ONGOING
Part of the World Shakespeare Festival, a debt-ridden Timon abandons Athens. Call the Lobero box office (963-0761) for
Oct. 14, 15, 21 & 22; otherwise, x3535.
A nonpartisan voter registration drive will take place on campus for the November gubernatorial election. See <http://www.sa.ucsb.edu/voterreg>
for details.
<http://orgs.sa.ucsb.edu/sbdc/>
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Theatre UCSB opens
its season with a preview of Shakespeare’s “Timon
of Athens” on Oct. 13 at 8 p.m. in Hatlen Theatre.
The play features, from left Martha Mintz, Irwin
Appel, Richard Klautsch (standing), and Ty Uranga-Foster,
and runs Oct. 14-22. Call x3535 for ticket information.
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Hailed as the "Romeo and Juliet"of China, this tale of love conquering all has been compressed into a three-part, nine-hour performance over three days by novelist and UCSB professor emeritus Kenneth Pai. Each performance can be enjoyed on its own, including the first where the heroine dreams about a handsome lover but pines away when she realizes he is only a dream. The Suzhou Kunqu Opera Theatre of Jiangsu acrobatically performs the opera. Remaining tickets are from $45 to $100 for the general public; $15 for UCSB students. For information, call x3535.
UCSB hosts Cal State Fullerton.
In part II, a young scholar falls in love with the portrait of the deceased beauty and her spirit guides him to her tomb where their love brings her back to life. Remaining tickets are up to $100 for the general public; $15 for UCSB students. For information, call x3535.
This Guest Artist Recital features professors soprano Terry Rhodes, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and mezzo-soprano Ellen Williams, Meredith College, Raleigh, N.C. Pianist Benton Hess, of the Eastman School of Music, accompanies them in a program of solos and duets by Larsen, Hoiby, Hoekman, Vercoe, and Hess. Tickets will be sold at the door.
In part III, the now married couple is forced apart and the scholar has to suffer beatings and a sentence of death for tomb robbing before things are placed in appropriate order. Remaining tickets are up to $100 for the general public; $15 for UCSB students. For information, call x3535.
How and why did the recent crises erupt involving Israel, Palestine, and Lebanon, and what are the prospects for their resolution? An interdisciplinary group of panelists, moderated by sociologist Mark Juergensmeyer, professor of global studies, will seek some answers.
Zainab Salbi, president and founder of Women for Women International, will recount the inspirational stories of survival from the women that she has met in war-torn countries like Rwanda and Afghanistan. Admission is free; call x3535 for details.
A free, pilot class is offered to faculty and staff to explain a new tool for integrating classroom teaching on a Web site. For details, write steve.miley@ic.ucsb.edu.
Chancellor Henry T. Yang, Executive Vice Chancellor Gene Lucas, and the Women's Center invite the public to a reception for women administrators, faculty, dissertation scholars, and staff new to UCSB.
Artist Kip Fulbeck, professor and chair of art, photographed multiracial people of Asian/Pacific Islander descent and asked them to respond to the question "What are you?" He'll talk about his book and exhibition at the free reception.
From the role of multinational corporations to environmental sustainability, Nobel prizewinner Joseph Stiglitz focuses on economic policies that work. For information, call x3535.
Two free film shorts will address homosexual issues in Latin America. "Gay Cuba" takes a candid look at one of the country's most controversial human rights issues. "Novela, Novela" documents how the Nicaraguan series "Sexto Sentido," dealing with domestic violence and homophobia, came to be broadcast.
Singer-songwriter Steve Earle, known for such politically charged hits as "Jerusalem," will perform with Allison Moorer. For ticket information call x3535.
The people of Kekexili try to protect the sacred Tibetan antelope against poachers who slaughter the antelopes for their ultra-fine coats. For ticket details, call x3535.
L.A.'s in-your-face performers are back with new works in this free show. Call x8411 for details.
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Los Angeles’ androgenous performance
art group Butchlalis de Panochtitlan will offer a free, multimedia show
on Oct. 12 at 8 p.m. in the MultiCultural Center Theater. Call x8411 for
details.
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Former Pres. Bill Clinton talks with entrepreneur Paul Orfalea about furture leaders (see story, page 1). Ticket information is at 963-4408.
Carmen de Torres, considered one of the world's most accomplished flamenco dancers, will perform. Call A.S. for tickets, x2064.
