Currently airing on Cox Cable Channel 21 (in Santa Barbara)
is an original musical, called "Lovestruck," that was
created for television by UCSB students. Under the direction
of Jeremy Haladyna, lecturer in music, this production
features students from the College of Creative Studies,
and the departments of music and dramatic art.
Cablecast schedule on Channel
21:
September 25, 8 p.m.
September 26, 9 a.m. & 6 p.m.
September 27, 7 p.m.
September 28, 7:30 a.m. & 8:30 p.m.
September 29, 7:30 p.m.
September 30, 8 p.m.
October 1, 8 p.m. |
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José Benítez
Sánchez is featured in the University Art
Museum’s “Mythic Visions” exhibition,
which begins Sept. 27.
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Distinguished author and lecturer Bertice Berry will keynote the annual welcome to UCSB that is designed to promote scholarship, leadership, and citizenship.
UCSB hosts Loyola Marymount.
Campus wellness and recreation opportunities, including intramurals, sport clubs, adventure programs, leisure review, and more will be presented along with free food, performances, and demonstrations.
This free event introduces the UAM's new director, Kathryn Kanjo, and celebrates the opening of two exhibitions, "Mythic Visions" and "Dali's Divine Comedy," and notes the closing of the month-long Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Collaborative "Off-Axis."
Helena María Viramontes, a writer and professor of English at Cornell University, will receive the Luis Leal Award for Distinction in Chicano/Latino Literature. It is given annually by UCSB, the Santa Barbara Book & Author Festival, and Santa Barbara City College.
Author John Berendt, who wrote the nonfiction best seller "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil," will discuss this and other works. Ticket information is at x3535.
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John Berendt discusses ?The City of Falling Angels,? a nonfiction work about the people of Venice, Italy, on Oct. 1 at 4 p.m. in Santa Barbara?s Victoria Hall.
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Director Werner Herzog's epic tale chronicles the exploits of Spanish conquistadors, who become infected by greed in the jungles of Peru. For tickets, call x3535.
"Grizzly Man," a nonfiction video journal of self-appointed guardian Timothy Treadwell's summers communing with grizzly bears in Alaska, illustrates Herzog's talent for portraying obsessive people. For information, call x3535.
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Timothy Treadwell talks about the Alaskan grizzly bears, background, he befriends in ?Grizzly Man,? showing on Oct. 2 at 9:30 p.m. in Campbell Hall.
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"The Mystique of Kun Opera and The Peony Pavilion" is the topic. Call x3980 for tickets.
Smoky-voiced French chanteuse Madeleine Peyroux returns to Santa Barbara to perform a mix of soulful blues and jazz numbers. For tickets, call x3535.
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Singer Madeleine Peyroux will perform on Oct. 4 at 8 p.m. in Campbell Hall.
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The Chicana/o Graduate Student Colectiva presents a free, daylong conference on retention and professional development of Latino and Chicana/o graduate students. Go to <www.chicst.ucsb.edu/staff/colectiva> for details.
This true story is about maverick, all-American farmer John Peterson, who faced the challenge of resurrecting his family business as a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) farm after the devastating farm debt crisis of the 1980s. For information call x3535 or go to <www.artsandlectures.ucsb.edu>.
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.
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China?s epic ?The Peony Pavilion,? an acrobatic opera about the power of love, begins a three-part, nine-hour performance over three consecutive days on Oct. 6 at 7 p.m. in Santa Barbara?s Lobero Theatre. The opera will perform part II on Oct. 7 at 7 p.m. and part III on Oct. 8 at 2 p.m. Call x3535 for ticket information, or the Lobero Theatre box office at 963-0761.
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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.
Zainab Salbi, president and founder of Women for Women International, will share inspiring stories of survival from the women that she has met in war-torn countries like Rwanda and Afghanistan. Admission is free. For more information, call x3535.
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Human rights activist Zainab Salbi shares stories of women war survivors in a free talk on Oct. 9 at 8 p.m. in Santa Barbara?s Victoria Hall.
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EXHIBITIONS
Featuring the visionary artwork of José Benítez Sánchez, one of the great shaman-artists of Central America, "Visions" captures the rich heritage of the Huichol Indians of northwestern Mexico.
Full-color woodblock illustrations created by surrealist painter Salvador Dali for Dante Alighieri's epic "The Divine Comedy" have beenfrom the museum's permanent collection.
A new display by a UCSB Alumni Association staff artist emphasizes campus scenes and seascapes.
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