A selective guide to campus events • From 93106, the UCSB faculty and staff newspaper
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ONGOING
Continuing Medical Education
1st and 2nd Wednesdays
8 a.m., Student Health
Classrooms 1 and 2

Women's Support Group
4 p.m., Women's Center
Conference Room
Tuesdays.

Caretakers Support Group
Noon, Women's Center
Conference Room
Second Tuesday of the month.

MONDAY 27

Gender, Race, and Sexuality Workshop
5 p.m., MultiCultural Center Lounge
Participants will explore their own understanding of identity, social roles, and use of labels.

Sonny Rollins

8 p.m., Campbell Hall
Jazz immortal Sonny Rollins, who first recorded in 1949, is back by popular demand. For ticket information, call x3535.

Speed Racer
10 p.m., IV Theater
Tickets $4 at the door.


TUESDAY 28

Men's Baseball
2 p.m., Caesar Uyesaka Stadium
UCSB hosts Cal State Bakersfield

Ballet Preljocaj
8 p.m., The Granada Theater

In "Les 4 Saisons," the dance company performs to Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons." For ticket information, call x3535.

France’s Ballet Preljocaj presents “Les 4 Saisons,” performed to Vivaldi’s revered concerto “The Four Seasons” at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, April 28, at The Granada Theatre. x3535 for ticket information.



WEDNESDAY 29

“Silent Light,” Carlos Reygadas acclaimed film set in a modern-day Mexican Mennonite community, screens at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 29, in Campbell Hall. x3535 for ticket information


51st Annual Carl Snyder Memorial Lecture
2:30 p.m., Corwin Pavilion
Yale University Professor Robert Shiller will speak on "Animal Spirits: How Human Psychology Drives the Economy." Call x3569 for information or to RSVP. Free.

Dissertation Scholars Series
4 p.m., Women's Center Conference Room
Laurel Westbrook speaks on "Vulnerable Subjecthood: The Risks and Benefits of Hate Crime Legislation and Identity-Based Anti-Violence Activism." Free.

Fautrier and the Color of Horror
4 p.m., 1241 Arts
Serge Guilbaut, a scholar of post World War II art in the Americas and Europe, discusses French artist Jean Fautrier's abstract/figurative paintings. Free.

Performing in the Kitchen
4:30 p.m., McCune Conference Room, 6020 HSSB
A screening of "Kitchen Show" will be followed by a discussion of the work of performance artist Bobby Baker. Free.

Economics Town Forum
7:30 p.m., First Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall, 21 E. Constance Ave.
Emeritus professor Elliot Brownlee discusses "Economic Crises and Lessons From the New Deal." Tickets are $8 and $10.

Economics Town Forum 7:30 p.m., First Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall, 21 E. Constance Ave. Emeritus professor Elliot Brownlee discusses “Economic Crises and Lessons From the New Deal.” Tickets are $8 and $10.



THURSDAY 30

THE Social Construction of Strategy
4 p.m., Lane Room, 3824 Ellison
Nicolas Jabko speaks on "The Social Construction of Strategy: How European Elites Agreed on a Market, a currency, and a Constitution." Free.

Mindfulness Meditation
4 p.m., Women's Center Conference Room

Steven Greenhouse
7:30 p.m., Campbell Hall
The author and New York Times labor and employment reporter gives the Regents' Lecture in History. Free.

Steven Greenhouse 7:30 p.m., Campbell Hall The author and New York Times labor and employment reporter gives the Regents’ Lecture in History. Free.


Queer Hip Hop Event
8 p.m., MultiCultural Center Theater
Performances by Last Offence and Julie Potter will be followed by a discussion about the Homohop movement. Free.

MAY


FRIDAY 1

Food Matters: Arts, Activism and Research
8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m., McCune Conference Room, 6020 HSSB
This conference analyzes the role food plays in social justice, functionality, production, consumption, cultural identity, religion, literature, and art. Free.

"Rasta" Sufis and Muslim Youth Culture in Mali
11:00 a.m., 4020 HSSB
Benjamin Soares discusses the changing modalities of religious expression and modes of belonging among Muslim youth in contemporary Mali. Free.

From Main Street to Wall Street: What News Gets Reported and What Does Not
1 p.m., UCen State Street Room
A panel discussion includes Steven Greenhouse, Ann Louise Bardach, and Peter Dreier. Free.


SATURDAY 2

Colloquium: Dynamics of Exchange and Identity
9 a.m., Marine Sciences Auditorium
Patricia Ingham gives a talk titled "Little Nothings: The Squire's Tale and the Ambition of Gadgets." Free.

Children's Mural Day
1 p.m., MultiCultural Center Lounge
Families are invited to learn about the history of murals and to help paint one. Free.


SUNDAY 3

Book Signing
2 p.m., Chaucer's Bookstore, Loreto Plaza, 3321 State St.
Gevirtz School's Collie Conoley and Jane Close Conoley will sign copies of their new book "Positive Psychology and Family Therapy: Creative Techniques and Practical Tools for Guiding Change and Enhancing Growth." Free.

