Alyssa Braciszewski Frederick, Elizabeth Hemming-Schroeder, and Kimberly Duong; UCI graduate students studying climate science lift the curtain after having visited a dozen (mainly) Californian Congressional offices in Washington, D.C. If they came away changed, imagine how changed you will be by their observations of these privileged interactions. They’ll be convening a webinar 6-15-17, at 5 p.m. PDT; details are available at: https://www.facebook.com/500womensci/.

During the second segment of the show (minute 30:49), Tyler Stallings, artistic director at UC Riverside’s Center of the Arts, in his capacity as juror, leads us around the Orange County Center for Contemporary Art’s current exhibit “Art As Protest,” open through 7/8. Special events staged at the OCCCA space for your cultural levitation include: 6/17 the play “Seven,” and the 6/29 performance by the Pacific Symphony. Details are available at: http://www.occca.org/.