Please Don’t Stop the Music

April 10, 2008 by

The Biko House co-operative kicked off its first New Music Series night - formerly known as Experimental Music Night - of spring quarter on April 3, featuring musicians the Lords of Outland and Zeug Z...
read more

Losing It

April 3, 2008 by

The fate of films dealing with the war in Iraq has tended to be fairly similar during the past few years - most of them end up falling victim to audience indifference and apathy, unfavorable reviews, ...
read more

Delightfully Dramatic

March 6, 2008 by

UCSB's Dept. of Theater and Dance premiered Robert E. Sherwood's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, "Idiot's Delight," in Hatlen Theater on Feb. 29. The play takes place in the 1930s and is essentially cent...
read more

Healthcare Goes Hollywood

February 28, 2008 by

The Arts & Lectures screening of the much-lauded documentary, directed by Connie Field, "¡Salud!" was an informative, thought-provoking experience that raised many important questions on relevant...
read more

In the Dark

February 14, 2008 by

The epitome of electro-pop/dance rock music, Hot Chip returns with its new album, Made In The Dark, which just goes to show how energetic and dynamic the genre can be. Inclined to indulge their love o...
read more

Kate Nash Builds A Funky, But Familiar Foundation

January 24, 2008 by

It's really no wonder that Kate Nash renders so much comparison to fellow English singer-songwriter and contemporary, Lilly Allen, what with her distinct accent, likable pop songs and a penchant for l...
read more

Modern Master

January 10, 2008 by

Renowned for his bestselling novels, The Virgin Suicides and Middlesex, Pulitzer Prize-winner Jeffrey Eugenides is known for his ability to brilliantly depict modern American life in a way that seems ...
read more

Something in the Water

January 10, 2008 by

On Wednesday, Nov. 28, UCSB's Arts & Lectures program featured a special screening of "Mr. Conservative," a documentary produced and narrated by CC Goldwater.
read more

Book: “The Almost Moon”

November 15, 2007 by

When all is said and done, the truest lines of the novel are probably what capture it best: "So much in life is about almosts, not quites.
read more

Oh, Baby

October 25, 2007 by

In Ben Affleck's commendable directorial debut, "Gone Baby Gone," adapted from the novel by Dennis Lehane, viewers are thrown into a web of emotionally complex and ethically ambiguous subject matter t...
read more

Pinback is Consistent, if Not Creative

October 18, 2007 by

Though Autumn of the Seraphs doesn't mark a particularly progressive move in a new direction, Pinback has managed to make another consistent, solid and enjoyable album.
read more