UCLA Retirees Association upcoming events

IN-PERSON Tour of Descanso Gardens (Friday, April 10, 2026)

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 17:30:00 GMT

Top: CA garden path Bottom: Japanese Tea House

Sponsored by the UCLA Retirees Association.

Join us for a special self-guided tour of this wonderous garden in the hills of Pasadena.

The tickets, $14 per person, include general admission (senior's price), the tour and access to the small art gallery on the property. California native plants are in bloom as well as azaleas, iris, poppies, lilacs and wisteria.

Payment for the program can be either on-line or via personal check. Checks should be made out to "UCLARA" with a notation of "DG" and sent to Michael Heafey. Address below.

Hurry-there are only 25 spots available for this tour. Guests are at the same price as members. Make sure to include the emergency contact and their phone number for any guest when registering.

More information at Descanso Gardens website www.descansogardens.org

Directions and Parking information NO bus or ride service is being offered by UCLA RA for this tour. Ride sharing is encouraged. And parking is free.

Descanso Gardens
1418 Descanso Dr.
La Canada Flintridge, CA 91011

General: (818) 952-8887

More information will be sent via email closer to the event date, please make sure you have entered the correct email address in the registration form.

Please arrive by 10:30am so we can start the tour promptly at 11am.

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.

ERRC Digital Literacy Program (Friday, April 24, 2026)

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 18:00:00 GMT

"Empowering Retirees, Connecting Generations"

Join us for the official launch of our new Digital Literacy Program, where student volunteers will help older adults gain confidence using today’s technology.

Due to popular demand and the busy schedules of our students, we have switched to a rolling enrollment model.

This exciting intergenerational initiative bridges the digital divide by pairing tech-savvy students with seniors eager to learn how to use smartphones, tablets, email, Zoom, social media, and even in-car technology like Apple CarPlay.

Office 1116 at Rolfe Hall is located on the south campus of UCLA (behind Royce Hall).

What to Expect:

Meet-and-greet with student volunteers & senior learners
Live tech demonstrations
Sign-up stations for one-on-one tech help
Opportunity to join the program as a volunteer or participant

Click here to see the Campus Parking Map. Parking is available in Parking Structure 5 (P5), which has hourly self-pay parking stations.

In-Person Registration for CUCRA / CUCEA 2026 (Wednesday, April 29, 2026)

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 19:00:00 GMT

Welcome CUCRA and CUCEA Representatives

The UCLA Retirees Association and the UCLA Emeriti Association are excited to welcome you to the CUCRA / CUCEA 2026 Spring Hybrid Meetings.

Those attending in person will convene on the UCLA campus. Attendance via Zoom will also be available to those who choose to participate remotely.

This year's meetings have been sponsored in part by Belmont Village Senior Living Westwood and Fidelity Investments. We extend our gratitude to them for their generous support.

Looking forward to seeing you in April on our beautiful campus in Westwood.

HOW TO REGISTER:

Conference Registration: Please fill out the registration form. If you wish to attend the CUCRA/CUCEA dinner on April 29, 2026, or need campus parking you will need to fill out forms and pay in advance. You will receive confirmation of your registration with detailed information to follow via email. Conference Registration closes April 20, 2026.

Spring Dinner Guest Registration:: If you wish to bring a guest to the Spring Dinner, you will need to contact us at the email below.

Hotel Registration: We have set aside a block of rooms at The Inn at UCLA, located on the campus, at a special CUCRA/CUCEA rate that will be valid until March 28, 2026. To receive this discount, please register by this date. You can register at the hotel by using this link: CUCRA/CUCEA Conference

Parking: Paid parking in advance is recommended since the hotel has limited parking and cannot guarantee a space. Reserved parking is within walking distance of the hotel on campus.

Contact information: uclara@ucla.edu

Zoom Registration for CUCRA / CUCEA 2026 (Wednesday, April 29, 2026)

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 19:00:00 GMT

Welcome CUCRA and CUCEA Representatives!

The UCLA Retirees Association and the Emeriti Association are excited to welcome you to the CUCRA / CUCEA 2026 Spring Hybrid Meetings.

Attendance via zoom is available to those who choose to participate remotely. Zoom links will be sent a few days before the meetings.

