Month: November 2011

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Zeds Dead at the Hub: Kind of Like Dating Girls, Ultimately More Satisfying

November 10, 2011 by Multimedia Editor

Chances are, if you’re into electronic music at all, or even if you’re not, you have heard the name Zeds Dead thrown around. Hailing from Toronto’s dubstep scene, Zeds Dead has become one of the top dubstep producing duos in the world...

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Remembering Del Close, King of Improv

November 10, 2011 by Howard Kahan

“Saturday Night Live” (SNL) debuted on NBC in 1975. The initial cast of “Not Ready For Prime Time Players” featured many “improv comedians.” Del Close, the Improvisation Guru, trained almost half of them. Over the years Close tr...

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Campus Art Museum Debuts 1st Thursday Events

November 10, 2011 by Artsweek Editor

On Thursday, Nov. 3, the Art, Design & Architecture Museum at UC Santa Barbara hosted a free spoken word and musical performance at its satellite space, the Jane Deering Gallery, as a part of downtown Santa Barbara’s first Thursday. T...

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Unusual ‘Cloud Nine’ Impresses Audiences; Tackles Gender Roles

November 10, 2011 by Derek Boeckelmann

This month, the UCSB Department of Theater and Dance unveiled its stage production of “Cloud Nine,” an unconventional play about untraditional desire, directed by Anne Torsiglieri. Written in 1979 by British playwright Caryl Churchill, ...

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‘Cinematic Titanic’ Brings MST3K’s Wit to Different Arena

November 10, 2011 by Damion Damaske

There are certain things that just don’t work on the stage, (like “Spider Man” or Dane Cook). So I was feeling a bit of trepidation as I sat in Campbell Hall, waiting for my heroes of “Mystery Science Theater 3000” (“MST3K”) t...