Cable Channel 21 in Santa Barbara carries most UCSB programs. In addition, the programs below can be seen on Dish Network satellite (channel 9412) as well as on the Internet or UCTV’s “video-on-demand” at <www.uctv.tv>. For a complete program schedule, visit <www.uctv.tv/schedule>.
Jan. 7, 10 p.m.: “Regenerative Medicine in Historical Context: From Transplantation to Translation” is Arizona State University professor Jane Maienschein’s contribution to the UCSB series New Visions of Nature, Science, and Religion.
Jan. 8, 10 p.m.: Oregon State University professor Paul Farber weighs nature’s role in human actions in “Biology and Ethics.”
Jan. 9, 8 p.m.: “The Future of Multi-Media Digital News and Cultural Networks” is the umbrella topic under which researchers, broadcasters, and media entrepreneurs present their visions.
Jan. 10, 9 p.m.: International experts discuss using the media to improve public responses to environmental problems in “Media and the Environment: Reporting the Environment.”
Jan. 12, 8 p.m.: “Clarence Barlow” is the composer himself, and this UCSB faculty member presents samples of his work in both classical and electroacoustical genres. |
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UCSB hosts the 2-day Elephant Bar Invitational. Continues on Saturday.
UCSB hosts Cal State Northridge.
Departmental representatives will receive two hours of training in handling questions and United Way forms to prepare for the campus campaign. Repeats at 9:30 a.m. in the same location on Wednesday. Call co-chair Dave Bothman (x4125) for details or see <www.ia.ucsb.edu/uw/reps-job.shtml>.
The Sundance Audience Award-winning documentary features a wealth of never before seen footage from the Apollo moon shot program and interviews with the remaining dozen or so surviving moon voyage astronauts. Call x3535 for tickets.
This harrowing film is the true tale of the fateful voyage of Donald Crowhurst, an amateur yachtsman who embarked on the first solo, non-stop boat race around the world. News video and excerpts from Crowhurst's journals are incorporated as well as 16 mm footage from the deck of the vessel. Call x3535 for tickets.
Deadline for submission of nominations. See rules posted at <http://senate.ucsb.edu/index.cfm>.
UCSB music faculty Helen Callus, viola, and Robert Koenig, piano, present a program featuring classic works with references to months and seasons. Tickets are available at the door.
These ambassadors of Latin American classical music are often credited in Mexico for fostering the emergence of a new generation of string players. They will perform works by composers Francisco Mignone, Gabriela Ortiz, Reza Vali, Jorge Torres Saenz, and more in this historic house. Repeats at 5 p.m. Limited seating. Call x3535 for ticket information.
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These bashful musicians, who call themselves the Cuarteto Latinoamericano, will play in the historic Eichheim House on Jan 13; call x3535 for details
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Co-sponsored by the UCSB Music Affiliates, the UCSB Gamelan Ensemble, directed by Michael Pievac, performs as a part of the Santa Barbara Symphony's International Percussion Festival. For festival information, see <http://www.thesymphony.org>. For tickets, call the Lobero box office, 963-0761.
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Under the direction of Michael Pievac, UCSB’s Gamelan Ensemble will perform the music of Java on Jan. 13 at 7:30 p.m. during the Santa Barbara Symphony’s International Percussion Festival. Call 963-0761 for tickets.
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Terence Blanchard, a Grammy Award-winning trumpet player and composer for the Monterey Jazz Festival, will be featured in this free workshop and will hold a question and answer session with UCSB students.
Columbia University's Henning Schulzrinne will speak on "The Vision and Reality of Ubiquitous Computing" in his free talk.
John Johnson, curator of anthropology at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History since 1986, will discuss "Migrations in California Prehistory: Insights Derived from Mitochondrial DNA Evidence." The genetic evidence provides new insights about the population prehistory of Yokuts, Uto-Aztecan, and Chumashan peoples.
On its 50th anniversary, the festival presents musical heavyweights, including trumpet player Terence Blanchard, who rose to prominence with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, and saxophonist James Moody, a 60-year veteran of the scene. Call x3535 for tickets.
Social critic Mark Crispin Miller, professor of media, culture, and communication at New York University, will give a free lecture on "Loser Takes All: Election, Fraud and the Subversion of Democracy, 2000-2008."
UC Irvine's Alexander Gelley, professor of comparative literature, discusses "Weak Messianism: Recovery and Prefiguration in Benjamin's 'Arcades Project'" as part of the Wittenstein lecture series.
Jeffrey Eugenides, author of "The Virgin Suicides" and "Middlesex," has had his fiction appear in many national and international publications including the New Yorker and The Paris Review. Books will be available for purchase and signing. Call x3535 for tickets.
Nobel Laureate economist and microcredit entrepreneur Muhammad Yunus offers a free lecture based on his new book, "Creating a World Without Poverty," which will outline an original business model combining the power of free markets with the quest for a more humane world. Call x3535 for details about getting a free copy of his book.
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Nobel Laureate Muhammed Yunus offers a free talk on “Creating a World Without Poverty” on Jan 16 at 8 p.m. in the Arlington Theatre.
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Linda Gordon, an award-winning historian of gender and race, will discuss WW II internment camp photographs taken by Dorothea Lange that have never been published. She will focuses on how the camps eroded male power and threatened masculinity, and to the extent these themes are present in Lange's photography.
The UCSB Percussion Ensemble, directed by Jon Nathan, performs "Rhythm Rainbow" with Colin Currie (solo percussionist), Will Hudgins (Boston Symphony Orchestra), Michael Werner (Metropolitan Opera), and Perry Dreiman (Los Angeles Philharmonic) as part of the Santa Barbara Symphony's International Percussion Festival. For festival information, see <http://www.thesymphony.org>.
Award-winning author Michael Pollan considers what science does and does not know about diet and health in his talk "In Defense of Food--An Eater's Manifesto." Call x3535 for tickets.
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UC Berkeley journalism professor Michael Pollan presents “In Defense of Food—An Eater’s Manifesto” on Jan. 17 in Campbell Hall.
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New York University's Linda Gordon, a leading feminist scholar and expert on photographer Dorothea Lange, is the author of "Women's Body, Women's Right: the History of Birth Control in America," among other prize-winning works.
Guest artist Michael Werner, percussionist for the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, will work with UCSB students. This free class is co-sponsored by the Santa Barbara Symphony as part of the International Percussion Festival in Santa Barbara.
Kihlstedt, a founding member of the Tin Hat Trio, visits Santa Barbara to share her solo project, Two Foot Yard, using both her violin and her voice simultaneously.
The artist performs and discusses her work, including collaborations with choreographers.
The artist holds a question/answer session on composing music from both inside and outside of the classical traditions.
The artist will address the topic "Music as Collage."
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EXHIBITIONS
L. Frank is a native Californian artist, basket maker, and activist from the Tongva/Achamem tribes who sees her art as furthering cultural preservation.
Six architectural firms working on projects in London's East End respond to the diversity of urban life.
"First Person" and "Portrait of an Archive: Selections from the Architecture and Design Collection" are on display.
"Too Small to See-2" uses hands-on activities to help visitors understand the nanoworld's structure and properties, and how science can manipulate them. |
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