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"From the Backbone Forward" is what concert director Stephanie Nugent, associate professor of dance, calls this blend of modern dance. Call x3535 for tickets.
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“Bone Whispers” is
what choreographer Tonia Shimin has contributed to
UCSB’s Spring Dance Concert, which will run
April 13 through 15 in Hatlen Theatre. For details,
call x3535.
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UCSB hosts Univ. of Pacific.
UCSB hosts Cal State Fullerton. Second game at 2 p.m.
More than 60 former members will participate in this free, traditional, Schubertiad, a program of the male part-songs written by Franz Schubert. The Schubertians, under founder and director Carl Zytowski, gave hundreds of concerts and broadcasts in the U.S and in Europe over a 30-year span.
UCSB hosts Stanford.
The UCSB Distinguished Chamber Music Series offers this free opportunity to meet violinist Sarah Chang before her A&L performance on Tuesday.
Biologist Chris Eckart, from Queen's University in Canada, will talk on "Why Do Species Have Limits to Geographical Distribution?"
Classical music star Sarah Chang, accompanied by Ashley Wass on piano, will perform Beethoven's, Sonata No. 9 in A Major, Op. 47, among other pieces. Call x3535 for tickets and information.
Dr. Glen Wollman will speak about "Balancing Your Life" in this free, public lecture.
"Lost Souls" tracks the transformation of Nepalese religious icons and statuary into collectable art objects, and how much has been stolen and sold on the international art market. A Q&A with co-director and producer Natalie Sanderson, University Art Museum curator, will follow the documentary's free screening. Call x5446 for details.
This free master class and combined performance with The Colorado Brass Quintet is open to the public.
The Highland, Heath & Holler troupe brings to life the culture, stories, and music of American folklore with jigs, reels, and ballads. Call x3535 for tickets.
This Latin American Drama Conference will focus on the works of Argentine playwright Griselda Gambaro, including a free, staged reading of her play "Information for Foreigners."
UCLA anthropologist Susan Slyomovics looks at the historically and religiously significant "Mary's Well" in Nazareth, which is meaningfull even if it no longer holds water.
Jane Geddes, University of Aberdeen, talks about the St. Albans Psalter illustrations and what this book says about the abbot who gave it to a woman in religious seclusion.
UC Davis music and art professor Douglas Kahn will address electromagnetism in the arts, media, and talk about how sound is used in the arts. Call x5446 for more information.
This documentary follows artist Edward Burtynsky, known for his large-scale photographs of "manufactured landscapes" like recycling yards and factories, through China.
Featured in this concert are Katherine Arthur, soprano, faculty guitarist John Dearman, and Erin Bonski, graduate pianist. Purchase tickets at the door.
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“Manufactured Landscapes,” which shows on Thursday, April 5, at 7:30 p.m. in Campbell Hall, documents the talent of photographer Edward Burtynski as he discovers the unnatural landscapes of China.
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Employees' pre-registered children are introduced to campus life and activities through UCSB's free Children's Day.
A free, graduate student-led conference, titled "Epistemologies of Torture: Limits, Bodies, Black Sites," includes speakers Alicia Partnoy, torture victim, and author/poet Gail Wronsky.
British scholars Liz Stokoe and Derek Edwards, who specialize in neighbor relationships and disputes, lead this free talk on "Did You Have Permission to Smash Your Neighbor's Door?" Call x5446 for more details.
Xuan Fang, from the People's University in Beijing, will discuss changing relations between Chinese Buddhists and the state in China today. For details, contact x5446.
A free, one-hour tour of the Coal Oil Point Natural Reserve, with docent training to follow, requires advance registration with Jennifer Stroh at 880-1195.
Canada's premier ballet company presents "Minus One," an eight-part performance choreographed by Ohad Naharin. Tickets may be purchased by calling x3535.
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Canada’s Les Grands Ballets
de Montréal explodes on stage at the Arlington Theatre on April 9 at 8 p.m. with a new set of performances choreographed only for their dancers.
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About 85 employers are expected at Career Services' largest career fair of the year. The four-hour job event is aimed at students, but faculty and staff suggestions for improvements are welcome.
Sorbonne University researcher Salim Lamrani will read from essays he edited in "Superpower Principles: U.S. Terrorism Against Cuba," and discuss his views on the "war on terror."
Dr. Bruce Chandler May will offer a free update on sinusitis and bronchitis.
Based on the novel by Jonathan Safran Foer, the film tells about a young man's quest to find the woman who saved his grandfather during the WWII Nazi invasion of the Ukraine.
The Soweto Gospel Choir will perform in six languages, blending Western pop, traditional hymns, and South African harmonies. Contact x3535 for details and tickets.
The UCSB Opera Theatre presents a fully staged production of Purcell's opera of the tragic Greek myth "Dido and Aeneas." Steven Kronauer is musical director. Tickets will be available at the door. Repeats on Thursday and Friday.
The anime-derived paintings of Takashi Murakami explore humiliation/infantilization themes that, IHC Director Dick Hebdige argues, gives Japanese visual culture its "perverse cast." Call x5446
for details.
UCSB ecologist Josh Shimel, paleogeologist Bruce Tiffney, and sustainability coordinator Katie Maynard lead a discussion of issues raised in Elizabeth Kolbert's "Field Notes from a Catastrophe."
Arizona State University's Jane Maienschein discusses how history may provide lessons for today's stem cell researchers and the public. Call x2901 for details.
Stock exchange president Jerry Putnam will deliver the Herb Kay Memorial Lecture. Limited space; RSVP to x3569.
Ishle Yi Park, the poet laureate of Queens, New York, and will perform a blend of poetry and song during this free reading.
Arizona State philosopher Richard Creath examines the uses of tolerance in the thought of Rudolf Carnap, one on the major philosophers of the 20th century.
The Celso Duarte Quintet mixes classically trained harpists and jazz players. Contact the A.S. Ticket Office at x2064 for tickets.
The founders of the MultiCultural Drama Company and Hail to the Piece will host a retrospective show of comedic work from each company to benefit the center. Call x8411 for details.
UCLA Holocaust scholar Saul Friedlander will discuss and sign his new book, "The Years of Extermination: Nazi Germany and the Jews."
Contact x2317 for details.
Best-selling author Amy Tan ("The Joy Luck Club") will be joined by esteemed author Pico Iyer to discuss her recently released novel and other works. Contact x3535 for tickets.
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Novelists Amy Tan and Pico Iyer talk stories on April 15 at 4 p.m. in Campbell Hall.
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Kapil Raj, of the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris, discusses science in a global context in this free event. Call x2901.
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EXHIBITIONS
Featuring 22 types of musical instruments, this sample from UCSB's Eichheim Collection represents the countries associated with the web of trade routes that connected China to the Mediterranean for hundreds of years, a system known as the Silk Road.
Through April 13
Local quilters and fabric artists Carol Fay and Jenn Figg have their work on display in the Women's Center's new headquarters in the Student Resource Building.
Large format landscapes from around the world are the specialty of nature photographer Steve Hinkley, son of a faculty member in the Department of Statistics and Applied Probabilty. |
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