Demi Anter

January 9, 2014

Presenting: Arts & Lectures

By Demi Anter

Winter break is always, always too short. Happily, UCSB Arts & Lectures offers us plenty of events to be excited about for the coming quarter. Here are just a few to help you come down from that fleeting holiday bliss.

January 9, 2014

Coachella: A Vow

By Demi Anter

Coachella, this year I vow to make the most of my time with you. Three hot, sweaty days and nights, and all within walking distance of my parents’ house — what more could a girl ask for?

October 10, 2013

Bluegrass Music’s Illustrious “MOB” Plays SB

By Demi Anter

On Oct. 3 many people from across the Santa Barbara community, as well as UCSB students, gathered at Campbell Hall to watch UCSB Arts & Lectures present the Masters of Bluegrass.

August 30, 2013

A to Z Treasure Map of Art to Find at UCSB

By Demi Anter, Audrey Bachelder

Artsweek editors Demi Anter and Audrey Bacheldor present a map to all of the creative treasure Santa Barbara has to offer.

November 29, 2012

Comedy at its Finest: Izzard at Campbell Hall

By Demi Anter

On Saturday, Nov. 17, Eddie Izzard brought his latest comedy show to Campbell Hall to the delight of the hundreds of people who filled the seats (the show sold out for nonstudents in record time). Weirdly, not a lot of p...

November 29, 2012

Artsweek’s End of the Quarter Picks–Punch Brothers – Lobero Theatre – Tues. Dec. 4, 8:00 p.m.

By Demi Anter

If you haven’t heard the Punch Brothers before, now is the time to have a listen. The five piece progressive bluegrass band will play the Lobero Theatre next Tuesday, Dec. 4, at 8 p.m. The Punch Brothers and their mand...

October 25, 2012

Jane’s Addiction Brings Spectacle to SB Bowl

By Demi Anter

A large crowd of local music fans spent their Sunday night at the Santa Barbara Bowl and witnessed performances that were moving, rockin’ and … really weird by bands thenewno2, The Airborne Toxic Event and headliner ...

October 25, 2012

Laurie Anderson Mesmerizes with Voice and Violin

By Demi Anter

There’s a funny thing about getting paid to go to and write about performances. As much as you might look forward to seeing a certain artist, you get spoiled and you forget that a single show on some random Tuesday nig...

October 18, 2012

David Byrne and St. Vincent Bring Their Strange Love to Santa Barbara

By Demi Anter

On Thursday, Oct. 11, the Arlington Theatre was host to two powerful performers for an Arts & Lectures event. Talking Heads’ frontman David Byrne and indie art rock goddess St. Vincent (a.k.a. Annie Clark) teamed u...

October 18, 2012

Birds of Chicago and Sean Hayes Jam at SOhO

By Demi Anter

A mostly young, scattered-with-40-and-50-somethings audience was pleased last Friday night at SOhO in downtown Santa Barbara when American roots band Birds of Chicago and reggae-rock-soul musician Sean Hayes took the sta...

October 12, 2012

Folk Bands Set to Wow SB Tomorrow

By Demi Anter

This Friday, Oct. 12, two fantastic performances will grace the SOhO stage in downtown Santa Barbara starting at 9:30 p.m.: Sean Hayes and Birds of Chicago. Headliner Sean Hayes is a seasoned performer with influences th...

September 27, 2012

Strawberry Music Festival

By Demi Anter

Oh, how I love bluegrass. Oh, how I love all of the things that people stereotypically associate with bluegrass: twanging banjos, quick fiddles and old men with majestic beards, do-si-do-ing round and round … Oh, how I...

August 22, 2012

Artsweek Intro for Orientation Issue

By Demi Anter

Hello and welcome to this impromptu Artsweek section for 2012-2013’s Daily Nexus “Orientation Issue.” As you may have already deduced, Artsweek is the Nexus’s weekly arts and culture section. Every Thursday, the ...

August 10, 2012

Summer Projects at Gallery 479

By Demi Anter

From now until the end of summer, Gallery 479 (in the Red Barn) will be open to students and community members for free entertaining, educational and cultural events. Collaborators in UCSB’s department of art began “...

May 17, 2012

Six Seasons and a Movie

By Demi Anter

An art show that is particularly dear to Artsweek’s heart will open this summer in Los Angeles. PixelDrip art collective’s “Six Seasons and a Movie” art show began as an art-based personal coping mechanism for fa...

March 8, 2012

Art MFAs Share their Work in On-Campus Show

By Demi Anter

Last Friday, students and faculty visited Gallery 479 for the closing reception of the first year Studio Art graduate students’ “First Year Review.” The show was up for two weeks, and while it was open to and enjoy...