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Ferndell trail San Gabriel Mountains in snow
Sponsored by the UCLA Retirees Association.
Join us on Wed, March 22, at 11:00, for a 2.5 mile round trip loop hike from Ferndell to the Griffith Park Observatory. It’s an easy hike with broad dirt trails. There is one quarter mile section that is quite steep with great views, and if it rains before the hike, it might be muddy in a small section of Ferndell.
Once we get to the Observatory, people will have an hour to wander around inside and see some of the exhibits and marvel at the views of Los Angeles, the snow-capped San Gabriel Mountains. At 1:00, we’ll walk back down to our cars. On the way we will pass the small Trails Cafe where you can get drinks, delicious baked goods, sandwiches and salads that you can eat at nearby picnic tables or take home.
The COVID safety guidelines are continuing to change. If you are feeling unwell, please stay home. Masking and vaccination records are not required at this time, but it is recommended that you mask up while indoors.
More details about meeting place and parking will be provided to those who sign up.
Questions? Please contact Elizabeth Juncosa at 310-963-7274 or Carolyn Lew-Karon at 310-600-3976.
The UCLA Emeriti Association and the UCLA Retirees Association (UCLARA) are both all-volunteer organizations that represent the interests of UCLA's retired faculty/staff and plan programs for their members. Support their advocacy efforts by joining or renewing your membership. Membership forms will be available at the program.
Mrs. Block's 2023 Spring Recital Series at the UCLA Chancellor's Residence
Sponsored by the UCLA Emeriti/Retirees Relations Center
Over the past 15 years, Mrs. Carol Block has welcomed students from The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music to the Chancellor's Residence to showcase their talents while creating a fun unique opportunity for UCLA emeriti and retirees to interact with Bruins and experience beautiful music in a social setting.
This series has featured hundreds of undergraduate and graduate students performing music of diverse styles, including classical, jazz, bluegrass, mariachi and more.
Ian Schipper
Bass-Baritone and Composer
Ian enjoys exploring the full range of emotions by performing a wide variety of art songs, oratorios, and operas. Some of his favorite works are those of German Romantic, particularly those by Brahms and Richard Strauss, Handelian opera and oratorio, and Verdi operas. He was recently featured as the Bass Soloist for Bach’s St. John Passion, Christ lag in Todes Banden, and Magnificat with the St. Olaf Choral Ensembles. In the choral world, he has served as a staff singer at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Portland and All Saints Episcopal Church in Beverly Hills.
The UCLA Emeriti/Retirees Relations Center serves the retired faculty and staff communities through advocacy, education and personalized services pre- and post- retirement, creates strategic partnerships between the university, emeriti and retirees, and seeks to enrich the quality of life in retirement at UCLA. The ERRC, an advocate and supporter of UCLA retirees since 1969.
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The UCLA Chancellor’s Residence is located at 10570 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles. If you are driving to the Residence, come to the Sunset Boulevard entrance gate, the only driveway on the south side of Sunset between Royce Drive and Hilgard Avenue. Parking spaces are available to your right, just after the gate, and further up the driveway on the left. Note the top left parking lot requires no stairs to reach the house. The front entrance to the residence is located just off the turnaround at the top of the driveway.
If you are driving a guest who has limited mobility, feel free to drop them off at the front door, then proceed to park in a Residence lot.
For those who wish to walk from campus, a pedestrian gate between Parking Structure 3 and the Residence, across Charles E. Young Drive from the Broad Art Center, will be unlocked.
Sponsored by the UCLA Emeriti Association and the UCLA Retirees Association.
The Emeriti and Retirees Associations cordially invite you to a special musical program featuring Professor David Kaplan, the Inaugural Ralph and Shirley Shapiro Chair in Piano Performance in the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music.
Professor Kaplan will be performing on the Faculty Club’s newly acquired Steinway B piano located in the Morrison Room. He himself guided the Club in the selection of this instrument, whose purchase was made possible by a number of donors, including the UCLA Emeriti Association, Victoria and Timothy Steele, Jane Permaul, and Julie Kwan.
Born in New York City in 1983 to musical parents, Professor Kaplan received his undergraduate degree at UCLA in 2005. A Fulbright Fellowship from 2008-10 enabled him to study conducting with Lutz Köhler at the Universität der Künste Berlin, after which he attended the Yale School of Music, earning three post-graduate degrees, including Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA), in 2014. A world-class performer, Professor Kaplan has worked with many prestigious ensembles, including the Berlin Symphony Orchestra. The New York Times has described him as “excellent and adventurous” and the Boston Globe has praised his “grace and fire” at the keyboard.
top left--Rosseau's The Lion Hunter; top right-Manet's The Bar at the Folies-Bergere
Come an watch a fascinating and imminently humorous reveal of a multitude of artists whose art is within the Getty Collection.
Artists Did What?
You probably did not learn this stuff in your Art History class! Beyond the dates of birth and death and what they painted, artists had some interesting lives. Did you know Albrecht Dürer drew a rhinoceros even though he had never seen one. Or that Michelangelo had such horrible body odor his assistants couldn’t stand to work near him. How about the fact Edouard Manet was once insulted by a critic and the artist was so upset, he demanded a duel. Did you know Henri Rousseau had a criminal record, or that Renoir once traded a portrait for a pair of shoes? We'll look at their fascinating yet offbeat lives and their works in the Getty Collection.
Our speaker, Ms. Lee Rubenstein, is a most active and entertaining lecturer. She holds dual degrees in English and History with a minor in Art History. She has been leading gallery tours for students at the Getty since 2012. In addition, she created and runs a volunteer art program in a Title I school.
This is a per-household event, so you can have as many persons gather around your screen as you can safely and comfortably accommodate. But you must register to receive the ZOOM link-which will be sent out to those who register only. That link will be sent out a few days in advance of the lecture.
There is no charge to attend this program.
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Our goal is to provide a comprehensive approach to retirement by connecting Bruins to resources that focus on wellness, economic sustainability, relationship building, personal growth, social responsibility and civic engagement.
Grace Chen & Rin Homma
UCLA Transportation
UCLA Parking Q & A
Covers topics relevant to retiree parking
ZOOM Info
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https://ucla.zoom.us/j/94458357507?pwd=SkZOSnVKemhwQUw4b3c4aDRlbDBDUT09
Meeting ID: 944 5835 7507
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The Emeriti and Retirees Associations are delighted to invite you to our last program of the academic year that will feature one of UCLA’s most lauded faculty members addressing a question of great interest and relevance to our group.
Introduction by Alex Stern, Dean of Humanities
Dr. Diamond began his scientific career in physiology and expanded into evolutionary biology and biogeography.
