Isabel Miller-Bottome

October 11, 2014

New Noise Conference & Music Fest Picks

By Audrey Bachelder, Alexandra DeSanto, Isabel Miller-Bottome, Ashley Nguyen

Next week, New Noise Conference & Music Festival will infiltrate all of the music venue hotspots in downtown Santa Barbara with a kickass California cool lineup.

May 29, 2014

Improvability Brings Laughter in Difficult Time

By Isabel Miller-Bottome

This coming Friday, May 30, UCSB’s Improvability will host “IMPROVATHON,” 24 hours of nonstop improvised performances and fun. The event will feature a different performance every hour, ranging from scenes to music...

May 29, 2014

Yearly Silent Film Festival Showcases Student Talent and Community Effort

By Isabel Miller-Bottome

The 23rd annual Reel Loud Film Festival, UCSB’s largest showcase of student films, music, art and dance, was held at Campbell Hall this past Friday. Fourteen silent films were shown on the big screen, each with their o...

May 15, 2014

Ann Patchett Shares Stories of Creative Growth

By Isabel Miller-Bottome

Best-selling author Ann Patchett made her first UCSB appearance at Campbell Hall last Tuesday at an event presented by UCSB Arts & Lectures. A graduate of Sarah Lawrence College and the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, Patc...

April 17, 2014

Fire Department Still Rocking SB

By Isabel Miller-Bottome

UCSB alumni band, The Fire Department, celebrated the release of their brand new music video and their second EP, “Underwater,” at Velvet Jones in downtown Santa Barbara on Thursday, April 3. The band’s first ever ...

February 20, 2014

Activist Steinem Calls Community to Action

By Isabel Miller-Bottome

Gloria Steinem — activist, journalist and a leader of the women’s rights movement since the 1960’s — delivered an inspiring and illuminating talk at the Arlington Theatre, Thursday, Feb. 13. With her sharp clarit...

February 13, 2014

Oscar Nominee ‘Nebraska’ Airs at Script-to-Screen

By Isabel Miller-Bottome

On Friday, Feb. 7, UCSB’s department of Film and Media Studies and the Carsey-Wolf Center presented Academy Award Best Picture nominee “Nebraska” as a part of their “Script-to-Screen” series produced by the Pol...

May 23, 2013

‘Gatsby’ Weighed Down by Big Baz Mistakes

By Isabel Miller-Bottome

Let’s face it: The Great Gatsby was the one book that we all actually read in high school from beginning to end — even the slackers and math and science nerds were not immune to its spell. Over the last century, F. S...

May 2, 2013

Sedaris Uplifts With Every Cringe-Worthy Detail

By Isabel Miller-Bottome

Beloved essayist and radio contributor David Sedaris returned to the stage of the old Arlington Theater in downtown Santa Barbara Tuesday evening to delight a full house with readings from his newest book, Let’s Explor...

April 24, 2013

Folk Band The Dunwells To Give Free Show

By Isabel Miller-Bottome

The up-and-coming British folk-rock band The Dunwells are coming to UCSB this Friday, April 26, to play a free concert in Storke Plaza at noon. This is just one stop on their U.S. tour, which began at the SXSW festival i...

April 11, 2013

Free Screening of UCSB Alum’s “Masquerade”

By Isabel Miller-Bottome

Premiering this weekend in Santa Barbara is the new independent film “Masquerade,” co-written, edited, and starring UCSB alum, Eric Olsson. The film (with a modest budget of $15,000), is directed by Nicholas Tolkien,...