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A tribute to mimes and clowns, especially Marcel Marceau, UCSB lecturer Jeff Mills and former lecturer James Donlon stage a series of shows that mix professional and amateur talent. Call 963-0761 for tickets.
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Filmmaker Sherman Alexie looks at life’s pitfalls today, Sept. 24, at 8 p.m. in Campbell Hall.
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The traditional welcome to campus for all new students will be highlighted by addresses from Executive Dean David Marshall and author and filmmaker Sherman Alexie. Small group sessions of students with staff or faculty will follow.
"Without Reservations--An Urban Indian's Comic, Poetic & Highly Irreverent Look at the World" is the title Sherman Alexie, a Spokane/Coeur d'Alene Indian and best-selling novelist and screenwriter, has chosen for his talk on contemporary American Indian life. Call x3535 for tickets.
UCSB's branch of the Society for Creative Anachronism offers a sample of their activities, from English dancing to armored combat, during Discovery Days. Check their Web site <www.sca-isles.org> for contacts.
UCSB's branch of the Society for Creative Anachronism offers a sample of rattan weaponry and combat techniques during Discovery Days. Organized training begins on Oct. 3. Check their Web site <www.sca-isles.org> for contacts.
UCSB hosts its alumni.
UCSB presents novelist Alejandro Morales with the annual Luis Leal Award for Chicano/Latino Literature at 3:15 p.m. in the Faulkner Galley. Festival continues on Sunday. See <www.sbbookfestival.org> for details.
Steven Pinker, one of Time magazine's "100 most important people in the world" and author of the landmark work "The Blank Slate," will discuss his newly released book, "The Stuff of Thought," which looks at word choice and human nature. This free lecture, and that by Naomi Klein (below), are part of the Book and Author Festival.
Award-winning author Naomi Klein coined the term "disaster capitalism" to describe the economic exploitation of catastrophe-hit communities who lose their land to aggressive corporate takeovers. Her new book, "The Shock Doctrine," argues that the disaster capitalism complex now exists as a booming economy. Her free lecture will explore this thesis.
Guest artist Margaret Mills, who has performed throughout the United States and Europe as well as in China, will perform Joel Feigin's "Four Meditations from Dogen," as well as works by Ravel, Debussy, Corigliano, and Schumann. Tickets will be available at the door.
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“The Shock Doctrine” is Naomi Klein’s newest book and the heart of her free talk on Saturday, Sept. 29, at 8 p.m. in Santa Barbara’s Victoria Hall.
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UCSB hosts UC Irvine.
A two-day academic conference draws scholars from across the nation to celebrate the 100th birthday of Chicano/a studies pioneer and UCSB Professor Luis Leal. Today's session is followed by an invitation-only tribute dinner at the Faculty Club. Continues on Tuesday at 5 p.m. in the MultiCultural Center. Contact x8531 for details.
Oscar-winning director Michael Moore presents a provocative, heart-felt portrait of the U.S. health care system and compares it to that of other industrialized nations. Two screenings. Call x3535 for tickets.
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Environmental activist Rachel
Carson is one of 50 women and men whose portraits form artist Robert Shetterly?s exhibition ?Americans Who Tell the Truth,? which opens Oct. 1 in Santa Barbara?s Arts Alive! Community Galley.
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Poet Sandra Alcosser, who is founding director of San Diego State University's MFA program in creative writing, has published seven books of poetry, two of which were selected for the National Poetry Series. She will share her experiences and read poems during this free lecture.
A bashful, Dublin street musician's brief interlude with a Czech immigrant evolves into a love story that is revealed in the music they write, rehearse, and record over one eventful week. Call x3535 for tickets; free for UCSB students.
UCSB hosts UC Irvine.
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In ?Once,? Dublin?s streets tell a tale of two musicians, played by Marketa Irglova, left, and Glen Hansard of the Irish band The Frames, whose encounter turns into a love story played out in a week of music they compose and perform together. It will show on Oct. 3 at 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. in Campbell Hall.
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Harvard University's Jeffrey F. Hamburger speaks on "Inscribing the Word--Illuminating the Sequence: Epithets in Honor of John the Evangelist in the Graduals from Paradies bei Soest."
California Nurses Association Executive Director Rose Ann DeMoro delivers the free keynote address, "From Patient Advocate to Social Advocate: The Work of Nursing." Conference continues through Saturday. See <www.ihc.ucsb.edu/intimatelabors> for program details and lunch reservations.
Award-winning author Rebecca Solnit, a distinguished visiting fellow at the College of Creative Studies, has reported on stories from the Pyrenees to the U.S.- Mexico border as an environmentalist and public intellectual. Her newest book, "Storming the Gates of Paradise," creates a guidebook to America after the millennium, and is the heart of her free lecture.
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?Storming the Gates of Paradise,? author Rebecca Solnit?s latest work, informs her free talk on Oct. 4 at 8 p.m. in Campbell Hall.
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UCSB hosts Cal State Fullerton.
Starting with a one-hour tour of the Coal Oil Point Reserve, training for new docents will run until 1:30 p.m. See <http://coaloilpoint.ucnrs.org/subpage1/ SnowyPlover/PloverDocentPgm/indexDocPgm.html> for the training manual and waivers. Call 880-1195 with questions.
UCSB hosts Cal State Fullerton.
UCSB hosts Cal State Fullerton.
The Phoenix Piano Quartet, which has been performing chamber music recitals across the U.S. since its founding in 2005, plays a wide repertoire, from classical masterpieces to new works by modern day composers. Their program will include Mozart, Stephen Hartke's "King of the Sun," and Brahms. Tickets available at the door
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This snowy plover chick and its kin require the watchful protection and educational efforts of the Coal Oil Point Reserve docents. Learn more about the area?s engaging wildlife at docent training on Oct. 6 at 10 a.m. in the Cliff House on West Campus.
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The Washington Post's Rajiv Chandrasekaran, bureau chief in Baghdad from 2003-04, speaks on "Imperial Life in the Emerald City--Inside Iraq's Green Zone," or life at the American occupation headquarters. For tickets, call x3535.
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EXHIBITIONS
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.
Early on, Andy Warhol worked as a commercial artist in New York City, and his emphasis on glamour and fashion, particularly women's footwear, is the focus of this display.
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| The University Art Museum’s “Andy Warhol Presents” concludes on Oct. 7 its exhibition of the late pop artist’s early work, like this use of the famed soup can in the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh. A closing reception is set for Oct. 5 at 5 p.m.
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Drawn from the museum's permanent collection are more than 20 pieces of abstract art from the 1960s and '70s, mostly by Los Angeles artists. |
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