‘Vagina’ Playwright To Visit UCSB

An author and her famous vagina will make an appearance at UCSB Friday night to speak against violence against women. Eve Ensler, the writer and producer of the Obie-award winning play “The Vagina Monologues,” will give a speech May 2 at 7 p.m. in Campbell Hall.

X-Men 2 | Stars and Mutants Mix and Mingle

In the grand tradition of Artsweek insinuating itself into the lives of the famous, this reviewer glimpsed a brief collision between two worlds at Monday’s premiere of the superb “X-Men 2” at Mann’s Chinese Theater in Hollywood.

Defense I.V. Amounts to Nothing but Wasted Breath

While I admire Henry Sarria’s opinion “Defending the Foot Patrol” (Daily Nexus, April 28,2003), it will go on deaf ears for many reasons. To start with, his intended audience, the Grand Jury, doesn’t have to listen or care.

Animal Shelter Urges Adoption

Santa Barbara County Animal Services is extending its weekend hours for the Pet Adoptathon, an event hosted by international animal organizations to find a home for shelter animals.

Do You Prefer Crunchy or Chewy?

When Peanut Butter Wolf started making beats, I was eatin’ them raw out of a Gerber jar. Some things never change. The versatile, world-renowned DJ, producer and founder of Stones Throw Records is still holding it down – and shit keeps getting doper every year.

Campbell Hall To Host Latino Cultural Show

Imagine seeing out of the corner of your eye a large steel blade, shimmering in the rays of the setting sun, sailing directly at you. For most people this might mean an untimely demise, but for some it’s just practice.

Various Artists | Saddle Creek 50 | Saddle Creek

Which of the following does not fit? a) Alcohol b) indie rock c) SARS d) Omaha, Neb. If you chose “c,” kids, then you get to drink from the fire hose because you are right.

The Daily Grind

Rjd2 | The Horror | Definitive Jux

The Horror shimmies and struts with refreshingly vibrant and flavorful home-cooked beats and mixes that could perk up any old curmudgeon.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs | Fever to Tell | Interscope

Media hype is a persuasive weapon, and New York rock sensation the Yeah Yeah Yeahs are a case in point. The storm of street buzz and media hype surrounding the Yeahs has been so strong that this punk trio was hotter than a July afternoon in Bakersfield