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AUGUST 22 | 7:30 P.M.
Homelessness in Los Angeles: In Search of Solutions
In the Hammer Museum at UCLA’s final of four installments in this Hammer Forum series on the housing crisis in Los Angeles, KCRW broadcaster Anna Scott and Dr. Margot Kushel, director of the University of California, San Francisco Center for Vulnerable Populations, zero in on policies that work.
THROUGH AUGUST 20
Hammer Projects: Chiharu Shiota
Last chance to be awestruck, uplifted and maybe slightly disturbed by the glorious red web created by Chiharu Shiota, the Berlin-based multimedia sculptor the museum invited to weave her magic in the Hammer’s redesigned lobby.
THROUGH AUGUST 27
Myrlande Constant: The Work of Radiance
Another last chance viewing — but in the Fowler Museum at UCLA — showcases the first U.S. retrospective dedicated to the career of Myrlande Constant, the famed Vodou-inspired Haitian artist whose innovative and evocative tapestries depict Catholic saints and Iwa, Vodou spirits or deities. Constant, who was born in Port-au-Prince in 1968, has expanded on the male-dominated form of drapo Vodou, or Vodou ritual flags, to capture everyday life, from suffering to celebration, as well as key moments in Haitian history. The exhibition features 28 of her works, as well as a short documentary showing the artist in her home atelier.
AUGUST 6 | 7 P.M.
Noir Double Feature: I Want to Live! / Not Wanted
It’s the final double bill in the UCLA Library Film & Television’s socially conscious summer noir season at the Hammer Museum’s Billy Wilder Theater. I Want to Live! earned Susan Hayward an Oscar for her stunning performance as Barbara Graham, a petty criminal who ends up on Death Row in San Quentin; this 1958 35 mm black-and-white melodrama brings Graham to life on screen with passion and empathy. British actress Ida Lupino took over directing duties on Not Wanted after its original director fell ill; she co-wrote and starred in the neorealistic account of unwanted pregnancy. Admission is free. Seats are first come, first served.
AUGUST 7 | 7:30 P.M.
CRIME 1978 / Invasion of the Body Snatchers + short films
The Invasion of the Body Snatchers remake from 1978 is as paranoid as the 1958 original, but Donald Sutherland and the city of San Francisco bring their own style to this occasionally gruesome exploration of Capgras delusion, a psychiatric disorder where victims believe friends have been replaced by identical doubles. Or, alternatively, it might be an alien invasion. The Body Snatchers screening is preceded by Bay Area short films, two of which center on punk culture — which for many parents may have also felt like an alien invasion.
AUGUST 9 | NOON
Henry J. Bruman Summer Chamber Music Festival
The penultimate concert in this year’s festival will feature the gifted quartet Martin Chalifour & Friends in the Schoenberg Music Building’s Lani Hall. The program includes Haydn’s String Quartet Op. 50 No. 6 in D major and Greig’s String Quartet in G minor, Op. 27. The concert will also be livestreamed on the UCLA Center for 17th- and 18th-Century Studies’ YouTube channel.
AUGUST 30 | 7:00 P.M.
Amerikatsi tells the story of America-raised Charlie, who in 1947 follows his roots back to Armenia in a repatriation program that promises a new life. Instead, he gets tangled in a black comedy of cultural and political misunderstandings with the country’s Soviet rulers. This free screening at the Billy Wilder Theater is a preview ahead of the film’s streaming release in the fall. Eric Esrailian M.P.H. ’05, UCLA physician and activist, will introduce the film, which will be followed by a Q&A with alumnus and actor/writer/director of Amerikatsi, Michael Goorjian.
THROUGHOUT AUGUST
New Bruin Send-off Celebrations
UCLA Alumni Affairs is honored to host New Bruin Send-off Celebrations across California, the nation and the globe to welcome incoming students and families. Whether you’re a student, alumnus, family member or friend of the university — there’s something for everyone at a New Bruin Send-off!
Join a New Bruin Send-off Celebration near you to meet other incoming students and families as well as alumni leaders. Your Bruin community is here to support you. Start building your network at the send-off. Hosted by regional, diversity and affinity alumni networks, these celebratory and casual gatherings bring together students, parents and alumni for events ranging from backyard gatherings to picnics in community parks. Each event is unique, but one common theme always emerges: the strength and reach of the UCLA community.
AUGUST 1 | 5:30 P.M.
Academic Advancement Program Student-Alumni McNair Reunion
Celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Ronald E. McNair Research Scholars Program at UCLA, which helps undergrads interested in pursuing doctorates reach the best graduate schools in the country — and excel once they arrive. Come reunite, mix, mingle and catch up with UCLA McNair alumni, students, mentors and staff from past and present. Attendees must RSVP for the celebration, which will be held on campus in the James West Alumni Center’s Founders Conference Room.
AUGUST 10 | 6 P.M.
The UCLA Alumni Bruin Bash: Fall Sports Kickoff at the James West Alumni Center is the perfect way to get your blue and gold pep on by meeting members of the UCLA men’s soccer team, the defending NCAA champion women’s soccer team and the women’s volleyball team. You can dine and drink, take pictures with your heroes, sign good luck cards and rub shoulders with Joe and Josie Bruin!
AUGUST 12 | 6 P.M.
Conejo Valley Alumni Bruins: Concert in the Park Hollywood U2 (U2 Tribute)
In the Name of Love, go enjoy a night with U2 tribute band Hollywood U2, organized by the Conejo Valley Alumni Bruins. Hollywood U2 promises to rock Westlake Village: Fans boast they are “Even Better Than the Real Thing.” And, with free admission — a lot more affordable.
AUGUST 16 | NOON
Raccoons, weasels, badgers, otters, skunks, mongooses! Come join other Bruin animal lovers to study these and other carnivores with Anthony Friscia, associate adjunct professor of integrative biology and physiology, during this lunchtime Zoom event.
AUGUST 30 | NOON
3 Steps to Career Elevation With Sami Toussi ’11
Join an interactive and fun Zoom workshop on mastering lasting and long-term career advancement. You and other student and professional attendees will explore feelings about your career growth today versus where you want to be, and how to close that gap to plan for a successful fall quarter.
Receive advice and take-home materials on how to:
• Identify your top goals
• Say “no” to the things that don’t matter
• Create strategies to stay focused and maintain momentum
• Devise action plans, time-management and organization techniques — especially when you are feeling overwhelmed
• Create room in your life to do things you are passionate about
