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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 26: Ryan Coogler attends the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever World Premiere at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, California on October 26, 2022. (Photo by Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images for Disney)

Black stories, culture, and Hollywood

In this Q&A UCR experts discuss culture, history, and the importance of Black films.

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | January 23, 2023 | Arts / Culture
Kid Kongo Powers will be in conversation with UCR’s Richard T. Rodríguez, author of “A Kiss Across the Ocean.”

Kid Kongo Powers: Post-punk, culture, and identity

Richard T. Rodríguez, UC Riverside professor of English and media and cultural studies, will host a joint reading and conversation with Kid Congo Powers, an author and musician widely known for being part of bands such as The Gun Club, The Cramps, and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, as...

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | January 18, 2023 | Arts / Culture
Writers Week 2023 at UC Riverside.

Writers Week honors authors Percival Everett and Mike Davis

The 46th annual UC Riverside event is scheduled for Feb. 13-17. Writers Week is free and open to the public.

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | January 4, 2023 | Arts / Culture
Winter break activities for on the go … or on the couch. (Photo by Getty Images)

Winter break activities for on the go … or on the couch

Whether you plan to stay indoors or enjoy the outdoors, check out this list of ideas from UCR staff.

By UCR News | December 21, 2022 | Arts / Culture

Everyone is invited to UCR Homecoming 2022

UC Riverside is celebrating Homecoming 2022 with two days of in-person, on-campus events and there is something to fit everyone’s type of fun. Although some of the Nov. 18 & 19 events are exclusively for alumni and their guests, most are open to the rest of the Highlander community and...

By Malinn Loeung | November 9, 2022 | Arts / Culture, University, Students
Late author Mike Davis. Photo by Cassandra Davis.

Remembering Mike Davis, an agent for social change

The author and distinguished professor emeritus with UCR’s Department of Creative Writing died on October 25

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | November 2, 2022 | Arts / Culture
Joanna Szupinska, senior curator of exhibitions at UCR Arts, stands in front of the Christina Fernandez exhibition at the California Museum of Photography on Wednesday, September 7, 2022. (UCR/Sandra Baltazar Martínez)

UCR ARTS: Christina Fernandez’s photo exhibition captures life

This is Fernandez’s first major solo museum show. The images reflect on various social issues and explores her Mexican American identity.

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | September 30, 2022 | Arts / Culture
Portrait of Richard T. Rodríguez, professor of English and media and cultural studies, who is also a DJ at KUCR radio, on Thursday, September 1, 2022, in Riverside.  (UCR/Stan Lim)

Latinos, British post-punk music, and growing up in Southern California

New book by UC Riverside’s Richard Rodríguez offers personal stories as he explores musical connections between Latino fans and British bands.

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | September 12, 2022 | Arts / Culture
The Shinnery by Kate Anger. Book cover

Family secret inspires new novel by UC Riverside’s Kate Anger

A story about coming-of-age, betrayal, and revenge, ‘The Shinnery’ is inspired by the author’s family history and a trial that shook 1890s Texas.

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | August 30, 2022 | Arts / Culture
The Last Manhunt- image courtesy of Jason Momoa

UCR professor is historical consultant to Jason Momoa’s new film ‘The Last Manhunt’

Saban Films just secured worldwide distribution rights to the movie shot in Banning and Joshua Tree.

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | June 30, 2022 | Arts / Culture
“Celebrating our Constellation: UCR + RCC + AB Miller” event brought together a group of 43 Black and Latinx students from UCR, Riverside City College in Riverside, and A.B. Miller High School in Fontana on April 30, 2022. (UCR/Ryan Poon)

Creating dance opportunities and careers for Inland Empire youth

Inaugural “Celebrating our Constellation: UCR + RCC + AB Miller” event brought together UCR, Riverside City College, and AB Miller High School students.

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | June 22, 2022 | Arts / Culture
Black and white photo of the "Club Filarmónico Mexicano-Pueblo Colo." band. This photo is courtesy of the “Soundscapes of the People: A Musical Ethnography of Pueblo, Colorado” research.

NEH grant helps research Pueblo, Colorado’s music history 

Xóchitl C. Chávez, assistant professor of music at UCR, is a co-principal investigator.

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | May 18, 2022 | Arts / Culture
"Forbidden City" cover

‘Forbidden City’ shines light on Mao Zedong’s dancing girls

Vanessa Hua’s latest novel "Forbidden City" explores the little-known history and influence of the teenage revolutionaries in Chairman Mao’s inner circle

By Jessica Weber | May 18, 2022 | Arts / Culture
The Anxiety of Laughing- poster

‘The Anxiety of Laughing’ will be screened at Dances With Films festival in June

The film was directed by UCR Professor Robin Uriel Russin and written by UCR alum Andrew Justvig.

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | May 12, 2022 | Arts / Culture
Amir Zaki, UC Riverside professor with the Department of Art. (Photo courtesy of Amir Zaki)

Amir Zaki publishes 23 years of photography in new monograph, ‘Building+Becoming’ 

The book weaves stories that capture both nature and architecture. It goes on sale on April 26

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | April 20, 2022 | Arts / Culture
UC Riverside faculty, staff, and alumni at the LA Times Festival of Books.

UCR faculty, staff, and alumni will be at the LA Times Festival of Books

This year’s Los Angeles Times Festival of Books includes a UC Riverside star-studded lineup. Nineteen UCR faculty, staff, and alumni will be participating in this annual literary event that takes place at the University of Southern California. More than 550 authors, poets, artists, chefs, celebrities, and musicians will gather on...

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | April 20, 2022 | Arts / Culture
Allison Adelle Hedge Coke’s new book, “Look at This Blue,” is set to release on March 29 by Coffee House Press. (UCR/Stan Lim)

New book by Allison Adelle Hedge Coke, ‘Look at This Blue,’ is a tough love letter to California 

Poetry collection captures the author's own life, as well as many of the golden state’s overlooked truths: genocide, environmental degradation, and climate change.

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | March 24, 2022 | Arts / Culture
Candelas Guitars- Las Fotos Project 2021. Photo by Rocio Hernandez

Boyle Heights: Cemented in history

Capturing the essence of a place requires more than time. It requires confianza. Trust. That’s why for more than a year a team co-led by a UC Riverside cultural and urban historian interviewed, researched, and documented the lives of Boyle Heights residents — all in the midst of the COVID-19...

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | March 21, 2022 | Arts / Culture, Social Science / Education
UCR Distinguished Professor Susan Straight in her front yard with her dog Angel on July 27, 2020, in Riverside. (UCR/Stan Lim)

Susan Straight releases new novel, ‘Mecca’   

Set in the Inland Empire, her tenth novel, weaves together people, history, and scenery.

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | March 15, 2022 | Arts / Culture

Sandra Cisneros, Linda Hogan, and Ishmael Reed to be honored during Writers Week

The free festival, in its 45th year, will be held virtually.

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | February 9, 2022 | Arts / Culture
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