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• UCLARA Annual Holiday Luncheon

  • When
    Tuesday, December 09, 2025
  •  
    11:00 AM - 1:30 PM
  • Location
    Buca di Beppo Restaurant (Encino)
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  Join the festivities at our Annual Holiday Party!! 

  This year, we are invigorated to host our in-person Holiday Luncheon at the Italian themed restaurant, Buca di Beppo in Encino. A wide  Giveaways, fun, conversation, too. Our nominal cost is $35 per per person. Holiday party garb is encouraged!

  Buca di Beppo - Encino

  175000 Ventura Blvd Encino CA 91316

  We have selected Buca's "Magnifico" lunch menu which will be served family style. 

  Check it out at their website.  https://dineatbuca.com/locations/encino/

  To see the "Magnifico" lunch menu, click on the tab "menu" and then the "group dining" link and page down to the "Magnifico" lunch menu. We will be choosing from this menu for the luncheon.

  As at past holiday parties, we will continue our UCLARA tradition of collecting donations for the UCLA Community Programs Food Closet. We can make a difference in the lives of the many students who visit this closet on a daily basis. Last year we collected over $1,300.00 in gift cards to support the students. If you would like to contribute, please bring a gift card from Ralph’s (the nearest grocery store to campus). Be sure to bring the gift card's receipt. 

  Please note that our luncheon is taking 2 adjacent rooms so that there is space enough to walk around, chat with friends and take photos.  No stairs.

  Parking: Behind the restaurant in their parking lot-free!  There is limited street parking within walking distance of the restaurant. 

  Payments:  The Association’s payment processor, AffiniPay, can process credit cards from Visa, Mastercard, American Express, or Discover.  For each credit card payment, you’ll need to enter the CVV number (i.e., security code, generally 3 or 4 digits) found on the back of the credit card as well as the card number and expiration date.  You'll also be asked for the other usually requested information to complete the transaction.  
  

  If you prefer to pay by check, kindly make the check out to "UCLARA" and mail to Michael Heafey 

      4316 Vinton Avenue

      Culver City, CA   90232

  
  

  Cancellation Policy: If a cancellation is necessary, a full refund will be given if the cancellation is requested before Thursday, December 2, 2025. For any cancellations after December  2, a full refund will be made only if a person on the waiting list can take your place. After December 5, no refunds will be given.
  

  Questions: Email   Michael Heafey heafeymj@gmail.com or call/text me at (310) 738-8134

  
  

  NOTE: If you feel ill within 5 days of the event, PLEASE do not attend out of respect for your fellow retirees.

  
  

  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.
  

  BUONE FESTE!

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• ERRC at the Opera: La Boheme

  • When
    Sunday, December 14, 2025
  •  
    2:00 PM
  • Location
    135 North Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90012
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  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.

   "La Boheme"

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

  • Sunday, December 14, 2025
  • 2pm

  • Dorothy Chandler Pavilion 

  • 135 North Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90012

  Rodolfo is a struggling poet burning his manuscripts to keep out the winter chill. Mimi is a fellow tenant with big dreams and a deadly illness. A chance meeting has them falling in love, but when you’re at the bottom of Parisian society, every day could be your last.

  Puccini’s blockbuster opera, "La Boheme," returns to our stage starring Janai Brugger as the sweet but suffering Mimi and Oreste Cosimo as the lovestruck Rodolfo, with Gihoon Kim and Erica Petrocelli as the on-again-off-again lovers Marcello and Musetta. Resident Conductor Lina González-Granados leads Puccini’s transcendent score, awash in lavish Romanticism and gorgeous melodies. Director Brenna Corner helms a timeless production from Herbert Ross that the LA Times calls a “warm, nostalgic evocation of Paris in Puccini’s time.”

  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

  
  

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• Day Hike to King Gillette Ranch and Inspiration Point

  • When
    Monday, December 15, 2025
  •  
    9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    Calabasas
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  Top-entrance to King Gillette Ranch from Mullholland Highway; Bottom-view from Inspiration Point of Conejo Valley

  Join us for a hike around the King Gillette Ranch in Calabasas on Monday December 15, 2025 at 9am.

  King Gillette Ridge Trail (including Inspiration Point)

  3.4mi Length

  387ft Elevation gain

  1–1.5hr Estimated time

  Loop trail

  Description: A quick, easy loop behind the King Gillette ranch along the Ridgeline. Beautiful easygoing loop with a clear, flat trail and great views. Some gentle inclines but not strenuous, so a great payoff for minimal effort. The trail starts by the historic structures and then moves into nature. Birds, lizards, deer all on view. Sorry no dogs allowed.

  TRAIL TO INSPIRATION POINT On this 1-mile round trip hike, the trail climbs steeply to Inspiration Point. Enjoy an amazing vista of the surrounding Las Virgenes Valley. We are extending the hike by another 1.5 miles by taking the trail heading south along the ridge.

  SITE HIGHLIGHTS Anthony C. Beilenson Interagency Visitor Center.   Formerly the horse stable for the Gillette Mansion, the Visitor Center retains some of Wallace Neff’s original design while serving as the recreational gateway to the Santa Monica Mountains. Amenities are here-restrooms, water, etc.

  One of the most stunning locales in the Santa Monica Mountains, 588-acre King Gillette Ranch offers a rare unspoiled view of California’s rich archaeological, cultural, and historic resources, including a Chumash settlement, and nationally significant structures designed for shaving razor magnate King C. Gillette in the 1920’s by Wallace Neff, architect of California’s Golden Age.
  

  King Gillette Ranch, Mountains Recreation & Conservation Authority

  26800 Mulholland Hwy, Calabasas, CA 91302                            Visitor Center: 805-370-2301

  Website:  NPS-KGR-site-bulletin.pdf (ca.gov)

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

  Questions: Please contact Michael Heafey at heafeymj@gmail.com or phone/text at 310-738-8134

  
  

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