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10th Annual Reed Family Concert Showcases the Best in New Music

This January a three-part series of events will be held in honor of the 10th anniversary of the Reed Family Concert, an annual showcase of musical innovation at the University of California San Diego led by Distinguished Professor of Music Steven Schick. The celebration also recognizes the 30-year tenure of red fish blue fish, a beloved and highly acclaimed percussion ensemble created and directed by Schick that performs, records and premieres work from the last 85 years of western percussion’s rich history.

Members of the percussion ensemble red fish blue fish.

La Jolla Playhouse’s New Spin on ‘A Christmas Carol’ Puts UC San Diego Talent in the Spotlight

Marco Barricelli, professor of acting, shines as “Scrooge” in a clever twist on Dickens’ holiday classic, written by MFA alumna Anna Ouyang Moench.

In Christmas Carol costumes and wigs, characters Eddie and Scrooge chat at table in theatre green room

City Approves Key Milestone for Major Cultural Center Downtown

The San Diego City Council approved the transfer of property ownership for 1100 Kettner Boulevard in downtown San Diego from the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego to UC San Diego, marking a key milestone in a collaboration that envisions a major cultural center in downtown San Diego.

The property at 1100 Kettner Boulevard in downtown San Diego.

Award-Winning Film Reanimates Queer Culture of 1970s South Korea

Fifty years ago in Seoul, South Korea, there was a vibrant queer hub located in the Euljiro neighborhood where theaters and bars served as popular sites for same-sex encounters. In 2020, Associate Professor of History Todd A. Henry returned to the area to search for remnants that would offer clues about the evolution of gay subculture from the 1950s until the 1980s, resulting in an award-winning documentary film.

Film still of the animated narrator in Paradise film.

Uncovering the Stories of Scripps Women Oceanographers

The latest Gallery QI exhibit, “Three Lives,” focuses on Easter Ellen Cupp, June Grace Pattullo and Anita Smith Hall, who contributed to oceanography before women were accepted in the field.