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?Burma VJ: Reporting From a Closed Country? is one of 10 films to screen on campus as part of the 5th Annual Santa Barbara Human Rights Film Festival. The four-day festival begins on Thursday, April 8, and continues through Monday, April 26. Visit <https://artsandlectures.sa.ucsb.edu/> for ticket information and a complete schedule of films and screening times.
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Sen. Leland Yee (D-San Francisco), co-author of a bill that would revoke the autonomy of the UC Board of Regents, will speak. Part of the IHC's Future of the University series. Free.
Filmmaker Werner Herzog explores the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Tickets are $6 at the door.
UCSB?s premier improvisational comedy troupe performs Tickets are $3 and $5 at the door.
Kim Yasuda and Seetha Raghubathy will speak on "Participatory Planning Toward Placemaking: A Community Arts and Design Collaborative in Isla Vista." Free.
Filmmaker Rupert Murray directs the first major documentary about the devastating effect of overfishing. Free.
The poet, filmmaker, and activist will give the 2010 Shirley Kennedy Memorial Lecture in a talk titled "From Watts to Dakar: A View of African American Culture in Los Angeles and Beyond." Free.
Wade Clark Roof will speak on "Religion in California: Progressive Movements and Religion à la Carte." $8 and $10. Call x4388 for reservation.
Melanie Matson will lecture on "Sexual Assault Treatment at UCSB."
The filmmaker and author discuss their work. For ticket information, call x3535.
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Werner Herzog
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Talks and panels about how oil and water have created and transformed the history and culture of Santa Barbara and Southern California highlight this conference. A complete schedule can be found at http://www.ihc.ucsb.edu/oil-water-socal. Free.
In response to recent racial incidents in college campuses across the country, a discussion will focus on ways to instill positive change and to create a safe and respectful climate at UCSB. Free.
The sound artist and naturalist will give a presentation on the art and science of interspecies communication. Free.
The four-day Santa Barbara Human Rights Film Festival begins with "War and Love in Kabul" followed by "Bliss." The series continues on Thursday, April 15; Thursday, April 22; and Monday, April 26. Tickets are $8 and $10. Passes for all four days are $16 and $20.
"Our Planet, Our Problem: Approaches to a Climate Solution" will bring together influential members of the climate change debate, including students who attended the Copenhagen Conference on Climate Change. Panels will address grassroots, business, and legislative solutions. Free.
"Move Move Move" features choreography by UCSB students and faculty members. Additional performances at 8 p.m. on Saturday, April 10; and at 2 p.m. on Sunday, April 11 Tickets are $13 and $17.
UCSB's improvisational comedy troupe performs. Tickets are $3 and $5 at the door.
Student activists and faculty members discuss opportunities for greening the campus community, their experiences at the Copenhagen Conference, and the local food system in Santa Barbara. Free.
Fine art photographer Norman Gershman, who spent five years collecting the stories of Albanian Muslims who harbored Jewish refugees during WWII as part the Islamic tradition of "Besa," or sanctuary, will discuss his work. Free.
Members of Julliard String Quartet join music professor Derek Katz for ?Folklore and Modernism in the Bartók Second String Quartet.? Free.
Panel discussions will focus on sexuality in politics, and on cultures of sexuality. Free.
Musician, author, and activist Fred Ho will give a talk and a solo baritone sax recital interconnecting music and activism. Free.
Newsweek columnist Fareed Zakaria will speak on "The Next Security Crisis - Global Threats and U.S. Foreign Policy." For ticket information, call x3535.
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Fareed Zakaria
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The award-winning documentary by Jacques Cousteau and Louis Malle was one of the first films to use underwater cinematography to show the ocean depths in color. Free.
The Grammy Award-winning musician gives a solo performance. For ticket information, call x3535.
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Elvis Costello
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Aída Hurtado will present her recent work analyzing the transnational images of women of Color in fashion magazines. Free.
Seetha Raghupathy's talk continues a multiyear, public art research initiative to expand university investment within a local community context. Free.
A discussion with filmmaker Russell Martin will follow a screening of his film about a Navajo youth, culture, and the values of America?s indigenous people. Free.
The quintessential American string quartet will be joined in recital by UCSB faculty violist Helen Callus. For ticket information, call x3535.
Karen Lee Ashcraft demonstrates how occupational identity yields a novel and productive site for empirical investigations, theoretical explanations, and practical interventions in work and its meaning. Free.
Ruth Hellier will explore the uses of the waters of Mexico's Lake Pátzcuaro throughout the 20th century and into the 21st. Free.
Find inner peace and improved physical and mental health. Free.
The series continues with "BurmaVJ: Reporting from a Closed Country" followed by "Tagged" and "Devil's Bargain: A Journey Into the Small Arms Trade." Tickets are $8 and $10.
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?Burma VJ: Reporting From a Closed Country? is one of 10 films to screen on campus as part of the 5th Annual Santa Barbara Human Rights Film Festival. The four-day festival begins on Thursday, April 8, and continues through Monday, April 26. Visit <https://artsandlectures.sa.ucsb.edu/> for ticket information and a complete schedule of films and screening times.
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Stephanie L. Batiste?s one-woman show is a rhythmic contemplation of the street murders of young people of color in Los Angeles as she processes the obituaries, contained in a young woman?s scrapbook, of young black people killed with guns. Free.
