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Contact Carola Alden,
x3434
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Timothy Williamson of Oxford University will discuss “Probabilistic
Anti-luminosity.”
Noted for its repertoire of contemporary works by master choreographers,
Lyon Opera Ballet features imaginative productions. A pre-concert
French buffet will be served at the Faculty Club only before
today’s show. Repeats Tuesday, with a meet-the-artists
discussion afterwards.
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| Lyon Opera Ballet’s dynamic
dancers perform twice for UCSB audiences, once on Oct.
4 at 8 p.m. in Campbell Hall and again at the same time
and place on Oct. 5.
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Psychologist Larry Bascom will discuss how to encourage your
children’s cooperation in “How to Escape the Battles
with Your Child.”
Elena Centeno-García will discuss “Geology and
Tectonic Evolution of Western Mexico.”
Banned in Iran, this satire tells the story of Reza, a petty
thief who escapes from prison by stealing the robes of an Islamic
cleric, and the unexpected treatment he receives.
UCSB hosts Cal State Fullerton.
Filmed at the start of the Iraq War, this behind-the-scenes
documentary about Al-Jazeera, the Arab news network, bares issues
of journalistic objectivity and nationalism.
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| “Control Room” looks
at some of the people who worked for Al Jazeera Arab
news network at the start of the Iraq War last year.
It screens on Oct. 6 at 7:30 p.m. in Campbell Hall.
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Frederique Apffell-Marglin discusses a vision for the Andes
and the Andean High Amazon based on ancestral agricultural practices
and knowledge for a more sustainable and culturally appropriate
future.
Barry Lynn, executive director of Americans United for Separation
of Church and State, will discuss “Investigating the War
on Terrorism: Abu Ghraib and the Underside of the Conflict in
Iraq.”
UCSB hosts UC San Diego.
“Sideways,”
a feature film shot in Santa Barbara and the surrounding wine
country, has many locals as cast and crew. This film, directed
by Alexander Payne, is a Film Studies Department benefit. Tickets
at the door; call x8675.
Pulitzer Prize-winner Seymour Hersh, who exposed the My Lai
massacre in Vietnam, has recently reported in the New Yorker
magazine on the intelligence and military quagmire in Iraq.
His new book is “Chain of Command: The Road from 9/11
to Abu Ghraib.” General $12, students $10.
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| One of America’s best investigative
journalists, Seymour Hersh, speaks out on Sunday, Oct.
10, at 1 p.m. in Campbell Hall.
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Award-winning jazz saxophonist Branford Marsalis fronts a stellar
group– Joey Calderazzo on piano, Eric Revis on bass, and
Jeff “Tain” Watts on drums.
The flute duo of Jill Felber and Claudia Anderson, with guest
pianist Dianne Cross, offer a benefit concert for the UCSB Music
Affiliates Scholarship Fund. A reception follows the concert.
Tickets at the door cost $15 general and $7 students. For advance
tickets, call x4388.
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| Flutists Jill Felber, left, and
Claudia Anderson perform on Sunday, Oct. 10, at 7:30
p.m. at the Unitarian Society in Santa Barbara.
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Chris Hedges, veteran New York Times correspondent of conflicts
throughout the world, will lecture based on his best-selling
book—“War Is a Force that Gives Us Meaning”—that
argues life is lived most intensely in times of war.
Four staff members discuss ”What is Restorative Justice?”
The History Associates present a panel discussion with Mary
Furner, Nelson Lichtenstein, John Majewski, and Alice O’Connor
from
UCSB Department of History.
RSVP to x4388.
The Son Luna trio performs the music of Veracruz.
This documentary film explores the changes that have occurred
for lesbians, gays, bisexual, transgender, and intersex people
living in the developing nations.
Created by UCSB faculty members Catherine Cole and Christopher
Pilafian, this unique dance theatre piece explores the limitations
and remarkable capabilities of a one-legged dancer.
Take a trip through the irreverent minds of African-American
performance artists LeVan D. Hawkins and Alexander Thomas as
they examine the impact of race on their lives.
Academics, activists, and performance artists from around the
world will make presentations on Third World cultures and politics,
and truth commissions/violence/rights. The free conference continues
Saturday. Call 898-0880 for more information.
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| Performance artists LeVan D. Hawkins,
left, and Alexander Thomas bring their show, “Black
Stuff,” to the MultiCultural Center on Oct. 14
at 8 p.m.
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Celebrate five years of service to the lesbian, gay, bisexual,
transgender, and intersex communities and their allies at UCSB.
RSVP to x5847 or e-mail rcsgd@sa.ucsb.edu.
Playwright Tony Kushner is author of the Pulitzer Prize-, Tony-,
and Emmy award-winning play “Angels in America.”
Kushner will discuss faith, death, and life in an on-stage interview
with actor Jeff Bridges.
The Forè-Foté group, which is dedicated to the
education and preservation of traditional music and dance of
West Africa, will perform. Ticket information is at x3535.
This free, all-day conference brings together scholars from
across the nation to discuss “The Medieval Pilgrimage:
History, Art, Literature, and Virtual Reality.” Call Edward
English at x3167 or e-mail him at English@history.ucsb.edu.
See dynamic experiments and the remarkable images the new Micro-Environmental
Imaging & Analysis Facility can create. To RSVP, or for
an imaging appointment, please call Jose Saleta at x5892, or
go to the Web: <http://www.bren.ucsb.edu/facilities/MEIAF>.
UCSB hosts Long Beach State.
Chalmers Johnson, author of the prophetic bestseller “Blowback:
The Costs and Consequences of American Empire,” will offer
his view on U.S. militarism. Ticket information is at x3535.
One of Portugal’s best-known singers, Mariza embodies
the poetic mystery of the fado style, which is poised between
regret and joy. Stay after the performance for a meet-the-artist
discussion.
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| One of Portugal’s best-known
singers, called only Mariza, specializes in the sad
(or passionate) fados, which will be featured when she
visits on Oct. 18 at 8 p.m. in Campbell Hall.
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EXHIBITIONS
Internationally
recognized artist Kay Rosen presents recent, large-scale wall
painting and collages whose theme focuses on the use of language.
Artist Marilyn
LaGrone Amaral combines spirituality, humor, and cultural myth
in her color-filled paintings and mixed media masks.
UCSB alumnus and
Dos Pueblos High art teacher Kevin Gleason displays ”Cycles,
Animated and Anotated.” A reception is set for Oct. 14
at 4:30 p.m.
Period
photographs, sketches, and watercolors created by architect
Lutah Maria Riggs during a tour of Mexico in the 1920s are featured.
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