ONGOING
Tom Whitaker directs Charles L. Mee's play, "bobrauschenbergamerica," a kaleidoscopic rumination on American themes. Tickets x3535.
Under the direction of Tonia Shimin, the annual concert features the choreography of advanced UCSB Division of Dance students along with new works by faculty members.
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Alexander McCall Smith, creator of the best-selling The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, will talk about his new "The Sunday Philosophy Club" series.
Tenor Salvatore Licitra's master class with UCSB voice students is free and open to the public.
Sociologist Mark Juergensmeyer, director of the Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies, will examine the war of (and on) terror with UCSB colleagues Melvin Oliver, Kathleen Moore, and Michael Stohl in a panel about the global rise of religious violence.
"The World" casts an eye on the loves, friendships, and desperate dreams of the twenty-somethings who come from China's remote provinces to work at Beijing's World Park. English subtitles.
The UCSB Affiliates Spirituality & Culture series presents Jeanette Favrot Perterson, associate professor of history of art & architecture, discussing "Sacred Cloth and Veiled Body: Guadalupe's Tilma and Other Relic-Textiles." Call x4388 to reserve seats.
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A young woman walks in the rain past a miniature Doge’s Palace in Beijing’s World Park in a scene from "The World," which screens with English subtitles on Nov. 7 at 7:30 p.m. in Campbell Hall.
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Classicist Albert Leonard, from the University of Arizona, will discuss "Wine Making in the Ancient Mediterranean World." Free for UCSB employees and students, but call x8134 for reservations.
Richard R. Hamilton, an advocate for those with HIV/AIDS, facilitates a discussion on HIV/AIDS in communities of color, using Los Angeles as a model.
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Tasha Himebauch
portrays the lead character’s mother in “bobrauschenberg-america,”
which continues its run at the Performing Arts Theatre
on Tuesday, Nov. 8. See Ongoing
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The UCSB Gamelan Ensemble, composed of metallic percussion instruments, performs Indonesian music.
Jackie Steves from the Department of Law & Society will discuss "AgoraXchange: The Pedagogy of a Distributed Online Global Politics Game."
This training on how to handle sexual harassment among employees is for faculty and supervisors of professional staff. To reserve a place, call x3778.
Co-director Nicholas Roeg's 1970 film is about a psychotic East London gangster who finds perfect cover in a guest house run by a one-time rock superstar, played by Mick Jagger.
"Atash" chronicles dispossession, intergenerational strife, and patriarchal power through one Palestinian family. English subtitles.
Yossi Klein Halevi, Israel correspondent for The New Republic, explores the question "Dismantling the Settlements: Road Map to Peace?" and signs copies of his book.
Michael Gazzaniga, UCSB professor of psychology, leads a panel in discussing "Multidimensional Aspects of the Mind: the Interdisciplinary Approach." The free panel launches the SAGE Center for the Study of the Mind at UCSB.
Terri Dow-Velasquez & Gilbert Velasquez will teach American Indian beading techniques.
The Center for Research in Electronic Art Technology presents a free concert in the computer medium.
Lester P. Monts discusses how the University of Michigan's victories in recent affirmative action lawsuits solidifies commitment to diversity in higher education.
Two legends of Bulgarian and Romani wedding music, saxophonist Yuri Yunakov and clarinetist Ivo Papasov, bring their high-energy music to UCSB.
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Clarinetist Ivo Papasov and saxophonist Yuri Yunakov bring Bulgarian bebop to Campbell Hall on Nov. 14 at 8 p.m.
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Trainer Andrew Kim will lead a free session on flexibility and relaxation techniques. Call x7323 to reserve a place.
Abrams Art Prizes assist talented undergraduate and graduate student artists. Rita Ferri will lead this workshop about grant writing, preparation, and presentation of entries.
Etel Adnan, a Lebanese American poet, painter, and essayist will read from her intimate investigation of war and peace, and other issues.
