Brenna Boyce

May 19, 2005

Ryan Adams | Cold Roses | Lost Highway

By Brenna Boyce

Besides the obvious name similarities, it has always confounded me why Ryan and Bryan Adams are constantly compared and confused. Canadian Bryan Adams rode the cheesy pop wave of the late '80s with unfortunate songs like...

May 12, 2005

Extravaganza Goes Flipmode

By Brenna Boyce

Having earned a solid reputation for mixing things up, the Associated Students Program Board (ASPB) continues to impress this year when it comes to Extravaganza. Traditionally a free, all-day music festival held on a Sat...

May 12, 2005

Carrying On

By Brenna Boyce

Artsweek: At what age did you start to become interested in music? Damian Marley: From as young as I can remember; from birth. What got you interested in more of a hip hop style? I just like hip hop music. It is the musi...

May 5, 2005

Palindromes | Nothing Ever Changes

By Brenna Boyce

After a morning spent dodging anti-abortion protestors on out own campus, I found it appropriate to, some hours later, snuggle up on my couch with "Palindromes," the newest Todd Solondz film, which was poised to pounce o...

May 5, 2005

Upcoming: Living Legends To Perform at Hub

By Brenna Boyce

Bay area hip hop scenesters the Living Legends have been making waves in the music industry for the last 10 years with innovative sounds, politically active lyrics and highly acclaimed releases.

April 28, 2005

#1 Reason Not to Blow a Horse in Your Bedroom

By Brenna Boyce

Rarely does an author come along that can pack people like sardines into a venue that has recently seen the likes of Modest Mouse, Spike and Mike's Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation and the Santa Barbara Film Festiv...

April 7, 2005

We Be Playin

By Brenna Boyce

When Artsweek first heard about mtvU taking over the airwaves here on our campus, our first thought was: "What do they want from us?" I figured by this age we were too old to be sucked into the traditional MTV programmin...

April 7, 2005

Moby | Hotel | V2

By Brenna Boyce

Electronic musical mastermind Moby has spent the majority of the past 10 or so years in hotel rooms either doing press junkets for his past albums, book releases, restaurant openings, winning Grammy Awards or collaborati...

February 3, 2005

SBIFF Hits Santa Barbara … Hard

By Brenna Boyce

Santa Barbara is a town filled with celebrities, but they're the classier, older, less Paparazzi-stalked kind. Our celebrities go to the movies, eat at our restaurants and go to the farmer's market on Saturday mornings.

February 3, 2005

SBIFF Calendar

By Brenna Boyce

So the Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF) is off and running - and better than ever. If you missed the world premiere of the new Woody Allen film "Melinda and Melinda," the screenwriters panel featuring Za...

January 27, 2005

Lights, Camera, Festival

By Brenna Boyce

The Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF) is here again, and everyone involved wants you to know, it's not just for the "celeb" types. There are plenty of films and events geared toward a young, hip audience ...

January 20, 2005

O, Superwoman

By Brenna Boyce

Laurie Anderson, one of the premiere artists, musicians and minds of our time is suspiciously inconspicuous. Her clothes are dark and plain, her hair short and nondescript, her voice soft, low and soothing enough to lull...

January 13, 2005

Santa Barbara in the Spotlight

By Brenna Boyce

What was once a small, overlooked film festival forced to the outskirts by behemoths like Cannes and Sundance, the Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF) has grown into an impressive and star-studded nine-day ...

January 13, 2005

Santa Barbara in the Spotlight

By Brenna Boyce

Artsweek interview with Professor Cristina Venegas

November 4, 2004

OUTrageous Festival Reel Important

By Brenna Boyce

OUTrageous! The 13th Annual Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Film Festival should, by all means, be anything but an outrageous idea. The LGBT population in Santa Barbara is blossoming and campus clubs, like FUQIT a...

October 20, 2004

Why is it That Tony Kushner Just Wants to Talk About Something Else

By Brenna Boyce

Tony Kushner may be revered as one of the most creative and successful playwrights of recent years, but that doesn't mean he can't piss people off. Take his appearance in last Friday's Dramatic Arts 1 class, filled with ...