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Dramatic Art and Dance Department's Theatre UCSB presents four explorative dances choreographed by advanced students under the direction of faculty member Stephanie Nugent, and a re-staged Jose Limon suite directed by Alice Condodina, professor emerita. Tickets x3535.
<http://orgs.sa.ucsb.edu/sbdc/>
Contact Carola Alden, x3434 |
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Dancers Marcos
Duran, front, and, behind from left, Beth Dobinson,
Gina Schmidt, Erin Simons, and Jamie Kolpas strike
a position from Jose Limon?s ?Psalm? in ?Ephemeral/Indelible:
A Concert in Motion? at the Hatlen Theatre on April
13-15.
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UCSB hosts Pacific University.
UCSB hosts Pacific University.
UCSB hosts UC Davis.
UCSB hosts the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate
Tournament, which continues on April 4.
Author and Deputy District Attorney Joyce Dudley will read and sign her new book, "Intoxicating Agent." Gather for a brown bag event and discover how Dudley's real life informs her fiction.
The late Dan Eldon, whose blossoming career was cut short at age 22, is described by biographer Jennifer New in a free talk introducing Eldon's work.
Author Anne Lamott and singer-songwriter Mary Chapin Carpenter join forces for a special evening. Books will be available for signing. Ticket information at x3535.
George Clooney's vivid historical drama chronicles the real-life conflict between freedom and fear, as represented by television newsman Edward R. Murrow and U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy, who speaks for himself in archival footage. UCSB students free with valid ID; tickets for all others.
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David Strathairn, right, as pioneering broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow, reviews footage with his producer, George Clooney as Fred Friendly, in ?Good Night, and Good Luck,? which shows on Wednesday, April 5, in Campbell Hall.
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"Doing Race Research in Education in the New Civil Rights Era" is the topic of Mica Pollock, associate professor from Harvard University's Graduate School of Education.
UC Berkeley's Laura Stoker, professor of political science, will discuss "Aging, Generations, and the Development of Partisan Polarization in the United States."
For over 30 years this 10-man, Zulu a cappella group has moved audiences with the music of South Africa. A pre-concert South African buffet will be served at the Faculty Club at 6 p.m.; call x3096 for buffet details.
Children's Day will introduce children, ages 5 to 14, to the campus through fun, educational activities. A description of the free half-day of events, as well as registration and consent forms, are at: <http://childcare.sa.ucsb.edu/childrensday/>. Contact x5462 for more details.
The first spring quarter meeting of the research focus group starts with Howard Giles, professor of communication, and Dave Hamilton, professor of psychology, discussing the social psychology of music and related sub-disciplines. For more information see: <http://www.ihc.ucsb.edu/research/media.html>.
Former heads of the UCSB Associated Students gather in a free community forum to discuss issues and take questions from the public. Call x3374 for details.
Tours and presentations introduce prospective students and their families to UCSB.
"Manuscript Culture in the Middle Ages: Production, Transmission and Use" is the conference theme. For more information and registration visit <http://medievalstudies.ucsb.edu>.
Soprano Ashley Harrell will perform her senior recital accompanied by Sarah Broomell on the piano. The free program includes works by Scarlatti, Schubert, Milhaud, and Heggie.
Frank Rich, the long-time theater
critic and current Op-Ed columnist for The New York Times,
will make a rare public appearance. Rich writes about
the intersection of culture and news. His pre-signed books
will be available. Tickets: x3535.
Kathy Eldon, founder of the Creative
Visions Foundation, will speak about her son's photographs
that UAM currently has on display. Reservations required
by April 5. Call x2951.
Free talks will be presented by anthropologists Elizabeth Klarich, who has been working in the Peruvian and Bolivian Andes and directs excavations in the Lake Titicaca Basin, and Ian Lindsay, who has been working in Armenia as part of an Armenian-American expedition searching for ancient Transcaucasian societies.
Author Bernard-Henri Lévy's lecture will assess the resurgence of anti-Semitism in Europe today and how the Israeli-Palestinian conflict became the symbolic center of so much "progressivist" thinking. Books by Lévy will be available for signing at this free event.
The free public lecture by former
tobacco company insider Jeffrey Wigand focuses on "What
Do You Do with What You Know-The Power of One." Wigand
is the former tobacco industry insider who publicly told
what he knew.
The University of Washington's
W. Lance Bennett, professor of
political science and communication, will speak on "The
Semi-Independent Press: The Battle for Public Information
in the U.S. from Iraq to Hurricane Katrina."
The College of Creative Studies presents "Spiral Forms and Music," the theme of Luigi Irlandini's free talk.
A free public forum on the impact
of U.S. policies on global reproductive health and the
rights of women and families around the world will be
followed by a reception.
The first Chinese, and one of the youngest contestants, to claim top honors at the International Chopin Piano Competition, Yundi Li is noted for his technique. His program includes Mozart, Schumann, and Chopin. Tickets at x3535.
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Chinese pianist Yundi Li will perform on April 11 at 8 p.m. in Campbell Hall.
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Historian Nelson Lichtenstein will talk about his new book, "Wal-Mart: The Face of 21st-Century Capitalism," which is based on a UCSB conference by the same title, and Santa Barbara City Councilman Das Williams will look at Wal-Mart efforts to site stores on the South Coast.
Director Fatih Akin assembles a cross section of Turkish music, from modern electronic, rock, and hip-hop to classical "Arabesque" while on-screen guide Alexander Hacke unlocks Istanbul's cultural secrets. Ticket information x3535.
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Diva Sezen Akzu makes a rare appearance in the Turkish film ?Crossing the Bridge?The Sound of Istanbul,? which screens at 7:30 p.m. on April 12 in Campbell Hall.
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This free panel discussion will dissect some of the ways in which hypermasculinity may lead toward fighting first and negotiating afterwards. The panelists draw from several universities and disciplines.
Poet W.S. Merwin, distinguished visiting
fellow in the College of Creative Studies, is a translator
and environmental activist. The Pulitzer Prize-winner
returns to Santa Barbara to read poems full of praise
for the natural world. Tickets: x3535.
The Culture, Gender, and Aesthetics Research Focus Group presents "Ornament III," its final graduate student colloquium of the year. Ph.D. candidate Emily Davis will present "Rewriting the Colonial Romance: Ahdaf Soueif, Nayantara Sahgal, and the New White Woman," and Ph.D. candidate Jacob Berman will discuss "Poe's Arabesque Interior: Nativity, Nation and the Construction of Arab-ness."
Pianist Philipp Richardsen presents
a free program of works by Scarlatti, Brahms, and others.
Breakfast buffet goes until 9 a.m.; reservations required (x3096). A staff Arts and Crafts Show runs all day at the club.
Noon, Cheadle Hall
courtyard, ice cream social.
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EXHIBITIONS
Photojournalist Dan Eldon's promising career ended in
Somalia at age 22, but his family has found a way to carry
on his compassionate journey in this exhibit. A reception
is planned for April 4 at 5 p.m.
The association's members present mixed media works in watercolors, graphite, collage, and primacolor pencil.
Historic drawings and illustrations from the UAM's Architecture & Design Collection explore the mid-1960s landscaping and design of oil drilling platforms off Long Beach.
Dutch Master Jacob van Ruisdael's "The Gnarled Oak" recently underwent treatment by conservator Scott M. Haskins.
UCSB staff artist Kate Yarbrough's
work is among that of 27 artists and photographers selected
to highlight the Channel Islands National Park and marine
sanctuary's 25th anniversary in an exhibition titled "Island
Passages: Artists Celebrate the Channel Islands." Call
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