Victor Bell conducts the UCSB Gospel Choir.
Organizer Sara Caputo will lead a session in which people will learn five simple techniques you can immediately apply as you "R.E.S.C.U.E. Yourself!"
Alternative Radio founder David Barsamian will speak on "Media, Propaganda, and Iraq" and sign his book.
Anthropologist Mike Gurven will present
"The Evolution of Human Longevity" for his Harold J. Plous
Award lecture.
A burned-out beach bum (Jeff Bridges) and his best friend, a disfigured Vietnam veteran, stumble on a murder cover-up. Free.
Celebrating American Indian Heritage Month, author, musician, and UCLA professor Joy Harjo presents an evening of poetry, "How We Became Human." A reception follows.
The human cost of nuclear weapons, emphasizing the devastation of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, is the focus of this documentary. Executive producer Mary Becker will join in a Q&A after the screening.
Sean Newhouse, music director of the Young Musicians Foundation Debut Orchestra in Los Angeles, leads the symphony in works by Beethoven, Sibelius, and Haydn
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Poet Joy Harjo reads her work on
Nov. 16, 7 p.m., in the MultiCultural Center.
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Diane Fujino, associate professor
of Asian studies, speaks on "Locating Asian Americans
in the Black Panther Party."
"The Listening Eye: 40 years of Psychedelic Art" is the title of a panel with Victor Moscoso, Stanley Mouse, and Wes Wilson, three graphic designers featured in the UAM's "High Society" exhibition
Introduced by Charles Wolfe, professor of film studies, "One, Two, Three" is a Billy Wilder film that is a fast paced, Cold War comedy that skewers East and West.
3rd Eye Open is a poetry collective consisting of activists, musicians, and community servants who promote happiness, unity and widespread social change.
Conductor Paul Bambach, leads the Wind Ensemble in its first concert of the season.
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An international poetry collective, called 3rd Eye Open, blends words and rhythms on Nov. 17 at 8 p.m. in a free performance at Isla Vista Theater.
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Bring and share desserts and treats
from around the world in this annual afternoon of deliciousness!
To submit desserts, contact Luniya Msuku at
msuku-l@sa.ucsb.edu.
Historian Carol Lansing describes Mediterranean civil customs.
The 30th Annual Harvest Dinner is
a semi-formal dinner and fundraiser for American Indian
programs and, eventually, a scholarship fund. E-mail your
address and phone number to Isaac.Aguilar@sa.ucsb.edu
or call x4292. Reservation requested by Nov. 9.
The choirs present a concert of a cappella works including medieval music by Hildegard von Bingen as well as works, by Grieg, Verdi, and others.
The yearly 5K/10K walk or run costs $20. Reigister on race day or online <www.essr.ucsb.edu/recsports>.
Music from the Jewish world follows a route from Turkey, Greece, and Eastern Europe to the Middle East.
A silent film made in 1916, "Purity" stars Audrey Munson, a model for numerous Beaux Arts sculptors. Once thought lost, this Santa Barbara Flying "A" Studios print was recently discovered in France. Pianist Michael Mortilla will accompany the screening.
Steven Kronauer directs the program
featuring the Act II opening selections from Strauss's
"Die Fledermaus," as well as arias from Gounod's "Faust,"
Mozart's "Don Giovanni," and others.
The work of Scottish landscape sculptor Andy Goldsworthy, who creates ephemeral art from wood, leaves, stone and ice, is back by popular demand.
Director John Dearman, leads the UCSB ensemble.
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EXHIBITIONS
Iconic dance concert posters from 1965-1971 are the heart of this exhibition.
The photographic essay by Ruth Marion Baruch and Pirkle Jones looks at the families as well as leaders of the Black Panthers political action group.
Seattle artist James Lawrence Ardeña
re-imagines the political and emotional constructs from
the American colonial period of the Philippines (circa
1898- 1945) through recycled objects. |
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