Past Events
- Thu, 05/07/2026 - 7:30pm
Location: UCSB Campbell Hall
Registration for this event is currently full, however there will be a standby line in case of no-shows.
More“Michelle Zauner has written a book you experience with all of your senses: sentences you can taste, paragraphs that sound like music. She seamlessly blends stories of...
- Thu, 05/07/2026 - 4:00pm to 5:30pm
Location: Other, on-campus
Location: Student Resource Building, 3rd Floor Forum
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Students, staff, and faculty are welcome to join the Office of International Students & Scholars’ All Languages Language Exchange, held in collaboration with UCSB Reads as part of this year’s selection, Crying in H Mart...
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- Wed, 05/06/2026 - 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 2509
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Come and explore your food memories through a menu of short writing prompts. Join UCSB Reads for a fun, choose-your-own-adventure inspired by the power of food as explored in Michelle Zauner's Crying in H Mart. This workshop will be led by Assistant Teaching Professor Michelle Petty.
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- Tue, 05/05/2026 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Location: Other, on-campus
Location: Student Resource Building (SRB) MPR
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In collaboration with UCSB Reads, join Health & Wellness for another cooking event that draws on the rich Korean cuisine showcased in Crying in H Mart! Learn how to make the...
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- Mon, 05/04/2026 - 4:00pm to 5:30pm
Location: Other, on-campus
Location: Corwin Pavilion
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The Associated Students Office of the President (ASOP) presents the Cultural Comfort Food Fair, an event inviting students to experience a diverse array of comfort foods from various global traditions. This event will highlight this year’s UCSB Reads selection, ...
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- Thu, 04/23/2026 - 11:00am to 12:00pm
Location: Other, on-campus
Location: Old Gym (Red Barn)
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UCSB Reads invites you to join Shopping List Scores, an art workshop led by artists and educators Lucy Bell and Meiya Sidney. This event is in conversation with the UCSB Reads book Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner.
Following the work of performance artists like Yoko Ono and modern dancers...
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- Wed, 04/22/2026 - 4:00pm to 5:15pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312
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Join UCSB Reads and Goleta Valley Library for an afternoon of poetry readings in celebration of National Poetry Month!
The event will kick off with a reading by current Santa Barbara Poet Laureate George Yatchisin and UCSB Professor Emerita Shirley Geok-Lin Lim. Afterward, other participants will read their selected poems to...
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- Tue, 04/21/2026 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Location: Other, on-campus
Location: Student Resource Building (SRB) MPR
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Crying in H-Mart has been widely renowned for its lyrical and sensory storytelling. Of all the five senses, scent is the one most closely linked to memory, another essential theme of the memoir. In this workshop, join ...
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- Thu, 04/16/2026 - 7:00pm to 9:45pm
Location: Other, on-campus, UCSB Pollock Theater
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Riceboy Sleeps (2022) is a tender and deeply personal work written, produced, edited, and directed by Anthony Shim. The film traces the bond between a Korean single mother and her son as they build a life in the suburbs of Canada in the 1990s. Drawing in part on Shim’s own childhood, the film follows So-young (Choi Seung-yoon) and the young Dong-hyun (Dohyun...
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- Thu, 04/16/2026 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 2509
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In the 2026 UCSB Reads book, Crying in H Mart, Michelle Zauner explores her experience of grief as well as music making as part of the band Japanese Breakfast. We invite you to join us for a special collaboration event inspired by Zauner’s story and artistic expression.
We will create memorial flowers to...
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- Tue, 04/07/2026 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Location: Other, on-campus
Location: Student Resource Building (SRB) MPR
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Back by popular demand, join us for another crafty collaboration between Health & Wellness and UCSB Reads! In Crying in H-Mart, author Michelle Zauner grieves her mother through...
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- Sun, 03/08/2026 - 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Location: Other, off-campus
Location: Santa Barbara Public Library (Faulkner Gallery East, Central Branch)
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Join Santa Barbara Public Library to discuss this year’s UCSB Reads book,...
