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• 2026 Piano Performances by UCLA Students

  • When
    Tuesday, February 10, 2026
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    1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    UCLA University Club (formerly the Faculty Club), Morrison Room
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  Sponsored by the UCLA Emeriti Association and the UCLA Retirees Association
  

  

  Alessio Santolini Raggi

  Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026: 1:30 – 3:00 p.m., University Club, Morrison Room

  The Emeriti and Retirees Associations invite you to our popular annual musical program featuring piano recitals by two extremely gifted students in The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, who were selected by their UCLA piano professors. Performing will be Alessio Santolini Raggi, who is studying under Inna Faliks, Professor and Head of the School’s Piano Department; and Hongbo Cai, a student from the studio of David Kaplan, an associate professor who holds the Inaugural Shapiro Family Chair in Piano at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. This program is free to attend.

  Alessio Santolini Raggi, 23, is a multi-award-winning artist based in Los Angeles, working at the intersection of experimental electronic pop and contemporary classical music. He learned piano at age 5, violin at 9, composition at 11, and digital audio production at 15. By 22, he had earned a master’s degree in piano, a bachelor’s in composition, a second-level master’s in piano, and a master’s in film and media composition — all with honors — and is currently pursuing an additional master’s in piano with Professor Faliks at UCLA. Alessio has studied at institutions in Italy, Spain, Switzerland and California, and is fluent in five languages: Italian, English, Spanish, French, and German — in addition to classical studies in Latin and Ancient Greek. From New York to Hong Kong, he has participated in a diverse range of events, including solo, chamber and orchestral concerts, discographic recordings, radio and television projects, artistic curations, movie productions, conferences, and film festivals. Alessio has won first prize in a wide variety of national and international music competitions. He released his piano album “Interplay” for Bösendorfer this year, and is currently working on two other electroacoustic albums at Funkhaus, Berlin, planned for release next year.

  Hongbo Cai is an interdisciplinary musician, writer, filmmaker, and researcher whose work bridges creative performance practice with critical inquiry into media. A graduate in piano performance from The Juilliard School, he made his Carnegie Hall debut at 21 and, at 22, joined New York University’s piano faculty as an adjunct professor. The following year, he appeared with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s at Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium. He has performed with orchestras including the Shanghai Opera House, Shanghai Philharmonic, Pazardzhik State Symphony Orchestra (Bulgaria), Mikhail Jora Philharmonic (Romania), Florence Philharmonic, New York Youth Orchestra, West New York Chamber Orchestra, Orquestra do Algarve (Portugal), and members of the New York Philharmonic. As a writer-director, his works have been selected by the Venice Biennale College Blend, the Beijing International Short Film Festival, the Toronto International Independent Short Film Festival, and the Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival and were presented at New York University’s Music Department Colloquium Series. His theater works have been chosen for the Juilliard Risk Lab Residency and the 2025 Community Impact Residency Program for U.S. Emerging Artists.

  Both Alessio and Hongbo will perform piano concerts on the University Club’s Steinway B piano, located in the Morrison Room, and each will have a short conversation with Stuart Wolpert, director of UCLA Conversations.

  We will be joined by Michael Beckerman, the new Dean of The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music.

  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.

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• Day Hike: Tree People Trail at Coldwater Canyon Park

  • When
    Tuesday, February 17, 2026
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    9:00 AM - 11:30 AM
  • Location
    Tree People Park
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  Join the UCLARA Hiking Group on Tuesday February 17, 2026 at 9am as we hike about 2.5 hours following a loop trail through parts of Coldwater Canyon Park and Wildacre Park. 

  The approximately 4.5 mile hike will start at Tree People at Mulholland Drive (and Coldwater Canyon), Beverly Hills, CA 90210 in Coldwater Canyon Park following part of the Betty Dearing Trail.  We will meet at 9am in the Tree People parking area, which are about 50 yards beyond the parking lot toward Tree People headquarters.

  Please register for this hike at the UCLA Retirees Association website. https://www.retirees.ucla.edu.  We look forward to seeing you on this pleasant winter hike!  Watch for updates via email.

