NEWS
- Creating a critical cultural exchangeby Devlin Smith on April 1, 2026 at 7:00 am
The Wong family pays tribute to their parents by establishing an endowment to support AAPI programming at UCR ARTS.
- UCR Orchestra to perform music inspired by American optimism, Welsh folk, and an operatic classicby J.D. Mathes on January 21, 2026 at 8:00 am
Join the UCR Orchestra, conducted by Ruth Charloff, on January 31 at 8 p.m. and February 1 at 3 p.m. in the University Theatre. Tickets are available now.
- UCR ARTS presents Transgresoras: Mail Art and Messages, 1960s–2020sby J.D. Mathes on December 23, 2025 at 8:00 am
Transgresoras: Mail Art and Messages, 1960s-2020s reveals how Latinx and Latin American women artists subverted the censorship of authoritarian regimes by using the government’s postal system.
- Kimberly Guerrero is having a momentby John Warren on October 29, 2025 at 7:00 am
Actor and UCR theater professor Kimberly Guerrero is having a moment, as they say in old Hollywood vernacular. The moment started about six years ago, and it’s gathering momentum. The latest milestone in her acting career may be the pinnacle to date, in the just-premiered “IT: Welcome to Derry” series on HBO Max. “I’ve worked more in my 50s, and on very high-profile work, than I ever had. It’s been one project after another,” said Guerrero, a professor in the Department of Theatre, Film, and Digital Production. “I’m on a high right now.”
- An Evening with celebrated Latinx writer Sandra Cisnerosby Susan T. Mashiyama on September 30, 2025 at 7:00 am
On Wednesday, October 8, UC Riverside’s College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences will host “Palabra y Poder: An Evening with Sandra Cisneros.”