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Carmen de Torres dances flamenco on Oct. 13 at 8 p.m. in the MultiCultural Center Theater.
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Scholar Niall Ferguson will discuss ideas from his new book, "The War of the World," about 20th-century violence and ethnic conflict. For tickets, call x3535.
Three free lectures and a reception will introduce the new Center for Research in Financial Mathematics and Statistics: New York University's Peter Carr is at 2 p.m.; University of Texas's Thalia Zariphopoulou is at 3:15 p.m.; and Morgan Stanley's Peter Cotton is at 4:15 p.m.
This free workshop examines the background of affirmative action programs and policies in California, and discusses diversity in higher education.
The industry-academic gathering will present cutting edge research and discoveries, with keynote addresses from Mitsubishi, Google, Inc., and Intel. Registration covers lunch. For details, call x5497, or view the program at <www.engineering.ucsb.edu/insights2006>.
Continues on Wednesday.
Dennis Kennedy, professor of drama at Trinity College in Dublin, will discuss how memory is central to art production and performance is one of memory's greatest tests.
In the reality TV show "Black.White," two families "trade races," and move into each other's physical space to explore the dynamics of race in Los Angeles. Howard Winant, professor of sociology, and graduate student Michelle Samura, use the show to comment on "Exploring Realities of Race Through 'Black.White'."
The Friends of the UCSB Library stage another book sale. Call x5509 for details.
Guest speaker Lewis Rowell, professor emeritus of music theory and ethnomusicology at Indiana University (Bloomington) presents a free talk.
Set in the Lebanese civil war, "The Tornado" is the story of Akran, a young art student on a visit home from the Soviet Union, who becomes trapped in a small apartment, and is forced to confront the absurd violence around him.
This musical film tribute to Leonard Cohen is a "rockumentary" that includes candid interviews with musicians Bono, Rufus Wainwright, and others, interwoven with the sounds of Cohen's musical legacy. For tickets, call x3535.
Gustavo Arellano, author of the nationally syndicated "¡Ask a Mexican!" column, discusses satire and the role of Mexicans in American popular culture.
Bulgarian National Theatre's skillfully satirical "Romeo and Juliet" uses an all-male cast with unconventional stylistics. For tickets, call x3535. Repeats on Friday.
Following his new book, "American Theocracy: The Peril and Politics of Radical Religion, Oil and Borrowed Money," political observer Kevin Phillips examines threats to the nation in this free lecture.
To promote the understanding and scholarly research of Taiwanese literature worldwide and to celebrate the publication of Christopher Lupke's English translation of "A History Of Taiwan Literature," the Center for Taiwan Studies is hosting this international conference. Continues on Saturday.
"A Little Opium, Sweet Words, and Cheap Guns" is the title Erika Rappaport, associate professor of history, has placed on her talk about the discovery of 'Indian' tea and the conquest of Assam. Call x4388 for reservations.
Author Daniel Gordis, one of Israel's most thoughtful observers and VP of the Mandel Foundation, will speak at this free event.
Tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins' flair for improvisation has made him one of the celebrated jazz icons of the last century. For ticket information, call x3535.
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Jazz legend Sonny Rollins plays on Oct. 22 at 7 p.m. in Campbell Hall.
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Anthropologist Mayfair Yang will introduce her book on religion, modernity, and the state in China and Taiwan.
Historian Judith Bennett, University of Southern California, speaks on "Philippa Russell and the Wills of London's Late Medieval Singlewomen."
Evelyn Hu-Dehart, professor of history and ethnic studies at Brown University, will examine how American society has defined diversity over the last 30 years.
The UCSB Affiliates' Science Lite lecture features David W. Lea, professor of earth science, discussing the implications of global warming on our societal norms. Call x4388 for prices and to reserve space.
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EXHIBITIONS
Art Professor Kip Fulbeck's exploration of 21-century identity features portraits of multiracial people and their responses to the question "What are you?" Reception on Oct. 10 at 6 p.m.
This display by a UCSB Alumni Association staff artist emphasizes campus scenes and seascapes.
Featuring the visionary art of José Benítez
Sánchez, a shaman-artist of Central America, "Visions"
captures the heritage of the Huichol Indians of northwestern
Mexico.
Full-color woodblock illustrations by surrealist painter Salvador Dali for Dante Alighieri's epic "The Divine Comedy" come from the museum's permanent collection.
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“Dali’s
Divine Comedy” will run through Dec. 3 at
the University Art Museum.
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