ONGOING
Tom Whitaker directs Charles L. Mee's play, "bobrauschenberg-
america," a kaleidoscopic rumination on American themes as well as a study of art and artifice in daily life. Tickets x3535.
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Theatre Works presents a radio play based on the 1925
Scopes Trial that pit Clarence Darrow and evolution theory
against William Jennings Bryan and creationism. Voice
artists include Edward Asner. A pre-concert Tennessee
Buffet at the Faculty Club starts at 6 p.m.; reserve by
Oct. 7 by calling x3096. Performance repeats Saturday
at 2 p.m.
Live and silent auctions of some 300
items, combined with petition signing, panels, and speeches,
will focus on the estimated 50,000 children abducted in
Uganda's civil war. UCSB's Asian American Christian Fellowship
cosponsors the event with the Exchange for Life.
Chinese writer Ha Jin won the National
Book Award for fiction in 1999 and he had been writing
in English for little more than a decade. The paperback
edition of "War Trash" has just been released. Call x3535
for tickets.
Spanish Harlem-born Eddie Palmieri,
a Grammy Award-winning Latin pianist, fuses the rhythms
of Puerto Rico with modern jazz influences. Call x3535
for tickets.
Historian Mario T. García, signs
his book "Padre, the Spiritual Journey of Father Virgil
Cordano."
Filmmaker
Johanna Demetrakas, an IHC visiting artist, will lead
a three-week workshop, "Speaking the Language of Film:
A Filmmaking Workshop." For details: <http://www.ihc.ucsb.edu/events/
event_files/current/demetrakas.html>.
Dr. Lois Jovanovic, head of the Sansum
Diabetes Research Institute, will discuss "The Creation
of an Artificial Pancreatic Beta-Cell: The Means to an
End of Diabetes." Call x4388 for reservations.
Graphic novelist Marjane Satrapi,
who wrote and drew about growing up
during the Islamic Revolution in Iran, will discuss the
process of turning dramatic reality into graphic fiction.
Dr. James Kwako speaks on "Preventing
and Fighting the Flu, Colds, and Other Nasties" in the
first of a free series of health lectures sponsored by
UCSB Staff Assembly.
Former Assembly member Hannah-Beth
Jackson, currently the head of the advocacy group Speak
Out California, will discuss "A Progressive Perspective
on the Propositions."
Frederick Smith, author of "Down For
Whatever," discusses black and Latino men who date women,
sleep with men, but don't publicly identify as gay.
The Friends of the UCSB Library will
sponsor this sale. Call x5509.
A combo will perform the classical
music of North India.
John Davies, CEO of Davies, a strategic
communications firm, will discuss "Good Communications
Skills Required."
Author Richard Parker, a fellow at
Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, talks about lessons
learned from the life of economist John Kenneth Galbraith.
Theological scholar W. Ward Gasque
discusses "Why Has "The Da Vinci Code' Become a Phenomenal
Best-Seller?"
In conjunction with exhibitions featuring
1960s art, a film from that era will be shown on Wednesdays,
followed by a discussion.
A series of independent short films
document the contributions of Asians and Asian Americans
to the world of hip-hop.
Yvon Chouinard, environmentalist and
founder/owner of Patagonia, Inc., will present a lecture
based on his memoir, "Let My People Go Surfing-The Education
of a Reluctant Businessman."
Chancellor Henry T. Yang, Executive
Vice Chancellor Gene Lucas, and the Women's Center welcome
women administrators, faculty, dissertation scholars,
and staff new to UCSB.
The free, final dialogue in the series
"New Visions of Nature, Science, and Religion" will feature
a philosopher from Fuller Theological Seminary and a biologist
from Westmont College. Call x2901 or visit <www.newvisions.ucsb.edu>
for details.
"Shake Hands with the Devil-The Journey
of Roméo Dallaire" focuses on the struggles of UN
peace-keeper Gen. Roméo Dallaire, during the tragic
Rwandan genocide.
Asian American comedienne Kate Rigg's
free show features political satire, song parodies, and
wild characters.
Professor Ronald Rice and undergraduate
author Kier Wallis, from the Department of Communication,
will discuss "Technology and Health Information Privacy:
Consumers and the Adoption of Digital Medical Records
Technology."
