Audrey Bachelder

May 30, 2013

WORDSTOCK Hits its Stride in Second Year

By Audrey Bachelder

Yellow felt cut-outs bearing the word “WORD” lined the grass of Little Acorn Park this past Saturday, a token of WORD Magazine’s second annual WORDSTOCK Festival. Also covering the grass were bundles of people tann...

May 23, 2013

X13 Marks the Spot

By Audrey Bachelder

At precisely 1:15 p.m. this past Sunday, hordes of happy Gauchos ditched their pre-game parties and headed to Harder Stadium for the biggest free event of the school year. Tons of graduates, Isla Vistans and SBCC kids al...

May 16, 2013

MCC To Host Spoken Word Artist at Coffee Cat Downtown

By Audrey Bachelder

Hey you! Yes, you, the one who is reading the Daily Nexus Artsweek section right now. Do you have plans tonight? Oh, you don’t? Well then, in that case, you should drop by the Coffee Cat (a 10-minute trek downtown) at ...

May 2, 2013

PEOPLE WHO NEED PEOPLE

By Corie Anderson, Audrey Bachelder

PART I The first part of the final show for UCSB’s Honors Art Program, “People Who Need People” recently finished its run in Gallery 479. The exhibition lasted from April 1 through 5 and featured work by Melissa Ch...

April 24, 2013

Coachella 2013: Two Takes on Two Weekends

By Audrey Bachelder, Megan Fisher

Weekend 1: A Love Letter From a First-Time Festivalgoer   Audrey Bachelder, Assistant Artsweek Editor   There’s a certain kind of magic that surrounds the festival called Coachella. It’s the magic of unadul...

April 11, 2013

Luminarium “Exxopolis”: A Solid Place for a Nap

By Audrey Bachelder

If you were the type of kid who got super stoked when a birthday party involved a bounce house, I really hope you made it to Exxopolison the Lagoon Lawn this past weekend. Exxopolis, one of 20 Luminariums build by Archit...

March 7, 2013

Alpha Punk Takes Home Top Honors at Battle of the Bands

By Audrey Bachelder

Audrey Bachelder Staff Writer   Like live music? Like mosh pits? Like pop-up bands that win big events? Well I hope you went to the Battle of the Bands on Wed., Feb. 27, because it was a savory night of all of these...

February 7, 2013

The Virtuosic Heights of Ezra Miller and Company

By Audrey Bachelder

Here’s the thing: I love “Perks of Being a Wallflower.” It is a great movie. It is poignant and funny and delves into how teenagers think and act and deal. Patrick, played by Ezra Miller, is clearly the most fun pe...

February 7, 2013

Quentin Tarantino Loves His Movies

By Audrey Bachelder

“If you’re going to make movies for yourself, you better love your shit. You better get off 24/7 to your own movies … and that’s what I do,” said Quentin Tarantino to a hooting crowd at the Arlington Theatre la...

January 31, 2013

‘Our Space’ Event Inspires Multicultural Togetherness

By Audrey Bachelder

El Centro Building 406 is a feverish swell of culture and history; it is also the most ideal place on campus to host a multicultural mixer. This past weekend, the Student Commission on Racial Equality, S.C.O.R.E., hosted...

January 24, 2013

Annie Griffiths’ Photographic Genius

By Audrey Bachelder

“I’m a big kick-the-fear-out-of-my-life kind of person,” said National Geographic photographer Annie Griffiths to the audience gathered in Campbell Hall this past Sunday. “The more [traveling] you do, the less fe...