via QR card at the venue. Cashless payments only (credit card, debit card, Apple Pay, Google Pay).

There is no reserved seating so arrive early for the best seats.
The performance will begin promptly at the announced curtain time and latecomers will only be seated at an appropriate pause in the program.
No exchanges or refunds will be made, except in the event a performance is canceled.

PARKING:
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NOTE: We will be closed on Thursday, Nov. 27 & Friday, Nov. 28 for the Thanksgiving holiday.

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SOMETIMES THE RAIN, SOMETIMES THE SEA

By Julia Izumi

May 7-16, 2026
ARTS Studio Theatre

This playful and quirky adaptation of The Little Mermaid follows a Little Rain Cloud who falls in love with a human while also unpacking Hans Christian Andersen’s personal history - though, as our narrator insists, it’s not The Little Mermaid at all.

“Sometimes the Rain, Sometimes the Sea” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc.
www.concordtheatricals.com

TICKETS (ON SALE APRIL 27, 2026 AT 8:00AM):
$15 General, $12 students, UCR alumni cardholders, senior citizens, & children.
Currently enrolled UCR Students can reserve one complimentary ticket online when tickets go on sale.
All ticket sales are online or via QR card at the venue. Cashless payments only (credit card, debit card, Apple Pay, Google Pay).

There is no reserved seating so arrive early for the best seats.
The performance will begin promptly at the announced curtain time and latecomers will only be seated at an appropriate pause in the program.
No exchanges or refunds will be made, except in the event a performance is canceled.

PARKING:
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SOMETIMES THE RAIN, SOMETIMES THE SEA

By Julia Izumi

May 7-16, 2026
ARTS Studio Theatre

This playful and quirky adaptation of The Little Mermaid follows a Little Rain Cloud who falls in love with a human while also unpacking Hans Christian Andersen’s personal history - though, as our narrator insists, it’s not The Little Mermaid at all.

“Sometimes the Rain, Sometimes the Sea” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc.
www.concordtheatricals.com

TICKETS (ON SALE APRIL 27, 2026 AT 8:00AM):
$15 General, $12 students, UCR alumni cardholders, senior citizens, & children.
Currently enrolled UCR Students can reserve one complimentary ticket online when tickets go on sale.
All ticket sales are online or via QR card at the venue. Cashless payments only (credit card, debit card, Apple Pay, Google Pay).

There is no reserved seating so arrive early for the best seats.
The performance will begin promptly at the announced curtain time and latecomers will only be seated at an appropriate pause in the program.
No exchanges or refunds will be made, except in the event a performance is canceled.

PARKING:
Please click here for parking information and directions.

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SOMETIMES THE RAIN, SOMETIMES THE SEA

By Julia Izumi

May 7-16, 2026
ARTS Studio Theatre

This playful and quirky adaptation of The Little Mermaid follows a Little Rain Cloud who falls in love with a human while also unpacking Hans Christian Andersen’s personal history - though, as our narrator insists, it’s not The Little Mermaid at all.

“Sometimes the Rain, Sometimes the Sea” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc.
www.concordtheatricals.com

TICKETS (ON SALE APRIL 27, 2026 AT 8:00AM):
$15 General, $12 students, UCR alumni cardholders, senior citizens, & children.
Currently enrolled UCR Students can reserve one complimentary ticket online when tickets go on sale.
All ticket sales are online or via QR card at the venue. Cashless payments only (credit card, debit card, Apple Pay, Google Pay).

There is no reserved seating so arrive early for the best seats.
The performance will begin promptly at the announced curtain time and latecomers will only be seated at an appropriate pause in the program.
No exchanges or refunds will be made, except in the event a performance is canceled.

PARKING:
Please click here for parking information and directions.

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View a digital version of the exhibit guide here or pick up a print copy in-person when you visit the exhibit.

NOTE: We will be closed on Thursday, Nov. 27 & Friday, Nov. 28 for the Thanksgiving holiday.

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FREE and open to the public.

Parking:

Enjoy complimentary parking for this event! Please enter your vehicle info below before you park.

Follow these steps:

Step 1: Click on this link

Step 2: Enter your license plate in the “License Plate Number”

Step 3: If the plate is non-California, select the appropriate state for the plate.

Step 4: Press ‘Park’

For more information about visitor parking, visit: performingarts.ucr.edu/parking

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View a digital version of the exhibit guide here or pick up a print copy in-person when you visit the exhibit.

