Poet Mary Oliver at UCLA Live

For the Record: An earlier version of this item said that Oliver was appearing on Friday, but her appearance at UCLA is on Thursday.

Widely acclaimed and oft-celebrated poet Mary Oliver, a recipient of the National Book Award, Lannan Literary Award and the Pulitzer Prize for poetry for 1984’s “American Primitive,” will visit UCLA Live to regale Angelenos with her passionate, embodied observances of the natural world -- a rare public appearance for the prolific, media-shy New Englander. Royce Hall at UCLA, 340 Royce Drive, L.A. 8 p.m. Thursday. $24-$48. (310) 825-2101. www.uclalive.org.