This year's meetings have been sponsored in part by Belmont Village Senior Living Westwwod and Fidelity Investments. We extend our gratitude to them for their generus support.

Looking forward to seeing you virtually in April.

HOW TO REGISTER:

Conference Registration: Please fill out the registration form and indicate which sessions you will be attending. You will receive confirmation of your registration with detailed emails to follow. Zoom links will be sent a few days before each meeting. Please note that registration closes April 20, 2026.

Contact information: uclara@ucla.edu

ERRC at the Opera: Falstaff (Sunday, May 10, 2026)

Sun, 10 May 2026 21:00:00 GMT

The ERRC is proud to be a part of the LA Opera's "Community Circle" Program. We are harmonizing art, wellness, and longevity around our city and engaging LA's vast opportunities for art and cultural activities. For more details on the Community Circle program, Click Here

The ERRC's free tickets are limited. One ticket per registrant - interested partners need to register separately as we only have 17 tickets...

If registration is full, please sign up on the Waiting List - as people's plans may change.

"Falstaff"

Tickets will be mailed from the ERRC office at 1116 Rolfe Hall

Sunday, May 10, 2026
2pm
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
135 North Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90012

Sir John Falstaff finds himself a bit short on cash, so he hatches a scheme: seduce two merry (and wealthy) wives of Windsor and live out his days in luxury. Too bad this bumbling knight happened to send both his targets the same love letter! Now Alice Ford and Meg Page are set on teaching Falstaff a lesson, and it's not long before a long list of his adversaries join in. Audiences are in for a whirlwind of disguises and deceptions, and maybe even an unexpected dip in the River Thames.

Longtime company favorite Craig Colclough stars as the boastful Falstaff, leading a brilliant ensemble cast that includes Nicole Heaston, Ernesto Petti and Hyona Kim among the pranksters all too happy to take the errant knight down a peg, with Deanna Breiwick and Anthony León as the young lovers desperate to steal a private moment to themselves among the madness. This classic comedy gets an equally classic staging by Lee Blakeley, with atmospheric sets and sumptuous period costumes designed by Adrian Linford.

Parking and Arrival

Please try to arrive at least 30 minutes early so you have ample time to find parking.

TRAVELING BY CAR — If traveling by car, you may park in The Music Center garage entering on Grand Avenue. Parking is $10 per vehicle.
TRAVELING BY BUS — Buses may unload on Hope Street. Your driver will need to park elsewhere and return for pickup.

LA Opera Connects is generously supported by:

The Emanuel Treitel Senior Citizen Fund, The Green Foundation, and The Music Man Foundation.

LA County Department of Arts and Culture is a part of Creative Recovery LA, an initiative funded by the American Rescue Plan

I understand there may be photos & videos taken while participating or being close proximity to this event. By attending this event, I hereby grant permission to the Emeriti/Retirees Relations Center and/or Retirees Association at UCLA to use photographs and/or video of me in publications, news releases, online, and in other communications related to the mission of the UCLA Emeriti/Retirees Relations Center (ERRC). For questions about this release, contact Ayesha Dixon, adixon@errc.ucla.edu

The ERRC has a small dynamic workforce dedicated to serve our constituents.

www.errc.ucla.edu

emeriti@errc.ucla.edu

310.825.7456

ERRC Bruin Legacy Campus Tour: UCLA's Lost Bridge (Wednesday, May 13, 2026)

Wed, 13 May 2026 20:15:00 GMT

UCLA's Lost Bridge: "Bridging UCLA's Past and Present"

Facilitated by the UCLA Emeriti/Retirees Relations Center

**This tour requires step climbing and moderate walking. Group will meet at the UCLA Flagpoles at Dickson Plaza at 1:15 PM. The tour starts at 1:30 PM and will last 45 minutes, with an additional 15 minutes for Q&A.

Rather than a figurative “north” and “south” campus that prevails today, in its youthful stage, UCLA was divided into east and west sides. A five-story deep ravine separated the young campus, and it was the Arroyo Bridge that brought students into the campus as Powell and Royce Hall towered in the background. However, it was what occurred down at the base of and in the bridge that was the most significant aspect of this erased history.

