Taken from the March 31 issue of 93106


MONDAY 31
GOLF TOURNAMENT
All Day, Sandpiper Golf Course
UCSB hosts the Pacific Coast Region. Ends on Tuesday.


APRIL


WEDNESDAY 2
BASEBALL
2 p.m., Uyesaka Stadium
UCSB hosts Westmont.

IHC LECTURE
4 p.m., HSSB 6020
Cambridge University's Sylvia Huot discusses "Madness and Monstrosity: Crises of Identity in Medieval French Literature."

PIANO RECITAL
8 p.m., Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall
Australian pianist Alexander Boyd performs Mozart, Brahms, and works by Debussy, Schumann, and Liszt.


THURSDAY 3
LANG LANG CONCERT
8 p.m., Campbell Hall
Prize-winning Chinese piano prodigy Lang Lang, 20, will perform works by Schumann, Haydn, Rachmaninoff, Brahms, Chopin, and Mozart.

Pianist Lang Lang, a former child prodigy in China, performs on Thursday, April 3, at 8 p.m. in Campbell Hall.



FRIDAY 4
PHOTO WORKSHOP
All Day, Sedgwick Reserve
Photographer Tom Gamache will teach a 3-day landscape photography workshop at UCSB's Sedgwick Reserve. Call 686-1941 for details.

AMERICAN INDIAN FAMILY DAY CONFERENCE
11 a.m., MultiCultural Center
Starting with a fry bread and taco fundraiser, this 2-day meeting features author LeAnne Howe, workshops, and dances.

"8 MILE"
7:30 & 10 p.m. Campbell Hall
Eminem is featured in this loosely autobiographical film about a street-smart young man hoping to rap his way out of bleak Detroit.

Musician Eminem makes his screen debut in the semiautobiographical "8 Mile," which shows at 7:30 and 10 p.m. on Friday, April 4, in Campbell Hall.



SATURDAY 5
MODERNISM SYMPOSIUM
1:30 p.m., HSSB 6020
"The Hidden Faces of Modernism," a graduate student symposium, will be lead by Professor Zeynep Çelik of the New Jersey Institute of Technology.


SUNDAY 6
GUITAR MASTER CLASS
10 a.m., Geiringer Hall
Paul O'Dette will conduct a guitar master class with UCSB students that is free and open to the public.

WOMEN'S TENNIS
Noon, RecCen Courts
UCSB hosts UC Riverside.

BASEBALL
1 p.m., Uyesaka Stadium
UCSB hosts UC Irvine.

WILDFLOWER WALK
2 p.m., Sedgwick Reserve
This 3-hour guided hike is through the Sedgewick Reserve. Call 686-1941 for reservations.

VOCAL & LUTE RECITAL
3 & 5 p.m., The Peppers, Montecito
Soprano Ellen Hargis, with Paul O'Dette on the lute, will perform 16th- and 17th-century European love songs in the Julia Morgan ballroom of a classic Montecito estate. The ticket includes a reception in the Peppers' courtyard garden. Tickets, x3535.


MONDAY 7
MIDDLE EASTERN MUSIC
8 p.m., Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall
Yair Dalal's music on oud and violin reflects the traditions of Israeli and Iraqi cultures. He will be accompanied by the Al Ol ensemble.


TUESDAY 8
SLAVE NARRATIVES
4 p.m., Women's Center
Jermaine Archer discusses "A Breathing of the Common Wind: The African Sensibility of Antebellum Slave Narratives."

IHC GENOCIDE LECTURE
5 p.m., Corwin Pavilion
Samantha Power, winner of the 2003 National Book Critics Circle Award, will discuss "A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide."

BREN COLLOQUIUM
7:30 p.m., Bren Hall
Political scientist Oran Young and environmental law colleagues will introduce a new Program on Governance for Sustainable Development.


WEDNESDAY 9
MEN'S TENNIS
1:30 p.m., RecCen Courts
UCSB hosts Cal Poly.

SEXUAL VIOLENCE LECTURE
3:30 pm, HSSB 6030
Sabine Sielke, director of the North American Program at the University of Bonn, Germany, will discuss her book "Reading Rape, or How American Culture Talks About Sexual Violence." A reception will follow.

"THREE KINGS"
6 p.m. & 8:30 p.m., MultiCultural Center
Set at the end of the 1991 Gulf War, this film questions the motives for U.S. military campaigns abroad. Free tickets must be obtained from the Center for Middle East Studies (x4245) or the MCC in advance.

"AMERICAN DREAMS: LOST AND FOUND"
8 p.m., Campbell Hall
The Acting Company presents the California premiere of a play about Americans' simple dreams but grand aspirations, based on writings by Studs Terkel.

The Acting Company presents "American Dreams, Lost and Found" on April 9 at 8 p.m. in Campbell Hall.



