What’s happening at UCLA this weekend: Nov. 8 – 10
By Jennifer Crane
Nov. 8, 2013 1:38 a.m.
See what’s happening on your campus this weekend:
Today
Gary Gardner: A Celebration
Song, dance and the spoken word will be used to celebrate the life of Gary Gardner, a former playwriting and musical theater professor at UCLA who passed away earlier this year. Admission is free and open to the public. Call the theater at (310) 825-7008 to make reservations, or email [email protected].
Macgowan Hall, Freud Playhouse
8-10 p.m.
Saturday
resTV’s Bruin Bias talk show recording, episodes 8 and 9
The UCLA Office of Residential Life’s resTV Bruin Bias talk show will be filming its final two episodes of the quarter as well as interviewing students on current events.
Hedrick Court turnaround
Noon
Punk Arcade
This do-it-yourself games exhibition is a UCLA Game Lab event that will present independent and offbeat gaming works. Admission is free and open to the public. For further information, contact the UCLA Department of Design | Media Arts at (310) 825-1969, email [email protected] or visit the department’s website.
Broad Art Center, EDA
6-9 p.m.
Music of Our Heritage
Members of the Turath Ensemble and UCLA Near East Ensemble will give a performance including songs and music from Arab cultures in the eastern Mediterranean. Admission is free and open to the public. Contact the UCLA College Library at (310) 206-4698 or [email protected] for more information.
Powell Library
8-9:30 p.m.
Sunday
Poetry | The Pity of War
This Hammer Museum reading will be co-presented with Britten 100/LA: A Celebration in honor of Veterans Day. The program will include poetry readings drawn from the war experiences of several authors that inspired the composer Benjamin Britten, including Wilfred Owen, W. H. Auden, Dylan Thomas and W. B. Yeats. Admission is free and open to the public. For more information, contact the UCLA Hammer Museum at (310) 443-7000 or [email protected].
UCLA Hammer Museum
5-7 p.m.
SOURCES: UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, UCLA Office of Residential Life, UCLA Department of Design | Media Arts, UCLA Library, UCLA Hammer Museum. Compiled by Clarissa Borges, Bruin contributor.
