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The world premiere of a drama by Carlos Morton, professor of dramatic art, follows the struggles of new mother to protect her family from harm.
Marina Carr's play, which
takes place in rural Ireland, follows a jilted woman who
takes revenge on her small community. This is director
Judith Olauson's final play at UCSB.
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Nancy Finn, as
Hester Swane, listens to Justin Gillman, as the
Ghost Fancier, in Marina Carr?s play ?By the Bog
of Cats,? which runs from March 3 to 11.
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The influence
of the communication/media industry is John Dunbar's subject
as he summarizes evidence of the industry's financial
involvement in lobbying, campaign contributions, industry-funded
trips ("junkets"), and government officials who move back
and forth between public and private service.
UCSD's
David Serlin, assistant professor of communication, explores
how the surgical treatment and rehabilitation of 25 female
atomic bomb survivors--the "Hiroshima Maidens"--became
an allegory for early Cold War thinking. For details contact
John W.I. Lee, x2286.
Former
U.S. Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs
of Staff Gen. Colin L. Powell will draw on experience
as both a leader and as eyewitness to leadership in action
to illustrate what it takes to be a leader in a crisis.
Call 963-4408 for tickets.
Jennefer Parades, fitness specialist and life coach, will discuss "real-life strategies for eating well and losing weight" at this free session. Call x7323 for information.
With a critical eye on U.S. corporate media, Fidel Rodriguez, host of KPFK-FM's "Divine Forces Radio" hip-hop show, presents a free talk on "De-Colonizing the Mind: Neo-Liberal Media and Race."
The Gamelan Ensemble performs a free show of traditional music from Java.
The Culture, Gender, & Aesthetics Research Focus Group hosts a free colloquium to consider questions of ornamentality and disposability in modern society.
The author of the landmark "The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts," and whose recent work, "The Fifth Book of Peace," considers the Vietnam War and the current war in Iraq, will offer a free public lecture and reading.
A smooth-talking law student meets a woman who smothers him with attention. Faced with a tempting situation, he makes an innocent suggestion that ends up wrecking his life.
"Sinner," an edgy dance, probes the limits of physical and emotional endurance while exploring society's need to construct icons of absolute good and evil. A meet-the-artists discussion follows. Call x3535 for tickets.
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Novelist Maxine Hong Kingston speaks Wednesday, Feb. 22, at 4 p.m. in Corwin Pavilion.
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A free, interdisciplinary symposium
on critical issues in Asian American literary and cultural
studies will feature award-winning novelist Maxine Hong
Kingston and several UCSB faculty members. For a detailed
schedule, visit: <http://acc.english.ucsb.edu/conference/
symposium2006/index.asp>.
The underexplored Mexican
presence in the jazz of New Orleans and Texas is University
of Texas Professor Gaye T. Johnson's topic.
Bookmarks IV is one in a free
series of readings where all pieces will be performed
by UCSB students. This evening is devoted to writings
by Asian Americans.
8 p.m., Campbell Hall
UCSB's Early Modern Center hosts "Straws in the Wind: Ballads and Broadsides, 1500-1800," to examine the aesthetic, political, and cultural import of these street artifacts. It continues on Saturday. To register, visit <http://emc.english.ucsb.edu/conferences/2005-2006>.
Amanda Powell, senior instructor of Romance languages at the University of Oregon, will discuss the history of writings by Spanish and colonial Latin American nuns centuries ago.
An "Evening of Old-Time and Bluegrass Music" is bluegrass meets the wild, wild West as Peter Feldmann and the Very Lonesome Boys ensemble perform. Call the A.S. Ticket Office at x2064.
"Faculty and Staff Laugh!" is an invitation to UCSB employees to join the fun at student rates of $3.
EOP American Indian Cultural Services will offer free craft instruction by American Indian artisans.
Moving from the chaotic 1960s to the present, this two-part epic follows two brothers through tumultuous events in recent Italian history. General admission is $12 for both parts. Tickets x3535. The Faculty Club offers an Italian Buffet between screenings at 6 p.m., but reserve by Feb. 22, x3096.
NPR environment correspondent John Nielsen, author of "Condor: To the Brink and Back," examines the captive breeding program that boosted the condor population to over 200 birds. Call x3535.
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author
speaks on "At Canaan's Edge: America in the King Years,
1965-68," his concluding book on the history of the civil
rights movement and Martin Luther King's heroic role.
His talk is free.
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NPR?s John Nielsen
talks condors on Feb. 26, at 1 and 3:30 p.m. at
the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.
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Archival footage and present-day reminiscences by stars of the troupe are the heart of this ode to the revolutionary 20th-century dance company. Call x3535 for ticket information.
Four UCSB student playwrights will have their works read and discussed in a town-gown series organized by playwright Naomi Iizuka. Tickets are at the theater box office, 962-8606.
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?Ballets Russes,? a sweeping documentary about the former Soviet Union?s revolutionary ballet company, will be shown on Feb. 27 at 7:30 p.m. in Campbell Hall. Call x3535 for ticket information.
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Perry Shapiro, professor of economics, will discuss the controversy over eminent domain in "Takings: Eminent Domain and Compensation," a UCSB Affiliates Economics Forum. Call x4388 for reservations.
This free discussion focuses on Steven Patrick Morrissey, the lead singer of 1980s cult band The Smiths, and the Latino rebel culture of Los Angeles.
Winner of an Israeli Oscar for Best Documentary, Ilil Alexander's film documents the clandestine struggle of three lesbian women fighting for their right to love within their beloved Orthodox communities in Jerusalem.
Drawing on Persian classical music and Sufi poetry, three master musicians present a varied program. The Faculty Club offers a pre-concert buffet, but call x3096 by Feb. 21 to reserve places.
Members of the UCSB Middle East Ensemble perform music from the Middle East and beyond in this free show.
Donna Carpenter, acting vice chancellor, administrative services, presents "Doing the Right Thing," a look at what UC's policies on ethical conduct mean and how they can be practiced.
Melissa Seley, who studied in Paris and taught English in China, now manages the local chamber music ensemble Camerata Pacifica and writes about the world of classical music.
This documentary tells the personal story of Ruth, a half-Japanese filmmaker living in New York, who has inherited the remains of her dead Japanese grandmother. A discussion with filmmaker Ruth Ozeki will follow.
Featuring the world's best films and videos on mountain subjects, the Banff Festival Tour provides thrills and grandeur captured in exotic locations. Continues on Thursday with an entirely different program.
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The best of this
year?s Banff Mountain Film Festival screens on March
1 and 2 at 7:30 p.m. in Campbell Hall.
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Susan Keller, graduate student in English, talks about the social ripples of when women first began to apply makeup in public.
In a rare conversation, the Wu-Tang Clan's chief producer discusses art, race, music, film and life. Ticket information is at x2064.
Queer student writers and performers dramatize health issues at UCSB in this free show.
In their first annual culture show, UCSB's Hmong Student Union presents a free night of traditional Hmong dancing, singing, and a dose of Hmong history.
The voice students of music professors Michael Ingham and Steven Kronauer perform "An Evening of Art Song." Tickets sold only at the door.
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EXHIBITIONS
Photographer Chris Messner presents impressions of Japan and the West.
Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, whose work is in major cities in Europe and the United States, displays his art and engineering vision on campus. Free, docent-led noon tours are every Friday; no reservations needed.
Oakland-based painter, performance and installation artist Celia Herrera Rodríguez creates work that reflects dialogue with Chican@, American Indian, pre-Columbian and Mexican thought.
Photographic glimpses of the life
of the modern woman in times of stress, triumph, strength,
disappointment, joy, and other situations challenge contemporary
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