NOTE: We will be closed on Thursday, Nov. 27 & Friday, Nov. 28 for the Thanksgiving holiday.

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TFDP FILM SHOWCASE

Original short films by students in UCR’s Department of Theatre, Film, and Digital Production

May 19, 2026
7:00pm
University Theatre
Free and open to the public

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May 19 @ 8 p.m. Performance Lab ARTS 166

Frances Moore, Director

Free and open to the public.

LOCATION

Performance Lab (ARTS 166)

There is no reserved seating, so please arrive early for the best selection of seats.

The performance will start promptly at the announced curtain time and latecomers will only be seated at an appropriate pause in the program.

If you’ve never been to campus, here are directions to UCR.

PARKING

Enjoy complimentary parking for this event! Please enter your vehicle info below before you park.

Follow these steps:

Click on this linkEnter the license plate number (LPN) in the 'Plate' section

Select the appropriate state, if not California.

OPTIONAL: Add your email address to receive a confirmation email

Click 'Park' to complete.

For any other questions about event parking, please email parking@ucr.edu between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday to Friday, and allow up to one business day to receive a response.

Additional visitor parking info for events can be found at: performingarts.ucr.edu/parking

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NOTE: We will be closed on Thursday, Nov. 27 & Friday, Nov. 28 for the Thanksgiving holiday.

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May 20 @ 8 p.m. Performance Lab ARTS 166

Ralph Cato, Vocal Instructor

ADMISSION

Free and open to the public.

Though admission is free, a ticket is required. One ticket per person will be distributed at the venue one hour before the concert. Seating is limited and on a first-come, first-served basis.

LOCATION

Performance Lab (ARTS 166)

There is no reserved seating, so please arrive early for the best selection of seats.

The performance will start promptly at the announced curtain time and latecomers will only be seated at an appropriate pause in the program.

If you’ve never been to campus, here are directions to UCR.

PARKING

Enjoy complimentary parking for this event! Please enter your vehicle info below before you park.

Follow these steps:

Click on this linkEnter the license plate number (LPN) in the 'Plate' sectionSelect the appropriate state, if not California.OPTIONAL: Add your email address to receive a confirmation emailClick 'Park' to complete.
For any other questions about event parking, please email parking@ucr.edu between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday to Friday, and allow up to one business day to receive a response.

Additional visitor parking info for events can be found at: performingarts.ucr.edu/parking

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View a digital version of the exhibit guide here or pick up a print copy in-person when you visit the exhibit.

NOTE: We will be closed on Thursday, Nov. 27 & Friday, Nov. 28 for the Thanksgiving holiday.

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Cynthia Flores, Mariachi Director

The Mariachi Los Alteños de UCR teams up with the Ballet Folklorico de UCR for this annual delight of sight and sound!

Mariachi Los Alteños, made up of students from MUS 175A & B, perform a wide array of mariachi styles, interspersed with colorful and energetic performances by the y Ballet Folklorico de UCR, a student club under the advisement of Dr. Xóchitl Chávez. Come join us for a fun evening of cultural representation , gritos, song, dance, entertainment, and community!

Thursday, May 21 @ 8 p.m.

University Theatre

TICKETS

$6 child

$8 students with school ID

$10 general admission

PARKING

To reserve a parking permit for Lot 6, please use this link.

For any other questions about event parking, please email parking@ucr.edu between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday to Friday, and allow up to one business day to receive a response.

Additional visitor parking info for events can be found at: performingarts.ucr.edu/parking

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View a digital version of the exhibit guide here or pick up a print copy in-person when you visit the exhibit.

NOTE: We will be closed on Thursday, Nov. 27 & Friday, Nov. 28 for the Thanksgiving holiday.

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View a digital version of the exhibit guide here or pick up a print copy in-person when you visit the exhibit.

NOTE: We will be closed on Thursday, Nov. 27 & Friday, Nov. 28 for the Thanksgiving holiday.

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FREE and open to the public

Culver Center of the Arts (UCR ARTS)
3834 Main St., Riverside CA

ADMISSION

Free and open to the public.

PARKING

See these various city lots surrounding UCR ARTS.

