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Agreement propels anthropological opportunities for UCR researchers, students in Mexico

Memorandum of understanding strengthens the relationship between UCR’s anthropology department and Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History

By Tess Eyrich | June 6, 2019 | Social Science / Education, Arts / Culture
Patricia Cardoso

Patricia Cardoso directs TV episodes for Netflix and The CW

“In the Dark” and “The Society” are now airing.

By | May 28, 2019 | Arts / Culture
Arkansas Maytagers, Maytag Spring Party in Newton, Iowa, March 28-29, 1955. Courtesy of John Divola.

Dual exhibitions from photographer John Divola examine social identity and the sublime

“STRATUM” and “Clive Wearing’s Dilemma” are on view at the California Museum of Photography May 11-Sept. 8

By Jessica Weber | May 17, 2019 | Arts / Culture
South Asian drag queen LaWhore Vagistan. Photo by Al Evangelista

Expanding the vision of queer dance

The two-day Explode! Queer Dance Festival will showcase artists from across the United States and around the world, featuring contemporary dance, improvisation, and drag. Curated by dance scholar Clare Croft, this will mark the festival’s West Coast debut. UCR ARTS and the UCR Department of Dance are co-hosting the event...

By UCR News | May 15, 2019 | Arts / Culture
Image of artwork by Emory Douglas featuring a boy holding a paper that reads "All Power to the People". Photo by Essence Harden. Archives of Southern California Library

The enduring power of art as activism in “Emory Douglas: Bold Visual Language”

Although the Black Panther Party dissolved nearly 40 years ago, the movement’s legacy endures — largely through the iconic imagery created by former party member Emory Douglas. As the minister of culture for the Black Panther Party and graphic artist for the organization’s newspaper, Douglas was charged with establishing the...

By Jessica Weber | May 6, 2019 | Arts / Culture
John Singleton

Stu Krieger remembers John Singleton by the ‘quiet power he possessed’

The UC Riverside professor of screenwriting worked with Singleton in the early 1990s.

By | April 30, 2019 | Arts / Culture
Ginnifer Goodwin and Angela Fairly in "I Am Somebody's Child"

New movie aims to foster change in a broken system

“I Am Somebody’s Child,” a film based on UCR alumna Regina Louise’s memoir about growing up in foster care, premieres April 20 on Lifetime

By Jessica Weber | April 18, 2019 | Arts / Culture
UCR Acting Assistant Professor Kimberly Guerrero

Kimberly Guerrero co-starring in CBS drama pilot

The show is described as “Northern Exposure” meets “The West Wing.”

By | April 16, 2019 | Arts / Culture
floating book display at book store

Join UCR faculty and alumni at the LA Times Festival of Books

Attend panel discussions and book signings featuring UCR writers at the USC campus April 13-14.

By Jessica Weber | April 8, 2019 | Arts / Culture
Mojave Desert

Being ‘Other’ in America

When Nora Guerraoui receives word her father has been killed in an apparent hit-and-run, she is forced to return to the small California desert town she left behind and contend with the many memories she’s tried to forget. So sets the stage of “ The Other Americans,” the latest novel...

By Jessica Weber | April 1, 2019 | Arts / Culture

Small slice of the American pie, big impact

An oral history project archives the experiences and contributions of more than 50 notable Korean Americans and counting

By Tess Eyrich | March 26, 2019 | Arts / Culture

Veterans history project receives VA funding through 2020

Federal funding will enable thousands more Inland Empire K-12 students to join in documenting the histories of those interred at Riverside National Cemetery

By Tess Eyrich | March 19, 2019 | Arts / Culture
Doug McCulloh

Leaving it all to chance

Douglas McCulloh is not a man ruled by fate, but rather, chance. In fact, McCulloh, who joined UCR ARTS as the new senior curator for the California Museum of Photography, or CMP, in July has made chance his primary modus operandi. He traces his preoccupation with chance back to his...

By Jessica Weber | March 15, 2019 | Arts / Culture
Katie Ford

Confronting loss and loneliness in “If You Have to Go”

Loneliness, while inherently isolating, is also a universal experience. This dichotomy lies at the heart of poet Katie Ford’s newest collection, “ If You Have to Go.” Dominated by a crown of 39 sonnets — each linked by the repetition of the last line of a poem as the first...

By Jessica Weber | February 5, 2019 | Arts / Culture
Photo of author Margaret Atwood by Liam Sharp

UC Riverside to host 42nd-annual Writers Week

Writers Week, California’s longest-running free literary event, will return to the University of California, Riverside, for its 42nd installment Feb. 4-5 and Feb. 11-16, 2019, featuring 22 writers across the two-week span. The conference will open with a reading and Q&A with renowned novelist Margaret Atwood. Atwood, whose prolific career...

By Jessica Weber | January 22, 2019 | Arts / Culture
dancer

UCR celebrates 25 years of dance and scholarship

A Feb. 9 event commemorates the Department of Dance’s critical dance studies program. The day-long celebration will feature performances, talks, and roundtable discussions.

By | January 18, 2019 | Arts / Culture

$1 million grant advances study of California’s missions

Funding will connect UC scholars across campuses to launch an entirely new field: Critical Mission Studies

By Tess Eyrich | January 10, 2019 | Arts / Culture
Villa-Lobos ensemble 2018-San Diego

Villa-Lobos: An evening of cello and piano in Riverside

The festival was born from a partnership between Paulo C. Chagas, professor with the University of California, Riverside’ Department of Music, and internationally renowned cellist Lars Hoefs.

By | January 4, 2019 | Arts / Culture
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Top 5 films and video games for winter break

Use them as gift ideas — or just to treat yourself.

By | December 21, 2018 | Arts / Culture
MFA program in Palm Desert

UCR Palm Desert’s MFA celebrates 10th anniversary

What has made this low residency, self-sustaining program successful, can be attributed to three factors: it embraces fiction genre writing, it teaches students the business aspect of writing, and is driven by student success, boasting a publication/production rate of more than 75 percent within two years of graduating.

By | December 11, 2018 | Arts / Culture
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