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- Thu, 03/05/2026 - 4:00pm to 5:30pm
Location: Other, on-campus
Location: Student Resource Building, 3rd Floor Forum
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Students, staff, and faculty are welcome to join the Office of International Students & Scholars’ All Languages Language Exchange, held in collaboration with UCSB Reads as part of this year’s selection,...
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- Thu, 01/29/2026 - 3:00pm to 4:00pm
- Thu, 02/12/2026 - 3:00pm to 4:00pm
- Thu, 02/26/2026 - 3:00pm to 4:00pm
Location: Other, on-campus
Location: Women's Center Community Room
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Join the Women’s Center in partnership with UCSB Reads this winter for the Feminist Book Club, featuring the UCSB Reads selection ...
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- Thu, 02/26/2026 - 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Location: Other, on-campus
Location: Transfer Student Center
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Join the Transfer Student Center (TSC) in partnership with the UCSB Library, UCSB Reads, and the Asian American Studies Department, for a special 2-part TSC Book Club featuring...
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- Tue, 02/17/2026 - 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Location: Other, on-campus
Location: Transfer Student Center
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Join the Transfer Student Center (TSC) in partnership with the UCSB Library, UCSB Reads, and the Asian American Studies Department, for a special 2-part TSC Book Club featuring...
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- Thu, 01/29/2026 - 3:00pm to 4:00pm
- Thu, 02/12/2026 - 3:00pm to 4:00pm
- Thu, 02/26/2026 - 3:00pm to 4:00pm
Location: Other, on-campus
Location: Women's Center Community Room
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Join the Women’s Center in partnership with UCSB Reads this winter for the Feminist Book Club, featuring the UCSB Reads selection ...
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- Wed, 02/04/2026 - 5:00pm to 7:00pm
Location: Makerspace
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In celebration of the 2026 UCSB Reads book, Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner, join us for a zine making session and recipe swap. Zines (pronounced "zeens," short for magazines) are small, self-published booklets created and distributed by individuals or small groups. Zines are a cornerstone of...
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- Mon, 02/02/2026 - 4:00pm
Location: Pacific View Room
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UCSB Library is pleased to present Heejung Kim (Psychological and Brain Sciences) in the Pacific Views: Library Speaker Series for Winter 2026. In her talk, “Culture and Social Support: Implications for Health and Well-Being,” she explores how relationships lie at the heart of human life, strongly influencing our health and well-...
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- Thu, 01/29/2026 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Location: Makerspace
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In celebration of the 2026 UCSB Reads book, Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner, join the Makerspace in designing wooden recipe boxes to hold space for all of our favorite meals and memories.
Learn about the laser cutting process and design principles for creating 3D assemblies out of 2D...
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- Thu, 01/29/2026 - 3:00pm to 4:00pm
- Thu, 02/12/2026 - 3:00pm to 4:00pm
- Thu, 02/26/2026 - 3:00pm to 4:00pm
Location: Other, on-campus
Location: Women's Center Community Room
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Join the Women’s Center in partnership with UCSB Reads this winter for the Feminist Book Club, featuring the UCSB Reads selection ...
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- Wed, 01/28/2026 - 3:30pm to 4:30pm
Location: Instruction & Training 2509
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Join the UCSB Library for a relaxing and creative experience inspired by the UCSB Reads 2026 book selection Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner. While listening to Japanese Breakfast’s Psychopomp, participants will create their own CD art and explore themes that shape Zauner’s memoir,...
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- Tue, 01/27/2026 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Location: Other, off-campus
Location: Student Resource Building (SRB) MPR
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Join Health & Wellness in collaboration with UCSB Reads, for an event that focuses on one of the standout themes of Crying in H Mart: Korean cuisine! Learn...
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- Tue, 01/20/2026 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Location: Other, on-campus
Location: Student Resource Building (SRB) MPR
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In Crying in H Mart, author Michelle Zauner grieves her mother through cooking and music. Inspired by these artistic outlets and the personal growth they brought her, join Health & Wellness...
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