Hidden beneath the roadway lies the first structure ever built on campus: the Arroyo Bridge. Constructed in 1927 in the style of a Roman aqueduct, the bridge spans 285 feet in length and 75 feet in width, crossing what was once a deep arroyo. As UCLA expanded, the ravine came to be seen as an obstacle to the campus’s growth. To address this, workers reinforced the bridge with concrete retaining walls and filled in the arroyo, transforming the area into usable land and adding 24 acres to the campus.

Over its twenty-year history, from May 1927 to the summer of 1947, the brick-slabbed Arroyo Bridge played a vital role during the Great Depression and in shaping the foundations of the UCLA that exists today.

The tour will take place beneath Dickson Plaza, under the historic Arroyo Bridge near the UCLA flagpole, between Royce Hall and Powell Library.

Click here to see the Campus Parking Map. The closest visitor parking to the Flagpoles at Dickson Plaza is Parking Structure 4 (P4), with Parking Structure 5 (P5) as a nearby alternative. Both offer hourly self-pay parking and are within easy walking distance.

ERRC Community Shred Event (Saturday, May 16, 2026)

Sat, 16 May 2026 17:00:00 GMT

The ERRC is having an on-campus Shred Event on Saturday, May 16th, 10am – 2pm.

We are excited to partner with our on-campus partners, the Mary S. Easton Center for Alzheimer’s Research and Care at UCLA, University Credit Union and our neighborhood partner, Belmont Village - Westwood.

This event is open to all UCLA retirees, campus and community partners. Help protect yourself from identity theft! Bring documents that contain your personally identifiable information – such as old bank statements, tax returns, bills, receipts, credit card applications and outdated medical records – to be safely shredded.

Shredding accepted until shred trucks reach capacity.

What to shred: any office paper, any color. File folders, any color. No need to remove staples, paper clips, rubber bands.

What not to shred: cardboard, plastics, common trash, hazardous materials, CD’s, DVD’s, magnetic media, x-rays, computers & accessories.

Medical & hazardous waste not accepted

Parking: The event will be on the back side of Murphy Hall in Lot A

480 Charles E Young Dr E, Los Angeles, CA 90024

Questions: Email Ayesha Dixon, at adixon@errc.ucla.edu or call the ERRC (310) 825.7456. Email preferred.

Shredding Services done by:

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.

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.

Sylvia Winstein Emeriti and Retiree Arts & Crafts Exhibit 2026 (Tuesday, May 19, 2026)

Tue, 19 May 2026 18:00:00 GMT

Chinese Calligraphy by Shirley Ho and Photograph by Craig Schoenbaum

The Sylvia Winstein UCLA Emeriti and Retiree Arts & Crafts Exhibit will be held on Tuesday, May 19, 2026 in the Morrison Room at the UCLA University Club from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm. This will be the third joint exhibit sponsored together by the two organizations, with nearly 24 emeriti and retiree artists exhibiting their work.

The works are in a wide range of media from photography, drawing and painting to sculpture, ceramics, jewelry, weaving and calligraphy. Featured artists are Craig Schoenbaum, a photographer artist representing the Retirees Association, and Shirley Ho, a Chinese calligrapher from the Emeriti Association. Please join us as all of these passionate artists share their work.

For attendees of this event, the University Club will offer non-members to pay for lunch using a personal credit card

Address: Morrison Room, UCLA University Club, 480 Charles E Young Dr E, Los Angeles, CA 90095

Contact: Kay Deeney, Chair Arts and Crafts Committee, UCLA Emeriti Association, emeriti@errc.ucla.edu

Parking: The closest general parking is in Parking Structure 2. Remember to use your retiree/emeriti parking permit if you have one. Emeriti and retirees with disabled permits may park in parking lot A, adjacent to the University Club.

UCLA Campus Parking Map
Self-service pay stations are located in all visitor parking areas. Visitors must pay for parking BEFORE they leave their vehicles. For more information on locations, rates, and hours of operation, refer to the section below. Pay station permits are not valid in parking stalls posted for Blue or X permits or otherwise reserved.
Using ParkMobile (Pay by Phone): ParkMobile is available in visitor parking areas, as well as in all areas for those with a Disabled Placard. Parking Structure 2 is ZONE 2503. Park Mobile Website / App

If you do not have a parking permit and would like to get one, contact the Emeriti/Retirees Relations Center at emeriti@errc.ucla.edu.

