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A scene from the play A Doll's House.

UCR Theatre presents ‘A Doll’s House’

Thursday, May 8, at 8 p.m. is opening night for UCR’s Department of Theatre, Film, and Digital Production’s interpretation of Henrik Ibsen’s “A Doll’s House."

By J.D. Mathes | May 7, 2025 | Arts / Culture
Parable of the Talents cover

Graphic novelist’s new work is a parable for the times

Graphic novelist John Jennings has become well-versed with novelist Octavia Butler’s dystopian worlds with two previous award-winning adaptations. The latest project by the illustrator and his creative partners hits close to the current state of the world. The hardcover graphic novel “Parable of the Talents,” adapting Butler’s Nebula Award-winning 1998...

By Imran Ghori | April 30, 2025 | Arts / Culture
Writers Week

Writers Week returns to in-person-only format

Join The University of California, Riverside’s Department of Creative Writing for the 48th UCR Writers Week Festival May 5-8. The free and open-to-the-public festival is the longest-running free literary festival in California. All events will be held in Interdisciplinary South (INTS) 1113. Featured writers this year include: Geoffrey Dyer, a...

By J.D. Mathes | April 22, 2025 | Arts / Culture
A woman views the "Shadow Archive" exhibition at UCR ARTS

UCR ARTS unveils its three spring exhibitions

On Saturday, March 22, UCR ARTS held a reception heralding the California Museum of Photography's three exhibitions for spring

By J.D. Mathes | March 26, 2025 | Arts / Culture
National Book Award event

UCR to host its first National Book Awards event

The National Book Foundation, or NBF, will bring the award-winning writer Claire Wahmanholm to campus on March 31 for a free event, “Eco-Poetics and the Modern Apocalypse.” The event is part of an NBF tour with 16 events across 10 cities, and marks the first time UCR has been selected...

By J.D. Mathes | March 18, 2025 | Arts / Culture
Lost in the Wilderness exhibition at UCR Arts

Exhibition contrasts Ansel Adams’ orderly world, chaotic ’60s

When the name Ansel Adams is mentioned in conversation, people think of the romantic and mythic photographs he made throughout the American West, especially in Yosemite and the iconic shots of El Capitan and Half Dome. In 1963, in his mid-60s, Adams received a letter from Clark Kerr, president of...

By J.D. Mathes | March 12, 2025 | Arts / Culture
A scene from UCR's performance of Macbeth

UCR Theatre Presents 'Macbeth'

The first performance of UCR's staging of “Macbeth” will be Feb. 13 at 8 p.m. in the Studio Theatre. Additional performances of the play, written by William Shakespeare and directed by Miles Anderson, will run through Feb. 22.

By J.D. Mathes | February 12, 2025 | Arts / Culture
UCR Orchestra

Orchestra to host 'extroverted' weekend concerts

Join the UCR Orchestra under the baton of Ruth Charloff for a concert on Saturday, Feb. 1 at 2 p.m. or on Sunday, Feb. 2 at 7 p.m., at the University Theatre on the UC Riverside campus. “We’re playing some pretty extroverted repertoire,” Charloff said. The concert will begin with...

By J.D. Mathes | January 29, 2025 | Arts / Culture
open-access photo archive will hold 35mm color images that are being preserved by UC Riverside’s Department of the History of Art in collaboration with the Society of Architectural Historians, or SAH. (UCR/Sandra Baltazar Martinez)

Project helps preserve architectural photographs 

A National Endowment for the Humanities grant will facilitate an online database showcasing images from communities around the world.

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | January 29, 2025 | Arts / Culture
Douglas McCulloh (Courtesy of UCR ARTS)

Doug McCulloh: 'A genial giant' in the arts community

Douglas McCulloh, an engaging and unconventional California photographer and for the past several years the head of the two UCR ARTS museums, died on Sunday, Jan. 5 following a short illness. McCulloh, who was 64, curated the current UCR ARTS exhibition on Ansel Adams, which includes Adams’ 1960s work on...

By John Warren | January 15, 2025 | Arts / Culture
Florence Bayz music series artists

On Wednesdays, a music series for community & campus

Students, faculty, and visitors can attend the Florence Bayz Music Series every Wednesday during the academic year at Noon. The events are free and held in the Arts Building, room 157. With the funding provided for the Florence Bayz Music Series, the Music Department can “bring in performers from other...

By J.D. Mathes | January 15, 2025 | Arts / Culture
orchestra

Join the UCR Orchestra and Wind Ensemble for the Fall Concert 

Join the UCR Orchestra and Wind Ensemble at the annual Fall Concert on Wednesday, Nov. 20, at 8 p.m. at the University Theatre.

By J.D. Mathes | November 13, 2024 | Arts / Culture
Jessica Kaswick (right), executive director of the Max H. Gluck Foundation, visits UC Riverside on April 23, 2024.

UCR receives grant to offer free and inclusive community arts programming

Continuation of Gluck Fellows Program provides wide-ranging opportunities for self-expression and creativity.

By Laura Ferreiro | November 6, 2024 | Arts / Culture
Peter and the Starcatchers

'Peter and the Starcatcher' offers fun, with purpose

If you are ready for a fun-filled, and a little surreal, musical for some relief from the election, then do not miss UCR’s Department of Theatre, Film, and Digital Production staging of the Tony-winning “Peter and the Starcatcher” at the University Theatre. The play, which runs Nov. 7-16, is Rick...

By J.D. Mathes | November 6, 2024 | Arts / Culture
A scene from "Eat Your Catfish." (Courtesy photo)

‘Eat Your Catfish’ wins an Emmy

Co-directed by a UC Riverside MFA student, PBS will stream the documentary for free throughout October.

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | October 22, 2024 | Arts / Culture
Oaxacan Philharmonic Bands Audition in 2018 at UC Riverside. (UCR)

Mexican philharmonic music comes to UC Riverside

The two-day event is free and invites local musicians and families to join Oaxacan composers to participate in a recording session and evening performance.

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | October 9, 2024 | Arts / Culture
Portrait of Juan Felipe Herrera, emeritus professor of creative writing at UC Riverside. (Photo courtesy of MacArthur Foundation)

Juan Felipe Herrera receives MacArthur Fellowship

The poet, educator, and writer is a UC Riverside emeritus professor of creative writing.

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | October 4, 2024 | Arts / Culture
Digital Capture exhibition

UCR Arts' 'Digital Capture' spans space race to AI

Over five years in the making, the “ Digital Capture: Southern California and the Pixel-Based Image World” exhibition at UCR Arts California Museum of Photography, or CMP, is part of the Getty Foundation’s massive art event, PST Art (previously known as Pacific Standard Time). PST is a five-month long event...

By J.D. Mathes | September 24, 2024 | Arts / Culture
Spring, played by Sol Marina Crespo. (Photo courtesy of Cambria Matlow)

MFA candidate’s film debuts at the NewFilmmakers Los Angeles festival

Spring is an artist, mother, and wife. She’s trying to be everything, but a family vacation unravels and confirms that it’s a difficult to juggle all the responsibilities successfully. “Why Dig When You Can Pluck,” is a fictional story that mirrors the life of Cambria Matlow, the film’s writer, director...

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | July 10, 2024 | Arts / Culture
Patricia Cardoso, award winning filmmaker, director, and UC Riverside professor in the Department of Theater, Film, and Digital Production. UCR/Stan Lim)

Patricia Cardoso is first Latina to join the Academy’s Board of Governors, director’s branch

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences welcomed five new first-time members, including Cardoso.

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | June 18, 2024 | Arts / Culture
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