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A modern drama of a young soldier's descent into madness, "Woyzeck" is directed by Tom Whitaker for Theater UCSB. Call x7221 for tickets.
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Matthew Horn plays the title character in the drama “Woyzeck,” who finds his common law wife, acted by Jessie Sherman, to be unfaithful. The play begins on Friday, Nov. 9, at 8 p.m.
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Puerto Rican-born Lourdes Perez draws deeply from jibara (Puerto Rican mountain) roots, her musical upbringing in Spanish and Latin American nueva trova, and the rich sounds of her adopted home in Mexico. Call x 2064 for tickets.
Carol Goldberg, faculty chair of the UCLA Native Nations Law and Policy Center, will discuss race, sovereignty, and tribal disenrollment.
7:30 p.m., First Presbyterian Church
Ahmad Atif Ahmad, UCSB assistant professor of religious studies, will discuss "Muslim Communities of the U.S." Call x4388 for reservations
Spiritual Sounds of Central Asia features 18 musicians from six countries, including some of the region's most gifted artists. For tickets, call x3535.
Biologist Alice Alldredge leads a free class in "Mindfulness Meditation."
Central Asia's music and expressive culture is brought to life in this free lecture and demonstration with performers from Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and more.
Celine Shimizu, associate professor of Asian American studies, urges a change in thinking from a demeaning view to a more nuanced approach about sexual depictions of Asian and Asian American women.
Led by Scott Marcus, the UCSB Middle East Ensemble will perform a variety of music and dance.
Pulitzer Prize winner Jonathan Gold, a restaurant critic for Gourmet, The Los Angeles Times, and Los Angeles Magazine, will speak on being a restaurant critic.
Thousands of people leave their impoverished Central American homelands to cross into the USA every day. Carrying a small digital camera, the director of this film narrates what happens to them. Spanish with English subtitles.
Academy Award-winner Olympia Dukakis gives a concert reading from the play "Rose," a sharply drawn portrait of a feisty, 80-year-old survivor from the Ukraine. For tickets, call x3535.
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Actress Olympia Dukakis will give a reading from the play ?Rose? on Wednesday, Nov. 7, at 8 p.m. in Campbell Hall.
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Paul Neubauer will teach a free viola master class. Continues on Friday with cello and piano workshops, same location, at 2 p.m. and 4 p.m.
Presidential scholar John Woolley, professor and chair of political science, has developed, with the aid of Gerhard Peters, a Web-based resource on the American Presidency containing 75,000 records. This eight-year project will be discussed.
Social historian Marc Levinson, who has studied the impact of containerized cargo on the global economy, will keynote the two-day conference titled "The Traveling Box: Containers as the Global Icons of Our Era." Go to <www.ihc.ucsb.edu/containers> for registration.
This group of San Francisco- and NYC-based composers explores alternative ways of conceiving, developing, and presenting new musical works.
John Halle of the Common Sense Composers Collective will discuss the question of meter.
The chamber music group will perform a program titled "England 1900-1930: A Musical Renaissance." For tickets, call x3535.
A personal exploration of transnational identity, Erin O'Brien's odyssey observes the effects of U.S. militarism from the Vietnam War to the SARS scare to the present day U.S. war in Iraq.
UCSB faculty member Steven Kronaur hosts tenor Russell Thomas of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.
Starting with a one-hour tour of Coal Oil Point Reserve, training for new docents will run until 1:30 p.m. See <coaloilpoint.ucnrs.org/subpage1/SnowyPlover/DocentTraining/indexDocMan.html> for the training manual and waivers. Call 880-1195 with questions.
Former NBC-TV anchor and managing editor Tom Brokaw discusses his long career in television news and "Boom!" his new book on the revolutionary 1960s. Tickets are on sale at x3535. A private lunch with Brokaw is also being arranged for patrons.
A true icon of modern music, over a five-decade career Herbie Hancock has explored jazz while maintaining an unmistakable voice. Call x3535 for tickets.
