Taken from the April 26 issue of 93106
| MONDAY 26
MEDIA LECTURE 3 p.m., MultiCultural Center David Barsamian, founder and director of Alternative Radio, will discuss "Media, Propaganda, and War, or the More You Watch, the Less You Know." TUESDAY 27 RELIGION LECTURE 4 p.m., UCen Harbor Room Oxford University's Ian Michael speaks about "Toledo, City of Three Faiths, and the Survival of Mozarabic Culture There." "WRITING COMMUNITY" 4 p.m., Women's Center Dissertation Fellow Jennifer Najera will discuss "Writing Community: Tracing Social Relations between Mexicans and Anglos in La Feria, Texas." PATRIOT ACTS FORUM 4 p.m., HSSB 6020 A critical discussion will dissect implementation of the laws. 
TERRORISM
LECTURE 7:30 p.m., 33 W. Victoria Alumnus Edward T. Linenthal, who received his Ph.D. in religious studies and is currently a Capps Visiting Professor, will discuss "Terrorism and Its Aftermath: Oklahoma City and September 11." WEDNESDAY 28 LEARN-AT-LUNCH Noon, UCen Flying A Studio Psychiatrist Peter Brill, founder of the Third Age Foundation of Santa Barbara, will discuss the concept of a "third age," when family people begin to seek new, more personal goals. WORLD MUSIC Noon, Music Bowl The Lemon Pickers string band will perform. GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES 4 p.m., Webb 1100 Utah State University's Jim Evans is the guest speaker. GENEALOGY LECTURE 5 p.m., HSSB 6020 Barnard University anthropologist Nadia Abu-El Hajj discusses "Genealogical Quests: Question of Identity at the Crossroads of the Historical and Natural Sciences." "GREEN DRAGON" 6 p.m., MultiCultural Center Set just before the fall of Saigon in 1975, "Green Dragon" follows the lives of Vietnamese refugees who have been sent to a military base in California. BEYOND VIOLENCE LECTURE 7:30 p.m., First Presbyterian Church UCSB Affiliates present Mark Juergensmeyer, director of the Global and International Studies Program, who will discuss "Global Religions, an Introduction." Call x4388 for reservations. 
AUTHOR TALK 8 p.m., Campbell Hall Eric Schlosser, whose first book was the best-selling "Fast Food Nation," will examine underground economies, such as the worlds of illegal drugs, porn, and illegal immigration, based on his new book, "Reefer Madness." THURSDAY 29 CALLIGRAPHY LECTURE 4 p.m., HSSB 6020 Boston University's Qianshen Bai talks on Chinese writing. "THE CHILDREN WE SACRIFICE" 6 p.m., MultiCultural Center Filmmaker and activist Grace Poore will discuss her documentary about the universal crime of incestuous sexual abuse. FRIDAY 30 MUSICOLOGY FORUM Noon, Music 1145 Early music performers Anonymous 4 will conduct a free forum to explore their performance practices and careers. ANONYMOUS 4 CONCERT 8 p.m., United Methodist Church On its farewell tour, the group will perform "The Origin of Fire: Music and Visions of Hildegard of Bingen."
ARABIC MUSIC 8 p.m., MultiCultural Center Palestinian singer Woroud sings modern and traditional Arabic songs. Call x3535 for tickets.
SATURDAY 1 ANONYMOUS 4 4 p.m., La Casa de Maria Chapel. 
PILIPINO CULTURE NIGHT 4 p.m., Campbell Hall Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month kicks off with Pilipino Culture Night. SUNDAY 2 CLASSICAL GUITAR 3 p.m., The Presidio John Dearman directs members of the UCSB Classical Guitar Ensemble in various works. MONDAY 3 INTERNET TALK 3 p.m., Engineering II Pavilion Vinton Cerf, one of the co-fathers of the Internet, will speak on the future of the Internet. Free. PLOUS LECTURE 4 p.m., Corwin Pavilion "Torture and the Future" is law and society Associate Professor Lisa Hajjar's topic. SPECIAL FILMS 7:30 p.m., Campbell Hall Tonia Shimin, professor of dramatic art, and Wendy Popadynetz, lecturer in film studies, present "Mary Anthony: A Life in Modern Dance," a film portrait of an influential artist. Also featured is "Book of Days," set in the preserved, walled city of Cordes, France, during the plague year of 1350. TUESDAY 4 ANTI-ABORTION POLITICS 4 p.m., Women's Center Dissertation Fellow Chikako Takeshita discusses the politics of the intrauterine contraceptive device and the science. WEDNESDAY 5 WORLD MUSIC Noon, Music Bowl The UCSB Horn Ensemble performs literature from the Renaissance to modern Jazz. MUSIC EVENT 3 p.m., Music 1145 Veit Erlmann, University of Texas at Austin, is a guest speaker in an event hosted by the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies in Music. GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES 4 p.m., Webb 1100 Student presenters will be featured. "GEORGIE GIRL" 6 p.m., MultiCultural Center The story of Georgina Beyer—a former sex worker of Maori descent and perhaps the first transsexual in the world to be elected to a national office—includes her duties as a member of New Zealand's Parliament. "MERCEDES" 7 p.m., Embarcadero Hall A young Egyptian man emerges from an asylum and finds Cairo a different world of corruption and darkness in this 1993 film. MEREDITH MONK & PICO IYER 8 p.m., Campbell Hall MacArthur "Genius" Award-winner Meredith Monk is a composer, singer, dancer, and director. Monk will discuss ideas of home, the other, creativity, and the global soul in a conversation with writer and part-time local resident Pico Iyer, whose latest book is "Sun After Dark."
THURSDAY 6 
BLACK SEXUALITY TALK7 p.m., I.V. Theater Patricia Hill Collins of the University of Cincinnati talks about intellectual activism and feminist thought by women of color in response to the "new" racism perpetrated by images of black sexuality. FRIDAY 7 "TU OTRO YO" 5:30 p.m., Isla Vista Elementary School Mexico-based street mime Sergio Garcia Perez will entertain children and adults, performing sketches such as "El Torero" and "La Noche de Baile." SUNDAY 9 
ECOLOGY LECTURE3 p.m., Campbell Hall Vandana Shiva is the founding director of the Research Foundation for Science, Technology, and Ecology in New Delhi. She will discuss "Planting Seeds for Change: Women's Struggle against Corporate Control of Biodiversity." MONDAY 10 FOOD FOR THOUGHT Noon, South Hall 4603 Darieck Scott, assistant professor of English with an emphasis in African-American literature, will discuss "The Sexual Scene of Slavery: Notes on Black (Male) Subjectivity and Toni Morrison's 'Beloved'." |
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