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Special events and performances by the departments of Dance, Music, Theatre, Film and Digital Production (TFDP), and Creative Writing at UC Riverside.

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🎭 Catch the next wave of theater at UCR’s New Works Festival! Two nights of brand-new plays by graduating MFA writers. FREE admission & livestream options available! 👇
🌲 June 3: BEASTHOOD
🔥 June 5: COYOTE HAZING
📍 Studio Theatre (ARTS 113) | 7 PM
🔗 https://t.co/NWH8cuzjNK

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The performers for this concert will be David Christensen and guest carillonneur Makena James. The concert will include Chaconne by John Knox, Voluntary in F Major by John Stanley, Folksongs from the British Isles, and popular music by Jerome Kern, Barry Mann, and Paul Williams.

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Twilight Carillon Recital
May 30 @ 6 p.m. Bell Tower

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

https://t.co/IAOe2jD7HC

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Don't miss filmmaker Raed El Rafei at UCR tomorrow, May 29! Catch the screening & Q&A of his powerful documentary Tripoli: A Tale of Three Cities at 10:30 AM, followed by an exclusive student workshop on documentary filmmaking at 3 PM.
🎟️ Details & RSVP links below!

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https://t.co/cWLxEVXI5X

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May 30: MUSIC
6 PM: Twilight Carillon Recital @ UCR Bell Tower
8 PM: UCR Chamber Singers, Chorale & Orchestra @ University Theatre

May 31: MUSIC
3 PM: UCR Chamber Singers, Chorale & Orchestra @ University Theatre

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UCR Performing Arts events May 26-31, 2026:

May 26-27: THEATRE
7 PM: Playworks @ Studio Theatre

May 27: MUSIC
12 noon: Student Performance & Composition @ ARTS 157

May 28-29: DANCE
7 PM: Spring Forward: Stories Awakened @ ATHD 102

Tickets & Info: https://t.co/VxdsuH9JCl

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May 29: TFDP
10:30 AM: Screening & Conversation: Tripoli / A Tale of Three Cities with Filmmaker Raed El Rafei
3 PM: Student workshop with Filmmaker and Scholar Raed El Rafei

May 30: FILM
3 PM: Tripoli: A Tale of Three Cities @ UCR ARTS

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🎶 From Havana to LA, salsa has shaped global culture!
Check out how UCR music scholar Dr. Xóchitl Chávez helped bring a major new salsa exhibition to the @Smithsonian, featuring icons like Sheila E. and Nora Suzuki. 👇
https://t.co/NepfBQutLA

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The program features a showcase of original works for violin and piano, written especially for this occasion and performed by the distinguished ensemble Duo Álma.

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UCR is Composing
Tuesday, June 2 at 8 PM
ARTS 166

Admission is free and open to the public.

The UC Riverside Department of Music presents UCR is Composing, a concert celebrating new music created by UCR composition students.

https://t.co/pkuCQKsV6G

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May 20
12pm: Rafael Montero and John Sloboda: The Songs of Pedro Ximénez Abril Tirado (Florence Bayz Music Series) @ ARTS 157
8pm: A concert of art songs and arias performed by students of Dr. Ralph Cato @ ARTS 166

May 21
8pm: Mexican Music and Dance concert @ University Theatre

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This week at UCR Performing Arts, join us for:

May 19
7pm: TFDP Film Showcase @ University Theatre
8pm: UCR Chamber Music @ ARTS 166

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Info & tickets at https://t.co/VxdsuH9JCl

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More:
Tessa Barone (1st year Fiction MFA student).
Tessa Barone and Vanessa MacDonald (1st year Fiction MFA student)

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Highlights from the UCR MFA Showcase at Writers Week!
Pictured:
Lenika Cruz (2nd year Fiction MFA student)
Dan Kuo in the front row (3rd year Fiction MFA student), and Professor Steve Erickson.

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Tuesday, June 2 at 12 noon
📍The Barn Outdoor Stage
Taiko Ensemble Recital

Free and open to the public

https://t.co/oaXm953gAi

The Barn opens for lunch at 11 a.m.

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The UCR community and the general public are invited to enjoy the music from the Bell Tower in the park-like atmosphere surrounding the Bell Tower on the UCR campus.

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Saturday, May 30 at 6 p.m. at the UCR Bell Tower
Twilight Carillon Recital

Free and open to the public.

https://t.co/IAOe2jD7HC

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@UCRiverside #ArtHistory #UCR #Materiality

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Join @UCRiverside for the 14th Annual Art History Graduate Student Conference! 🎨🏛️

"Portraiture, Modernity, and the Materiality of Objects"

✨ Keynote: Dr. Jenni Sorkin
📅 Sat, May 16 | 1–5:30 PM
💻 Free via Zoom (RSVP required)

Register: https://t.co/nhogxmgArO