Jon Nathan performs with Los Angeles musicians Glenn Morrissette, Kenny Wild, and Andy Langham. Free.
Environmental historian Thomas Andrews will speak. Free.
Soulful gospel music inspires hand-waving and foot-stomping audience participation. Tickets are $5 and $15. Seating is limited.
A living legend in his native Senegal, Baaba Maal fuses traditional African music with elements of reggae, pop, R&B, soul, jazz, and blues. For ticket information, call x3535.
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Baba Maal
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Rogers Brubaker will discuss changes that have occurred since the collapse of the Soviet Union and the re-emergence of independent Central and Eastern Europe. Free.
Marc-Tizoc González will lead a discussion about building critical coalitions for justice across race and the other salient dimensions of power, identity, and possibility. Free.
The Grammy Award-winner's concert will range from solo guitar improvisations to the unveiling of acoustically driven "solo ensemble" music, which he calls Orchestrionics. For ticket information, call x3535.
E.J. Dionne, columnist for The Washington Post, will discuss how the current economic crisis has broadened the scope of political engagement by Evangelical Christians. Free.
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E.J. Dionne
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A panel discussion will focus on the challenges faced by academic publishing in the humanities, as well as suggest new solutions. Free.
Tristan Weddigen investigates the historical discourse of the textile image. Free.
This powerful documentary by filmmaker and UCSB alumnus Leo Chiang chronicles the New Orleans Vietnamese American community?s struggles and political awakening after Hurricane Katrina. A discussion with Chiang following the screening. Free.
Hester Blum will discuss the possibilities the Arctic and Antarctic regions offer for hemispheric or transnational conversations. Free.
The actor, Harvard guest lecturer, and book producer will be interviewed by Derrick Gilbert, a visiting professor in the Black Studies department. Free.
"A Blooming Business" is followed by "The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo." Tickets are $8 and $10.
Samuel H. Yamashita will explore life on the home front in Japan during WWII. Free.
The young pianist lauded for her authority over the most complex technical demands of the repertoire and the depth of her musical insight performs on campus. For ticket information, call x3535.
UCSB's premier improvisational comedy troupe performs Tickets are $3 and $5 at the door.
UCSB Opera Theatre will present Mozart?s ?Così fan tutte? under the stage direction of Simon Williams. Benjamin Brecher is musical director, and Richard Rintoul is conductor. Additional performances at 8 p.m. on Saturday, April 24; and at 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 25. Tickets are $15 and $25 at the door only.
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UCSB Opera Theatre will present Mozart’s “Così fan tutte”.
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This graduate conference features papers that explore some of the recent developments among evangelicals and scholars of evangelicalism. Free.
Pianist Yuja Wang participates in a master class with Santa Barbara Music Club scholarship winners. Free.
Environmentalist Bill McKibben will discuss the essential change that will allow our damaged planet to endure. Free.
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Bill McKibben
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Cellist Geoffrey Rutkowski and pianists Natasha Kislenko and Charles Asche perform works by Beethoven, Prokofiev, and Rachmaninoff. Tickets are $7 and $15 at the door.
Primavera, UCSB?s annual festival of contemporary arts and digital media, continues through Friday, April 30. Performances include the Ensemble for Contemporary Music, CREATE Concert, Electric Catfish, and Redblack. A complete schedule of events can be found at www.ccs.ucsb.edu/primavera.
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Ensemble for Contemporary Music
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Dawn-Elissa Fischer will explore the analytic relationship between race and Hiphop. Free.
"Encounter Point" is followed by "Garbage Dreams." Tickets are $8 and $10.
Laura Hirvi examines the experiences of Sikhs who migrated to Finland and California, and the impact that this event had on their lives and on the lives of their offspring. Free.
Filmmaker Sam Bozzo's documentary presents examples of people around the world fighting for their basic right to water. Free.
The company will showcase the work of award-winning artistic director Nacho Duato. For ticket information, call x3535.
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Spain?s Compañía Nacional de Danza, 8 p.m. on Tuesday, April 27, at the Granada Theater, 1216 State St.
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Filmmaker Sean Sawyer tells the story of Curtis Brown, a black man who embarks on a journey in search of his adopted ?White? brother, Johnny. A discussion with Sawyer and producers Eren Moore and Christopher Johnson will follow the screening. Free.
The Avett Brothers bring their alt-country, indie-rock, grunge-grass melodies to Santa Barbara. For ticket information, call x3535.
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The Avett Brothers
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Harry Elam will discuss cross-racial diversity in contemporary American theater. Free.
Theda Skocpol, author of "Inequality and American Democracy: What We Know and What We Need to Learn" and "The Transformation of American Politics: Activist Government and the Rise of Conservatism," will speak. Free.
Commedia del' Arte meets Shakespeare in a production of the Bard's tragedy. Additional performance at 7 p.m. on Saturday, May 1. Free.
The violinist gives a special performance for Arts & Lectures' Producers Circle members. For details, call the Arts & Lectures Development office at x3465.
Rupa & the April Fishes blend international elements into their blend of alternative pop attitude. Tickets are $5 and $15. Seating is limited.
UCSB's improvisational comedy troupe performs a show dedicated to the Oregon Trail Tickets are $3 and $5 at the door.
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