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Across the Arts: Weekly event highlights

NOVEMBER 13-20, 2026 | Your weekly shortlist of arts and culture events at UCLA
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A curated glimpse at programs that welcome you to participate in UCLA's educational mission by way of the arts and humanities. Most events are free.

Nov. 12–14 and 19–21 | House of Peace

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UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television presents an original production combining dance, photography and theater to tell the story of two artists whose lives intersect in unexpected ways. | Freud Playhouse

Nov. 18 | Fowler Out Loud: readymade

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UCLA's Korean-American student music group readymade celebrates Korean heritage and contemporary pop culture through a lively evening of music and cross-cultural exchange. | 6–8 p.m. | Fowler Museum, Outdoor Amphitheater

Nov. 19 | Vodou, Art, and Resilience

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Fowler curator Patrick A. Polk and Haitian Vodou priest and art specialist Jean-Daniel Lafontant explore how Vodou art and spiritual traditions express Haitian cultural identity, creativity and resilience. | 6–8 p.m. | Fowler Museum

Nov. 19 | Loy Krathong Festival

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Celebrate Thailand's enchanting festival of lights with traditional music and dance, hands-on activities, Thai sweets and the floating of candlelit paper lotuses. | 7–9 p.m. | Inverted Fountain | Herb Alpert School of Music

Nov. 20 | Gloria Cheng and Ralph van Raat: Resonant Encounters

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The acclaimed pianists celebrate the legacy of composer Pierre Boulez with a duo recital featuring works by John Cage, Morton Feldman, Frank Zappa and others. | 8 p.m. | The Nimoy

Through Feb. 28 | Mavis Pusey: Mobile Images

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The Hammer Museum presents the first major museum survey of the Jamaican-born abstract artist, featuring more than 60 works spanning five decades of her groundbreaking career. | Hammer Museum

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