AITO: Out-of-Towners at Deltopia?

April 10, 2025 by and

I.V. felt like Disneyland this past weekend By Nina Rossi As I walked down the streets of Isla Vista on Deltopia Eve felt like our town had been invaded. But oddly enough, it gave me a huge ego boost....
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SBIFF 2025: Outstanding Directors of the Year Award celebrates five ‘radical, daring, original’ films

February 20, 2025 by

This year's honorees include Brady Corbet, Coralie Fargeat, Jacques Audiard, James Mangold and Sean Baker. All five directors are nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director.
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U-Mail: Oh Euro-trash, my Euro-trash

January 14, 2025 by

To: <eurotrashclub@eumail.paris.fr> From: Lucy Dixon <lucydixon@umail.ucsb.edu> Subject: Oh Euro-trash, my Euro-trash Dearest Euro-trash club,  I always knew I would miss the inescapable ...
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Wrex Coast Tour 2024 opens in Santa Barbara: Wrexham AFC and AFC Bournemouth draw 1-1

November 10, 2024 by

Fans from all over the Central Coast welcomed Welsh football club Wrexham AFC and English Premier League team AFC Bournemouth to UC Santa Barbara’s Harder Stadium on July 20, 2024.  Harder Stadium ...
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Women in Media UCSB holds 8th annual spring conference

June 12, 2024 by and

UC Santa Barbara’s Women in Media organization held its eighth annual spring conference on May 18 and 19 at the Interactive Learning Pavilion.
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In Review: “Challengers” serves

May 7, 2024 by

Luca Guadagnino’s star-studded sports drama “Challengers” hit theaters on April 22, an exhilarating 131 minutes of friendship, tension and steamy heartbreak.
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SBIFF 2024: Directors Martin Scorsese and Justine Triet honored with Outstanding Directors of the Year

February 22, 2024 by

Legendary director Martin Scorsese and directorial ingénue Justine Triet were honored at the 39th annual festival.
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Putting on a cult classic with Creatures of the Night: “The Rocky Horror Picture Show”

February 14, 2024 by

Creatures of the Night is holding its quarterly show on Friday, Feb. 16 at 10 p.m. in IV Theater.
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SBIFF 2024: Ryan Gosling receives Kirk Douglas Award

January 16, 2024 by and

On Jan. 13, actor Ryan Gosling received the Santa Barbara International Film Festival Kirk Douglas Award for Excellence in Film.
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“A (Samara) Joyful Holiday:” Bringing Classic Jazz to Santa Barbara

January 16, 2024 by

Samara Joy McLendon closed out the UCSB Arts & Lectures fall season with her show, “A Joyful Holiday” at The Granada Theater in Santa Barbara on Dec. 8, 2023. 
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“All the Light We Cannot See” in review: A swing and a miss

December 5, 2023 by

The television adaptation of Anthony Doerr's 2014 novel falls flat in comparison to its original source material.
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