About the Sylvia Winstein Arts & Crafts Exhibit: https://emeriti.errc.ucla.edu/events/emeriti-arts-and-crafts-exhibits

To the Artists Among Us - Art for Fire Survivor Project

A year ago, devastating fires destroyed both the Palisades and Altadena communities. Most residents lost everything and others whose home still stand had to throw out most furnishings, clothing, and other porous items, including pictures and artifacts which they have collected over the years.

The UCLA Emeriti Association, through its Arts and Crafts Exhibit Committee has extended its activities to establish the Art for Fire Survivor Project, for sharing artwork which you may wish to contribute to the fire survivors to brighten their environment, as they recover and heal from an experience which none of them expected.

If you would like to participate and contribute one or more pieces of your artwork to be given to fire survivors, please email jpermaul@saonet.ucla.edu.

The ERRC has a small dynamic workforce dedicated to serve our constituents.

www.errc.ucla.edu

emeriti@errc.ucla.edu

310.825.7456

ERRC Bruin Legacy Campus Tour: Residence Hall Tour and Lunch (Wednesday, May 27, 2026)

Wed, 27 May 2026 18:15:00 GMT

Please join us for a special in-person tour and lunch hosted by UCLA Housing!

Home to a diverse community of more than 14,000 undergraduates, UCLA’s residential communities offer students convenient access to campus resources and countless opportunities for engagement. Research consistently shows that students who live on campus perform better academically, interact more frequently with faculty, and report greater satisfaction with their overall college experience compared to students who commute.

The experience will begin with a visit to the undergraduate residential community on “The Hill” located near the Carnesale Commons area. Guests will have the opportunity to step inside one of UCLA’s residence halls and see firsthand where students live, study, and build community.

Please note that the residence halls are located on "The Hill," which requires moderate walking and some step climbing; therefore, we recommend wearing comfortable shoes. The residence hall tour will conclude at approximately 12:15 p.m., followed by lunch at Bruin Plate, located in the Carnesale Commons building within UCLA’s residential area. Lunch will be provided courtesy of UCLA Housing.

Parking Information: The closest general parking is Lot SV and Lot 11. Parking Lot SV (Sunset Village) and Lot 11.

Download a Campus Map (PDF)

University of California Retirement Plan (UCRP) Program Overview (Thursday, August 13, 2026)

Thu, 13 Aug 2026 17:00:00 GMT

Please join us virtually for an upcoming University of California Retirement Plan (UCRP) Program Overview designed to help employees better understand the retirement benefits available through the UC system. This session will provide a high-level introduction to the University of California Retirement Plan, the University’s pension program that provides eligible employees with a lifetime retirement benefit.

During this informational session, participants will learn about how UCRP works, including eligibility requirements, vesting, and how retirement benefits are calculated based on factors such as age, years of service credit, and highest average plan compensation. The session will also cover key features of the plan, including retirement income, survivor and disability benefits, and cost-of-living adjustments.

In addition, attendees will receive a brief overview of voluntary savings options available to UC employees that can help supplement retirement income.

Whether you are new to UC or planning ahead for the future, this session is a great opportunity to learn more about how your UC benefits can support your long-term financial goals.

All employees are encouraged to attend. Additional details, including date, time, and registration information, will be shared soon.

Our speaker, Camille Carr, is one of two UCLA Retirement Counselors at the Benefits office from UCLA Campus Human Resources. She has over 25 years of experience in benefits and retirement counseling for campus staff. She assists campus employees whose last names begin A – K.

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I understand there may be photos & videos taken while participating or being close proximity to this event. By attending this event, I hereby grant permission to the Emeriti/Retirees Relations Center and/or Retirees Association at UCLA to use photographs and/or video of me in publications, news releases, online, and in other communications related to the mission of the UCLA Emeriti/Retirees Relations Center (ERRC).For questions about this release, contact Ayesha Dixon, adixon@errc.ucla.edu

The ERRC has a small dynamic workforce dedicated to serve our constituents.

www.errc.ucla.edu

emeriti@errc.ucla.edu

310.825.7456