Erika Lee

April 24, 2015

Music, Memory and Emotion: How They All Connect

By Erika Lee

Music is often described as a door of expression. Our music tastes and the bands we listen to closely reflect who we are as people. The soundtracks of our lives are what get us through happiness, sadness and anger, and ...

March 11, 2015

Improvability Shares Spotlight and Humor with Boston University’s Improv Group

By Erika Lee

Every Friday night, Improvability, UCSB’s premier comedy troupe, performs their show at 8 p.m. in Embarcadero Hall. Every week, they choose an entertaining theme to revolve their show around, ranging from “Harry Pott...

March 3, 2015

Then I Won’t Seem So Far Away: UCSB Alumna Writes Memoir on Studying Abroad in Europe and Life in Isla Vista during the ‘70s

By Erika Lee

If you took our beloved UCSB campus and quaint Isla Vista town back to 40 years ago, could you imagine what it would be like? In her new memoir, Then I Won’t Seem So Far Away, Peggy O’ Toole, an alumna of UCSB and lo...

February 14, 2015

5 Misheard Song Lyrics from 5 Different Genres

By Erika Lee

Valentine’s Day is considered a somewhat controversial holiday. Unlike Christmas or Halloween, holidays that generally everybody love, people either look forward to V-day or dread it completely. It’s one of the only ...

January 23, 2015

The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain Delights Campbell Hall

By Erika Lee

Back for a second performance, The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain dazzled the Campbell Hall stage on Jan. 20 as part of the UCSB Arts & Lectures winter season. The origins of this orchestra are interesting...

January 8, 2015

Best of 2014: Film

By Alex Wehrung, Mackenzie Hart, Erika Lee

Artsweek Staff Shares the Movies that We’d Re-watch “Gone Girl” Alex Wehrung, Staff Writer David Fincher and Gillian Flynn adapted Flynn’s novel to the big screen to chillingly effective results. Port...

December 5, 2014

Exclusive Interview with Improvability, UCSB’s Improv Comedy Group

By Erika Lee

To all the freshmen at UCSB, if the name “Improvability” sounds familiar, there’s a high probability that you’ve seen their advertisement on The Flush. There’s also a probability that you overheard some ...

December 5, 2014

Moving on and Discovering Your Self Worth

By Erika Lee

Erika Lee explains why you should love yourself, even if you feel like your ex doesn't.

November 13, 2014

5 Reasons Why You Should Buy Taylor Swift’s New Album, “1989”

By Erika Lee

Whether it’s dancing in the car with my friends or crying alone in my room, Taylor Swift’s music has been getting me through the up and downs of my life since I was a pre-teen and still listened to Radio Disne...

November 11, 2014

Mitchell Kriegman Explains It All: Eight Rules for a Creative Person to Live By

By Erika Lee

Mitchell Kriegman, writer and creator of popular television shows “Clarissa Explains it All,” “Bear in the Big Blue House” and “Doug,” spoke in I.V. Theater on Friday Nov. 7 about his experiences in televisio...

November 7, 2014

Mitchell Kriegman to Come to Discuss “Finding Your Voice in TV”

By Erika Lee

Are you interested in breaking into the entertainment and film industry? Did you grow up watching cartoons on Nickelodeon and are curious about how they were created? Do your Friday night plans include watching Netflix o...

October 28, 2014

Scorsese’s “Mean Streets”: Screenwriter Comes to Pollock

By Erika Lee

INSIDE PERSPECTIVES: SCORSESE is part of a film series curated by UCSB faculty that focuses on the work of a specific director every quarter. This quarter centers on the early works of director Martin Scorsese. Affection...

October 18, 2014

Lessons Learned from “Gone Girl,” Spoiler Alert!

By Erika Lee

Before going to see “Gone Girl,” the only two things I knew about the movie were that David Fincher directed it, and that it’s about a girl who’s … gone. Needless to say, I didn’t really know the plotline or ...