Bin Nguyen

May 12, 2016

Artsweek Sits Down, Turns Up with Gryffin

By Bin Nguyen

Infused with live elements of an electric guitar, piano keyboard and melodic house beats, Gryffin’s sound is immediately presumed to be influenced by the classic rock genre.

April 28, 2016

Sam Feldt Pumps Up SOhO

By Bin Nguyen

Fresh off his Weekend One appearance at Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, international Dutch DJ Sam Feldt performed at SOhO Restaurant & Music Club to a sold-out intimate crowd.

April 15, 2016

Sam Feldt Bringing Next-Gen Trop to SB

By Bin Nguyen

To celebrate the five-year anniversary of RedEye Presents Entertainment, the Santa Barbara-based music production company is welcoming sought after Dutch DJ and producer Sam Feldt to the iconic coastal town for a night o...

April 14, 2016

Pride 2016: Drag Show Packs IV Theater

By Bin Nguyen

To commemorate the weeklong pride celebration at UCSB, campus organization Queer Commission hosted fellow gauchos to a night of drag-tastic performances at I.V. Theater.

February 19, 2016

SBIFF Cinema Vanguard Award: Rooney Mara Interview

By Bin Nguyen

Clad in black leather and velvet open-toed pumps, the actress planted her feet on the cement of the Arlington Theater promptly at 7:30 p.m. on the bustling Friday night in downtown Santa Barbara. Academy Award-nominated ...

February 11, 2016

SBIFF 2016 Premiere: The Little Prince + Interview with stars Jeff Bridges and Mackenzie Foy and director Mark Osborne

By Bin Nguyen

The 2016 Santa Barbara International Film Festival finally arrived on Friday, Feb. 6. This year’s premiere opened with Paramount Pictures’ adaption of the classic French children’s novel, The Little Prince. Publish...

February 2, 2016

Exclusive Interview: Robby Hauldren of Louis The Child

By Bin Nguyen

Dressed in a light pink sweatshirt underneath the warmth of a Northface jacket, Robby Hauldren, one half of the up-and-coming electronic DJ duo Louis the Child, met up to chat with Artsweek. Born and raised in the windy ...

January 7, 2016

SnowGlobe Remains Top New Year’s Festival

By Bin Nguyen

Every winter season at the edge of the upcoming new year, college students and devoted electronic music enthusiasts pack up their warmest layers of clothing and journey to the white glistening snow of Lake Tahoe Communit...

November 2, 2015

Ring in the New Year with SnowGlobe

By Bin Nguyen

Have you ever had a dream where nothing was surrounding you except for miles and miles of cold winter snow, and nothing else can be seen or heard but bright laser lights and the hottest electronic music? Well, this is no...

October 22, 2015

Hozier Performs Highly Anticipated Set at SB Bowl

By Bin Nguyen

Literally. Not trying to sound like a character from “Fast Times at Ridgemont High,” but Hozier left his fans looking for more. The Irish singer-songwriter’s visit to Santa Barbara on his debut solo tour was filled...

October 16, 2015

Hozier to Take SB Bowl to Church

By Bin Nguyen

Released in 2013, “Take Me to Church” was then an up-and-coming ballad written and sung by Irish recording artist under the name of Hozier. Little did he know, the record became a smash hit across the country, landin...

May 19, 2015

Get Hyphy with E-40: UCSB Gets a Taste of Yay Area

By Bin Nguyen

Come this upcoming Fall Quarter of 2015, UCSB’s College of Letter and Sciences will introduce a new comparative literature course that will focus on the social and scientific implication of the language and jargon of t...

April 23, 2015

Culture at its Finest: Highlights from the Food and Wine Weekend

By Bin Nguyen

This past weekend, many flocked to the Bacara, where the second annual Santa Barbara Food and Wine Weekend honored the legacy of Julia Child.

March 5, 2015

“Top Model’s” Miss J Sashays into RCSGD’s Fashion Show

By Bin Nguyen

A unison choir of “yassssssss” burst from the audience in Corwin Pavilion last Thursday, Feb. 26, when a tall, dark and powerful figure appeared on the runway. The famous legs strutted down the catwalk wearing a blac...

February 11, 2015

Novelist Bruce Wagner Opens Film “Maps to the Stars” at SBIFF Spoiler Alert! New Film Deals with Incest, Hollywood and Murder

By Bin Nguyen

Sex, murder, incest — these are a few themes in the film “Map to the Stars,” written by novelist Bruce Wagner. Though the trailer makes the film seem like a satire on Hollywood’s demented lifestyle, “Map to the...

February 5, 2015

A-List Celebrities Flood to the Arlington for Virtuosos Award

By Bin Nguyen

Hollywood’s newest, hottest and brightest stars arrived in chauffeured SUVS on Sunday, Feb. 1 to receive the Santa Barbara International Film Festival’s Virtuosos Award. A virtuoso is defined as “a person highly sk...