An Evening with Ocean Vuong

Join the author of Time is a Mother for a reading and conversation about his writing process, his influences, and the themes behind his New York Times-bestselling, deeply intimate second poetry collection.

WED | OCT 16 at 5 pm

An Evening with
Ocean Vuong

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Lucy Kalantari and the Jazz Cats: Haunting Days of Halloween

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Get ready for an spooktacular morning of music and family-fun with Lucy Kalantari & the Jazz Cats! The 2x GRAMMY® Award winner, front woman and songwriter Lucy Kalantari engages her audience with interactive, jazz-scat-along play, while singing foot-tapping songs highlighting the joys of life, community and resilience.

SAT | OCT 19 at 11:00 AM

Lucy Kalantari and
the Jazz Cats: Haunting
Days of Halloween

FAMILY | USA

Wayne Horvitz

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The Sara Schoenbeck and Wayne Horvitz duo navigate through original tunes and improvisatory soundscapes. With feet firmly planted in a genre-less zone, electronics and an ever-expanding textural palate serve to deepen the feel of a shared melodic language.

MON | OCT 28 at 8:00 pm

Wayne Horvitz

CHAMBER MUSIC* | USA

Kassa Overall

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Kassa Overall is a Grammy-nominated musician, emcee, singer, producer and drummer who melds avant-garde experimentation with hip-hop production techniques to tilt the nexus of jazz and rap in unmapped directions.

WED | OCT 30 at 8:30 pm

Kassa Overall

JAZZ

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UC San Diego students have incredible access to world-class artists and creativity. Events such as Master Classes, Innovator-In-Residence, UCSD Student Tickets, Internships.

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ArtTalks

Moderated by Molly Clark and Rebecca Webb, ArtTalks are chats with artists that offer the opportunity to learn the unexpected stories behind a work’s creation.

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Bites & Beverages

Zanzibar at The Loft, offers constantly changing menu selections as well as adventurous wine and beer options to keep you comfortably satiated.

ArtPower at UC San Diego presents performing arts that engage, energize, and transform the diverse cultural life of the university and San Diego.

Through vibrant, challenging, multi-disciplinary performances, ArtPower seeks to develop more empathetic students and community members who are better prepared to engage in the world around them through their participation in high-energy artistic, educational, and engagement programs that broaden thinking and awareness, deepen understanding, and encourage new dialogues across UC San Diego and the community.

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