The Lok Virsa Bhangra Team will perform
Punjabi dances, songs, drama, and poetry as they existed
in a united (pre-1947) Punjab in this free show.
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In a free show,
the Lok Virsa Bhangra Team from Punjab, India, performs
pre-partition (1947) Punjabi dances, songs, drama,
and poetry in a free show on Oct. 22 at 8 p.m. in
the MultiCultural Center.
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Young leaders from war zones gather
for three, life-changing weeks at the Seeds of Peace International
Camp. A panel discussion with co-director Marjan Safini,
as well as Israeli and Palestinian youths, will follow
the film.
This class will explore how to choose
a long-term care facility. RSVP to x7323..
Photographer Pirkle Jones and Kathleen
Cleaver, a former official of the Black Panthers Party,
will discuss the photographic exhibition on the Black
Panthers.
A pioneer in hip-hop theater, Will
Power portrays seven storytellers. A meet-the-artist discussion
follows.
The Gendarmes du Swing features music
from the 1930s and '40s.
Graduate student Colin Carman will
discuss Percey Bysshe Shelly's relevance to American culture.
Director David LaChapple's free documentary
tracks the evolution of "dance clowning" as part of the
Cup of Culture series.
Environmental Studies Associates present
economist Charles Kolstad, of the Bren School, speaking
on "Here We Go Again: Lessons from the Previous Energy
Crises…What's Different This Time?" Call x4388 to
reserve a space.
Science writer Dava Sobel, the best-selling
author of "Longitude," takes the audience on an illustrated
tour of planets in the solar system.
Mathematician Michael
Atiyah, formerly of Oxford and Cambridge universities
and now an honorary professor at Edinburgh University,
will place historical debates over the nature of space
into a modern context in this free lecture. Call x4111
to reserve a seat.
Activist Yuri Kochiyama will join
her UCSB biographer, Diane Fujino, associate professor
of Asian American studies, for a conversation about her
recent biography "Heartbeat of Struggle: The Revolutionary
Life of Yuri Kochiyama."
Grammy-winner Keb' Mo' returns to
Santa Barbara in a special evening of his unique guitar
playing and singing.
The Bay Area-based Lutsinga Ensemble
performs music influenced by South African rhythms and
rhymes. Call x2064 for tickets.
Dentist Frederic V. Hepps will discuss
dental care and the eldery. RSVP to x7323.
Professor Dick Flacks hosts singer
Arlo Guthrie in conversation with Glen Phillips.
Robin Newman, who founded a human
egg donation program, will discuss how to become a donor.
Angela Davis, who was acquitted on
all charges in a 1972 trial and is now a history professor
at UC Santa Cruz, speaks on "Legacy of the Panthers."
UCSB Affiliates present molecular
biologist Donald Graves, who will discuss the "Effects
of Naturally Occurring Substances in Cinnamon on Insulin
Action: A Possible New Therapy to Treat Diabetes." Call
x4388 to reserve.
Arlo Gutherie performs a special 40th
anniversary celebration of his classic song, "The Alice's
Restaurant Massacree." Arlo performs with his son, Abe,
and Gordon Titcomb. A pre-concert Thanksgiving buffet
will be offered at the Faculty Club; reserve by Oct. 25
by calling x3096.
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Iconic folk singer
Arlo Guthrie comes to Campbell Hall on Nov. 1 at
8 p.m.
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A widow offers shelter to two soliders,
who are enemies and do not understand the other's language.
Dick Hebdige, director of the Interdisciplinary
Humanities Center, will discuss "Un-Imagining Utopia:
Reframing the '60s."
The 13th Annual Santa Barbara Lesbian
and Gay Film Festival presents these film shorts.
Singer/composer/poet, Puerto Rican-born
Lourdes Perez draws from her roots to perform.
Nobel Peace Prize-winner Archbishop
Desmond Tutu talks about "Reconciling Love-A Millennium
Mandate." For information about a private dinner and reception
with Archbishop Tutu, phone x3449.
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South African Archbishop
Desmond Tutu speaks on Nov. 4 at 8 p.m. in the Arlington
Theatre.
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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.
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EXHIBITIONS
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.
Iconic dance concert posters from 1965-1971 are the heart of this exhibition.
Seattle artist James Lawrence Ardeña
re-imagines the political and emotional constructs from
the American colonial period of the Philippines (circa
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