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March 1, 2012

UCSB Art Grads Coordinate Faculty Show

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More than 10 years since their last collective art show, members of the UCSB Art Department Faculty exhibited selections from their oeuvres this past weekend at Uppur Bunk Collaborative Art Space in Goleta. The show, fea...

February 1, 2012

Kum-Kum Bhavnani’s Nothing Like Water

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‘Nothing Like Chocolate’ Teaser from Kum-Kum Bhavnani on Vimeo.

November 10, 2011

Campus Art Museum Debuts 1st Thursday Events

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May 12, 2011

‘Goblin’: Not Quite the Greatest Rap Album Ever

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Tyler, the Creator is tough to get a handle on. He complains about being misunderstood but seems almost to revel in the inability of the mainstream to know what to make of him and OFWGKTA as a whole.

May 12, 2011

Fareed Zakaria and Eric Schmidt Wow the Arlington

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Fareed Zakaria and Eric Schmidt spoke at the Arlington Theatre on Monday in what I would call the single most relevant and interesting discussion I have ever seen during my time at UCSB.

May 5, 2011

A Night With Anthony Bourdain

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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 audie...

May 5, 2011

David Sedaris Humors Fans at the Arlington

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David Sedaris brought his wit and charisma to an eager crowd at the Arlington Theatre last Friday. The noted American humorist read selections from his latest book, Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary, as well as ...

April 25, 2011

Odd Future and Taking Offense

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Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All is a controversial rap clique from Los Angeles that generates equal parts praise and vitriol from their listeners. I submit, for your consideration, a tweet from Tyler, the Creator, de ...

April 25, 2011

Coachella 2011

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On Friday, after falling asleep at about 2 a.m. due to a combination of nerves, exhilaration and a commitment to playing loud electronic music until three in the morning, you wake up at 8:30 a.m. to temperatures already ...

March 31, 2011

Off Bourbon: Artsweek in New Orleans

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Heading to New Orleans with your father and his friends for Spring Break is few people’s idea of a good time.

February 23, 2011

The NBA Trade Deadline: As Foggy as Ever

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One day after the Knicks traded half of their active roster for Carmelo Anthony, the Nets swooped in and nabbed Deron Williams from the suddenly doomed Utah Jazz.

February 17, 2011

UCSB Gets a Taste of Weiner

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Matthew Weiner spoke to a well-dressed crowd on Sunday at the Granada Theatre in downtown Santa Barbara.

February 10, 2011

Sebadoh Brings Bakesale to Velvet Jones

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Sebadoh played songs from their albums Bakesale and Harmacy to a relatively empty Velvet Jones Monday.

February 8, 2011

The “Crazy Wisdom” of Chogyam Trungpa, Rinpoche

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What if I told you that there was a Buddhist monk that escaped Tibet just as the Chinese invaded, smoked, hung out with Allen Ginsberg and married a 16-year-old girl? Oh, and I forgot to mention that he opened the first ...

January 27, 2011