Q-Comm’s Annual Student Drag Show
The Student Run Drag Show on April 28 — put on by the UCSB Associated Students Queer Commission — rocked my world in so many ways. It also led me to embrace the following: 1. Drag is the highest art form. I’m changing the name of Artsweek to Dragsweek, appearing every Thursday in […]
Chillin’ Under the Stairs: Chilla Vista 2011
High noon on a warm May day in I.V. is a sight to behold. With perfect weather and a solid lineup of local and nonlocal artists, Chilla Vista 2011 certainly needed to take place. Spring is all about chillin’ under the Santa Barbara sun, vibing to the right jams and appreciating the good life […]
Economic Event To Educate Community
The UCSB Economic Forecast Project will host its 30th Annual Santa Barbara County Economic Summit today starting at 8 a.m. at Santa Barbara’s Granada Theatre. The half-day event — hosted by UCSB Arts & Lectures — will feature lectures by author and New York Times reporter Andrew Ross Sorkin, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President […]
Nonprofit Wins First Place Prize
UCSB nonprofit group Environmental Education for the Next Generation won the Dockers “Wear the Pants” contest on Monday, May 2 and taking home the grand prize of $100,000. EENG, founded by UCSB students in 2009 as an offshoot of an Associated Students Environmental Affairs campaign, beat four other finalists out of an applicant pool of […]
Fast Five: Turn off Your Brain
There is a certain mentality one must take before entering any action movie. If you don’t turn off your brain it will be difficult to enjoy the sheer magnitude of stupidity pulsating from the screen. For that reason, I walked into Justin Lin’s “Fast Five” with my brain off and my eyes glued to […]
Howlin’ Winds Rocks UCSB
Santa Barbara band Howlin’ Woods came to UCSB and performed at Storke Tower last week. The four-piece band, which includes Matthew Farrington (drums), Griffin Chetakian (lead guitar), Brian Chandler (bass/keys), and Jordan Chetakian (vocals/guitar), met in Goleta and has been playing together for about ten years. However, the band itself did not form until […]
A Night With Anthony Bourdain
People must really think they know Anthony Bourdain pretty well. That’s the only conclusion I can come to after attending Bourdain’s joint talk with French-American chef Eric Ripert, an event marred by frequent audience yelling and hooting. Look, I’m all for a little bit of audience participation in stage shows — otherwise, what’s the big […]
UC Radio Network Conference After-show at Biko
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 came to the conference, which University of San Francisco’s Professor Dorothy Kidd keynoted. Several radio workshops commenced including titles such as “Music Directing […]
Goldenwest Review
As I walked towards the end of the line at West Hollywood’s Troubadour, I was confused about what I was actually seeing. Was this a John Mayer show? It seemed that all of Los Angeles’ sex-crazed teenyboppers had shown up to the sold-out show just to see T. Mills, a local L.A. rapper. Standing […]
Interview With People Under the Stairs
Thes One and Double K were rushed backstage to their dressing room in Embarcadero Hall, where Fabian was able to ask them a few questions after the set. Nexus: Since your hometown is in Los Angeles, have you guys made your way up to UCSB before? Thes: Yeah man, we used to come up […]