• Author in Residence Reading: Jean Chen Ho

    Grace M. Hunt Memorial English Reading Room, Kaplan Hall 235 415 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA

    Join us for a reading featuring Author in Residence Jean Chen Ho. Drinks and light refreshments will be served. Jean Chen Ho is the author of Fiona and Jane, named one of TIME’s 100 Must-Read Books of 2022; a “Best Book of the Year” (NPR, Vulture, Vogue, Oprah Daily, Glamour, Harper’s Bazaar, Elle); and longlisted for […]

  • Screening of Lope de Vega’s The Travels of Teodor – Revelation Reading Series

    Kaplan Hall 193 415 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA

    Join us for a screening of The Travels of Teodor—a translated adaptation of one of Lope de Vega’s Spanish Golden Age plays, adapted by Melissa Crespo and produced by Red Bull Theater. This event is part of the Revelation Reading Series. Event Details The Travels of Teodor Wednesday, November 19 4:30 PM (approx. 2 hours […]

  • Can Comedia Help Us Understand California’s Past?

    LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes 501 North Main St, Los Angeles, CA

    Co-presented by Zócalo Public Square, Playwrights’ Arena, UCLA Diversifying the Classics, and LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes, with generous support from Snap Foundation, Karsh Family Foundation, Broad Foundation, and Olga Garay-English During the artistic and literary boom of Spain’s Golden Age, theater known as comedia helped audiences on both sides of the Atlantic understand their past […]

  • ERR Writers Series: A Reading with Student Authors

    Grace M. Hunt Memorial English Reading Room, Kaplan Hall 235 415 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA

    Everyone is invited and welcome to join the party Tuesday, December 2 at 5pm in the ERR for the Grace M. Hunt Memorial English Reading Room Writers Series: A Reading with Student Authors. Come join us for a night of good food and drinks as students in the Creative Writing Program read from work written […]

  • Authorship and/or Automation: Poetry, AI, and the Future of Expression

    Attend online (Zoom) or in person at Text/Tech: Kaplan Hall 211 415 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA

    Please join Text/Tech, the English Media Lab of UCLA, for a conversation at the edge of literature and code. Authorship and/or Automation brings together four major digital artist-theorists to explore how emerging forms of technology are reshaping the acts of writing, performing, and publishing. Through short presentations and a roundtable discussion, participants explore the consequences […]