Edina Lekovic
3 p.m., Victoria Hall
Edina Lekovic, communications director for the Muslim Public Affairs Council, speaks on "In Our Own Words: A Changing Social Agenda in Muslim America. Free.

Edina Lekovic, communications director for the Muslim Public Affairs Council, speaks on “In Our Own Words: A Changing Social Agenda in Muslim America. Free.



MONDAY 4

Waltz with Bashir
7:30 p.m., Campbell Hall
The award-winning documentary by Israeli filmmaker Ari Folman investigates the horrors of the 1982 Lebanon war. For ticket information, call x3535.

“Waltz With Bashir,” the animated feature film that won a Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Film, screens at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, May 4, in Campbell Hall.



TUESDAY 5

Portents and Politics in 19th-Century Japan
12:15 p.m., 2252 HSSB
Laura Nenzi will lecture on Kurosawa Tokiko, who was born and raised in Mito domain, where she ran a small temple-school. Free.

Sweet Tea
2 p.m., 2514 Theater and Dance
Author and performance artist E. Patrick Johnson discusses his new book "Sweet Tea: Black Gay Men of the South - An Oral History." A performance of "Pouring Tea: Black Gay Men of the South Tell Their Tales" will follow at 6 p.m. in the MultiCultural Center Theater. RSVP to NewSexualitiesRFG@gmail.com. Free.

Dance Workshop: Meditations on a Groove
3-5 p.m., MultiPurpose Room, SRB
Dance instructor and choreographer Matthew Nelson leads the movement class "Meditations on a Groove." Free.

Race Matters Series
6:30 p.m., MultiCultural Center Lounge
The topic is domestic abuse and communities of color. Free.


WEDNESDAY 6

Luis Oscar Gómez
4 p.m., McCune Conference Room, 6020 HSBB
Luis Oscar Gómez discusses Buddhist literature in a talk titled "Silence and Abstinence: Axes in Religious Belief and Practice." Free.

Dissertation Scholars Series
4 p.m., Women's Center
Conference Room
Emily Hobson will speak on "Imagining Alliance: Queer Anti-Imperialism & Race in California, 1966-1989." Free.

Sing Sing
8 p.m., Campbell Hall
Music and dance explores the cultural links between Aboriginal Australia, Papua New Guinea and West Papua. For ticket information, call x3535.

On its North American debut tour, “Sing Sing” performs music and dance from aboriginal Australia, Papua New Guinea, and West Papua at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, May 6, in Campbell Hall. x3535 for ticket information.



THURSDAY 7

35th Annual B.R. Baker Memorial Lecture
3:30 p.m. 1179 Chemistry
Dr. Christopher Lipinski speaks on "Overcoming Efficacy Failure: Drug Repurposing Is the Positive Face of Drug Discovery Poor Clinical Efficacy Prediction." Free.

Slavery Discourse Before Restoration
4 p.m., Lane Room, 3824 Ellison Hall
Deborah Baumgold discusses "Slavery Discourse Before the Restoration: The Barbara Coast, Justinian's Digest, and Hobbes's Political Theory." Free.

NPR's The Kitchen Sisters
4 p.m., McCune Conference Room, 6020 HSSB
Peabody Award-winning radio producers The Kitchen Sisters present an afternoon of radio, readings and some fine Hidden Kitchen cooking. Free.

Flavors of the Trade Winds
4 p.m., MultiCultural Center Lounge
Gérard Georges Pigeon will read passages from this book and participate in a Q & A session. Free.

Excavating Neolithic Caves in Attica
5 p.m., 2001a HSSB
Giannakopoulou Ioulia (Lilian) Karali will present the case study of recent excavations conducted at Leontari cave in Attica. Free.

Groovenite
8:30-11 p.m., UCen Hub
UCSB's Hip Hop Summit features the award-winning hip hop, funk, and freestyle dance troupe Groovaloos. Free.


FRIDAY 8

Women's Chat: Gender Inequalities: Our Parents, Ourselves
Noon, Women's Center
Conference Room
Amber Buggs leads a conversation on gender roles, generations, and expectations. Free.

Sambadá
8 p.m., MultiCultural Center Theater
The music group presents a mix of samba, capoeira music, funk, reggae, and hip hop. Tickets are $5 and $15 at the door.

An Evening with Les Blank
8 p.m., IV Theater
Screenings of "All In This Tea" and "Yum, Yum, Yum!" will be followed by a discussion with the filmmaker. Tickets are $4 at the door.


SATURDAY 9

Women's Softball
Noon, Caesar Uyesaka Stadium
UCSB Hosts Cal State Fullerton


SUNDAY 10

Men's Baseball
1 p.m., Caesar Uyesaka Stadium
UCSB hosts Cal State Long Beach



EXHIBITIONS
The Sacred Art of Tibet
Through June 14
University Art Museum

Exhibit of Paintings by Julika Lackner
Through April 30
Faculty Club

Affinitas
Through September 30
University Art Museum

Whim & Fancy
May 4-June 26
Faculty Club