Information:

music.ucr.edu

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PLAYWORKS

by UCR Undergraduate and MFA Playwrights

Erith Jaffe-Berg, Artistic Director

May 26-27, 2026
7:00pm
ARTS Studio Theatre
Free and open to the public

Premiere productions exploring issues and textures of contemporary life by the best UCR student playwrights. A different slate of work is scheduled for each performance.

PARKING:
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NOTE: We will be closed on Thursday, Nov. 27 & Friday, Nov. 28 for the Thanksgiving holiday.

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PLAYWORKS

by UCR Undergraduate and MFA Playwrights

Erith Jaffe-Berg, Artistic Director

May 26-27, 2026
7:00pm
ARTS Studio Theatre
Free and open to the public

Premiere productions exploring issues and textures of contemporary life by the best UCR student playwrights. A different slate of work is scheduled for each performance.

PARKING:
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View a digital version of the exhibit guide here or pick up a print copy in-person when you visit the exhibit.

NOTE: We will be closed on Thursday, Nov. 27 & Friday, Nov. 28 for the Thanksgiving holiday.

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View a digital version of the exhibit guide here or pick up a print copy in-person when you visit the exhibit.

NOTE: We will be closed on Thursday, Nov. 27 & Friday, Nov. 28 for the Thanksgiving holiday.

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May 30 @ 6 p.m. Bell Tower

David Christensen, University Carillonneur

The UCR community and the general public are invited to enjoy the music from the Bell Tower in the park-like atmosphere surrounding the Bell Tower on the UCR campus.

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

PARKING

To reserve a free parking permit, use this link.

Visitors: Complimentary daily permits are available from permit dispensers located in Gold Lots 26, 30, 32, and 50. These permits are available and valid only in Gold Lots during the following
times: • Monday-Friday: After 6:00 PM
• Saturday and Sunday: All Day
Additional lot restrictions:
• Lot 32: Closes at 4:30 PM Monday-Friday is closed on Saturday and Sunday
• Lot 26: No parking between 10:30 PM-6:00 AM

For any other questions about event parking, please email parking@ucr.edu between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday to Friday, and allow up to one business day to receive a response. Learn more about UCR Visitor Parking.

If you’ve never been to campus, here are directions to UCR.

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Saturday, May 30 @ 8 pm

Sunday, May 31 @ 3 pm
University Theatre

Ruth Charloff, Director

More info coming soon

TICKETS

$10 general

$8 student & senior

$6 child

PARKING

To reserve and pay for parking ($8) in Lot 6 Blue, use this link. FREE parking is available in Lot 30 Gold after 6 p.m.

Learn more about UCR Visitor Parking.

For any other questions about event parking, please email parking@ucr.edu between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday to Friday, and allow up to one business day to receive a response.

Visitor parking info for events can be found at: performingarts.ucr.edu/parking

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Saturday, May 30 @ 8 pm

Sunday, May 31 @ 3 pm
University Theatre

Ruth Charloff, Director

More info coming soon

TICKETS

$10 general

$8 student & senior

$6 child

PARKING

To reserve and pay for parking ($8) in Lot 6 Blue, use this link. FREE parking is available in Lot 30 Gold after 6 p.m.

Learn more about UCR Visitor Parking.

For any other questions about event parking, please email parking@ucr.edu between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday to Friday, and allow up to one business day to receive a response.

Visitor parking info for events can be found at: performingarts.ucr.edu/parking

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FREE and open to the public.

Parking:

Enjoy complimentary parking for this event! Please enter your vehicle info below before you park.

Follow these steps:

Step 1: Click on this link

Step 2: Enter your license plate in the “License Plate Number”

Step 3: If the plate is non-California, select the appropriate state for the plate.

Step 4: Press ‘Park’

For more information about visitor parking, visit: performingarts.ucr.edu/parking

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Outside Barn Stage

Terry Nguyen, Director

Beginning and intermediate-level members of the UCR Taiko Ensemble will be presenting a demonstration of Japanese taiko drumming.

ADMISSION

Free and open to the public.

PARKING

Enjoy complimentary parking for this event! Please enter your vehicle info below before you park.

Follow these steps:

Step 1: Click on this linkStep 2: Enter your license plate in the “License Plate Number”Step 3: If the plate is non-California, select the appropriate state for the plate.Step 4: Press ‘Park’For any other questions about event parking, please email eventparking@ucr.edu between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday to Friday, and allow up to one business day to receive a response.