THURSDAY 10
WOMEN & COMPUTERS
5 p.m., Kerr Hall 2130
Barbara Byrge leads a workshop to teach women to use computers at all skill levels.

IDENTITY POLITICS
6:30 p.m., MultiCultural Center
Author and commentator Richard Rodriguez will lead a discussion about the "politics" of identity and how people can promote an inclusive sense of community.

POETRY READING
7:30 p.m., MultiCultural Center
Young poets will share poetry, prose, song, or dance in this open mike session.

PIANO RECITAL
8 p.m., Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall
Faculty pianist Paul Berkowitz performs Beethoven, Brahms, and Schubert.


FRIDAY 11
CITS SYMPOSIA
Noon, CTL-Trailer 932
UCSB anthropologist Susan Stonich discusses "Information Technologies, Global Social Movements, and Civil Society."

MEN'S VOLLEYBALL
7:05 p.m., Rob Gym
UCSB hosts Cal State Long Beach.

"AN EVENING WITH C.S. LEWIS"
8 p.m., Embarcadero Hall, I.V.
This free, one-actor presentation stars David Payne as Lewis.


Under the direction of Tonia Shimin, Theatre UCSB presents its advanced dance students in "Spring Dances," starting on April 11 at 8 p.m. in Hatlen Theatre. Ticket information is at x3535.



SATURDAY 12

EDUCATION CAREERS CONFERENCE
9 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Phelps Hall
Covering options other than teaching, the Gevirtz Graduate School of Education Alumni Association will host eight sessions. Cost is $5; details are available at x4140.

"FROM NARNIA TO HOBBITON: THE WORLDS OF C.S. LEWIS & J.R.R.TOLKIEN"
9:30 a.m.-5 p.m., Embarcadero Hall
An all-day conference on these authors and scholars, including lunch, is free for students ($20 for others), but reservations needed: 967-8019 or e-mail jvkennedy@aol.com.

SOFTBALL
Noon, Campus Diamond
UCSB hosts UC Riverside.

WOMEN'S WATER POLO
1 p.m., Campus Pool
UCSB hosts Loyola Marymount.

ARMENIAN MUSIC
8 p.m., MultiCultural Center
Megerdich "Megel" Malkhasian is one of the leading Armenian music performers who has assimilated rich folklore traditions.

MUZSIKÁS
8 p.m., Campbell Hall
The Hungarian ensemble Muzsikás returns to play Eastern European music with immediacy and passion.


SUNDAY 13


"WALK FOR GOOD TIMES"
10 a.m., Campus Lagoon
The first annual benefit 5K walk ($10 a person) is to send cancer-stricken kids to Camp Ronald McDonald.

SOFTBALL
Noon, Campus Diamond
UCSB hosts UC Riverside.


MONDAY 14
PWA MEETING
Noon, UCen Mission Room
The Chancellor's Advisory Committee on the Status of Women will discuss campus issues of special concern to women.

DISCUSSION ON RACE
4 p.m., HSSB 6020
Graduate students representing multiple academic disciplines will discuss "Crossing Lines: Race and Mixed Race Across the Geohistorical Divide."

DISCUSSION OF MYTHS
7 p.m., Santa Rosa Formal Lounge
Edwina Welch will discuss "The Politically Incorrect Hour: Myths, Stereotypes and Urban Legends."

NEDERLANDS DANS THEATER II
8 p.m., Lobero Theatre
The 14 dancers of the internationally acclaimed NDT II make their Santa Barbara debut by performing to music by Mozart, Haydn and Stravinsky. Repeats Tuesday.
EXHIBITIONS
"SOCIAL STRATEGIES: REDEFINGING SOCIAL REALSIM"
University Art Museum
Through May 25
In "Social Strategies" a cross-seciton of contemporary art redefines propaganda art and exlores abstractions encoded with utopian ideologoy and the possibility for change.

"SHOUTS & WHISPERS"
Through May 25
University Art Museum
Guest curator Alfred Moir selected 28 prints from the museum's permanent collections.
 
ONGOING
SPRING DANCES
April 11–12, 8 p.m.;
April 13, 2 p.m.
Hatlen Theatre
Theatre UCSB presents original choreography from advanced dance students and Tonia Shimin, professor of dance. Tickets at x3535.

DRAFT COUNSELING
Noon, Mondays & Fridays
MultiCultural Center
Free, confidential counseling on conscientious objection to war and draft registration.

SWING & BALLROOM DANCE CLUB
8:30–10:30 p.m., Mondays
Rob Gym 2320
Web: www.sa.ucsb.edu/orgs/sbdc/

TOASTMASTERS
Noon, Thursdays
SAASB 4101WW


HIV/AIDS INFORMATION
Call Carola Alden, x3434