UCTV is cablecast over the Santa Barbara
Channels, (Cox) Channel 21, from 1p.m. to 4 p.m., Monday
through Friday, and from 8 p.m. to midnight, Saturday
and Sunday. UCSB TV programs air on Chan. 21 weekdays
from 7-11p.m., and 6-8 p.m. on weekends.
Jan. 10, 3 p.m.: Conference keynoter
Robert C. Hagerty speaks on “Innovation: Defining
the Horizon.”
Jan. 12, 3 p.m.: Haitian American author
Edwidge Danticat reads from her work.
Jan. 13, 1 p.m.: Survivor Ruth Kluger
tells her story in “Still Alive: A Holocaust Girlhood
Remembered.”
Jan. 18, 2:30 p.m.: Pulitzer Prize-winning
reporter Seymour Hersh speaks about “Investigating
the War on Terrorism: Abu Ghraib and the Underside of
the Conflict in Iraq.”
Jan. 19, 1 p.m.: Rabbi James Rudin and
Prof. Akbar S. Ahmed discuss “Judaism and Islam:
A Conversation.” 3 p.m.: Former
UN official Gillian Sorensen asks, “The U.S. and
the U.N.: Can This Marriage Be Saved?”
Jan. 20, 1 p.m.: UCSB sociologist G.
Reginald Daniel looks at “More Than Black? Multiracial
Identity and the New Racial Order.” Repeats on Jan.
22 at 11 p.m.
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UCSB hosts E-Bar Collegiate
Invitational.
UCSB hosts E-Bar Collegiate
Invitational.
UCSB hosts USC
UCSB hosts Idaho.
Canadian vocalist k.d. lang sings everything from Patsy Cline country to Tony Bennett crooning. As the theme for this concert, lang interprets songs by her favorite Canadian songwriters?Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, Neil Young, Jane Siberry, and Bruce Cockburn. Call x3535 for tickets.
Christopher Phelps, Ohio State historian of the American left, discusses Caribbean writer C. L. R. James in a free lecture.
An epic of martial arts and beautiful settings, the Chinese film stars Jet Li, Tony Leung, Maggie Cheung, and Ziyi Zhang. English subtitles. Ticket information at x3535.
?What You Should Know about Long-Term Care Insurance? will be presented by insurance broker Diane Doiron to help employees understand the basic issues. Reserve a place by calling the Work/Life Office at x7323.
This free panel discussion, led by the Student Commission on Racial Equality (S.C.O.R.E.) and El Congreso, will focus on domestic policies regarding militarization, the war on drugs, U.S. foreign policy, and terrorism.
The MCC reinitiates its free Wednesday evening social with coffee and conversation.
Lebanese filmmaker Akram Zaatari?s will present four of his short films, none of which is longer than 32 minutes, which explore themes as diverse as gay male sexuality in Lebanon and a biography of an early Armenian/Egyptian photographer.
Meet ?Lucid Dreams? photographer Alireza ?Kambiz? Aghill, a Ph.D. candidate from Iran who works in black-and-white as well as color. His exhibition opens today.
Community members and past and current members of El Congreso discuss the 40-year history of Chicano/Chicana activism on campus.
UCSB hosts Cal Poly.
A new 35-mm print of the original, uncut Japanese version (minus Raymond Burr) of this monster classic, complete with its anti-nuclear age warnings, makes Godzilla even more fearsome. English subtitles. Call x3535 for ticket details.
Scott Stossel, senior editor of the Atlantic Monthly and author of ?Sarge: The Life and Times of Sargent Shriver,? will discuss ?Making a Better America: The Politics of the 1960s and the Legacy of Sargent Shriver.? Also appearing at this free lecture will be Bobby Shriver, son of Sargent Shriver and a member of the Santa Monica City Council.
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Chicano/a activism at UCSB
is the focus of a discussion on Jan. 13 at 6 p.m.
in the MultiCultural Center.
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The nuclear nightmare film
monster called “Godzilla” will be
unleashed in its original, uncut Japanese version
on Jan. 13 at 7:30 p.m. in Campbell Hall.
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UCSB hosts UC Davis.
UCSB hosts UC Davis.
UCSB hosts UC Davis.
Tejumola Olaniyan, professor of English and African languages at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, will discuss his new book, ?Arrest the Music,? about the late Nigerian pop musician and social critic Fela Anikulapo Kuti, originator of the ?Afrobeat? sound.
Nine young poets?an all-star roster of poetry slam winners?speak from the heart about love, dreams, self-respect, politics, and more. This show won the 2003 Tony Award for Best Special Theatrical Event. Call x3535 for prices.
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Russell Simmon’s Def
Poetry Jam group will perform from the heart on
Jan. 18 at 8 p.m. in Campbell Hall.
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Psychologist Don MacMannis, co-executive director of the Family Therapy Institute of Santa Barbara, will review applications from the latest research on healthy family and brain functioning, including how to improve social and emotional intelligence.
Carlos Mateo Balmelli, the president of the National Senate of Paraguay and a Regents? Lecturer in the Department of Political Science, will discuss ?Democracy in Latin America? in this free public lecture. A reception will follow.
Short films dealing with multi-ethnic, Asian-American identities will be screened and discussed by visual and performance artist Kip Fulbeck, chair of the Art Department.
UCSB Affiliates presents historian Nelson Lichtenstein, director of the Center for the Study of Work, Labor, and Democracy, who will discuss ?Wal-Mart: Template for 21st Century Capitalism?? Call x4388 for reservations.
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Fulbeck discusses Hapa short films on Jan. 19
at the MultiCultural Center.
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L.A.-based artist Rafael López will discuss his work.
A free talk on ?The Politics of Gender: Pollock and Krasner, Rauschenberg and Johns? will be presented by UAM Director
Bonnie Kelm.
A young Colombian woman gambles on
a better life by working as a cocaine ?mule.? Call x3535
for ticket information.
UCSB hosts Pacific University.
The IHC Research Focus Group in Modernist
Studies presents the winter quarter ?Topics in Modernism?
symposium.
Armenian-born musicians Souren Barnonian,
Haig Manoukian, and Polly Tapia Ferber will perform their
unique fusion of jazz and traditional Middle Eastern musical
forms. Call x2064 for tickets.
Renowned translator Stephen Mitchell
has translated literature as diverse as the poetry of
Rilke and The Book of Job for readers of English. He will
discuss his work with author Pico Iyer.
Writer/singer/musician Laurie Anderson
returns to Santa Barbara with a wide-ranging solo show,
?The End of the Moon.? It features music for violin and
electronics. Anderson will draw on her recent experiences
as NASA?s first artist-in-residence. Performance repeats
on Tuesday night.
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Multi-talented singer Laurie
Anderson performs on Jan. 24 and 25 in Campbell
Hall.
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EXHIBITIONS
Photographer Alireza ?Kambiz? Aghili, a Ph.D. candidate in computer science at UCSB, is the featured artist. Opening reception is Thursday, Jan. 13, at 4 p.m.
Los Angeles-based artist Rafael López will be featured. Opening reception is on Jan. 20 at 3 p.m., followed by a lecture by López at 4 p.m.
Featured are period photographs, sketches, and watercolors created by architect Lutah Maria Riggs during a tour of Mexico in the 1920s.
Recognized as among the nation?s top 25 private collections, the Marsha S. Glazer Collection consists of monumental paintings and sculptures by artists who are recognized for redefining modern art.
Paintings and prints by Konrad McMillian and wood turnings by his son Christopher McMillian will be featured.
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