Famous Globe Theater to Entertain UCSB

November 3, 2011 by

Next week, Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre Troupe’s dark brand of comedy will take a sunny southern California vacation. With exclusive touring performances at The Broad Stage in Santa Monica and a th...
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Muddy Waters Shakes Up Noche de los Muertos

October 20, 2011 by

As eager students (attending UCSB or not) gear up for Santa Barbara Halloween by purchasing fake facial hair and dreaming of various ways to sex up even the most ordinary of Halloween costumes, the Mu...
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Culinary Art Hits the California Avocado Festival

October 13, 2011 by

I studied my opponents carefully and approached the table: They knew me and they knew what I had come for. They had the product and they had the power to manipulate me according to whatever sick whims...
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The Joy Formidable Bring the Spunk to SoHo

September 15, 2011 by

When The Joy Formidable steps on the stage, audiences may have a few questions. Is this metal or pop? Are bassist Rhydian Dafydd and drummer Matt Thomas aloof or merely professional? Is front woman Ri...
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UCSB Library Receives Thoreau Collection

September 15, 2011 by

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded the Davidson Library’s Thoreau Edition a grant of $245,000 last month, giving UCSB a 28-volume trove of writings from the famed author and philosoph...
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‘RENT’: Real, Raw Student Entertainment

May 19, 2011 by

Student-organized Shrunken Head Productions filled the Old Little Theatre with the raw sounds of “RENT,” the rock opera that speaks to the grittiness of modern life.
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‘Water for Elephants’: Inviting but Shallow

May 12, 2011 by

Director Francis Lawrence’s latest release, Water for Elephants, views much like a circus performance: a pleasure to watch despite its inherently flawed execution.
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UC Radio Network Conference After-show at Biko

May 5, 2011 by

  UCSB hosted the biannual UC Radio Network Conference last Saturday, which entailed a series of events, speeches, workshops and one hell of an after-show. Students and radio workers from all UCs...
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The Growlers Make Velvet Jones Sweat

April 28, 2011 by

One of the notoriously unfriendly Velvet Jones staff members led me to a large, potentially-creepy-but-mostly-psychedelic school bus last Friday where — I was informed — I could find the Costa Mes...
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Uh Huh Her Styles Up Velvet Jones

April 7, 2011 by

On Saturday, April 2, Uh Huh Her hit the dimly-lit, masculine stage of Velvet Jones with a wave of femininity.
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Benefit Starts Fine, Turns Tragic

March 3, 2011 by

On Saturday night, UCSB group Kapatirang Pilipino’s benefit talent showcase went from sublime to tragically ridiculous.
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Taboo Subject On Hand in ‘Vagina Monologues’

February 18, 2011 by

UCSB students will celebrate the global V-Day Movement (‘V’ for Victory, Valentine and Vagina) today and tomorrow with the Women’s Ensemble Theater Troupe’s 13th annual production of ...
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EasyLove Turns Two

February 17, 2011 by

On Friday night, roughly 500 Isla Vista resident] (and a cohort of Swedish exchange students for whose presence I have little explanation) crammed themselves into a Del Playa driveway in commemoration...
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Classic Opera “Carmen” Wows at Closing Night of Film Festival

February 10, 2011 by

On Sunday, Feb. 6, the Santa Barbara International Film Festival said its closing goodbye to a small but zealous afternoon crowd.
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Chris Nolan: SBIFF’s Modern Master

February 3, 2011 by

High school girls and enthusiastic film buffs alike staked out near the Arlington Theater on Sunday night, two and a half hours before Leonardo DiCaprio would present “Inception” director Christop...
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