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TV journalist and author Tom Brokaw discusses his new book, ?Boom!? on Nov. 11, in Campbell Hall at 10 a.m. Call x3535 for tickets.
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Award-winning historian Andrew Hopkins will discuss the origins of Roman Baroque art by Alois Riegel (1858-1905), one of the most distinguished art historians of his time.
The Mevleri Order of Whirling Dervishes will perform ritual dance that unites the fundamental components of human nature: the mind, heart, and body. Call x3535 for tickets.
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The famed Mevleri Order of Whirling Dervishes, which traces its roots to the 13th-century mystical poet Rumi, will perform on Nov. 13 at 8 p.m. Ticket information is available at x3535.
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Student groups observe Celebrate Communities Day with an international food fest.
Directed by Mike Pievac, the UCSB Gamelan Ensemble will perform traditional music of Central and Western Java.
Los Angeles writer Matt Schott, a UCSB alumnus and a former teacher at CCS soon after it was founded, will share how he learned to write.
Olivier Deschenes, associate professor of economics, will speak on "How Will Climate Change Affect the Health of the U.S. Population?" Call x4388 for reservations.
Transgender activist Shelley Provost directs this critical examination of the trial of suspects in the death of Gwen Arajo, a 17-year-old who was brutally murdered in Newark, NJ. A Q&A with Gwen's mother, Sylvia Guerrero, pictured, will follow.
Ted Bergstrom, professor of economics, speaks on "The Peculiar Economics of Academic Publishing" in this new series. Only faculty should RSVP by Nov. 7 to Brad Eden: eden@library.ucsb.edu.
Toni Wellen, chair of the local Coalition Against Gun Violence, will address the nexus between gender violence prevention and gun control, focusing on the issue of having a gun in the home.
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Gun control issues are the focus of Toni Wellen, Coalition Against Gun Violence chair, on Nov. 15 at noon in the Women’s Center.
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Considered one of the founders of environmental criticism, Professor Lawrence Buell of Harvard University will share his most recent work, which treats the intersections of global and environmental studies.
A new I.V. restaurant hosts the MultiCultural Center's quarterly open mike night.
Multi-talented Grammy winner Queen Latifah will revisit the smooth repertoire of The Dana Owens Album (her true name) in her Santa Barbara debut. Call x3535 for tickets.
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Queen Latifah, aka Dana Owens, makes her Santa Barbara concert debut on Nov. 15 at 8 p.m. in the Arlington Theatre.
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Bring and enjoy desserts and delicacies from around the world in this festival of sweets. To submit desserts, please email rebekah.meredith@sa.ucsb.edu.
Educator and author Caroline J. Colbert will discuss how the Internet can potentially benefit society as a whole in terms of promoting social inclusion.
Based in Montreal, Canada, this group of talented, acrobatic performers follows the leadership of acclaimed choreographers Bill Coleman and Laurence Lemieux. Call x 3535 for tickets.
This free performance features 10 young dancers and four young poets in a theatrical presentation centered on the dance style called "buck," which is the newest version of "krump" dancing.
This free workshop, "Sexism: It's What's For Dinner!" invites self-reflection on unique experiences with sexism.
A leading conservative voice whose column appears in nearly 500 newspapers throughout the U.S. and Europe, this Pulitzer Prize-Winning journalist also is a panelist on the ABC show "This Week." Call x3535 for tickets.
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EXHIBITIONS
Domestic and international posters illustrate how homelessness and gentrification are major issues throughout the world.
The split personality of modern Chinese culture fascinates Hong Kong-born artist Stella Lai.
Part of the Walter Capps 10-Year Commemoration, this free traveling exhibition of portraits by painter Robert Shetterly showcases 50 men and women who fought for civil rights, environmental protection, and other social causes.
L. Frank is a native Californian artist, basket maker, and activist from the Tongva/Achamem tribes who sees her art as furthering cultural preservation.
Six architectural firms working on projects in London's East End respond to the diversity of urban life. |
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