Out and About

Professor Alicia Gaspar de Alba of the UCLA Cesar E. Chavez Department of Chicana/o Studies will discuss her new book on Jan. 28, 3-5 p.m. in the Chicano Studies Research Center Library, 144 Haines Hall.

Advance tickets are just $2 for UCLA Women’s Basketball's 9th Annual Play 4 Kay Breast Cancer Awareness game versus Arizona State on Friday, Feb 20, 7 p.m., at Pauley Pavilion.

UCLA Musicology will open the floodgates of Bruin faculty and student musical talent Thursday, Jan. 29 with “UCLA Sings!” The free concert launches a two-day conference.

Join the UCLA Department of History for a panel discussion on World War I in the Fowler Museum's Lenart Auditorium on January 27 at 7 p.m. UCLA's James Gelvin, Ivan T. Berend and Geoffrey Symcox will be speaking.

Author and investigative journalist James Bramford, best known for his writing about the National Security Agency (NSA), will give two talks at UCLA as part of Data Privacy Month.

Law professor Cheryl Harris will moderate a faculty discussion on race and social inequality Wednesday, Jan. 14, at 5:30 p.m. in Royce Hall 314. The event is free and open to the public.

Victoria Dailey discusses the history and cultural impacts of Los Angeles' most iconic tree in "Piety and Perversity: the Palms of Los Angeles." The Clark Quarterly Lecture takes place on Jan. 15 at 4 p.m. at UCLA's William Andrews Clark Memorial Library.

'Rocks in my Pockets,' the new animated film by Latvian-born artist and filmmaker Signe Baumane, at a free screening on Monday, Jan. 12, 7 p.m. at Melnitz Hall.

UCLA Fowler Museum guest curator David Herlihy will describe the lives and adventures of 19th Century bicycle pioneers William L. Sachtleben and Thomas G. Allen Jr. on Sunday, Jan. 11 at 3 p.m.

The Hammer presents the ‘The Contenders,’ the Museum of Modern Art’s renowned exhibition of films representing the best of the past year’s mainstream movies, independents, foreign-language films, documentaries and art-house sensations.

UC Berkeley scholar Robert Alter visits UCLA to present 'The Challenge of Translating the Bible' on Jan. 8, 7:30 p.m., and 'The Story of David and Bathsheba' on Jan. 10, 10:30 a.m.

On Jan. 25, the Fowler Museum at UCLA will open its doors to children and birds alike with its event “Kids in the Courtyard: Purdy Birdy.”

Daniel Blumstein, professor and chair of the UCLA Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, will do a talk at Nerd Night L.A. on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 7:45 p.m. at The Mint, 6010 Pico Blvd., Los Angeles.

The UCLA Film and Television Archive will be closing out its series, “Through Indian Eyes: Native American Cinema,” with the screening of “California Indian” on Monday, Dec. 15, at 7:30 p.m. at the Billy Wilder Theater at the Hammer Museum.

Meet and learn from tech experts from all across campus at UCLA's Bruin Tech-a-Thon, a free mini-conference on Thursday, Dec. 11, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. in the Math Sciences building.   A wide range of topics will be discussed in 30-minute presentations

UCLA Film and Television Archive will showcase the Australian film, "The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert," as part of the Outfest UCLA Legacy Project on Thursday, Dec. 12, 7:30 pm. at the Hammer Museum's Billy Wilder Theater.

Learn about the complex interrelatedness of Judaism, Christianity and Islam in a presentation at UCLA on Thursday, Dec. 11, 4-6 p.m. at Charles E. Young Research Library, Room 11360.

Marvel Comics luminaries Stan Lee and Roy Thomas will join director Kevin Smith on Saturday, Dec. 6, 2 p.m., at the Hammer Museum for a discussion of the venerable publisher’s long history.

The acclaimed documentary 'Hoop Dreams' (1994) screens on Friday, Dec. 5, 7:30 p.m. at UCLA's Billy Wilder Theater, with an appearance by director Steve James.

Candice Levy, a UCLA lecturer in Jewish Studies, will discuss ‘Unjust Suffering and the Afterlife’ for the UCLA Center for the Study of Religion on Tuesday, Dec. 2, 4-5:30 p.m.

'Sounds of the Season' will be presented by the UCLA choral program on Saturday, Dec. 13, 8 p.m., at Schoenberg Hall.

Michael Eselun, certified interfaith chaplain for the Simms/Mann UCLA Center for Integrative Oncology, explores "It could be worse," a common coping strategy for dealing with cancer.

UCLA mathematician Terence Tao talked prime numbers and more in a lively conversation with pundit Stephen Colbert on the 'The Colbert Report' on Nov. 12.

For UCLA staff members interested in earning an M.B.A., UCLA Anderson School of Management is hosting a lunchtime information session on Thursday, Nov. 20.

UCLA's Chase Child Life Program at Mattel Children’s Hospital invites donations to its annual toy drive through Dec. 17.