Out and About

As part of its “Open Mind” lecture series, the UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior will host award-winning author, journalist and mental health specialist Maia Szalavitz.

The Broadway musical “Spring Awakening” was produced by Los Angeles-based Deaf West Theatre, which has been performing theatrical productions for 26 years.

“Stigma — Lead the Change,” presented in partnership with the nonprofit organization Bring Change 2 Mind, will include presentations from three internationally known mental health experts, who will explore the current challenges and opportunities within the community, on college campuses and beyond.

Stupid F#@king Bird” is a play about a young director and a young actor raging against an older generation of artists.

Congressman John Lewis, a civil rights icon and elected representative from Georgia's 5th District, will deliver the fifth annual Winston C. Doby Distinguished Lecture and receive the UCLA Medal, the university's highest honor.

Jason Furman delivers the annual Arnold C. Harberger Distinguished Lecture on Economic Development and will speak on the critical role of the Council of Economic Advisers and what may lie ahead for the U.S. and global economies.

Presentations will discuss challenges, solutions and innovations for a better future in countries across Africa, Asia, Latin America, Middle East and Europe.

On Wednesday, April  5 from 6:00 p.m.- 8:00 p.m. at the UCLA Law School in room 1457, the Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies hosts a viewing of “Hummus! The Movie” followed by a hummus tasting.

The UCLA Film and Television Archive is partnering with China Onscreen to present China-related film programming year-round at the Billy Wilder Theater.

The UCLA Film and Television Archive presents three nights of double features in its film series: "In Transit: Refugees on Film," highlighting the cinematic stories of lost souls from different parts of the world.

The Hammer Museum presents a community gathering to explore nonviolent tactics, street smarts and strategies with Reverend James Lawson and Nadine Bloch from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday, April 9, at the Wiltern Theater.

The UCLA Center for the Study of International Migration will host “The Global Refugee Crisis” on Friday, April 7, from 9:00 a.m. through 5:30 p.m. in the California Room of the UCLA Faculty Center.

HOOLIGAN Theater Company presents "Footloose", the story of Ren and his mother as they move to a small farming town.

On Thursday, March 30 at 7:30 p.m. at the Billy Wilder Theater, the Hammer presents “The Not So Silver Screen: Black Women in Media.”

On April 9 from 2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m., in collaboration with Westwind, UCLA’s student-run journal of the arts, the Fowler Museum presents an opportunity learn about different types of poetry.

Korean Culture Night is dedicated to expressing and sharing the Korean culture and continuing the great tradition of diversity on the UCLA campus.

Join the Fowler Museum for a night of music with the UCLA Charles Mingus Quartet from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, April 12.

The Annual Update is UCLA Williams Institute’s signature event, with discussion panels. It is free to attend and open to the public.

Join the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music on Friday, April 14 at 3:00 p.m. in Jan Popper Theater for a celebration of the late Arnold Schoenberg, world-renowned 20th-century composer and a professor at UCLA.

The National YoungArts Foundation presents performances, exhibitions and writers’ readings by the most promising artists in the region.

True Bruin Move and Groove participants can run/walk their 5K any time during that week, anywhere they choose.

The UCLA Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences presents a talk by from William Borucki, principal investigator of NASA's Kepler mission.

The Paul Torrens Health Forum at UCLA is hosting a panel discussion on Wednesday, March 22, regarding “ACA Repeal and Replace: What’s the latest?”

The UCLA Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance celebrates UCLA’s vivid history of the academic and performative dance discipline at 8 p.m. on Friday, April 21 in Kaufman Hall.

Join the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television for a dramatic retelling of Euripides’ “Helen” in the UCLA Macgowan Hall Little Theater.