  Activity Level: The hike is moderate, going up and downhill on wide dirt trails with views of the San Fernando Valley.  The trail is mostly shady, but be sure to bring water, sun block, snacks if desired, and a hat and wear good athletic or hiking shoes, hiking poles may be of benefit as well.

  Website: https://www.treepeople.org/visit/park-info

  Registration: Please register no later than February 10, 2026. This event is open to UCLARA and EA members and their guests. Join today to participate.

  Directions/Parking:    The Tree People are located at 12601 Mulholland Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90210. Tree People is located up on the ridgeline between Beverly Hills and Studio City.  The park entrance is at the stoplight where Coldwater Canyon Dr. and Mulholland Dr. (West) intersect.  The entrance is on the Valley-side of the street and there is a parking lot.  More detailed directions can be found at the Tree People website.

  https://www.treepeople.org/visit/directions.
  

  Emergency Contact: The UCLARA requires that you list an emergency contact and that contact's telephone number for both you and your guest when you register. 

  Questions?: Please contact Michael Heafey (heafeymj@gmail.com).

  
  

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• The Myths and Realities of Entitlement Programs in our Aging Nation

  • When
    Wednesday, March 11, 2026
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    1:30 PM - 2:45 PM
  • Location
    Belmont Village Senior Living, 10475 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90024
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  The UCLA Emeriti and Retirees Associations invite you to an engaging and informative UCLA Conversation with Fernando Torres-Gil, Director of UCLA’s Center for Policy Research on Aging and UCLA Professor Emeritus of Social Welfare and Public Policy. This program is titled “The Myths and Realities of Entitlement Programs in our Aging Nation.” Professor Torres-Gil is a national expert on aging, health and long-term care, with extensive U.S. and California government experience. President Jimmy Carter appointed him to the Federal Council on Aging; President Bill Clinton appointed him as U.S. Assistant Secretary on Aging in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Professor Torres-Gil organized the 1995 White House Conference on Aging. Barack Obama appointed him as Vice Chair of the National Council on Disability and Staff Director of the U.S. House Select Committee on Aging. He is a board member of the AARP Foundation. 

  Professor Torres-Gill will shed light about on-going debates regarding the financial dilemmas facing Social Security and Medicare and what he describes as the scare tactics by both parties about the solutions for sustaining these programs as well as public and private pensions. He will discuss the realities of an aging population and the future of entitlement programs for today’s elders and aging baby boomers. He will share lessons from his distinguished career that shed light on the politics of aging. Topics are also expected to include long-term care and the caregiving crisis facing the nation.

  This conversation will be led by Daniel J.B. Mitchell, Professor Emeritus at UCLA’s Anderson Graduate School of Management and UCLA’s Luskin School of Public Affairs, who has served on the Emeriti Association’s Board of Directors for more than a decade.

  This insightful program will be held at Belmont Village Senior Living, located at 10475 Wilshire Blvd. in West Los Angeles.

  

  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.

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• Slang at UCLA and Beyond

  • When
    Wednesday, April 01, 2026
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    1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
  • Location
    Young Research Library, 280 Charles E Young Dr N, Los Angeles, CA 90095 - Main Conference Room 11360
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  Catherine Willmond and Pamela Munro

  Pam Munro (AKA Slanglady) has been studying the slang used by UCLA students — and others — since 1983. What is slang? Is it just bad grammar? Is it just X-rated language? Does it change faster than standard language? We'll find out, and learn a number of brand-new words in use by UCLA students this year.

   "I consider it vital to make linguistic findings available to native speakers and other interested laymen through accurate, accessible descriptive and pedagogical materials, including dictionaries. I am particularly interested in working out better ways to make dictionaries, since I feel that this process generally illuminates most aspects of grammar."

  Click here to see the Campus Parking Map. Parking is available in Parking Structure 5 (P5) or Parking Structure 3 (P3), which has hourly self-pay parking stations.

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• ERRC 📱✨Digital Literacy Program

  • When
    Friday, April 24, 2026
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    11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
  • Location
    UCLA Emeriti/Retirees Relations Center
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  "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. 

  
  

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