Audrey Bachelder

May 28, 2015

Reel Loud 2015 Suffers from Poor Planning

By Audrey Bachelder

Any student-coordinated event that exists outside the realm of the two hour SRB multipurpose room shindig is something that deserves applause. When a group of college kids get together and learn the business of planning,...

May 7, 2015

Live at the Batcave: Pookie

By Audrey Bachelder

Pookie. The word means “vagina” in Tagalog and is slang for a heroin pipe. In Isla Vista, it’s the name of a loud garage band that refuses to describe their genre, piping that anyone who asks a musician what thei...

April 30, 2015

It’s Better When They’re Together: Kim and Jack Johnson Share UCSB Stories

By Audrey Bachelder

In September 1993, one week into UC Santa Barbara’s Fall Quarter, Jack Johnson was sitting with his new friend from Black Studies 6 Eric Cardenas at Ortega Dining Commons. A momma’s boy his whole life, Johnson spent ...

April 2, 2015

Camping at Coachella: A Packing List

By Audrey Bachelder

Ahh, Coachella: those three days of magical music bonding in Indio, California where the Spicy Pie is eaten by thousands and Tupac appears from the dead, albeit by hologram. It’s the place where Beyonce graced her baby...

April 2, 2015

Talent Trade Conference Shares Industry Secrets with Aspiring Actors, Screenwriters

By Audrey Bachelder

“That Ari Gold character is tame compared to [agents in] the CAA,” said Justin Winters, a screenwriter who has been around the block when it comes to talent agencies. Winters delivered this one-liner during UCSB’s ...

March 3, 2015

Casual Gets Cool: Folk Pop Band Wild Child Shines On. Wild Child Graces SOhO with Texas Hospitality

By Audrey Bachelder

A blond gal stood on the SOhO stage in leggings and a heather gray zip-up hoodie, doling out turquoise paint on the cheeks of giddy girls. “You, you’re next,” she said, moving from lady to lady until at least 40 Wi...

February 20, 2015

Student Documentary Gets Selected for SBIFF: Blue Horizons Students Dive Deep with “Mussel Man”

By Audrey Bachelder

Out in the open ocean past the Santa Barbara harbor, the mussel man drives a self-designed boat at 4:30 a.m. to the harvest ropes. Using a fisherman technique rarely found in the U.S., he pulls up more than a thousand po...

February 12, 2015

“McFarland, USA” Tells the American Story Picking and Running: Disney Film Explores Teenage Life in Central Valley

By Jane Huson, Audrey Bachelder

Kevin Costner plays Coach Jim White in Disney’s “McFarland, USA,” which tells the true story of a coach who inspired his seemingly hapless students to form a cross country team and go the distance. In interviews in...

February 5, 2015

Emotions Spring Up During Michael Keaton’s Tribute

By Audrey Bachelder

Michael Keaton is well-loved. A man who has done genres from salacious comedy to psycho-thriller, he’s scored admiration from co-stars and directors alike in his career, which began in 1968 when he operated “Picture,...

January 29, 2015

Patti Smith Plays Explosive Show at the Granada Godmother of Punk Rock Sells Out Arts & Lectures Gig

By Audrey Bachelder

Sitting at the edge of the Granada theater stage, the godmother of punk rock shook her silver hair out before jumping down, landing with a feathery thud into the thin carpet. A collective gasp came from 272 audience memb...

January 22, 2015

SB International Film Festival Promises Big Celebrities and Films

By Alex Wehrung, Audrey Bachelder, Bin Nguyen, Jane Huson, Nadine Bedwan, Phi Do

Jennifer Aniston, Steve Carell and Eddie Redmayne walk into Wildcat, sit down and sip on $10 whiskey sours while a crowd of Gauchos dance their faces off to “I don’t give a f*ck,” the latest ramble of sophisticatio...

January 15, 2015

Psychology Alum Turns Singer-Songwriter: The Beauty of the Party-Study-Play Music Balance at UCSB

By Audrey Bachelder

More than any other California school, UC Santa Barbara students have a tendency to get defensive about their alma mater. It’s a delicate topic. Is this a party school, or is this a world-class research university? The...

January 8, 2015

Arts & Lectures Season Guide

By Audrey Bachelder

Hey Gauchos! We at Artsweek hope you enjoyed your winter vacation, whether it was spent obsessing over Benedict Cumberbatch in Sherlock re-runs or enjoying mom’s homemade lasagna. But before you get all pouty ab...

December 4, 2014

Tribe Ties: Creating a Colorful Community Student-Run Clothing Business Brings Tie Dye to I.V.

By Audrey Bachelder

In the early 1980s, a diehard grateful dead fan with a penchant for tie-dye shirts broke up with his girlfriend, absentmindedly noting that he wouldn’t be able to take her to the upcoming concert. Outside of his chemis...

November 22, 2014

KCSB’s Compilation CD Is a Winner: Artsweek Talks to KCSB About the Goings on of Studio A

By Audrey Bachelder

“Radio is so fleeting, but at least we have this,” said KCSB general manager Yibing Guo, her hands gripping the cardboard cd case with “KCSB 91.9 Live in Studio A” stamped on it in green ink. Live in Studio A is ...