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New works by UCR undergraduate and graduate composers

Jun. 2 @ 8 p.m. Performance Lab ARTS 166

Paulo Chagas, Event Coordinator

ADMISSION

Free and open to the public.

Though admission is free, a ticket is required. One ticket per person will be distributed at the venue one hour before the concert. Seating is limited and on a first-come, first-served basis.

LOCATION

Performance Lab (ARTS 166)

There is no reserved seating, so please arrive early for the best selection of seats.

The performance will start promptly at the announced curtain time and latecomers will only be seated at an appropriate pause in the program.

If you’ve never been to campus, here are directions to UCR.

PARKING

Enjoy complimentary parking for this event! Please enter your vehicle info below before you park.

Follow these steps:

Click on this linkEnter the license plate number (LPN) in the 'Plate' sectionSelect the appropriate state, if not California.OPTIONAL: Add your email address to receive a confirmation emailClick 'Park' to complete.
For any other questions about event parking, please email parking@ucr.edu between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday to Friday, and allow up to one business day to receive a response.

Additional visitor parking info for events can be found at: performingarts.ucr.edu/parking

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NEW WORKS FESTIVAL

by UCR MFA Playwrights and Screenwriters
Megan Tabaque, Artistic Director

June 3 & 5, 2026
7:00pm
ARTS Studio Theatre
Free and open to the public

The New Works Festival proudly presents developmental staged readings of new plays written by our graduating MFA Playwriting Candidates in UCR’s Creative Writing and Writing for the Performing Arts MFA Program. This three night event brings student playwrights, student actors, and student dramaturgs into process with professional directors to model the rigor, curiosity, collaboration, and revision required at a professional level to give new plays life! The New Works Festival celebrates tomorrow’s emerging theater makers TODAY.

PARKING:
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Wednesday, Jun. 3 @ 7 p.m.
University Theatre

Armando Dueñas, Director

Doors open 30 minutes before each performance

TICKETS

$10 General
$8 Students/Seniors
$6 Child
Additional tickets may be available at the door on the night of the performance.

Please note: The University Theatre box office is cashless.

PARKING

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Cynthia Flores, Mariachi Director

The Mariachi Los Alteños de UCR teams up with the Ballet Folklorico de UCR for this annual delight of sight and sound!

Mariachi Los Alteños, made up of students from MUS 175A & B, perform a wide array of mariachi styles, interspersed with colorful and energetic performances by the y Ballet Folklorico de UCR, a student club under the advisement of Dr. Xóchitl Chávez. Come join us for a fun evening of cultural representation , gritos, song, dance, entertainment, and community!

Thursday, May 21 @ 8 p.m.

University Theatre

TICKETS

$6 child

$8 students with school ID

$10 general admission

PARKING

To reserve a parking permit for Lot 6, please use this link. COMING SOON

For any other questions about event parking, please email parking@ucr.edu between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday to Friday, and allow up to one business day to receive a response.

Additional visitor parking info for events can be found at: performingarts.ucr.edu/parking

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7 pm on Thursday, June 4, 2026

Culver Center of the Arts (UCR ARTS)
3834 Main St., Riverside CA

Josh Welchez, Director

ADMISSION

Free and open to the public.

PARKING

See these various city lots surrounding UCR ARTS.

Information:

music.ucr.edu

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CULMINATION CELEBRATION

June 5, 2026
1:00pm
ARTS Studio Theatre
Free and open to the public

Join us for this exciting event featuring a presentation of the winners of this year’s Marius de Brabant Chancellor’s Performance Awards, the Eric Barr Acting Award, the Richard Risso Award, and the Emory Elliott Award followed by a luncheon.

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NEW WORKS FESTIVAL

by UCR MFA Playwrights and Screenwriters
Megan Tabaque, Artistic Director

June 3 & 5, 2026
7:00pm
ARTS Studio Theatre
Free and open to the public

The New Works Festival proudly presents developmental staged readings of new plays written by our graduating MFA Playwriting Candidates in UCR’s Creative Writing and Writing for the Performing Arts MFA Program. This three night event brings student playwrights, student actors, and student dramaturgs into process with professional directors to model the rigor, curiosity, collaboration, and revision required at a professional level to give new plays life! The New Works Festival celebrates tomorrow’s emerging theater makers TODAY.

PARKING:
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